The sky was slightly white, the smoke of every household in the village rose, and the entire Zhangjia Village seemed to wake up. Last night's strong wind has stopped, the morning breeze with a chill, the slightest bone, can not affect the villagers who get up early and go to bed early, began to work in their own land, on the road also saw men and women carrying buckets hurriedly back and forth, the old well at the entrance of the village has already been lined up, you can also vaguely hear men talking meat, from time to time there are women laughing and scolding, bystanders watching and laughing.

The old captain has been walking around the edge of the village for decades, with a long pipe, looking at a wilderness and empty land without crops, the temperature dropped sharply last night, and in a few days, it should snow.

As he walked, the old captain was thinking about the arrangements for farm work before and after the snowfall, the harvest for the coming year, and the grain distribution at the end of the year. Every time he saw the next generation in the village gradually grow into a family and start a business, and a lot of people were added to every household, he was very pleased with the prosperity of the old Zhang family. But there is a large population in the village, and with so much fixed land, how to let everyone eat and live a good life has also become a problem that he has been thinking about day and night for decades.

He has never forgotten what the last captain said to him when he handed over the position. Yes, he is the head of the Zhang family, and he is the head of the family when he sits in this position, and he should be responsible for the hundreds of thousands of people in the old Zhang family.

This will secretly plan in his heart how to let everyone share more rations before the end of the year, whether to find a way to reclaim more wasteland in the coming year, and whether to organize the old hunters in the village to take the village men up the mountain to prepare some meat for the New Year at the end of the year.

The old captain saw Zhang Guoqing coming from the entrance of the village from a distance. Now I finally caught this kid. Among the juniors of the old Zhang family, he hopes that this child can take over his class the most. It's a pity, it's impossible, I can't keep it. Lao Zhang Jiaqing is also excellent among his generations, but his selfishness is too heavy. What will happen to him when he steps down from this position in the future has already worried him.

The old captain, who was smiling as soon as he saw Zhang Guoqing, hurriedly beckoned him and asked him to step forward. When he got to the front, I saw him smiling.

He quipped: "Little Wu, where did you go this morning?" Is it difficult for your father-in-law to serve? Have you ever been beaten? Zhou Xiaozheng, this kid is also a good person, but you are far from him, remember to learn more skills from him, and learn that his five or six achievements are enough for you to use for a lifetime. ”

Zhang Guoqing followed him and walked slowly forward with him, and said with a smile: "Third grandfather, I just came to find you on purpose." I'm afraid you'll run out of time when you're busy. I think you can help me open a certificate if you have free time in the past two days, and you need your seal to move my hukou to the city. At this time, my son also moved into the county seat with him. ”

The old captain's uncle stopped his steps, patted him on the shoulder, and said with emotion: "Alas, it's a pity, I know that I can't keep you kid, I still want you to help me carry this burden." Don't talk about that, you should have everything in the city, right? Have you decided where you want to work? ”

Zhang Guoqing nodded and replied respectfully: "The city has been completed, just wait for you to stamp it, and my family of three can move in." The work unit is also a little eyebrow-raising, and I will go to work after the first month of next year, just at the county military/equipment/department, you will keep this matter secret to me first. ”

When the old captain heard this, he patted him on the shoulder again, laughed and said, "You kid is good, good place!" Someone from our old Zhang family finally came out. In the future, remember to take more care of the juniors of our old Zhang family. It's a good unit, well chosen! If your grandfather saw you come out so quickly, he would have to drink ten jars of high fever. It's a pity that he left too early. It's easy to stamp, when you don't have to go to work, you can come to my house at any time. It is estimated that you kid is afraid of many people, your third grandfather is not confused, and will keep it secret for you. Your son is about to register for the household registration, and the name must be prepared first. ”

Zhang Guoqing nodded with a smile and said, "Hehe, thank you Third Grandpa, then I'll look for you when I turn around." You always walk back and forth early in the morning, do you see any difference? ”

The old captain's uncle knocked his head with a long pipe and scolded him with a smile: "Don't say thank you, remember to bring a bottle of wine." I'll also borrow your light and taste it, but the bottle was gone before I drank it. I walk back and forth every day, I don't see anything else, just see that your kid is about to take off, our old Zhang family finally has a character, happy! ”

Zhang Guoqing hurriedly shook his hand and said modestly: "Don't scold me." What kind of character am I, that is, a native peasant boy, who is lucky. Still flying? Don't praise me too hard, I can't help but praise, I just don't turn around and make jokes. ”

"You kid is a goblin, you're shrewd when you're young. Your third grandfather has lived until now, do you know that people are old and good? Won't look away. Okay, it's okay to get busy with your going. I'm going to go to the team and have a look. The old captain knew very well in his heart that even this county town couldn't keep him. Just because Zhou Jiao is Zhou Xiaozheng's only seedling, he will go back sooner or later. He thinks that he has lived most of his life, and he will not fail to see through the girl and her father. At present, there should be a reason not to go, maybe just waiting for the opportunity.

At that time, there was a lot of discussion in the village, and Zhang Lao Er spent 800 yuan to marry this little daughter-in-law to his youngest son. Not to mention 800 yuan, if he can marry that little girl, he thinks it is worth 8,000 yuan if he has the money. A good daughter-in-law is blessed for at least three generations, but it's a pity that none of his grandsons are favored by the family. When he saw the young couple witnessing the marriage, he knew in his heart that it was time to start with this young couple in his house, but he didn't expect things to exceed his expectations.

Zhang Guoqing watched the old man leave the corner and walked home. He admired the old captain very much, Zhangjia Village can make the envy of the four miles and eight towns, in addition to the proximity to Daqing Mountain, mountain goods, wild things have increased, there is also his year after year, decades of hard work, personally for the village to give advice. What is rare and commendable is that he is not selfish. Several sons in the family are working in the field like everyone else, and it is because of him that there is today's Zhangjia Village. Even if there are occasional families in Zhangjia Village who are not well fed and clothed, they are still the richest in this area, at least there are many green tile houses.

Except for some families who are old and strong and have little strength and are not lazy and treacherous, they can all get along with food and spring wild vegetables under his arrangement. These are the credit of this old man, and this is also the reason why Uncle Zhang is worried that after the old captain retires, the village will be chaotic.

Zhou Jiao woke up early in the morning, waiting for her parents to come in, and before she could say a few words, even Zhang Guoqing followed them out to run errands. She didn't ask, thinking that it should be the Zhou family's affairs and the small courtyard. His father didn't want her to worry about the Zhou family, so she didn't ask, so that he could rest assured. With her mother in the small yard, she is more at ease, and the only thing is to spend more money.

Zhou Jiao hugged her son, recited soup songs to him, and teased him from time to time, she found that her son really reacted quickly as Zhang Guoqing said. In the past few days, I chat with him as soon as I have free time, sing nursery rhymes, and I really understand it, and my eyes will follow her. She also doesn't have a computer to check whether the child who is not yet full of age belongs to the early wisdom.

As for asking others, forget it. Their family has already been noticed, and if they really want to have a genius son, she also likes to hide it, and she doesn't like her son to be pressured since he was a child.