After Lu Shanhe said these words, he suddenly thought for a while and said: "There is no problem in forming a working group, but according to common sense, the working group should first collect grain and then build ditches. Director Wu has worked in the township for so many years, and he should not make this mistake. Such a basic logical error."

Although Lu Linshan was pedantic and had been oppressed by everyone for a long time when he was young, his character had become dull and slow, but he also felt that what Lu Shanhe said made sense.

Lu Linshan thought for a while and said, "That makes sense. The weather in September can change at any time. Even though it's a sunny day now, there may be heavy rains soon. The top priority now is to harvest rice."

Lu Linshan took a puff of cigarette and felt a little headache. He looked at Lu Shanhe and said, "Shanhe, the leadership of the commune has changed. Now the township head and township party committee secretary are here. I heard that it is a new young man named Xiao Nengxing. Came down from the county seat."

"This new township chief is so awesome. It's been spread in the brigade that Secretary Xiao has sent all the veterans left by the former township chief Wu to the frontier. Do you know Deputy Township Chief Luo? He was promoted by Township Chief Wu. He was originally considered a popular candidate for the township headship, but now he seems to be assigned to be responsible for women's work. Although his salary has not changed, his power has been reduced a lot."

Lu Shanhe touched his chin, wondering what was going on.

In the past, Mayor Wu had always been the township chief, deputy party secretary, and township party committee secretary. They were all part-time leaders of the Red Star Farm. If Mayor Wu wanted to become a full-time (secretary), he had no chance until he retired.

Now a township chief has been parachuted into the county seat, and he has directly taken the title of party committee secretary. This illustrates a problem - Xiao Nengxing's background in the county seat is very strong.

And Lu Shanhe thought of a more serious problem. The reason why Xiao Nengxing arranged to harvest rice and build farmland at the same time was probably to deal with those who were disobedient in the brigade, so as to complete 90% of the farmers planting yellow peaches. the goal of.

If so, you're in trouble.

With this arrangement, I am afraid that the Lu Shanhe family's rice will definitely be the last batch to be harvested. Whether it will rain or not depends on fate.

Lu Shanhe said to his father: "Dad, our family doesn't want to join any work teams in the commune. I will come back to help in a few days and harvest the rice."

Lu Linshan hesitated and said, "It's definitely not good if you don't listen to the commune's arrangements. How can you not have the concept of collectivism?"

Lu Linshan's worries are not unreasonable. Although the era of people's communes is over, household responsibility quotas have been implemented for several years.

However, in rural areas where productivity is low and production materials are extremely scarce, the real labor unit is not an individual, but a brigade, and the brigade is called a production brigade.

Taking the brigade as a unit, in the commune they often have to engage in other tasks besides farming and harvesting - building ditches, roads, dams, drying grounds, etc.

These jobs are not paid, but are done by the collective. These things are also done for a better collective life. They are similar to the ancient corvee service. Of course, the essence is completely different - one is feudal oppression, and the other is for the individual members of the collective. happy life.

What if you disobey?

Disobedience will be punished. After all, productivity in this era is low and production materials are scarce. Seeds, some fertilizers, and a large number of labor tools are all managed by communes (townships), and it is difficult to buy them.

At that time, if the commune does not give you seeds or working tools, how will the farmers cultivate the land, harvest, and live?

Lu Shanhe immediately thought about the stakes and couldn't help but nodded secretly. This plan of Secretary Xiao and Cao Juan was really vicious.

The left hand is a carrot and the right hand is a big stick. When the time comes to shoot left and right, all the farmers in the several brigades under the Red Star Commune must be obedient and let Secretary Luo control them?

But unfortunately, Secretary Luo found the wrong person.

Secretary Luo's mind was still stuck in the planned economy era of the People's Commune era, while Lu Shanhe had already entered the market economy era.

Even if all the rice in the family cannot be harvested and all rots in the ground, Lu Shanhe can ensure that his family has no worries about food and clothing.

But since Cao Juan and the others wanted to play, Lu Shanhe would play with them. Then everyone would go to the gambling table and place their bets on the cards to see who was stronger.

Lu Shanhe said to Lu Linshan, "Dad, don't worry about our rice harvest."

Since most of the Second Brigade's fields are terraced, the speed of manual rice harvesting is still relatively slow. One person devotes himself wholeheartedly to work, working from dawn to dusk, and can harvest about 0.6 acres in one day. Lu Shanhe's family Even two laborers have to work six days per mu of land.

However, the simple handheld harvester from the county machinery factory will be ready soon. When the time comes, Lu Shanhe will buy another Wild Boar 50, remove the motorcycle engine, and install it on the harvester.

The harvester can harvest an acre of land in just a few hours, and all of Lu Shanhe's several acres of land can be harvested in one day.

Lu Shanhe also remembered that in the autumn before he was reborn, when he and Su Wanqing got married, the weather in Jiangcheng County, which had always been dry, was very abnormal.

It was supposed to be the end of September and the beginning of October when the autumn rains continued, but it turned out to be a heavy rainstorm in mid-September, which lasted for half a month, and the heavy rain did not stop until October.

This year, the villagers of Hongxing Commune suffered heavy losses. A lot of food rotted in the ground. Even if some of it was rescued, it turned out to be rotten and moldy, while a lot of it sprouted.

Because of this heavy rain, the commune did not take timely measures, and the then township party committee secretary was transferred from his post.

As for whether the township party committee secretary before his rebirth was Xiao Nengxing, Lu Shanhe could not remember.

Even though the county took the lead in reducing the amount of grain harvested by farmers, farmers in Jiangcheng County were still living a miserable life, unable to eat enough, let alone eat meat.

Fortunately, the income of the villagers in 80 was higher than before. Everyone had some savings and went to the commune to exchange for grain, and only then did they spend a year.

However, many farmers also postponed the idea of ​​building new houses or marrying wives because of the heavy rains in autumn this year.

Lu Linshan didn't want to think that deeply. The education and living environment he received since childhood made him feel that collective matters were his own business. Since the commune organized everyone to work, and both he and He Hui were strong laborers, it would definitely not be the case. Able to say no.

As for Lu Shanhe, it doesn't matter whether he goes or not, because every household only needs to contribute.

Seeing what Lu Shanhe said, Lu Linshan nodded and said, "Okay, your mother and I will go to the brigade to report together tomorrow. There are so many rice crops in our brigade that have to be harvested, so we shouldn't be left behind."

Lu Shanhe smiled. If history had not changed and Xiao Nengxing had not been held accountable for the behavior he had taken a month later, Lu Shanhe would have changed his name to Lu Pogou.

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