Chapter 38: The Official Addiction Family
The sunset is full, and the cattle are home!
The old cow that returned late, the eager call of the lamb, and the shouts of the bear child gathered over the village, making the village lively again after a quiet afternoon.
Li Mu lay leisurely on the stone mill at the gate, looking at the sun that was about to set. The mood is a lot better, although the decision to stay home is a little uncomfortable, but such a day is not bad.
"Yo, Amu has eaten all the rice?" Just when Li Mu was thinking about what to do tomorrow, Li Geng's voice came from afar, Li Mu smiled and got up to look at the furious lobby brother.
"How are things safe?" Li Geng asked a little anxiously, his income plummeted for more than half a year when he went home, and he was very unaccustomed to it, although he was tired of working outside every day, he had a fixed income every day, unlike guarding the one-third of an acre of land at home for a day.
One of the children is about to enter junior high school, and one is about to enter the fifth grade. The elderly in the family are all money when they take medicine and get sick, and it is definitely not possible to be in a hurry.
"I'm in such a hurry, I'm done!" Li Mu greeted him with a smile and walked home with Li Geng, and at this time, his parents were eating and said hello and went straight to the living room.
After the two sides were done, Li Geng took the tea poured by Li Mu and took a sip and couldn't wait to ask: "How much is a catty?"
"Ha, sixty-one kilograms is not low, right?" Li Mu smiled, he somewhat understood what the people in the village thought, although the agricultural tax has been abolished now, but there is no brand and no market, the value of crops is not very high, and he can't make much money all year round.
"Sixty? sure?" Li Geng stood up when he heard this guy, what kind of joke is it!
The wild eels in the county or town are only fifteen to twenty-one catties at most, and the kilogram is half of it. Although it is difficult to catch eels or catch them, they dare not say that 500 kilograms should not be difficult for them this season, right?
How much does that cost?!
"That's necessary, just buy it by the boss I was waiting for before!" Li Mu saw that he still believed in it and immediately gave him a reassurance, although he didn't necessarily need the eel business to make money, but he could let his father do it.
"Okay, okay! Hahaha, then I'll go eel fishing tomorrow, and I'll have tens of thousands of yuan in income this season!"
"Take it easy, don't make it extinct this year!" Li Mu was really worried, although the eel has become more protected over the past few years, it is still far from the flood trend that it was when he was a child, and it can't dry up and fish.
"Understand, rest assured that everyone has suffered losses and can't do that kind of thing. Li Geng was still a little excited, his mouth trembling when he walked around the room, his mouth opened a few times, and finally he stomped his feet and got up and walked home.
"Why doesn't Li Geng sit for a while anymore?" Li Mingyao came over from dinner and saw his eldest nephew walking out and immediately greeted him, looking at his anxious appearance a little confused.
"Third uncle, don't sit down, there are still things at home!" Li Geng smiled and shouted, turned around and hurriedly left, he still had to go home and pack up his eel fishing equipment!
"What is your brother looking for you?" Li Mingyao entered the house and saw Li Muzheng and Ge You lying on the sofa, looking at TV with blank eyes, and he didn't know if he could see clearly.
"Oh, it's nothing, it's just that every day they go eel fishing and our house buys. By the way, Dad, you can get this matter! The next day, I will consign it to Boss Ma, and collect sixty-one kilograms!" Li Mu was stunned for a moment, then sat up and smiled and threw a cigarette to Daddy.
"Sixty is too high, isn't it? It's only thirty-five in the town, and the price is high!" Li Mingyao frowned at the cigarette, although his son is older and has the ability to do things, but as an old man, he always needs to worry.
"Don't worry, I've discussed it with my boss. Seventy-five kilograms, sixty is not too expensive! By the way, do you still have cash at home?"
"Yes, your mother still has more than 10,000 yuan! You can think of it yourself, but what are you going to do if I come to collect it?"
"I? I've got too much to do. Tomorrow, I have to go to Uncle Ma's side to fish for the boss, and I have to help Uncle Ma do some fishing competition. ”
"As far as you have a lot to do, by the way, your grandmother also told me just now, what opinion does the woman agree with you?" Li Mingyao glared at his son dissatisfiedly, and then suddenly remembered what his mother-in-law had just said and immediately asked. He naturally could see that his son seemed to be a little resistant to the blind date, but he couldn't say anything from his mother-in-law's side.
"What else can I do if my grandmother speaks? But Dad, you have to tell my grandmother, I'm only twenty-four years old, what do you need to do urgently!"
"I'm definitely not going to do this, you don't know your grandmother's personality, but I can help you talk about delaying some time, but you are also too old to find a daughter-in-law to die?" Li Mingyao was also very helpless, he really respected his mother-in-law. But it was not a pleasure to see his son like that, so in the end he could only find a way to give him more time to deal with it himself.
"Hehe, I know that Daddy has a way! Don't worry, when I earn enough money to build a big house, I will definitely ask you a daughter-in-law to come back and honor you!" Li Mu was immediately happy when he heard that Daddy had a way, but he quickly lowered his voice, because at this time Grandma was coming in from outside.
"You, I'll give you a year at most. Okay, I'll go and inform the rest of the village about collecting eels, and you yourself should rest early. Li Mingyao also saw that his mother-in-law was back, and when he saw Li Mu looking scared, he smiled, dropped a sentence, turned around and walked out.
He is now a member of the village committee of the village, and it would be better for him to notify him about the purchase of eels, which can not only raise his prestige in the village but also buy a lot of people's hearts, maybe he will have a chance in the next village head election!
Although he is not young, Li Mingyao, who has sat in the position of a member of the village committee for the first time, seems to have a second spring, and the whole person is very motivated these days, always thinking about making himself brilliant in the village and having the opportunity to be the village chief.
In the countryside, you really don't treat the village chief as a cadre, and you don't dare to say a lot of things in other villages, but you definitely have a lot of influence. It's also convenient to do some things, and when I don't see the second brother, when I take office, someone will help me go to the house to do all kinds of dirty work.
And when he goes out, his waist is straight, how many men are not good at face? He Li Mingyao naturally can't be in addition, Li Mu looked at his father like that and was a little speechless, he was simply an official fan!
"Amu, where is your father?" Li Mu was looking at the animal world, and his mother rushed in to look for a circle and asked.
"Go out, no, I'm going to collect eels, I have to go to the village to inform you. Li Mu looked at his mother inexplicably, he couldn't understand what was going on this night, recently he was obsessed with the animal world and all kinds of strange animals.
"Oh, the old fellow. You said that your father is not an official fan, and he told me at dinner just now that he was going to elect the village chief after the Spring Festival, and he planned to run for election. You said that you are all old people, what is there to do in that village?" Seeing that Dad was no longer there, my mother didn't care about sitting next to Li Mu and complained dissatisfiedly.
Damn, wouldn't it?!
Li Mu was dumbfounded when he heard this, he didn't expect that he really guessed it?
"What kind of eyes are you, do you say your father is the material for the village chief?" The old mother was a little uncomfortable by Li Mu, rolled her eyes dissatisfied, and finally asked seriously.
"Yes, it should be possible!" Li Mu was not sure, although his father did not have a high education, he was also a beginner in Chinese. There should be no problem with that little thing in the village, but why do you always feel that everyone in the family has been a little addicted to officials recently?
The second Bogan village party secretary, and his cousin Li Qiang is also a member of the village committee. Now the father of the village committee member even wants to make a move to run for the village head? What is the situation?
"What do you mean, I don't think he can do it. There are a lot of things to do with the village chief, not to mention anything else, just what to keep and what the water bill is!"
Li Mu looked worried about his mother with a hint of festivity, and he couldn't figure it out, what do you mean by hoping that my father can do it, but I'm worried that I can't do it?
"Yes, don't I give him a chance to increase his prestige! By the way, Mom, the cash you have there will be collected by my father tomorrow, and I will get it back to you when I go to check it in the day after tomorrow." Li Mu thought about it and should give his father a chance, after all, everyone wants to have some glorious deeds in their lives!
"Collect eels? No, what are you doing with those things? The price is not high, but don't lose money. ”
"It's okay, I've discussed it with my boss, and I can't afford to lose anything. Li Mu saw that his mother was reluctant to move out of the somewhat convincing role of the boss again, as for the truth, he really didn't dare to tell his mother clearly, compared to Ma Erni is not the boss.
"If you have a number, I'll give it to your father in the evening." ”