Chapter 348 Begins
"Yes, it's really hard to fall asleep since it started so early in the morning." Grandma nodded and said.
"It's okay, grandma, I've woken up and it's time to get up."
"Okay! Just wait a moment! Grandma will prepare breakfast soon."
"Okay grandma!"
Soon grandma brought the food in, and just at this time the old man came back from a walk outside.
"Hurry and wash your hands and eat." The old lady said to Li Laogen.
"Okay."
Knowing that Li Jiayi likes to drink millet porridge, grandma specially made millet porridge. Grandma usually makes rice porridge in the morning.
Afraid that Li Jiayi would not be able to eat well, he specially made big meat buns, especially big ones.
"Eat quickly."
"Hmm!"
Soon after breakfast was finished, Li Jiayi also strolled to the village.
The village is very lively now! Pigs and chickens are being killed everywhere.
"Have you eaten Jiayi?"
"Already eaten."
After speaking, he looked at the pig on the door panel and asked: "Brother Qi, are you going to kill a pig today?"
"That's right! Kill two of them today." Brother Seven pointed at the pigs on the ground and on the door.
"Okay! Seventh Brother."
"Hehehe, these two are the only ones that can be killed when they grow up. I guess the next time I kill them again, I will have to wait until the Chinese New Year."
"Okay! That's not bad!"
Two pigs can be sold for more than 200 yuan no matter what. After excluding costs and other expenses, there is no problem in making a small hundred.
If he can kill two more pigs by the end of the year, he can earn as little as two hundred this year.
Nowadays, every household raises chickens and ducks. If you make more money from chickens and ducks, you can still make more than 200 yuan a year.
More than two hundred yuan may not be much for people who earn wages. Even an apprentice can earn this much salary in a year.
But don’t forget, when you live in the city, you have to buy everything!
In addition to food and supplies, there are also various expenses, and there is not much money left throughout the year.
The countryside is different! I own my own food, grow some vegetables, and don’t even spend money on eating vegetables.
Excluding some necessary expenses, a lot of money is spent in a year, so the money is equivalent to all the money.
In a blink of an eye, it was around nine o'clock in the morning. By this time, someone had already packed up the pigs and started sending them to grandma's house.
Li Jiayi also followed back.
When I returned to grandma's house, my uncle and aunt had already come over and moved the scale out.
After working for about an hour, I finished collecting the things.
A total of more than 2,000 kilograms of pork, more than 130 chickens, and more than 50 ducks were collected.
In addition, there are more than a thousand eggs and about 600 duck eggs. This is what we collected today.
No one slaughtered the sheep today, so no lamb was received.
There are a lot of sheep raised in the village, but not many are sold. The idea is to raise them without eating food.
Therefore, no one is willing to sell their sheep. Only when winter comes and there is no more grass can they be willing to sell their sheep.
Li Jiayi didn't care, since it was always his to sell, and he didn't like to ask for mutton.
So far, the only one who buys mutton from him is Hongye Steel Factory.
Other factories basically require pork, but only the third rolling mill requires more miscellaneous items.
Of course, this is why he gives people more miscellaneous food, otherwise they would only want pork.
Even if I order something else, I probably won’t order a lot.
Speaking of this, I have to blame Li Huaide. As a native of Lijia Village, he has not done anything for the benefit of Lijia Village for so many years.
If you say you don't have the ability, forget it, but you have the ability but don't do it.
This is why Li Jiayi sent so many miscellaneous things to the third steel rolling mill.
For example, no other factory wants fish, but he gives it to the No. 3 Steel Rolling Plant, and he doesn’t even want it.
After all the villagers left, Li Jiayi went over and got a chicken and a particularly good piece of pork belly.
Then he handed it to the aunt and said: "Today we have braised pork for lunch, let's stew this chicken in soup!"
"Okay, I'll make it for you soon. Do you want anything else?"
Li Jia thought for a while and said: "Auntie, you can do the rest! Everything is here."
"Okay then."
"Uncle, let's load the things into the car first!"
"Okay."
It looks like a lot, but in fact there is not much, especially when it is loaded onto a truck, it feels even less.
Even so, Li Jiayi still left two chickens, two ducks, and a large piece of good pork belly for his grandparents.
These things are enough for grandparents and uncles to eat until he comes over next time.
After lunch, Li Jiayi chatted with his grandparents for a while, and then drove back to the city.
Although the weather is still cold now, it is still over ten degrees Celsius during the day! It won't work if the meat is left out for a long time.
Not far out of Lijia Village, Li Jiayi collected the things in the truck.
At least during this period of time on the road, things will not change much in the static space.
More than two hours later, Li Jiayi returned to the city, thinking that it had only been a few days since he had delivered something to the district bureau.
Moreover, there is still a lot of inventory in the cold storage of the district bureau, so these will not be sent over.
Li Jiayi drove to the woolen mill. Although he said there were not many things, no one would want them.
It was still less than four o'clock at this time, and there was still some time before getting off work. No, Li Jiayi drove the car to the cafeteria.
"Uncle Liao, come out to pick up the guests." As soon as Li Jia parked the car, he called inside.
"You brat, what are you shouting for?"
This woolen mill was what Li Jia called him for a while, so he knew it was him without even thinking.
"Uncle Liao, I went to the countryside today to collect some things. Although it's not much, it's not much. You can ask someone to unload it."
"What are they all about?" Liao Kai ran over and asked.
"It's nothing, just more than 2,000 kilograms of pork, more than 100 chickens, more than 50 ducks, more than 1,000 eggs, and hundreds of duck eggs."
"You are really good, this is not much!"
"Is it much?"
"Uh! Not much?"
"Not much!"
"Okay!" Liao Kai was defeated. Compared with the ones he usually sent, it was indeed not much, or even a little less.
Soon Liao Kai called people out and started unloading things.
The collected chickens and ducks cannot be sold according to the chickens and ducks in his space!
The chickens cost 1.5 yuan each, and the ducks cost 2 yuan each.
"Aren't you going to go out now? Why are you thinking of collecting supplies today?"
"This is not about staying at home with nothing to do and then going out for a walk."
"Okay!"
Soon everything was weighed, even the chickens, ducks, eggs and duck eggs were counted.
The cold storage issued a ticket, and Li Jia left as soon as he took the ticket.
Time passed day by day, and it was May in the blink of an eye, May of 1966.
Li Jiayi, on the other hand, has never left home for more than a month except to deliver things to a few factories.
First of all, the supply and marketing cooperative has one more item, which is a badge.
Now, no matter who you are, you must wear a badge on your chest whenever you go out.
The same goes for Li Jiayi, but what he wears is different from others. Others have iron or aluminum badges, but he wears ceramic badges.
Looks very tall.
In addition to these, there is another big thing, that is, the school is closed. Fortunately, there are no students in their home now.
This is also Li Jiayi’s foresight! I didn't let my cousin continue to go to technical secondary school, otherwise I don't know what would happen.
That night, just after Li Jia finished eating and was about to go upstairs to sleep, he heard someone shouting and hurriedly came out of the house.
"Who?"
"Plus one, someone is looking for you outside."
"Oh! Aunt Cheng! Who is looking for me?"
"He didn't say, he said he was your classmate."
"My classmate."
Although Li Jiayi was confused, he still planned to go out and take a look.
After going to school for so many years, I have a lot of classmates! I just don’t know who it is.
Soon Li Jiayi arrived outside the gate. As soon as he came out, he saw a familiar figure.
"Fat man."
"Old...plus one."
"Why are you here?" Li Jiayi quickly went up and asked.
"Let's go aside and talk." The fat man said, looking around.
"Hmm!"
Li Jiayi took the fat man away and walked away. When he saw no one on the left and right, he stopped and asked, "Why did you come to see me?"
"Boss, do you still remember Teacher Liu?" the fat man asked.
"Teacher Liu? Are you talking about Teacher Liu Huifang and Liu?" Li Jiayi asked.
"Yeah! That's right, it's her." The fat man nodded.
"What's wrong with her?" Li Jiayi asked doubtfully.
"Alas!" Fatty said with a sigh.
"Uh! What's going on?"
"I don't know the specifics. I heard what others said, so I came to see you to see if there is anything I can do."
Fatty didn’t know what was going on, but Li Jiayi knew it very well! But he could only pretend not to know.
(Alas, I can’t write anything now. If I write even a little bit, I have to revise it for a long time. I am really speechless.)
But Li Jiayi is also helpless. For now, he is powerless.
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At this time, it would be good to protect yourself.
"Okay, I understand. You go back first! I'll find someone to inquire."
"Hmm!"
Liu Huifang is Li Jiayi’s junior high school teacher, so to speak! He is a nice person and very gentle to others.
Watching the fat man leave, Li Jiayi also turned around and walked back.
"Alas! It seems that I won't be able to sleep today." Li Jiayi said with a sigh.
After returning home, Li Jia came upstairs, locked the door from the inside, and entered the space.
First, I went through my daily routine, took a shower, and then changed my clothes.
I made myself a pot of tea and sat in the living room of the space drinking tea and waiting.
As for what to wait for, of course it’s time to wait!
Time passed quickly, and in a blink of an eye it was past eleven o'clock at night. Feeling that it was almost time, Li Jiayi came out of the space.
Today is a cloudy day, and the sky should be filled with stars, but now there is nothing to be seen.
After opening the back door, Li Jiayi came out of the courtyard and headed to Xinjiekou Middle School.
As for this wall in the school, he had climbed over it countless times when he was going to school here.
So Li Jiayi came to the school easily.
He studied here for three years! You can't go wrong even with your eyes closed.
Li Jiayi looked for a place where someone was watching, and sure enough, he soon came to a classroom.
There are two red * signs standing at the door of the classroom. Others are reading quotations around the campfire. What are these two people doing standing here?
There must be something wrong! No need to think about it.
Li Jiayi touched a lump of dirt from the ground and threw it in the other direction.
The two people heard the noise, looked at each other, and then walked over.
Li Jiayi quickly ran behind the two men and stabbed them with two hand knives on their necks.
The two red students didn't even react and fell to the ground.
Li Jiayi quickly ran to the classroom, opened the door and walked in.
"Who?" someone asked.
Because there were no lights in the house, and it was still cloudy today, so you couldn't see anything.
"Is Teacher Liu here?" Li Jiayi asked.
"Who are you, Teacher Liu?" someone asked.
"Teacher Liu Huifang Liu."
"Looking for me, who are you?"
Hearing this voice, Li Jiayi's eyes lit up, because this was exactly the voice of Teacher Liu!
"Teacher Liu, it's me, Li Jiayi."
"Li Jiayi, why are you here?" Teacher Liu asked excitedly.
Li Jiayi followed the sound and quickly came to Teacher Liu and said, "I'll take you out."
"No, classmate Li Jiayi, you'd better go!"
"Uh! Why?" Li Jiayi asked unclearly.
"I don't want to hurt others, and what if I go out?"
"This..."
But Li Jiayi was worried if Teacher Liu was not taken away, because he knew many things that others did not know.
"Classmate Li Jiayi, please leave quickly! You will be discovered." Teacher Liu said.
After thinking for a while, Li Jiayi said: "Okay, teacher, you stay here first and I will think of a way."
As soon as Li Jia came out of the classroom, he closed the door and left as if nothing happened.
As for the two people lying on the ground, they probably didn't know what happened.
After coming out of school, Li Jiayi did not go home, but went directly to the street office.
Director Xu must have a solution! So Li Jiayi planned to go to Director Xu to ask about the situation.
Soon Li Jiayi arrived at the sub-district office. The sub-district office was now brightly lit! At first glance, it was obvious that someone was on duty, and there were quite a few people on duty.
As soon as Li Jia entered, he walked to Director Xu's office. Unfortunately, when he got here, he found that there was no one in the office.
In other words, Director Xu is not on duty today.
In this case, Li Jiayi went to see Director Niu.
Sure enough, Officer Niu was on duty today.
"Dong dong dong." Li Jia went up and knocked on the door.
"Come in."
Hearing the sound, Li Jiayi quickly opened the door and went in.
"Uh! Li Jiayi, why are you here at this time?"
"Director Niu, I would like to ask you for a favor." Li Jiayi scratched his head and said. "Oh! What can I do for you?" Officer Niu asked doubtfully.
"That's it. Can you help bring the person out?"
Hearing what Li Jiayi said, Officer Niu smiled bitterly, shook his head and said, "Jiayi! It's not that I don't help, there's nothing I can do about this."
"Uh! Why?" Li Jiayi asked helplessly.
"There's really nothing we can do about it." Officer Niu smiled bitterly and shook his head.
"Officer Niu, can the street find a way to send this person away?"
"Send away?"
"That's right! This seems to be under the control of the street!"
"Yes! Yes, this is indeed under the control of the street office, but have you ever thought about it. If it were sent to the countryside, it would probably not be as good as it is now."
"It doesn't matter! As long as I can send it, I just don't know where to send it?"
"That's not true. It depends on the street office to make arrangements."
There is no mistake in every song, one post, one content, one 6 one, one book, one book, take a look!
Hearing what Officer Niu said, Li Jiayi breathed a sigh of relief. If he arranged the people to Lijia Village, there would be no problem.
"Mr. Niu, please open a note for me. Teacher Liu Huifang and Liu from Xinjiekou Middle School should be sent to Lijiacun."
"Lijiacun?"
"Yes, that's my hometown, over there in Changpingliu Village."
"Okay." Officer Niu agreed, then opened the drawer and took out a stack of papers.
In fact, this was not paper, but a stack of forms. Li Jiayi quickly walked over and took a look.
"Director Niu, can you give me a few copies of this form?"
"Plus one! This won't work. These are all stamped, and they are city stamps. They cannot be used casually."
"Director Niu, I will never use it casually. The main reason is that as far as I know, there is only Teacher Liu, and there are other teachers who I don’t know who they are, so I am going to ask for a few more."
"That's it! Then I'll give you two blank ones! You can just fill them in later."
"Director Niu, please give me a few more! Otherwise, I will have to ask Director Xu for it later."
"Uh! This..."
Director Niu knew very well that if Li Jiayi asked Director Xu for it, he would definitely get it. No matter how much he asked for, he would give him as many as he wanted. There would be no problem with getting eight out of ten.
"Okay! I'll give you a few more, but remember, if you can't use them all, you have to return them. You can't use these randomly."
Li Jiayi took a look just now. This thing was issued by the Municipal Revolutionary Committee, and it was stamped with the seal of the Municipal Revolutionary Committee. It should not be used indiscriminately.
This is Li Jiayi. If you try someone else, Mr. Niu will probably ignore him.
In the street office, only Li Jiayi has this kind of face.
Officer Niu counted ten cards and handed them to Li Jiayi and said: "Here are ten cards. Tell me how many you have used and return the useless ones."
"Don't worry, Officer Niu, I will never cause you any trouble."
Officer Niu shook his head and said: "I don't have anything to do with it. I'm mainly afraid that you will get into trouble."
"Yeah! I know."
Taking the release order, Li Jiayi left the street office and went home directly.
When he got home, he turned on the lights in the main room, put the sheet on the table, and started filling it out.
A night of silence.
At dawn the next morning, Li Jiayi came out of his home, started the jeep, and drove to Xinjiekou Middle School.
When he arrived at the school gate, Li Jia took out the list, handed it to a red student standing guard and said, "I'm here to pick someone up."
The red student standing guard took the release order, looked at it, nodded quickly and said: "Okay, please come in."
After speaking, he returned the list to Li Jiayi.
Yes, these red students recognize orders but not others.
Soon Li Jiayi drove the car in front of the classroom and stopped the car.
As soon as the car stopped, a man with a red * came over and asked, "What can I do for you?"
"I'll bring someone." Li Jia handed over the list.
The red * mark took it and looked at it and said: "Wait a moment, I will bring someone over."
"Hmm!"
A few minutes later, Teacher Liu came out. When Teacher Liu saw it was Li Jiayi, he almost shouted.
Fortunately, Li Jiayi quickly winked at her.
"The person has been brought here, you can take it away!" After saying that, he returned the list to Li Jiayi.
"Well! Then I'll leave first."
Li Jia took Teacher Liu to the jeep, got in the jeep, started it, and drove outside the school.
"Li Jiayi, what's going on?" Teacher Liu asked quickly before leaving the school.
"Teacher Liu, you are going to the countryside now. I will send you there now."
"Ah! This..."
"Okay, teacher, don't worry. When you get there, you don't have to worry about anything, just stay peacefully."
Hearing what Li Jiayi said, Teacher Liu smiled bitterly and said, "Do I have any other choice?"
"Uh! This..."
Actually! Teacher Liu really has no other choice now.
After coming out of school, Li Jiayi didn't stop and drove his jeep directly out of the city.
After leaving the city, Li Jiayi clearly felt that Teacher Liu was relieved. It seemed that she was not relaxed either!
Li Jia parked the car on the side of the road and took out an oil paper bag and two cups with lids from his schoolbag.
"Teacher Liu, you must be very hungry! Eat something first, and then drink some soy milk."
Teacher Liu is more than just hungry! She hasn't eaten for more than a day, and she hasn't even drank.
"Thank you, classmate Li Jiayi." Teacher Liu took the cup with soy milk, opened it and took a few sips.
"Teacher Liu, why are you so polite to me?"
"Okay!"
Li Jia opened the oil paper bag, handed it to Teacher Liu and said, "Eat some steamed buns first."
"Hmm!"
"By the way, Teacher Liu, how many people are there in that classroom? Are they all from our school?"
"Yes, they are all from our school, including me, there are five of them in total."
"Then do you know their names?" Li Jiayi asked quickly.
"Of course I know."
Hearing Teacher Liu say that he knew, Li Jiayi quickly took four lists from his schoolbag and said: "Teacher Liu, fill in (her) their names."
Li Jiayi is not a holy mother, he just helps as much as he can.
If it is beyond his ability, then he will never take action because he does not want to cause trouble.
No matter how powerful an individual is, how can he compare with the state machine?
Li Jiayi is not that stupid.
"Oh! Okay." Teacher Liu agreed and was about to put down his buns and start writing.
"Teacher Liu, don't worry, you eat first and then talk after you finish."
"It's okay."
Teacher Liu soon filled out the four sheets. Li Jiayi took them and looked at them. There happened to be four teachers, two men and two women.
"Teacher Liu, do you want to go with me to pick him up, or should you wait here for a while while I pick him up, and then we go together."
Hearing what Li Jiayi said, Teacher Liu shuddered and said, "I'd better wait here!"
"Okay, just wait at the intersection of Pigeon City!" Li Jiayi pointed forward and said.
"Okay."
After Teacher Liu got off the bus, Li Jiayi drove the jeep back.
We successfully picked up the four teachers and left the city this time.
When we arrived at the intersection of Pigeon City, Teacher Liu was already waiting here.
Li Jiayi quickly stopped the car.
"Teacher Liu."
"Teacher Xu, Teacher Wu, Teacher Zhang, Teacher Chen." Teacher Liu shouted excitedly.
"Teacher Liu, get in the car!" Li Jiayi said.
"Okay."
After Teacher Liu got on the bus, the three female teachers hugged each other and cried bitterly.
Fortunately, people in this era are relatively thin, otherwise it would be impossible to sit down if there were four people sitting in the back.
"Teachers, please stop crying and eat something first!" Li Jiayi took out two more oil paper bags and two kettles filled with soy milk.
"Thank you, classmate Li Jiayi."
"Teacher, you are welcome."
More than two hours later, Li Jia drove a jeep into Lijia Village and parked directly in front of his grandma's house.
Hearing the noise, grandma ran out of the house.
"Oh, grandson."
"Grandma!"
"Grandson, who are they..." Grandma asked when she saw Teacher Liu and the others getting out of the car.
"Grandma, they are my teachers, and they are encountering some difficulties now."
"Oops! It turns out he is my eldest grandson's teacher! Please come in."
"Teacher Liu, you guys go in with my grandma first, and I'll go find the village party secretary and the team leader."
"Okay."
Li Jiayi ran directly to the village without driving, and first came to the party secretary's house.
"Uncle, are you there?"
"Here."
"Hey, why is Jiayi you?" the branch secretary asked in surprise when he saw it was Li Jiayi.
"Uncle, I have something to ask you."
"Oh! What's the matter?"
"That's it..." Li Jia told the branch secretary about the situation of several teachers.
"Uncle, don't think so. I have no intention of letting them help work in the fields."
"If they don't go to the fields to help work, what will they do?"
"Uncle! Letting them go to the fields to help with work is really overkill! Have you forgotten who they are to me?"
"Isn't it the teacher?"
"Yes! Teacher! There are so many children in our village, and now classes are suspended everywhere. Do you think it is better to let them teach the children in the village to read than to work?"
"Uh! It's true!"
"So, uncle, our village does not lack food rations for a few people. If they teach all the knowledge to the children in the village, it will be many times better than having more people working."
"Yes, yes, I know what to do."
"Also, uncle, there are so many people leaving the village now. There must be extra houses. You have to arrange a place for them to live. As for teaching the children to learn, just over there on the stage."
"Hey, in a village as big as ours, it's not easy to arrange for a few people to live there. You don't have to worry about this, just leave it to me and your uncle."
"Hmm!"
"Let's go, let's go find your uncle now and discuss the matter."
"Okay."
Li Jiayi followed the branch secretary and soon arrived at his uncle's house.
"Party secretary."
"Are you busy?" asked the branch secretary.
"No, no, it's not the busy farming season, so what can I be busy with?" Li Aiguo shook his head and said.
"Uncle!"
"Hey, Jiayi, when did you come?" Li Aiguo asked in surprise.
"I've just arrived, so I went to see the party secretary when I got here."
"That's it!"
"Okay, let's not talk about this for now. Patriot, I came to see you for something." The branch secretary said.
"You said."
"That's it..." The branch secretary repeated Li Jiayi's words.
"Yes! That's great. Whoever's children go to school will provide a ration to the teacher. This will be beneficial to the people in the village."
"Hey, I didn't expect your mind to spin so fast! I didn't even think of it."
This is called vested interest. Whose children go to class and whose food is exported is normal.
Lijia Village is different from other villages! Lijia Village is not only a wealthy village, but also everyone knows the importance of knowledge.
"Party secretary, this is a good thing. Of course you have to think quickly." Li Aiguo said.
"By the way, where are your teachers now?"
"There are a total of five teachers at my grandma's house, and there may be more in the future, and they are all middle school teachers! They are very knowledgeable."
"Hahaha, the children in that village are lucky to have such a good teacher to teach them."
"By the way, what did you mean when you said there might be a few more people?" the branch secretary asked.
"Uncles like this, they are just my junior high school teachers. I also have technical secondary school teachers!"
"Technical secondary school teacher? Can all children learn technology?"
"That's right, but you need to solidify your knowledge. At least you should finish junior high school courses before learning skills!"
"That's true."
"Let's go, take us to meet your teachers."
"Yeah!" Li Jia nodded.
Then he went to grandma's house with the uncle of the party secretary and the uncle of the brigade captain.
It wasn't that far away, so we got there quickly.
When they came over, Teacher Liu and the others were drinking tea and chatting with their grandparents in the courtyard.
"Teacher Liu, I brought the party secretary and the team leader to see you."
After hearing what Li Jiayi said, Teacher Liu and the others quickly stood up from their chairs.
"Sit, sit, sit down, you're welcome. When you get here, it's just like you're at home." The uncle, the party secretary, said quickly.
"Thank you."
After everyone sat down, the party secretary uncle said: "Teachers, I have something to discuss with you."
"Secretary, please tell me."
"It's like this. Now all the schools in the commune are closed. In this case, the children in the village will not be able to go to school, so I hope you can help teach the children's courses."
"Secretary, that's no problem! This is what we do, and if there is anything we need to do in the future, just give us your orders."
"Don't dare."
In any case, we had a great conversation anyway. Teacher Liu and the others did not need to work in the fields, but they had to teach their children well.
It can be said that everyone is happy, the village needs their knowledge, and they need the village to protect their safety and provide them with food rations.
(End of chapter)