Afternoon.

Seeing that the time was almost up, Xu Fugui put down the newspaper, went into the house and took out a canvas raincoat and draped it on his body, then put on a straw hat, and walked into the drizzle.

He loves rainy days, but he only likes to stay in the house on rainy days, and when he has to go out on a rainy day, he is in a particularly bad mood.

But as soon as he thought of picking up Jiazhen and Fengxia, his mood immediately improved again.

"Sigh the law ......"

The black horse also seemed to be accustomed to the daily pick-up and drop-off tasks, pinching the time to get up from the stable, flicking the horse's tail, and snorting at him.

The stables are currently occupied by black horses, and the other two brown and yellow horses are borrowed by the villagers to carry goods, and they are all doing heavy work.

So relatively speaking, the days of the dark horse are relaxed, and you only need to run two round-trips a day, and you should sleep and eat at ordinary times.

Maybe it was because of the rain outside, and the black horse didn't want to move, and when Xu Fugui went to pull the reins, it shook its head slightly in resistance and snorted again.

Xu Fugui smiled, seeing that there was no one around, he turned his hand and took out two carrots from the space and put them on the horse's mouth, touched the horse's head, and said patiently: "When a cow is a horse, there are people to serve you in food and housing, and you can't be sloppy in your work, let's go, let's go." ”

As if he understood, the black horse finished eating two carrots and took the initiative to come out of the stable.

Xu Fugui glanced at the horse's hooves, which were a little old, and planned to repair its hooves later.

"Drive!"

Turning over his horse, he shook the reins slightly, and the black horse immediately trotted up, splashing the mud from the country road onto the weeds on the side of the road.

The surrounding mountains and forests moved backwards, and I am afraid that I will not be able to ride a horse for a long time in the next period of time.

Passing through the nameless river, I saw a group of people wearing straw hats, squatting in front of a wasteland, it was estimated that Lai Shun and Chen Yunsheng were them.

Xu Fugui said hello, kept moving, and rushed straight to the county seat.

When he came to the county seat, it was still early, and he first repaired the four iron hooves of the black horse.

Fortunately, the four hooves did not enter the worm, and there was no bleeding and pus, but the wear was a little large, and the iron hooves were replaced.

When she came to the gate of the elementary school, Feng Xia, as before, rushed over and shouted loudly to her father.

Her classmates also knew him, and they all shouted Uncle Xu, with some expectation in their eyes.

Xu Fugui picked up Feng Xia with a smile and said to Zhou Wei's child: "Oh, Uncle Xu didn't have any candy on him today. ”

"It's okay Uncle Xu, we don't like sugar."

These dolls are very sensible, and immediately said with a red face.

Riding the horse again, the horse's hooves landed on the stone pavement with a crisp sound.

"Jiazhen, are you unhappy?" On the way, Xu Fugui asked.

In the past, Jiazhen was smiling when she saw him, but today she was unusual, and her expression was obviously a little low.

Jiazhen shook her head, her voice very small, "I just thought you were leaving tomorrow." ”

"Haha, it's not like you're not coming back when you're gone, what are you worried about?"

Jiazhen glanced up at him, "You're heartless." ”

"Dad, I told my classmates that you were going to take the train to the provincial capital, and they all said that you are so good." Feng Xia looked proud, and then lowered her head, "Dad, when will you come back when you leave?" ”

Xu Fugui was not sure, "You should be able to come back for the New Year, Dad will write to you, Fengxia should obediently listen to her mother, Dad will buy you a beautiful little dress and come back." ”

Feng Xia nodded happily, children are rarely sentimental, and their moods are all on their faces.

Riding a horse, the cold wind whistling on his face, and getting into his neck, Xu Fugui hugged Feng Xia tightly, "Jiazhen, I just can't send you and Feng Xia to school in the future." ”

Jiazhen shook her head, "What's this, just walk with the children in the village." ”

When she got home, Liu Cuiping took out the crispy meat as soon as possible, Feng Xia had been a young lady of the Xu family for four or five years before, so she naturally had eaten crispy meat, and immediately shook her head and ate it.

As if to see him off, the evening meal was quite sumptuous.

Fragrant white rice, steaming egg drop soup, golden crispy pork, oily stir-fried bacon with cabbage, and Jia Zhen and Feng Xia's favorite salted duck eggs.

"Laishun, how does it feel to be the branch secretary?" At the dinner table, Xu Fugui asked casually.

Lai Shun laughed, "It feels the same as before, but I still prefer them to call me Lai Shun, and it's awkward to call the branch secretary." ”

"I'll get used to it in the future, Dad, if you think it's too tiring to teach at night, you can rest at home, and I'll find another way."

Father Xu snorted lightly, "I'm a little tired, but as a teacher, for the people of Xujia Village, why don't I be tired, your father and I are not unreasonable people." ”

Xu Fugui muttered: "Come on, I don't know you yet, don't you just want to hear others call you sir?" ”

"Fugui, why are you talking to your father? Dad was originally for the good of everyone, otherwise who would want to do the subsidy of seven yuan and five? ”

Xu's father is also subsidized as a night school teacher, seven yuan and five cents a month, which is paid by the village finance.

Xu Mule laughed out loud, "It's still my son who understands Lao Tzu and is still a teacher, you don't embarrass Fugui and burn incense to worship the Buddha, how much ink do you have in your stomach, I still don't know?" ”

Father Xu snorted again, "I can't talk to you two sisters, it's still a good thing." ”

After dinner, the drizzle outside also stopped, Xu Fugui stood in the yard and smoked a cigarette, and returned to the house, but did not see Jiazhen.

Walking to the front of the sleeping house, the parents were inside, two wicker boxes were opened, Jiazhen was counting the luggage, and there was a thing wrapped in red cloth on the table next to it.

When I lifted the red cloth, I saw that it was a radio.

"Jiazhen, you don't want to put all the radios in for me, do you?" Xu Fugui said speechlessly.

"Oh, we don't listen, we don't understand, we might as well let you take it away." Jiazhen stuck out her tongue.

Xu Fugui hurriedly stopped, "Forget it, if someone steals it outside, you won't be distressed to death." ”

Jiazhen thought about it, and it was really the truth, so she no longer insisted on it.

But she took out the wooden box where the money was hidden, and after opening it, she took out a wad of yuan, Xu Fugui held her hand, "Don't you need money at home?" ”

Jiazhen's almond eyes widened, "When you go out, it's always good to have a little more money." ”

Xu Fugui kissed her lips like a dragonfly, "You forgot, I have a lot of gold bars." ”

After speaking, he took out two gold bars, "You find a place to hide it, I'm not at home, in case something needs to use money, you let Lai Shun go to the black market and exchange the gold bars for money." ”

Jiazhen thought for a while, took the gold bar, looked at it carefully, and said in surprise: "Why are there tooth marks on it?" ”

"Hey, I bite."

Jiazhen carefully hid the gold bars, and then continued to pack his luggage, thin clothes, thick clothes, bed sheets, quilts and towels, Xu Fugui said that enough is enough, and he has many things in his space......

(End of chapter)