The Year (9)

"Her father is a worker on a forestry farm and is away from home all year round. 3. I was injured this time, but the unit said that it was because of poaching. Although the unit was still in charge of the injury, the already modest salary was lowered by one level. Her mother doesn't have a job, so she earns some money by sticking matchboxes. But she is the eldest in the family, and there are seven younger brothers and sisters below. What do you take to feed her? She replaced all the sweet potatoes she had divided into dried sweet potatoes and ground them into noodles. I asked someone to bring it back. You say, there are close to ten people in a family, and there are four or five and a half young men, how many days can that little food be eaten?" Chen Ping chatted with Lin Yutong while brushing the pot.

Lin Yutong sat in front of the stove, "Then what has she eaten lately? ”

"What can I eat?" Chen Ping frowned and said, "She is very strong, and no one is tired." All day with a hoe, looking for those unshaved sweet potatoes in the field. There was one that was very thin, and it was full of silk. A lot of people don't want that, it's dead, and it's not good to feed pigs. Quite a few of that were thrown in the ground. She just picked it up and came back and steamed it in the pot. But it's freezing this day, and there's not much left of it. What can we do in the future? I wondered if everyone could get together, and I would get some food for her first. ”

"What do you have to say, who hasn't had a bit of a hard time. Lin Yutong said in a low voice, "What I put in the cellar hasn't been touched much." Today, when you go back, help her carry it back first. If there is really any meat in their forest farm, whether it is bacon or bacon, I want it. You can pull all the sweet potatoes away. I asked the people at the grain station to see if there was any grain that had been soaked in water, and the old grain could be exchanged. They trade that for meat, specifying that they willingly. ”

Chen Ping was stunned for a moment, and glanced inside, "Can you really get it?"

Lin Yutong nodded, "It's a bit of a way." Who doesn't crave meat now?"

Chen Ping lowered her voice and said, "My brother is also from the forest farm. Not to mention, there are smoked chickens and rabbits at home. But I didn't dare to take it out. The family is also hungry for meat, but what can be done? It is really bad for people to smell it. Just thinking about the whole amount of food, my grandmother is eighty years old, and she can't find a small amount of food if she wants to. ”

Lin Yutong nodded hurriedly, "I can change it." Many people are looking for bacon. "If we want to go to the northwest, we have food, but if we want to take out the meat, we have to explain the past, so don't we have to think of a way?

"Then I'll send a telegram back and ask my brother to come over. Chen Ping hurriedly said.

"Success, let's not be eye-catching. We're trying to get the grain near the train station, and we'll deliver it on the spot. Your brother and they took the bus and went back. It is not visible and does not leak. ”

Chen Ping thought for a moment, "Okay! As he spoke, he looked in again, "Who are you with...... Yin Zhen, what are you dealing with?"

The old husband and wife have become objects in the eyes of others.

Lin Yutong smiled and nodded.

"No wonder you're someone's home. Chen Ping placed the pots and pans, wiped his hands on the apron, and then said, "You have to take care of people." ”

Lin Yutong smiled disappreciatively, could he still run away or what?

Chen Ping smiled when she saw that she didn't think so, "Didn't you hear what people said, 'Four wheels and one knife, the revolutionary red flag flutters on both sides'?"

"What do you mean?" Lin Yutong really hadn't heard of it.

Chen Ping smiled and said: "Girls are looking for a partner now, and these kinds of young men are the most popular." Four wheels, is said to be a car. Refers to a driver who can drive. This knife is talking about the cook. I can't go hungry with the cook. The Red Banner of the Revolution is talking about soldiers, so they have a salary. The troops were in charge of food and shelter, and their clothes were still distributed on time. All wages can be sent home. Isn't your family going to be able to tinker with cars? Even Wu Chunlai has taught him. It's not like it's popular. There are a lot of girls rushing to ask for it. Why can't you get along with you when you are willow? On the first day, it was when she was angry, not against you. Later, it really became a red eye. Such an object makes you a head starter, but you are not angry. She didn't like to deal with Wu Chunlai before. Since Wu Chunlai learned to watch and repair cars, the two of them are tired now. You said that you are good at the master's level, and she is good at the apprentice's level, can she look at you well?"

Oh, what about these sermons?

She really didn't know.

The two muttered, and when Ge Hongbing and the others came out, Lin Yutong found a sack, picked up two bags of sweet potatoes, and asked a few people to carry Zhou Junhong back.

When she returned to the house, she looked at the fourth master, "Everywhere you want to recruit girls?"

"How do you recruit a girl?" The fourth master squinted his eyes, and he was crooked on the kang.

Lin Yutong didn't tease him, so he told him about exchanging bacon.

"Cheng, I'll go to the corps tomorrow. Who doesn't want the family members of those old workers to get some fine grain? Let's exchange the fine grain for their old grain. If it is coarse grain, one pound can be exchanged for four or five pounds. Last time, I heard that they still had a lot of sprouted wheat left this year, and the flour was green. These are more exchanged. They don't like to eat, but if they change their homes, that's life-saving food. It's rare. ”

The fourth master did this very neatly. I borrowed a carriage first, saying that I was going to the county seat. Then the two did go to the county seat, and then took a detour to the station, to a place where there was no one, Lin Yutong took out the grain, which was all flour and rice, packed it in old bags, and pulled it all the way to the railway station, and then gave the veterans who took care of the railway a few catties of flour and borrowed someone's place. Waiting for the people of the Corps. It didn't take much effort, but the secretary general of the corps took people, and the carriage was loaded with hundreds of catties of old grain, and dozens of catties of crushed soybean dregs were added. As soon as the two parties exchange, they will be obtained.

"Brother, don't worry. Everyone's mouths tightened. As soon as you ask for this food, everyone will know that you are here to save people. It's not that you can't get by, who loves to eat these. "The secretary is also old, and the world is transparent," these days, it is not easy for big guys. Besides, now they are still pointing to you to find a way to pour some fine grain. As he spoke, he handed a cigarette to the fourth master, "By the way, brother, can you get some brown sugar?" Even the sister-in-law of the chief's family is confined, and we can't get a bowl of brown sugar egg water." ”

Lin Yutong nodded slightly, and the fourth master said, "...... Okay! Find a way to pour it for you. There are people from the grain station here, and the old brother must be tight-mouthed. ”

"Yes. You're a real person. In these years, the people who can spare fine grain from the grain station are not small. The secretary waved his hand, "The old and young in the family are all pointing to you for this little grain." As he spoke, he pointed to the bean dregs, "This thing, my brother doesn't coax you, it's just forage for horses." I picked some from it and I'm sure people can eat it. It's all good beans, flattened. Rinse twice. It's good to be able to take a few days' worth of rations. They are all people who have lived hard lives, and my brother understands. ”

The two chatted for a long time before breaking up.

"In this world, there is no shortage of good people anywhere. The fourth master sighed with Lin Yutong.

Lin Yutong took another bag of white noodles and a bag of rice, "Chen Ping's family wants to change fine grain for his grandmother." ”

The fourth master nodded. He is particularly tolerant of filial piety, "Then give more." Next time they save meat, they will exchange it with us. He also recently inquired about the labor camp, and it is estimated that life in the northwest is not easy. I really can't do it, so I'll have to send things over there on time in the future. If you can find someone who knows the roots, you can change some, which is more stable than getting it from elsewhere. He originally wanted to find Liu Jianguo, who was assigned to the forest farm. I didn't expect to run into this stubble.

In the afternoon the train arrived, and three young men came down from it, each carrying a sack. Stuff a lot.

"That's more! It's more!" Chen Ping's brother Chen Kai hurriedly shook his hand, "We can't afford these fine grains." ”

"Listening to Chen Ping, the old people are eighty years old. Whatever you want to eat, let the old man eat it. We're not outsiders. Next time, if you have something good, just keep it for us. Lin Yutong looked at the bacon and bacon in the sack, including chickens, rabbits, robes, and two large wild boar legs. I was satisfied.

Lin Yutong gave half a bag of bean dregs here, and people also gave half a bag of dried fungus and dried mushrooms.

It's not a bargain at all.

The next day, Chen Ping received a telegram from home, saying that Lin Yutong was really sincere. The grain is all of the best. Even Ha Erbin can't find such good noodles and rice.

So I came over with Zhou Junhong and thanked them a thousand times. Seeing that Lin Yutong was making cotton shoes, Zhou Junhong took the initiative to accept the soles. "I have a lot of hands. ”

As a result, they stayed up for a few nights and sent Lin Yutong a bag of soles.

"One is more honest than the other. Lin Yutong packed up the things he was going out. sighed with the fourth master. Then he asked, "Is the letter of introduction ready?"

"Alright. The fourth master turned his head and said, "This walk will take about half a month." ”

"Hmm!" Lin Yutong rubbed his hands coldly, "It's really evil to be cold this day." The road is not easy to walk. ”

"It's snowing. The fourth master lifted the curtain and glanced out, "Just ask Wu Chunlai to take advantage of our absence to build a stove on the partition wall of these two rooms." This room is small, almost like a wall of fire. ”

As he spoke, he took Lin Yutong's hand and stuffed it into his arms to cover it.

The next day, the two of them were sent to the station by Wu Chunlai. By noon, I got into a truck. Go to Ha Erbin.

There are no buses between the two places for the time being. But there were no less people in the truck. Many of them took advantage of the slack to go back to the city to visit relatives. It wasn't until after ten o'clock in the evening that I arrived at Ha Erbin.

It's snowing heavily. But the train to Xi'an will not be available until the day after tomorrow. That is, I have to stay here for a day or two nights.

"Big brother, big sister." In the distance, a man wrapped in a bear beckoned to them. There's a lot of snow on it. Apparently I've been waiting for a while.

"It's Chen Ping's brother, Chen Kai. "The fourth master has always been unforgettable in his recognition of people, and there will be no mistake in thinking about it.

The author has something to say: about the names of the characters, I explain. It's not similar to other people's works, but it's a characteristic of that era. I've looked specifically for information on this. I also asked many people who have experienced special periods. It is hereby clarified.