The weather in autumn is exceptionally clear, with white clouds in various shapes floating lightly in the breeze, gently passing through the blue sky, and moving silently towards the distant sky.

Early in the morning, Liu Qiaoxian was neatly dressed and ready to go out.

When Taohua saw her, she quickly asked: "Mom, what are you going to do?"

Liu Qiaoxian smiled and said: "The army and Naughty went to their respective places again. You watch your father-in-law at home. I will go to the city and be back soon."

Taohua knew that the "a while" her mother-in-law said would probably take most of the day, because Hetao Village was more than five miles away from the city, and it was more than ten miles away from the city. Excluding the time to do errands, she was an old lady who didn't know how to ride a bicycle.

By bicycle, if you just walk, it will take half a day no matter how fast you go.

So Taohua said: "Mom, after you have settled my father, I will take you there by bike, otherwise you will be too tired from walking."

"No, just take care of your home." The mother-in-law stepped out of the door.

Taohua wondered in her heart, her mother-in-law has been acting mysteriously lately, what is she busy with?

After her mother-in-law left, Taohua came into the house and said to her father-in-law: "Dad, I am washing clothes in the courtyard. If you need anything, call me."

"Well, you can do whatever you want." My father-in-law replied.

Taohua had washed half of her clothes when she heard her father-in-law in the back room calling her: "Taohua, give me some water to drink."

Taohua agreed, wiped her hands on her apron, poured a bowl of water and handed it to her father-in-law. She waited for her father-in-law to drink the water, thinking: What would happen if he relieves himself soon? So she said to her father-in-law: "You finish drinking."

Water, put the bowl on the kang, I'll go out for a while and I'll clean it up when I come back later."

Liu Laocun promised: "Go ahead, before it's too late."

"No, I know." Peach Blossom pushed the cart out of the gate. She wanted to go to the fields to find the army.

But she rode her bicycle in a circle in the fields, but she never saw the army or the others.

She was afraid that her father-in-law would be anxious, so she didn't dare to waste any more time, so she hurried back home. But as soon as she entered the door, she saw Dajun and Naughty already sitting at the door of the house talking.

She put the bicycle away and asked: "Where did you go to share the land? I looked around for you, but you went home first."

Dajun said: "The land has been divided. Our land and Brother Naughty's land are right next to each other. Brother Naughty said that when our family is too busy, we can help out and it will be easier to manage."

Taohua asked lukewarmly: "Really? It's just for convenience?"

There was nothing wrong with Da Jun's words, but to Liu Haitao's ears, Tao Hua asked this, which meant that there was something in the words and a hidden edge.

Taohua entered the house and asked her father-in-law in the inner room: "Dad, are you okay? Do you still want to drink water? I'm here to clean up the bowl."

In fact, this was her greeting to her father-in-law and at the same time, she also hinted: I am coming in to avoid embarrassing situations.

Taohua took the bowl that was placed on the kang. When she saw her father-in-law lying half-lying on his body, she asked, "Why did dad move? Did he move the fracture?"

"Dajun and Naughty were helping me relieve myself just now. It's okay. I just want to sit like this for a while." Liu Laocun frowned and sighed and said, "Oh, I heard that we have to work alone again, but I really don't feel like it.

What a taste, maybe the socialism that has been practiced for many years will just go back?"

When Taohua heard this, she suddenly felt very strange or curious. She really didn't expect that her father-in-law, who had always been taciturn and honest, would actually be concerned about major national policy issues. Taohua suddenly got excited and hurriedly said to her father-in-law:

"Dad, can you tell me how to divide the fields into households?"

Dajun and Naughty'er heard Taohua and her father-in-law talking, so they also came into the room and sat aside.

Liu Laocun looked at them, sighed and said: "Well, I'm not talking about whether it is possible to divide the land into households. I have experienced this kind of solo work before. Speaking of which, I am also a person who came here. I was young and strong at that time.

Planting two or three acres of land is no big deal. Just talking about watering the land with a windlass can't water eighty-seven acres in one day. Unlike now, with a diesel engine water pump, three or five acres of land can be watered in one day.

The watering is finished, but manpower is needed to pull the machine and install the water pump. In the future, in addition to watering and improving the soil, the work in the field will include sowing, plowing, and using sickles and picks during harvesting, planting awns, and so on.

Whenever there is a shortage of employees, young and strong labor is indispensable. But what about the old, weak, sick and disabled people? Who can help them with these tasks? "

Liu Laocun's words surprised the three young people in front of him, especially Da Jun. He, Tao Hua, and Naughty looked at each other. He praised him and said: "Hey, my biological father, these

It’s not like what you said. Why are you suddenly worried about the country and the people? You are about to become the leader of the country, hahaha..."

The army laughed together. But Liu Laocun said seriously: "Why are you laughing? My thinking is no worse than that of you young people. When we were just liberated, I became a basic militiaman at the age of sixteen. Then

At that time, I was still an armed militiaman with real swords and guns; during the Three Red Flag riots, when I joined the People's Commune, I was an activist in the county."

"Really?" Taohua asked with a smile: "Dad, what do you think of the current policy?"

Liu Laocun moved his body, and he said thoughtfully: "I don't dare to talk nonsense about this policy at the moment. I have heard it a lot on the radio. It sounds very strange to talk about letting some people get rich first.

It's attractive and makes sense, but..."

"But what?" Taohua asked.

"I mean, I can't understand or understand the policies of the higher-ups for the time being. How do you make some people rich? Just look at what kind of people the higher-ups want to make rich first? The orphans, widowers, the old, the weak, the sick and the disabled that I just mentioned

How did these people become rich? From my perspective, these people will only have to suffer from poverty in the future. Let me tell you a story first. Listen to it." Liu Laocun straightened up and said: "We just liberated those people.

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Son, when our village was engaged in the "land reform", we emphasized "land to the tiller", the policy was good, and everyone supported the party's leadership. However, the land has been allocated, but how can households without labor cultivate it? Mother Sun Liqiang,

Because the man was not at home and the children were very young, she pushed the cart home alone to push wheat. When going uphill, she failed to go up. The cart and the cart went over into a ditch and she was hit on the head by a cart. She was already dead when people found her.

"

Taohua widened her eyes and asked, "Which Sun Liqiang?"

Liu Laocun said: "It's our rival Sun Liqiang."

"What? Are we across from each other?" Taohua asked in confusion: "Isn't Sun Liqiang's mother alive and well? How...?"

"This is his stepmother, his cousin aunt." Liu Laocun said: "When Sun Liqiang's biological mother died, the three brothers and sisters were still very young. His aunt was afraid that they would be offended if they had a stepmother, so she treated them as

They married their stepmother, and later his stepmother also had a son and a daughter. However, her mother-in-law and her brothers and sisters were quite harmonious. People who don’t know the inside story can’t tell that they are two mothers, and they can’t tell the difference.”

Taohua praised: "It's true. Aunt Sun is such a nice person and treats people so warmly. Now I often go to her house to play with her second daughter, Sun Lijuan. For so many days, I have always thought that she and her brother and sister

We are all biological. If dad hadn't told me, I wouldn't have known that Sun Lijuan had a mother-in-law."

"Yes, I knew this a long time ago. Liqiang's mother was hit and killed by her own trolley." Liu Haitao said in agreement.

Dajun asked: "I heard that Sun Lijuan got divorced? Why does she suddenly want to go back to her parents' home now?"

Taohua replied: "She and her husband fought for a long time in a lawsuit over the child. In the end, the court awarded the child to Lijuan, so she took her son home to live."

After hearing about Sun Lijuan, Dajun felt very uncomfortable. He and Sun Lijuan were childhood playmates. It can be said that they were "childhood sweethearts" even though she was three years older than him. Dajun believed that they had done each other in childhood.

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These things were simply unbearable to look back on. He was most afraid and unwilling to mention the things that happened between him and her when they were children. So Da Jun quickly changed the topic and said: "Even if her mother was beaten to death, it cannot be said that she was blamed on national policies.

It’s your fault.”

"What I mean is that this is caused by lack of labor." Liu Laocun glared at him and said: "Later, people joined the People's Commune, and everyone helped each other. At that time, the team emphasized that 'the capable should work more,' and it was not evenly distributed.

, but distributed according to work. Whoever works more will get more things and dividends. It is very fair and good. Until now, those households and people who are orphans, widows, old, weak, sick and disabled are all in the village and production team.

There is care, so everyone has food to eat.”

Dajun continued: "Isn't this the 'big pot rice' that is being criticized now?"

"This big pot meal developed later. It was first called a 'mutual aid group.'" Liu Laocun waved his hand and said, "However, some people think that big pot rice is not good, but it also has great benefits and everyone is equal."

Taohua agreed: "If we want to be rich, everyone will be rich together, and if we want to be poor, everyone will be poor together. There is not much polarization."

Da Jun said boldly again: "This is called egalitarianism and collectivism. This kind of thinking of yours cannot keep up with the formality."

"I don't want to hear what you are saying. What's wrong with the collective? At least we all take care of each other." Liu Laocun sighed deeply and said, "Well, let's take our family as an example. Dajun and I see

They are all male laborers, but the army is sick and can't breathe when walking, let alone doing manual work in the crop fields. Mine

My leg is broken. It's okay if I can't fall down in the future and have sequelae. But if I fall down, what can I do with my limp? Taohua's body is quite thin, so she can do some light work, but once she encounters heavy work, she can support it.

Can you live there? From the time your mother came to me until now, I have never let her work in the fields. She is getting old... Well, what can I do?"

After listening to Liu Laocun's words, the three young people fell into deep thought, especially the young couple Taohua and Dajun. This was the main problem they had to face no matter what. They couldn't help but worry about their future life and future.

Production is worried. The first question before them is, who will do the work on several acres of land?

At this time, Liu Haitao looked at the family and said: "I don't think this is a big deal. Each of us has exactly one-third of an acre of land. Taohua's household registration has not been obtained yet, so we have not been allocated the land. There are uncles and aunts."

My son and the army, together with me, have only been allocated a little over four acres in total. The work on this small amount of land is not a big deal. I can do it alone, so there is no need to worry."

Of course Liu Haitao's words would make people happy, but Liu Laocun always felt that he was not in trouble. He looked at the window and saw the sun shining directly, which indicated that noon time had arrived. But his wife hadn't come back yet, so I don't know.
Chapter completed!