Follow the army to the island, the rebellious male protagonist was led by me to counterattack

Chapter 152 Advanced Collectives
Uncle Cao spoke freely for more than ten minutes, starting from the islanders' lack of vegetables, their sallow complexions, thin bodies, and poor eyesight, to their dozens of failed breeding attempts but never giving up, to their tireless efforts day and night to record data and learn from experience, and finally, their success was completely destroyed by a strong wind.

As Shi Xia watched Uncle Cao tell his story so vividly, even the most sentimental people next to her started to shed tears.

So touching!

It's not easy!
Shi Xia felt deeply that she still had a long way to go in her learning journey, and at least in the area of ​​storytelling, she was not as good as Uncle Cao.

"Comrade Cao, you've worked so hard! The maturity of this technology is of paramount importance! Thanks to your perseverance, we are truly impressed and worthy of our admiration!"

"This is all thanks to the good education provided by the country and the Party..."

The real mutual flattery has begun. Shi Xia's eyelids twitched as she watched. Did she sound so fake when she said it?
Impossible, her acting is so good.

After seeing the vegetables, the leaders were all eager to go back and implement the plan.

Lin's father even directly asked the islanders of Hai San Island to harvest the water spinach, and used the island's boats to transport the vegetables back to the factory, so that the machines could get running.

Chief Wei did not leave either, and instructed Shi Xia to tell him when he handed over the technology that he must strive to be the first to use it.

If they had used it a day earlier, their soldiers would have been able to enjoy vegetables freely.

Shi Xia agreed to everything, and said that Uncle Cao would take care of the rest; she wouldn't interfere.

She simply went home.

Saying it's going home isn't entirely accurate, because the house isn't finished yet.

However, the construction was very fast, and the first house to be built was Shi Xia's house, which was everyone's choice.

Shi Xia didn't refuse and accepted it without feeling guilty.

When Shi Xia returned to the cave, she saw Uncle Qu teaching the children outside the cave.

The boy and girl sat on the rocks, writing words in the sand with twigs in their hands.

"The word 'country' should be written ten times by each person."

Uncle Qu walked around the children with his hands behind his back, occasionally bending down to correct their posture and stroke order.

Behind the children were many women, their eyes watching this way, their hands mending fishing nets, patching shoe soles, always keeping themselves busy.

But the look in their eyes when they look at the children is one of hope, a hope that the next generation will be better.

"Shi Xia is back."

“Perfect timing, Shi Xia, step on it, I’ve made you a pair of shoes.”

An aunt came over with some shoes she had made and offered to help Shi Xia take them off.

"I will do it myself."

Shi Xia sat on the rock and tried on the cloth shoes her aunt had made; they were very comfortable.

"Comfortable, fits perfectly."

"Right? I make the best shoes in our village!"

"Look at how she's showing off."

"Shixia, I made you a dress. I'm good at sewing."

A group of aunties would give each other pumpkin seeds, a pair of shoes, and at the very least, a bit of gossip.

In short, Shi Xia never returned empty-handed after each visit.

Madam Qu, who was learning how to make pickled crabs at the cave entrance, felt a surge of sadness upon seeing this scene.

The betrayal by her own son was something she could never forget.

"Girl, be careful not to prick your hand. This thing has... what kind of bacteria, I can't remember. Yuan Cheng said that if you accidentally prick your hand, you might cut it off."

“We didn’t know before how many times we would be poked a day. After this child told us, I was afraid to catch crabs for a while.”

Madam Qu's thoughts were brought back to the present by her aunt's words, and she nodded in agreement.

"They're all here."

Shi Xia walked over and sat down, but before she could even get comfortable, she heard Da Bai cawing as it approached.

Grandpa Shi was chasing after them with a shovel in hand.

"Granddaughter, stop that beast!"

The word "beast" made Shi Xia laugh so hard she almost fell over.

She grabbed Da Bai's hind leg with one hand. Seeing this, Da Bai simply hid between Shi Xia and his aunt, only sticking out his head to look at Grandpa Shi.

"Grandpa, what's wrong?" Shi Xia's voice was loud. Grandpa Shi's hearing had recovered by half, and he occasionally misheard.

"I haven't eaten yet, what's there to be full about! I'm full from being angry at it!"

Grandpa Shi pointed at Big White, glared at it, and said, "If you've got the guts, come out here!"

"quack!"

"You coward, come out here!"

"Quack quack!"

The man and the goose started arguing.

Grandpa Shi's hearing was fine, but Shi Xia, who was next to Da Bai, couldn't stand it and manually shut her mouth, preventing Da Bai from opening it.

"Grandpa, what did it do?"

Shi Xia spoke slowly, then pointed at Da Bai, guessing that Da Bai had dirtied Grandpa's house.

Grandpa Shi understood this time, and said angrily:

"It carries Little Flower on its back to raise other chickens!"

Shi Xia felt her temples throbbing wildly. What kind of ridiculous reason was this?!

Big White is a female goose, and Little Flower is a female hen. They are two different species, so why are they secretly raising other chickens?
Such a complicated relationship.

"Big White, I can't help you with this. Little Flower is so much better!"

Her aunt shifted to the side, and Shi Xia tilted her head, realizing that she was the only one who didn't know about this.

"Gaga g ...

Shi Xia accidentally let go, and Da Bai cackled loudly, her ears ringing with its own excuse.

In the very end, Shi Xia carried Da Bai back into the cave and saw the other "chicken" that Grandpa Shi had mentioned.

A wet, fluffy little chick.

The other main character in the incident, a little flower, is feeding the chicks.

Seeing this, Grandpa Shi said angrily, "I already told you I would stand up for you, how could you betray me!"

After comforting Grandpa Shi, Shi Xia sat down and watched Da Bai and Xiao Hua take care of the little cub.

Is this really a chick?
Big White has some strange habit of always picking up other eggs to incubate.

This time it's even better; they brought over a little "chick".

In any case, the little chicks settled down temporarily at Shi Xia's house under the care of Big White and Little Flower's mothers.

In the evening, we had rice, soy-braised crab, Dongpo pork, steamed pork ribs with rice flour, and stir-fried water spinach.

This standard of living would be quite good even by modern standards.

The next day, Shi Xia, under the guise of training the soldiers, climbed up to five sperm whales again!

After climbing up, Battalion Commander Cheng picked up a shovel and pondered: Something just doesn't feel right...?
Over the next month, Shi Xia occasionally helped with training and sometimes went out to sea, always returning with a full catch.

A month later, people from the county came to Haisan Island to deliver a message.

"Congratulations to Comrade Shi Xia for being named a model of learning from Lei Feng in the county, and congratulations to Hai Sandao for being named an advanced collective in the county. We will personally present you with these awards in the county tomorrow."

Shi Xia and Uncle Cao both expressed their gratitude and personally saw the other party off onto the ship.

After seeing the people off, Uncle Cao, in high spirits, organized a meeting with the villagers to tell them the good news.

People of this era treat honor with utmost sincerity, regarding it as more important than life itself.

This is also why Shi Xia has always wanted honor.

The meeting was short, but today's topics will all revolve around this.

Shi Xia was about to receive an award when her aunt, Madam Qu, and Old Madam Qu pulled her away, insisting on dressing her up.

The next day, Shi Xia and Uncle Cao took a boat to the mainland. Uncle Cao was nervous the whole way, and he became even more nervous after arriving at the county government.

"Shi Xia, are you nervous?"

"nervous….."

"Really?"

"Of course, I'm afraid I'll give an award speech that's too good."