At night, the voice of the orchid urging sounded: "Sleep, sleep!" Manyin, you don't talk about a few children, what time is it, and you still read villain books, what should you do if your eyes are bad...... Stones, don't rub it, hurry up and go to sleep, it's not worry-free at all! ”

"Mom, why are you arguing with me, not my sister!" Wang Lei opened his mouth aggrievedly.

"If you want to have a sister who is half sensible, how much worry can your father and I save...... One day I knew how to play, but I didn't focus on studying, and I only ate more than 30 points in mathematics in the final exam, and I counted down to the class, and I was embarrassed to say, I and your dad lost all face. Orchid continued to reprimand.

At this moment, Wang Manyin wisely remained silent.

Wang Xing stuck out his tongue, but he didn't dare to say anything. At home, she is not afraid of other people, she is afraid of her mother getting angry.

"Mom, I want to sleep with you, my brother quarrels with me at night and kicks me......" At this time, the youngest Wang Tao opened his mouth to complain again.

"You're seven years old now, and you're going to sleep separately from your mom and dad. Stone, you dare to hit my brother again, I will twist my ears! ”

"Why are you arguing with me, he slapped the four corners and lost to me to repay the debt, and he still has a reason to sue." Wang Lei shouted again and again.

Shooting the four corners is a game played by the broken babies, which is to fold the paper into a square shape. Before the battle, the two sides decided the order with rock-paper-scissors. The loser first places his four corners on the flat ground and lets the winner smash them with the four corners. If the four corners of the loser are turned over, it goes to the opponent.

Otherwise, the order of attack is reversed.

The game is very simple and mostly wastes paper.

It's good that Xiaoshi doesn't refute, and as soon as he says it, it immediately makes the orchid even more angry.

She stretched out her hand to twist her ears, and raised the broom with her other hand: "You are embarrassed to say, you can't study, you use a lot of homework books, and you have stacked all four corners." ”

"Dad, Dad, you can't die without help." Seeing that the situation was not right, Wang Lei hurriedly called for help.

"Alright, alright, let them sleep." Wang Manyin finally spoke up.

Listening to her husband's mouth, the orchid stopped talking.

As the children grew up day by day, they became more and more noisy. Every day, chickens and dogs jump at home, and the noise makes adults' brains hurt.

That's right, time flies.

In the blink of an eye, it has been eight years, a few days before the Spring Festival in 79, and it has been ten years since Orchid and Wang Manyin got married. She changed from a young girl full of youth to a mellow young woman, and also had three children.

However, because she has not done much farm work in the fields since she got married, the orchid looks a few years younger than her peers, and looks like she is twenty-four or five years old at most.

In the past ten years, the village has changed a lot, and so has the Wang Manyin family. In addition to Wang Lei and Wang Xing, the two gave birth to another son, named Wang Tao.

In the first two years, Wang Manyin expanded his own cave to five holes, and all of them were made of square bricks and a layer of cement and lime hoops, which completely solved the safety problem.

By the way, a beautiful kiln surface was built with square bricks.

Not only his family, but also many people in the village rushed to buy brick hoop kilns after they had spare money in their hands.

Ten years ago, most people lived in clay kilns. This kind of cave is very rudimentary, and the roof of the cave often peels off the soil layer over time.

Sometimes when I sleep at night, a thin layer of dust will fall on the quilt in the morning, and even fist-sized dirt will fall on the quilt. Later, people tried to plaster the roof of the kiln with lime or a layer of newspaper, although it could prevent the ash from falling into the soil, but it could not solve the problem fundamentally.

Especially after heavy rains in summer, caves often collapse.

After telling a few children to blow out the lamp and go to bed early, Wang Manyin pulled the orchid out of the cave.

When Rhubarb saw his master, he immediately greeted him in a deep voice.

The lifespan of earth dogs is generally eight to fifteen years, and from this age, rhubarb has entered the old age. But so far, the guy is still in good spirits, eating half a pot of food at each meal, and occasionally running into the mountains to catch a hare.

"You too, always be a good person, don't rush the stone to learn. If it continues like this, it is estimated that he will repeat a grade like Wang Qiusheng's hairy eggs. It is said that the nephew follows the uncle, and Shao'an Shaoping has always been the top in school. Last year, Shaoping ranked tenth in the county in the college entrance examination...... Why don't you think the stone is open? All day long just know how to play. When Orchid finished washing and went to the kang and leaned on her husband's arm, she still didn't stop complaining.

"The boy is late, and it will be fine in two years." Wang Manyin comforted, and his hand crossed the quilt, "What's the explanation for this?" ”

"From behind," Orchid rolled over, adjusting to her husband's rhythm.

She used to wear belly pockets, but the last time she went to the county department store with her husband, she bought a few new underwear. Since a road was built at the head of the village a few years ago, it has become much easier for people to go to the county seat and Mijia Town. You don't have to ride a bicycle anymore, you can go straight to the car.

It is said that for what happened in the past year, orchids have a dizzying feeling.

For the past decade, people seemed to have been living in black and white photographs. Whether it is clothing or life, everything is gray, and it is rare to be able to see the bright spots.

This year, all of a sudden, everything is open, people seem to jump out of the photos, and life suddenly becomes colorful.

The usual monotonous bazaar of the Shibi Festival commune has also become lively, and the streets are crowded with people every time. The original streets were no longer sufficient, and even the stalls were set up along the Dongla River and the nearby hillsides, and the shouts were everywhere.

The people's clothing has also changed drastically, and some young people in plaid shirts and bell bottoms and toad glasses are swaggering through the streets, carrying large tape recorders in their hands, which attracts the attention of the crowds.

Even the sewing department where Orchid is located has been affected, and it has been rushing to make bell bottoms some time ago.

This change naturally provoked the resentment of the old-fashioned people, who considered the bell-bottoms to be a symbol of the little hooligans.

In some places, a campaign of "encirclement and suppression" of bell bottoms has also been launched. The factory announced that those who wear bell bottoms are not allowed to enter the factory, and the warning will not change the wage. Students who wore bell bottoms were punished and were not allowed to go to school.

There was even a newspaper article entitled "Can't Watch These Young People Fall", in which it was specifically mentioned that young people should dress generously and plainly.

However, none of this can stop young people from pursuing fashion trends.

The most obvious is the husband-and-wife barbershop opened by Hu Delu and Wang Cai'e, where the women who "beat the electricity" and perm their hair are lined up in the middle of the street.

With Wang Manyin's encouragement, Orchid also went to change her hairstyle.

The cold wind howls outside, and the night inside the cave is warm.

Orchids are like water, moisturizing their husbands affectionately. A lot has happened in the past ten years, but the relationship between the two has not changed at all, but has become hotter and hotter.

……

"Orchid, after the New Year, I'm going to take time to go out for a walk!" Wang Manyin hugged her mother-in-law and said what she thought in her heart. Now that various places are gradually opening up, although they need a letter of introduction when they go out, they are not so strict.

"Where to go, Huangyuan City?"

Married to Wang Manyin, Orchid has always felt a hundred times happier than the mother-in-law and aunts in the village. Many people have lived for half their lives, and they have never even been to the original West County seat. Over the years, she has taken the opportunity of sending corn husks to weave, and she has been to Huangyuan City with her husband several times and has seen a different world outside.

"Farther away, I want to go to Qin'an City first. If possible, go to other big cities outside the province to see what ways to do business. Facing the person next to the pillow, Wang Manyin did not hide his thoughts.

Earn money as soon as possible!

The curtain has been opened, and after ten years of dormancy, it is time to work hard for a small goal. If you can't become a rich second generation, you have to work hard to become a rich second generation of his father, so that several children can live a little easier in the future.

"This ...... Can the village agree? Orchid asked worriedly. If it was only a few days off, Wang Manchu would definitely not say anything. But according to the husband's wishes, it will take at least half a month.

"It should be fine...... Wang Manyin replied confidently. Based on his relationship with Wang Manho, I believe that the other party will open this letter of introduction.

After a pause, he added: "Even if you don't agree, when the time comes, you will only be more free to go out." ”

"Do you really believe what the tinker said?" Hearing her husband mention the package to the household, Orchid turned her head in surprise.

Some time ago, a potmaker from another province came to the village, saying that some of their villages have turned the production team into small groups, engaged in the contract system, and there are rewards for overproduction. As a result, the crops were much better than in the large collectives, and in just one year, the peasants not only had enough to eat, but also had surplus grain for their families.

Many people in the village were impressed, but Orchid thought that the other party was talking crazy.

How could it be! This is not allowed. In the first two years, some production teams secretly allocated a few more points of pig feed land and were criticized.

"Believe it, haven't you read the newspaper that this matter is already being discussed......" Wang Manyin replied.

Many people think that Xiaogang Village was the first to implement the package production to households, but this is not the case. As early as more than a year ago, some places have begun to secretly engage in package production. It's just that Xiaogang Village has a big impact, and it will be pushed to the foreground later.

Orchid hesitated for a moment, and then spoke: "Man Yin, don't run out again." If the land is really divided, how good it would be for us to live a down-to-earth life at home. I work in the sewing department during the day and come back at night to weave corn husks. You beckoned to the consignment point, and when the weather is warm, you can catch scorpions, and you can make a lot of money a year, which is enough for our family's expenses. ”

In her heart, she doesn't want her husband to run around. It's not that I can't get by, and now I can have an income of at least four or five hundred yuan a year.

Ten years have been intermittent, and I have saved thousands of dollars...... There is so much money that cannot be turned into a whole.

"How can it be spent, I ask you, how much is a tape recorder, how much is a television, and a motorcycle. After buying these, do you still think our family is rich? Wang Manyin asked funny.

"Why do you want to buy ......" Orchid didn't finish speaking, and stopped again. These things, although they seem far away from the peasants, are not impossible.

In the summer of this year, someone in the commune bought a motorcycle, which is said to have been brought back from a coastal city for nearly 3,000 yuan.

This incident caused a big sensation, and many people were talking about where the other party got so much money.

In addition, after the Shibijie Commune was electrified, several households also bought black-and-white televisions, including Director Guo's house.

If you calculate it this way, it seems that your own money is not spent at all.

"In the future, with the gradual liberalization, the goods will only become more and more abundant, and the people want to buy more and more things. Televisions, telephones, motorcycles, and even cars, these are not uncommon...... So let's hurry up and make money. Besides, do you think the tailor store will stay open? Even the supply and marketing cooperatives don't know when they will go out of business! ”

"This, how is this possible!" Orchid was completely shocked, and couldn't help but raise her voice, "How can the supply and marketing cooperatives go out of business!" ”

In her opinion, the supply and marketing cooperatives are iron rice bowls, which can make people serve a lifetime.

"I told you before that the Shibi Festival Supply and Marketing Cooperatives have been booming over the years, but they have actually been losing money. Coupled with the fact that idle laborers are now allowed to set up stalls to do business, there are more places for people to buy things. The service attitude of the supply and marketing cooperatives is not good, the prices of the things sold are expensive, and life will only get more and more difficult...... How long do you think you can continue like this? Sooner or later, it will go out of business. ”

Hearing this, the orchid fell silent.

She has always believed in her husband's vision.

It's just that I can't figure it out in my heart: why is the Shibijie Supply and Marketing Cooperative's so hot business, but it has only been profitable for two years, and it has been losing money for the rest of the years.

And I heard that not only the Shibijie Supply and Marketing Cooperative, but also other supply and marketing cooperatives in Yuanxi County.

She also saw the changes in the bazaar, but she didn't think about it so much before. Buying and selling that was not allowed in the past continued to appear, and all kinds of new things appeared one after another, and some of them did not even have a purchase channel for supply and marketing cooperatives, and it was said that they were wholesaled from the big cities.

There are also people who secretly open a façade on the street and make a sewing machine to make clothes, which is cheaper.

In this regard, the staff in charge of cracking down on speculative knives in the Commune turned a blind eye, and the management was not as strict as in previous years.

If there are too many tailor shops, the business of the store department will naturally be affected.

"That'...... Doesn't it matter from above? ”

"Once it's released, it can't be managed at all." Wang Manyin shook his head.

There are more things, he can't tell his mother-in-law for the time being.

After a pause, Wang Manyin said again, "Before, other places were not allowed to weave corn husks, so we can make money in the jar village." After it is completely liberalized, do you think the weaving factory will still run more than 100 miles to collect corn husk cushions? The nearest villages will be able to meet the demand. Supply and marketing cooperatives can't manage private sales, do you think other people won't open consignment points? ”

"What can I do?" Hearing what her husband said, Orchid panicked completely.

It had been too long for her to adapt to the changes that might occur.

"Don't worry, I've got you covered." Wang Manyin hugged her mother-in-law and promised heavily, "No matter what, I won't let you ......suffer in my life."

Before he could finish his sentence, he suddenly heard a noisy dog barking outside.

Immediately, the rhubarb barked wildly.

"Man Yin, go out and see what's going on, is there a thief in the village!" Orchid urged.

After letting go, the thieves suddenly increased.

During this time, people went to the streets to catch the market, and often heard that someone's money was stolen, and even the villages became unpeaceful at night.

"I'll take a look, you lock the door and watch the child." Wang Manyin didn't dare to delay, and Lisuo got dressed.

When he went out, he picked up the shovel again.

As soon as he crossed the deep ditch, he saw Wang Qiusheng's hairy egg coming out.

In ten years, a naughty and mischievous broken baby has grown into an adult.

This kid is best known for being in five first grades, and he was 15 years old when he graduated from primary school...... Some of his classmates have graduated from junior high school.

There is another who is already working as a primary school teacher in Jar Village.

Wang Qiusheng saw that his eldest son was really not the material for learning, so he didn't let him continue to study.

So since he was fifteen years old, Mao Dan has followed his father to earn work in the production team. This guy can't learn, but he's a good worker. In just a few years, he has grown into a good sufferer.

As several children grew up one after another, Wang Qiusheng's family had a much better life, completely getting rid of the title of arrears, and it was no longer a problem to eat enough over the years.

However, new troubles followed, and Mao Dan and Shi should talk about their daughter-in-law, and they needed a large dowry.

"Uncle Man Yin, do you know what's going on in the village?"

"I don't know, let's hurry over and see if it's a thief!"

At this time, almost everyone in the village was alarmed, and they lit up the oil lamps one after another.