Fantasy world

I have been delegated for some time, but Captain Qingyuan still takes special care of me and basically does not arrange for me to work with the young and strong laborers on the team. The production team dispatches work in principle by group, and different groups record work points according to different levels. In those days, the work points of the production team were just like the wages of workers, and they were also a form of labor remuneration. But work points in the countryside are very different from workers' wages. Workers' wages are basically paid monthly. And it's real money. Therefore, as long as you become a worker, your life will be absolutely guaranteed. But work points in the countryside are different. Work points in the countryside are only paid once a year, and it is not until the beginning of the year that the production team is used as the basic unit to conduct financial accounting of centimeters, and finally how much RMB a centimeter is worth can be determined. I still remember that even if we were one brigade at that time, there was still a huge gap in centimeter accounting between different production teams. In some cases, one centimeter was worth a few cents in RMB, but in some cases, one centimeter was worth just one cent in RMB. It can be seen that at that time, even among the people in the countryside, the gap between the rich and the poor was still very large.

In this regard, I am considered a lucky person. At that time, among the six teams in our entire team, our team’s work points had always been the highest in value. In this way, although I cannot work together with those young and middle-aged laborers in the team and earn the same high work points, compared with my colleagues who have settled in other production teams, the low work points I have received in our team are higher than those of theirs. The high points scored on their team are worth much more.

Also, in those days, although the work points of the production team were not as good as the wages paid to the workers on a monthly basis, they were tangible and tangible. But its value is no worse than the RMB, and in some aspects it is even higher. For example, in the past, most rural areas still relied on small-scale peasant economy, based on self-sufficiency. Then, the production team distribution system is also based on the basic principle of"distribution according to work". Then, at the end of each year, the production team divides grain, oil, cotton, meat, and fish, all based on work. Even if something is distributed based on head count, the standard must be determined based on work points. Therefore, in those days in the countryside, work points were life.

Since I settled in Uncle Mi's house, I have been completely integrated into this family. We are not separated from each other in terms of food, clothing, and clothing. In this way, all the cadres and people of the production team have long since regarded us as one family.

At my age, in the countryside, I would be a real young boy. Strong labor force. In any house, it is the mainstay of earning a lot of money. But Uncle Mi and Aunt Mi just don’t let me show off my strength. Our family and Captain Qingyuan originally had a good relationship. Uncle Mi and Aunt Mi are both honest people and are quite popular in the team. In addition, there is still a gold-lettered signboard hanging at home. I have always received such preferential treatment in the team, and I have not attracted any gossip.

We don't work together very much, and when we finish work, we just go back to our respective homes. During the time I settled here, I really didn’t have any interactions or friendships with the young adults of my own age in the team. Instead, I had a lot of friendships with older uncles, aunts, fathers, mothers-in-law, or little girls who just had enough to earn work points. , we work a lot together, we talk and laugh politely, and we become familiar with each other. But after all, I have a special status in the team. I am introverted, not good at words, and cautious about my duties. Country people are also simple. They bully the old but not the young and do not bully the honest people. Therefore, my life in the team has been smooth and uneventful for such a long time.

The bay I was transferred to was formerly called Wawutai. I heard from the old people that our ancestors were considered wealthy in this place a long time ago. Think about it, even if we push it back to before liberation, it would be great to live in a tiled house here. It’s unusual. This whole bay is called Wawutai. Isn’t that great? But it is a pity that before liberation, there were only a few tiled houses left in the entire bay. As time passes and time passes, no one knows which dynasty or generation this bay was in, and in whose hands it slowly fell into decline.

After liberation, the People's Commune was transformed into a cooperative, and this bay now became a small team of the Red Star Brigade. There are only about thirty families in the whole team, and almost all of them have the surname Mi. They are all members of the same family if they don't have Wufu. A few families with mixed surnames were those who fled the famine before liberation to beg for rice, or worked as long-term workers and settled down.

After understanding this, I was thinking, in a few years, will I end up like one of those people who fled the famine and begged for rice before liberation and ended up here?

The days when I first started doing farm work can be said to be the most painful and difficult days for me from a young man in the city to the countryside. Every day, all the bones in my body feel like they are falling apart, with pain and soreness. It can't be described in words.

People are actually very adaptable. When I came to the countryside from the city, I first had to adapt physically and then mentally. I think the most fortunate thing about this period of my life is that I met a good family like Uncle Mi and Aunt Mi.

Uncle Mi is a country man who doesn't speak much, is simple and responsible. Because the eldest son is a revolutionary martyr and a member of the brigade and squad cadres, he is more polite and respectful to Uncle Mi, including this family. As for the care, there doesn't seem to be much substantive content, and it's mostly just false honors and formal praise. But Uncle Mi and Aunt Mi have been silently enduring the great grief of losing a son.

After I stayed at Uncle Mi's house, logically, I should start cooking by myself. Because I was a sent-down educated youth and was only temporarily arranged to live in Uncle Mi’s family according to the policy. I had nothing to do with Uncle Mi’s family financially. In addition, there was not enough food for anyone at that time, and I was in the middle of the year. If I ate together with other people's families, it was obviously taking advantage of them. However, from the first day I arrived and had my first meal as a guest at his house, every time I suggested that I start a fire alone, Aunt Mi would interrupt without hesitation. Uncle also covered it up vaguely. Later, I specifically asked Zhang Xiaolian and Captain Qingyuan for instructions on this matter. Captain Qingyuan and Zhang Xiaolian also made a special trip to talk to Uncle Mi and Aunt Mi. But Uncle Mi and Aunt Mi turned them all away with just one sentence:"What are you talking about? Their children are so far away and come to the countryside alone. Not having enough to eat is only one thing. They are living in our house. We have to make people feel like we are at home! We are so unfamiliar with each other, isn't it more uncomfortable for people here?"

Since everyone has said so, I have never mentioned the matter of shooting alone. I thought, Uncle Mi and Auntie Mi treat me like this, they really treat me like one of their own, so I should treat them with a different heart, right? At the beginning, my body had not adapted to such strenuous physical labor. When I came home every day, my bones were really falling apart. But I still take the initiative to help with what I can. Sometimes I pick up a pole to help carry water, or sweep the floor, tidy up farm tools, etc. However, if Uncle Mi or Auntie see my initiative like this, they will immediately become sulky. Then he would snatch the tool from my hand. Then he shouted to Michelle loudly:"Xue'er! Step on your brother's back."

I don't know whether it was from that day on, but Uncle Mi and Aunt Mi always called Michelle and Xiaoqiang"your brother" directly at home, and occasionally called me directly. , no longer had a surname, so they called me:"Bin Bin!"

I used to wash clothes at home, where did I wash my clothes? Since I came here, I have only washed once. Later, when Aunt Mi was doing laundry every day, she would tell Xiaoqiang to check if I had any dirty clothes. Take it out and wash it together.

In this way, I silently endured Uncle Mi's meticulous care and care. I always feel like I owe someone something. Although I have many faults, the essence is not too bad. At least, I feel grateful when I receive favors from others, and I always think about how to repay them. But I thought about it and thought hard at the time, but I still couldn't come up with a good way to express it. Later, I gradually poured my gratitude towards Uncle Mi and Aunt Mi into Michelle and Xiaoqiang in every possible way and without any publicity. When I was sent to the countryside, my parents and my two sisters tried their best to secretly stuff me with some money, food stamps, cloth stamps, etc. At first, I also thought about giving some to Uncle Mi and Aunt Mi to supplement the family income. But Uncle Mi and Aunt Mi got angry with me when they heard about it, so I had to buy some stationery, notebooks and other gadgets for Michelle and Xiaoqiang every now and then. Even if it's such a small thing, I don't dare to make it too public or too frequent, otherwise, Uncle Mi and Aunt Mi won't talk about me, and they will take it out on Michelle Xiaoqiang.

Uncle Mi and Aunt Mi were like family members to me. Unknowingly, I was completely integrated into this family. I was considered the eldest in the family. Michelle and Xiaoqiang were also far older than me. Gradually, I even started to treat them both. They love and dote on them more than their parents do.