After leaving the health center, Gu Meng went to the supply and marketing cooperatives again, and exchanged the food stamps for a bag of rice, one cent and ninety-one catties, in exchange for fifty catties, as well as good fat pork, a finger's wide fat, only eight cents and three, he had a meat ticket, and exchanged it for more than ten catties and two knives.

After buying things, he invited He Hongjun to his home to improve the food.

Gu Meng's home is opposite the town market, on a sunny slope, separated by a Baishui River.

Seasonal rivers, flooding in the summer, mountain floods, mighty, dry like the Sahara Desert in the winter.

There are no big fish in this kind of river, and Gu Meng can't make a fortune by selling fish.

There is a stone arch bridge on the river, which was built more than 30 years ago, and the donors who built the bridge were the Gu family.

After several floods, the stone bridge has more cracks and gaps, and the bridge deck is no longer smooth.

After crossing the bridge, on the half-slope on both sides of the bridge, among the dense birch forests, dozens of houses and courtyards are scattered.

Gu Meng's house is on a half-slope, close to the bridge, the location is good, not far from his house is the highway leading to Qiushan County, the traffic is convenient.

The Gu family's yard was built by Grandpa Gu.

At that time, the Gu family was rich, and the courtyard wall was made of bluestone, and the door was very high, which was quite elegant.

After several raids, the Gu family has long lost its former brilliance, and it looks a little depressed in the surrounding several new houses.

"Ahhh

Before crossing the bridge, there was a shrill pig cry in the courtyard of the Gu family.

Is this the rhythm of killing pigs?

That's not right!

The family used to kill pigs on the edge of the year, what are you doing with pigs today?

He strode towards home with a bamboo basket on his back.

Under the road outside the yard, there is a tractor, which seems to be a car pulling feed in the town, this car belongs to the Zhao family's pig farm, and the owner of the pig farm is Zhao Bing's father, Zhao Tai.

Zhao Bing's grandfather Zhao Laohan has three sons and one daughter, the eldest Zhao Tai, the second Zhao Hong, the third Zhao Xing, and the youngest daughter Zhao Jia.

Zhao Tai set up a pig farm in the town and was regarded as the earliest private entrepreneur in the town.

"Mengzi, do you want to sell pigs?" He Hongjun asked.

"Probably!"

If the family is poor, it is possible to sell pigs.

Walking into the yard, two pig farm workers pulled the pig's ears and pulled them out from the pigsty.

Gu Meng's pigs are not big, and the piglets sold in February have grown for five months, and they are only about 100 catties.

The pigs at this time are all black soil pigs, that is, fragrant pigs, with long mouths and big ears, and they grow slowly when they eat more, and they are only two or three hundred catties a year.

The soil pig grows up eating kudzu vine leaves, sweet potato leaves and other grasses, and the meat is fragrant and evocative.

Of course, at this time, there is no clenbuterol, fattening agents, genetically modified pigs, most of the pigs in each family are of this breed, and the pigs of the Gu family are not treasures.

"Grandma!"

Gu's mother, He Xiufang, walked out of the hall with a stack of change.

Gu Meng looked at his mother who had reappeared in front of him, and his heart couldn't help but twitch.

My mother has always been in poor health, only in her forties, white hair has grown on her head, the corners of her forehead and eyebrows are also full of wrinkles, and her body has been in a sub-healthy state.

His mother's illness fell when she gave birth to him.

There was a famine in the town that year, and the Gu family was also living urgently.

Most people would choose to get pregnant at that time.

But the situation of the Gu family is different, the eldest son Gu Yong is sick and hurts his brain, and there is no hope for the future.

The Gu family can't do without an inheritor, and Gu's mother insists on giving birth.

Because of lack of nutrition, Gu Meng suffered a lot of vitality, and his body was seriously damaged, and he couldn't do heavy work.

Within a few years, the Gu family suffered another blow, and Gu's father died.

There was no head in the house, and the burden of the Gu family fell on the sick and weak Gu's mother.

Gu's mother gritted her teeth and persevered, only to pull a fool into a small child, but unfortunately her body completely collapsed and died before she was fifty years old.

Seeing the old lady again, the corners of Gu Meng's eyes were swollen, he bit his cheeks, and secretly swore that he must take care of his mother in this life and let her live a long life.

He Xiufang smiled: "The big baby is back!"

"Aunt Fang!"

He Hongjun shouted from behind.

"The army is here, sit in the house!"

Gu's mother is a person who loves to laugh and smiles passionately.

Even if life is hard, she still faces it positively.

It's just that after Gu Yong's accident in the previous life, Gu Meng was unsatisfactory, and Gu's mother's smile was less.

The child is not good, and the mother is not smiling!

"Miwa, what's wrong with your hand?"

Gu's mother noticed the gauze on Gu Meng's hand at a glance, and took his hand to check it carefully.

Brother knew that he was in trouble, so he lowered his head and scratched his face, a little embarrassed.

Gu Meng smiled, "Grandma, I accidentally scratched my hand with a kitchen knife just now, and I had a little bit of a small injury, and I bandaged it at Defu Ye's." ”

Gu's mother couldn't see the wound, she only thought it was a small opening, but she wasn't worried.

"Be careful, don't get wet lately!"

"Got it, Grandma!"

Gu Meng turned over the injury and asked, "Grandma, our family is fine, why do you want to sell pigs? At this time, the pigs have not yet grown fat, so it is not cost-effective to sell them." ”

"Hey, isn't there no way!"

Gu's mother sighed: "It costs money to buy fertilizer, it costs money to pay the payment, you have to pay tuition fees for studying in the second half of the year, and there is no money in the house, so you can only sell the pigs first to make up a little." ”

Last year, the state began to implement the household responsibility system for the production of goods, and the Gu family was also allocated a few acres of thin land, and when they have land, they naturally have to pay agricultural tax, and the average tax rate is set at 15.5 percent of the annual output, which is not small.

Now it's July, and it's time to plant rice, and fertilizer is needed.

Gu Meng was in his third year of high school in the second half of the year, and the cost of work and sundries cost more than 30 yuan in total.

The Gu family used to mainly make iron, and there was no other income, but now the business of iron-making is not good, and the house needs money, so it can only sell pigs.

Gu Meng did not stop his mother from selling pigs.

The mother is not in good health, and she has to go up the mountain every day to hunt pigweed, feed the pigs, and find a doctor and buy medicine when the pigs are sick...

Raising a pig in the house is like raising a little doll, worrying about it non-stop for a year, and the burden is very large, so if you sell it, you will sell it.

"Grandma, how much did you sell for?"

"137 catties, five cents a catty, a total of 68 yuan 5, they gave 70, I look for 1 yuan 5, you calculate, is there anything wrong?"

"Grandma, there's nothing wrong!"

Just now he bought eight cents a pound of pork in the supply and marketing cooperative, and the price of hairy pigs was roughly six cents a pound, and the price given by the Zhao family was low, Gu Meng didn't say anything, lest his mother sigh when he knew it.

When the pig buyer left, Gu Meng took out all the rice and meat in the back basket, as well as the money from selling the knife, he only kept ten yuan, and gave the rest to his mother.

Although he needs money and capital now, his mother has money in her hands, she will feel more at ease and have less troubles, and he is willing to work harder to make her mother easier.

"Miwa, have all the kitchen knives been sold?"

Gu's mother looked at Qian in surprise and was very surprised.

Grandpa Gu and Dad Gu died early, Gu Yong's skill in striking iron can only be regarded as half-baked, and kitchen knives are expensive, so business is naturally not good.

Now that she saw the money, Gu's mother was pleasantly surprised.

"Yes, our knives are good, so they will naturally sell fast!"

"Hey, you shouldn't spend a lot of money when you have money, save a little!"

Gu's mother said when she saw the rice and meat.

"Grandma, with me, our family will eat meat every day in the future!"

Gu Meng patted his chest and reassured.

"Haha, Grandma is counting on you. Junzi, don't go, stay here for dinner in the afternoon!"

"Okay, I've been thinking about Aunt Fang's cooking!"

He Hongjun often came to Gu's house, and he was not polite,

Gu's mother laughed a few times and walked into the kitchen with rice and meat.

"It's hot outside, let's go into the hall and sit down!"

There are a total of five houses in the Gu family, the easternmost is the kitchen and bedroom, the middle is the hall, the west is the bedroom of Gu Meng and Gu Yong, and there is a utility room for food.

The hall in the middle is spacious and bright.

On the hall is an incense stand, and a red cloth is hung on the wall, on which is written 'Heaven and Earth Kingdom Teacher'.

Under the red cloth, there is the spiritual position of the ancestors of the Gu family, as well as Gu's father's, but unfortunately there is no photo of his father, after so many years, he can no longer remember his father's appearance.

Hey, the son wants to raise but the parent is not there, how good would it be if he could be reborn four or five years earlier?

The family should live together.

Under the incense table, there is a pitch-black table of eight immortals, with hot water bottles, teapots, and a few teacups.

There are several round-capped chairs on either side of the table.

All this shows that the Gu family was once wide.

It's a pity that these pieces of furniture, like this house, are in tatters, and no one picks them up when they are thrown on the road.

"Boom!"

The alarm clock on the right wall is pointing to three o'clock, and the short and thick hour hand is pointing to three o'clock.

Count the days, today should be July 7th, the day the college entrance examination begins, it is worth remembering!

Under the alarm clock, there are more than a dozen certificates, most of them are from elementary school, there are a few in junior high school, and there is not a single certificate in high school for two years. (Before 1983, there were only five years of elementary school, three years of junior high school, and only two years of high school, a total of 10 years, but after 84, the reform of the education system became 12 years, and the progress was different in different places.) ）

What used to be a symbol of his honor is now evidence of his regression.

"Mengzi, you study very well, are you sure to be admitted to university next year?"

He Hongjun has never read a book, he is standard illiterate, and he admires students who can read, and he asked with a smile when he saw that he had won so many awards.

Gu Meng shook his head, "It's not easy to get into college!"

In the previous life, there was an accident in the family, and the house was handed over to the Zhao family.

He left Green Ridge Town with his mother, rented a private house in the county, and made a living by collecting garbage.

When he went back to school and went to university, he wasn't much sure.

He was hesitant now whether to continue his studies.

After all, the future is a money society, and rich people are successful people, like Boss Ma's high school is seriously biased, and it is difficult to get into a third-rate university, and later he has money and becomes a consultant of Qingdao University, which is the charm of money.