Early the next morning, before dawn, He Jianguo's family returned to the city by walking tractor.

A family of four and a bicycle were in the car, and two strong young men were sitting on the ground, and next to them were stacks of large wooden barrels with lids, which were commonly used in farms, and even if they were cleaned, they still exuded a faint smell.

This is to go to the manure pipe to pull the manure water and come back to make manure.

The Helou brigade is now a model village, and it has done well in all aspects, and it can get a lot of dung tickets from above every year, and then divide it into various production teams, and take the tickets to the manure pipe station to get the manure back to Zhuangdi, which can envy many production teams. This time, they originally planned to go to the county town dung management office, but when He Jianguo's family returned to the city, they changed their minds.

"Tiezhu, when did our production team buy the tractor?" After sitting in the car for a while, He Jianguo tightened his military coat and turned his head to ask Zhao Tiezhu, who was driving.

Zhao Tiezhu replied loudly while controlling the front of the car: "I just bought it this year! I also went to the tractor training class to learn for a while. Bought a handheld to increase the labor force, this guy, the carriage loaded more stuff than the flatbed, eats diesel, and runs faster than the horse-drawn carriage. I checked the accounts of our production team, and I have a lot of money left over in the past few years, and I borrowed some money from the production team and bought this hand-held, which is the first copy of our production team! After the Mid-Autumn Festival, I just went to pull corn cobs, and I can use the land to grow wheat!"

He Jianguo praised: "Okay, have courage! The tractor is indeed more time-saving and labor-saving than the three animals, and the benefits are in the future." Our production team should have bought a few more tractors a long time ago, I mentioned it to my eldest brother, and my eldest brother said that the situation of each production team is different, and our production team is relatively wealthy, so we can afford it, and the work value of one or two production teams is only eight points. ”

Zhao Tiezhu smiled, "I think so too, just a few flatbed trucks, it's okay if it doesn't rain, it doesn't matter if you do it slowly, when it rains, you are anxious, how much can you pull? Although it is hand-to-hand, it saves time and effort. ”

Qi Shufang, who was wearing a coat, sat in the tractor for the first time, felt very strange, and touched the iron compartment.

It's really clean, polished shiny, the countryside is dusty every day, only wiped every day to keep it so tidy, it can be comparable to colleagues who cherish bicycles, housework is not done, just bathe the bicycle every day like a baby.

The only bad thing is that the dirt road is potholes, the walk-behind tractor is bumpy, and there is a protruding stool-type seat on each side of the inner side of the carriage, Qi Shufang sits on one of them, although through the hem of the thick coat, her butt still hurts, and Qijin and Ping'an don't feel sleepy when they get up so early, sitting on He Jianguo's two laps respectively, giggling and excited.

Qijin twisted around, staring at Zhao Tiezhu who was driving, "Dad, the car! There is no horse car." ”

"Well, it's a tractor. Come, seven pounds, you recognize, this is a tractor, if someone asks you what kind of car this is, you tell them that they are tractors. Qi Shufang taught step by step.

Before Qijin could speak, Ping An had already laughed and said, "Tractor!"

Her accent was not very clear, and Qi Shufang felt that what she said seemed to be "a dirt machine" rather than a "tractor".

Qijin said: "Mom, I recognize it, tractor!"

Qi Shufang was stunned for a moment, "You haven't seen it again, how do you know that this is a tractor? Good boy doesn't lie!"

"I'm not a bad boy!" Qijin pouted unhappily, seeing that his parents were a little unconvinced, he was anxious, scratched his ears and cheeks for a while, his eyes suddenly flashed, and he took out a dollar from his clothes pocket and unfolded, "Tractor!"

The pattern on the one-yuan bill is a female tractor driver driving a tractor, although it is completely different from the tractor driven by Zhao Tiezhu, He Jianguo glanced at it, was very curious about the origin of this dollar, and asked Qijin where he got a dollar. He and his wife usually give seven catties of pocket money, which is one and two cents, at most five cents, and rarely a dime.

Qijin immediately stuffed the money back into his pocket and covered it with his hands, looking defensive.

"Needless to say, it must have been given by my father. Yesterday he came out of the house, and he didn't have a penny in his pocket. Qi Shufang said.

He Jianguo understood and asked for seven catties, and sure enough, it was He's father who bought him a notebook and a pencil. Qijin has not been officially enrolled, but he has long been reading and writing with Qi Shufang, and now he can count to a hundred, can memorize multiplication formulas, can do addition and subtraction within ten, can write simple words, and can write his own and Ping'an's nickname, because the two of them have few small strokes and are the easiest to write.

"No, seven catties, the tractor on the money is not the same as the tractor driven by your brother Tiezhu. You see, your brother Tiezhu drives a walk-behind tractor, and the money is a small four-wheeled round steering wheel. "He Jianguo is picky.

"It's different, huh?"

Qijin took out the money and took a look, slid off He Jianguo's lap, the front of the carriage, tiptoeed forward, showed a puzzled look on his face, and turned his head to look at Qi Shufang, "Mom, the tractor is different, why is it different?"

"Our certificate has a picture of a walk-behind tractor on it. Qi Shufang first explained to He Jianguo the reason why Qijin knew the walk-behind tractor, and then smiled at Qijin and said, "Look, is our bicycle the same as your Ye Auntie's bicycle?"

Qijin shook his head: "It's different, our family is a big golden deer, and Aunt Ye is a phoenix." ”

"That's right, you see it's called bicycles, but there are many kinds, when you play at the door, have you ever seen a bicycle that is different from our family and Aunt Ye's house?"

"Yes!"

"That's right, different bicycles are called bicycles, and different tractors are of course called tractors, which is called a unified name, and the specific style is related to the brand. ”

Qi Shufang patiently explained to Qijin, and finally made the little guy suddenly open his mouth, and drew inferences: "The sewing machine is not the same." ”

Yes, different brands of sewing machines have different styles. ”

Ping'an pointed to Qijin and put a piece of money back in his pocket: "Money, money! Mom, buy Guoguo!"

A few days ago, the fruit store served pears, and Xue Feng took her to buy fruits, and she remembered the scene at that time, so she pulled the buttons on He Jianguo's coat and yelled.

"Okay, well, go home and eat fruit. ”

He Jianguo didn't say to buy it, because he and Qi Shufang went to work and didn't have time to buy it, but fortunately, there were still a lot of pears at home.

The two young men in the car laughed, "Uncle Jianguo, Aunt Shufang, you are really patient, if my baby asked me so long-windedly, I would have been slapped on the ass by me, how could I still have the energy to teach them what tractors and bicycles, if it weren't for the iron pillar advocating buying a tractor, let alone sitting, or we wouldn't be able to touch it." ”

Qi Shufang smiled slightly: "Children, they are very curious, give them good answers to questions, they will continue to ask in the future, if they are beaten, they will not dare to ask questions in the future, the gains outweigh the losses." ”

"Yes, yes, what my aunt said really makes sense. ”

After playing for a while, Ping An felt sleepy first, slipped off He Jianguo's lap, and jumped into Qi Shufang's arms, Qi Shufang just picked her up, she fell asleep on Qi Shufang's shoulder.

Qi Shufang picked up a small cotton cloak and covered her body.

Zhao Tiezhu drove the car seriously, and didn't even look back, "Aunt Shufang, when will you come back next time?" Although Shen Yaowu and Qi Shufang call each other by name, Shen Yaowu is one generation lower than He Jianguo, so Zhao Tiezhu has always called them third uncle and aunt.

"Well, I can't say for sure. "She is now on weekends, just like He Jianguo, and she should come back more often than before.

"Oh, too, you still have to go to work. After Zhao Tiezhu finished speaking, he suddenly remembered Shen Yaowu's explanation before coming, "Aunt Shufang, the bamboo basket in the car belongs to my family, and I want the green skin pickled by Wu, you can take it home to eat." ”

"How can this work? Now there are only two ducks in every house, and they can lay a few eggs a year. ”

In the past two years, the supply of non-staple food has been very tight, and an egg or a duck egg can be sold for eight cents.

"Why not? I can't count how many delicious foods my baby has eaten from my aunt's family. The two female ducks in our family, grandpa fished for aquatic plants and crooked mussels every day to catch grasshoppers and toads to feed, two eggs a day, and there were more than 100 pickles at home, so I took 20 for my aunt, if my aunt didn't accept it, it would be too little. Shen Yaowu was worried that Qi Shufang would not accept it, so he asked Zhao Tiezhu to take it directly to the car.

The tractor drove to the door of Qi Shufang's house, and Zhao Tiezhu directly took down the basket and drove the tractor by himself and left abruptly.

handed over the two children and duck eggs to Xue Feng, He Jianguo and Qi Shufang hurriedly took two vegetarian buns to work, were in a hurry, got up early, and didn't have time to eat at home.

"Hey...... I say...... I said you can't slow down!" Raising his hand at their backs, Xue Feng wanted to say that yesterday the grocery store hung an announcement in the morning, and in the afternoon, he snapped up a large piece of beef and a beef leg bone, and began to stew in the evening, stewing until the meat and soup were thick in the morning, and they were eaten with vegetarian buns, or soaked in some strong buns, who knew that these two people were so fast, they disappeared in an instant.

Looking down at Ping An with wide round eyes, Xue Feng smiled and said, "Your parents don't have a mouthful, let's eat meat and drink soup at home." ”

"Eat meat!" "Seven pounds' eyes glowed.

"Meat!" Ping'an shouted, his eyes were bright, like Qi Shufang.

Xue Feng kissed Ping An hard, "Good boy!"

Ping'an and Qijin not only look like Qi Shufang, but also have an appetite with her, usually no meat is not happy, the stewed meat is very chopped and broken, and she drank a big bowl of soup Qijin in a row, and asked Xue Feng to rub her with her stomach, and Ping'an also drank a small bowl.

"An Anke is awesome, come, auntie wipes your mouth. ”

After eating and washing the dishes and chopsticks, Xue Feng, as usual, turned on the radio and listened to the news of China Central Radio and Television.

Hearing the news that Zhang Lao, Zheng Lao, Mu Lao and others would attend the meeting one after another, Xue Feng showed a bright smile on his face, they were all very old, and it was almost impossible to hold important positions, but attending the meeting meant that the turmoil had passed.

As soon as he smiled, Xue Feng smiled, revealing a hint of contemplation.

Something is wrong, the content broadcast on the TV station is too uniform, is it accused? The family sent telegrams without mentioning this matter.

Because the one who was in the hearts of several old people had not been officially put on the throne, and the problem of resuming work had been blocked, it seemed that he would have to wait a while before he could go home, should he send a telegram to ask his father to come and live for a while? Anyway, he stayed in the capital and had nothing to do.

In the past two years, Xue's father has often gone to Gupeng City to visit his daughter and grandson, but he has become friends with He's father, and often lives in the Helou brigade.

"An An, will you let Grandpa Xue come over to play with Ming'er?" The three boys had already played in the yard, only Ping An sat on Xue Feng's lap obediently, looking at the colorful villain book that Xue Feng turned out to show her, listening to Xue Feng's words, she raised her little face, confused, and Xue Feng couldn't help but kiss a few bites.

It's still cute and caring, like a stinky boy who plays crazy when he has nothing to do.

Xue Feng is in her thirties, she suffered a lot when she was a child, her body is not strong, and she hurt her vitality when she gave birth to twins, and the doctor advised her not to have any more children, and she really didn't want to have any more children, so she hurt the little niece in front of her very much.

I kissed back several times safely, and smeared my aunt's face with saliva.

After Qi Shufang went to work, she also obviously felt that the atmosphere at work was not as warm as before, as if she was a little excited? No, or it is more appropriate to describe it as negative.

Not all of them are like this, some people are happy, their eyebrows are dancing, and some people are hesitant, their faces are full of gloom and misery.

How can you describe it? That is, most of the people in power in various places during the catastrophe were the same as those four factions, and now that the four people have been arrested one after another, which one of the same factions is not in danger of being in danger? They are in no mood to work, and the other few are so excited that they almost can't finish their work, so that their progress has stalled.

The work task is not heavy, Qi Shufang finished her work, took the enamel cup and poured boiling water to make chrysanthemum tea, this time she was worried, a little angry, and her gums were swollen and painful.

Colleagues who are all in danger and passive are still sighing there.

It wasn't until the union came over with a stack of tickets and asked everyone to draw lots that the happy and unhappy colleagues became excited.

This time, there are two Phoenix sewing tickets, two Feige bicycle tickets and two Shanghai watch tickets, as well as a red light radio ticket and a Watson electric fan ticket.

There were a total of eight tickets, but hundreds of people drew lots.

Qi Shufang didn't participate in the lot drawing because there were three turns and one ring at home, and only stared at the electric fan.

Every dog day is very hot, she is not afraid of the heat, but He Jianguo is not resistant to heat, she has long wanted to buy an electric fan, but unfortunately she has never had the opportunity to get an electric fan ticket.

When it was her turn to draw the lot, she stepped forward enthusiastically, however, her luck was not good and she didn't catch it.

Sister Wang caught the radio ticket, and suddenly she was like a treasure, her house was short of radios, and when she saw Qi Shufang holding a blank paper ball, she couldn't help laughing: "You didn't catch it?"

The deputy section chief of the maintenance section caught it, but his family burden was relatively heavy and he had no money to buy a fan, so when he saw that Qi Shufang wanted it, he gave it to her.

This situation is very common, three of the tickets caught today have been given to colleagues, some of them can't afford it at home, and some of them already have it at home and don't need to buy it again.

Qi Shufang thanked her again and again, and cherished the ticket, which expires at the end of next year, so it is better to buy it in the spring and summer of next year.

"Shufang, have you heard?" With nothing to do for the time being, Sister Wang leaned over to Qi Shufang's table and chatted with her.

"What's the matter?"

Sister Wang's eyes sparkled, "A million soldiers and civilians marched in the capital to celebrate the smashing of four." Person. It can be said that the whole country is boiling. Does it mean that what those four people said and did in the past doesn't count?"

When the colleagues who had enthusiastically supported those people heard this, their faces became even more discouraged.

Qi Shufang pursed her lips and smiled, not commenting.

After a while, Qi Shufang asked where she saw the news, and Sister Wang said that it was a radio, and then said: "By the way, the stationmaster said to move the TV out and listen to the news on TV during the break." Shufang, I remember the key is with you, right?"

"yes, it's with me. ”

A nine-inch black-and-white TV set of Shanghai Feiyue brand, in the train station, is simply a treasure-like storage zài, usually carefully locked in a separate room, reluctant to move out to use, Qi Shufang is about to forget this big baby, I didn't expect the stationmaster to suddenly mention it at this time.

With Qi Shufang's way, she can also get a TV ticket, in view of the extraordinary attraction of the TV set, and the price is very expensive, at least three hundred and six, and at most four or five hundred, she didn't put her mind on it for the time being, and wanted to wait and talk.

She consulted the stationmaster, took the key to open the door, and several male colleagues carefully moved the TV and antenna out.

You have to hold the antenna when playing.,And the picture is not very clear.,You have to be completely facing the TV to see it.,If you look sideways, you can't see the picture clearly.。

During your lunch break, put on the TV.

Qi Shufang found that all colleagues were present, there was no shortage of one, crowded to watch TV, some people ate slowly, and even held a lunch box while eating and watching, even if it was already known news, everyone still watched it with relish, no one made a sound to affect the broadcast effect, and the attitude was very good.

Actually, Qi Shufang also likes to watch TV, although it is not a color TV as mentioned in the book. The reason is simple, in her time, the climate was harsh, everyone was struggling to survive, back to basics, and many things were gone.

The TV was on for half an hour, and everyone left unsatisfied, talking in groups about what they had just seen.

Qi Shufang likes to return to like, not to the point where everyone is fanatical, as soon as she gets off work, she hurries home, Xue Feng has already cooked and is waiting for her and He Jianguo, simple home-cooked side dishes, and leftover mutton soup.

Qi Shufang and He Jianguo drank while asking where the beef came from.

After living in the city for four or five years, Qi Shufang bought beef three times, most of the countryside did not have tractors, and the work still relied on cows, horses and mules, so the state prohibited slaughtering, Qi Shufang bought the beef twice when the cow was old and could not move to kill and sell meat, once was a strong cow had an accident and broke his leg and could not work, the latter tasted good, the meat quality of the old cow was particularly old, and it was difficult to eat.

Xue Fengdao: "I heard that the flatbed truck transporting coal overturned into a ditch and killed the cow. ”

"Oh. It's still eight cents a pound, right?"

"Yes, bones cost nine cents a pound, don't look at such a section, three or four pounds weigh it. ”

No, the volumetric weight of a cow is obvious, and the bones are naturally large and heavy.

Xue Feng made a request to let his father come to live for a while, Qi Shufang looked at He Jianguo, and the latter said very simply: "Come on, yesterday my father asked about Uncle Xue, and asked me to bring some tobacco leaves back and send them to Uncle Xue." Didn't Uncle Xue say last time that there was an old guy who liked to smoke cigarette pouches? ”

With He Jianguo's consent, Xue Feng immediately sent a telegram to Xue's father, and at the same time sent the tobacco back at the same time.

Unexpectedly, Father Xue refused this time.

Although Xue Feng was disappointed, she understood that her father must have a good intention if he didn't come, but she didn't force it, she was suspended earlier, and now she is dedicated to taking care of the children, waiting for the day when she will resume her original job. She is not in a hurry, He Jianguo and Qi Shufang are not idle at all, because during the autumn harvest, the ninth team of He Lou was the first to complete the harvesting and cultivation tasks, and the other production teams saw that their production teams had not finished harvesting corn and other crops, and more than half of the production teams wanted to buy walk-behind tractors and go to the field to plant wheat when they came back.

To buy a tractor, you must receive a letter of introduction, and then go to the tractor factory to buy it.

There was a production team that wanted to buy tractors, but the money in the production team was not enough, and they were short of 300 yuan, so they asked the production team to borrow it, and how could He Jiandang dare to set a precedent? I didn't see that there were still four production teams that did not buy tractors in the name of having no money? If they did, those production teams would definitely flock to them and could only lend them privately.

However, He Jiandang didn't have so much money in his hands, and he and He Jianjun only managed to make up their early 200s, so they came to ask He Jianguo to borrow 100.

After discussing with Qi Shufang, He Jianguo borrowed, not only borrowed, but also helped buy the tractor back, six tractors in the six production teams, suddenly busy in the field, in full swing, a good scene.