In the winter of November, there is no so-called El Niño, no warming, in the early nineties of this period, North China ushered in a cold wave early, although there is no snow, but the outside is still bitterly cold, cold people do not want to leave the warm bed.

Wang Hai and his wife were busy in the yard in such cold weather, wearing shabby, thick, and dirty cotton clothes and trousers.

Due to the insufficient power of the transformer in the village, it is not enough for the whole village to let go of the simultaneous electricity consumption during this busy farming season. Therefore, the electrician union divided the whole village into several groups according to the regional lot to supply electricity.

The electricity in their home is arranged after nine o'clock at night, which is the envy of many people, because there is no delay in working in the fields during the day.

The only bad thing is that in this season, even during the day, it is a cold wind that blows and hurts my face. What's more, on a night when there is no sunshine, the temperature has reached below zero.

"Dad, do you think Wang Yong really got this thing?"

Tian Xiuhua said with doubts and longing, and the family spent a lot of money because of her mother-in-law's illness a few years ago. Until the mother-in-law died the year before last, and then the second child Wang Liang was born again, he has not slowed down.

The family has no savings at all, and as early as when her mother-in-law was sick and hospitalized, the hundreds of dollars in the family were spent. In order to treat her mother-in-law, she received more than 5,000 yuan from relatives and friends in the village.

This year, 5,000 yuan weighed on her heart like a mountain as high as Mount Everest. Five thousand dollars! A family that can't save more than 1,000 yuan a year, when will it take to pay it off?

Of course, she couldn't have imagined that in less than ten years, her family would be able to pay off the so-called 5,000 yuan in a year. Twenty years later, his son's monthly salary plus various subsidies and bonuses are almost that much!

That's later, and no one knows exactly what will happen in the future, even if it's a day from now. Therefore, as soon as Tian Xiuhua opened her eyes almost every day, she began to frown about the "huge debt" of 5,000 yuan.

"It should be done, right? I talked to Yaozeng today, and I heard him say that this greenhouse is being built in Dongshan Province now. According to the information he received from the newspaper, people made a fortune from this in the 80s. It is said that the net income of a greenhouse in one winter is more than 10,000! ”

When he said more than 10,000 words, Wang Hai's tone was obviously a lot excited, and his voice trembled a little irrepressibly.

That's more than 10,000 yuan!

There are also 10,000 households in the village, but that is only what everyone suspects, and the parties will not admit it. Although the movement has been over for more than a decade, it is clear that those who have come from that crazy era understand what it means to be a low-key person.

There are more than 100 households and more than 600 people in the whole village, except for Chen Shuhong, who is a veteran of driving a big car, no one can be a 10,000-yuan household.

Even if it is his own Lao Jiu, the only person in the village who owns a tractor and motor vehicle, it is impossible to be a 10,000-yuan household. Because the broken tractor at his house was bought for hundreds of yuan when the package was delivered to the household, and it has been used for 20 years now, and it is not worth a few dollars at all.

"Really? Did Yaozeng really say that? Tian Xiuhua excitedly stopped what she was doing and turned to look at her husband. Soon, without waiting for her husband to answer, she began to make up for her own brain first.

"It can't be wrong, Yaozeng is the principal of the school, what he said must be right!"

Wang Hai didn't say anything more, in fact, he thought so too. The two old peasants, who had not yet graduated from elementary school, believed in the words of the principal of a primary school.

"Oh, if only we could make 10,000 dollars! After paying off the debt, there are still thousands left! The two children didn't buy new clothes last year, and Wang Yong hasn't worn new clothes for three years. You should also add a good dress, and wear it for the New Year, so that those uncles and brothers at home will laugh at us! ”

"With money, you won't have to carry a basket to sell vegetables in the future!"

When Wang Hai said this, he lowered his head and didn't dare to look at his wife. Because of the huge foreign debt for her mother's treatment, the wife would carry a basket every spring and summer to go from village to village to sell vegetables in the yard, just to save a few more yuan so that she could pay off the debt as soon as possible.

After following him, his wife has never had a good day!

seemed to know what her husband was thinking, Tian Xiuhua didn't say anything, but the guy in her hand started to get busy again. However, compared to before, his eyes were full of light, and his face was full of hope.

When she got up early the next morning, Tian Xiuhua was busy boiling pig food for the two pigs at home. It's almost the end of the year, and I'm counting on these two pigs that have been raised for a year to exchange some money for a good year!

It's just that what she didn't expect was that because of a whimsical idea from her son, almost half of the two pigs went into the stomach of the family.

After Wang Hai got up, he went straight to the courtyard and drove the "greenhouse" that his son set up like a fool yesterday. It's a simple gamble! Wang Hai knew that if he didn't take a break, he was afraid that a snow would collapse.

Moreover, a pile of tattered ultra-thin plastic film obviously does not serve to keep warm at all. It is necessary to change to a thicker, full-sheet plastic sheet. Don't worry about this, there is a large plastic sheet covered with a sweet potato kang at home, which is completely sufficient.

Thinking of the white potato kang, the eyes of this veteran old farmer lit up.

That's right! According to his son, the reason for building this greenhouse is to ensure that the temperature can be at a certain height in winter, so that the vegetables inside can continue to grow. Maintaining the temperature, isn't this the same as burning a white potato kang?

We don't understand the greenhouse, but we are clear of the white potato kang! Are you Lao Tzu's ten years of experience in burning kang furnished? To put it mildly, when it comes to burning kang, there are few people in the village who can compare with themselves!

As long as you dig a kang for this greenhouse, then cover it with a new large plastic sheet, and find some straw curtains to spread on it to keep warm and cold, and it should be no problem to grow vegetables!

Thinking of this, Wang Hai's heart immediately became hot, and he couldn't wait to start digging the kang immediately. Then tomorrow you can ride your bicycle and carry two large baskets of fresh vegetables to the market.

Wang Hai immediately had a picture in his mind: as soon as he entered the market, he was surrounded by people who flocked to him. Everyone held up the big unity of ten dollars a piece and stuffed it into their arms.

If you sell it for money, you must cut half a catty of meat! The two children haven't eaten meat for half a year, so cut half a catty to satisfy their cravings! When the time comes, it's all lean meat, and you don't want any fat stars!

The eldest son, Wang Yong, can't see fat, so he should be rewarded for coming up with this good method this time! Just thinking of the fat and fat, Wang Hai couldn't help but click his mouth, it's a pity!

Half a catty of fat meat can consume at least a few taels of oil, and the remaining oil residue can still wrap up dumplings with meat to satisfy your hunger!

By the time it was time to eat breakfast, Wang Hai had already used the wooden sticks and wires the thickness of his arm to reinforce the greenhouse, and at the same time tore off all the plastic films that his son had worked so hard to get and threw them aside.

After breakfast, the family put down their rice bowls and ran to the yard to continue to improve the greenhouse. Tian Xiuhua, who has always been diligent, even followed her husband to the courtyard without washing the dishes for the first time and began to dig the kang.

First, a pit more than a meter deep was dug down not far from the window, and then an empty hall was dug into the bottom of the pit to make a stove.

Then it is to dig the ground fire road in the horizontal and vertical directions, this job is because Wang Hai has more than ten years of experience in digging fire kang, and he is very familiar with the road.

First, they dug horizontally down to a depth of more than half a meter on the ground near the furnace pit, and then dug diagonally above the furnace, and after connecting them, the whole family went into battle and began to dig three longitudinal fire paths.

The two north-south longitudinal fire tunnels extend all the way to the southern section of the greenhouse, and here the last jump of the horizontal fire tunnel is dug. In this way, the three longitudinal fire paths are connected to the two transverse fire paths.

Because of the cold weather, the ground was frozen firmly. Fortunately, it is only the layer close to the surface that is difficult to dig, and after the next spade is deep, there is a soft layer of soil underneath. The family wasted the boss's efforts and finally completed the excavation of the kang before dark.

For this reason, the wisp of leeks has been cut into several sections. But no one cares about this, compared to the scene after the greenhouse is built, this price is not worth mentioning at all.

After another night, the family went out together again, turned out a large piece of plastic sheeting covered with a white potato kang that the family treasured, and covered the greenhouse tightly.

Looking at the tall greenhouse in front of them, the whole family was full of longing, fantasizing about the green vegetables inside and the lush appearance, and involuntarily showed a satisfied smile on their faces.

"Dad, I see that people's greenhouses are still covered with a layer of grass curtains. It can not only keep warm but also prevent cold, so cover it with the reed curtain of the sweet potato kang at our house? ”

Wang Hai listened to his eldest son's words and did not squeak. He carefully looked at the length of the greenhouse, and couldn't help but frown.

"Dad, Dad! What's wrong with you? What are you doing? Why don't you speak? ”

"Oh, ah! I'm afraid not! That curtain isn't long enough in our house! Wang Hai twisted his eyebrows, thinking about how to solve this problem, while perfunctory his son.

"Hey! What was the matter with me, that's all? One is not long enough, isn't it just for us to cover the two? Wang Yong puffed up his chest, glanced at his father, and said nonchalantly.

"Silly son, where are we going to find two curtains? We only have one curtain! ”

Tian Xiuhua obviously knew what her husband was thinking, and the curtain was not superfluous in anyone's house. It's not that the old one can't be used, and no one will be willing to buy a new one. So it's hard to borrow it, you use it for a winter, and it's ice and snow, how will people use it next year?

After listening to his mother's words, Wang Yong still waved his hand indifferently, and said very boldly:

"If we don't have it, we'll borrow it! As long as our shed can grow vegetables smoothly this winter, we will buy a new pair next year! ”

The eldest son's words made Wang Hai and Tian Xiuhua's eyes light up, and then Wang Hai pondered for a while before he made up his mind to slap his thigh ruthlessly and make a final decision:

"I'll go to your third aunt's house to move the curtains!"

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