Yang Xuewen took off the roofs of the three thatched houses a few years ago, re-laid the reed poles, and made mud walls, which looked brand new and bright on the outside. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

The two searched for materials, made a few window sashes into new ones, converted old trunks into cabinets, framed the ceiling with old newspapers, and painted the cabinets, doors and windows.

In this way, it will be considered a new house for a daughter-in-law.

After eating on the first day of the new year, I paid a New Year's greeting to the village, and I carried a few loads of water, and I was going to give a gift to my father-in-law's house, a fan of pig's head meat, two bottles of wine, two cigarettes, and two packs of fruit.

Old man Yang has never read a word all his life, he only knows how to be a carpenter and work hard to make crops, but he is still poor, he took 30 yuan from the brigade accountant, stuffed it to Yang Xuewen, gritted his teeth and said, "People have confiscated the gift money, save our face, and have a scene." But the new daughter-in-law still has to have the rules, you take her to the supply and marketing cooperative, pull a few feet of new cloth, and make a few clothes"

Yang Xuewen took it and nodded silently.

When Mrs. Yang was young, her family was poor, and she wanted to follow her brother to read and write, but in the end, 2 catties of sorghum noodles were picked up by Yang Carpenter and taken home, and she also sighed at the impermanence of life, tucked the quilt, and leaned in front of the bed, "You two look like men, we haven't suffered anything, such a big." Besides, how good our place is, the elders often say that it is better to walk thousands of miles than on both sides of the Huai River, so let's open some. It's going to come out anyway."

In the eyes of the old lady, if she can eat enough, she is not poor.

Yang Xuewen drove the donkey cart, and there was still snow on the road, which was not easy to walk.

When I arrived at the door, I put the donkey cart, and when I entered the door, I saw Li Zhaokun who was roasting around the stove, and I was suddenly startled, the name of the shadow of the tree, and said nervously, "Uncle, leave the house"

Li Mei was brushing the dishes in the kitchen, and she didn't have time to wipe her hands dry, so she hurriedly came over, seeing that Li Zhaokun didn't agree, she hurriedly answered, "What are you doing here, find a place to sit by yourself, it's not once or twice."

Li Zhaokun squinted his eyes and handed over a cigarette, "Come to the root"

Yang Xuewen hurriedly waved his hand and said that he would not smoke, but Li Zhaokun still had no intention of taking it back.

"Our dad will give it to you, you can continue, what are you polite" Li Mei hurriedly gave Yang Xuewen a look again.

Yang Xuewen took it at a loss, pinching it in his hand, not pumping, and finally had to stuff it in his pocket.

Li Zhaokun asked again, "How about the amount of alcohol?"

Yang Xuewen didn't know what the words meant, and glanced at Li Mei, so he couldn't hint at it, so he had to bite the bullet and say, "Don't drink much, drink on your face"

Li Zhaokun frowned, "If you don't drink or smoke, what's the point of living?"

Li Mei saw that Li Zhaokun was no longer squeaking, the tense nerves in her heart were relieved, and she said to Yang Xuewen, "You go and help me feed the pigs, and when I clean up the kitchen, let's go."

Yang Xuewen got the order, eager to escape from this suffocating atmosphere, and went into the kitchen to carry a bucket of water, "Do you want to add chaff?"

"Don't add more, just one bowl"

It was ten o'clock when the two of them were busy with their work, Yang Xuewen drove the donkey cart, and Li Mei sat side by side with two bags of fruits.

Yang Xuewen wanted to take Li Mei to tear cloth to make clothes.

Li Mei smiled, "No, the clothes are enough to wear, Erhe came back and brought several pieces, all of which are very new." What are you spending that money for? ”

Yang Xuewen still insisted, Li Mei said, "If you have a heart, let's take a photo together, go in a few days, and it is estimated that the door will not be opened on the first day of the new year today."

Yang Xuewen agreed without thinking about it, he was so enthusiastic and considerate, he was nervous and excited, and he was ashamed, "It's just to make you suffer with me"

Li Mei glanced at her, with a hint of sweetness, and said, "Whoever is better than anyone else is limited, and it's not all about the same." I heard Erhe say that he was going to do it in a big way, and Fangji Commune did it all last year, and after paying the public grain, the warehouse was full of grain. We're almost there, we have our own land, who is still lazy, it's not like I'm going to do it. How can life be bad?"

Yang Xuewen patted his chest, "I really want to be assigned to the household, I promise to work hard and not let you suffer"

The two young people talked and laughed all the way, looking forward to the future.

This Spring Festival is unusually cold, the village is deserted, only one or two pedestrians occasionally rush by, the people in the village are huddled at home, there is no heating, the villagers are themselves up the mountain to chop wood to make a fire to keep warm.

In the morning, the child spit up milk and choked, Duan Mei hurriedly asked Li Long to call her mother-in-law.

Li He also followed in a panic, Wang Yulan hugged the child vertically, patted the back gently, and the child burped and stopped spitting up.

Wang Yulan was relieved at this time, and scolded, "How many times have you said it, don't feed it for so long at a time, children can't speak, they won't say anything when they're full, you are still holding you so tightly in your arms, you can't eat it if you want to." ”

Duan Mei was a little frightened, this time she really admitted her mistake, and cried, "I didn't think I would choke, I can't listen to you."

Wang Yulan finally won a round, looked at the daughter-in-law with her head drooping proudly, and then looked at the third son, the third child looked ashamed, Wang Yulan meant very clearly, you just can't leave your mother.

After Li He left the relatives on both sides of his parents, he still left 200 yuan for each old man as usual.

Although the money is for her own parents, Wang Yulan is resentful, she is not very reluctant to this money, and she is not unfilial, but the old lady and the old man are too partial to her son, and her daughter is no different from the one she picked up.

Li He is still worried about how to cash in on the promise of the fourth child and find a classmate who works in the supply and marketing cooperative?

In the third year of junior high school, He Jun came, and Li He's bicycle ticket was settled.

He Jun was classified as a reformist because of his articles in support of Dabaogan several times, and an article was included in the provincial newspaper, which attracted great attention.

When the county's leading group was still discussing, the secretary of Fangji Commune was enthusiastic and immediately expressed his support for He Jun's article, taking the lead in setting a precedent and delivering production to households.

The calendar was lifted one after another, and the days passed day by day, day by day slower, day by day, day by day, day by day, the results were finally to be revealed.

As a result, last year's output was the first in the county, and it was also the first in the county to exceed the task of handing over public grain.

The county caused an uproar.

"Are you saying that the county wants to transfer you to the Agricultural Bureau, and the province wants you to go to the counselor's office?" Li He was dumbfounded, this plug-in is a bit big, He Jun is less than 30, normally speaking, from the officer to the section level, he can be regarded as entering the civil service team in a grand manner, and he is on the same page as the official.

According to the regulations, as long as you "serve the people" well, you can be promoted from a section member to a deputy section level in three years, and then to the main section level in another three years.

"I'm going to follow the organization in the end, but I'd like to hear from you. Your brain is better than mine" Although He Jun was modest, he still couldn't hide his high spirits.

The relationship between the two has not yet reached the point of heart-to-heart, how to say this is still to be considered, Li He thought for a while and said, "I'd rather be a chicken head than a phoenix tail"

"Do you mean to let me join the Committee of Agriculture?" He Jun saw that Li He didn't react after speaking, and he was anxious, "I treat you as a brother, the Tao here, you tell me about it, and your business will be my business in the future."

When it came to this, Li He didn't hold it anymore, and said directly, "Think about the 30 years since the founding of the People's Republic of China, no matter how much trouble there is, how many regulations and documents have come down, but the articles of association of this organization have not changed, that is, starting from the grassroots level." If you enter the counselor's room, you will have a better reputation, but you have no real power, and there are many mothers-in-law above, who are talking about it, where is your turn to do things. Besides, entering the counselor's office is also a pen, and it is not a good qualification to be born with a pen, and it would be good to be an office secretary if you were promoted again. But the Committee of Agriculture is different, it is easy to make achievements, and it can highlight that you are a pragmatic person and have many opportunities. The most important thing is to stick to one core and two basic points. Resolutely and unwaveringly. ”

He Jun patted his thigh and said with a smile, "As soon as you analyze it like this, I will understand, I have found the right one to find you today." If you have time, you can go to the commune to find me, I will give you the bicycle ticket, if you don't have time, let your third child go"

Li He smiled and said, "I'm just a bystander, I'll let the third child go over and get it when I have time."

Staying for lunch, He Jun was not happy, and went back in a hurry to ponder and write a report.