Chapter 17: Fighting Rice
An old couple in a distant mountain village looking forward to the postman's appearance.
Leaning against the door, he didn't see the postman appear.
The youngest son came back from outside, and when he saw his father, he hurriedly asked,
"Did my eldest brother send money back today? I went to the prefecture just in time to get the money back. ”
The old man shook his head.
"I should be here today, but I haven't seen the postman, is the postman sick?"
The youngest son was a little anxious.
"I'm still waiting for the money to buy clothes for Tryfen and something to eat for the children. Otherwise, I'll go to the post office and ask. ”
Just go on a bike.
The second child of the Liu family, who was anxious, went to the post office and asked. I actually heard that there was no remittance order, and this time I was completely confused.
I hurriedly made a phone call for five cents.
The families who can afford to make phone calls these days are wealthy.
The phone was on the other end, and it was a machine shop.
"Comrade, I want to find Liu Dahu."
After a few minutes, the familiar voice of the eldest brother came from the other end of the phone.
"Big brother, you're here."
Liu Erhu complained slightly, the eldest brother is always procrastinating like this.
"Erhu, what's the matter?"
Liu Dahu was a little hesitant before answering the phone, originally thinking about it, but when the radio room shouted, everyone heard it, if he didn't answer the phone, it would seem that he was not filial to be a son.
He knew why the second child was calling, after all, he hadn't sent the money back this month.
According to this time calculation, I also know that the second child must have come to ask for money.
He touched his pocket with a wry smile, and in addition to the two cents in his pocket, he handed over the rest of the money to his wife.
In the past few days, the children have become much more cheerful at home.
The whole family laughed, and the most important thing was to have his salary joined.
This month, the family actually ate two meals of meat, and the wife also bought some fine grain.
I can actually eat the steamed buns of No. 2 noodles.
There is also a little oil and water in the stir-fry, probably because of the oil and water, he has been working in the factory in the past two days, and he also feels that he is not as dizzy as before.
He was very energetic in his work, and even his apprentice was curious to ask if the master had been making extra money recently.
These masters in their machinery factory have skills, and sometimes they will take on some private work in private to earn some extra money.
But he didn't usually do much.
Especially when I saw that the children had only been around for more than a week, the children's faces could have a little flesh.
Thinking of the hungry children in the past, Liu Dahu really felt that he was not human.
Think about the children of my brother and sister's family, all of them are round and beautiful, especially the younger brother's son is called Jinbao.
Jinbao is really not a loss, the name is full of flesh.
"Brother, it's nothing, I just want to ask if you remember this month's money? My parents and I haven't received it now, and my parents are worried about the money.
I want to buy some food for my family. You also know that there is a drought here in our production team this year, and the grain harvest is not in place. ”
Liu Erhu is very smart, he knows how to make excuses, and the excuses are used on his father.
Liu Dahu was anxious when he heard this.
My father and mother didn't mention the drought at home.
I just wanted to open my mouth and say that I would find a way to send money back.
As a result, the alarm was already heard in the factory.
"The machine in the workshop is pressing, hurry up and send it to the hospital."
Liu Dahu was anxious when he heard this.
He was not in the workshop just now, and once there was an accident with the machine in the workshop, it would be a big accident.
didn't have time to speak, hung up the phone directly, and Liu Dahu rushed out with the crowd.
He just handed over the machine to his apprentice, and if one of them was bad, it would be either crippled or seriously injured.
When he saw Fang Zhi next door being carried out, the bloody right hand was blurred with blood, and everyone who watched was shocked.
"Oh, why wasn't Lao Fang careful? This right hand is useless. ”
"Who's to say it's not?"
"Hurry to the hospital."
Liu Dahu followed the big guy and carried Lao Fang to the hospital.
Liu Erhu, who hung up the phone, was stunned for a long time, he only heard a mixed voice on the other side of the eldest brother's phone, as if something was wrong.
But then there was no sound.
There was a faint worry in my heart.
Hurried back home.
"Daddy, it seems that my eldest brother didn't send money to the family this month."
Liu Erhu guessed that he must not have sent money, and the number of days he sent money this year is certain.
"If you didn't send it, you didn't send it, you don't know your eldest brother. I remember it for us every month, and I guess it's a little tight on hand, so there must be something going on this month. ”
The old man didn't care.
Whoever can have a good life with their family, their family is the best person in the production team.
Of course, because they have a good son in the family, and the eldest son has been working in the city for so many years.
marrying a wife and having children did not delay him in sending money to his family at all.
The money sent by the boss not only allowed the old man to build a brick house, but also made the sons and daughters of the family live a comfortable life.
In the eyes of the whole village, there is no son who is more capable, more promising, and more filial than his eldest son.
can send all his salary back, not only to support his parents, but also to support his younger brothers and sisters, and there are not many people in the family.
This family is the father and the son.
The old man thinks that if the boss doesn't send money when something happens, he may make up for it next month.
Anyway, the boss of his family is filial, and it is absolutely impossible not to send it.
The second child thought about it for a while, and they still didn't know who their eldest brother was.
The eldest brother has been so persistent for more than 20 years, if there is no eldest brother, he and his sister can live so comfortably?
Can there be such a free life in the production team?
Regardless of whether the production team has enough food to eat or not, he and his sister can each get a subsidy of 30 yuan per month, which is equivalent to one more worker in the family.
I didn't see how diligent my brother-in-law was running to my mother-in-law's house, but there was some work in the field, so I came over to help.
It's not just for the sake of the mother's family subsidizing so much money every month.
Not to mention himself, although the father-in-law is far away, the father-in-law's family often comes to the door and walks around.
His son-in-law is in his father-in-law's house, that is to say, who made his son-in-law have the ability, there is a capable eldest brother who subsidizes his younger brother with 30 yuan every month, which is a huge amount of money in the eyes of the villagers.
Even a full-time laborer can't earn that much money in the field.
And being able to give so much money every month is something that other people's families would never have imagined.
Liu Erhu felt that the eldest brother must have encountered something this month, so wait a minute.
The family rested, and Liu Erhu returned home.
His daughter-in-law is also surnamed Liu and is called Liu Meiyu.
Seeing his man come in empty-handed, he couldn't help but wonder.
"Didn't you say that you went to buy clothes and things for our son, the children are still waiting for meat today!"
At this time of the month, it is the time when their family opens meat.
The eldest brother not only sent back his salary, but also sent back meat stamps, cloth stamps, and other tickets.
In Liu Meiyu's eyes, there is probably no more stupid man than her uncle.
But they are the beneficiaries of this stupidity, and naturally they are happy.
"This month, the eldest brother probably didn't send something to the side, we still have money at home, and I'll buy some meat for the children in a while." Big Brother will definitely send it back next month. ”
Liu Meiyu was slightly dissatisfied,
"Your eldest brother is really, how can he forget to borrow money?"
Liu Erhu said angrily,
"What do you say? My eldest brother has remembered money for so many years, what's wrong with forgetting it once? Who's okay? ”
He can complain about his eldest brother, but why should his daughter-in-law complain?