Back in 1951, I was in Huade County.
The short work in the third and sixth districts allowed me to get to know the cadres and residents of more than 10 villages. In a glimpse of the disaster area, we see obvious features. Outwardly, the lives of the masses make people feel the heaviness of the disaster. The yards of every house are empty, there is no firewood and grass, and there is no one in the house, and each family has only a pile of cow dung and a pile of "lotus needles" that have just been dug up from the field as fuel. Most of the grass eaten by cattle is withered yellow, even "sand pong". This makes people can't help but sigh: "The disaster is so serious!".Will they be able to get through it?"However, seeing the diligence and tenacity of the cadres and the masses, we deeply feel that they have full confidence in overcoming the disaster. In the village we visited, most of the people seemed to be in high spirits, and with the concept of "the peasants of the world are one family", they launched a movement of mutual assistance and mutual assistance, and the slogan of "every family produces, everyone works" echoed in this land. Walking on the road, you can see vehicles transporting goods, carrying firewood and grass, collecting manure, and transporting manure everywhere, and there is an endless stream. Adults, children, and women in the fields are hugging the grass, collecting manure, and digging "lotus needles", as if this is not a harsh winter of minus 10 degrees, but a spring breeze.
On each "tara" (flat beach), 90% of the land has been plowed once, twice, or even three times, which is what the common people call "pressing the green land". As the seedlings died due to the summer drought, they ploughed again in the fall. In this land that has long been plowed, piles of gray manure have been applied, which is an unprecedented "miracle" in the past. This is an amazing achievement created by the masses in response to the call for increasing production and creating a production base for next year. They said with confidence: "This is the correct leadership of the first country, and pressing the green land is the capital of the peasants to cultivate the land." If there is another drought like this next year, the harvest can reach 30%. from.
Part of the labor force and 60 percent of the vehicles in the 3rd and 6th districts have gone to distant places, from Xisuni to Wanquan, Xuanhua, and Chaigoubao, and from Fengzhen in Suiyuan to Fengning and Dage in Duolun and Shuhe. Even as the people and animals who remained at home were working intensely, the vitality of the village remained the same as ever. In Bilik in District 3 and Nuoji House Guojia Village in District 6, the production self-help movement is vigorously launched. Here, various cultural activities such as private schools, literacy classes, newspaper reading groups, rooftop broadcasts, and blackboard newspapers are carried out as usual. Each household has its own patriotic production plan, which is clearly affixed to the front of the house. The production and disaster relief movement here is extremely active, and people feel a kind of passion for fighting heaven and earth. This was a battle to resist US aggression and aid Korea, and every family made a production plan for themselves. Du Huayingzi, the head of Bai Pubula Village, through his own leadership, has solved the difficulties of the whole village and laid favorable conditions for next year's production. Li Manshan, a cadre of Su Sanyingzi in the Sixth District, launched a production self-help movement in the whole village, skillfully leading the work of grass cutting, transportation and marketing, autumn ploughing, and well drilling. In difficult circumstances, they completed the planned plan by combining production disaster relief with donations. This is a positive response to the call for a bumper patriotic harvest and a contribution to the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea.
Why are the people in the disaster areas so energetic in fighting against the famine?This is mainly due to the leadership of the party, and the call for increasing production and saving has inspired the people in the disaster area. We must continue to strengthen the work of resisting US aggression and aiding Korea, combine it with production and self-help, and promote greater progress in all work!(Author: Anping).