Siheyuan: Rebirth 52 years later, escaping from famine in Beijing

After playing in the park, Lu Weimin drove to pick up Sister Fei and his eldest son Lu Aimin and took them home. In the study room at night, Lu Weimin still studied hard, as if he had never been disturbed!

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On Friday, Director Zhang returned to the unit and excitedly told Lu Weimin that the drip irrigation technology and tools he invented were very efficient.

Not only has his father in his hometown started using it, but he has also promoted it throughout the village. This is just the beginning.

Soon, the technology became popular throughout the city. Even more unexpectedly, top management also showed great interest in it.

The top leaders promoted this technology to the whole country, and it achieved remarkable results. As a result, Lu Weimin was awarded the second-class merit and received cash and food coupons as rewards.

However, this drip irrigation technology cannot completely solve the problem of drought.

After all, in some extremely serious places, there is not even a drop of water, so how can drip irrigation be used?

In a blink of an eye,

It's already July.

People's communes were established in rural areas across the country, and production teams in each village began to set up public canteens. All personal property and personal debts were unified " ** ". Everyone worked and ate together, and the news that meals were free spread throughout the courtyards.

Upon hearing this "good news", most of the residents in the courtyard were very excited and gathered together to discuss it.

"Have you heard? Now the village has established a people's commune, all property and debts are distributed equally, and even food is free. Life is much better than that of city dwellers!"

"Equal distribution of property and debts? What does that mean?"

"To put it simply, if a commune is established here, everyone's property and debt will be divided equally. This means that your family's debts will be borne by the commune, but your property will also belong to the commune."

"That's great! My family is poor, but we owe a lot of debts. If a commune is established, my family will be the first to join!" "It's great to have free meals! I don't have to pay for meals anymore!"

"So, if a commune is established, as long as we join, we can also share the things of the rich families in the courtyards?" Jia Zhang's eyes sparkled after hearing this.

Although the neighbors did not like Jia Zhang, someone still answered, "That's right!"

When Jia Zhang heard this, she was very happy and returned to the middle courtyard excitedly. She looked at Lu Weimin's house with shining eyes, and her mind was full of the good things in Lu Weimin's house. After a long time, she reluctantly withdrew her gaze and walked into her own house.

Jia Zhang excitedly said to her family:

"Dongxu, Huairu, have you heard about the establishment of a people's commune and the free meals we can get?

Now the village is doing this, and it is said that the city may do the same in the future. When that happens, we don’t have to pay back our debts, and the commune will be responsible for it.

Other people's things can also be shared, which means that we can also get a share of Lu Weimin's family's property in the future!"

"Is there such a good thing?" Qin Huairu's face was also full of surprise and excitement.

She always envied Li Jing's good life and thought it would be great if she could share some of Lu Weimin and Li Jing's family property in the future.

At first, Jia Dongxu was very excited when he heard the news, but soon frowned:

"But I have a job. Some people don't have jobs, and all their personal belongings and wages have to be handed over to the commune. Doesn't that mean I have to hand in my wages, too? Those unemployed people don't have to hand in anything, so wouldn't I be at a disadvantage?"

Qin Huairu and Jia Zhangshi were originally smiling, but their smiles disappeared immediately after hearing this. Indeed, it was fine if others didn't have a salary, but Dongxu had a salary, and it would be a big loss to hand it over!

Jia Zhang quickly added:

“In the city, most families have jobs, right? Only a few don’t.

Even if those people don't pay wages, many of them have higher wages than us, and after paying them and dividing them equally, we can still get a higher share.

For example, Yi Zhonghai, Liu Haizhong, and Uncle Wang all have very high salaries. If they were distributed equally to everyone, wouldn't it be a huge profit?

What's more, Lu Weimin and his wife earn more, especially Lu Weimin, who earns several hundred yuan a month. If we divide it equally, our family will have a better life in the future!"

After listening to this, Jia Dongxu and Qin Huairu felt that it made sense and became excited again.

Jia Dongxu could no longer sit still, so he went to discuss the establishment of a people's commune with Yi Zhonghai.

Yi Zhonghai was not so excited, because he had a high salary, and if he did not join the commune, he only needed to support himself and his wife. But if he joined the commune, he would have no salary and would have to support the entire commune.

Despite this, Yi Zhonghai was very cunning. He knew that if the general trend was untenable, he would have to follow suit, so he just said that he would obey the arrangements of the street office and the country and do whatever they told him to do.

Sha Zhu and Liu Lan also heard everyone's discussion. When they heard the news that a commune was going to be established in the village, they became a little worried.

Both of them are working parents. If the street community also sets up a commune, all their wages will have to be handed over, which will definitely greatly reduce their quality of life. So they are not very willing to do so.

When the neighbors saw the two of them, there was a look of schadenfreude and excitement in their eyes, especially Jia Zhang, who had a smug smile on her face.

Sha Zhu and Liu Lan knew exactly what Jia Zhang was thinking and immediately felt unhappy.

The two of them felt more and more upset, so they decided to go to Lu Weimin's house at night to get some information. Because Lu Weimin's wife Li Jing was the director of the street office, she must know more about the commune's affairs.

At dinner that night, Sha Zhu and Liu Lan had no appetite. After eating hastily, they rushed to Ermingang Hutong and found Lu Weimin's home.

Lu Weimin was not at home, only Li Jing and Sister Fei were there.

Sha Zhu and Liu Lan hurriedly asked Li Jing about the situation of the commune.

Li Jing smiled and said, "Don't worry. As far as I know, there are no plans to establish communes in the city yet. Even if there are, they will mainly be concentrated in the rural areas in the suburbs."

As to whether it will be true in the future, no one can be sure.

But in my opinion, it is unlikely. Most people in the city already have stable jobs.

The reason why communes were established in rural areas was mainly because many people there did not have a stable job. "

After hearing this, Sha Zhu and Liu Lan felt relieved and went home happily.

At night, after Lu Weimin returned home, Li Jing told him about Sha Zhu and Liu Lan's visit during the day and their inquiry into the situation of the commune. She also mentioned that some people living in the courtyard had ulterior motives. For example, the Jia family was looking forward to the establishment of a commune so that they could divide up their own property.

Lu Weimin was not worried about this. He knew that the commune in the city was unlikely to be established, and even the so-called free canteen would not last long, at most a few years. Moreover, most of the family's property had been properly placed, some stored in the personal space, and the other part in **. Therefore, he was completely assured of the safety of his property.

Time flies, and half a month has passed in the blink of an eye.

The news about whether the cities would establish communes made people anxious and stopped their normal work. The higher authorities finally announced that the people's communes would only apply to rural areas. Once this news was announced, people's suspicions were calmed.

Some families were satisfied with the result, while others felt regretful. Among them, the most disappointed was the Jia family.

One day, Jia Dongxu learned from a colleague that a commune and a public canteen had been established in his hometown village. It was said that the conditions there were very good, there was meat to eat every day, and the labor was just a formality. Jia Dongxu was very envious of this and quickly came up with a new idea.

When he got home, he said to his mother Jia Zhang: "Mom, since you still have a rural household registration, why don't you return to the village and live a life of public meals. I heard that there is meat for every meal there, and the work is not tiring. This way, our family's living expenses will be greatly reduced! And when you are old and weak, if you can't adapt to rural life, you can always come back to the city!"

When Jia Zhang heard that she would not have to do much work in the countryside, would have meat for every meal, and could return to the city at any time, she was very tempted and gladly accepted her son's proposal.

The next day, Jia Dongxu sent Jia Zhang back to her hometown.

When the neighbors in the Siheyuan heard the news that this troublesome old woman was going back to the countryside, they all applauded and thought that the Siheyuan would be much quieter from then on.

In the village, people welcomed Jia Zhang's return. Since there was an additional person to feed, and the food was not produced by their own family, it would increase the public burden. Therefore, the villagers did not mind it and even thought that having an extra laborer was a good thing. After living in the city for so many years, Jia Zhang returned to the countryside, proving that life in the countryside was indeed better. The villagers believed that this was a positive effect brought about by the commune system.

For this, Jia Zhang was regarded as a model figure who actively responded to policies. On the first day of collective labor, she was assigned a very easy job and no one demanded too much from her.

Jia Zhang is very satisfied. Compared with taking care of children and handling trivial household chores at home, she feels much more comfortable and thinks that her decision to return to the village is quite wise. At present, her biggest expectation is the free meals every day.

After a long day of work, the bell for dinner rang as scheduled. The workers, the elderly and children at home in the village all carried their bowls and cups and headed for the canteen with laughter. Jia Zhang also followed eagerly and rushed to the collective canteen.

Today's delicacy is crystal clear white rice with fragrant braised pork. The oily surface makes everyone's appetite increase. Everyone ate until they were full and burped. After the meal, people held simple small paper flags and excitedly shouted "People's Commune **!" to express their joy and satisfaction with their current life. Jia Zhang smiled and was convinced that her decision to return to the village was correct. At the same time, she couldn't help but feel sorry for her son, daughter-in-law and grandson who stayed in the city. They still had to eat sweet potatoes to fill their stomachs.

However, good things don't always last forever.

The reason why the diet was so rich in the early days was that the wealth of all villages was integrated into the commune, including the assets of some wealthy families. Since they were enjoying the property of others, they could naturally eat as much as they wanted, and they could also buy meat. However, no matter how much wealth there was, it could not resist the unbridled extravagance of so many people day after day, especially the frequent fish and meat delicacies, which resulted in the wealth of the commune being far from supporting their daily consumption.