That night, Li Long and Gu Xiaoxia stayed in the bedroom of their own home.
After dinner in the eldest brother’s yard, before it got dark, Li Long directly moved the TV to his father’s house. The antenna was originally placed in the bedroom of the eldest brother's house. When Li Long moved the TV, Li Jianguo and Lu Yingming, who came to watch the excitement, moved the antenna over.
Lu Yingming also said half-jokingly that Li Long should have done this long ago. The other two villages had TVs, and many people gathered around to watch TV at their homes. It turns out that they can go to Li Jianguo's house to watch. After Li Long got married, the TV was moved to the front yard, and now there was no more TV to watch.
Now that the TV is in the house of Li Qingxia and his wife, the boys can watch TV together again.
There are many children in the family, and Li Qingxia likes to be lively, so Du Chunfang is indispensable. However, there are many children and the yard is lively, and she seems to be happy and peaceful.
Li Xueping and Li Xueqin have basically integrated into the group of children here, running around with the eldest sister Li Juan, very happy.
The TV is adjusted, and when the voices inside are heard, the children are the happiest.
Moving the bench to grab space, his eyes hardly left the TV screen for a moment.
"Hey, the color one still looks good. This person looks just like the real thing! The black and white one just doesn't look as exciting!" Lu Yingming looked at the person on the screen and sighed.
“That’s right, this one is the same as the three or four black and white ones, can they be the same?” Li Jianguo and Lu Yingming walked out of the room, and they did not squeeze in to watch.
This time, the editor made a point. The relationship between the two families was already good, but now it feels better.
"Old Li, how do you feel about the melons? I heard that they are not sold on the market yet, and the Grain Bureau does not accept them. How will you sell them after you harvest them?"
"How can we sell it?" Li Jianguo actually wasn't completely sure, "I've sold it to food factories before, and seed companies also want some. Anyway, this thing The output itself is not high, but if we want it, it must be needed in these two places. If it doesn't work, let Xiaolong drive the tractor and we run to Wucheng. I don't believe it can't be sold. "
"Okay, let's see how you sell it. Once it's done, we'll plant some next year." Lu Yingming is also very smart. Nowadays, household production is guaranteed to each household, and land contracting is added. People with a discerning eye can see that living a good life can be achieved by farming alone, but it is impossible to get rich in a short time.
So if you want to get rich, you still have to start with cash crops and side businesses.
Editor-in-chief Lu Yingming earned more than 300 yuan and spent half of it on a bicycle. Sister-in-law Lu said that he was a prodigal, but Lu Yingming didn't think so.
Look at the old man of the Li family and Tao Daqiang. They caught fish and sold it in Shicheng. As long as they sold it, they could earn more than ten or twenty yuan a day.
It’s no less than making money by making it yourself.
He was embarrassed to catch fish as well. After all, there were only a few people in the team who made money by catching fish and selling them. You can earn less by selling fish in the county. After all, the market in the county is only that big.
He thought it was time to wait and either go to Dahaizi to catch fish to sell or get something else.
But this is just a side job. As long as he follows Li Jianguo closely, he will definitely be able to participate in all the big jobs that Li Long can do.
But as a farmer, the most fundamental thing is farming. The prices of grain and oil crops grown now are not affordable. Even if you plant only 10 to 20 acres of each type, if you really pay the public grain at the end of the year and keep it for yourself, and sell the rest, you might as well make up a monthly salary by yourself. half of the money.
There are many people in the team who want to grow other crops, but they don’t know what to grow.
So the melons that Li Jianguo had planted here became the target of everyone’s inquiries. If the planting is really successful, then everyone will plant it together, and people will ask if there is any situation. When the time comes to sell it, there will be no need to worry about finding a place.
Farmers farm, that’s basically it. It was not until forty years later that the cooperative model was restarted, with contracts signed before planting, and large-scale cotton planting, including the state's mandatory grain planting, became the main planting model in northern Xinjiang.
For a long period of time, farmers basically followed the trend in farming, except for grain and oil crops. When they see other people’s cash crops making money, they all follow suit, but most of them fail to make any money the next year.
Farmers themselves have less information than others and belong to the lowest level. It is really impossible to go it alone.
They were chatting about farming here, and Chen Lirong found Li Long and Gu Xiaoxia.
"Xiaolong, let me ask you something." She said feeling a little embarrassed.
"Second sister-in-law, you say it." Li Long and Gu Xiaoxia had said that Chen Lirong and their two children would live in a spare house in their own yard, so Gu Xiaoxia naturally had no objection. First of all, Li Long said that Chen Lirong will most likely move to Kuitun in the near future, and the second brother will definitely be able to stand there.
Secondly, there are people living in the yard and it is popular, so it will not be messy. If no one lives in it, the house will be damp and uncomfortable, and the things inside will break down quickly. Gu Xiaoxia also knows this.
"I just want to ask about your second brother. He hasn't called or sent a letter for such a long time, and we don't know what the situation is like over there." Chen Lirong said with a smile on her face. He said sadly.
“Second sister-in-law, don’t worry, my second brother and his friends must be very busy recently. When I came back, they were working on the project and it wouldn’t be completed for a while. But by the time it’s finished, they should be done. I can confirm whether I can become a formal worker. My second brother is a stable person and can become a formal worker. There should be no problem with being a formal employee. I think you should rest assured, second sister-in-law. When my second brother gets the letter, he will be a formal employee. I will send a telegram here or to my hometown for political review.”
"Oh, I don't understand this either." Chen Lirong understood a little after hearing Li Long's explanation.
"It should be fast. They need a lot of people there and the project is tight. I think the probation period can be up to three months." Li Long continued, "After half a month and twenty days, I will cut the wheat. I’m going to Kuitun, where I ordered the machinery. Then I’ll drive the tractor over to see my second brother. If he can come back, I’ll bring him back. If he can’t come back, I’ll tell him what happens.”
"Okay." Chen Lirong nodded vigorously.
"Then why don't you take your sister-in-law and the child with you when you arrive." Gu Xiaoxia said, "Take him over and let the child meet the second brother. After not seeing each other for such a long time, the child must have thought about it."
"Also Yes." Li Long slapped his hands and said to Chen Lirong, "Second sister-in-law, if my second brother doesn't come back by then, I'll come over and pull you up."
"Okay, okay, I'll trouble you. Chen Lirong smiled and said quickly.
"Why bother? You clean up our yard every day, and we didn't say anything to trouble you." Li Long said with a smile, "My family doesn't talk to outsiders."
It was getting dark, and Li Qingxia's house became more and more lively. Li Long and Gu Xiaoxia didn't want to watch TV, so they simply returned to their yard.
Seeing that the yard was very clean, the vegetables in the vegetable field were growing well, and there was no moisture in the house, Gu Xiaoxia said with emotion:
"It's different if there are people taking care of this family. . If no one is watching this, our house will probably It’s time to grow hair.”
Pull the quilt aside and feel the smell of sunburn. Li Long said with a smile:
“You are the youngest daughter-in-law of the Li family and a national cadre. That family will value you.”
"It's not because of you." Gu Xiaoxia revealed the real meaning of Li Long's words, "But thinking about the second sister-in-law's family, it's really pitiful."
"Bitter first, then sweet." Li Long went to pour it Shui, while pouring the water, said, "Don't look at the hardship now, the second brother will be a fool later." Workers, I don’t know how many people I envy. I just don’t know how long it will take for them to divide their houses. I’ve seen that the houses of the construction company are all small courtyards, and they are one-sixth as big as ours.”< br>
Li Long gestured uncertainly.
"So small?" Gu Xiaoxia didn't believe it, "How about living there?"
"Okay, that's the city. Although it's on the edge of the city." Li Long said with a smile, "Do you think it's just like our family, with a big yard here and a big yard in the county? Those people have a bungalow in the city, even just one room, that's fine."< br>
Gu Xiaoxia was a little embarrassed. She understood what Li Long said. In fact, when chatting with her colleagues at work, she could also hear things about the house.
Nowadays, people basically still live in bungalows, and not many have courtyards. Most bungalows have two rooms inside and one outside, or two bedrooms and one living room. There is no big courtyard like the one where she and Li Long live. At most it's like Sister Yang's yard. Ma County is a large county with few units, so the houses given to cadres' homes are relatively large. In Shicheng or other cities, where there are many people, the houses allocated by the units are tighter.
"The yard over there is probably half of the yard where Sister Yang lives." Li Long made a gesture like this, and it was almost enough. "But no matter what, as long as we can get a house, the second sister-in-law and the The children can move there, and the second sister-in-law can stay with the family for a while. You should be able to find a job, that will be good then. Workers are much higher than us farmers, they are the leadership class.”
“Well, that’s true. People are enviable.”
“Of course, the most enviable. It’s you, a national cadre, who is better than a worker.” Li Long smiled and touched Gu Xiaoxia’s face, “You were the only one in our team when you came back, right?” "Well," Gu Xiaoxia held Li Long's hand and said with emotion, "The exam was I didn't feel it when I was there, but now I realize that now that I'm working in the county, I can't even talk to them anymore. I’m embarrassed to mention the headscarf I’m wearing.”
"The aesthetics are different." Li Long sighed, "The location is different, the scenery seen is different, and the vision is different. There is nothing we can do about it, after all, everyone has their own Position, whether you can stand at a higher place depends on whether you can seize the opportunity."
The conversation was a bit profound, and Li Long decided to return to the most primitive life. Anyway, no one will come to disturb them. This is still their new house, and the feeling is different from that in the compound.
So that night, Li Long was very brave and defeated Gu Xiaoxia several times. But Gu Xiaoxia was also in her prime, and after adapting to it, she suffered repeated defeats, but she gradually adapted to the rhythm, so that she didn't lose too miserably.
In the end, both sides broke off their troops, and Li Long still had some strength left, but because the battle was a bit fierce, during the battle, Chen Lirong took her children over to rest in the spare house, and they were almost discovered, causing Li Long to almost die Break the power.
Although I continued to fight later and found that the impact was not significant, I still couldn't enjoy it in the end.
The two made an appointment to fight again later, and then fell asleep hugging each other with unfulfilled feelings.
Li Long and Gu Xiaoxia didn't sleep in the next day. The young man recovered quickly. When they heard some movement in the yard, the two of them got up one after another.
The house was a bit messy. After finding their clothes and cleaning up some residue in the house, they dressed, washed and opened the door.
It was a little cool outside, but I suddenly woke up.
Gu Xiaoxia opened the window to let in some fresh air, while Li Long walked around in the vegetable garden. Before he finished, Li Qiang ran over and called them to eat.
Li Qingxia and Tao Daqiang did not go offline yesterday and were not busy this morning. Breakfast is steamed buns, scrambled eggs, fried celery meat, pickled vegetables and porridge. When Li Long and Gu Xiaoxia passed by, Liang Yuemei was shoveling the pickled vegetables and meat out of the pot, then broke off a piece of steamed bun, wiped it in the pot, wiped the shovel, and handed it to Li Juan.
Li Juan was already surrounded by three children. She broke off a piece and handed it to Xue Qin, and then broke off another piece and handed it to Xueping. When she broke it off for Li Qiang, there was not much left that had been rubbed with oil. Li Juan gave almost all the oily stuff to Li Qiang and took a bite of the hot buns.
But Li Juan always smiled and did not feel any grievance.
Just like this scene, Li Long felt very emotional, this is the eldest sister of this era.
Gu Xiaoxia was quite emotional after seeing it. She is an only child (that's how it is in life, at least I haven't seen that one yet), and she usually envies having brothers and sisters. Now seeing Li Juan taking care of several younger siblings, the feeling is even stronger.
Chen Lirong and Liang Yuemei set the table, and Li Qingxia and Du Chunfang sat down first.
There are two tables, one large and one small. Liang Yuemei and Chen Lirong sit at the small table and eat with the children. Gu Xiaoxia also wanted to go over, but Liang Yuemei stopped her:
"Xiaoxia, you can eat there. You only come back once in a week or two, so don't let the babies crowd you."
The sister-in-law spoke, and Gu Xiaoxia ate at the big table with Li Long.
"Dad, why didn't you lower the net yesterday?"
"Hey, I haven't been able to lower the net these days. There was a flood. Some water rushed into the reservoir. The fish were frightened and went into the grass nest. You won't catch much even if you go under the net," Li Qingxia said, "I heard from people in the team that it's a good thing you paid for it last year. The team diverted the canal, otherwise the flood would wash away the Xiaohaizi dam, and they would really be unable to catch the fish."
Li Long chuckled. Yesterday, when I was driving a tractor through Weigou, I saw flood marks, but I didn't think too much about it.
Flood, this matter seems a bit far away from me.
"Yesterday I went to Shicheng and saw my brother-in-law. He was pretty good there. He said he would take my sister over after a while." Li Long mentioned it while eating.
"It's okay." Li Qingxia was quite satisfied. After this, all my children will be here. Seeing that everyone is doing well, he is also happy.
After dinner, Li Long went to the children's table, took out money, gave each child one yuan, and said:
"Uncle has made money, don't give it to me" "More, this is pocket money for you, you don't need to give it to your family."
The children received a lot of New Year's money last year, but Li Long knew that the money would definitely be taken away by the adults. It's not a lot of money today, but it's still a "huge sum" for a child.
Then he took out four ten-dollar bills and handed them to the elder sister-in-law and the second sister-in-law respectively:
"Sister-in-law and second sister-in-law, it's Children's Day soon. The children are celebrating the festival. I will give them the holiday money."
"How can I accept this?" Chen Lirong didn't want it. Li Long said to the sister-in-law with a smile:< br>
“Sister-in-law , Do you think so?"
"Okay, Li Rong, just take it. Xiaolong can make money now. He loves his nephew and niece, so take it if he gives it to you." I know that Li Long made a lot of money this time. According to Li Long's character, he would definitely do this, so she was actually not surprised.
Chen Lirong then collected the money.
Li Qingxia, Du Chunfang, and Li Jianguo were all smiling.
It’s not just about money, it’s great that this family is harmonious.
After the yard was cleaned up, Li Juan and the others went to school, while Li Long and Gu Xiaoxia went to Li Qingxia's house.
"Mom and dad, this is what Xiaolong and I honor you two." Gu Xiaoxia took two wads of money and handed them to Li Qingxia and Du Chunfang respectively, "You keep this money and buy whatever you want. Go buy it."
One hundred for each of them, this is what Gu Xiaoxia means. Li Long naturally did not refuse, and the money came from the share controlled by Gu Xiaoxia.
"Hey, we have it!" Li Qingxia said, "It's not easy for you to make money, keep it for big things!"
"We have it too." Li Long said with a smile, "Mom and dad, it's you who have it. Yes, we give it as our filial piety Well, that's different."
"Take it, take it." Du Chunfang thought very openly, "You can just give it back when they have children."
Well, is it equivalent to saving money for yourself in disguise?
Li Long was happy.
Anyway, just accept it.
After chatting with the old man in the yard for a while, Li Long went to Gu Boyuan to help him put up the antenna.
In the meantime, Li Long also did a big thing. He went to Lao Ma's house and left three hundred yuan for Lao Uncle Luo.
"Uncle Luo, I was negligent. It's hard for you to carry this grass every day. My brother's carriage will be used from time to time. You can take the money and see who's nearby." If you want to sell the horse and carriage, buy it back and we can use the carriage for mowing the grass in the future." "Okay," Old Uncle Luo was very happy. He knew that Li Long made money, but he never said anything about the car.
In fact, Uncle Luo is quite happy to have been living here. Although cutting grass is harder, then what is it not doing? You get paid for doing this, isn't it better than working in the fields? People who came out of that era would not complain about life.
After all, life now is much better than before.
Getting stronger every year. (End of this chapter)