As a person born in the early sixties, the production team left a deep impression on me, and scenes were intermittent and often flashed in my mind. As a product of an era, during the 26 years that the production team existed on the land of China, our fathers paid hard work and prosperity during this period. There has been a production team as long as I can remember. My family belongs to a poor and backward production team in northwest Shandong. At that time, the team had more than 50 families, 100 people. At that time, there were no telephones and mobile phones in the countryside, and even clocks and watches were rare. Everyone decided to start and finish their work according to the shadow of the sun.
In the morning, the sun rises in the east, and it's time for the production team to go to work. At this time, a bell will ring in the village. Ten minutes later, the members will gather at the head of the village to listen to the work instructions issued by the production team leader. The production team divided the work among the members according to the farm work that day. Young and middle-aged laborers do heavy physical work, while the elderly generally arrange to use animals or other lighter work. Women and children do what they can under the leadership of the hostess. All members shall be organized and implemented by the team leader according to the division of labor.
Every household has a booklet to record the main points of work, and the attendance of each member of the production team is recorded by the clerk. The production team has a booklet to record the main points of work. Every night, the members who have finished the work come to the secretary's house to record the main points of the work. The accountant will record the staff when they are away. There are only two points in the work: what to do on a certain day of the month and how many points to get. Except for contract workers, they are generally young and strong, with a score of 10 a day (2 am and 4 pm), 8 points for women and the elderly, and 6 points for children (1under 6 years old). The work points accumulated by members are the basis of year-end dividends.
The production team has no machinery, and the commune has a tractor station, which comes down to serve for a short time during busy farming hours, not only to complete political tasks. Livestock is the most important labor force, and plowing, pulling carts, grinding flour, farming and lying on the ground are the most valued labor forces. Our team raised a dozen cows, including a donkey, which left a deep impression on me. A cow is tall and strong, with great strength and prominent shoulders, just like a camel's hump. He has a big temper, doesn't listen to greetings and often hurts people. I think it seems appropriate. When I am near it, I am docile and obedient, and I respond to its touch from time to time. I use it to pull carts on Sundays or during school holidays. Usually used by butchers who often kill pigs in the team, other members are afraid to approach, that is, keepers, so be careful everywhere.
At that time, the deepest memory left for us was that we were particularly gluttonous, had a great appetite, ate everything fragrant, and didn't get fat no matter how much we ate. In addition to eating steamed bread with white flour, Chinese New Year can only be seen in dreams. What I look forward to most is that every summer when the wheat is harvested, the production team will steam a pot of white and fat steamed bread for the wheat beater, and we children will also have the opportunity to share a few. Not to mention how fragrant the steamed bread is. Really, until now, I have never eaten steamed bread so fragrant. Sometimes for convenience, I will cook noodles for everyone to eat. While eating, I discovered a secret. A woman's stomach is extremely flexible. Whenever they eat steamed bread, their stomachs are very small. After a few bites, they saved the steamed bread. When eating noodles, their appetite is so great that many young men can't eat it. At first, I thought they liked noodles. Later, I learned that they didn't want to eat white flour steamed bread, so they took it home for the children and the elderly, and they resisted hunger.
What members are most looking forward to is the dividend at the end of the year. By the end of the year, add up the work points of the members, divide the annual income of the team by the sum of the work points of all the members, calculate the price of each worker, and then calculate the money that each family should share or the amount owed to the production team. At the end of the year, not every family is looking forward to the settlement meeting, because not every family can get the money, and families with more children and less labor can't get the money, because the rations, non-staple food and other sundries distributed to members by the production team have to be priced. The dividend scene is a mixed world. Usually, members will choose to stand aside. Families with large family labor force will naturally get together to congratulate each other, while families with large family population and small labor force will be left out in the cold. Our family is left out in the cold, and the work of the whole family can't meet the materials sent by the production team, and we owe it to the production team every year.
The production team period is a time of passion, especially the autumn harvest and sowing every year. Full mobilization, full participation, eating and living in the fields, red flags flying, inspiring songs deafening. The spirit of farmland inspires a generation. At that time, all the people who came over were selfless and dedicated to the public, and the members were also enthusiastic and helpful. The people who came here had no regrets and didn't ask the country for a penny. Even without giving them a penny, they didn't complain. Whenever grain is harvested, the first thing that comes to mind is to pay public grain. The slogan of that era: "Pay enough for the country, leave enough for the government, and the rest is your own."
From 65438 to 0979, I enlisted in the army, left my hometown and bid farewell to the production team. But I worked with my peers when I was young, and the details and scenes will never be forgotten. As I grow older, I miss the production team more.