About the topic of one catty and two taels of rice a day
In the new worker training class, it didn't matter how nervous they were when it came to learning. It's just that we are all educated youths. After coming out of the countryside and returning to the city, it's impossible for us to adapt to the food ration regulations at that time.
He recalled that when he was an educated youth in the countryside, he could eat as much as he wanted. If he cooked more, he would eat more. If he cooked less, he would eat less. If he ate more, he would eat less. There was no accurate quantity standard. He was completely in charge. Whenever he was hungry, he would cook for himself.
Now, in this training class, he just sat there every day and learned the newspaper in a boring manner. It wasn't even ten o'clock in the morning, and they were already hungry. However, no one was allowed to leave the courtyard until twelve o'clock before they could gather at the canteen for lunch.
There were ten strong young men in the class, and each meal only had half a basin of rice and a small pot of vegetables, and there was only one dish. Then, she continued to study in the afternoon. She could only have dinner at six o'clock in the evening. The standard of food for dinner had not changed from beginning to end.
Everyone was already full of complaints about this standard of food. However, due to the political environment at that time and the pressure of some fishing vessels, we had just returned from the countryside. As workers who were new to the unit, the land was not yet hot. No one could say anything.
One morning two weeks later, we were going over the New Year's Day editorials in class more times than we could count. Although it was a political study discussion, everyone's discussion had already gone off topic. At that time, we were in a heated debate. Some of the influential figures in the martial arts incident during the Chongqing Cultural Revolution.
At that time, I was sitting on the edge of the bed facing the window. Suddenly, I saw an old soldier with a red collar badge standing by the window. He looked at everyone in the room with a smile. I quickly changed the topic." Let's not go too far. Let's discuss the New Year's Day editorial. Everyone, please speak up." It sent a signal to everyone that something was wrong.
However, everyone was in the middle of an argument. No one was willing to buy my words. No one paid attention to my words at all. The old soldier standing outside the window waved his hand at me, not allowing me to reveal his target. I had no choice but to say nothing more.
At this moment, three students in our class noticed that I kept looking at the window. They took the opportunity to sweep their eyes over to the window. At the same time, they saw the old soldier and immediately stopped talking. The others also realized that something might have happened outside the window. They turned around and saw the old soldier. They smiled embarrassedly and stopped arguing.
The old soldier laughed. I can't hear what you're saying in the office. To me, what you're saying is news. It sounds quite interesting. Whenever you guys talk about it again, call me along and let me listen to it properly.”
Someone in our class boldly asked him,"May I know who you are and what you do for a living?”
The old soldier replied calmly with a smile,""My name is Sun Degong. He was the director of the Military Administration of the Wuye Corporation. Now, please continue speaking."
Heavens, this was going to be a huge mess. Director Sun of the Military Administrative Committee leaned against the windowsill of our class and lit a cigarette leisurely. He smiled mysteriously and took a puff. He exhaled a trace of light blue smoke and left the window unhurriedly. It seemed that he had gone to the office.
Half an hour later, the company commander sent someone to inform the squad leaders to come to the company headquarters for a meeting. I began to feel guilty. I nervously walked the straight line distance of less than 200 meters from Class Eight to the company headquarters and stood outside the company headquarters office.
"Report," I shouted.
Someone inside answered,"Come in."”
I pushed open the door of the company headquarters and walked in. The company commander and instructor were all there. The old soldier, Director Sun, was sitting on a rattan chair facing the door and smoking leisurely. When he saw me walk in, he still smiled mysteriously at me and nodded at me.
My heart is empty. She nodded at him in a panic and looked around nervously, trying to find a corner to sit down. However, that old soldier, Director Sun, seemed to have completely seen through my current state of mind. He deliberately pointed at me and greeted,"Young man, yes. It's you. I'm talking about you. Come here and sit beside me.”
Oh my god, I can't hide from him even if I want to. He even forced me to sit in front of him. It seems that I'm definitely going to have trouble today. It's a blessing or a curse.
After a while, all the platoon leaders and squad leaders arrived. The company commander announced the meeting and he focused on two aspects. The first was that everyone was not very focused on their studies. They were always attacking the deviant and talking nonsense. The style of study had to be changed. The second was that if anyone had any opinions about the canteen, they could report it through the normal channels. No one was allowed to talk nonsense below.
At this moment, the old soldier, Director Sun, spoke up,""To be able to eat one catty and two taels of rice a day is already not considered a small amount. For example, look at me. I can't finish one catty and two taels of rice a day. Besides, when I was your age, the army was at war every day. No one could guarantee that they would have a pound or two of rice to eat every day. I've never heard of anyone stopping a war without a pound or two of rice. To be honest, at that time, no one could guarantee that they could eat their fill every day. Didn't our troops win battles as usual? Who was the one who said that one pound and two taels of rice a day was not enough? Stand out for me, I want to see it.”
His words were not loud, but it was like an exploding cannonball. Everyone was shocked and looked at each other. At this time, no one dared to invite trouble.
The old soldier, Director Sun, stood up as he spoke. He held the armrest of the rattan chair with his hand and narrowed his eyes as he scanned everyone in the venue. Suddenly, he pushed my arm with his hand and said with a smile,"You probably won't be silent too, right?”
At that time, I might have been possessed, or my head had been cracked by the door and water had entered. I actually stood up and said in a daze,"I'd like to speak my mind about this, but it's not entirely for myself. In my opinion, when we were educated youths, we didn't have a fixed amount of food. We could eat as much as we liked. We could cook more or eat less. We could eat more if we were happy. We could eat less if we were unhappy. Anyway, the grains were piled up in our baskets. When we finished the rice, we could carry some grains and grind them on the roller. After the rice was ground, we could sell the remaining chaff for two pocket money. Now that he was back in the city, he only had one catty and two taels of food a day. He sat here every day and had nothing else to do except study. Indeed, we starve quickly. We also need a process of adaptation. Therefore, I believe that what they are discussing is not completely unreasonable.”
Director Sun smiled and said," Good boy. I have good eyesight and didn't see wrongly. You finally spoke the truth. I saw you just now. You do look like a man who dares to take responsibility." Alright. Which class are you from?"
I answered,"Second Company, Class Eight Squad Leader Shi Jianhua."
"In order to verify whether your words are reasonable, I would like to see how many bowls of rice your class can eat this afternoon.”
Everyone in the office laughed. This laughter really made me break out in cold sweat and my legs tremble.
After the meeting, I hurried back to the class and briefly described the meeting to the brothers in the class. Then I begged everyone,"Brothers, save me." At the meeting just now, I said that one jin and two liang of rice a day was not enough, but the people of the Military Administration did not believe me. This afternoon, Teacher Sun from the Military Administrative Committee might come to test our class 'ability to eat. I hope that everyone will not stand on ceremony with them and show their abilities. You must strive to eat more and not betray me. If you eat too little, Director Sun will definitely think that I'm lying. Then I can't explain it clearly."
These brothers in the class were really brothers at the critical moment. They all expressed their stance to me."You're right, you're right. One catty and two taels of rice a day was definitely not enough. We haven't eaten our fill for so many days. Since you've already said it at the meeting. Don't be afraid. Boss, don't worry. Your business is our business. Don't use Ethereal Fire. At this point, fear was useless. The brothers being able to gather together was a fate that they had cultivated in their previous lives. They would share blessings and difficulties together, and would never make things difficult for them. It was just eating. Anyway, during this period of time, everyone's stomachs were always full. No matter how little food there was at noon, they had to eat a few more mouthfuls to fill their stomachs.”
It was lunchtime. All the students in the training class lined up in a row. After they gathered in a row, they went to an open space at the entrance of the canteen. Each class formed a circle and squatted on the ground to eat.
When they gathered in the empty space at the entrance of the canteen, the company commander on duty gave an order."Second Company, Class Eight, all of you, come out and eat at the entrance of the cafeteria.”I stood in front of the eighth class and waved my hand silently, leading the brothers to the designated location. The dozen or so people squatted in a big circle. No one said anything.
The cook served the first bowl of rice. The ten brothers did not say anything. They pulled the rice bowl over and started to scoop the rice. Each of them could not fill a bowl. The bottom of the bowl had already been swept clean.
I looked back at Director Sun. Director Sun waved at the head cook. The cook brought the second pot of rice. Ten people still couldn't fill one bowl each, and the bottom of the pot was swept clean again.
I turned my head to look at Director Sun again. Director Sun waved at the cooking squad leader again, and the cook brought the third bowl of rice. Ten people still couldn't fill one bowl per person, and the rice bowl was immediately emptied.
I turned my head again and saw that Director Sun had already left the cafeteria.
Oh no, sorry brothers. It seemed that the fourth pot of rice would not be available anymore.
However, at this time, I could already see that the brothers in the class were already competing with each other. Let alone three pots, even if it was ten pots of rice, they would definitely not let it remain.
A few days later, Director Sun told the other persons-in-charge of the training class what he had scolded us with. Those brats from Second Company's Class Eight were simply inhumane when they ate. They were purely a group of hungry wolves. They were all born from starving ghosts and had never eaten in their eight lifetimes. This group of bastards were all big bastards. No matter how much he curses, if he wants to curse, then let him curse. Anyway, we didn't hear it directly. However, from then on, the topic of one catty and two taels a day not being enough was no longer mentioned in the training class. I'm not worried about it anymore.
In order to enrich the cultural life of the staff in the training class, the leader of the training class decided to use the time after dinner on Sunday to hold a party for all the students in the training class on the field. It was stipulated that every class had to perform. I never dreamed that my class would cause such a big trouble because of this matter. It almost caused serious consequences for me.
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