Li Lin, who was asleep, was woken up by the loudspeaker at the head of the village, sat up in a daze, lit a cigarette, and found that the light was on in the living room.

"Hurry up and pay the public grain, today and tomorrow and the day after tomorrow within three days, our village must successfully complete the summer grain collection work."

"If any family drags its feet and causes our village to be named by the township, I will inform you on the radio every day, and the inspectors will also go to your house every day to urge."

"The villagers will also point your nose and scold, if it's because your stinky meat is sticky and fishy, don't blame me for being polite......

Li Lin threw the cigarette butt into the bottle filled with water, stared at the yellow, orange, and orange cigarette tea and sneered, is this what Li Dajun said in human terms?

"Erlin, hurry up and get dressed and follow me to the county to pay the public grain."

"Medium."

Li Lin quickly dressed and went to the toilet, and then took the water cup to brush his teeth by the well.

Li Dashan tied the urea bag on the car with a rope, and the bag was filled with wheat, and the number was at least 20 bags.

"Dad, how much public grain does our family pay?"

"2,200 catties of public grain, 600 catties of grain, a total of 2,800 catties."

Public grain is an agricultural tax paid free of charge, and the unified purchase of grain is a paid agricultural tax, and the state pays 8 cents per catty of grain purchased per mu.

Li Dashan hung the climbing rope on the cart diagonally on his chest, jumped up and pressed down the wheel with his body and said, "Let's go, Uncle Kaiqiang is waiting." ”

Li Lin pushed the cart hard behind him, pushed out of the yard and saw Li Gangqiang's father and son.

After saying hello, Li Gangqiang grasped the direction, and Li Xitong pushed behind.

Li Lin frowned and asked, "Dad, why don't you use oxen to pull carts in the county?" ”

Li Dashan said: "The old cow in the morning can't make a big effort, and it will make the cow tired and sick." ”

Li Gangqiang said with a smile: "There are too many people in line, if the cattle are startled, they will step on people, and the county will not be able to feed the cattle, and the cattle will be fined for." ”

So Li Lin could only push the cart in the back, and the cart was loaded with one and a half tons of grain, and Li Lin, who was tired from the dirt road for four miles, was sweating.

When he got on the highway bridge, it was difficult again, and he couldn't push it up at all, so Xitong first helped Li Lin push the car onto the road, and Li Lin helped his family push the car.

The cart on the asphalt road is much easier, Li Dashan said: "Erlin, let's change, you come to the front to help the handlebar." ”

Li Lin said: "I'm not tired yet, I'll change shifts when I'm tired." ”

The two cars drove side by side, and Xitong gave Li Lin a hand while pushing his own car.

There are more than 7 miles to the grain station, and two pairs of fathers and sons rotate carts, and after dawn, they find that the road is full of farmers pulling carts to pay public grain.

When he was about to arrive at the grain station, Li Lin was stunned, and the cars lined up in a long line, like 10 trains parked side by side on the railway.

Some of the old farmers were lying on the grain cart and napping, some were chatting together, and some were eating steamed buns and drinking cold water.

The willow trees on the side of the road are hung with various propaganda slogans.

"First the country, then the collective, then the individual!"

"I am proud to support the country's industrial construction!"

"Peasants can't be short of catties or two pounds to pay grain!"

"It is glorious to pay grain on time, but it is shameful to pay grain on time."

Li Gangqiang sighed and said, "Such a long queue has to stay up late, thank God for being able to hand it in at this point tomorrow." ”

Li Dashan took out steamed buns and pickle gnocchi from his canvas bag and said, "Erlin will pad his stomach first, and he will have to queue up for a day depending on the situation." ”

Li Lin frowned and said: "I remember that when the wheat is harvested, the grain stations in each township will send a grain collection team to the village to collect grain, why do we line up to come to the grain station to pay?" ”

Li Dashan said: "You remember wrong, it's all handed over like this." ”

Li Gangqiang said: "It's really like you said, these people all come to line up at eleven or twelve o'clock at night." ”

Li Lin stopped talking, unscrewed the plastic pot and poured two sips of water, choking on the pickles to fill his stomach first.

What followed was a long and boring wait, and Li Lin felt that the lack of a smartphone in his hand was too tormenting.

After 10 o'clock, the sun began to poison, and there was no shady place on the road, so the hot Li Lin went to the bottom of the car to escape the heat.

Soon the morning passed, and the convoy had moved less than 10 meters forward.

It was even hotter at noon, and the people in line used straw hats as fans to fan constantly, and the sweat towels hanging around their necks could wring out the water.

At noon, it was steamed bread and pickles with cold boiled water, and Li Lin, who was on fire in his throat, couldn't stand it at all, and said, "Xiaoxi will buy water with me." ”

"There's water in the kettle, don't spend money on it."

"That is, it is not easy for you to make money, save some money to marry a daughter-in-law."

"It's not a little bit of money, Xiaoxi will come with me."

The brothers left the team to find a commissary, and Li Lin bought a Bianjing beer for 20 eggs, 4 chicken legs and 20 chicken heads.

Consumed more than 50 yuan at once, and Le's proprietress smiled.

"Young man, bring me the beer bottle after drinking, I'll give you 8 eggs for 9 bottles."

"Medium."

"Don't mess the spout of the beer bottle, it's worthless."

"Medium!"

When I went back, I met a man who rode a 28-bar bar to sell rock sugar gourds, and the head of the wooden stick was wrapped in a urea bag with straw, and all kinds of sugar gourds were inserted like a mace.

3 cents of syrup wrapped in apples, 4 cents of hawthorn fruit, 5 cents of hawthorn fruit and orange petals, Li Lin decisively bought four 5 cents, and his wife Liu Pandi in his previous life loved to eat this kind of sugar gourd.

When I returned to the team, I found that something had happened, and a strong man with a full beard wanted to cut in line.

Strong man: "Fellow countryman let go, it's not easy to queue up on a hot day." ”

Li Dashan: "You...... It's not good to cut in line. ”

Li Gangqiang: "Brother Dashan, don't let me, why did he come to the night?" ”

Li Dashan: "Brother don't add a ser, the people behind have opinions, it's not easy for everyone!" ”

The strong man is soft and hard, and he lifts his vest to reveal a slap to protect his heart, "What do you think?" I'll see who dares to have an opinion! ”

Li Lin said lightly: "I dare to have an opinion, let me get out of the way." ”

Without saying a word, the strong man picked up the bricks on the ground, and Li Xitong directly pulled out the three-edged military thorn in his waist.

Li Lin stiffened his neck and said, "You are very good!" Coming and going, smashing it on my head. ”

Li Xitong yelled: "Get out of the back and line up, take a half-cut head to scare whom, Dad will give you some blood, right?" ”

"Why are you talking kid, who are you father?"

"I'm my father, are you going to get out?!"

Li Xitong strode over, picked up the guy in his hand and made a gesture, and the frightened strong man hid behind the car.

Li Lin reported to his home: "I am Li Lin of Lijia Village, South Railway, you get out of me immediately, if you don't roll, I will kill you." ”

"The two of them are Li Erlin...... Li Gangdan? The heart guard was resolute, and pulled the car away in a gray way.

Li Lin was a little confused, Xitong and I are already notorious, will we be thrown into prison as a village bandit and village bully in a few decades?

That's not going to work!

Li Dashan sighed and said, "Your brother's temper has to be changed, and it will definitely not work to use the knife if you don't agree!" ”

Li Gangqiang retorted: "The children are doing the right thing, our two families are outsiders, and the children will be bullied to death by outsiders!" ”

Li Lin changed the topic, "Dad, Uncle Qiang, drink beer and eat chicken legs, don't eat dry buns." ”

"You kid is a waste of money, what does Uncle Kai say about you? How good is it to save money to marry a daughter-in-law? ”

"Haha, I have a daughter-in-law, I know who my daughter-in-law is."

"Nonsense." Li Dashan rolled his eyes, bit open the lid of the beer and handed it to Li Gangqiang, and the two brothers ate meat and drank wine.

The teammates next to him were angry, the steamed buns in their hands were not fragrant in an instant, and the beer chicken legs and chicken heads became eggs, this family was really dragging!

An old man came over and accosted: "Brother, which village?" ”

Li Dashan: "Lijia Village, Daonan Township. ”

Old man: "Coincidentally, I am from Yuqi Village, Daonan Township, and the child is Li Erlin from Lijia Village?" ”

"Uh...... Be. Li Dashan blushed a little, his precious son was famous within a radius of ten miles.

The old man smiled and said: "Let me tell the child a matchmaker, my nephew's daughter is good-looking and works as a teacher in Yuqi Middle School." ”

"Medium." Li Dashan smiled instantly, and handed the old man a bottle of beer and two chicken heads, "Brother, eat and drink first, and then talk after eating." ”

Li Lin rolled his eyes, this old man was obviously using the matchmaker to cheat and eat and drink.

Li Lin didn't bother to expose him, and he couldn't refute his father's face in public.

Sitting on the urea bag and eating sugar gourds, I can't eat it after just two bites, and it's sweet and sweet.

At this time, the women rode bicycles to deliver meals to their husbands in line, all of which were steamed buns and pickled noodles, which were not fragrant at all compared to beer and chicken legs.

Suddenly, a fairy-looking girl appeared in the convoy with a lunch box, and the husbands instantly felt that their daughter-in-law was not fragrant.