Chapter 399, The Hungry Countryside

"No thanks, this machine is the property of the factory, I am a child of the factory, what do you need to say thank you for helping my own family repair things."

"You kid is really good at talking."

Hearing Liu Guangqi's words, Li Huaidele's mouth couldn't close.

"But, Uncle Li, I want to ask you for something?"

"Say, just say, don't say one is ten, I promise you."

Just solved a big trouble, Li Huaide was in a good mood, and he didn't ask anything, and directly agreed to Liu Guangqi's request.

"In fact, it's not a big deal, I just hope that the factory will not punish them, the new equipment is on the scene, the performance is not clear, and the machine is very normal, if you think you can't understand the manual, I can help the factory translate for free."

"Light Qi"

"Brother Guang Qi,"

Seeing Liu Guangqi thinking so much about himself, Yi Zhonghai and the people in the third workshop were suddenly moved to tears.

"Okay, just do as you say. It's so nice."

Li Huaide hesitated when he heard Liu Guangqi, patted Liu Guangqi on the shoulder and agreed to this request.

In a blink of an eye, half a month has passed since the last accident in the rolling mill, and after Liu Guangqi returned home that night, before his ass was firmly seated, Xu Damao's family came together and invited Liu Guangqi to his house.

In order to thank Liu Guangqi for relieving Xu Meiling in the factory, Xu Damao's mother made a large table of dishes, and the aroma filled the entire courtyard, making the neighbors in the courtyard drool. Fortunately, the courtyard is so big, and everyone knows what Liu Guangqi has done in the rolling mill, and no one has any eyes on Liu Guangqi, except for a certain Jia Zhang, who has not eaten meat for a long time.

Seriously, it was the first time Liu Guangqi had dinner at Xu Damao's house, and it was usually Liu Guangqi who invited these people in the courtyard to dinner. Although it is not a precious dish, it is not easy to put together such a table of dishes in this year.

After all, there is a serious shortage of food, and even a large family like the Bai family has now reduced their diet, from eight dishes to four dishes per meal.

After coping with the leaders from above and the guests from Shandong, he transferred Qin Huiru from the workshop to the logistics office, and the level of treatment was slightly raised, everyone knew that Qin Huiru had gone through the back door, but no one could find fault with it, they only hated that they didn't have such a capable brother-in-law.

"It's really a stealing half-day of leisure, comfortable"

Liu Guangqi, who rarely gave himself a day off that afternoon, sat on the recliner while drinking tea while enjoying the afternoon sunshine, coupled with the sound of several sons playing and daughter-in-law from time to time, Liu Guangqi was not too comfortable this day.

"Today I drank the celebratory wine, and my ambition was not rewarded.

Come to Japan to show your skills, dare to spill blood to learn the spring and autumn ~ oh oh oh oh"

Listening to the radio sounding to outwitt Tiger Mountain, Liu Guangqi couldn't help but hum along, opera is worthy of being the quintessence of the country, with an extraordinary charm, Liu Guangqi is very young and hates to stop the play, singing squeaky wow wow wow listening to people like, but as he grows older, Liu Guangqi gradually fell in love with this art, perhaps because he grew up to be literate, he can understand and understand the dramas he once didn't understand, and he can understand the content that the drama wants to express.

"Brother,"

Liu Guangqi was pulling the last hundred turns and thousands of turns, and Liu Guangtian's voice came from the corridor.

"Why are you flustered, what an adult, why are you still so frizzy."

Liu Guangqi, who was interrupted, glanced at Liu Guangqi dissatisfied.

"Got it, got it."

Hearing Liu Guangqi's scolding, Liu Guangtian nodded indifferently, picked up Liu Guangqi's cup and dried it down in one gulp.

"Eh, you take it carefully, don't break it for me, this is a bowl in the Kangxi period, and I can't afford to sell it if it is broken."

"Come on, don't think I don't know anything, there used to be a lot of this thing in the Liuli Factory, and it wasn't as mysterious as you said."

"You know a fart, this thing is not the same as something, you look at the color of my cup, the chanterelle yellow, this is something that only the emperor Lao Tzu can use, don't compare that garbage with me."

Liu Guangqi carefully snatched back the bowl in Liu Guangtian's hand.

"Yes, I see."

"Tell me what makes you so excited."

After putting the things away, Liu Guangqi nestled back into the recliner again.

"Guess who I saw at school today."

Liu Guangtian squatted in front of Liu Guangqi and said.

"Who?"

Liu Guangqi asked, shaking his fan.

"The Boss, the Real Boss"

Liu Guangtian looked left and right, and said the other party's name in Liu Guangqi's ear, and Liu Guangqi's eyes widened instantly after hearing it.

Just as the two brothers were discussing how to get in touch with the future elder, a young man dressed in black coarse cloth pushed open Liu Guangqi's courtyard door and walked in.

"Guangyi, why are you here, why don't you say hello."

Liu Guangqi was talking to Liu Guangtian energetically, when he suddenly saw a black shadow flashing in the corridor, and when he looked up, he found that the person who came was actually his cousin Liu Guangyi. After all these years of growth, Liu Guangyi has completely grown into a young man, not only tall and handsome, but also found a daughter-in-law in the countryside to get married, and will usher in his first child in a few days.

"It's too urgent, and I didn't have time to inform me.

Liu Guangyi scratched his head and said with a smile.

Sit down first, what's the matter, so urgent,"

Liu Guangqi motioned to Liu Guangtian to move a stool for Liu Guangyi, looked at the other party and asked, can make the other party come from the village in such a hurry, it may be something big at home.

"The fifth master is gone, my dad asked me to come over to inform you and the second uncle, and ask if you can go back."

"Back, definitely. The fifth master is gone, how long has the fifth master been, I remember that the last time I went back, it was fine,"

Liu Guangqi agreed without thinking about it, the fifth master is an elder that Liu Guangqi respects more in this world, if the measures that Liu Guangqi implemented in Liujia Village were not for the fifth master to support him, he would not be able to implement it at all, it is not easy for people to meet a person who trusts his eldest brother so much in this life, and Liu Guangqi naturally has to participate in the funeral of the other party.

"When did you come last time you went back, it's been more than half a year, but the fifth master is really in a hurry to go this time, I was good yesterday, I sat at the entrance of the village and chatted, and I slept and then I was gone. The old man in the village said that the fifth master was blessed, he didn't suffer any crimes, and he didn't add a burden to the juniors. ”

"Indeed, some days have not returned"

Liu Guangqi nodded,

Early the next morning, Liu Guangqi took Liu Haizhong and Liu Guangyi to the bus station. As for the others, they didn't go back, after all, the fifth master was just a distant relative, and it was not yet to the point where the whole family went back to mourn.

"Ouch, my father, why are you leaving?"

"Fifth Master..."

When you enter the village, Liu Guangqi hears a faint howl, and the closer you get to the ancestral hall, the louder this sound becomes. After entering the ancestral hall, Liu Guangqi saw a coffin in front of the ancestral hall, and a large number of Liu clansmen kneeling around the coffin.

"What about Li Bing?"

After stepping forward and kowtowing to the fifth master, Liu Guangqi stood behind Liu Haizhu, and after looking around, Liu Guangqi did not find the secretary sent by the commune to Liujia Village to guide the work.

It's because he can't get used to what the other party is doing in Liujia Village, so Liu Guangqi hasn't come back often over the years. The feeling of knowing that the other person is doing something wrong, but not being able to do anything about it, is really uncomfortable.

"Last month, you let the fifth master take him away, and if you don't get that guy away, the family money you bought for our village should let that guy be ruined. There are more than 100 pigs in the pig farm, and there are only 20 left after letting that guy toss them, and the chicken farm is not much better. ”

Speaking of Li Bing, Liu Haizhu scolded directly.

"Okay, uncle, everyone is gone, it's useless to scold. That guy at least has some foundation left over for us, with these twenty pigs, it won't be long before we can raise another hundred pigs. ”

Seeing Liu Haizhu's blushing face and thick neck, Liu Guangqi patted the other party's back and comforted.

"That's what I said, but I'm just angry, that guy is a mouthful, big. Refine. Steel. When the iron was braised every day, the landlord and the old fortune in the past didn't dare to eat the eighty or so pigs, I felt sorry for me. ”

"Okay, okay, don't be angry, uncle, I see that the big canteen in the village has been closed, and the food at home is not enough, if it is not enough, I will go back and send some back."

"No need, it's enough to eat, according to what you said, Guangyi and I opened some sweet potatoes in the mountains, plus the grain harvested in the field, not to mention how full you are, at least you can't be hungry."

Don't send food to your home at every turn, I heard the third child say that there is a shortage of food in the city now. You'd better take care of your family first. ”

"Okay, I got it"

Seeing that Liu Haizhu was not carried away by the tide and was ready according to what he said, Liu Guangqi also put his mind at ease.

According to the rules of the past, if the elders in the village died, they would stop the coffin for seven days, but now it is an extraordinary period, and one more day of stopping is a day's consumption, so it is better to bury it early to save some food for the living

After following the funeral procession to send the fifth master away, Liu Guangqi rode a bicycle to Qinjiazhuang next door, compared with Liujia Village, the atmosphere of Qinjiazhuang was a lot depressed, the whole village was quiet and there was no movement at all, and the villagers were lying on the side of the road or under the shade of a tree like a walking corpse. The skin on his face was tightly pressed against the bones, and his cheekbones were high, all of which looked malnourished.

Seeing Liu Guangqi coming, no one stepped forward to talk, just glanced up, and continued to lie on the ground to rest. However, there were still some sharp-eyed people who saw Liu Guangqi carrying a cloth bag in the car, and combined with the situation, these people immediately guessed that the bag contained grain. Although they knew that the food was not for themselves, these people still walked towards Liu Guangqi.

"Coming, Guangqi"

"Well, Fourth Uncle"

Looking at Qin Huairu's cousin, Liu Guangqi smiled and nodded.

"Come and see your father-in-law, what's this, heavy, I'll help you get it"

Looking at the cloth bag on the back seat of the bicycle, Qin Daniu still didn't hold back the desire in his heart, and reached out and touched the cloth bag.

"No, it's worthless, I'll just push it myself, you smoke and smoke"

Seeing that the other party's hand was about to touch the cloth bag, Liu Guangqi immediately pushed the car and took two steps forward.

Seeing Liu Guangqi handing over the cigarettes, Qin Daniu reluctantly withdrew his gaze.

"Second uncle, you can also smoke one."

Seeing the circle of people around, Liu Guangqi was neither advancing nor retreating, so he could only take out a pack of cigarettes and scatter them one by one.

"Guangqi, you're here."

Just when Liu Guangqi was thinking about how to get out of this group of hungry wolves, Qin Dazhuang, who got the news, trotted over all the way.

"Why don't you say a word when you come, I'll come out to pick you up, go, go, hurry home."

Seeing the cloth bag on Liu Guangqi's bicycle, his eyes immediately flashed with a green light like a hungry wolf, and he hugged the bag of more than fifty catties of rice into his arms without saying a word, as if he was afraid that those things would be snatched away by someone at night.

"I'm gone, gentlemen."

Seeing Qin Dazhuang come out, Liu Guangqi also breathed a sigh of relief, nodded with the group of hungry wolves around him, and followed Qin Dazhuang towards his house.

"Brother-in-law, why did you come, my dad has been talking to you several times."

Qin Xiaozhuang was also very happy to see Liu Guangqi, clinging to Liu Guangqi tightly, staring at Button Guangqi's pocket with his two eyes.

"What are you talking about me?"

Seeing his brother-in-law's gaze, Liu Guangqi did not disappoint him, took out a handful of crisp candy from his pocket and stuffed it into Qin Xiaozhuang's hand.

"Nian, why don't you send food to our family,"

"What nonsense, when am I talking about your brother-in-law?"

Hearing Qin Xiaozhuang's words, Qin Dazhuang's old face suddenly turned black and red, and he scolded him inwardly.

"It's not what you said, that's what my mother said, anyway, it's one of the two of you, I heard it when I went to sleep. After you two said this, the two of you fought, and my mother cried when you rode on top of my mother and hit her. ”

"Pounce"

Hearing his brother-in-law's description, Liu Guangqi couldn't help laughing.

"You little bastard what nonsense. I'll kill you bunny."

was exposed by his own son, and in front of his son-in-law, Qin Dazhuang suddenly became angry, and he didn't want the food in his arms, so he picked up the cloth shoes on the soles of his feet and walked towards Qin Xiaozhuang.

"Okay, Dad, the child is not sensible, just tell him once, there is not enough food at home to eat, just go to the city to find me, what's so embarrassing."

"Aren't I afraid that you won't have enough food to eat, you have a lot of family, Huiru has no man now, one person with two children depends on you to take care of it, if we go over again, then your family will not survive."

Qin Dazhuang lowered his head and said.

"It's okay, you don't have to worry about this, I can't go to the ghost market to buy it if the food is not enough, I can't let Xiaozhuang go hungry because of this, it's the time to grow my body."

Liu Guangqi touched his brother-in-law's head.

"I don't think the situation in our village is very good, how hungry people are."

Liu Guangqi looked at the villagers who were following him from a distance and said.

"Don't mention it, this year's day is considered to have poured eight lifetimes of blood mold, first there was a big drought, and when it came to the wheat harvest, it was heavy rain, and the little grain that was harvested was just enough to pay the public grain, and the autumn harvest was not much better, your village is high, our village is low, and the crops in the field have all drowned a ball after a few heavy rains.

If it weren't for the big canteen to support the people in the village, they would have starved to death. But now the big canteen is not good, there is no food in the commune, the original food is white flour steamed buns with meat slices, as well as noodles and rice, now it is either wowotou, or porridge, and one meal a day, a few days ago you can still sit up to one person six taels a day, now it is estimated that it is only four taels, four taels is enough to eat, people are hungry and can't stand steadily, if it goes on like this, the people in the village should go out to ask for food. ”

"In this way, it's no wonder that the uncles at the entrance of the village look at this bag of grain with their eyes like hungry wolves seeing meat."

"Guangqi, here, hurry in, hurry in."

While speaking, Weng and his son-in-law had already arrived at the door of Qin Dazhuang's house, and Liu Guangqi's mother-in-law saw the food brought by Liu Guangqi, and immediately welcomed Liu Guangqi into the house with a smile.

"This, there's nothing in this house, and I don't know what to do"

"No need, Mom, I'm not thirsty, I'm not hungry, I'll do it for a while and leave."

Seeing that he couldn't find anything to entertain his mother-in-law, Liu Guangqi waved his hand and stopped his mother-in-law.

"Knowing that life in the village is not easy, this is the grain that Huairu asked me to bring to you, and there are two bacon in it."

Liu Guangqi untied the bag and took out two pieces of bacon from the rice.

"Meat, there's meat, mom I want to eat meat."

Seeing the bacon in Liu Guangqi's hand, the eyes of Qin Dazhuang's family of three immediately lit up, and Qin Xiaozhuang couldn't wait to pull his wife's sleeve, wanting his wife to cook meat for himself.

"Big brother, you have pity on us, take some food from us, if the dog doesn't eat some serious food, he will really starve to death."

Just when Qin Dazhuang's family of three was immersed in joy, the door was suddenly pushed open from the outside, and a woman in her thirties broke in directly and knelt down in front of Qin Dazhuang, holding a child in her arms who couldn't tell how big she was.