Chapter 67 Quail
“Brother Guoping, why did you come to the meeting on foot instead of riding a car?”
Chen Ling looked at Chen Guoping and asked.
The old man is of medium height, with little flesh on his face and a bit sallow, but his eyebrows are dark and thick, which is very distinctive.
"What kind of bike are you riding? It takes more than ten miles to arrive in the blink of an eye. I have been walking like this for decades and I am used to it. If it weren't for the fact that my eyesight has been so dazzled in the past two years, I will be there at night. I can’t see clearly, and walking at night is a trivial matter.”
As Chen Guoping spoke, he sighed: "It's a pity. After all, you are getting old. People can't accept old age. If I hadn't happened to meet you, I wouldn't have known how to go back today."
Of course Chen Ling didn't. As he said, he asked Chen Guoping to get on the bullock cart.
"Fugui, are you buying ducklings?"
After getting on the bullock cart, Chen Guoping noticed the bamboo basket containing the ducklings, and could hear a slight 'chirp' inside. Voice.
“Yeah, I just happened to see it, so I bought some and went back to raise them with the chickens at home.”
Chen Ling waved his whip and pulled the bullock cart to the side of the road to make way for several Jiefang vehicles approaching from a distance.
“Hey, such a big little duck is squeezed into a ball. Why do you keep the lid on? You are not afraid of suffocating the duck.”
Chen Guoping untied the bamboo He glanced at the lid of the basket and said.
He also heard that this boy has started to take care of his family recently, and has also started to help his wife clean up the housework.
But now it seems that it still doesn’t look like work.
I can't even look after the ducklings well, so it's easy to imagine that farm work isn't much better either.
Chen Ling smiled when he heard this and did not explain.
How does this old man know the magic of Sun Moon Cave Sky?
It’s not like he doesn’t even have this bit of common sense. When putting the duck on the cart, he fed the duckling water from Dongtian Creek in advance. How could he die of suffocation?
"You kid, let me help you keep an eye on it."
Seeing that he was still smiling, Chen Guoping shook his head helplessly, stretched out his hand to pull the bamboo basket to him, and half hugged it in his arms.
In this way, you are not afraid of boring the ducklings, nor are you afraid of them running out.
Chen Ling said thank you and drove the bullock cart forward again.
After walking on the road for a while, Chen Guoping suddenly asked: "Fugui, your kid has been around the county for a long time. Do you recognize the old Jiefang vehicles that just passed by? "
"Ah? Old Jiefang, I didn't pay attention to this..."
Chen Ling shook his head and asked with a smile: "What? Brother Guoping, do you know?"
"Hey, I definitely know."
"This old Jiefang is sent by the Municipal Power Supply Bureau , I have been on the county road frequently in the past two years. You, the boy, barely lived in the county town before. Why don’t you even recognize this car? "
Chen Guoping said, taking out a car from his waist. I took a small tobacco bag, opened the mouth of the bag, put the pot in the tobacco bag and filled it with tobacco leaves, pressed it with my thumb, then struck a match and lit it, and started smoking happily.
“Sent from the Municipal Power Supply Bureau?”
Chen Ling's heart moved, "Are you building high-voltage lines for the towns below?"
"Yes, I think it will be our village's turn in a few days."
Chen Guoping Breathing out a puff of smoke, he said, "One high-voltage line is here. If nothing else, at least the electricity bill will be cheaper."
"Haha, if you say it's cheap, it will definitely be cheaper than it is now. The country only cares about our poor place. The electricity bill is so expensive and it is inconvenient to use electricity. We only came here to install high-voltage lines in the past two years."
Chen Ling said with a smile.
Now let’s not talk about the entire county of Lingyun, but only talk about Changle Township. One unit of electricity costs just over two yuan.
Chen Ling remembers that in his previous life, during the millennium, the electricity bill in his hometown was only $1.50 per unit, which was not much better than now.
In short, the poorer the place, the higher the electricity bill is, which is quite outrageous.
“Yes, setting up high-voltage lines is a good thing, but doing this cooperative medical system is really painful. Starting tomorrow, I have to go to Kinmen Village and Taoshugou. Now I can’t even go to Erzhu..."
Chen Guoping sighed as he smoked, feeling sorry for his ten yuan a day salary.
Chen Ling didn't know how to deal with this. He was in college at this time in his previous life and didn't know what the cooperative medical pilot program in rural areas was like at this time.
After all, it’s not the New Rural Cooperative Medical System that I’m familiar with. I’ve heard people mention it a few times before, and it seems to integrate doctors from nearby villages to jointly treat diseases.
The starting point is good, but three or four doctors come together to push each other, and there is often a little friction, but it greatly reduces the efficiency and enthusiasm of treating diseases. The typical three monks had no water to drink.
……
After driving and chatting all the way, it was completely dark when we got home.
At this time, Wang Susu was waiting at the door with two puppies.
Seeing Chen Ling driving the bullock cart into the alley, he hurriedly greeted him and asked softly: "Didn't you say you were going to the city for a walk? Why did you come back so late?"
Speaking of this, he suddenly frowned slightly and looked back twice: "Hey, I seem to see someone..."
"Oh, that's Brother Guoping, who spent a day in the county hospital. Yes, I brought him back along the way.”
Chen Ling explained with a smile and put down the bamboo basket containing the little duck.
“I met a duck seller in the city, so I bought some, just in time to raise them with the chicks.”
Wang Susu opened the lid and looked at the crowd in the basket. There were a bunch of little ducks, so they were released and rushed into the yard without saying much.
Only after Chen Ling parked the bullock cart and came out, she took his arm again and gently advised him to come back earlier in the future.
Before, Chen Ling bought cattle and saplings. The expenses were too high. She was a little worried and asked Chen Ling to stop after planting the saplings.
The meaning is that he doesn’t want him to bother like this anymore, otherwise the fruit trees will not bear fruit within two years and there will be no profit. If he continues to spend money lavishly like this, he will always be unable to make ends meet, and he will not even be able to eat rations sooner or later.
Chen Ling agreed to what she asked.
After planting the saplings, there is really nothing left to worry about except cooking.
But today I said I would go to the county town for a stroll, but I didn’t come back until so late.
Wang Susu felt like she was going back to the days when Chen Ling was fooling around in the county town all day long. She was really afraid that Chen Ling would fool around again, and she felt a little worried and uneasy for no reason.
It was rare to change for the better, but she didn't want Chen Ling to change back.
“I didn’t come back so late on purpose. I happened to meet up with a friend from my past today. He is getting married at the end of the year. We haven’t seen each other for a long time, so we stayed a little longer.”
Chen Ling said half-truthfully.
He also knew that Wang Susu’s intention was to live a good life.
I also understand her worries. Any woman who encounters a husband who does not seek advancement and is prone to domestic violence will become cautious and sensitive.
But now, the matter of selling "greenhouse vegetables" cannot be told to her so suddenly, and it is not easy to explain it. It needs a suitable opportunity.
So while putting away the food, he said: "Don't worry about the expenses at home. I will go up to the mountain again in the next few days to collect some medicinal materials. We will also take the leftovers at home that were not dried last time. Come out to dry, and I will take it to the city to sell it next time.”
Actually, Wang Susu didn’t expect to go to the mountains to collect herbs to generate income.
It’s just that she is a woman after all. It’s one thing for her to have an idea in her heart, and it’s another thing to say it through her man’s mouth.
This at least means that Chen Ling is willing to think of ways to live a good life and is willing to work hard. As long as she has such an attitude, she feels a lot more at ease.
So she hummed softly and went over to help him pack dinner.
After dinner, Chen Ling was going to the backyard to feed the cows when two little babies came to the house.
"Uncle Fugui, Uncle Fugui, look what I have brought you..."
It was Liu Nier and Xizi, who entered the yard carrying kerosene lamps.
“Is it a scarab?”
Chen Ling glanced at the two little kids, still holding their hands behind their backs to prevent him from seeing them, and then guessed casually.
"No, I gave the scarab to Aunt Susu this afternoon."
Liu Nier shook her head, then smiled mysteriously, and took out a wine box from behind:
< br>"Uncle Fugui, you can't guess..."
"Hehehehe, it's a quail!"
Thank you all for your investment, rewards and monthly votes. I didn’t expect that my brothers and sisters would give me such strong support even after two days of interruption. I’m really flattered and I bow and thank you! I will make a list of thanks to everyone when I post my remarks for the release...
(End of this chapter)