Zhang Chu ran fast with his crying son, as if his hand was not a son but a time bomb. When I arrived at the captain's house, the captain's family was eating, and there were eight people sitting at a small square table, not counting the children who were running around outside, and I don't know if there were any children who were eating, which could be regarded as a thriving population.

Seeing Zhang Chu coming, the captain's daughter-in-law put down the dishes and chopsticks and stood up, but Zhang Chiyuan in Zhang Chu's hand coaxed the child twice and stopped crying, but there were still tear stains on his face and snot bubbles under his nose.

"Auntie, I'm really bothering you, this kid in my family doesn't know what's going on, Guixiang started crying as soon as she entered the room to pack up her things, I can't coax it. The culprit, Zhang Chu, didn't even know what his son was crying for.

The captain's daughter-in-law hugged the child and said with a smile: "Where do you men know how to take care of children, you are the first one who has not yet been taught by an old man, and you will be able to take your time." ”

Guixiang was packing up her things, and when she was done, she sent Chiyuan's clothes over. Zhang Chu explained.

"It's okay, there's no hurry. By the way, Xiao Zhang, there is one thing I want to trouble you, you and I will give you something when you go in with me. The captain's daughter-in-law said, holding the child and walking into the room where Zhang Chu and the captain were talking before.

Zhang Chu was a little confused, so he subconsciously glanced at the captain, the captain nodded at him, and Zhang Chu followed.

After the captain's daughter-in-law entered the house, she put the child on the bed, opened the cabinet, and took out an iron box from the top floor. When I opened the box, there was a cloth bag in the box, and when I opened the cloth, it was full of money, all kinds of denominations, Jiang Feng even saw a ten-yuan piece, but the most was a few cents of change.

The captain's daughter-in-law didn't take the change, but took out a two-dollar bill and a one-dollar note from it, closed the cloth and put it back in the box, put the box back into the cabinet, locked it, and then handed the money to Zhang Chu.

"Xiao Zhang, aren't you going to go to the Longkou production brigade for another job later? Their production team must have someone who wants to kill pigs in the past two days, you help me pay more attention, buy a few catties of meat, buy a few catties to buy a few catties, I don't pick the best fat part, you keep the rest of the change, just take it as a little aunt's heart." ”

Zhang Chu did not refuse to take the money and held it in his hand: "Kill pigs?

The captain's daughter-in-law said softly: "The son of the accountant of their production team will be ten years old in two days, you may not know the situation on their side, the money accountant is a son who is a baby, and he didn't dare to drink at the age of the full moon for fear of being hooked away by the ghost." Phew, you are an educated youth intellectual, why am I talking to you about this, Accountant Qian specially raised a pig last year for his son's tenth birthday this year. You know, this year people can't eat enough, where is the extra thing for the pig to eat, pig raising is thankless, less to eat less and not grow meat, a year to raise the end of the careful service at most is up to 200 pounds, not much fat, the first two years of our production team and people are willing to raise this year's chickens are not much, raise eggs and kill and distressed. ”

"Anyway, after you go over, help me pay attention, kill the pig and hurry up to buy meat, thank you." ”

"No problem, don't worry. Zhang Chu licked his lips and felt that he had eaten pork.

When Zhang Chu went out, Cao Guixiang happened to come over with luggage, and hurried to the village entrance two days after handing over the small cloth bag containing Zhang Chiyuan's clothes to the captain's daughter-in-law, for fear that he would not be able to catch up with the tractor and have to walk more than ten miles.

When he was about to arrive at the entrance of the village, Zhang Chu secretly stuffed the three yuan given to him by the captain's daughter-in-law just now to Cao Guixiang.

Cao Guixiang was stunned when she saw this huge amount of money, and hurriedly asked, "Where did you get the money?"

"My aunt gave it to me just now, she said that the Longkou Production Brigade was going to kill pigs in the past two days, and asked me to help her buy a few catties of pork, and the extra change should be used as our errand fee. Zhang Chu said, his face full of yearning, "It's a pity that we don't have money, I haven't eaten braised pork for a long time." Guixiang, you said that if I take private work at night to help them repair some furniture and make a cabinet, can I save a plate of braised pork in a week?"

Cao Guixiang smiled: "Repair farm tools during the day and take private work at night, you don't look like sleeping? ”

Zhang Chu couldn't help licking his lips again, feeling that the braised pig's trotters were already in his stomach: "The braised pig's trotters are not bad, it's really not good, the braised pigs can go into the water, anyway, whatever you cook is delicious." ”

"Are you still dreaming? When we are still in Beiping, I am still in Yongheju, and I have all the seasonings I want? You don't look at our house, there are other seasonings besides salt and oil? Peppers don't have to go to the mountains to pick dogwood instead, you can use tempeh instead of soy sauce when stir-frying vegetables, how to replace soy sauce when roasting meat, and vinegar, do you go to the accountant's house to borrow white vinegar? Their vinegar is also brewed with rice by themselves, where can they borrow it all the time. Cao Guixiang couldn't help complaining, "Don't even think about the pig in the water, you can eat it without big ingredients?"

Zhang Chu could only sigh: "I should write to your Senior Brother Qin and ask him not to keep sending milk powder, malt milk essence and biscuits, and send some soy sauce, vinegar, and chili peppers, which are better than anything else." ”

"Senior Brother Qin, how do you know that we are so poor that we can't even afford soy sauce now, if he knows that he will definitely send all the condiments in the store in one pot, then he will pay it back. Anyway, we usually eat corn, sweet potatoes and vegetables, and we don't have much chance of using spices. If you have time to think about getting into the water, it is better to spend time figuring out where to get some fine flour and eat a cabbage dumpling. Cao Guixiang smiled.

Zhang Chu began to seriously think about who in the village had fine flour and could get some dumplings to eat.

The two of them also had time to chat during this walking time, and got on the tractor, and the road was so uneven that they could vomit out the food they had eaten the day before yesterday, and the huge roar of the old-fashioned tractor that burned diesel fuel alone could block all sounds, and the shouting on the other side of the tweeter could not necessarily be heard clearly.

Although the tractor is bumpy and noisy, it is better than walking eleven roads on the legs. If Zhang Chu and Cao Guixiang were not au pairs this time, but were going outside by themselves, the tractor would not be able to rub in.

After rubbing the tractor for more than ten miles, Zhang Chu and Cao Guixiang walked on the dirt road for several hours, and almost took the wrong way because they were not familiar with the road, and asked an old farmer on the side of the road to get on the right track. When the two of them walked to the legendary Longkou Production Brigade, it was already dinner time, the people of the Longkou Production Brigade had already finished work, and every household was floating with cooking smoke, and there was a child at the entrance of the village who was playing with mud with a loveless face, and saw Zhang Chu and Cao Guixiang walking with things on their backs and hurriedly greeted them.

The child is estimated to be too lonely to play in the mud alone, and is in a hurry to go home for dinner. After seeing Zhang Chu and Cao Guixiang, he directly dragged him to the accountant of the Longkou Production Brigade, and the accountant still had an empty room, and Zhang Chu and Cao Guixiang would live here for the next week.

Because there is no telephone information exchange, all rely on running and roaring, the Longkou production brigade has always been a change of work this time only Zhang Chu alone, the accountant was stunned when he saw that it was actually a family of two, and then it was ecstasy - it was originally one for two but now it has become one for one, and the accountant feels that he has earned at least one pig's trotter.

Zhang Chu and Cao Guixiang ate and lived in the accountant during this time, at first Jiang Feng heard the captain's daughter-in-law say that the accountant of the Longkou Production Brigade had only one son, and thought that he had only given birth to one son, and the others were all daughters, but now when he saw it, he found that there was really only one son.

Son.

A white, clean, thin, and small child, who feels like he doesn't even play much with mud, no wonder his parents are worried about the only child who can't be raised.

In the rural areas of this era, family planning has not yet begun to be popularized, and the only child at the age of ten can be said to be very rare, and it is no wonder that the people have to raise a pig to kill on their tenth birthday.

Dinner was hearty, sweet potatoes, white rice, stir-fried greens, and a bowl of egg drop soup.

After eating, Zhang Chu didn't work, he only worked part-time today, but he took the whole job, rounded it off, and earned a pig's tail. The accountant led Zhang Chu to see the farm tools he was going to repair in the future, all of which were common wooden farm tools such as hoes and plows for ploughing, and the more difficult ones were the barn gate and the threshing machine on his feet, the workload was not small, and it was no wonder that it was a week to change.

After reading the things, the accountant led Zhang Chu to meet the leaders of the village, that is, the captain and the branch secretary, and led Zhang Chu back after recognizing the person, and when Zhang Chu went back, Cao Guixiang was teaching the accountant's wife how to beat the most delicious egg drop soup with the least eggs.

In the countryside, you go to bed early, and kerosene is expensive without electricity, and basically there is no entertainment after it is completely dark. Cao Guixiang and Zhang Chu were also embarrassed to waste the accountant's kerosene, so they simply wiped their bodies and went to bed to get ready for bed.

"I just went to the backyard to see their pigs. ”

Jiang Feng didn't have the habit of watching others sleep, and was about to go out through the wall when he heard Cao Guixiang suddenly speak, and suddenly stopped.

Zhang Chu: ?

"I found that Accountant Liu's pig is really good, to say the least, it is more than 200 catties. Cao Guixiang sighed, "If you can get a piece of pork belly to cook, it will definitely be very delicious." ”

Zhang Chu: ???

"Didn't you say there was no seasoning at noon?" Zhang Chu asked in his soul.

"I'm talking about our family, I just went into the kitchen and saw it, not only soy sauce and vinegar, all of which were bought by the supply and marketing cooperative, but I also saw star anise and bay leaves, and I guess I need other spices in the cabinet. Cao Guixiang smashed her mouth, "I haven't seen star anise and bay leaves for a long time." ”

"Big family. Zhang Chu sighed, "Guixiang, do you think their table legs should be repaired?"

Cao Guixiang nodded: "I noticed it when I was eating just now, the table was a little crooked." ”

"I think there are a bit of a few chairs. Zhang Chu said.

"The cabinets I saw in the kitchen just now seem to be a bit old. Cao Guixiang answered.

"They only have a son, and they don't even have toys. ”

"Yes, there must be toys. The couple sang and harmonized.

Jiang Feng: ?????

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