The Ups and Downs of the Commoners 2 Page #26

This book is the second volume of the novel "The Ups and Downs of the Commoners". It will tell you about caused by the disastrous consequences of the "Great Leap Forward" and the People's Commune Movement in China in the middle of the last century to the livelihood of the Commoners, as well as the difficult path of study of the protagonist of this book, Fang Zhengben.

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Fang Zhengben returned home and saw that his mother had returned from his maternal grandmother's house. He asked, "Mom, do you see that maternal grandmother al is okay?" Wang Qihui said: "Your maternal grandmother is not sick, but she is very hungry! ...... Ah, by the way, I went to your maternal grandmother's house this time and saw that they did not light kerosene at night, but by lighting it with pine torch. As for our family, there is still a little kerosene brought back by your father last time, and you will send this bottle of kerosene you just brought go to your maternal grandmother's house tomorrow! ”
On the afternoon of the day Fang Zhengben returned from delivering the bottle of kerosene to Maternal Grandmother's house, he hurriedly went to the mountain to dig for tree stump. He wanted to dig some tree stumps and sell them with what his older brother had dug come the tree stumps weekdays to cover his own tuition. Before leaving, he told his mother, "Mom, I'm going to dig tree stumps." Wang Qihui said: "You go, come back early!" Fang Zhengben said "OK" while putting an axe in the back basket, then carrying a hoe, and carrying the  his back  basket and going out the door.
When he arrived at the public canteen for dinner, Wang Qihui is looking forward to Fang Zhengben's return, but until they had eaten dinner, he still did not see his figure. It was also common for him to go up the mountain to dig for tree stumps and not be able to come back on time for dinner, and she didn't care very much, so she just left his few sweet potatoes and took them home, hoping to eat them when he returned. She don't want to wait until it gets dark for a long time, and she haven't seen Fang Zhengben come back. At this time, she was a little anxious. She thought, what's going on with this kid? By this time, he hasn't come back, will it be that he fell under which cliff and couldn't get up! Then she said to Fang Zhengqing: "Qingyuan, where do you usually like to dig tree stumps?" You go out and look for your young brother to see what's going on, and by this time he hasn't come back yet!" Fang Zhengqing said "OK" and go out door, and by the soft light of a  new moon hanging on the top of Puxian Peak, he searched everywhere in the Yueya Ridge, the Wang's Cemetery, and the Yanwo Rock, and then let go of his throat and keep shouted: "Young brother!" But only the surrounding cliffs responded.
Seeing that the crescent moon had hidden behind Puxian Peak, Fang Zhengqing had to return home and tell his mother: "Mom, I have looked for the places where we usually like to dig tree stump, and I have not seen any trace of my young brother; I shouted everywhere out to him again, but I didn't hear his voice." Hearing Fang Zhengqing come back and say this, the family immediately became nervous.
After Fang Zhengben went out, he found that it was not easy to find tree stump nearby, so he decided go to the Linjia Bay and look. At this time, Linjia Bay is still under the jurisdiction of the Weixing Forest Farm
He came to Linjia Bay and soon found a large Stump of the Privet tree on a almost vertical soil slope. This was a soil slope about two meters high, with a cemetery underneath and a leaf mustard field next to it. The Stump of the Privet tree is on the edge of the earthen slope. Due to perennial weathering, about half of the tree stump is exposed. Fang Zhengben calculated, this must be a trouble-saving and profitable job. If you can dig up this tree stump, there will be at least more than 100 kilograms, and you can sell it for four or five yuan RMB, but I am afraid that you will have to hire a few people to carry it. Don't think so much, I dig it down first! So he put the basket in the graveyard, stood under the soil slope, first took a hoe to dig the soil under the tree stump, and then used the axe to cut the roots under the tree stump. Since the tree stump is large, its roots are naturally also thick, small a few centimeters or ten centimeters in diameter, and the primary root diameter can reach about 20 centimeters. Fang Zhengben cut for a while to rest, and the roots of the tree were cut off one by one.
It was getting dark, and the Stump of Privet tree was crumbling. Fang Zhengben was determined to dig it down before finishing work.
At nightfall, Fang Zhengben was a little afraid in his heart, but he still gave himself courage and used his axe to chop the last main root under the tree stump. Only a "click" was heard, the main root of the tree stump broke, and a behemoth rushed towards Fangzhengben, like a large black bear rushing towards him. Fang Zhengben hurriedly dodged and jumped out more than 1 meter. The tree stump fell in front of him with a "boom", hitting the graveyard with dust. What a big tree stump! Fang Zhengben circled around the tree stump, reached out and shook it, and the tree stump did not move. Fang Zhengben thought, since I can't move it, so I can only go home with an empty basket today. He packed up his tools, put in his back basket and prepared to go home.
As he passed by the edge of the leaf Mustard field, the crazily growing leaf Mustard leaf swept over his calf, making making a whirring sound. A terrifying idea also sprouted from his heart as a result.
Fang Zhengben didn't have enough to eat at noon, but he went through a intense manual labor in the afternoon, and his stomach was really hungry. He knew that the canteen had already had dinner, and his mother would definitely keep the sweet potatoes distributed by the canteen for him, which were even more than each of them ate. But could those few sweet potatoes be enough to eat? Mom, Dad, elder Brother, and young Brother, although they have already had dinner, they are still hungry. There are so many good leaf Mustards in this field, why don't I chop two back and cook them for the whole family to eat? However, he immediately denied his foolish idea: You how could this be? Didn't your father once say that a scholar should "not bend down to put on shoes in a melon field, and not raise your hand to tidy up your hat in under a plum tree"? How could you do such a theft, even if you were passing by a melon field or under a plum tree and should have avoided suspicion! After taking two steps forward, he suddenly felt that his understanding seemed somewhat childish: when is this now, it is a special period, and there is a saying that "Abundant clothing and food are easy to make people pursue enjoy, and hunger and cold can easily lead to theft". How many people in this day and age do not steal? Besides, the life in the forest farm is better than ours after all. Let me chop two leaf Mustards go back! He returned to the edge of the leaf Mustard field, put down his hoe and basket, took out the axe from the basket, and reached out to a leaf Mustard. His hand gripped the leafstalk of leaf Mustard, and the leaf Mustard plant makes a "rustling" sound.

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