There is Room for Rebirth in the 1950’s

The long popsicles under the eaves are gone, grass has grown in the wasteland on the outskirts of the city, and the willow trees on the banks of the river have also sprouted green sprouts, and the breeze is soft and no longer biting on the face.

——Winter is passing in a blink of an eye, and Spring on June 1 is finally late.

Spring is here, you can dig all kinds of wild vegetables to fill your stomach.Now there is no need for a notice from the school, and the students will automatically walk out of the school gate and into the field.

Who knows, many people have this idea.In the outskirts of the city, you can see elderly people, women and children walking around with empty baskets everywhere.

When we got close, everyone discovered that there was not much wild vegetables left in this spring of hopeless spring.

Last year, no one could go hungry and think about how to protect the ecological environment.This is not to blame the general public, who are so hungry that they even want to use mud to fill their stomachs.

As a result, the wild vegetables last year were dug too cleanly, leaving fewer seeds, and the wild vegetables grown this year are even rarer than last year.

An elm tree regarded as a "lifesaving tree" by countless people.Many of them were peeled and died. Even if they survived, they still stood upright, and the leaves on the trees were close to nothing.

Really could not find anything to eat, many people began to turn their eyes to the ponds and small river ditch far and near.

——Water plants swaying with the wind in the middle of the pond, duckweed floating on the water surface; snails, clam shells, stone crabs, loach, rice eel and other creatures in Xiaohegou.

The water will still be cold, and many people drown in the pond every year.To fill the stomach is to survive, so no one dares to enter the water.

Not entering the water does not mean giving up.There are still many people who use bamboo poles and rakes to circle aquatic plants and duckweed, trying their best to harvest one or two.

More people flocked to the small river ditch within a radius of ten miles to touch snails and clam shells. Sometimes with good luck, they could catch some stone crabs, loach and rice eel.

As more and more people joined, the number of people caught became smaller and smaller. Every time I went out for a few hours, I could only catch a few taels.

Seeing that spring is coming, the school is still not picking up. In order to survive, the school finally issued a call to "do it yourself and cultivate wasteland".

This event received enthusiastic responses from the teachers and students of the school.Compared with going to the countryside to support agriculture, this time I was really profiting for myself, and many teachers and students had already looked at the ruins and open spaces on campus.

When the notice was issued, students from all classes and departments ran to the campus one after another, looking for wasteland suitable for planting in groups, planning to start first.

"Xiao Wu, why are you so slow, you are all taken up by people after a long time."

Zhang Guoqing saw Yi Jiefang look worried and quickened his pace with everyone.Secretly despise this stupid child who has never planted the ground.No matter how good the land is occupied, don’t all the harvests go to the cafeteria?

There are many capable people in their class.The savvy has a goal long ago-don't just be a wasteland of small stones.It is estimated that this will already be in place.

The sites of each department and class were allocated, and the vigorous reclamation activities began.

The whole school's teachers and students act together, and there must be no one with a hoe or iron tree.Everyone eliminated difficulties and used all available tools.No way, just do it.

In addition to the necessary main courses, all of your time and energy were spent on this one-third of the field.I hope to cultivate early, sow seeds smoothly, and harvest early.

As the days passed, hope was planted. Everyone went around without problems, and occasionally found sprouts. That day, the whole class laughed constantly.

No hard work is very rewarding.

After a few spring rains, within half a month, fresh and tender vegetables appeared.

-Harvest brings hope to people.Laughter can be heard everywhere on campus this day.

Waiting for spinach, Chinese cabbage, water radish, green onions, and leeks to be on the dining room table.Many people are excited to swallow the harvested fruits.

Even if there is no oily smell, everyone tastes delicious.

But in the canteen, the coarse grains brought out will never be mixed with those messy, strange things, and the days are finally better.

After a few crops of spring vegetables, we planted eggplants, beans, potatoes and other crops.

A semester passed in the blink of an eye as the class started and farm work went to the field.

And with the end of this semester, the holiday begins.Perhaps it is for the safety of the students. Unless there are special circumstances and without the permission of the counselor, students who live in a different place are advised not to leave school.

With the proof, Zhang Guoqing got the permission of Xiao Wu's counselor to follow everyone out of the school, leaving the students to continue to do farm work and experiment.

At this moment he couldn't tell what he felt.Only when the situation is bad can traffic congestion occur.He didn't know what the outside world was like.

Did the relatives far away go well as stated in the letter?Is everything okay with his parents?

After returning home with the group, Zhang Guoqing put down his luggage, said hello to Zhou Jiao, and rushed to the station immediately.He plans to go to Liu Ming to ask how the situation is.

Before arriving at the train station, Zhang Guoqing heard the sound of the tweeter.The same sentence was played over and over again: "Comrade travelers, please don’t go to the package market. You also need food stamps for packaged meals, and you also need food stamps for packaged meals..."

Standing at the station again, looking at everything around him, Zhang Guoqing didn't have to think about it anymore. He already saw that compared with last year, the flow of people going north has increased sharply.

"Are you looking for Brother Liu? Are you in a hurry? I know you are Zhang Guoqing, do you want me to give him a message? He will come over next weekend as soon as possible."

Zhang Guoqing saw what the other party said and said with a smile: "It's okay. I just haven't gone back now. I want to find out how our hometown is? My parents always say it's good, so I don't worry."

The other party approached him and whispered: "Did you see the outside? There are so many people, all going north. Before this trip, I heard that the deportation station sent a group of people away every day, and another group came immediately on the back."

After hearing this, Zhang Guoqing asked in a low voice, "Have you heard of the chaos in the county below?"

The other party patted him on the shoulder, "Don't worry. Every intersection is guarded. Otherwise, if you see the people who flee from the famine at the deportation station, they will all be caught. You relax, that is, these three months, the weather When it's cold, who dares to pass."

Zhang Guoqing smiled and nodded.Knowing that if you continue to ask more, you will not be able to ask anything famous, and will delay the other party's time.He came here just for peace of mind.

"Man, thanks."

"Thank you. Then I won't keep you, this will have to arrange some things, I will go first."

After separating from the other party, Zhang Guoqing did not rush home.He paced slowly in the crowd, listening intently to people's conversations, discussions, and parents' instructions to their children...

Thanks to Zhang Guoqing's good ears-he heard a lot of private words with his own ears, and then looked at the dolls in the crowd, his heart was cold.

Even if you arrive in the north smoothly, after the hot summer, it will be a short autumn, and in the long winter, how should the children who lack food and clothing live?