村民倒也省心，像部隊一樣，男男女女，吹軍號出工，吹軍號收工，每家每戶都不用做菜燒飯。
Thispolicycomfortedvillagers.Maleandfemalemembersofcommunebeganandterminatedtheirworkbythesignalsofbugle,theydidn-tneedtocookforthemselvesassoldiers.
其實，每家的灶頭早已扒了，煙囪也被推倒，鐵鍋都被拿去參加大煉鋼鐵運動。收來的糧食除交公糧之外都放在生產隊的大倉庫里。無米、無柴、無灶、無鍋，還有誰家能燒菜做飯呢？
Actually,theirkitchenrangeswerealreadyremoved;theirchimneyswerepushedover;theirpotsandtheircauldronsweredonatedas「scrapiron」tothebackyardsteelfurnaces*,theirgrainsexceptthehanded-inpartwereallstoredinthecommunalbarn**.Withoutrice,firewood,stoveandpotintheirownkitchen,whocouldcook?