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Chapter 277: 277: Every Meal is Rice (Four thousand additional recommendations)_1
Chapter 277: 277: Every Meal is Rice (Four thousand additional recommendations)_1
Chapter 277: Chapter 277: Every Meal is Rice (Four thousand additional recommendations)_1
Li Yong didn’t understand why Meng Yunhan mentioned this fruit tree. Could she be planning something?
“Yes, there are some fruit trees. The village is planning to cut down these trees to plant grains,” he said.
Meng Yunhan gave Yun Shuang a glance, “If you and your husband trust me, you should trade your land for that plot of fruit trees.”
Li Yong and Yun Shuang didn’t understand. Even if they didn’t plant vegetables in their fields, they could still grow some grains, which would increase their food supply at home.
“The country’s policy is always changing,” Meng Yunhan explained.
For some reason, Li Yong felt an inexplicable sense of trust in Meng Yunhan. “Alright, I’ll talk to the village chief when I get back home about trading our plot of land for the fruit tree plot,” he agreed.
Yun Men couldn’t contain her excitement. “Third sister, do you have any advice for us?” she asked.
“Don’t you always want to eat rice at every meal? Your wish will come true soon, in no more than five years,” she said.
Meal after meal of white rice, meal after meal.
The father of Yun family coughed lightly, instructing, “Zhang Jiang, Li Yong, don’t speak about today’s conversation outside.”
Zhang Jiang and Li Yong responded in unison, “We won’t talk about it.”
Meng Yunhan didn’t care one way or another.
Having Zhang Jiang swap his land for the orchard would allow for raising chickens in the future and growing fruit, a win-win deal.
Right now, no one would suspect anything. But when the land reform was eventually implemented, it would be too late for anyone to object. After all, who would have valued that orchard back then?
“Father, there’s no need to be so serious. The fruit tree plot might not bring much profit in the next few years, but the benefits will last a lifetime. The plan for that plot can only be implemented after a few years,” she said.
Li Yong was willing to wait.
Yun Shuang thought about that orchard. She figured she could plant sparse vegetables there for her household’s consumption.
“Third sister, do you know something?” Yun Shuang couldn’t help but ask, her curiosity piqued.
Meng Yunhan just gave a mysterious smile, “The nation needs to progress, which necessitates resolving the issue of food and clothing for us common folks. The era of communal dining will come to an end sooner or later. At that time, every household will work for themselves. The crop yield will increase because no one will slack off if they stand to benefit directly. After giving a portion of the yield to the country, the rest will be for themselves. Then, every household can afford rice for every meal.”
This statement left them all stunned.
If it were really as she said, they would certainly be motivated. They genuinely could eat rice at every meal in the future.
Yun Men could almost visualize the scene—eating rice at every meal, which was the very thing she desired the most. She didn’t want to drink porridge or eat corn gruel anymore.
“That makes sense, that makes sense.” Yun Father hadn’t expected Meng Yunhan to think so far ahead.
Ah, it was truly irksome to deal with aging!
The Yun Hai’s house.
After Yun Hai returned home, he prepared to take some bags to carry the grains.
“Father, are you really going to give the grains away?” Zhang Cuihua was reluctant, really reluctant. With the grains given away, how would the other left behind feed their large family?
Yun Hai stared at Zhang Cuihua. Seeing that she couldn’t meet his gaze, he said, “Zhang Cuihua, don’t tell me you have moved the grains to your mother’s house. If that’s the case, don’t blame me for retrieving them. It seems that you didn’t take my words seriously last time. I believe you no longer wish to live in the Yun family. You should know, without you, our home won’t collapse. The children have grown up.”