The 1970s Cannon Fodder's Turnaround

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After a few days, the busy wheat harvest was finally over.

When all the wheat was stored in the warehouse, God sent a heavy rain.

This timely rain was warmly welcomed by everyone, because once it came, the dry land was moistened, and the dying plants were also nourished and revived.

Because of this rain, the villagers who were half tired to death were finally able to rest for two days and relieve their fatigue.

Of course, there was another thing that was more worthy of joy, that is, the distribution of grain.

Although the grain distributed this time was very little, at most only a hundred kilograms, but this was wheat, even if it was only ten or twenty kilograms, it was worth being happy about.

Cai Wenmin also knew that the villagers were impatient and could not wait, so he did not delay, and notified the next day that the grain would be distributed.

The villagers who got the news were all beaming with joy. They were either holding pots or rag bags in their hands, and all gathered in the old canteen, as lively as the New Year.

Of course, before distributing food, a meeting to recall the bitterness and sweetness of the past must be held.

The so-called recalling the bitterness and sweetness means recalling the hard days in the past and thinking about the happy life now.

It can be said that Daoxiang Village recalls the bitterness and sweetness several times every year. Cai Wenmin is already very skilled. Standing on the high platform, he cleared his throat and began to speak at length.

"Comrades, you have all worked hard recently, but think about it. No matter how hard your life is, can it be compared to the hardship of the 25,000-mile Long March? At that time, we had nothing to eat, even tree roots and bark. It was God's blessing that we could drink dirty water. Compared with that time, our life now is like heaven. We have to thank our great party, great country, and great chairman. Everyone must always remember these inscriptions and never forget them."

"Okay," Cai Wenmin said, and all the villagers applauded.

Next, it was the turn of the branch secretary and director. After the two of them talked, Cai Wenmin asked a few helpers in the kitchen to bring up the soup, and then scooped half a bowl for each of the villagers who brought bowls.

This is also a tradition of remembering the bitterness and thinking of the sweetness. If you only talk but don't practice, it's just a fake trick. So after the meeting of remembering the bitterness and thinking of the sweetness, everyone has to taste the suffering of their ancestors before they can share the grain.

So every year when distributing grain, Cai Wenmin would arrange people to dig some wild vegetables, grass roots and tree roots, and cook them into a pot without adding oil or salt, so that everyone can taste a little, and then the meeting of remembering the bitterness and thinking of the sweetness can be over.

It has to be said that the vegetable soup cooked with wild vegetables, grass bark and tree roots is really unpalatable. It is bitter, astringent and numb. Even Fan Mingyue can't eat it.

Not to mention other people, but they have to eat it no matter how reluctant they are, so no matter how reluctant they are in their hearts, everyone still closes their eyes and drinks it in one gulp as if they are eating poison.

Niuniu and Cat had never eaten something so disgusting before. After tasting a little, they couldn't help but spit out the food in their mouths.

At this time, Fan Mingyue didn't like them, but said, "Niuniu, Cat, you must eat it."