The autumn harvest battle of Xingfutun is as tight as a day. After the crops in the field were harvested, they began to pick up buds and rice, load horse-drawn carts, and thresh and raise the field.

The weather is getting cooler and changeable, and I don't know when there will be rain and snow, so we must take advantage of the rare good weather to receive the grain to the yard.

The men, women and children of Xingfutun were mobilized, and the teachers and students of the school also joined the autumn harvest battle, helping the production team to pick up buds, pods, and ears of grain.

On the threshing floor, soybeans and millet were transported back by horse-drawn carts and piled up; The bract rice sticks that had been brought back were hoarded with cobs; The sorghum was harvested and the ears were spread all over the threshing floor, and the members began to threh with rollers and drawers (flails).

Because of the general poor harvest this year, the people's commune was worried that it would not be able to complete the task of paying the public grain, so it sent cadres to the production brigades to stay in the camps to grasp the actual situation and prevent the production teams from failing to pay the grain.

The commune cadre stationed in the Happiness Brigade is still Zou Jie, and Zou Jie still took the initiative to ask to go to Xiaomei's house and live with Xiaomei.

Zou Jie looks like her lower abdomen is slightly convex, and she is already pregnant, after she married Gao Laosan, Gao Laosan was quite considerate to her.

Zou Jie didn't go home at Xiaomei's house for a few days, and Gao Laosan's mother, Dr. Feng, often boiled some chicken soup for Xiaomei to bring back.

Every time Gao Laosan delivers the chicken soup to Xiaomei, although he is not as sloppy as before, Xiaomei can still read his lustful psychology from his eyes.

It's a dog that can't change eating, and Xiaomei doesn't have any illusions about people like Gao Laosan.

However, Gao Laosan is not useless, he has done a good thing, under his maneuver, Mr. Ye Kun has now returned to the podium and resumed teaching for students.

The life of Xiaomei's family is not as good as before, but fortunately, in the autumn harvest season, the grain and vegetables in the self-kept field can support for a while.

After Xiaomei's mother was released home, she caught up with the autumn harvest battle of the production team, she sometimes went up the mountain to hunt pecans, pick up acorns, as soon as the production team had a call, she would go to the production team with other men, women and children to participate in labor, picking buds and cutting sorghum ears.

What makes Xiaomei's mother embarrassed is that there are often parents and villagers who come to beg her to make clothes, and she can't shirk some old clothes and children's clothes, so she still agrees to come down and use the morning and evening to do needlework.

Zou Jie's arrival brought good news to Xiaomei's mother.

After coordination with the commune and the production brigade, the commune has agreed that Xiaomei's mother will continue to be a tailor and be under the management of the people's commune's sewing group, and that Xiaomei's mother needs to pay 200 yuan in rations to the people's commune every year, and she can make clothes for the members at home independently according to the charging standard of the commune's sewing group.

It's the best of both worlds.

From then on, Xiaomei's mother can justifiably continue to do what she likes, not only with an extra ration, but also with the remaining money to supplement the family.

Moreover, after all the crops in the fields of Xingfutun were recovered to the threshing floor, the women began to knead the bud rice, and the male laborers threshed and raised the field, so there was no need to fight day and night.

Taking advantage of the morning and evening, the yaks and the big stubborn began to go up the mountain to cut the grass in the house in preparation for building a house. Every time he went up the mountain, he brought his beloved shotgun with him.

Under the demonstration and guidance of the old man Gao, the marksmanship of the yak has greatly improved.

Zou Jie came, and in addition to helping to carry water for Xiaomei's family every day, he also specially brought back two wild ducks and sent them to Xiaomei's house.

In the evening of that day, Xiaomei's mother stewed wild duck meat and asked Yakzi to have dinner together, and at the dinner table, Zou Jie asked about Xiaomei and Yakzi's engagement.

"Yakzi, when are you and Xiaomei going to let me wait?"

It's not easy to answer, what he's anxious about is not to get engaged to Xiaomei, but to hurry up and build a house, and only with a house can he talk about marriage.

Xiaomei's mother said: "They are not others, it doesn't matter whether they are engaged or not, when the water is settled, they will not delay their marriage if they are not engaged." ”

In fact, behind the scenes, Xiaomei's mother and Teacher Ye Kun are still worried about the family situation of the yakzi, and they have some concerns about the four girls who have always been entangled with the yakzi, and they want to wait for the yakzi to build the house next year, and then decide on the marriage according to the situation.

Zou Jie felt that Xiaomei's mother was reasonable, so she didn't ask further, but she got a message and held it in her heart, not knowing whether to tell her or not.

"Yakzi, do you want to work in our countryside for the rest of your life?" Zou Jie asked tentatively.

"If you don't work in the countryside for the rest of your life, where else can you go?" He disagreed.

Zou Jie suddenly asked such a question, Xiaomei seemed to hear what Zou Jie said, and raised her eyes to look at Zou Jie suspiciously.

"Xiaomei, don't have any ideas, I'll just ask casually, test and test the yak, and see if he is loyal to you." Zou Jie said, "It's okay, it seems that there are no other ideas, in fact, our rural areas are vast, there are great achievements, there are mountains and rivers, and the city may not be able to catch up." ”

Zou Jie's words were a bit cloudy, which made Xiaozi and Xiaomei and Xiaomei's parents confused.

The information Zou Jie got was that Xi'an Coal Mine had given Lushan Commune a batch of recruitment quotas, and assigned two places to the Happiness Brigade, one of which was named and ready to be given to the minzi, because the muzi left a deep impression on the coal mine leaders in the process of dredging sand and replacing scrap steel.

At the moment, this matter has not been made public, and it is only known to a small number of commune and brigade leaders, and in the end it will not be publicized.

Commune members working as miners have the advantages of being a miner, but also the worries of being a miner.

When the miners earn more than the members of the commune and the ordinary urban workers, they can earn seventy or eighty yuan a month, and they enjoy the urban hukou and eat the supply of grain, such an income level must be worry-free. Moreover, after all, the mine belongs to the city, and the advanced and prosperous city is incomparable to the mountain village.

The worry is that being a miner means working underground, and ordinary people can't afford the labor intensity of underground workers.

But in any case, this is an opportunity for rural people to enter the city to change their fate, and it is a rare opportunity.

Zou Jie was thinking that even if he went to be a miner, it wouldn't affect him and Xiaomei to be together, but they would gather less and leave more.

At night, Zou Jie and Xiaomei fell on the kang, thinking about it, she didn't want to hide Xiaomei, she wanted to see Xiaomei's attitude.

So, Zou Jie tentatively talked about this topic.

"Xiaomei, do you like the city or our mountain?"

"Why did you remember to ask me this? Do you want to be a brother-in-law in the provincial city again? ”

"It's a lie to say that I don't want to, I always dream of him, I can't forget it, do you think I'm in the same bed and have different dreams?"

"What's the matter, it's enough to wronged you."

"Let's not talk about this, there is one thing I want to ask you, if you go to be a miner, do you agree?"

"Sister, why did you suddenly ask about this? Is there any news hiding from me? ”

"You agree or disagree first, and I'll tell you later."

"I don't know, I didn't think about it."

Xiaomei had a hunch that Zou Jie's words were not groundless, and she was inexplicably nervous.

Zou Jie told Xiaomei about the recruitment of workers in the coal mine and the initiative to give the quota to the yakzi, Xiaomei listened, her mind was blank at first, and then she fell into contemplation, this is not something she can choose, she doesn't know what the attitude of the yakzi brother is.

Going to the mine to be a miner is a rare opportunity for Yakzi, and if Yakzi wants to be a miner, Xiaomei will not stop him.

However, Xiaomei is vaguely worried about the relationship between her and the yak, will there be any variables because of this? Change the status quo, everything may change with it, after all, they haven't talked about marriage yet, everything is possible.

What will happen if you know the news of the recruitment? Mei guessed that he would definitely ask for her opinion, but she was conflicted.

After all, Zou Jie is well-informed, Xiaomei has no idea of her own, and wants to hear Zou Jie's attitude.

"Sister, do you think Brother Yakzi should go to the mine, or should he not go?"

"Sister can't say anything about this, the yak goes to the mine and earns a lot of money, and the two of you can live a worry-free life in the future, and, with the strength of the yak, I estimate that it won't take a few years to become famous, and when the time comes, he will be a good person, and it is not impossible to take you to work in the city." However, there is a certain risk in being a miner, and it is safe to be a member of the company without him now. Zou Jie also said, "If he stays in Xingfutun, he can be a production captain in the future, and it is not impossible to become the captain and secretary of the production brigade. ”

"Sister, I understand what you said, but do you think Brother Yakzi will go?" Xiaomei asked Zou Jie.

Zou Jie said, "The key to this matter lies with you, you support him to go to the mine, he will definitely go, you don't support him, he will give up this opportunity for you." ”

Zou Jie's words were very clear, Xiaomei knew in her heart that Brother Yakzi would definitely ask for her opinion, and her opinion was to let Brother Yakzi make his own decision, no matter what Brother Yakzi decided, she would not object.

However, once Yakzi really chose to go to the mine, Xiaomei's heart was bottomless, not only worried about Yakzi's personal safety, but also worried about the two of them getting together less and leaving more.

Xiaomei couldn't sleep all night, and in a trance, Brother Yakzi went to the mine.

Early the next morning, he got up early to fetch water for Xiaomei's family, and Xiaomei accompanied him out of the house and secretly told him the news of the coal mine recruitment.

"Brother Yakzi, this is an opportunity, are you going to go?" Xiaomei was anxious to know what she thought.

"It was so sudden, I didn't think about it." He couldn't answer for a while, "Do you think I should go?" ”

"I don't know, Brother Yakzi, you can make up your own mind about this matter, don't ask me." Xiaomei lets the yaki decide for herself.

"If you want me to go, I'll go, if you don't want me to go, I won't."

As Zou Jie expected, Yakzi put Xiaomei's attitude in the first place.

"You still make your own decisions, and I have no objection to whether you go or not."

Xiaomei's attitude is very clear, she does not hinder and does not interfere with her decision.

After learning the news, he was very uneasy, he couldn't go, he didn't go, he couldn't go, and it was difficult to choose for a while.

He understands that when he goes to the mine, when the miner has the opportunity to change his fate, the miner earns a lot of money, and he can let Xiaomei live a worry-free life in the future, he is not afraid of how dangerous the mine is, as long as it can bring happiness to Xiaomei, he is willing to take this risk.

However, he can't leave the people of Xingxingtun behind, although he is not important in Xingxingtun, but he has already taken the matter of Xingxingtun as his own business.

This year, the production team is in arrears of production and harvest, and the task of handing over the public grain cannot be completed, and the rations of the members and the masses are destined to be greatly discounted.

Besides, the family is building a house, and they can't give up halfway. Expecting his father and Dahan to build the house, he is not at ease.

At such a time, going to the mine to work as a miner, the yak is really reluctant. But the opportunity is rare, and if I miss it, I am afraid that there will be no such opportunity in the future.

Go to the mine, help the old folks tide over the difficulties of next year, build a house, these three things he wants to do, but he can't have both, and at the critical moment, he must make a trade-off.