The four siblings finally went back to school, and this time Fuyuko didn't cry because he knew it was useless. Spring went to autumn, and in a blink of an eye, Dongzi was in the third grade, Yan Yuxiang relied on his small local coal mine as a miner, and took advantage of his leisure time to work hard to earn money, and his life finally took a turn for the better. By the time the winter came, they had not only paid off all their debts, but also borrowed money to buy a tractor from a provincial capital hundreds of miles away.

The reason why he bought a tractor, Yan Yuxiang has his own plans, in recent years, the village people have been crazy to expand the territory, almost everyone has renovated their own houses, and to build a new house, an indispensable thing to lay the foundation is stone, Yan Yuxiang used to do small work for other people's families often knocked on this thing, and also figured out a little famous. He thought that he would quit his job in the coal mine after a few years, wrap up a piece of the mountain by himself, and do it himself! This bold idea of his was supported by his wife Yan Xiuping, because she is also a person who loves to toss in her bones.

Just do it, Yan Yuxiang didn't do this big thing in his village, but locked the market in the rich village two miles away. That is, the village where Fuyuko's grandfather lived. has his grandfather's foundation, plus he also has some connections, and he can still make a lot of profits in total.

As soon as the New Year was over, Yan Yuxiang couldn't hold it back, ran to the brigade, and contracted a mountain, in that era, it was said to be a contractor, but in fact, according to the promise given to Yan Yuxiang by the brigade, as long as you have the ability, you can use it. Ordinary people can't endure this hardship. Therefore, not many people are willing to compete with him. At the end of the day, it's hard money.

Yan Yuxiang has a small career of his own, and he is even more motivated. He got up before dawn every morning and set off in the new tractor he had bought for 8,000 yuan. If it's winter, you have to get up earlier because the car will burn for a long time. I believe that many people have had such an experience. When necessary, you have to use skills such as two people pulling together, hanging gears and slipping down the slope. No one had ever taught him any of this, and even how to drive a tractor was something he figured out on his own. When I first started driving, I didn't even make a U-turn, so I just took a big iron rod and turned the car around. But neither of them felt that it was tired, because the days were rushing.

The name of the mountain is also strange, it is called Caoduan Mountain, and from a distance, it looks like a lid has been added to the top of the mountain, hence the name. Yan Yuxiang also asked someone to buy explosives from the mine, and with the skills he learned in the coal mine, every morning it was like telling people to get up, and he had to bang twice first, which may be extremely harsh in the ears of some lazy people, but how many such people are there in the village! During that time, Yan Yuxiang almost became a benchmark figure in the village, and he always got up much earlier than others if he did not admit defeat. In his belief, there are only four words, and that is: God rewards hard work.

Since this transaction, Yan Yuxiang has not been idle every day, and after making the stone in the morning, he will polish it as smooth as possible according to the employer's requirements, and then pull it to the village in a car. He could not go home until late at night, and in the summer, if there were not many mosquitoes in the mountains, he would feel more comfortable nesting in a nest of stones.

When Dongzi was on vacation, he often begged his father to take him to Caoduo Mountain to play, but his father refused because it was too dangerous. That's true, Yan Yuxiang has to be injured almost every day, either here or there. But this is nothing in Yan Yuxiang's eyes. Although he doesn't take Fuyuko to the mountains every time, he will bring him some gadgets every once in a while. Most of them are some cats and dogs made of clay in the cracks of the stones, which makes Fuyuko happy for a while.

Yan Xiuping personally delivered lunch every day, and now that the children have gone to school, she has nothing else to do except farming, but housework is a work that can never be done. In order to support her husband unconditionally, Yan Xiuping works hard every day.

I thought that such a good life would continue, but it was really unfulfilling. Yan Yuxiang overdraws his body every day and is desperately trying to make this family live a good life, just like a bow that has been drawn, he doesn't know how to combine work and rest, and he is in danger of breaking it off at any time. Just half a year later, in the summer, just after midsummer, when Yan Yuxiang had just turned forty years old, he fell ill, and this time he was very sick.

In fact, there are signs of any illness, but according to the doctor, Yan Yuxiang is too able to endure hardships, and he usually doesn't take it seriously, and this time it finally became a serious illness. Because he deals with hundreds of pounds of stones every day, it was okay at first, he just felt some soreness on both sides of his waist, but it was no big deal, and within a few days, he felt a pain in his heart and extended to his thighs. The long-term fatigue caused the giant of the family to suffer from a herniated disc early. Maybe this is not a serious illness in the eyes of people now, and if you do an operation or apply a plaster externally, as long as you protect yourself from hard work, it will be fine. But Yan Yuxiang obviously can't do it. He was the head of the family, and he had no other skills than to do some hard work to support the family. If he can't work again for the rest of his life, it would be better to die directly, which will save the family a drag.

That period of time was extremely painful, not only did the mountain he contracted take away from others, but the family lost their financial resources. And every day is a pain in the heart. My body was about to bend to ninety degrees. His wife Yan Xiuping felt uncomfortable when she saw that she had just had a good day and fell like this, but what made her even more uncomfortable was that she had to watch her beloved man die and come back to life in pain every day, although Yan Yuxiang had tried his best to endure it.

Since there is no financial resources, the family's life has plummeted, and now the top priority is to treat Yan Yuxiang, but when I went to the first hospital in the city to inquire, it was best not to have surgery for this disease, which was very risky. It is better to use the so-called conservative treatment. Yan Xiuping was in a hurry, and bought a large package of pasting, dressing, and taking medicines for treating herniated disc in her waist. I spent a lot of money, but I didn't see any effect when I used it. This made the whole family anxious.

This kind of moment is how much people remember Dr. Zhang who treated Dongzi, Yan Xiuping didn't expect it, but she asked someone to ask around, but there was no place for Dr. Zhang, but she inquired about a home remedy, that is, eating ten raw eggs a day can treat this disease. Dead horses should be used as live horse doctors. In that era when eggs were only two yuan a catty, Yan Xiuping bought twenty catties in one go. Others eat ten, but she prefers to let her husband eat eleven, in order to make Yan Yuxiang get better early. During that time, Yan Yuxiang's illness became more and more serious, and in the end, he couldn't get out of bed, so he could only lie on the bed and moan over and over. Every day, Yan Xiuping waited for her husband to "drink medicine" after finishing her farm work.

Not only that, Yan Xiuping is also with the children, and she keeps pulling for her husband. This is also the recipe that Yan Xiuping heard. tied Yan Yuxiang's hands to the head of the bed, and then the four children were two of them on one leg, and they dragged with all their strength, while Yan Xiuping kept patting her husband's waist. This was a painful process for Yan Yuxiang, but he knew that if it didn't work, he would basically be considered a wasted person. Therefore, I endured the pain and cooperated with the efforts of my children and wife.

Now it seems like some absurd cure, but in those days when there was little clothing, it was the only way to do it. Perhaps it was the call of God that Yan Yuxiang slowly got better. The lower back doesn't hurt as much anymore. His wife looked at Yan Yuxiang, who was gradually improving, and felt indescribable joy in her heart, knowing that her home remedies worked, so she made more efforts to feed him eggs and do traction.

Yan Yuxiang thought about giving up when he just lay down in bed and couldn't move, because he felt that it was futile to spend so much money on his own treatment, and it was better to spend it on the children's studies or on all aspects of the family, just not on himself. He also argued with his wife about this issue from time to time, and the two quarreled red-faced, but in the end there was no way. Because Yan Xiuping often said on her lips: You can earn it again when the money is gone, but if the people are gone, this family will be over! Now that I think about it, my wife's insistence is right. He can't finish, he needs to stand up and fight for this family again.

Under Yan Xiuping's careful care, Yan Yuxiang is getting better day by day, and he can even straighten his back occasionally, although it still hurts, but at least it is a good sign. The four children are also very well-behaved, they know that their mother is very tired every day, so they consciously take on a lot of housework, such as Chun'er cooking, Xia'er washing clothes, etc.

By the winter of this year, Yan Yuxiang's illness was almost cured, and in the words of the village doctor, it was really a miracle!

In winter, there is little farm work, and the children have just taken their final exams, and they will soon have winter vacation. Not surprisingly, Fuyuko was the first in the class again. This made him very happy, but unlike three years ago, when he was happy because of the holidays, this time he was happy that he was able to take the first place in the class. Isn't that a form of growth?

People in the village sit by the stove and talk about it in the winter, which is the most pleasant time of the year. But Yan Yuxiang and his wife sat by the stove and looked at each other speechlessly.

Fortunately in the first half of the year, Yan Yuxiang earned a lot of money because of contracting the mountain, but with his illness, his family lost his economic income, and he posted a lot, which was more than ever. The worst thing is that the mountain is occupied by others, and it is still a question of what to do in the coming year.

"Now that your illness is cured, can you go and talk about it, and see if the brigade can give you that mountain again?" or can we contract another one?" Yan Xiuping said in a consultative tone, and at the same time seemed to be talking to herself: "Alas, it's a pity that a straw stack mountain was originally fought down by us, which is good, we work hard, but let others sit back and enjoy it." Just think about it!"

Yan Yuxiang, who was sitting on the side, said: "This is also a matter of no choice, who made my body not angry, not sick sooner or later, but I was sick at the best time of the market." After a pause, he said: "Last year was the best time to break stones, I see that the foundations of the people in the village are almost repaired, and there may not be such a good market in the spring of next year." He looked around and said, "The four children are all older, should we also consider building a new house?"

"It's certain to repair the house, either we don't repair it, or if we want to repair it, we have to repair the biggest and best in the village!" Yan Xiuping said confidently.

"Well, that's a later story, let's make some money next year, and then we'll start construction when we have the money. Listening to his wife's words, Yan Yuxiang was also interested. "But what should we do?"

Yan Xiuping said: "It's still my idea, can you see if it works?" Although the houses in the village are almost repaired, now the whole town knows that the stones you Yan Yuxiang beat are the best, are you afraid that there will be no market?"

praised her husband like this, Yan Yuxiang was a little embarrassed. Following his wife's words: "I'm not actually worried about the market, there are two difficulties in this matter, one is the team, I heard that the group of people who replaced us sent 5,000 yuan to the team to occupy our mountain, now it's different from the past, everyone knows that this business is popular, it's not the time when we had no capital last year, we have to do it this year, I think at least this number can be done." As he spoke, he stretched out his thumb and index finger and compared them to eight. The wife slurred. Yan Yuxiang said again: "The second difficulty is that there are not many mountains in the two villages, Caoduo Mountain has been occupied, Nanyuan Mountain heard that there is going to be a park, and they are not allowed to move, and there are also people in Xiyu Mountain who are firing artillery......" Yan Yuxiang said five or six mountains in one breath, "After careful calculation, there is no suitable one." Even if the brigade is willing to give it to you, we don't know where to go to find this gold lump. With that, he shook his head.

Yan Xiuping heard her husband say this, it seemed to be such a reason, but what should we do again?"Then you say, what else can we do? We can't go back to the coal mine, right?" Yan Xiuping asked.

Yan Yuxiang pondered for a while, patted his head, and shouted: "Coal, why didn't I think of digging coal? Now that coal is in a good market, I think this method is feasible." ”

"No, I don't agree!" Yan Xiuping drank directly. Said: "We finally got out of that business, if you go back, not to mention that you are disgraced every day, it is enough to worry people, I will never let you go back to the coal mine." ”

"I'm not done yet, let's do it ourselves this time. He smiled at his wife.

"Isn't it more reliable than hitting stones by doing it yourself?" Yan Xiuping asked with a puzzled expression.

"Do you remember the low-lying land behind Yanxiang Village, where no one lives and there is no crop land?" Yan Yuxiang asked rhetorically: "That's a treasure land of feng shui" said, lowered his voice a little, and whispered: "The ground is full of coal!"

"Really, why haven't I heard of it?" Yan Xiuping didn't believe it.

"How could I lie to you, not only is the quality of the coal in that place high, but the coal seam is also shallow, which his grandfather measured when he was working in the brigade in the winter, and it is said that you can see it by digging more than two meters deep. Now no one cares, the two of us still go to work in the field during the day, dig him a few meters deep at night, and then take the tractor to other towns and sell it, which can make a lot of money. I saw that the more he spoke, the more excited he became.