I am in the courtyard, animals are just vegetables!

Chen Xueru's case was just based on the Great Leap Forward in Steel Production. Even Cao Dongfang did not expect it to cause such a big stir.

Chen Xueru's life is basically stable now. She doesn't need to worry about anything. As long as Chen Xueru doesn't do something stupid to herself, no one can praise her.

Cao Dongfang still transports ore every day in the Red Star Commune to serve the commune's steelmaking efforts.

.......

In mid-September, Cao Dongfang went to transport ore. At the intersection, he saw a dead cow lying. An old man was crying, and several people nearby were untying the ropes on the dead cow, intending to transport the cow back to the commune to be eaten.

The carts were also pushed to the side of the road so as not to hinder the progress of the vehicles outside and affect the major undertaking of national construction.

The old man just cried and did not stop others from doing anything, and the cow was taken away.

A large flatbed truck was overturned outside the road, but vehicles continued to pass by and no one in the passing vehicles cared about this trivial matter.

Because more and more cows, mules and donkeys are dying of exhaustion on the roadside, and people have become accustomed to it and don't care at all.

"Master Cao brought back a cow and a donkey. Here's some beef as a reward. Keep it!"

In the canteen of the Red Star Commune, Cao Dongfang not only pulled back the mine, but also pulled back two dead animals, and was rewarded by the kitchen with more than five kilograms of beef.

"Thank you, Master Qin. Next time I see any dead animals, I will definitely pull them back," said Cao Dongfang.

"You're welcome, Xiao Cao. We have a reward here. This big animal is exhausted to death. What a sin!" Master Qin said as he dealt with the dead animal.

This was the third time that Cao Dongfang had pulled back dead animals. Every time there was a reward, and Cao Dongfang was not polite and accepted it all. He didn't need it himself, but someone else did.

Especially beef and donkey meat, which are hard to buy at ordinary times, but there are a lot of them here. I have eaten them four or five times, braised beef, braised donkey meat, and braised mule meat.

They don't eat any meat. If they die, they'll be left to dig a grave. Do they want to put up a tombstone? They'll be taken back and eaten.

.......

"Uncle Jiang, take this, the beef as a reward." Cao Dongfang handed the beef wrapped in a large newspaper to Uncle Jiang.

"Beef is a good thing. I'll take it and give it to Jiajia to eat." Uncle Jiang said.

"No need. No one in my family likes to eat it. It's better to eat fish. You can take it and eat it at home. You all live there, and there are quite a few people. Five kilograms will not be enough." Cao Dongfang said.

"Oh! We have been eating these every day these days. Now that we have no livestock, how can we cultivate the land? It's a sin!" Uncle Jiang sighed and put away the beef.

"Dongfang, it's okay. What are you going to do? Continue teaching Xiao Xu how to drive?" Uncle Jiang asked.

"It's not convenient to go back, so I'll just teach Xiao Xu how to drive here. He wants to learn, and I have nothing to do, so I'll teach him for a while!" Cao Dongfang said.

"Xiao Xu is lucky to have met you. I have been here for less than two months and I have already started learning to drive.

When you teach car repair, ask Xiao Qi and me to come with you. We can learn how to repair cars. Your skills are really amazing. "Uncle Jiang said.

"no problem!"

......

By the end of September, more and more animals had died of exhaustion. After more than a month of high-intensity physical work, these animals could no longer hold out and died one after another.

Cao Dongfang began to collect corpses. He took Xiao Xu with him and walked on the road every day to see if there were any animals that had died of exhaustion. He would pull the dead animals back to the canteen in exchange for rewards, at least five kilograms of meat at a time.

Cao Dongfang was smart and sent one head at a time, five pounds of meat each time. The canteen chef, Master Qin, smiled, raised his thumb and said nothing, and gave more than five pounds of meat.

Master Qin and Cao Dongfang boasted that meat was also very hard to buy in big cities. They only ate a little meat in a month, and they couldn't buy meat even if they had a salary!

The rural areas at that time were not very bad and the burden was not too heavy. In fact, it was after 58, starting from 59, that the cities became stronger than the rural areas.

Especially those three years in history!

Cao Dongfang knew what Master Qin meant, so he just smiled, took the meat and left the kitchen, and gave the meat to Uncle Jiang. Not long after, Xiao Xu delivered meat again and brought back another five pounds of meat for Cao Dongfang.

No!

"Take it home and eat it! I don't need meat." Cao Dongfang said.

Helpless Xiao Xu had to accept the meat. These days he saw that Cao Dongfang really didn't want the meat, so he gave all the meat to Master Jiang and didn't keep any for himself!

The driver was just distributing the meat, which made someone very greedy. She really wanted to buy some to take home for her children. She didn't order much braised beef each time.

This person is the rather boring Liang Ladi!

"Um...Master Cao, can you sell me some meat...I...I'll pay!" Liang Ladi couldn't help but walk over and said.

"How many pounds?" Cao Dongfang asked.

"Two kilograms... no... not more, one kilogram will do." Liang Ladi said a little embarrassedly.

"Ninety cents per pound, that's the market price." Cao Dongfang said.

"I know that the market has a low demand and meat is very difficult to buy. If Damao hadn't brought some meat back from here, he wouldn't have eaten meat for a long time." Liang Ladi said.

"I'll sell you two pounds of beef. Do you want thighs or ribs?" Cao Dongfang said and got out of the car.

"Thigh meat, you can stir-fry it!" Liang Ladi said.

"Okay, wait a minute, I'll send another cow to the canteen as a reward of five kilograms of meat. You come with me." Cao Dongfang said.

Today he got two cows and a donkey. This was the result of Cao Dongfang's street sweeping today. More than 15 kilograms of meat, which is equivalent to nearly 15 yuan, which is extra income.

After taking Liang Ladi in, choosing the meat in the cafeteria and coming out again, Master Qin gave her a thumbs up and a smile that only men can understand.

This old guy was not a good person when he was young. How can I, such a great and upright person, be like him?

Liang Ladi left with two pounds of beef. Cao Dongfang gave three pounds of beef to Uncle Jiang and one dollar and eighty cents to Xiao Xu. Cao Dongfang was just looking for something to do out of boredom.

.......

"Brother, each person has to hand over 20 kilograms of scrap iron tomorrow. Do we have any more?" Cao Jiajia asked Cao Dongfang as he entered the door.

There was a notice on the street in the afternoon that no one was at the Cao family. The third uncle told the news.

Cao Jiajia didn't know if there was anyone at home, so she asked Cao Dongfang, tomorrow was Sunday.

"Yes, it's in the hut. You'd better ask the people on the street to get it. The ore is running out again. This time the people should sell everything they have!

Cao Dongfang was well prepared for what happened on the street and was not panicked at all.

Not only this time's, but also the next time's. I remember it was two or three times, I can't remember clearly. The last time, half of the previous ones were required, and there seemed to be a few places that were so driving people crazy.

I don’t want to think about it anymore. As time goes by, I have returned a lot of things I learned in college to my physical education teacher. I feel ashamed!

Put down 90 pounds first, and then put on 100 pounds later, just go with the flow!

......

The next day, something not too big happened. Liu Haizhong was beaten up.

Because Liu Haizhong had always been detached from the masses and hung out with people like the commune secretary, Cao Dongfang and others didn't know why he was beaten.

Liu Haizhong's injuries were not too serious, just a broken leg. The commune secretary said that Liu Haizhong had offended some thugs, and they started fighting for some unknown reason and were pulled apart by them.

The commune secretary spoke vaguely and Cao Dongfang didn't pay attention, but he saw a flash of joy in Jia Dongxu's eyes.

It turned out to be Jia Dongxu who did it. He is a smart man, but he took action against Liu Haizhong more than a month later. He had a conflict with others and his leg was broken. It is really hard to associate this with Jia Dongxu.

Yi Zhonghai, the old fox, always stayed with everyone and never went out alone. He knew that this was the village where Jia Dongfang's mother-in-law lived.

Interesting Yi Zhonghai!

The cunning and insidious Jia Dongxu!

Stupid bangs!

Who will Jia Dongxu deal with next? He won’t deal with Yi Zhonghai, the old man!

Keep working hard! Jia Dongxu! I believe in you!

Cao Dongfang looked around at everyone. Yi Zhonghai was frowning, as if he understood something and was thinking of a solution.

Jia Dongxu looked around as if nothing had happened. No one knew what he was thinking. It probably wasn't anything good!

Liang Ladi and Tong Zhi didn't react much. They thought it was just that idiot Liu Haizhong who got out of hand again and had his legs broken. They didn't even think about the grudges in the compound.

Uncle Jiang took Liu Haizhong back to the city hospital to treat his leg, and Cao Dongfang stayed behind. Uncle Jiang didn't say anything, but Cao Dongfang knew what Uncle Jiang meant.

Don't let anything happen to other people!

Cao Dongfang nodded to indicate that he understood and would pay attention to it.

Uncle Jiang and his apprentice drove back to the city hospital and came back the next morning. They told the commune secretary, and this was considered as asking for leave.

Cao Dongfang had no choice but to let Xiao Xu go to learn driving alone, and he stayed with the people from the steel rolling mill. Others didn't understand why Cao Dongfang was there, but Yi Zhonghai knew.

The old guy was relieved and didn't leave Cao Dongfang. The others might not know Cao Dongfang's military strength, including Tong Zhi and Liang Ladi.

Yi Zhonghai knows it very well!

No one made trouble in the afternoon, so the time passed in boredom.

Come back home!