On this day, as usual, Yingfang was walking, the old man muttered, Xiang Gang quietly listened to the conversation between the two with a smile, and sat on the threshold to help the mother-in-law with rice.

In a few days, it will be Laba Festival, and every household will cook Laba porridge. Cook some new rice, boil porridge and drink it with seven or eight kinds of ingredients such as red beans, kidney beans, chestnut kernels, lotus seeds, red dates, rock sugar, etc., and pray for a good harvest in the coming year.

"Xiao Xiang, how did you think about the matter I told you last time?"

Xiang Gang actually already had the answer in his heart, and when he heard the old man ask, he frowned and said, "Everything is subject to the organization." ”

"Hahaha! That's right!" Old Man Xiao laughed happily, patted his thigh and said heartily, "You should cut through the mess quickly! Okay! That's it! I'll let Xiao Li shoot the telegram later, and transfer you to the new base after the New Year. Son-in-law, do you have the confidence to build the new base well?"

"Yes!" Xiang Gang assured loudly with a smile.

"Old man, what are you fooling my son-in-law?" Xiao Sanye, who was taking a nap in the back room, came out yawning and choked him when he opened his mouth.

Old Man Xiao glanced at him angrily: "Who is fooling? I am discovering talents for the country." ”

Xiao Sanye choked, and found that what he said was up to the standard, so he choked back, as if he was denying that his son-in-law was not a pillar of the country;

I swept around, and out of the corner of my eye, I saw the girl walking in the yard, and hurriedly greeted her: "Good girl, are you taking a walk again? Isn't it cold? Do you want to add some clothes? Dad will get you ......"

The old man and Xiang Gang looked at each other speechlessly, and then chuckled in unison.

"Knock knock!"

"Is anyone home?"

At this time, there was a knock on the courtyard door, and the sound seemed to be Xiaohu standing guard in the family compound.

Xiao Sanye, who was closest to the door, stepped forward in three steps and two steps to remove the door bolt and open the door.

It was indeed Xiaohu standing outside the door, but he was helping people lead the way, and by the way, he helped carry a sack.

"Uncle Nine?"

Seeing the person brought by Xiaohu, Ying Fang shouted happily, "It's Uncle Ah Jiu who is here! Come in, come in!"

"Oh, you take it easy! My belly is no bigger than it was three months ago, and my heart is so frightened. Xiao Sanye protected his daughter with open arms, like an old hen who was enough to protect her cubs.

Xiang Jiu was also surprised by Yingfang's big belly, and followed: "It's to be leisurely, this is not a joke." Congratulations, I heard that the second sister-in-law said it was twins? ”

"Congratulations when you're born, come in first. Yingfang smiled and welcomed people into the door.

"Uncle Ah Jiu is here!" Xiang Gang heard the movement, put down the work in his hand, and came out to greet him.

Old Man Xiao also paced over with a cane.

When Xiaohu saw them, he stood up and saluted: "Report to the chief, this comrade is here to find you, saying that he is a relative of your hometown." I remember when he first came in the autumn and brought people here. ”

"That's right, thank you for this little brother, otherwise I'd be sad to death, so many things, where can I find you!" Xiang Jiu scratched his head and smiled.

"Thank you. Xiang Gang thanked him heartily and slapped Xiaohu's shoulder with his fist. This young man really helped his family a lot.

Xiaohu scratched his head shyly, then unloaded the marijuana bag he was helping to carry under the eaves and turned to leave.

Ying Fang called out to him and filled him with a few Poria cakes to go back.

"It just came out of the pot in the afternoon, it's very fresh, you take it back as a snack. ”

Xiaohu was polite, and when he saw that he couldn't resist Yingfang, he generously said "thank you", carried the poria cake wrapped in straw paper, and left happily.

"This young man is good, clever and honest, but not stupid. The old man concluded.

"The evaluation is so high, and you want to pick your new base?" Xiao Sanye hugged his chest and raised his eyebrows.

The old man's eyes lit up: "Good idea!"

Xiao Sanye rolled his eyes: "I'm just joking." ”

"But it's really about Lao Tzu's heart!" "The more Old Man Xiao thought about it, the more excited he became, "Chen Ping's kid secretly poked and poked at some small movements that didn't go into the stream, we really don't know." You said that if I came to recruit the bottom of the cauldron and draw salaries, I would fool some of the potential soldiers under him...... Ahem, ahem, wrong, recruiting to Ninghe to build a new base, do you think he will be angry to death?"

"Yes!" Xiao Sanye simply replied to him with a neat word.

Inevitably, he was pestered by the old man to continue to ask questions, and took the initiative to unload the heavy bamboo basket from Xiang Jiu's back, grabbed the ears on both sides of the bamboo basket with both hands, and carried it into the house.

Xiang Gang also had a sack in one hand, and together with Yingfang, accompanied Xiang Jiu into the house to entertain.

The old man was left alone outside the house, rubbing his hands, immersed himself in the depressed situation of 713 after snatching away Chen Ping's capable men, and laughed unkindly: "Hey, hey, hey......"

In the house, Xiang Jiu, who came to deliver New Year's goods with large bags and small bags, was warmly welcomed by everyone.

It just so happens that there are a lot of goods hoarded at home recently, and there is no pressure on many people at all.

Jiang Xinrou grabbed a few handfuls of pumpkin seeds and fried peanuts and put them on the table, cut a plate of steamed sausages, and asked her son-in-law to pour Xiang Jiu a cup of monkey wine, and ate and drank it first. She and her sister-in-law Fu guarded the stove and ate the whole dinner.

Xiang Jiuyin had been here once before, but he was not very reserved, but he was very curious about Xiang Gang and his wife changing places to live, so he asked while washing his hot face: "Gangzi, why did you change places? Isn't it good to live in the original public house?"

Xiang Gang explained: "It's good, Xiaofang and I still live over there, and this is my mother-in-law's house." ”

"Oooh. As soon as he heard this, Xiang Jiu didn't ask any more.

turned to talk about the recent situation in his hometown: "Old Doctor Zhang and the old couple asked me to bring a letter over, and I will bring it to you......"

As he spoke, he took out the letter that Dr. Zhang had entrusted him to hand over from the inner pocket of his jacket, handed it to Yingfang, and continued, "This year's harvest is sluggish, and the rations distributed by every household are more than a little less than last year. However, compared with those affected areas in the south, it is much better, so everyone muttered, but it did not cause much trouble. In my opinion, there are some blessings in disguise. ”

"How do you say that?" asked Yingfang as she opened the letter.

"This is not the supply and marketing cooperatives asked the various communes to buy chickens, ducks, pigs, sheep and eggs this year, and the prices are much higher than in previous years. And there is no limit to the quantity, saying that they will collect as many as they want, presumably to make up for the gap that cannot be paid in the southern region. In short, some of our families have insufficient rations to eat, so they take the chickens, ducks and eggs they are raising to the supply and marketing cooperatives to sell, and the grain in exchange is enough for the family to eat until the first spring of next year. ”

This is good news for the locals.