Rebirth in 1976 begins with educated youth

Under the big poplar tree next to the field ridge, Lao Fan's family ate delicious meat buns and drank golden millet porridge. Everyone's face was filled with contentment.

But the other members and dozens of educated youths not far away had a different scene.

Most of them ate corn flour pancakes with a pot of boiled water.

There are also some people who cannot even reach this level and eat wild vegetable cakes or wild vegetable porridge.

Looking at the envious looks cast by others, Liu Yan once again deeply realized the poverty here.

Thinking about the past life, even in remote rural areas, people would not worry about food.

Not to mention the city, waste seems to have become a habit, so much so that senior officials in China had to issue a document advocating food conservation.

The so-called "Operation CD-ROM" and "Civilized Dining Table" were both proposed because waste was too serious.

In previous lives, every household relied on fine grains such as rice and white flour as their daily staple food.

As for coarse grains and wild vegetables, they often become healthy foods and luxuries, even more expensive than refined grains.

In that era of extremely abundant materials, eating whole grains for a long time would not only not be considered poor, but would instead be praised as someone who knew how to maintain good health and was regarded as a rich person.

Looking back at this era, coarse grains and wild vegetables have become symbols of poverty and have become the mainstream.

If you have some family side business and private land, you can barely survive.

But in this era, even the trees in front of and behind the houses have been confiscated, and the people really have no other income.The situation of poverty and embarrassment can be imagined.

What’s even more frightening is that the people seem to think this is normal and have no thought of changing the status quo.

It seems that it is normal for everyone to starve together, but those who can eat enough and can afford fine grains have become an outlier.

This is so abnormal and inappropriate!

"Dad, why are we so poor?" Liu Yan couldn't help but ask as he looked at the scene in front of him.

Fan Yanping took a few puffs of dry cigarettes, and then said: "Isn't everyone like this? How can there be so many reasons?!"

However, Liu Yan shook his head and continued: "Do you think this is normal?"

"Is there anything abnormal? Hasn't it been like this all these years? And it has been very good these past few years. At least there are no cases of people starving to death!" Fan Yanping said.

Liu Yan shook his head again and continued: "I think people's lives are too hard and this is not good!"

"Is it painful? Why don't I feel it?"

Liu Yan was startled and said seriously: "Our family is indeed not suffering, but look at the other families around us. Which family can save food from the beginning of the year to the end of the year like ours?

Most families have to eat wild vegetables and tree leaves for several months a year, otherwise they really won’t be able to survive the autumn harvest!

The people have worked hard for a year, but they can't even provide the most basic food and clothing, let alone other things.

So, I think you have to think of something! Liu Yan said.

"Me? What can I do?"

"As the village party secretary, you should lead the people out of poverty and become rich! Instead of repeating the simple work of your ancestors day after day with your face facing the loess and your back facing the sky."

Fan Yanping thought for a while and said: "I have thought about this before, but all the cultivated fields around me have been cultivated, so there is really nothing I can do!"

"So, you must focus on the side business. You must pay attention to the matter of the bamboo factory, take it to heart, and discuss it with the village cadres as soon as possible.

With the establishment of the bamboo factory, not only will the people have money, but the village's tight finances will also be alleviated. This is a double win! "

Fan Yanping thought for a while and then said: "Okay! I will discuss it with the captains of each production team as soon as possible.

In addition, we have to report to the director and secretary of the commune..."

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While the Fan family was chatting on the field, not far away, Huang Guozhu and his family were also eating.

The food of the Huang family is steamed buns with mixed noodles and millet porridge.

Although the food is better than the food at ordinary commune members' homes, it is far inferior to the Fan family's white-flour meat buns.

Huang Guozhu was eating mixed-noodle steamed buns, but what he was thinking about was Liu Yan's big meat buns he just saw at the brigade headquarters.

I feel so angry when I think that I, the leader of a dignified production team, is not as good as someone who cuts in and eats soft food!

In anger, Huang Guozhu threw the empty lunch box directly to the ground and said viciously: "Damn, I'm so angry!"

The second eldest child of the Huang family, Huang Jinggang, seemed to have been used to his father's temper. While chewing the steamed buns, he asked, "Dad, who made you angry again? I'll take it out on you!"

Seeing his son's careless look, Huang Guozhu couldn't help but feel angry, and slapped Huang Jingang directly, knocking Huang Jingang staggering.

"It's useless to use crooked ways. If you were really capable, how could you let that girl from the Fan family take advantage of the boy named Liu?"

Huang Jinggang covered his face and said, "People look down on our Huang family, what can I do?"

"Hmph, do they look down on the Huang family? They look down on you!"

Then, Huang Guozhu continued: "Look at you, you know that you are eating, drinking and having fun with those gangsters all day long, and you are not doing anything serious.

It's really embarrassing for such an old man that he can't even find a wife! "

Huang Jinggang said disapprovingly: "I don't care about women from the countryside, who are rustic. If you want to find them, look for women in the city, who are foreign!"

"You're not a rustic, then why did you go to someone else's house in the middle of the night and fool around with a married woman? You were even caught red-handed by a man named Fan.

Western style... Western style, just know western style.As you are, even if I find you a cool guy from the city, you won’t be able to keep him..."

Speaking of this, Huang Guozhu felt even more aggrieved.

He wanted to marry the Fan family, but Fan Yanping refused to accept the offer.

Unexpectedly, in the middle of the night, Huang Jinggang was caught and raped on the bed, and Huang Guozhu's face was completely pressed to the ground and rubbed.

"Hmph, sooner or later I will make the man named Fan look good!" Thinking of this, Huang Guozhu said fiercely.

"Dad, I have a way to take over the Fan family. I wonder if you want to..." Huang Jinggang said thiefly.

Huang Guozhu knew that his second boy was smart and knew a lot about evil ways, so he immediately asked, "What can you do?"

Huang Jinggang grinned and said, "Dad, I'm thinking about this in my mind, and I'll discuss it with you in a few days!"

Huang Guozhu hummed and stopped talking.

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