Chapter 719 Business trip (3)
Although Zhang Chu and Cao Guixiang were preoccupied with the accountant's pigs and even the accountant's seasonings, they did not neglect their work at all.
The two got up early the next morning, had dinner with the accountant's family, and went to the warehouse to repair farm tools. Although Cao Guixiang does not know how to do carpentry, she is very strong. She has been cooking since elementary school and her hands are stronger than those of ordinary rural women who need to work in the fields. Zhang Chu was responsible for the repairs, and Cao Guixiang was responsible for helping deliver the tools and occasionally helping to drag heavy objects. They looked dignified, really like a master carpenter and his apprentices.
This monotonous life of repairing farm tools at dawn and resting and sleeping at night went on like this for three days.
In the past three days, Jiang Feng went around the accountant's house. Not only did he know where his fabrics and brown sugar were kept, he even knew where his money, eggs, and malted milk were kept, who locked the cabinets, and what the pigs ate. , and although his son is fair and looks different from other families, he still carries a bamboo basket and goes to cut pig grass with his friends every day.
If Cao Guixiang hadn't helped his accountant's wife cook pig food every day after work and inquired about the pigs, Jiang Feng would have thought that this memory was just a simple business trip for a job migrant and had nothing to do with pigs.
On the fifth day of the job change, all farm tools were repaired.
During these five days, Zhang Chu and Cao Guixiang were basically concentrating on their work, and they didn't have much communication with other people. They were like two normal people who came to exchange jobs, so that Accountant Liu's wife only knew Cao Guixiang. I didn’t know that Zhang Chu was an educated youth from Peiping. I would occasionally ask Cao Guixiang what Tiananmen Square was like.
Cao Guixiang did not ask Accountant Liu's family when they would kill the pig, nor did she offer to help Accountant Liu's family repair furniture, nor did Zhang Chu make small wooden toys.
The conversation that night seemed to be just a couple laughing and talking.
In just five days, Zhang Chu completed the work scheduled for a week.
In Peiping, he was just a young apprentice of Jin Carpenter. He was not even qualified to participate in Qiangongtang, and he was not qualified to be a henchman. But in this rural place where seven or eight villages share a carpenter, Zhang Chu is undoubtedly a highly skilled carpenter. Jiang Feng can see this from the look in the eyes of the captain of the Longkou Production Brigade as he looks at the repaired threshing machine.
The reason why the Longkou Production Brigade is willing to offer such an urgent one-for-two job swap this time is mainly because one of the plows for cultivating the land is broken. It can be said that the plow is the key point, the hoe and the like are incidental, and the threshing machine is not at all There is no hope.
The captain himself didn't expect that the young educated youth he hired for medical treatment because of his illness was so skilled in carpentry skills. This skill could be used as a master for Carpenter Liao here. No, maybe the young man in front of him didn't look down on him. Carpenter Liao.
The captain stared at the threshing machine that had been repaired and was even more flexible than before. He was thinking a lot. Because he was distracted, what he was thinking was completely written on his face.
Zhang Chu was sorting farm implements and tools, while Cao Guixiang looked at the captain for a while and slowly said: "Captain Liu, we have finished this work. It is not convenient to go back in the afternoon. My wife and I will go back tomorrow morning. You see." How is it?”
Most of the people in Longkou Production Brigade have the surname Liu, and if you think about it, you can always find some kinship relationship.
Captain Liu became a little anxious when he heard what Cao Guixiang said. He thought that this young educated youth was just unreliable. After his official work was done, he still had private work to do. Why was he leaving in such a hurry and the time was not there yet.
But he couldn't say that. The team leader hesitated for a while, and when he saw the accountant walking towards him, he suddenly thought: "Don't be so anxious. Accountant Liu will kill a pig for his son's tenth birthday the day after tomorrow. He was talking to him yesterday." You guys have worked hard these days, so I want to stay with you for a meal.”
Accountant Liu:? ? ?
Accountant Liu gave the team leader a puzzled look.
The team leader signaled Accountant Liu to stop talking.
Seeing that Zhang Chu had put things in order, Cao Guixiang said: "As long as you don't mind it, if there is anything else that needs repairing in the village these days, just come to us. Thank you."
After saying that, Cao Guixiang pulled Zhang Chu away. He walked to the warehouse door very quickly and walked out of the door very slowly.
Accountant Liu's face was full of questions: "Captain, why don't you let Zhang Carpenter go back after they have finished their work? We are also short of labor here, wouldn't it be good to bring them back as soon as possible?"
The captain was still spinning the threshing machine intoxicatedly. Jiang Feng didn't feel the wall of air and didn't leave. He wanted to hear what the captain and the accountant had to say and write.
"Look at the threshing machine. It's repaired so well and quickly. It's better than before it broke." The captain touched the wooden threshing machine like a treasure. "Carpenter Zhang is so good at craftsmanship. We don't have any at home." Do you want to repair something that needs to be beaten? ”
Accountant Liu looked aggrieved: "But didn't we agree with Carpenter Liao before that he would repair it for us when his hands are ready? I also want him to make two chairs for me."
"Is Carpenter Liao's craftsmanship as good as Carpenter Zhang's? Look at the threshing machine, look at this plow, can Carpenter Liao make it like this? I have lived in your house for so many days and you haven't..." The captain also wanted to say What, he took a breath and said nothing, "I would have let them live in my house."
"Do you have a vacant house?" Accountant Liu complained.
"Get out!" The captain was too lazy to pay attention to him and continued to think about his precious threshing machine.
Jiang Feng could barely hold back his laughter. These days, he could see that Accountant Liu was rather dull, even a bit rigid, and did things in a rigid manner. Zhang Chu and Cao Guixiang had stayed at his house for so many days, but he was stunned that he didn't say a few words to them except for the first day, and their daily interactions were not as frequent as his wife's.
The captain didn't say anything, so Accountant Liu began to count the farm tools and record them. Jiang Feng waited in the warehouse and found that the air wall hadn't come yet. He felt strange and walked out through the wall. He found that Zhang Chu and Cao Guixiang hadn't left at all. They had been there all the time. Standing nearby and eavesdropping.
"There seems to be no sound." Zhang Chu whispered.
"Let's go." Cao Guixiang pulled Zhang Chu, and the two began to walk towards the accountant's house.
"Guixiang, do you think we can do this? After all the work is done, if we don't leave and stay here to take on private work, won't we be reported?" Zhang Chu was still a little timid.
"Didn't you hear what Captain Liu said? Accountant Liu wanted me to stay and finish the meal before leaving. We didn't say we would take on private work. We were just helping. Why are we reporting? Reporting that we won't help? Or reporting Accounting Liu to keep us? Eat? At most, these two days will not count as work points, so what are you afraid of?" Cao Guixiang said.
Zhang Chu swallowed his saliva: "Yes, it's just two days of work. It's worth it if you can exchange it for pork."
Cao Guixiang smiled and said: "Look at your potential, why do you do it just for a bite of meat?"
Zhang Chu sighed: "It wasn't the case before, but it's different now. We've been here for several years, and we can count the number of times we've eaten meat on one hand. I've heard people say that you can fight in this country as long as you have a backer. Game, you know it’s all bullshit when you come here.”
"There are no pheasants or hares. I haven't even seen any feathers. There are only a few sparrows. Our wedding day is based on the day when we hunt hares. And the wild boars. Last year, two wild boars came down the mountain from the next village. They were as happy as the Chinese New Year. When we went there with our hoes, we didn’t even see a single pig hair.”
"You said this wild boar is too much. Just go down the mountain. Why don't you come to our village? Two or one will be fine." Zhang Chu looked regretful.
Cao Guixiang:......
"You know what you are talking about? People don't have enough to eat. Pigs don't grow meat and chickens don't lay eggs. How can people in the mountains be full? Not to mention wild boars coming down the mountain. Even tigers dare to come down the mountain with a hoe. Damn it, I heard from Accountant Liu and his wife that the past two years have been much better than before. I'm thinking that we can raise a pig for a year next year, and then we can eat pork when Chiyuan grows teeth."
Zhang Chu:? ? ?
By the time Zhang Chu and Cao Guixiang returned to Accountant Liu's house, the butchers had arrived and were already preparing to kill the pig. The two-hundred-jin pig was not that big, but it was quite strong. It took several strong laborers to press it together. Just listen. Jiang Feng felt that the scream was not inferior to that of a three to four hundred kilogram pig.
There were many people watching. This annual pig killing was a new thing. In addition to the accountant Liu’s wife who invited to help, there were also many uninvited women and children who were not working. Some people watched the fun and wanted to I wonder if I can take advantage of the crowds and get some bargains.
Accountant Liu's son was watching from the side, in a prime location, swallowing his saliva while watching.
Accountant Liu's wife didn't expect Zhang Chu and Cao Guixiang to come back so early. She squeezed out of the crowd and asked, "Why are you back?"
"We've finished our work, and we were planning to leave tomorrow. The team leader said you have to stay for two more days to eat Sangan's (Accountant Liu's son's) birthday meal. Zhang Chu and I will leave in a few days." Cao Guixiang road.
Accountant Liu’s wife:?
Accountant Liu's wife looked at Cao Guixiang carefully and felt that she was not lying. She was even more confused: "Ah, yes."
It wasn't until the pigs' squealing gradually subsided and the butcher began to divide the meat that the accountant's wife came to her senses: "Hey, weren't you repairing the threshing machine today? It only took so long to repair it."
"It's fixed." Zhang Chu said.
Accountant Liu’s wife was shocked.
Cao Guixiang smiled and said: "Zhang Chu's master is the most famous carpenter in Peiping. He can make large carved tables and chairs, rare wooden toys, and can repair threshing machines very quickly."
Accountant Liu’s wife was even more shocked: “Can the chair be hit?”
Cao Guixiang nodded.
"I want something very sturdy, with a backrest, and preferably good-looking, just enough for my son to sit down and write."
Cao Guixiang then nodded.
"Then..." Accountant Liu's wife felt that her mind was a little confused, and she even complained a little bit about Accountant Liu not telling her that the carpenter who came to work this time was so good. She wanted to say something but it was too late because pigs were being killed over there. The craftsman was already dividing the meat. She had to go over and watch to prevent anyone from secretly taking the pork that she had worked hard to raise for a year. She couldn't throw it away even if it was thrown into the water.
"Guixiang, please go back to your house and rest first. It's a little dirty outside. I'll come back to you when I'm done. I have something to tell you." After saying this, Accountant Liu's wife squeezed into the crowd and shouted at everyone not to get so close.
"Can it be done?" Zhang Chu looked at Cao Guixiang.
Cao Guixiang looked at Accountant Liu's wife and showed a victorious smile: "It's done." (End of Chapter)