The people of the Zhangshuya Brigade have discovered a strange phenomenon these days - Xiao Zhengping, Chen Yan and Zhang Erzhuan carried bamboo baskets up the mountain before dawn, and only came back when it was dark, and when they came back, everyone's bamboo baskets were full of bamboo shoots of all sizes.

The reason why this phenomenon is strange is that everyone in the team will recuperate during this season, their fields will be ploughed before the frost, and the tobacco and fertilizer will only go to the village in the spring, and people will be idle and enjoy the fruits of their hard work for a year.

Some people go up the mountain to dig up some bamboo shoots, but they are all dug for their own tooth sacrifice - bamboo shoots are produced in the nearby mountains, so these bamboo shoots can't be exchanged for a few dollars in the market.

And the bamboo shoots are not as valuable as mushrooms, they are not valuable and heavy, dig a big basket and pick them up to the township to exchange them for two yuan a piece, and no one wants to do it.

Some curious people will stop Xiao Zhengping and ask him what he is doing?

Xiao Zhengping just smiled, prevaricated a few words and left in a hurry.

Xiao Zhengping planned to pull the eldest uncle and the second uncle to do this at first, but when Xiao Kunguo heard that Xiao Zhengping wanted to do business again, he immediately stopped drinking.

Xiao Kunguo is a person who cares about reputation more than life, the Xiao family has been unable to raise his head in the team one after another, he really doesn't want to make his already bad reputation even worse.

couldn't make sense of the uncle, so Xiao Zhengping went to find the second uncle.

However, when he arrived at the second uncle's house, Xiao Zhengping couldn't open his mouth.

The last time they were arrested and taken to the police station, my cousin and sister-in-law always thought that they had harmed Xiao Zhengping, and if Xiao Zhengping hadn't wanted to help them, they wouldn't have thought about selling cigarettes.

Until now, the two of them are still blaming themselves, Xiao Zhengwen's spirit that he finally cheered up has fallen again, and Xiao Kunshui and his wife are also depressed because of their son's depression again.

Xiao Zhengping talked to his cousin many times, but his cousin was always interested in doing business.

In desperation, Xiao Zhengping had no choice but to discuss with Chen Yan and Zhang Erzhuan to see if he could borrow their stove for experiments.

Zhang Erzhuan couldn't speak at home, Xiao Zhengping didn't do much hope, and finally under the soft grinding and hard bubble with Chen Yan, Chen Yan's father and mother finally agreed, but there were two requirements: first, Chen Yan was not allowed to fool around in the future, and second, they had to get the firewood themselves.

After talking about the smoke stove, the news from Deputy Director Yang also came.

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Since the abolition of the commune, the leaders of the team site have nothing to do, except for the last road repair, the team site is almost empty.

However, Zou Shusheng lives not very far from the team site, and when he is free, he will come to the team site from time to time to take a look, clean up, reminisce about the past, and then sigh about the impermanence of the world.

On this day, Zou Shusheng came to the team headquarters as usual, and after a symbolic sweep of the floor, he poured himself a cup of tea and read the nearest newspaper.

Just as he was forgetting himself, suddenly the phone rang, Zou Shusheng took the phone and listened, and the other party said that he was the deputy director of the county revolutionary committee.

A deputy director of the Revolutionary Committee called the team headquarters, which surprised Zou Shusheng a lot, but then the other party said that he wanted to find Xiao Zhengping, and Zou Shusheng was even more shocked.

When he hung up the phone and broadcast, Zou Shusheng couldn't help but think in his heart.

The old branch secretary doesn't know what is going on recently, big and small things, bad things and good things seem to have found him, in the past half a year, Xiao Zhengping seems to be a star in the team, a good guy, tossing and turning, and now even the deputy director of the county has found him.

Zou Shusheng still remembers the last time Xiao Zhengping asked him to borrow money, and thought that the money would come back at least a few months, who knew that Xiao Zhengping really sent the money over within a week, and he was embarrassed when he repaid the money, as if it was his fault that he couldn't get him more money.

While thinking about his thoughts, Zou Shusheng posted a radio, and in the afternoon, Xiao Zhengping rushed to the team headquarters in a hurry, and directly called the county government where Zou Shusheng had never called.

Zou Shusheng couldn't hear the content of the phone call, but Xiao Zhengping told him that two books would come to the team headquarters in two days, and he asked the branch secretary to notify him when the time came.

These two books are the materials on the drying technology that Yang Guangsheng found for Xiao Zhengping, because few people have done it with a smoke stove to dry mountain goods, so there is almost no information that can be directly used for reference, Yang Guangsheng asked Xiao Zhengping to explore while referring to it.

After getting the book, Xiao Zhengping read it greedily, he spent three days and three nights reading the two books, and after reading it, he couldn't wait to start experimenting.

In the past month, he even coaxed and tricked Mrs. Yan and Zhang Gouzi to go up the mountain to dig bamboo shoots and chop firewood, and he didn't even let go of Xiuye, who came back from winter vacation.

However, after a month, Xiao Zhengping was still unlawful, and the dried bamboo shoots baked were all fine, but the color never brightened.

Anyway, the time has come to the end of the year, no matter how anxious Xiao Zhengping is, he will not trouble others at this time.

The eldest uncle and the second uncle both persuaded Xiao Zhengping to take Ye'er to their house for the New Year, and Chen Yan also invited the brothers and sisters to his house, but Xiao Zhengping refused, no matter what, the New Year had to be spent at home!

I have to say that the craftsmanship of Zou carpenter has nothing to say, the home he repaired no longer squeaks, and no longer leaks wind and rain, and the furniture brushed with tung oil makes the originally empty home have a warm taste.

In the past two days, Xiao Zhengping pulled Xiao Xiuye to buy New Year's goods, tie lanterns, and paste Spring Festival couplets, and he was very busy, and he tried his best to make a home jingle, it seems that only in this way can people feel that this home is not deserted.

However, when the brother and sister sat opposite each other on the evening of the Chinese New Year's Eve, Xiao Zhengping realized how futile his efforts were.

In the past, Xiao Zhengping's family was also deserted, but at that time, the eldest uncle and second uncle would take Xiuye away, if Xiao Zhengping was willing, he could also follow, if he was really unwilling, he could also go to Lao Ye's house for a lively night.

So this kind of coldness is something that neither brother and sister have ever felt.

Xiuye's eyes were misty, the chopsticks were listlessly picking in the fragrant vegetable bowl, from time to time she raised her eyes to look at Xiao Zhengping, and when she saw that the eldest brother was also looking at herself, she cast a far-fetched smile.

"Ye'er, when the team is powered next year, brother will buy you a TV and come back, do you know, the TV is good-looking, there are many stars in it, and you can still listen to songs!" Xiao Zhengping cheered up and tried to mobilize Xiuye's emotions.

Xiuye didn't want his eldest brother to be sad, so he took over the conversation, and the two chatted while eating, from their vision for the future to Xiuye's school, and from the township market to Deputy Director Yang in the county, and finally made it to zero o'clock, and the two took firecrackers to the yard.

Xiao Xiuye covered her ears and wanted to hide in the house, but she didn't want to miss such a bustle, so she could only hide behind her eldest brother and glance at the firecrackers that exploded from time to time.

Seeing this, Xiao Zhengping stretched out his hand and put his arm around Xiuye's shoulder, at this moment, the smiles on the faces of the brother and sister were from the heart.

After the firecracker exploded, the brother and sister looked at each other and laughed at the same time.

"It's going to be fine!" Xiao Zhengping said firmly to Xiao Xiuye.