Transmigrating to Book 50, others hoard rice, I hoard money

Chapter 270 There is no regret medicine in the world, only pesticides

While city dwellers are eliminating the four pests, rural residents should also actively participate.

Lin Dahe also submitted application documents for a demonstration base to the township, but it was not approved because Yanglinpo did not perform well enough in previous major movements.

They should keep up the good work and strive for better performance in the future. If the organization has other good projects, they will be given priority.

Lin Dahe knew that this was an excuse, and he didn't think that the indicators for the demonstration base would be approved. Given the surrounding environment of Yanglinpo and the existing population size, it was impossible to set up a base.

He submitted the information because everyone else had submitted it, and if he didn't, it would seem like he wasn't making enough progress.

After the instruction to eradicate the four pests was issued, the village heads of each village went to the township for a meeting and were required to actively participate in the campaign to eradicate the four pests. Anyone who was passive and lazy would be removed from his position as village head.

In order to keep his position as village chief, Lin Dahe also wanted to show off in front of the township government leaders so that they would think of him when good things happened in the future.

After the meeting in the township, Lin Dahe returned to Yanglinpo and called a meeting of all the villagers. In accordance with the spirit of his superiors, he listed the crimes of rats and sparrows in terms of how much food they ate every year and required all villagers to actively exterminate rats and sparrows.

Lin Dahe said: "Starting tomorrow, everyone must participate in the campaign to eliminate the four pests.

According to the instructions from the superiors, the methods to eliminate sparrows include bombing, beating, poisoning and digging.

The township has distributed some pesticides. I will give some to each family later. Everyone can mix the pesticides with wheat, rice and corn to poison sparrows.

The militia can shoot with guns, the children can shoot with slingshots, and they have to climb up roofs and trees to dig out sparrow nests. They are determined to kill all the sparrows!

Sparrows and mice need to hand in their tasks to the township. As for mosquitoes and flies, you should keep count of them and report to the accountant.

We will reward everyone with corresponding work points based on their performance, and if anyone slacks off, one month’s work points will be deducted.”

At this point, some people quietly discussed: flies and mosquitoes can usually be killed with ease, and there are no indicators or requirements, so the numbers can be reported at random and there is no way to verify them.

Rats and sparrows are more troublesome. Although they can be found everywhere, they are difficult to catch. Moreover, you have to hand in your tail for mice and your whole sparrow for sparrows. You can't make random reports.

Some people also say that there is not enough food to eat now, so where can we get rice and wheat to mix with pesticides?

A villager asked sarcastically: "Village head, you catch mice and sparrows every day, but you don't care about the rice in the field? It's time to weed and fertilize soybeans and peanuts. If you miss the opportunity, you probably won't have a harvest in the second half of the year.

Sparrows and mice cannot be sold for money, nor can they be eaten. We are not busy with farm work, but are going to kill sparrows and catch mice. Who gave the order?!"

Lin Dahe raised his voice and answered loudly: "It was the order of the Party Central Committee! When I went to the village to hold a mobilization meeting to expel the 'four pests', the leader said that the whole country must participate in the campaign to eliminate the four pests. Anyone who does not participate will be punished for undermining the campaign!"

When it came to holding a meeting, everyone present became scared and stopped challenging Lin Dahe.

"When will the task be completed?" asked a villager.

Lin Dahe said: "When all the sparrows, rats, mosquitoes and flies are wiped out, the mission will be accomplished."

He added: "The early rice is about to head. In order to prevent the early rice from being damaged by sparrows, we must complete the task of killing sparrows first according to the instructions of the township.

Tomorrow, everyone will take out the gongs, drums, shovels, pots, bowls, basins, and jars in their homes, and anything that can make a sound, and use it while beating and shouting.

Those who knew carpentry helped to saw some bamboo tubes, cut a slit in the middle, and made them into clappers to be hit with wooden sticks.

The young people all went into the mountains to kill sparrows, while the elderly and children who could not run chased and beat sparrows in their own yards, in front of and behind their houses, and locked them up in baskets, winnowing baskets, and cages.

If you find a mouse running away, kill it immediately. If you see flies and mosquitoes, don't let them go either.

In short, do everything possible to eliminate sparrows, rats, flies and mosquitoes.

We have fewer people in Yanglinpodi, and we can’t compete with other villages in other aspects, but we must not lose in eradicating the four pests. Do you understand?"

"Understood!"

In order to mobilize everyone's enthusiasm, Lin Dahe thought about it and decided to reward one work point for every ten sparrows. When the villagers heard this, they cheered.

The next day, Lin Dahe led the villagers of Yanglinpo to actively participate in the campaign to eliminate the four pests...

Yang Kaiyun's family had not received any reply from Yang Jinlin and Feng Qiaolan for a long time, and Lin Dahe restricted them from leaving Yanglinpo. The family had only so much money, and if they used it again, it would be gone.

In order to avoid going hungry, they started working in the fields to earn work points after the Chinese New Year.

Because they have lived in the city for several years, their bodies have become pampered and they cannot do heavy work, so they almost always do jobs that pay 5 or 6 work points.

Lin Dahe let them do whatever they wanted. Anyway, the money and food were distributed according to the number of work points. If they were greedy for comfort now, they would regret it later.

In fact, Yang Kaiyun and the others had regretted it a long time ago. After going through so many things, they guessed that it was the Feng family who was behind it all, just to trap them in the countryside.

If Yang Jinlin and Zhou Rong had not divorced, with the care of the Zhou family, they would have been free and easy even if they lived in the countryside. At least the Zhou family would help with the work in the fields and would send them some game from time to time.

Now that they are enemies with the Zhou family and the Feng family is unreliable, their lives seem to be worse than before, and even their grandson has changed his surname.

Yang Kaiyun often sighed at home, but there is no medicine for regret in the world, only pesticides.

Going into the mountains to hunt sparrows is much easier than working in the fields. In order to hunt more sparrows in exchange for work points, Yang Kaiyun followed everyone into the mountains, carrying rice mixed with pesticides.

Yang Jinsen, Jinmei, Dani and Erni were also asked to go into the mountains to kill sparrows, while Fang Pozi and Daniu stayed at home to kill sparrows and mice in front of and behind the house...

Zhoujiawan is also carrying out activities to eliminate the four pests.

Zhou Rong was worried that Zhou Chuanyi would ignore the crops in the fields and the harvest at the base for the sake of fame, so he wrote to him early, saying that he had a strange dream. Everyone went to kill the four pests, and no one took care of the crops in the fields, resulting in poor harvest in the second half of the year. Many families went hungry and complained.

Everyone blamed the mistakes on several village leaders and demanded that their names be removed from the wall of honor.

Zhou Rong said that this "nightmare" was too realistic. In order to prevent it from happening, he suggested that Zhou Chuanyi and his men finish the work in the fields and then concentrate on eliminating the four pests in a certain period of time.

The rest of the time, just assign some people to ensure the task is completed. Don't neglect the work in the fields, lest your "dream come true".

Zhou Chuanyi also felt that it was unreliable for everyone to eliminate the four pests, as it would delay a lot of farm work, but this was an order from the central government and he dared not disobey.

Now Zhou Rong had another strange dream, and he had to pay attention to it.

His name was engraved on the Wall of Honor not long ago and must not be erased!

Zhou Chuanyi accepted Zhou Rong's proposal. After finishing his work in the fields, he gathered all the villagers and spent three days taking unified action to eliminate the four pests.

Because there are many people in Zhoujiawan, the results of the three-day battle are better than those of others in 1-2 weeks.

Each township specially put the sparrows sent by each village in backpacks, tied the mouse tails one by one to a thin hemp rope, and put them on bamboo poles in strings like firecrackers (this would make the number appear larger), and sent them to the county for a traveling exhibition to report to the superiors as a good news for the achievements in eliminating the "four pests"...

(Exhibition on Eliminating Four Pests)