Fast-paced era: a warm and leisurely life

Chapter 115 The Dumb Lady of the Landlord's Family

Gu Nuanyi was thinking about how to get her grandfather to secretly hide some food and not hand it all over, because this collective canteen would be disbanded soon...

Secretary Han stretched out his hand and pressed down: "Everyone, listen to me. Now the upper level is promoting the primitive steelmaking method. Everyone donates all the iron items in their homes, such as iron pots, shovels, sickles, hoes, etc., and then builds a small blast furnace at the foot of the mountain to make steel."

Someone who didn’t react asked: “All the pots have been donated, so how are we going to eat in the future?”

Someone nearby replied, "We'll all eat in the cafeteria in the future, so why do we need to cook for ourselves?!"

"What about the hot water? Is it also boiled by the cafeteria?"

Hearing this question, everyone looked at Secretary Han on the podium.

Secretary Han quickly reacted: "Every family has a clay pot, so wouldn't it be enough to make a few more? The higher-ups are now vigorously implementing the indigenous steelmaking method, so is our Third Brigade going to be the one that lags behind? Other brigades can make contributions, so is our Third Brigade going to be a deserter?"

As soon as this was said, someone immediately responded: "We don't want to be deserters! We want to contribute to the country!!!"

Secretary Han nodded with satisfaction and said, "Then everyone will help build the canteen and the small blast furnace. In addition, you can elect a financial officer to be responsible for managing the public property of the Third Brigade."

Everyone looked at each other and pushed Zhou Guangyuan, who had worked as an accountant in the Gu family, out.

Zhou Guangyuan smiled naively, stood on the platform and patted his chest to assure: "I will definitely live up to everyone's trust!!!"

Secretary Han added: "Now all land is collectively owned, including wild animals in the mountains. Everyone should supervise each other and not fleece the socialist wool! Anyone who steals collective property in private will be dragged out for criticism!!!"

Everyone responded loudly.

After the meeting, Secretary Han selected some people to build the canteen and the small blast furnace.

The rest of the people went home to move food and iron products.

When Grandpa returned home, he and Gu Nuanyi moved most of the grain in the big cellar to another small cellar.

Gu Nuanyi's prepared speech was totally useless.

As Grandpa was moving the things, he said, "Xiao Nuan, I'm telling you, that canteen won't be around for long and will have to close down. There's no way we'll have that much food for people to eat!"

Gu Nuanyi nodded. If we eat according to a plan, it will probably last longer.

But according to Secretary Han, it is hard to say whether the food delivered can last for a year.

Grandpa took one bag of rice, one bag of flour, two bags of cornmeal and some old farm tools from the remaining food and brought them to the rice drying field.

Secretary Han looked at the food piled on the ground with a smile.

Zhou Guangyuan was in charge of recording the type and weight of food delivered by each person.

Captain He looked at the sickles and hoes scattered on the ground and asked worriedly, "Secretary Han, you sent all these sickles and hoes to make steel. What about the land? How can we farm?"

"It's not that difficult. Just leave two sets of farm tools. You can do the rest with your hands."

Captain He said in a bad tone: "How can two sets be enough, Secretary Han, don't forget that we still have to rely on the food in the fields for food!!!"

Secretary Han saw that Captain He actually refuted him, and he said with a stern face: "Captain He, steelmaking is the policy from above, and your Third Battalion is doing something special and not participating, right?"

"When did I say that our Third Brigade would not participate? Secretary Han, you were sent down from above to guide the work, but you can't ignore the actual situation. What will we eat if we don't farm? Are we going to eat the pie you painted every day? If the canteen can't supply it, Secretary Han, don't blame the members for making trouble! !"

Secretary Han thought about it and said reluctantly: "Then let's keep two more sets!"

"Secretary Han, don't forget that we all have to work together in the fields during the autumn harvest!" Captain He added silently in his heart: I'm waiting to see you pull rice with your bare hands!!!

Secretary Han didn't care at all. He was only thinking about making greater achievements than other brigade secretaries.

Secretary Han is very efficient, and everyone had a big pot of food in the evening.

Everyone is holding the biggest eating utensils in the house.

People lined up with large porcelain jars and bowls in their hands.

They were still shouting: "More meat!! More, more!!"

He Chunrou, Zhao Meiling, and Wu Panlan, who were in charge of cooking, patiently repeated, "If it's not enough, come back for more. There's still plenty in the pot! I'll make sure you're all full!!!"

The delicious dishes and the steamed buns made everyone full.

Zhao Heping pulled his sleeve and wiped his mouth: "It's better to eat from a big pot. My wife is reluctant to use oil when cooking. Food with oil tastes better!!"

Wang Laizi also wiped his mouth with his clothes: "That's right, thank you Secretary Han! It's better that Secretary Han is here!!"

Others also complimented him.

Secretary Han was so excited after hearing this that he looked at Captain He with a proud look in his eyes.

Captain He picked his teeth and said, "Secretary Han is amazing! We are all counting on Secretary Han to lead us to better and better!!!"

Gu Nuanyi had to admit that the food in this big pot was indeed delicious.

Gu Nuanyi touched her stomach and burped, thinking: I just don’t know how many meals I can eat…

The breakfast is also very rich, with porridge, vegetable cakes, eggs, pickles, and they are all available in unlimited quantities.

People who usually don't like to eat eggs now eat four or five.

Eat as much as you can and stuff it into your stomach

This caused me to vomit my breakfast when I bent down to work.

Grandma shook her head regretfully: "What a waste!!!"

After everyone worked together for a few days, the hardworking ones also started to be lazy.

If you were lazy, you will become even lazier.

No one wants to work more than anyone else. After all, we all eat the same food, so why should anyone work more!!!

One after another, everyone was trying to be lazy and unwilling to work more than others.

This is what happens every day:

When the bell rang, the members ran quickly to the canteen. After eating breakfast, they picked up a piece of grass from the roadside and walked to the fields or the blast furnace while picking their teeth.

After pulling out a blade of grass, stand and rest for a while before pulling out another blade of grass.

My grandparents are almost 60 years old, but they work faster than those young guys!

Captain He was anxious as he watched. If they continued to work at this rate, the grass in the field would grow taller than the rice...

It's better to be next to the blast furnace, after all, Secretary Han is watching there personally.

Smart members can still find opportunities to slack off

When the bell rang, the members dropped what they were holding, changed their slow pace, and ran quickly towards the canteen.

One runs faster than the other, afraid that if they run slower they will miss out on the meat.