The Sweetness of the Seventies-Chapter 48 - s Protection_1
Chapter 48: Chapters 48-49 Protection_1
Chapter 48 -s 48-49 Protection_1
He Tiantian was industrious, which lightened Aunt Liu’s load a lot, making her very happy.
Aunt Liu was overjoyed and said, “Then we must put in extra effort today, finish early, and rest early.”
The two reached the middle of the hillside and found the area where they were to cut grass today and began to get busy.
This time, they weren’t cutting a basketful and taking it down the mountain one by one; instead, they cut a large pile all at once, spread it out on the ground to dry, and by midday, it could be half-dried. freewebnøvel.com
That way, they could fit more grass of the same weight and volume.
The four baskets cut in the morning were more than the five baskets from before, and the efficiency was higher.
Once they were taken to the bottom of the mountain, they just needed to be dried a bit more before being stacked together.
After the autumn harvest, they could be chopped into small sections, bagged in sacks, and stored in the house as fodder for the livestock during winter.
The green grass drying at the door of the livestock team’s office was quickly dried with the help of people like Professor Gu and Professor Wang, who turned it over industriously.
With these people helping with work, Aunt Liu was naturally very happy and spoke to them even more kindly.
After several days of rest, except for Old Man Bai who had a broken leg and needed more time to heal, everyone else was already able to move and work.
Together with barely enough food to eat each day and occasionally having some chicken soup, the seven people recovered very quickly.
Among them, Zuo Li and Xiang Rong recovered the fastest, and without waiting for Village Chief Qi’s orders, they had already started going up the mountain with He Tiantian and Aunt Liu to cut grass, carrying baskets.
Qian Shikun and Sun Sihao, who didn’t have much strength, only cut grass and couldn’t carry it.
Finally, before the busy autumn harvest, the livestock team completed their task over the quota.
Village Chief Qi brought back the grain from the commune for the young people in the city and these personnel, not withholding a single grain, and distributed it all to them.
Village Chief Qi came over in person, bringing the grain and some daily necessities like pots, pans, and ladles.
“Elders, make do for a while.
After the busy farming period, I will bring some people to help you cut a few trees from the back hill to set up beds.
That way, when it gets cold, you can live more comfortably and warmly,” said Village Chief Qi; he wanted to be good to these people since they were actively working.
Zuo Li chuckled and said, “Then we’re very thankful to Village Chief Qi.
It’s almost time for farm work, and except for Brother Bai who can’t work because of his fracture, the rest of us are able to work and are ready for your instructions at any moment.”
Village Chief Qi waved his hand and said, “There’s no question of instructions.
The commune said that after the busy farming period, each of you should write a report about your time in the countryside, and the village will add comments based on your performances and send them up.
As long as everyone can be like now, not talking much, doing more work, the village won’t make things difficult for you.”
Xiang Rong rubbed his hands and said, “Thank you for your care, Village Chief Qi, we will definitely work hard.”
Compared to those people in the city, working hard is nothing!
“All right, there was supposed to be an inspection of work by the commune, but with the busy farming time recently, this week’s village meeting is canceled, and the previous arrangements will be replaced by labor,” said Village Chief Qi, who fully agreed with the higher-ups’ approach of prioritizing the harvest of grain, not going hungry, and then considering other things.
Upon hearing this, several people’s brows relaxed, as they preferred to work rather than doing what they did before.
“We guarantee to work hard,” said Xiang Rong, standing erect with his heels together, almost ready to salute.
Village Chief Qi was taken aback, and he vaguely saw a soldier’s shadow in Xiang Rong; his son was like that.
“Good, good, rest well, all the grain is here,” said Village Chief Qi kindly, “If you have any difficulties, feel free to come to me.
To correct mistakes is good comradeship, and to warn against past mistakes is our consistent principle.”
Village Chief Qi left, and just when everything seemed to be calming down and they were ready to focus on production, the next morning, people from the commune suddenly arrived in Qijia Village for a surprise inspection.
“Dazhu, we cannot tolerate any slackness; you must cooperate with our inspection,” a group of people dressed in military-like attire, with pens in their chest pockets and slinging green canvas bags, swaggered up to Dazhu, ready to nab him should he show any resistance or bad attitude.
Dazhu recognized the person, named Zhou Sihai, around twenty years old, who used to stoke the boiler at a textile factory in the county town.
Zhou Sihai wasn’t a good person, and Dazhu had heard rumors.
However, Dazhu had been the village chief for many years and was worldly-wise; even though he was anxious inside, he remained very composed on the surface.
Upon reflection, from beginning to end, he had been following the commune’s requests, and there was no evidence of bias, favoritism, or protection.
