Although the life of ordinary peasants in the Hetao base area is much better than before, the base area is still relatively difficult, and the materials in all aspects cannot be compared with other areas in the Far East.

Therefore, although the people here can eat and dress warmly, the various New Year's goods during the Chinese New Year are much shabby. The two members of this ordinary peasant family are now excited and embarrassed.

They were excited that the two big chiefs offered to have dinner at their house, which made them feel honored, but the embarrassment was that there was nothing at home to entertain the guests, which made them feel disgraced.

But what moved them was that Li Ming and Hu Wei also came to the outhouse to work with them, and Hu Wei, who was good at cooking, also personally cooked two specialty dishes.

The ingredients are very rough, all of them are some cabbage, radish, pickles or something, there is a pig at home that is not willing to kill, but now it is too late to kill, can only slaughter two chickens, and borrowed some bacon and dried fish from other people's houses, but put together a table of shabby meals, all of which the family has been reluctant to eat.

Li Ming took out two bottles of Far Eastern Special Brew and had a good meal with the farmer's family. The two members of the family were very excited to see that Li Ming and Hu Wei did not dislike the roughness of the food, and they ate it very deliciously.

Especially when they drank some wine, they also became bold to speak, and the Shaanxi man of this family also sang a small tune of his hometown for the two, and they had a happy meal.

From time to time, some farmers come to this yard with trepidation, take out the best things in the house and make some meals, maybe they feel that the things are shabby, and the things are put down and turn around and leave.

Some people rushed over, put down their things and took their families with them, knelt on the ground and kowtowed a few times, and then left in a hurry. Li Ming and Hu Wei looked at the room full of pots and bowls. My heart is both relieved and emotional.

This is all the heart of the local people, and they have all taken out the best things in their homes. In this era, the ordinary farmers at the bottom are so simple that it is sad.

Their demands are low, as long as they don't starve to death. No one scolded the government, and no one was dissatisfied with their miserable life, as if they were born to live like this. I don't care about being bullied or exploited. As for the difficult life, I can only blame my own bad life.

The great drought in Chongzhen caused a great drought in the Shanxi region for many years, thousands of miles of red land, starvation everywhere, countless homeless people dragged their families to flee the famine, everyone helped each other to die, and watched their families starve to death one by one.

Since they came to the Hetao area, life has also changed dramatically, and not only can they eat enough food every day. The house and land are also divided, and every family can get a cow. Seeds, surplus grains and brand-new farming tools are all available.

Although they were all loaned to them by the owner, it would take them 20 years to repay them slowly with grain and other crops year by year. But everyone knows in their hearts that the owner is still too kind, and such conditions are like going to heaven compared to before.

In the past, they worked as tenant farmers for the landlord's family, and the annual rent was at least four or five percent. They get up early and work hard all night for a year, and the last food is left. The family simply does not have enough to eat, and they can only deal with a half-full year with wild vegetables.

Once there is a famine or epidemic, it will be a catastrophe for low-level farmers like them. It's not bad to sell children and daughters, and it's normal for a family to flee famine and starve to death in a foreign country.

They came to the Hetao area and planted the land for a year. I don't know what kind of seeds the owner gave them, one acre of corn can lay seven or eight hundred catties, potatoes and sweet potatoes can lay more than two thousand catties, after the autumn harvest, every family is full of surplus grain.

Give 20 percent of the grain tax and more than 10 percent of the grain to the owner, and even if the family has enough to eat, the rest of the grain will be enough for the family. It can also be eaten for two years. Many farmers in the Hetao sit in their yards all winter, watching the silly joy of the full granary.

The common people of this era could not be more simple, life is good, no one is bullying and exploiting, and the gratitude in their hearts can be imagined. Moreover, their children can also be sent to the school run by the owner for free to study, and even the food and housing are all taken care of by the owner.

So when they learned that the two great chiefs of the Far East had come to their squadron, they went home and took out what they thought were the best New Year's goods, carefully cooked their own specialties, and sent them over one after another.

It's just that they think that the things they took out are shabby and rude, and they are afraid that the two leaders will not look at them, so everyone comes and goes in a hurry. But it's the best they can come up with. They are simple-minded, they just want to use the best things in the house to express their gratitude in their hearts.

Hu Wei raised his wine glass, touched it meaningfully with Li Ming, and then drank it all.

"Li Ming, there is a long way to go......"

Li Ming raised his glass and didn't drink it, but nodded heavily and said, "Then let's work together to make all the people of our Chinese nation live a good life......

After he finished speaking, he raised his glass and drank it all, the hot liquor slashed through his throat and burned him, but Li Ming's heart was even hotter, even more violent than the wine he drank.

After they finished eating, they left the farmer's house, and Li Ming specially instructed the guards to send the condolences they brought to the farmer's house, including a bag of white noodles, a few boxes of canned food and some affordable New Year's goods.

Li Ming and Hu Wei did not leave immediately, but came to a dirt slope. Li Ming handed Hu Wei a cigarette and helped him light it.

"Lao Hu, in the future, the board of directors of the company will be presided over by the two of us, you should already know."

Hu Wei took a sip, and then spit it out fiercely.

"No one told me, but I guessed it. Since you told me today, I'll just make a statement. To be honest, I really want to work with you, and I will do my best to support your work in the future. ”

Li Ming shook his head and said, "Don't say that, I will rely on you for the affairs of the Ethnic Affairs Committee in the future." Although this board of directors has laid a solid foundation for us, the Far East will also face great challenges in the future. I'm walking on thin ice every day, and I'm under a lot of pressure. ”

Hu Wei said with a smile: "I think it will be better to have pressure and challenges in my future work, and I still like pressure and challenges." ”

Li Ming laughed and said, "Do you know where my pressure comes from? It's from you, a workaholic, who teams up with you every day, and the pressure is really high......" (To be continued.) )