The Spirit of Dragon and Horse 1965

The Shizigou production team of a commune in rural Henan Province is facing great difficulties in developing production due to lack of water and large livestock. Han Mangzhong, a member of the production team, and Li Shisan, the deputy captain, who were both from poor peasant backgrounds, met a skinny horse at a cheap price at a material exchange meeting. Mang Zhong believes that as long as he works hard to feed the horse, he will be able to feed the horse well. After repeated persistence, he convinced Li Shisan, who was afraid of taking responsibility, and finally bought the skinny horse at a cheap price of 120 yuan. Liang Dou, the breeder in the team, is an upper-middle peasant with serious selfish ideas. He originally wanted to buy the skinny horse himself and fatten it up so that he could make money by reselling it. Now I see that after Eawn was bought for the team, he was picky in every possible way, deliberately making things difficult, and refused to take on the task of feeding the thin horse. At this time, production captain Chang Shui returned from a commune meeting, bringing with him the revolutionary spirit of self-reliance and hard work advocated by the meeting. He actively supported the request to feed the thin horses to the awn species, and proposed the construction of canals to divert water and the transformation of 60 acres of dry land. Liang Dou failed to get the horse and was unwilling to give up. He encouraged his wife Liu Cuixiang to instigate Mang Zhong's wife Cai Xiuzhen and ask her to pull Mang Zhong's hind legs. It is true that "it is easy to buy a horse, but it is difficult to raise a horse." Mang Zhong repaired canals during the day and served the thin horses at night, which was opposed by Xiuzhen. In addition, Mang Zhong used the sesame oil and buckwheat bark at home to treat the horse's illness. Xiuzhen was even more angry and quarreled with her husband.