Chapter 7: Loaded and Returned
Zong Qiu woke up early in the morning, woke up, but didn't get up. Open your eyes and look at the ceiling. Everything here was unfamiliar, and he didn't dare to face it alone.
Although Changgui didn't sleep long, he woke up early. got up and took Zong Qiu to the faucet outside to wash his face.
Junwu also woke up, and he had a hangover all night, so he couldn't avoid a headache and brain swelling.
"Yesterday I drank too much. I almost didn't make a fool of myself. But this time, thanks to your game, it's done. Junwu said.
"Transferring jobs?" Changgui can probably guess.
Junwu didn't hide it either, and nodded: "It may be transferred." It won't be so convenient to go home in the future. ”
"What's the use of going home? How much money can be made when the land grows flowers? Where to stay in the city? You can take Xianglian's sister-in-law to the city together. The schools in the city are in good condition, which is more conducive to the schooling of children. Changgui unconsciously expressed the prophetic preconception of his reborn.
Junwu was very surprised by Changgui's remarks, he obviously didn't expect Changgui to have such an understanding: "Yes. If I hadn't been in a hurry to change jobs, maybe I would have worked at the company battalion level by now. If you change jobs and come back, it will definitely not be the way it is now. The family may be able to arrange work as well. ”
Junwu had already been promoted when he came back, and if he really survived until now, it was really possible to reach this level. It's just that at that time, the family kept urging, and he himself was a little hesitant. A year or two after he came back, his unit joined the war, and his comrades-in-arms have basically reached the company and battalion level. Many of them still have military merits, and even if they come back from a new job, they are still at the same level.
"There is still a chance now, it's good to enjoy the shade under the big tree, with the help of your old leader, where else will you go?" Changgui said with a smile.
Junwu also made up his mind to seize this opportunity.
During the day, Junwu still had to run the matter of transfer, so in the morning, he invited Changgui and his son to eat noodles in a small noodle restaurant next to the station.
"Changgui, in fact, you are also an understanding person. Sooner or later, there will be a chance to get ahead. Drink less alcohol, that thing will not do you any good except hurt your body. Junwu put his hand on Changgui's shoulder with some emotion.
"I'll never drink again." Changgui smiled calmly.
"That's right. There's something going on today. When I go home in the future, I will invite your father and son to dinner again, but I can't help it, I didn't receive you well. Junwu said apologetically.
"Speaking of which, I also want to thank you, Brother Junwu. If it weren't for you, our father and son would be running out of food. Your business is important, go get busy. We bought some food in town and went back. Changgui pulled Zong Qiu to say goodbye to Junwu.
Junwu went to the store next to him to buy a bag of candy and stuffed it into Zong Qiu's hand, and patted Zong Qiu's head with his hand: "This time it's simpler, when Uncle comes home, I'll bring you something delicious." ”
Changgui first went to the cloth shop to tear the cloth, and then put it in the sewing shop to order clothes. After paying the money, they were given a piece of cardboard, and the next time they went to the street, they used the piece of cardboard to pick up clothes. Then I went to the store and bought some things I needed, and finally went to the grain and oil store.
The grain and oil store is an inconspicuous small store, where the whole Jinshiqiao town buys grain and oil, and the salespeople in it are arrogant and casual, unhurried, weak in speech, and extremely bad in attitude. But no one dared to offend them.
There is always a long queue outside the store, and the old and young masters can only wait patiently. Changgui knew that after a few years and the market was opened, these high-ranking salesmen would lose their valuable jobs and become humble and hospitable after being tortured by the market economy.
Changgui took Zong Qiu's hand and stood in the team, slowly moving forward. Leng waited in line for more than an hour before standing in front of the counter. In his previous life, Changgui always felt that these counters were unexpectedly high, just like Zong Qiu now, he tried to stand on tiptoe, and it was difficult for his eyes to rise above the counter, and naturally he couldn't see what was in the counter, so he could only jump hard.
Changgui picked up Zong Qiu so that he could easily see what was inside.
"What do you want, hurry up, didn't you see so many people in the back row?" The salesman frowned.
Changgui put Zong Qiu down unhurriedly: "Comrade, I'll buy 100 catties of rice and 5 catties of rapeseed oil." ”
"Seventeen dollars plus a ticket." The salesman said.
The bag of rice was a snakeskin bag brought by Changgui himself, which the grain station would not provide, and the oil drum for oil was also a white plastic drum that Changgui had just bought.
There are really not many customers who buy 100 catties of rice at one time, and the salesperson can not move this 100 catties of rice, so open the door and let Changgui go in and move it himself. Because the bag is not big, it is divided into two weighings, and just one bag weighs fifty catties.
Weigh very flat, if it is a customer in another town, you must say a few words to the salesperson, the station is said to be one high and one flat, and the difference between the top and bottom may be more than a pound right. Changgui didn't bother to talk to the salesperson. The collar was put on a snakeskin bag, and then picked it up, and the five catties of vegetable oil were also hung on one end with a plastic bucket tied to the collar.
Zong Qiu didn't need to take anything, just followed with his bare hands.
When passing by a steamed bun shop, Changgui stopped and bought a few steamed buns, ready to be eaten on Zong Qiu Road.
"Dad, we can eat enough in the future, right?" Zong Qiu asked.
"Hmm. Later meals will keep you full. Not only do you eat a full meal, but you also eat meat. Changgui smiled. The burden of one hundred pounds was dangling on his shoulders, the drunkard father's body frame was still very good, the burden of one hundred pounds was really nothing, and he walked very steadily.
Zong Qiu was very satisfied with this trip to the city, and slept for a night in the city he longed for, even if the sleeping place was not much better than in the countryside, but there was an electric light in the sleeping place.
After walking and resting along the way, the father and son walked for almost three hours before returning home. Every household in the Xuefeng Village Brigade was already smoky, and it was time for lunch.
In this era, people in the countryside generally eat two meals, breakfast is usually at eight or nine o'clock, and they go out to do a morning of work before going back to eat. The second meal is at two or three o'clock in the afternoon. Dinner is usually gone.
"Hungry, huh? I'm going to get some food. Soon there will be something to eat. "Changgui went to wash rice and cook.
Zong Qiu wasn't very hungry, and along the way, he killed a few buns. But the half-grown child digests quickly, and now he is not full or hungry. Without shouting, he took the initiative to go to the wood stove and light the fire.
The firewood burned at home was all picked up by Zong Qiu from the mountains, and in the past, the drunkard father didn't care about family affairs at all, he only knew how to drink, and the family affairs depended on Zong Qiu, a child.
I didn't grow any vegetables in the field, so I could only take a handful of green peppers from the field of Aunt Chunxi's house and get another lettuce. When you go home, you can get two dishes, one fried pheasant with chili peppers, and another stir-fried shredded lettuce. It's also very hearty.
As soon as he bought five liters of rapeseed oil, Changgui was not as careful as the people in the village, so he casually poured some oil into the pot, and when the oil was hot and slightly smoking, he put the pheasant meat in it, and immediately fried it squeaked.
While Zong Qiu was burning the fire, he stretched his neck to look at the pheasant meat in the pot, and the fragrant taste made his appetite move.
"What's the hurry? I'll let you eat a mile later! Changgui smiled.
"Dad, people in the city can't eat meat every day, right?" Zong Qiu asked.
"That's for sure. Where did so much meat come from to eat? If the people in the city want to cut meat, they have to have a meat ticket. There are so many meat tickets for one family a month. It's nice to have a meal of meat every once in a while. Changgui naturally knows about these situations.
"Then we will have meat to eat every day in the future, isn't it better than the life of the people in the factory?" Zong Qiu suddenly felt that life was actually very beautiful.
"Silly boy. Eating meat every day is considered a good life, right? Besides, you can't just eat meat, you have to eat vegetables, otherwise you will lack vitamins. "Changgui's cooking skills are not comparable to the predecessor drunkard father. This is also the result of starting to exercise from Zong Qiu at such an age in his previous life.
What is a vitamin, Zong Qiu naturally doesn't understand, he only knows how meat is better than vegetables.
While eating, Aunt Chunxi came over.
"You two fathers and sons are back? Yesterday I brought you a litre of rice and found that your door was locked. I didn't come back until the evening, where did I go to my relatives? Aunt Chunxi was worried that Changgui's father and son would run out of food, so she specially sent rice to their father and son.
"Yesterday I got a wild goat, and Junwu asked for it to give him a gift and sent it to Jinshiqiao. I stayed there last night and didn't come back long ago. I bought 100 catties of rice from the grain and oil store, and I will not run out of food in a short time. Thank you anyway, though. Changgui briefly explained the situation.
"That's good. Don't beat the grain into wine in the future. Take the child with you. "Aunt Chunxi is a very kind-hearted woman.
"Yes. By the way, Sister-in-law Chunxi, I just went to your house to pick some peppers and pulled out a lettuce by the way. Changgui took the initiative to steal vegetables.
Aunt Chunxi giggled: "Is my chili pepper spicy enough?" We can't finish eating the chili peppers, so you have to pick as many peppers as you want. Loofahs, green beans, and beans can't be eaten now, and it's a waste to put them in the ground when they're old. It's just right for you two fathers and sons to help us eat some. ”
Changgui took one from the pickled hare and gave it to Aunt Chunxi: "You take it back and eat it." ”
"No, no, I didn't finish what I took last time. You can exchange it for money. A hundred catties of rice is not enough for you. Aunt Chunxi hurriedly refused.
"If you take it, take it. Yesterday, he got a wild goat, and Junwu gave 200 yuan, as well as food stamps. Whatever you eat, it's enough to eat until the early rice comes out. Changgui Ba barbarian stuffed the hare meat into Aunt Chunxi's hands. You can't eat other people's fruits and vegetables for nothing.