Chapter 628 The popular heart brought by a fish
The gap between people just emerges.
Before the land reclamation, under the organization of the National Salvation Army, every ordinary person was assigned the same amount of land.
The people who unconditionally trust the National Salvation Army have never been idle. They used the few days of rumors to reclaim several acres of wasteland for their families.
People who do not trust the National Salvation Army stay at home and sleep every day, and no acre of land is cultivated.
After the autumn harvest, those ordinary people who believe in the national rescue army and have worked hard can definitely collect hundreds of kilograms of grain. Not only can they eat more than enough for their families, but they can also exchange surplus grain for some livestock to raise, and increase their family income through different channels."
The people who do not believe in the National Salvation Army can only harvest a small amount of food, which is just enough for their families to eat. As for buying livestock and increasing their family income from other aspects, they can only think about it.
One step later, one step later, these people will gradually be widened by the people who unconditionally believe in the National Salvation Army.
People want to live a good life. Seeing that others are living better than themselves, the common people who do not believe in the National Salvation Army have to change their views on the National Salvation Army and begin to choose to believe in the National Salvation Army.
On the fourth day after the National Salvation Army made its promise, more than 20 iron pots were delivered to Yougang Village as promised.
But these iron pots are still owned by the National Savior Army, and they are only temporarily lent to them for use, and the two households will be divided into one. Only after the number of iron pots in the National Savior Army reaches the same number of iron pots, will they be truly distributed to everyone.
Seeing the long-lost iron pot, more and more ordinary people choose to trust the national rescue army again and join the land reclamation team...
At this time, everyone began to look forward to the distribution of food in two days.
Early in the morning of the sixth day, without the need for the village chief and the militia captain, the more than 200 people in the village seemed to have discussed it, and gathered at the entrance of the village, looking up at the road at the entrance of the village, looking forward to waiting for the grain to enter the village.
At two o'clock in the afternoon, two big trucks finally appeared on the official road at the entrance of the village, and the hearts of the villagers also relaxed at this moment.
"The food has arrived, and the National Salvation Army has agreed to help us. We are ready to share the food..." Everyone's exclamation immediately erupted in the crowd.
"Each household sends a head member to line up in front of me, and everyone else stands next to me. I only recognize the head member, and only the food is given to the head member!" The militia captain shouted at the top of his voice.
I had no food in my hand and waited all day long for the National Savior Army to have dinner. If the National Savior Army no longer provided food to everyone, there would be no other way except waiting for death.
When everyone was excited to see two trucks of grain piled up in front of everyone, they wanted to carry the grain home and hide it now.
Hearing the greeting of the militia captain, the order of more than 200 people was restored in just one minute.
At this moment, two big cars were also pulled to the captain.
Seeing more than 200 pairs of eyes staring at him, the captain said bluntly when he told the plan to distribute grain just issued by his superiors: "Friends, the two trucks of grain in front of everyone are military rations saved by the National Salvation Army by reducing food. Each grain is very precious, so everyone must cherish it very much after getting the food. If you hide it, you must never waste it."
The middle-aged man standing at the front of the team immediately responded: "Captain Wang, don't worry, this food is not only saved by the military rations from the national rescue army, but also the life-saving food for us all, and it will definitely not be wasted."
"If I were to know who dared to waste food, the whole village would not let him go."
Another family member followed closely and agreed: "Please rest assured Captain Wang. We must hide our food and ensure that we will not waste a piece of food!"
"Very good, then we'll start to share the food now."
"The whole village is not divided into men, women, young and old. Each person calculates it for thirty days. Each person has four taels of grain every day, a total of twelve kilograms. If there are four people in the family, they come to me to get 48 kilograms of grain, five people receive 60 kilograms of grain, and six people receive 72 kilograms of grain. As for how everyone eats the grain after taking it home, they all have the final say."
"But there is one thing that everyone must remember that after receiving the food today, the National Salvation Army will not give you another piece of food in the next month."
"So after you take the grain home, you must plan the specific food and how much you eat every day. Don't eat it for half a month and you will have no food. Then you can only take your family to hungry until the National Salvation Army will give you food next time."
Most ordinary people had no objection to hearing that the per capita ration was reduced from five liang to four liang, and they were even grateful to the rescue army.
After all, these rations are provided to everyone for free by the National Salvation Army. Even if there is only one or two per person per person, it is also everyone's life-saving food.
A small number of ordinary people stopped listening.
These people are also the lazy group of people in the village. They are the ones who believe in rumors and do not reclaim the land. They also encourage others to sleep at home with them.
As soon as the militia captain finished speaking, he saw a thorn standing out of the team and shouting at the top of his throat, fearing that others would not hear it.
"Captain Wang, didn't the National Salvation Army tell us at the beginning that each person compensated five taels of food every day, but why did it suddenly become four taels?"
"We have to add a lot of wild vegetables to fill our stomachs every day. Now it has been reduced to four ounces of grain, and we will definitely not be able to fill our stomachs in the future. How can we plow the spring farm?"
As soon as he finished speaking, the thorns in the crowd who had the same thoughts as him began to clamor, and then shouted: "Average food per capita must not be full. By then, everyone will not even have the strength to do things, so how can they plow in spring?"
"We need five taels of food every day, and four taels are too little. The national rescue army cannot keep its word." Another thorn shouted.
Most of the people didn't speak, but everyone focused their attention on the militia captain.
Now they can get four taels of food, and they are already very satisfied.
But if four taels of grain can really turn into half a pound, it will definitely be better.
Faced with the dissatisfaction of the thorns, no one spoke, but instead looked forward to the militia captain being moved by the thorns and turning four liang of food into five liang.
The militia captain was very angry, but did not scold him.
After these people finished speaking, they spoke: "The average grain of five liang per capita has been reduced to four liang, and everyone may not be able to eat enough."
"But as long as the villagers think of more ways and dig more wild vegetables every day, it will definitely be fine to have enough food."
"As for the reasons for reducing everyone's rations, I don't say it, you should have guessed it."
"There are more than 100,000 disaster victims in the defense zone, not only ours, but even if the average person is 4 taels of grain per capita, they still have to eat more than 50,000 kilograms of grain every day. No matter how wealthy the national salvation army has, it cannot withstand such a way of eating, so they can only rely on reducing food to keep everyone until the autumn harvest!"
"In order to save enough food to help us, the food rations of all the officers and soldiers of the National Salvation Army have been reduced by 20% since a few days ago. They are like us. Can't we reduce some food rations and overcome the current crisis with the National Salvation Army?"
Those ordinary people who didn't speak and thought about whether there was a chance to change their food from four liang back to five liang, all lowered their heads and showed a look of embarrassment and shame.
The middle-aged man at the forefront spoke again: "Captain Wang, I think the average food of four taels per capita is enough. The National Salvation Army also has to go to the battlefield to fight the Japanese. They can reduce their food rations to help us, and we can also reduce their food rations and overcome difficulties with them."
"I also think that the food per capita of 4 taels of food is enough. We must overcome the difficulties with the National Salvation Army." Another commoner shouted.
The general trend is irreversible. After more and more ordinary people come forward to support the National Salvation Army, no matter how reluctant the few thorns are, they can only retreat and become turtles, otherwise they will definitely be drowned by the saliva of the villagers.
The militia captain continued: "After the food ration is reduced, although everyone can fill their stomachs by adding wild vegetables, they have no nutrition or oil and water after all, and they will definitely not have the energy to plow spring for a long time."
"The National Salvation Army has long thought of these problems, and even the solution is solved for everyone."
Speaking of this, the militia captain suddenly walked to another big cart.
When he lifted the rain cloth, there were several large frames piled up on the truck, and a sharp-eyed ordinary person shouted in shock: "Fish, what is contained in the frame seems to be fish?"
"How is this possible? Could it be that the National Rescue Army still have to send fish to us?" a middle-aged man asked back with an incredible look on his face.
"There are indeed fish in the box. I saw it clearly and it was full of piles." Another young man stood up and answered very surely.
A middle-aged man next to him had his eyes lit up and replied: "If the frame is filled with fish, it will definitely weigh two or three hundred pounds, and each of us can share a pound..."
Seeing that everyone's discussions became more and more enthusiastic, everyone was keeping a close eye on the frame on the cart, and the militia captain directly replied: "Many people have seen it. The frame is indeed filled with fish, and there is also a frame containing forty or fifty kilograms of meat."
"In order to let the villagers eat more oil and water and have the strength to plow spring, our regiment commander mobilized all troops of the National Salvation Army to go to the mountains to hunt and go to the river to fish, and prepared these fish for the villagers."
"After a while, everyone will take the fish and meat together."
"The rules are similar to relief grain, regardless of gender, age, and per capita two taels of meat and one pound of fish, and they are collected by households."
"As for how to eat after you get home and when to eat, you have the final say!"
"Start the food now!"
At this point, whether it was an ordinary person or a thorn in the village, all the smiles from the bottom of their hearts appeared on their faces.
After some of the heads received the food and fish handed over by the militia captain, they knelt on the ground and kowtowed three times on the spot.
The actions of the National Salvation Army today shocked them too much.
Not only did they fulfill their promises and distributed food, but they also distributed fish and meat that they rarely eat during the Chinese New Year. Most people regarded the National Saving Army as their reborn parents at this moment. They secretly swear in their hearts that they must find opportunities to repay the National Saving Army in the future...
Chapter completed!