Chapter 177: Dividing the Land
"Fortunately, everyone has no work to do during the day and goes home after school. Otherwise, it would be too difficult to notify everyone!" Lin Zisu was riding an electric bicycle at the end of the team.
After the two siblings notified everyone, they let the mule carts go to those who didn't have cars, and the two of them rode their cars. Most of the roads in Xinghai City are muddy, and there are a few bluestone roads in the city.
Walking on a muddy road on a sunny day would make you covered in dust. The two siblings returned to the yard, covered their mouths and noses with handkerchiefs, and then rode quickly to the front of the group.
In order to avoid being exposed, the two of them were the first to arrive at the Xinghai City Government, pushing their bicycles into the hall, and queued up first to see what was going on.
When the two siblings were studying the map given by the staff, the main force arrived one after another. Everyone's face was red and they were out of breath.
The map was very simple, a hand-drawn sketch that was easy to understand. There was a big circle drawn on the paper, with the city marked next to it. Outside the city, the horizontal and vertical lines were official roads and small paths that led in all directions. There were many big circles drawn outside the city, with fields marked next to them. Oval circles were drawn near the fields, marking towns and villages.
Lin Zisu and Lin Xianwen looked at each other. The painting was too casual. However, they could understand it. Then choosing a place by looking at the picture was equivalent to choosing half blindly.
Lin Youcai walked over and looked closely at the map in the hands of the two siblings. "Is this a map?"
Lin Zisu: "Yeah! Choose by looking at the map?"
Lin Youcai opened his eyes wide, his eyes full of shock. So casual? The location of each family's fields and houses is a matter of life and death!
Lin Xianwen: "You can't choose within the city, you can only choose these towns and villages outside the city."
Lin Youcai was just about to ask the staff when a clear and loud female voice rang out.
A young female staff member sat behind the counter, holding a loudspeaker, and read out the government's regulations on land distribution one by one in clear and loud voice.
First, the rules for the distribution of land for local people were discussed, and then the rules for the distribution of land for people from other places were discussed. The speech was slow so that people could hear it clearly.
The staff read the land distribution regulations three times using a loudspeaker, took a 3-minute break, and then read the land distribution regulations three more times.
The staff spoke Mandarin, which is the modern Mandarin. Ordinary people of this era could not understand it very well. Ordinary people who graduated from the elementary class could understand it, but they could not fully understand the meaning, or they could not comprehend it.
Many people scratched their ears, thinking they had heard it wrong, especially the local residents of Xinghai City, who all felt that the regulations were ridiculous.
Lin Youcai frowned deeply and explained to the elders sentence by sentence: "The government means that all the land in the country belongs to the state. Private individuals do not have land. All land belongs to the government. There is no such thing as buying and selling land. Land cannot be bought and sold.
The state gives us land to cultivate, and we just need to pay taxes when the harvest is good. According to what the staff just said, the taxes are not high.
The land was distributed according to household registration, not the number of people. Every household had the same amount of land. If there were many people in the family and their children had already started their own families, they should quickly divide the family. Otherwise, with few lands and many people, there would definitely not be enough food.
Do you understand? "
Lin Lizheng: "What? What are you talking about?"
Old Man Lin: "This...must be divided?"
"Alas, my father, dividing the family does not mean breaking off the relationship. We can live together when the time comes, isn't it the same? If we don't divide the family, there will be less land, and less land to build a house.
Are you willing?" Lin Youcai sighed, "It doesn't matter whether everyone understands it or not! If we want to take root in the country, we have to take whatever the government says, and we can't change it. Now hurry up and choose a good location, and we can talk about the rest later."
Lin Lizheng felt his head was a mess, but he knew that choosing a place was the most important thing. If he didn't understand, it would not be too late to talk about it later. "Everyone line up, line up! Let's choose a place first, and we'll talk about the rest later."
Lin Youcai came over with a map, "We can't choose a place in the city, so we'll choose a place close to the city. It's convenient for going to school, working, and doing business close to the city. What do you think? I think this side of the South City Gate is good. There is a village a little far from the city, but there is a big river not far from the village.
This village is the closest to the city, and there is a stream. When the time comes, the village will certainly dig a well, and there will definitely be no shortage of water in the south. Of the two villages, I prefer the one that is closer to the city, and there is a military outpost nearby, so it is much safer. "
Butcher Zhao: "Do you have talent? I will follow your choice. Uncle believes in you."
Li Juhua: "It's so good to be close to the city! It's convenient for doing anything."
"It must be better to be close to the city! Let's choose the village close to the city! There must be many candidates for this village, let's choose quickly!" Tao Mingyuan took a look at the map. There was no need to think about it. The locations close to the city would probably be snatched up.
Lin Benshu: "You must have chosen a good place, a village close to the city, which children all know is good! Let's go and decide!"
Everyone said that they would choose the location that Lin Youcai liked. All along the way, Lin Youcai's family had nothing to complain about. Besides, they also had to eat and live, so why would they choose a bad place to settle down?
There were more and more people in the hall. While everyone was discussing, Lin Zisu had already decided on Xinghai City, the nearest village to the south outside the city.
She didn't even need to ask, Dad would definitely be able to convince everyone. The main thing was that the conditions were there, and anyone who wasn't a fool would know how to choose.
Lin Zisu was glad that her parents had gone to the government and the information plaza every day to inquire about the news when they first arrived. Their efforts paid off, and they discovered the new policy in time. When the two siblings arrived, there were only 3 or 4 people in line, so they were considered to be very early.
This group of people were also lucky. They arrived in Xinghai City neither too early nor too late and happened to encounter the first batch of land distribution policy.
These were all discussed by the two siblings and the staff. Her electric bike also contributed a lot. When the staff saw them pushing the electric bikes in, their expressions and eyes were different.
When you push rare items in, everyone will take a few more glances and think twice. Human nature is the same in any world, any era, and any country.
Most people don't have ID cards. Both local residents and outsiders here have temporary ID cards. Because Xinghai City has just been conquered, local residents also need to graduate from the elementary class and apply for ID cards one year later.
The sun was setting when everyone came out of the Xinghai City Government. The place they chose was not a village, but a town called Qingxi Town.
Although most people did not fully understand the land regulations and land distribution regulations of the Republic of China, it did not affect everyone's return with laughter and chat. After nearly a year, they were finally able to settle down.
As long as they abide by the country's regulations, they can have a home, land, and food, and live a good life. They no longer have to suffer from hunger and fear every day.