Chapter 7: Departure

When you get to the village, the low farmhouses on both sides of the road keep all kinds of slogans from the 70s. Fang Menan looked at such a slogan and smiled, that was a major feature at that time, that is, there were slogans on national highways in later generations.

A person with family planning is sterilized, and the whole family is glorious" There seems to be a scene in front of me: setting off firecrackers, riding a big horse, wearing saffron, and announcing that I am ligated when I meet people, come to my house for a drink"

"Popularize the first child, control the second child, and eliminate the third child." "If it should be pierced or not, the house will collapse and the house will collapse; The flow is not flowing, and the steak house is petuniage. "At that time, family planning was very tightly grasped, and sometimes township and village cadres staged all-out military acts for the sake of family planning and life stealers.

There are also some special periods, some mottled, but you can still see clearly 'heighten vigilance and strictly guard against the destruction of class enemies'' 'The chairman's teaching shines brightly, and the ** warriors are heroic. '**Warrior is a brick, where it is needed to move'

The old queue has been discharged from the township grain station, all of whom are peasants waiting to hand over public grain. The township grain station is very simple, just a few broken tile houses, and there is no warehouse, the grain is delivered here, and it is directly pulled to the grain depot on the same day. The public grain was delivered here, just to gather.

The long line soon became short, Fang Monan and they finished paying the public grain, and the stone had to go to the supply and marketing cooperative, but if he didn't buy it, it was good to open his eyes. Uncle Da Chengzi was so grinding that he couldn't do it, so he had to go.

The door of the supply and marketing cooperatives is very large, with double doors, the inside is clean and tidy, and the goods are stacked neatly.

When the salesman saw Fang Monan and them coming in, he glanced at them with disdain, lowered his head and sat on the chair to make sweaters. can see the salesman's chin raised and his nostrils facing the sky, Fang Monan's mood is gone.

The salesperson wears a white short-sleeved shirt on the upper body, a red and black plaid skirt on the bottom, but it is a pity that a pair of black cloth shoes is a whole foreign dress, which has become nondescript.

It is often said that there are no shoes on the feet, and the poor are half-cut. That's probably what it means.

At this time, there was a shortage of materials in the countryside, and if you could become a salesperson, it would be like a senior white-collar worker now, and some good supply and marketing cooperatives in the city would also sell them, and ordinary people would go to the supply and marketing cooperatives to buy a foreign oil, matches, and alabaster cream.

The most important supply and marketing cooperatives also have a shortage of fertilizers, selling fertilizers in the early 80s, but high-end gadgets are in short supply, don't give the consignee a basket of good words, you are difficult to buy, so when the salesman goes home, he is in the village all the way to push the foreign cart, no need to ride, because there are many aunts and aunts who want to play with them, and the matchmaker in the countryside will not be able to kill you halfway, it is too popular. So it's understandable that people think very highly of themselves. It is a pity that with the change of history, the salesmen of the supply and marketing cooperatives will no longer be envied by people.

Shi and Ernier's eyes lit up, but they looked at this and that excitedly, and they didn't dare to touch it, for fear of breaking it. It wasn't until Uncle Dachengzi urged them that they were reluctant, and they were pulled out step by step. They are very sensible about the situation at home, but they don't dare to ask for it.

When he got home, the three children were on the mule cart, and although the stone was empty-handed, he was very happy, and it was enough for him to brag in front of the village for a while.

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The faces of children in summer change when they say they change. Just now, the sun was scorching, and now it was dark clouds and heavy rain. After the shower, the air is mixed with the smell of earth, and a cool breeze blows with a hint of it, sweeping away the summer heat.

Fang Monan sat on the threshold, watching the sky clear after the rain, admiring the huge rainbow with bright colors in the sky, which appeared in the sky that looked particularly blue after the rain. It resembles a colorful arched bridge that spans over the village. From the background of the sky, it is so far away, so high from us. From the background of the village, it was so close to us, so low, as if we could touch it as soon as we stretched out our hands. It's so comfortable

Don't look at Fang Monan sitting leisurely, but his mind is not idle for a moment, learning all kinds of interesting knowledge left by his master and wife.

Xiaoshi didn't have Fang Monan's comfortable and relaxed good mood, and he had a bad time these days, very badly. Especially in the matter of homework, if he doesn't say anything, Xiao Nannan will be multiplied by the formula. As a result, his father picks his nose and eyes at him every day, which is not pleasing to the eye. Constantly counting, he is not as good as a little bean ding, it's really sad, his mouth is so loose.

This is not the little bald head who made a fuss, why did you say that she pretended to be so well-behaved and compared her to Du, it was really angry with him.

After Shi Niang found out, she fiercely 'ridiculed' him for being as good as a little doll, and he was simply criticized for being shameless. The corn seedlings in the field have been planted, and now his mother has a lot of staring at him every day to write the homework assigned by the teacher in the wheat vacation.

Stone remembered his present life, and his anger was so angry that he must make her look good, so that she could show her true form. He looked at the soft lying and arching insects that were washed out of the soil after the rain, and his eyes suddenly lit up, and the girls in the class were afraid of this, and they were so frightened that they screamed. He smug thought about Fang Monan's frightened appearance, and smiled gloatingly. Hehe......

"Nannan, come...... Come, good brother will give you a good one. The stone was undisguised, and the laughing thief had to say to Fang Monan.

'Oh stone, this guy, she stinks for the past few days, and she has never had a good face. The thief who is smiling now must not be a good thing. Fang Menan secretly said in her heart, looking at his clenched fists, "What can you have, looking at the thief on your face, you don't want to scare me, right?"

The stone pressed down on the weakness of the heart, and stepped forward, "Stretch out your hand, be good." "Smile like a big bad wolf coaxing Little Red Riding Hood.

Fang Monan is in a good mood today, and when he learned that he was going back to the county seat, he would play with you for a while to see if you had new tricks. Obediently stretched out his hand, and when he saw it, it was an earth dragon - an earthworm. It's soft, and it's muddy, and it's weird and disgusting.

It's a pity that the stone didn't hear it, the expected scream, looked at Fang Monan in surprise, this can't be stupid, he didn't react for a long time.

"I want to be scary like this, it seems that I have to give you some stimulation" Fang Menan held back the dirty and disgusting earthworm, Fang Menan raised his head and looked at the stone with a grin, "Is it for food?" It looks delicious. "I put it in my mouth with my hand covered, and at the end, I still smashed it, and it tasted bad, it was a little light, just add a little salt." also commented with a matter.

"Ah...... You...... You ......" Stone Hand pointed at her tremblingly, stammering in fright.

"Uh...... Uh......" Fang Monan suddenly covered his neck, his eyes were as wide as copper bells, his mouth opened wide and he made a whimpering sound, his face was painful, and his hand reached out in the direction of the stone.

"Ah...... Mother...... Mother...... Help" Shi Shi took a step forward, holding Fang Mo Nan's falling body, hoarse, and shouted.

Fang Monan originally wanted to fall on the small chair, but he didn't expect him to rush, so he fell on him, watching his anxious, frightened, and frightened tears roll in his eyes. "It's a little too big" quickly stood up from him, and looked at him with a grin, "I'm scared"

"You...... You're okay. Wow......" He was scared to death just now, thinking that she had really eaten it, thinking that he had really killed her. Seeing that she was okay, I saw her hand open, and the earthworm was holding her hand well. That tense nerve relaxed, and I was relieved to cry.

Hearing the crying, Li Mei ran out of the warehouse, thinking that Fang Monan was crying, and walked in. It turned out to be an earth-shattering cry, and everyone heard it. "Done, stone crying?"

"Uh...... Belch...... This one...... That ......" stone stammered for a long time and didn't know what happened just now, and he was afraid that Fang Menan would sue, so he desperately glanced at her and pleaded with her.

"Hehe....... I didn't have an aunt, I was scared to cry by this." Fang Menan raised his hand so that she could see clearly.

Li Mei looked at it and smiled, "It's not as brave as you are still a boy, isn't it just an earth dragon?"

"I thought it was a long worm (snake)" the stone sobbed and said, it was already aggrieved enough, but it was scary, but it was frightened, and now it was looked down upon by his mother, and he had to rack his brains to quibble. Forced the child.

Li Mei saw that it was okay and left. "You keep playing, I'll clean up, your aunt and grandma are leaving."

Seeing that his mother was gone, the stone scratched his head, and said embarrassedly Thank you just now. If it weren't for you, I wouldn't have to wait for a meal. ”

"Oh, you're going to thank me." Fang Monan raised his eyebrows slightly and said seriously.

Shi's eyes flickered, "She's still serious, what happened just now didn't scare him to death, he can't settle accounts with her." ’

"Hmph, look at you like that, you are insincere, perfunctory." Fang Monan looked at him for a long time, and said sarcastically.

Seeing the debunked thoughts, Shi blushed, "That is sincerity?" He had no choice but to ask sincerely.

Fang Monan looked at the earthworms thrown into the chicken nest, basically every family in the countryside raised a few chickens, and those who had the ability even raised a pig. "Well, you have to dig earthworms every day to feed the chickens, there is no limit, the more the better."

"Okay, that's easy." Anyway, she is leaving, whether he digs the earth or not, whether he feeds the dragon or not, she doesn't either, so he promised to pass the test first.

"Manly, be true to your word, and don't let me look down on you. If you let me, what will be the consequences....... hehe...... Do you want to taste the taste of eating the earth dragon raw? Fang Monan first pressed it with a manly hat, and then showed a small white tooth with a sparkling mouthful, accompanied by a penetrating laughter, threatening.

"Whoever can, whoever can, I'll do it." He seriously agreed this time, can he not accept it? He didn't want to taste the taste of the earth dragon, he was really scared, and he took it.

Fang Monan saw that he should take it, "Dig the earthworm, rinse it with water, and feed it to the chickens." "This way you won't get sick from eating the chickens.

"Ah...... It's so much trouble. Stone said reluctantly, with his mouth wide open.

", I don't want to, I can't do such a little thing, but I can still do it." Fang Monan smiled and stimulated him.

The stone was looked down upon by a little bean ding, which simply hurt people's self-esteem, "Okay, I'll do as you say." ”

"Hmph, don't underestimate people"

"Well, this is good," Fang Monan said in an old-fashioned manner.

However, the stone asked curiously about feeding the chickens, and I should go down, but in order to let me feed the earth dragon, is this just a punishment for me.

"Ah" Fang Menan raised his eyebrows, and also thought, "It's really a curious baby, let's be honest, feeding chickens with dragons can make chickens grow up quickly and lay more eggs." ”

"Really," Stone asked, clapping his hands happily.

"Really, I don't believe you try." Fang Monan said with an oath.

Seeing her confident appearance, Shi decided in his heart that he must try, and if it doesn't work, he will settle accounts with her.

The next morning, after breakfast, Fang Monan and his grandmother were about to set off on the road. When she came, she didn't, but when she left, her aunt brought them forty pounds of freshly milled wheat flour, a large bag of wheat and ten pounds of wheat and mung bean flour, and some cornmeal. There were also two pairs of cloth shoes and cotton shoes made of mille-feuille soles that Fang Menan held for her, saying that they were for her to wear when it was cold, and some home-spun coarse cloth.

So much, all on the back of a mule towing a flatbed. Because Da Chengzi had something to do in the county, he just took them away.

Grandma urged them to leave early, and Shi and Ernier were going into the city today, clamoring to go, but they were too excited the night before and slept too late. Before they woke up, they hurried away. No wonder they were clamoring to enter the city last night, and the adults didn't object, so they were waiting here

When the stone woke up, Fang Monan and the others were already gone, and no matter how angry they were, it would be useless, so they turned into disappointment and strength, and began to look for earth dragons all over the earth to verify whether what the little monk said was true.

It just so happens that it is still early, and the sun is not poisonous, so it will not be too sunny. In this way, they set off slowly on a mule cart to the county seat.

Fang Mo has sat in the south car, and it is the first time to ride the mule cart, and it is estimated that he has also sat it when he was young, but he forgot it because he was too young.

It's a new experience, the country roads are a little bumpy, and the sound is not small, but it's much better than yesterday's high-altitude bouncing. Two mule carts side by side with the width of the road should be fine.

The road is lined with boundless farmland, and the terrain is flat and wide. It is located in the Central Plains, plain area, and has been one of the granaries of winter wheat since ancient times. Just after the summer harvest, most of the corn seedlings were planted in the autumn. The green shoots are stretching and receiving the baptism of the sun.

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