Cen Youjun freed up a hand on crutches, returned a military salute to Lin Zhenhua, and then shook hands with Lin Zhenhua and said, "Xiaolin, why are you here?" Come, sit down in the house, and speak. ”

The two men came to the hall and sat down separately. Cen Youjun called Mao Cub, handed him a small piece of pork in his hand, and said, "Mao Cub, take it to the kitchen." ”

"Daddy, I want meat." The furry cub took the meat and whispered a plea.

"I'll leave you a little, go ahead." Cen Youjun said.

Lin Zhenhua looked at the piece of meat in the hair cub's hand, and couldn't help but feel a little sad. That piece of meat was too small, even fat and thin, less than half a catty. Cen Youjun knew that he was coming from Jiangnan Province, so he naturally wanted to entertain him as much as possible, judging from the size of this piece of meat, Cen Youjun's economic conditions were indeed extremely poor.

Cen Youjun saw Lin Zhenhua's eyes, smiled awkwardly, and said, "Alas, Xiaolin, don't hide it, I heard that you are coming, hurry up and find someone to borrow money to buy meat on the market." As a result, I borrowed the whole factory, and only then did I borrow five cents. You see, you've come all the way ......."

"Platoon commander, your economic conditions are so bad, why didn't you say it earlier?" Lin Zhenhua said.

Cen Youjun said: "Now everyone is in difficulty, a young man like you wants to get married, and the financial pressure is also great." If it weren't for your sister-in-law's illness and surgery, I would be embarrassed to borrow money from you. But...... By the way, Xiaolin, why did you come to Yue Feng, did you happen to be on a business trip? ”

Lin Zhenhua said: "Platoon commander, I came to see you. ”

"Coming here?" Cen Youjun was a little surprised, and then said with a little distress: "It's really unnecessary, you see, if you run this trip, the road fee will cost more than a dozen yuan, what are you spending this money for." ”

Lin Zhenhua said: "Platoon commander, I came to send you money." ”

Cen Youjun was even more surprised: "What, you ran to send money?" Xiaolin, how much money did you bring here? No wonder he was surprised, he only asked Lin Zhenhua to borrow money for 20 yuan, and Lin Zhenhua made a special trip like this, obviously not to send 20 yuan, right?

Lin Zhenhua pulled Cen Youjun into the room, took out a thick envelope from his bag, handed it to him, and said, "Platoon commander, I brought you 500 yuan, do you see enough?" Not enough for me to have one more point here. ”

Cen Youjun took the money, as if his hands were burned, his eyes widened and asked, "Xiaolin, where did you get so much money?" ”

Lin Zhenhua said: "I'll tell you slowly about this matter, platoon leader, you put the money away first." Look at the money, is it enough to do surgery for my sister-in-law. ”

"Enough, enough." Cen Youjun said: "Xiaolin, I don't need so much. If you have money, it is enough to be able to lend me 200 yuan. Don't worry, I really want to ask you, all this money is legal, right? ”

Lin Zhenhua replied: "Don't worry, platoon commander, all this money is clean." ”

Cen Youjun counted out 20 pieces from the stack of money, stuffed the rest back into Lin Zhenhua's hand, and said, "I don't need so much money. Xiaolin, if you really have money, it's best to help other comrades-in-arms, I know that there are a few comrades-in-arms who are living in great difficulty now, and there are several families of martyrs who are also very difficult. ”

Lin Zhenhua took the money, put it on the table next to him, and then said, "Platoon leader, don't shirk." I can tell you that I am now a 10,000 yuan household, and I returned the 500 yuan to you. On the battlefield, you saved my life with one leg, how can this leg be worth 500 yuan, right? You're living so hard right now, how can I watch it? Even other comrades-in-arms, don't worry, after I go back, I will definitely find a way to contact them and provide them with some necessary help. ”

"10,000 households?" Cen Youjun was shocked enough today, "Xiaolin, you're not joking. ”

Lin Zhenhua said: "Platoon commander, I can't lie to anyone, right?" I contracted the labor service company in the factory, and now the economic benefits are good, and this is the contract money I got. ”

"I see." Cen Youjun was somewhat convinced, but in fact, many local enterprises were already secretly engaged in the contracting system, and he had also heard about the situation in which the factory director had become rich because of contracting. He thought for a while and said, "Xiaolin, if you really have the financial conditions, then I will accept the money, but this can only be regarded as borrowing from you." Our factory is very short of liquidity now, you lend me this money, and when your sister-in-law is finished, there should be some left, and I can use it as working capital. ”

"Uh...... Take your liking. Lin Zhenhua felt helpless, but sending money was a heart, Cen Youjun was willing to use it to run a business, which was also his interest, so why should Lin Zhenhua interfere.

At this time, Tian Xiaolan, who went to pick vegetables in the field, had already returned, Cen Youjun called her into the house, took out a large unity and handed it to her, and said, "Xiaolan, Xiaolin lent us money." You take this money to the market and buy some meat back...... Buy two pounds. ”

Without waiting for Tian Xiaolan to take the money, Lin Zhenhua reached out and blocked the money in Cen Youjun's hand, took out 20 yuan from his pocket, handed it to Tian Xiaolan, and said, "Sister-in-law, I have a treat for today's meal." Please go and help buy some good food. Buy a fish, buy another five catties of meat, buy some eggs, by the way, and wine, buy two bottles of good wine and come back. ”

Tian Xiaolan looked at her husband hesitantly, Cen Youjun nodded and said, "Okay, just do what Xiaolin said, and invite Brother Youxin's family to eat together at noon and cook more." ”

Tian Xiaolan took the money, carefully folded it, and went to the market with the vegetable basket.

Lin Zhenhua took out the same things he brought and handed them to Cen Youjun. There are food for the elderly and children, fabrics for clothes, and some common medicines for colds and headaches. In those days, cooperative medical care was practiced in the rural areas, and the barefoot doctors in the production team actually did not have any medicine in their hands, and when many urban people went to visit relatives in the rural areas, they had to prescribe a bunch of medicines to bring with them to their units, and these medicines could come in handy in the rural areas.

Cen Youjun called Mao Cub and asked him to take a bag of candy to give to the children in Cen Youxin's family, that is, Mao Cub's cousin and cousin. After a while, Cen Youxin's wife Wang took four eggs with a smile and said some kind words. This is a common exchange of courtesies in the countryside.

When Tian Xiaolan arrived at the market, she really gritted her teeth and bought five catties of meat, a big fish, a few catties of eggs and duck eggs, and two bottles of locally produced sorghum wine. Rao is like this, and the 20 yuan given by Lin Zhenhua has not been spent. After coming back, Tian Xiaolan had to return the rest of the money to Lin Zhenhua, Lin Zhenhua didn't accept it, but said: "Sister-in-law, you can keep the rest of the money first, I still have to stay here for two days, even if I pay the vegetable money." ”

At noon that day, the long-lost smell of meat and wine wafted in the hall of the Cen family. Tian Xiaolan and Wang put together the Eight Immortals tables of the two families to create a large table, and the table was full of all kinds of good dishes. Cen Youxin's family has four people, large and small, and Cen Youjun's side has his parents, Cen Youjun's wife and hairy cubs, plus Lin Zhenhua, there are a total of 10 people sitting at the table. The poor little baby cub was not qualified to serve the table, so he could only lie down in the rocker and fall asleep.

At the dinner table, the happiest people were Mao Cub and the two and a half children of Cen Youxin's family. The economic conditions of Cen Youxin's family are a little better than Cen Youjun's, but eating meat is still a very luxurious thing. This time, Tian Xiaolan made more than half of the meat she bought, and the fat and greasy braised pork was burned in a large pot, and the children ate it one by one.

"Sister-in-law, the hairy cub eats so much meat at once, won't he not digest it?" Lin Zhenhua asked worriedly.

Tian Xiaolan didn't mind and said, "Will he still digest it?" After a while, he went out and ran wildly, and he must have shouted that he was hungry again before night. ”

Lin Zhenhua had no choice but to turn his head again and persuade Mao Cub and said, "Mao Cub, don't eat so much meat in one meal, you have to be a little water." In the future, it would be good to ask your mother to buy meat for you to eat every day. ”

The hairy cub looked at his mother and asked, "Mom, will we eat meat every day in our family in the future?" ”

Tian Xiaolan said with a smile: "Eat meat every day, don't eat poor." ”

Cen Youjun also said: "Xiaolin, you are from the city, and you don't know the hardships of our countryside. Usually, who can buy so much meat at once? Today we are all thanks to you, eating and drinking like this. Alas, the last time I drank and ate meat like this was when I was discharged from the army. ”

Lin Zhenhua said: "Platoon commander, I think that now that the country's policies have been liberalized, you should still find a way to make some money." Otherwise, it would be too difficult to rely on uncles, aunts and sisters-in-law to farm like this to make money. ”

Cen Youjun sighed: "It's so easy, our agricultural machinery factory, the product is not the right way, and it usually does the maintenance of agricultural machinery." Now that the fields are divided, the collective agricultural machinery is not usually used, and this kind of money is not easy to earn. If it drags on like this for a few more months, I'm afraid it will be closed. ”

Lin Zhenhua asked: "Platoon commander, whose enterprise is your agricultural machinery factory?" ”

"Commune."

"Can a private person contract?"

Cen Youjun said: "There are also things about private contracting, and there are such things in other communes. What, Xiaolin, you don't want to come to me to contract the factory, do you? ”

Lin Zhenhua smiled: "How can I have time to run back and forth like this." I mean, platoon commander, you can wrap this factory down. ”

Cen Youjun said: "What are you kidding, this factory is losing so much money now, I will contract it, don't you want to lose all the ancestral houses?" ”

Lin Zhenhua said: "It's not so terrible, platoon leader, if you can contract the agricultural machinery factory, I will find a way to find you a few products, whether you can make a lot of money is hard to say, at least let the hairy cubs eat meat every day, it should be no problem." ”

As soon as these words came out, the whole table became interested. Cen Youxin interjected: "Xiaolin, do you really have such a ability? Then help the Right Army. ”

Lin Zhenhua said: "Of course, it's no problem to help the platoon commander." However, it is better for the platoon commander to wrap up the factory, so that I am willing to help. Otherwise, the money earned belongs to the commune, and it can't fall into the pocket of the platoon leader, so why should I suffer from this. ”

Cen Youjun said: "Xiaolin, whether you want to package the factory or not, you can go back and discuss it again." You say you can make money for our factory, what can you do? Let's hear it. ”

Lin Zhenhua nodded: "No problem, I'm still planning to report to the platoon commander." ”

Next, he briefly told Cen Youjun what he had done in Hanhua Factory. Although he deliberately concealed many things, it was enough to make Cen Youjun and his cousin Cen Youxin listen to it as if they were drunk.

"So, you defeated the little devil in the end?" Cen Youjun couldn't help but interject and asked.

"That's right, in the end, that little devil admitted defeat and admitted that the shafts we produced were of excellent quality." Lin Zhenhua said, "After this incident, our Provincial Department of Light Chemical decided not to buy the equipment of the little devil and handed it over to our factory for production." This one business is 3 million. ”

Cen Youjun asked curiously: "Xiaolin, listening to you say this, you have also played a great role in this matter. Where did your technology come from? ”

Lin Zhenhua asked: "Platoon commander, do you remember that on the edge of our troop station, there is a decentralized old rightist?" Those who live on the edge of the town's supply and marketing cooperatives are tall and thin. ”

Cen Youjun frowned and thought for a while, and said, "I'm not impressed, maybe there is such a person, right?" ”

Lin Zhenhua smiled secretly in his heart, his hand can be regarded as a kind of psychological suggestion. That is by describing a scene to a person over and over again, and finally making that person feel that the scene really existed. He then continued: "That old rightist is actually a very capable person. I had a chance encounter with him, and then I often went to help him with things, and he taught me some knowledge. ”

Cen Youjun nodded: "Well, when you say this, I seem to be a little impressed, you seem to often help the people in the station to do something." But, Xiaolin, have you never talked about these things in the army? ”

"That's that, that's." Lin Zhenhua said repeatedly.

"So, that's what you learned about at that time, and when you got to the factory, you learned something from the chief engineer of the navy, right?" Cen Youjun continued to ask.

"Yes, exactly."

"But you still haven't told me how you plan to help my factory." Cen Youjun brought the conversation back again.

Lin Zhenhua said: "Platoon commander, don't worry. Tomorrow you take me to your factory to have a look, I will evaluate the capacity of your factory, and then see what products can be made for you. Your factory is not big, and any product is enough to feed everyone. ”

Cen Youjun was overjoyed, picked up his wine glass and said, "Great, Xiaolin, if you can really do this, then you can save more than 20 workers in our factory." Here, let's have a drink. ”

Lin Zhenhua picked up the wine glass and said to Cen Youjun's parents and Cen Youxin: "Come on, uncle and aunt, Brother Youxin, let's have a drink together." ”

After everyone drank wine and talked a few more gossip, Cen Youxin suddenly asked: "Xiaolin, what kind of shaft did you just say you made for the fertilizer factory?" ”

Lin Zhenhua replied casually: "That's right, it's the second fertilizer plant in Jiangnan Province." ”

"Do you know their people?"

Lin Zhenhua was stunned for a moment, and asked rhetorically: "What, does Brother Youxin want to buy fertilizer?" ”

(To be continued)