Chapter 6 Boom 006 Feeling unsure Turn off the lights small medium large Previous chapter: Chapter 5 Prosperity 005 It’s still Abao who resists...Next chapter: Chapter 7 Boom 007 Reclaiming wasteland to grow medicinal materials Just when she was thinking about how to help her father solve the problem, Shi Rushuang opened the lid of the pot and said to her daughter, who was sitting there with her thoughts drifting to nowhere, "Qingqing, please remove the firewood and stop burning it. Don't you still need to wash your hair?"

"Hey! I'll wash it right away." Gu Qingqing just woke up from a dream, quickly took out the firewood and soap locust, and put the red charcoal left after burning the hard wood into the pottery. In the earthen pot, cover the opening with a wooden board.

She got up and took a red enamel basin and scooped out two ladles of hot water. She picked up the roasted soap locust on the ground, tore it up and threw it into the basin. Then she took it to the pressure well to add cold water.

Gu Qingqing has waist-length hair. Rushuang taught her since she was a child that girls should take good care of their hair and often wash it with soap locust.

The good thing is that her hair is now black and shiny, and it is smooth and tangle-free when she combs it.

Girls of the same age in the village are envious of her braids.

After she washed her hair and took a bath, her uncles and cousins all came back from the fields with hoes on their shoulders. Gu Bao's feet were covered in yellow mud and shouted to Gu Qingqing: "Hey niece, don't put away the washbasin. Bring a basin of water." Let me wash my feet, otherwise your grandma will have to deal with me when I step on mud all over the yard!" "

Here it comes!" Gu Qingqing fetched a basin of water from the well and went over, looked back and forth, and wondered: "Where's my grandma? ? Why didn't you come back?"

"I'm carrying my things to Uncle Xu's house." Gu Bao's two white and tender feet stepped on each other, covering the ground with yellow muddy water.

"After listening to your grandfather's words, I went to Uncle Xu to learn the scriptures."

As soon as they returned from the private plot in the backyard, Gu Jin silently carried two kilograms of dry melon wine to the entrance of the village.

It seems that his elder brother is really unsure.

Gu Qingqing thought it was a good thing for her father to ask Aye Xu for advice. After all, Aye Xu had been a captain for so many years and must have a lot of experience.

She put away the washbasin and went back to her room to dry her hair with a dry handkerchief, and blew on the kerosene lamp to get ready for bed.

This time before dawn, she heard a clear whistle, from near to far. She rubbed her eyes and took out an old pocket watch from beside the pillow. This was given to her by her third uncle in exchange for it from the city.

Exactly five o'clock, a minute is a lot.

Gu Qingqing sighed and got out of bed.

There was only a faint light in the sky. Shi Rushuang was kneading dough to prepare steamed buns, while Han Lianxin yawned and added firewood to the stove.

"Fortunately, it's not winter now, otherwise I would be too lazy to get up." Han Lianxin was sleepy, and she suddenly became happy when she thought of something: "Sister-in-law, I think my eldest brother really looks like a captain. You see, Uncle Xu's housekeeping skills have been overtaken by him. The inheritance is in hand."

Shi Rushuang glared at her: "You, just make fun of your elder brother, don't say it, I still feel good when I hear the whistle, otherwise I always feel like something is missing." "Isn't that right, Uncle Xu?

When I was in office, I worked hard every day, and I almost became the time-telling bird in our Datunzi Village."

"Auntie, second aunt." Gu Qingqing came in with a red enamel basin, opened the lid and scooped out two spoons of hot water.

"My dad hasn't been lazy since today."

"Your dad doesn't get enough sleep. Apart from your grandma, he is the first to get up every day, so he has something to do."

Gu Jin didn't come back until breakfast, his steps were brisk. It's like summer, sunny and cloudless.

It seems that I got the true message from Master Xu.

Gu Qingqing thought.

Today is the last day to harvest rice. Gu Jin assigned tasks to the commune members in the morning: "Women and older uncles are going to cut and thresh rice, and young men are going to plow and harrow the land to prepare for autumn sowing." After saying that, he looked at him

. It fell on the five educated youths who came yesterday again -

"You... you go hoe the fields and fertilize them." During this time, they were engaged in double robbery, and they didn't do much work in the fields.

After the distribution, the members went to the custodian to get farm tools. Gu Qingqing and Qian Guihua still partnered with Che Guzi. The oldest man in the village said that the weather would change in two days.

Millet cannot be exposed to rain. Once it sprouts, it can only be eaten by chickens.

Nowadays, most of the members of the production team barely have enough to eat, so how can they waste food in such a wasteful way?

Qin Wu walked over with square steps, hands behind his back, and there was a strange feeling when he opened his mouth: "I had a thorough and long talk with Uncle Xu last night, and the result was good. Those two kilograms of melons, dried melons and wine were not wasted." "Uncle Xu is a nice person

. , not like you." Gu Jin replied with a smile.

"What's wrong with me?" Qin Wu glared when he heard this: "The wrong car took you back, and we have to work as a team. Please speak to me in a gentle manner." "Cheng Chengcheng." Gu Jin pulled him

. His arms went to the ground: "Let's go and see those educated youths first. I don't think they are good at work." "Stop talking,"

Qin Wu shook it hard and found that he couldn't get rid of this fool. He was still surprised. After a moment, I didn't expect him to have such great strength. "My cheeks hurt when I talk about these educated youths. They feel soft when I walk. They fall over when the wind blows." "It's a good time for them to catch up. The double robbery is about to end.

" Come here, otherwise I would have been crying and shouting to go back to the city." Although

Gu Jin didn't know why he resented the educated youth so much, but when he saw a male educated youth standing straight up digging in the soil not far away, looking wilted, He couldn't help but scratch his head and muttered: "If they keep doing this, the ground will not be hoeed, and the hoe will destroy me..." "That's right." Qin Wu rolled his eyes at him angrily: "I came here before

. The educated youth are like this too. Uncle Xu's hair has turned gray due to worry, and he wishes they could return to the city as soon as possible." "

Don't act like me..." Qin Wu blurted out the curse words when he remembered that he was not in the army now, but as the secretary of the party branch. He swallowed it back, his face turned red from suppressing it: "Don't make it seem like I'm targeting them. I'm worse than a three-year-old child in doing things. Who can see it?!" "I didn't say you were targeting them." Gu

Jinlian Gu Hanzi still smiled naively: "I'm going to discuss something with you."

"What's the matter?" Qin Wu looked at him warily: "What the hell are you holding back?" Others thought Gu Hanzi was honest and honest, but he wasn't. feel.

Those smiling clerks in the army are full of bad ideas, and the hard work is all done by their heads.

"...That's right," Gu Jin cleared his throat, "I was thinking that the members of our production team are not very motivated. After the double rush, we will have to build river embankments and dig ditches. In two months, it will be the flood season."

"A young laborer can earn seventy-five yuan for one year's worth of work points, which is not even comparable to what your tiger earns in the city for three months, let alone buying a Feige bicycle." "Good luck

. Why are you trying to pull us off?" Qin Wu directly pulled his hand out of his arms: "What do you think of the old man's hug? If you have anything to say, just say it." "Let's be a production team, just shout

slogans Those who don't contribute much have no clear production plan." Gu Jin was not annoyed when his hand was thrown away: "There is no point in being determined, you have to do practical things." "I plan to implement payment by piece, and farm work will be divided into groups. Qin Mengzi

, What do you think?" After Gu Jin finished speaking, he was still a little nervous. He rubbed his hands and waited eagerly for Qin Wu's response.

Chapter 7 Boom 007 Reclaiming wasteland to grow medicinal materials Turn off the lights small medium large Previous chapter: Chapter 6 Prosperous 006 Feeling unsureNext chapter: Chapter 8 Prosperous 008 has a wilder temper than a boy Qin Wu squinted his eyes and looked up and down with his peripheral vision, as if he had just met Gu Hanzi, "Sure." He

said calmly: "Please tell me carefully."

"That's what I think, divide the work into groups, and do the work After completing the designated tasks, such as hoeing as much grass and plowing as many fields and picking as much cotton as possible in a day, you can take a break from work. Those who do it quickly will finish their work in the morning and record their work points and then leave in the afternoon. Of course, they can continue to earn work points. Members can also earn work points through their own work. The labor of the production team can increase their income."

"Now the maximum score for a young man in the production team is ten cents. According to their physical strength, twenty or thirty cents is not a problem. In this way, the income per working day can be from two cents to sixty cents. ."

Gu Jin folded his hands and smiled naively: "Mengzi, how much income does a young laborer earn per month?"

When Gu Jin was babbling, Qin Wu was already making calculations in his mind.

Sixty cents a day, then eighteen cents a month? !

He was shocked by the number he calculated, "Gu Hanzi, you really dare to think that eighteen yuan can catch up with the salary of an apprentice in the steel factory. My Huzi only only earns twenty-five yuan a month." !"

"Yeah, if you can make more money, don't you think the members will be more motivated?" "

Just daydream." Qin Wu sneered: "Where can we get so many cash crops to provide so much money to the members? Equivalent to work points?"

"Plant." Seeing someone coming, Gu Jin pulled him aside and continued: "I asked Uncle Xu that a teacher from Datunzi Village came to Datunzi Village two years ago and said he was engaged in agricultural planting... ..." He thought for a moment and scratched his head: "Professor! He said that the wasteland behind Datunzi Village and Dagouzi Village has good soil and is suitable for growing medicinal materials such as Atractylodes Rhizome, Tail Ginseng, Chuanqiong and so on. Our production team will plant it when the time comes. Contact the pharmacy to sell it."

Qin Wu said thoughtfully: "But we don't know how to handle these things." Although he and Gu Hanzi don't deal with each other, they can bring real benefits to the members. , it’s not like you can’t try it.

"Also, don't we still have uncultivated wasteland in the team?" Gu Jin glanced at the educated youths who were digging and taking a break, and said softly: "Let them all reclaim the land, plant some vegetables, and then use the previously abandoned land to reclaim it." Rebuild the pond, raise some fish, and increase food rations for the members."

"How's it going?" Seeing Qin Wu's eyes dark and silent for a long time, Gu Jin felt uneasy.

He has never been a captain. His ancestors have not been officials for more than ten generations. Being a captain should be barely enough...can he be considered an official?

"Did you come up with all this?" After a long time, Qin Wu said this.

"...That's not true. I don't have the brains." Gu Jin laughed and said, "My daughter gave me the idea." "I don't think you can think of it either."

Qin Wu said angrily. There was a bit of jealousy in his expression: "I don't know what kind of bad luck you got, your son and daughter are so successful." "

Then what." Qin Wu turned away, with a slightly twitchy look on his face: "Your family is brilliant. How much is Yang He Qinglie's monthly allowance?"

Gu Jin touched his nose, raised his foot and kicked the stone further away from the roadside: "It should be more than your Huzi's salary."

Seeing Qin Wu's eyes were not good. , he added with a smile: "You can't compare Hu Zi alone with my Can Yang Qing Lie. I don't know how many. Their registered letters are all sent directly to my Qing Qing, but I can't handle it. "

Shi Rushuang is in charge of the money at home. Except for giving Zhang Cuifen ten yuan and some food stamps every month to supplement the family income, and giving five yuan to her daughter, he never sees the rest.

To be honest, he had no idea how much money his family had, and he never thought to ask.

"Oh." Qin Wu didn't ask any more questions, his eyes wandered: "We can't make the decision what you said. Let's have a meeting with Lao Yang tonight." "Okay, he is the political instructor, we have to listen to his

opinion ."

"After work, you can go directly to the brigade headquarters. I won't say anything anymore. I will get angry when I see these guys." Qin Wu took the hoe and put it on the ground horizontally as a stool within two minutes of seeing the ground being dug. The male educated youth's head almost burst into flames. He walked over and kicked the hoe away. The male educated youth fell to the ground with a "snap".

"What are you doing?! Are you beating someone?!" Several other educated youths also gathered around: "We are here to help rural development, not to be beaten!" The other two male educated youths helped the lazy educated youth up, one on the left and the other on the right. , his face was full of dissatisfaction.

"You are the only ones helping us develop?!" The sarcasm on Qin Wu's face was obvious. He stepped on the hoe with his toes and flicked the long stick directly into his hand.

Qin Wu spat and rubbed his palms, holding a hoe and sneered: "Learn how to work hard. I owe the team two hundred work points just one day after I came here. Look at you, you are so stupid that I won't be able to pay it off until the Year of the Monkey and the Horse."

"Also, after work, go and ask the custodian for a few bags of vegetable seeds. There is a piece of wasteland in the backyard. You educated youths have stoves and kitchen utensils left by the educated youths in front of you. From now on, you will either be self-sufficient or you can exchange them with work points. " Food."

Qin Wu's last words were calm, but his face felt hot when he heard the words from the educated youths. Gu Jin rubbed his hands, picked up a hoe and began to weed next to him.

"You have never worked in the fields before, so you may not be used to it when you first come here." Gu Jin bent over and still had a smile on his face: "Just learn more from the community members. The villagers in our village are quite simple and don't know how to do it." Just ask."

Qin Wu laughed secretly in his heart. Gu Hanzi understood the essence of teaming up as soon as he took office. One of them was a good person and the other a bad person. He was not too naive.

"Okay, Captain Gu, Secretary Qin, don't worry, we will study hard!" The thinner female educated youth with two braided braids quietly tugged on the sleeves of another thicker female educated youth and got ahead of her. road.

Ye Zi knew that Sun Yuanyuan was impulsive and was afraid that she would say something else. They were coming to the countryside and they could not conflict with the production team cadres, otherwise there would be no hope of returning to the city.

Sun Yuanyuan frowned, but didn't say anything in the end.

All the grain has been harvested. After getting off work early today, Gu Qingqing walked back from the storage room on a small path and saw the smoke coming from her chimney in the distance.

"Second aunt, second uncle."

Gu Qingqing pushed open the courtyard door and saw Han Lianxin fetching water for cooking. Gu Yin took a small bench and sat in the courtyard to weave a bamboo basket, with peeled bamboo strips beside his legs.

There are many bamboos on the mountains in Datunzi Village, and there are many camphor trees in Dagouzi Village. Her second uncle, a carpenter, would help others weave bamboo baskets or be invited by the host to pack furniture during his spare time. All he had to do was say hello to the team instructor before going.

Gu Yin raised his head and nodded slightly towards her.

"Qingqing is back." Han Lianxin put down the water ladle, "Obviously, help your second aunt pick out a few eggs from the chicken coop. Yes, that's right. Just take the small basket at your second uncle's feet."

" Okay," Gu Qingqing said cheerfully: "I guess there are more than ten or twenty, and I haven't picked them up for half a month." I have been so busy recently, the entire production team is spinning, and I almost forgot that my own chickens have still laid eggs. Egg.

The current slogan is - vigorously develop pig farming and support national construction.

Their team has a pig farm with dedicated breeders. Every year, four to five hundred pigs weighing more than 135 pounds are delivered to the state.

The villagers only raise some chickens and ducks, and there is no requirement to limit the number of these.

I heard from Uncle Zhao that there are a lot of piglets coming out of the pig farm this year, and I wonder if the excess can be given to the villagers to raise.

Forget it, probably not.

Gu Qingqing carried the basket to the vegetable patch in the backyard. Han Lianxin peeled off the old vegetable leaves and threw them next to the fence for the chickens to peck. She bent down and picked up twenty-seven eggs from the pile of firewood nearby.

"Ah, so many?" Han Lianxin was chopping vegetables in the kitchen. Seeing that she had picked up so many, she was not only happy but also a little worried: "Eggs tend to smell bad in summer, dear, shake them to see if there are any. Let's spend some time first." After eating the eggs for a long time, the second aunt will spread the egg pancakes for you."

"Bring the fresher ones to the supply and marketing cooperative tomorrow, and now ten eggs cost fifty-five cents!" Chapter 8 Prosperous 008 His temper is wilder than that of a boy Turn off the lights small medium large Previous chapter: Chapter 7 Boom 007 Reclaiming wasteland to grow medicinal materialsNext chapter: Chapter 9 Prosperity 009 It’s still the cake made by grandma and second aunt... "I knew you were thinking about these few cents again." Zhang Cuifen scooped up a few bowls of rice and poured it into the iron pot, then turned around and peeled the sweet potatoes.

"The Mid-Autumn Festival will be in two days. The third brother and his wife are coming back. Let them take these eggs back to the city so that they don't have to spend money to buy them." "Hey, mother, didn't I forget that the third brother and his sister-in-law are going to buy them?

" You're back, these days go by so fast, it's Mid-Autumn Festival in the blink of an eye. Don't worry, the eggs collected in the past few days will be taken back to the city by the third brother and the others. They won't be sold." Han Lianxin said with a cheerful look on her face With a smile, she had no objection to Gu Cai and his wife Zhang Yuqing.

To be honest, there aren't many bad things about the Gu family, and there isn't much acrimony between the sisters-in-law. The third brother and sister often go to the city to pull fabrics to make clothes for her and her sister-in-law!

Gu Qingqing left ten eggs for her second aunt to spread the cake, and put the rest on the ground next to the rice vat in the inner room. She counted the eggs left in the plaster bucket before, and this time there were thirty-five. .

"I'll feed the chickens more in the past few days. It won't be a problem to bring more than fifty eggs when the third uncle and the third aunt come back." Gu Qingqing sat on the small bench in front of the stove and returned to her original business.

Chopping wood to make a fire.

"The third child is coming back?" Shi Rushuang came in from the yard outside with a jar of pickles. She was stunned when she heard her daughter's words. The terracotta jar was placed on the stove. She took out the bowls and chopsticks from the cupboard behind her. Add pickled radish.

It seems like the Mid-Autumn Festival is about to take place. I have been so busy these days that I haven’t torn up my calendar for more than half a month.

"The third daughter-in-law sent me a letter a few days ago. It should be that she wants to show her daughter-in-law to the Prime Minister of Wei and Korea." Zhang Cuifen cut the sweet potatoes into small pieces and threw them into the pot, adding water and rice to cook them together.

"Ah, mother, then I have to hurry up and ask Xiongwa for a letter." When Han Lianxin heard that her two nephews, who were younger than her eldest son, were starting to look at the girl, she put down the kitchen knife and felt sad. Be anxious.

She and Zhang Yuqing both gave birth to four sons to the Gu family, among whom Gu Xiong was the eldest, and then there were two nephews, Yuan Chao and Wei Guo. Zhang Yuqing was very successful back then, and she had two children just three years after marrying into the Gu family.

Her family is Gu Xiong, Gu Jianguo, Gu Guoqing, and their youngest son Gu Heping.

The eldest son of the third brother's family is Gu Yuanchao, the second brother is Gu Weiguo, the third brother is Gu Weidong, and the fourth brother is Gu Weixing.

My sister-in-law's family, Canyang, is about the same age as Qinglie and Yuanchao Weiguo, but they are just a few months apart.

Not to mention that Gu Qingqing is the sweetheart of the old man and the old lady. From Gu Tiezhu, Gu Jin to Gu Xiong and others, there have never been girls in the family. Her Gu family uncle Gu Tiechui and other uncles also have boys in their families.

If you really want to count, she must have more than ten or twenty cousins, let alone her cousins.

Gu Xiong is the eldest, and his name comes from a single character. Gu Tiezhu's original intention was that his eldest grandson would become a responsible person and take charge of the entire Gu family when he grew up.

When they were young, there were six brothers. He and his four younger brothers were raised under the care of his eldest brother Gu Tiechui, and they are still very close to each other now.

"It's time for some snacks." When Zhang Cuifen mentioned her eldest grandson, she thought of her younger son. She had more headaches than her second daughter-in-law.

A Bao, this unattractive boy, was two or three years older than Xiong Wazi. Last time he mentioned that he had a girl he liked, but he never mentioned it again. She couldn't find a way to inquire about the girl's family situation.

It's not that she's boasting, but the Gu family is a good family. The brothers are in harmony with the sisters-in-law. It's not just about being rich when they get married, they must have enough food and clothing, and all the heavy work in the house is done by men.

The Gu family does not rely on their daughter-in-law to earn work points, but just does some light work on weekdays.

Zhang Cuifen couldn't help but sigh. This old man really broke their hearts.

"Tomorrow I'll go ask Dahua, the king of Dagouzi Village. I've been working with her these days." Shi Rushuang picked up a sour radish and gave it to her daughter, who had her ears propped up by the stove with a face full of interest. He couldn't help but nodded her little head: "Don't be complacent, wait until your brothers write..." "

Auntie, Auntie," Gu Qingqing bit into the crispy and refreshing sour radish and covered her ears with her hands: " I can't hear anything! I'm still young and you think about driving me away all day long. Look, the old Gu family can't tolerate me!" Shi Rushuang withdrew her hand in a funny voice: "You, you are being taken away by my family

. I'm used to it, and I'll just mess around. I'm really afraid that the only girl of the old Gu family will be smashed into my hands, and I won't let the whole village laugh at that time."

Gu Qingqing has been treasured by the Gu family since she was a child. Once when she was a child, she had an argument with a friend from Dagouzi Village. They pushed her to the ground. Gu Qingqing was stunned because of the hay clippings on her body. Without even patting Zi and Hui, she cried and wiped her tears all the way before going to find her cousin Gu Xiong.

At that time, the young men of the Gu family were working in the fields. Seeing their little ancestor crying like this, her brothers and the cousins of Gu Tiezhu's five brothers all rushed to the village entrance with hoes on their shoulders.

The security director and Xue Jianshan thought something serious had happened in the village. When they arrived at the entrance of the village, they found that the boys from the Gu family were surrounding the teenage boy from the Feng family in Dagouzi Village. Both Gu Qingqing and the Feng family's baby were crying.

One is aggrieved and the other is frightened.

From then on, the little bullies in the two villages avoided Gu Qingqing when they met him. In the end, they simply asked her to be their eldest brother, which was the safest way.

If the Gu family's baby bump really doesn't get married, it will really be the talk of two villages.

"We are good and good." Han Lianxin knew that her sister-in-law was joking, so she said with a smile: "Qingqing, help my second aunt to call your brother-in-law and brothers back. They go to chop wood on the mountain at the end of the village. Let's go, they won't be able to come back until dark unless I tell them."

"Okay." Gu Qingqing begged for help and ran to the door with oil on her soles, for fear that her mother-in-law would tease her again if it was later.

"This girl is so hot-tempered." Shi Rushuang glanced at the girl who opened the courtyard door and ran out, and shook her head helplessly.

Han Lianxin took out the earthenware jar of oil and salt from the cupboard and prepared to stir-fry: "Sister-in-law, don't always talk about Qingqing. By the way, why haven't you received any letters from Canyang and Qinglie? It's almost the Mid-Autumn Festival and you should send them home. I believe you."

"It's not so easy to send letters in the army." Zhang Cuifen opened the lid of the pot and looked at the half-cooked rice, then sat down on the small bench in front of her granddaughter to light the fire.

"Yes, sister-in-law, you must remember to ask Wang Dahua for me tomorrow to see if there is any daughter in our team that I like. I have no other requirements. She just needs to be more delicate and kind." "Okay, sure

. You should pay more attention to me and chat with Qian Guihua when you have time."

"Okay."

When Gu Qingqing arrived at the end of the village, she saw her brothers coming down from the mountain carrying firewood, and there was a girl next to her brother-in-law.

The end of the village is the educated youth spot, and that girl is probably a new educated youth. Looking from a distance, a girl wearing a blue coarse cloth shirt with a round waist and thick arms could be seen talking non-stop around Gu Bao.

Gu Qingqing secretly added an extra caution.

My brother-in-law and brothers have all reached the age of discussing marriage. Judging from the words of Uncle Qin and Dad, these educated youths are not easy to get along with.

"Uncle! Brother!" She shouted loudly and ran forward.

"Hey, hey, hey! Slow down, slow down, the road here is full of potholes, don't fall, Qing Qingbao." Hearing the shout, Gu Bao turned his head and saw Gu Qingqing running towards this side like a roc spreading its wings, and couldn't help it. Keep one hand on your forehead.

There is only one girl in their Gu family. Qingqing has been playing with her brothers since she was a child, and her temper is almost wilder than that of the boys.

Chapter 9 Prosperous 009 It’s still the cake made by grandma and second aunt... Turn off the lights small medium large Previous chapter: Chapter 8 Prosperous 008 has a wilder temper than a boyNext chapter: Chapter 10 Booming 010 The moon has been following us... "Uncle," Gu Qingqing was stabilized by Gu Bao, and she glanced at the female educated youth next to her calmly, her eyes turning into crescent moons with a smile: "It's time to go home for dinner, there's the sour radish you like to eat." "Here

. Just go back." Gu Bao saw the little yellow dog following her, circling around her legs, bent down, picked up the dog's neck, weighed it twice and put it in the firewood basket behind her.

"Rice seems a little fatter." In the end, Gu Bao didn't dare to name the little yellow dog after his uncle.

He has a weak body and cannot be beaten.

The rice paws were on the edge of the basket, and her big dark eyes were cute and ignorant. Sun Yuanyuan couldn't help but stretched out her hand to tease: "Qingqing, this is your puppy. It's so interesting." The puppy was very naive when it was young, and it was indeed very lovable

. .

He stretched out his hand to avoid hitting the smiling person, and there was no friction between Gu Qingqing and this group of educated youths, but his father said that they were a little too lazy to work.

It's not a big deal.

So she responded with a smile: "Yes, Uncle Jianshan gave it to me. Sister Yuanyuan, do you have anything to do with my uncle?" "We wanted to cultivate our own vegetable land, and we happened to see Brother Gu Bao cutting bamboo.

She just wanted to ask him to help cut two sections of fence to surround the vegetable garden."

The chickens in the village are all free-range, and they often run around in large groups. They also like to go to the mountains to peck for insects. She is afraid that the vegetable garden will just be ready by then. The seeds were pecked by chickens.

But yesterday she also picked up three eggs from the bamboo leaf nest in the back mountain. The hen should have secretly laid them here to prepare for hatching chicks. She picked up two and divided them with the leaves, and left one there for the hen. Keep laying eggs.

Of course, you can't tell Gu Qingqing about this matter. She is a straight person, but she is not stupid.

"Oh." Gu Qingqing felt relieved a little, "Leave this to me. My second uncle has a lot of small bamboos left over from making baskets, which are just right for making fences. I'll bring them to you tomorrow." "Don't bother

. , I happen to be fine, can I pick it up from your house now?"

Gu Qingqing glanced at the backyard of the educated youth spot. Three male educated youths were digging in the soil there. Smoke was rising from the chimney on the roof of the thatched house. The one called The educated youth in Ye Zi should be cooking.

"Okay." She nodded cheerfully, "You and my brother-in-law go first, and I'll call my brother Ah Xiong for dinner." She looked far away, and other brothers came down one after another. Only her cousin was still in the dark. Bundle firewood on your arms.

"Okay, I'll take her there. You come back quickly. My uncle will take you to touch snails in the evening. Isn't your brother who aids Korea the best at catching fish and shrimps? Qing Qingbao, you will be in luck tomorrow!" "You said so

! , don't cheat!" Gu Qingqing was afraid that he would regret it, so she ran up the mountain and turned around halfway: "I'll call Xiao Yu later!" "This crazy girl." The smile on Gu Bao's face was bright and bright

. , responded lazily: "Okay, I'll do it if you call Xiaoxiao, and I'll do it for you, uncle."

Gu Bao grabbed the strap of the bamboo basket on his shoulders with both hands, turned his head and said to the dazed female educated youth next to him: "Let's go "

"Oh? Oh, okay." While Sun Yuanyuan was in a daze, Gu Bao and Gu Yuan, who was behind him and carrying bamboos on his left and right shoulders, walked in front of Gu Jianguo.

The tail of the bamboo left long traces of branches and leaves on the ground. Sun Yuanyuan was a little surprised at the way the Gu family got along with each other. People said that preference for boys over girls was very serious in the countryside, but the Gu family didn't seem to be like this?

Shaking her head, she quickly followed.

Gu Qingqing was panting and climbed halfway up the mountain. She stepped on the slippery grass and almost fell down. Gu Xiong quickly caught her with his quick eyes and hands.

"Sister Qing, just stand down and call me. I can hear you. You don't have to climb up next time."

There is a snake on the mountain in summer, and the green bamboo leaves are wrapped around the small bamboo. You can't tell it at first glance.

Gu Qingqing supported his arm to stand still, patted her chest with lingering fear, exhaled and said, "Brother, it's lucky you have quick hands, otherwise I would have fallen over." Gu Xiong retracted his hand and waved

. The sharpener removed a thin bamboo branch with leaves from the nearby bamboo. The sharpener was inserted back into the bamboo tube hanging on his body, and the bamboo branch was twisted into a rope in his hand.

He bent down and tied up another bundle of loose firewood, and said in a brisk tone: "Brother, I can still see if you fall. What did my uncle say to you down there just now? You are so happy." "My uncle said that he would take me to touch snails at night

. Here." Gu Qingqing went up to help, stood on the firewood stick and stepped on it tightly: "Brother, you can come too."

"Okay, there just isn't much work in the fields, so I'll go with you." Gu Xiong straightened up and wiped the sweat from his face.

There are a lot of bamboos in Datunzi Village, and only a small half are trees, and most of them are in thorn bushes. Except for the older generation, young people don't like to dig into the thorn holes.

What Gu Yuan chopped back to them was all bamboo. Without burning it, he liked hard firewood sticks. After burning the charcoal for the pot, he could still put it in the earthen pot for heating in the winter.

The stick in Gu Xiong's hand was firmly inserted between two large bundles of firewood. It seemed to weigh about two hundred kilograms. He squatted down and stood up with his legs as strong as a buffalo. The stick was bent under the weight of the firewood. It quickly bounced back.

Gu Qingqing was stunned and said, "Brother!" Her cousin is really great. He is worthy of being the number one young man in the Gu family and the strongest labor force in the village.

"What's this? Sister Qing, you go ahead and I'll keep an eye on you." Gu Xiong smiled heartily.

"Okay." Gu Qingqing didn't dare to hinder her brother anymore and hurried down the mountain, turning back to remind Gu Xiong from time to time: "Watch your step, brother." The two large bundles of firewood were swaying but were very steadily placed on Gu Xiong's shoulders

. , the sign bag made a "whoo" sound, Gu Xiong grinned: "Don't worry, brother, it's steady. If you go further, don't touch me, I'm afraid that the firewood will scratch you." Gu Qingqing said "Hey

" After descending the mountain, she walked side by side with her cousin, her little mouth still buzzing, "Brother, we haven't touched a fish in a long time. Last time I finished harvesting the rice and went to wash my feet in the creek, and I saw There are a lot of small fish, dry them in an iron pot and stir-fry them with some chili and perilla..."

As she said that, she couldn't help but lick the corners of her mouth.

"Isn't it busy with farming right now? Now that I'm free, let's catch more shrimps and small fish so that you can eat enough." Gu Xiong saw the greedy look on her face and was happy: "I'll go plow the fields tomorrow to see if I can catch loaches. , The little greedy cat of the Gu family hasn't eaten meat for a long time."

"Brother, you can do it!" Gu Qingqing clenched her hands to cheer him up: "I want to eat stewed loach!" "

Sure, let's simmer it tomorrow."

The afterglow disappeared. , a crescent moon faintly appeared on the horizon. The brother and sister chatted while greeting the neighbors -

"Uncle Zhao, have you eaten? Did Aunt Zhao make leek pancakes?!"

"I'm about to eat, but you have a good nose." Qian Guihua heard her voice and took out a pancake: "Eat it while it's hot. Dinner will be served at your house soon. Go back quickly." "Thank you, Aunt Zhao! It's so delicious.

!" Gu Qingqing took it, broke off half of it and handed it to Gu Xiong's mouth.

"Ah Xiong's load of firewood must weigh about two hundred and thirty kilograms," Zhao San said with a squinted smile: "Three young men from ordinary families can't match your ability." "Uncle Zhao, please stop praising me, little one

. Yu is also a good hand in doing things." Gu Xiong chewed the pancake and uttered something in his mouth.

Not to mention, Aunt Zhao's skill in pasting pancakes is much better than that of his aunt and his mother-in-law.

The chive pancakes posted by Aunt Zhao are fragrant and crispy, while the pancakes made by his aunt and grandma are always a little sticky.

"It's not bad, but this kid is far behind compared to you." Although he said so, Zhao San couldn't help but smile when he mentioned his eldest son.

"Stop standing here and eat quickly." Qian Guihua went to arrange the bowls and chopsticks again: "Zhao San, did you hear that?! Not here yet?!" "Come here! Isn't this a walk?" Zhao San shook his head.

, walked towards the yard with his feet up.

After returning home, Shi Rushuang saw that her daughter's cheeks were bulging like a squirrel. She was speechless and found it funny: "Whose house are you going to enjoy the autumn breeze again?" "The leek cake given by Aunt Zhao," Gu Qingqing swallowed it and frowned

. Wanwan acted coquettishly to Shi Rushuang to please her: "Although it's delicious, the cakes made by my mother and my second aunt are more delicious."

Gu Xiong, who had just put down his burden, couldn't help but look up at her.

She wanted to help Gu Xiong carry the dry firewood into the kitchen, but Gu Yuanchao took her over.

"Qingqing, you go wash your hands first, we will do this."

Chapter 10 Boom 010 The moon has been following us... Turn off the lights small medium large Previous chapter: Chapter 9 Prosperity 009 It’s the cake made by grandma and second aunt...Next chapter: Chapter 11 Boom 011 Grilled Crab "Okay, you do it then." Gu Qingqing patted the dust on her hands, ran to the shed outside the kitchen, and took a red enamel basin from the washstand.

There must be five or six such washbasins at home. When her mother-in-law and her second aunt and third aunt got married, the dowry they brought was a quilt washbasin. They originally wanted furniture as a dowry, but Zhang Cuifen waved her hand - "My second son is a carpenter

. , can do anything, you can keep it for yourselves, don’t waste the money."

Later, the matter was settled, but the second aunt’s family was in a small county in another province, and their backing family often sent good wood to Gu Yin.

Her second uncle was really good with his hands. He made all the chests, suitcases, tables, chairs, benches, washbasins, shelves, and beds with his own hands. There was also a lot of good wood in the utility room next to the shed, which he said was waiting for her engagement. Give her a dowry when the time comes.

When they arrived at the pressurized water well, Da Mi slowly came over wagging his tail and watched her fetch water. Gu Qingqing suddenly thought that she had not seen the educated youth since she had been back for so long, and she had not met him on the road.

"Uncle." She shouted, holding the washbasin, "Where's Sister Yuanyuan?"

"I brought a bundle of bamboo back."

Gu Bao was squatting next to his second brother: "Brother, help me make two small nets. Dou, we are going fishing tonight."

"Oh, you don't want to give it away either." Gu Qingqing rubbed her hands and said casually.

The reason we didn't meet him just now was probably because Sun Yuanyuan went back to the path in the backyard. She and Gu Xiong could only go back through the main road while carrying firewood.

"You little heartless kid, don't I need to get some handy tools?" Gu Bao rolled his eyes and saw his second brother twisting the bamboo pieces into strips and winding them into a circle. He ran to the utility room. I found a tattered old fishing net.

Gu Yuanchao came over with copper scissors to help, cut it into a suitable size and covered it on the bamboo ladle.

"Don't even bring it here to eat." Han Lianxin came out with the food, "A Bao, that girl just now seems to be an educated youth. She is white and fat at first sight, and she is very fertile. The water and soil in the city are better for raising people. What are you doing? Don’t leave people alone to go back after finishing their meal.”

The stoves in the educated youth area were made of earthen stoves, and Han Lian was worried that they wouldn't know how to use them. Don't go hungry again. The two girls didn't look much older than Qingqing.

"Just learn if you don't know how. There are quite a few of them. They have so many brains and they don't know how to think." Gu Bao didn't even raise his head: "We are a marriageable young man. It will not be good for her to eat." "That's right."

Han Lian Xin thought about it and realized that Abao was right.

There is a house full of old and young men in their house. It is really not suitable for outsiders, especially girls, to stay here to eat. It is not good for their reputation.

"Grandma." Seeing Zhang Cuifen coming out with bowls and chopsticks, Gu Qingqing hurried over and smiled so hard that she couldn't see her eyes: "Don't we still have a lot of sweet potatoes at home? You can pick up a basket for me later and I'll give it to Yuanyuan. Sister, send it over."

"You girl, you are like Sister Yuanyuan, do you like her?" Zhang Cuifen glanced at her.

"No, they haven't planted vegetables yet, and they are still plowing the ground today. Aren't I afraid that they will lose their food rations." "You are the only one who is careful." Zhang Cuifen put down the bowl and chopsticks and rubbed her furry head:

" Okay, I will pick up a basket for you tomorrow and ask your brother to carry it with you. You can't carry it either." She actually felt that there were still a few male educated youths in the educated youth area. In the past, it was common for educated youths to marry girls from the village in order to return to the city. Something.

After getting married for a few years and getting the quota, they patted their butts and returned to the city. The wives and children in the village would not care.

In addition, the educated youths from the city all looked fair and elegant, and they were indeed very popular with the little girl. She was afraid that her granddaughter would be deceived.

Gu Qingqing didn't expect that her grandma had already thought so far. She shook Zhang Cuifen's arm carelessly: "Grandma is the kindest. I will send it over with Brother Yuanchao tomorrow." "Okay, okay, hurry up.

" Let's eat, why isn't your father back yet?" Zhang Cuifen looked at the door of the courtyard.

"Don't wait for him. He said he was going to Lao Qin's house for dinner. What kind of meeting are they going to have?" Gu Jin had already told Shi Rushuang that there was no need to cook for him in the evening.

"Then let's eat first, Abao, and go call your father to eat."

"Hey, hey, that's good." Gu Bao put the remaining rotten fishing nets back into the utility room and went to call his father in the room.

In the evening, there was sour radish, pickles, cornmeal steamed buns, and a big pot of rice and sweet potatoes.

Watching his eldest grandson finish a few bowls of rice in silence, Gu Tiezhu couldn't help but be happy: "In the early years, the team ate big pot rice. It was very popular at the time, and the big guys also ate with open stomachs just like eating other people's food." "Later on

. What?" Gu Qingqing blinked at her grandpa with big black eyes.

"Then we divided the kitchens." Gu Tiezhu laughed loudly: "A month's worth of food was gone in ten days." In fact, it was not that the villagers deliberately ate so much. At that time, the project was heavy, and the country was building water conservancy projects and digging ditches

. The reservoir requires a lot of effort. Although the road in Datunzi Village is still a rough road, it was dug out by the people in the past with hoe after hoe.

Gu Tiezhu was one of them, and Gu Jin and his brothers also contributed.

"Our generation dug roads, and your father's generation built embankments and ditches to irrigate farmland. When your generation comes, it will be great to have access to electricity." Gu Tiezhu said with a smile, squinting slightly: "The diligence of one generation after another, Our little life will get better and better."

Gu Qingqing's head was spinning little by little as she listened, and Gu Tiezhu was very happy to see her silly look.

This child is still like the boss, but he is smarter than the boss, and he is better than his predecessor.

After finishing the meal, Gu Qingqing helped put away the bowls and chopsticks and winked at Gu Bao. Gu Bao deliberately kept chatting with Gu Yuanchao next to him, which made Gu Qingqing stamp her feet anxiously.

"You two, stop teasing her." Gu Xiong carried two small baskets out and handed one to Gu Qingqing: "Your second brother and I will go fishing in the river. You and your uncle don't know how to swim, so just go Can you touch the snails in the field by the stream?"

Gu Qingqing had long wanted to play in the stream, and the water was shallow now, but she saw her mother-in-law looking here from time to time, so she nodded obediently and said sweetly Tian said: "Okay, I will listen to my brother."

"Don't all go." Gu Tiezhu sat on the stone bench and watched his second brother continue to do handiwork. He crossed his legs and tapped the cigarette rod on the sole of his shoe: "There is no cornmeal at home. It’s the Founding of the People’s Republic of China and the National Day of the People’s Republic of China, as well as the Weiguo and Weidong. You brothers will stay at home to grind some noodles.”

"Okay." Gu Weiguo and the others have long passed the age of playfulness. Two of them went to the storage room to carry the peeled corn grains, while the remaining two went to get the cloth bag and the other prepared to grind the mill.

There is a large stone mill in the middle of the yard. It is said that he is about the same age as Gu Qingqing's father, and they use it to grind rice and flour at home.

"Grandpa, I'm going out then. I'll be back soon!" Gu Qingqing ran out with the small bamboo basket, followed closely by Da Mi.

Zhang Cuifen worriedly told Gu Xiong, "Don't let her play in the water all the time. Come back early." "

Okay, grandma, don't worry."

Gu Bao lazily followed Gu Qingqing and her good friend Zhao Yu, listening to them Chirping non-stop.

Gu Xiong and Gu Yuanchao were discussing where to chop firewood tomorrow. Gu Heping and Gu Weixing felt excited after their brothers told them they were going to catch loaches after plowing the fields.

It will be August 15th in two days. The moon tonight is already very full, making their shadows very long. Gu Qingqing sometimes walks down this side and sometimes that side, which makes Gu Bao lose his temper. —

"Qing Qingbao, please don't block my way."

"No, uncle, look at the moon, it has been following us!"