Siheyuan: Xu Damao, I want to go to the moon

Chapter 384 Xu Damao presides over the 4-courtyard meeting

In the Intermediate Court, after dinner in the evening, a rare meeting was held. However, this time it was not convened by the three elders, but chaired by Xu Damao.

Also accompanying him were Director Wang, and the managers of nearby compounds also attended.

The reason is just one thing: there is not enough food, and everyone has to find a way to save themselves.

"Everyone, I'm really sorry to call you all here for a meeting in such a cold weather."

"Today, I will be brief and get straight to the point."

"There is not enough food. This is a fact facing everyone. Guo Jia is also trying his best to allocate it, but we can't just sit and wait."

"As for me, although I can get some, I am the one who provides support to the welfare home jointly run by our street office, and I also often provide aid to the martyrs' family compound next door."

"Everyone knows that I have four children and several godchildren. This time, the landlords really have no surplus food."

"I really tried my best. Seriously, my father-in-law and mother-in-law are also eating cornmeal now." Since April and May last year, Xu Damao has let his family members start eating coarse grains, but they are the kind that have been carefully sifted, so it is cornmeal instead of cornmeal.

As soon as Xu Damao said this, everyone started to support him.

"That's the Xu and Lou families. That's really benevolence and righteousness!"

"Chief Xu, don't explain anymore, we all believe you!"

"During these years of famine, if it weren't for you, Section Chief Xu, and the food donated by the Street Office, we would have been unable to survive. Section Chief Xu, Director Wang, we thank you!"

People around me say all kinds of things. Although I envy his family background and the fact that he has meat to eat every day, he has a bigger family now and he still remembers to help welfare homes and martyrs' families. To be honest, what he has done is good enough.

Xu Damao was also afraid that if the people in the surrounding compounds were extremely hungry, they might do something bad, and by then it would be too late to regret.

She used to be alone, but after getting married, Lou Xiao'e wore protective clothing and her physical condition became stronger, so she is not afraid of anything.

But now there are more children in this yard, and there can't be any messy things. What Xu Damao needs is stability and harmony.

Then the issue of eating must be resolved.

After all, the biggest habit of people in our country is not to worry about scarcity but inequality.

"So, we have to find a way to save ourselves."

But after hearing this, everyone was confused.

"Chief Xu, it's not that we don't want to save ourselves, but now it's the end of January or the beginning of February, and all the wild vegetables in the suburbs have been dug up."

"Yes, there are no prey in the mountains. The government and the security departments of various factories have organized several roundups and have caught all the prey that could be caught."

Yan Bugui complained, "That's right. You said you could fish for some fish before, but this winter, the lakes around the city have been fished several times. The big fishing nets have been used to catch fish, and everything that can be caught has already been caught."

"I went fishing five times in the past week, and at least four of them were empty-handed. And when I did catch something, I was very lucky if I could catch two or three small whitebait."

He felt aggrieved when talking about this. As a fishing expert in Compound No. 95, an 80% air force rate was not glorious to talk about, but it was the fact.

If this continues, he really won't be able to hold on. Xu Damao's family is large, but so is Yan Bugui's family.

"That's right, our Banggeng has become thin due to hunger!" Jia Zhang also took the opportunity to shout, but when everyone looked at it, even Banggeng looked at himself, "What's wrong?"

A little fatter than before.

The food hasn't been very good recently, but Banggeng doesn't dare to steal anymore. When he's hungry, he goes to Heizhima Hutong to ask Qin Huairu for some food. Even if Qin Huairu is not there, Widow Zhang will prepare some for him for Qin Huairu's sake.

Banggeng used to be picky, but after his father passed away and his grandmother, Jia Zhang, took care of him, he finally understood how difficult life was.

So whether it was Qin Huairu or Widow Zhang, they would eat as long as they were given food and were not picky.

There is no pork, chicken or the like, but Qin Huairu and Widow Zhang are never short of dried fish.

So Bang Geng is a little fatter than before, but he always smells like salted fish.

No one tried to provoke them, they just laughed and said, if your dog is skinny due to hunger, then we are already skinny due to hunger.

"Our Xiaotian has been looking pale and thin recently, eating corn and potatoes all day long. This is really not a good thing." Aunt Yi Zhonghai, as well as Xiaotian's biological father and mother, are also enemies.

Seeing that everyone was complaining, Xu Damao slammed the table.

He now has to solve everyone's problems instead of just giving out supplies as before.

It is understandable if people keep less for their own use these days, but if it were like in 58 when people would take half a pig or a leg of lamb or something, then it would be a big deal.

Now even Xu Damao doesn’t dare to take out dried fish in large quantities.

"Everyone, please be quiet. I have two solutions--"

When they heard Xu Damao start speaking, everyone stopped.

"1. We'll use three-dimensional planting technology in the yard and grow some vegetables ourselves."

"Da Mao, what is three-dimensional planting technology?" someone asked.

"To put it simply, it is a wooden rack divided into 3-4 layers, with a few wooden boxes on each layer, and soil inside to grow vegetables."

"There is a severe drought in the region, but we are not short of water in our city. We can also use the remaining domestic water for irrigation. The more we can save, the better."

"Land? It would be best to get some soil from the fields in the countryside. We can't grow vegetables on the land in our yard. Or we can get some silt from the pond and mix it with the soil."

"Fertilizer? We're not planting on such a large scale, and we don't need to ferment it. If we really need it, we can find it in the public toilets."

As soon as this was said, everyone burst into laughter.

"This method is to grow vegetables on the racks, such as Chinese cabbage, leeks, peppers, etc. You can grow whatever you like. Of course, it would be even better if there are elderly people who know how to farm at home. This method mainly saves land."

"No matter how much, there will always be some gain, right?"

After Xu Damao said this, everyone understood that it was impossible to reclaim land and cultivate crops in the courtyard, but three-dimensional planting could be tried, which could at least provide some income.

"Second, let's borrow a car from the steel mill on weekends and go fishing in the surrounding reservoirs. I'll contact the reservoirs, but I think we'll have to pay some money. They won't let us take the fish without any reason. We'll discuss it later. There's strength in numbers, so if we do it once a week, it will improve our lives."

"The men are all out fishing, and the women are digging wild vegetables nearby. Let's have a meal together at noon to replenish our oil and water. The chef is ready. In the afternoon, we will pickle the extra vegetables with salt and bring them back."

"What do you think of these two ideas?"

Before anyone else expressed their opinion, He Daqing and Sha Zhu stood up.

"Don't worry, everyone. We two will take care of the cooking for the lunch."