While they were talking, Xu Xiaohui and He Qiang walked out of the back door.

I don't know how the two talked, anyway, Xiao Zhengping looked at Xu Xiaohui with a red face, while He Qiang looked depressed.

"What are you talking about, I heard you talking from afar." As soon as she spoke, Xu Xiaohui's voice was full of lightness, as if she had finally let go of some kind of baggage.

Xiao Zhengping didn't have the heart to figure out her mood, and replied: "It's nothing, some small things in the village." ”

Xu Xiaohui listened casually as she approached Jia Hongyue, picking up the test blocks stacked next to her and examining them one by one.

"Sister Hongyue, don't take the soil too deep, just go down about ten centimeters. In addition, the test block should be moved over as soon as possible after completion, and try not to stay overnight. ”

Jia Hongyue nodded, and immediately talked to Xu Xiaohui about the technical details.

Seeing that Xu Xiaohui quickly shifted her attention to work, Xiao Zhengping left with interest.

When he returned home, his daughter-in-law was chatting with his dumb father, and as soon as Xiao Zhengping appeared, the dumb father pulled him to his side and shouted something.

After getting along together for so long, Xiao Zhengping found that the father and daughter had their own unique way of communicating, and gradually learned it, so after careful observation for a while, Xiao Zhengping immediately understood what his father-in-law meant.

Like Uncle Xiao Kunguo, probably heard his daughter mention Lin Baoshou, and Dai Dumb asked Xiao Zhengping to get some wine to taste.

After understanding the meaning, Xiao Zhengping smiled and said: "Dad, the wine is a trivial meaning, when the wine shop is done, we will be free, I will take you and my uncle and second uncle to meet Mr. Lin and taste the wine he cooked by himself." ”

When Dai was dumb when he heard this, his mouth was crooked, and he slapped Xiao Zhengping on the back, and gave a thumbs up with the other hand.

After chatting for a while, Xiao Zhengping asked his father-in-law Cao Yuankui if he had ever looked for him.

Dai mute said that he had found it, and he also made a set of rhetoric with Xiao Kunguo, saying that there was no shortage of the five yuan now, and he agreed if he didn't want others to see the joke.

Xiao Zhengping asked: "Dad, aren't you worried about whether the money will come back?" ”

Dai mute shook his hand repeatedly, indicating that he didn't care.

Xiao Zhengping shook his head and looked at his daughter-in-law with a wry smile.

Now that life is better, although it is not to "run to the well-off", at least I have never heard of anyone being hungry on Zhangshuya Mountain. Although five dollars still accounts for a large proportion of people's income, at least everyone can afford it.

I'm afraid Cao Yuankui also thought of this, so he decided to persuade him from door to door.

"Daughter-in-law," Xiao Zhengping said, "you and your father are resting at home, and I'll go to the village." This Cao Yuankui can't let him cheat everyone's money so inexplicably. ”

Dai Xuemei thought about it carefully, grabbed Xiao Zhengping, who was about to pick up the bicycle, and said, "I'll go with you." ”

Xiao Zhengping was stunned, "What are you doing?" Don't worry, I just asked him to hold a village meeting, and I didn't go to quarrel with him. ”

Dai Xuemei replied: "I know! Brother Pingzi, I used to sell tofu, and I had more or less dealt with Cao Zhishu, so I went and maybe it would work. ”

Xiao Zhengping thought about it and felt that it was right, he was not familiar with Cao Yuankui, and if there was an acquaintance as an intermediary, the probability of success in persuasion would be much greater.

But while thinking about Xiao Zhengping, he looked at Dai Xuemei's belly, "But your belly~~ Don't go!" ”

"It's okay, let Brother Chen Yan send us there, anyway, he's watching TV at home."

Xiao Zhengping patted the back of his head when he heard this, "That's right, my mother's old man forgot about that kid, I have to find something for him to do." ”

So the two hit it off, said goodbye to their dumb father and walked towards Chen Yan's house.

......

The changes in camphor trees are not big, but they are not small.

After the complete abolition of the ticket system the year before last, bicycles on the mountain are no longer a rarity, and by the way, even the road seems to be a little smoother. In addition, there are a few more TVs and radios, and you can hear the sound of someone's house when walking on the road in broad daylight.

In addition, if you want to say that the biggest change on Hejia Mountain, it is the front and back of people's houses.

At the beginning, the contract system divided the fields and land, and the various brigades were divided into blocks, and many of the fields next to the house were assigned to others, and people were still very cautious about distinguishing their own land, so many of the corners and corners were deserted there, causing many people to have weeds everywhere in front of and behind their houses.

Later, people found out that the policy was really relaxed, and some people exchanged fields in private, for example, this land is in front of my house, and the land is closer to your house, so we can simply change it, as for the problem of unequal area, because it is convenient for each other, it is not too careful, it is really not good, and you can also post some money as compensation.

Over time, the fields gradually joined together according to the people's own wishes, and the abandoned corners and corners were reused because they were integrated into the large fields.

Then you can see that the weeds have been turned into vegetable gardens, and some have built livestock sheds or chicken and duck sheds, and the houses and yards have become more colorful.

Now that flue-cured tobacco has come to an end, most of the families have sold their cigarettes, and those who are idle have begun to run their own plots and livestock sheds.

Sitting in the car, Xiao Zhengping saw someone smiling at him from time to time, so he stretched out his hand and shook it in response.

"Mrs. Yan, have you paid the money for building a brick kiln?" Xiao Zhengping asked casually.

"Isn't it just five dollars, pay it." Chen Yan also replied casually, as if the five yuan was really worthless.

"Hmph, I really don't know if this is a good thing or a bad thing, it's only been a long time, five dollars is no longer money, think about it, you want to lose five yuan at the poker table, and you will start scolding your mother early."

"Oh, that's right. But it's not that you don't count the money, it's just that everyone has paid it, and you don't pay it, as if your family doesn't have the five yuan, and you don't have a lot of face. ”

"He Cao Yuankui must have said this, otherwise how can you be willing to pay, he must have said the same when he went to the first person to ask for money, in fact, there are still many people who haven't paid."

"I said Pingzi, people didn't steal or rob, everyone paid it voluntarily, why are you involved in this?"

"I didn't steal or rob, but he lied to people, Mrs. Yan, if you want to know that the brick kiln can't make money, are you still willing to pay the five yuan?"

"Cut, even if I can earn it, I don't want to pay it, my mother paid the money, she paid it all, is it possible that I want to come back?"

As he spoke, the car had already driven to the entrance of the village department, Xiao Zhengping helped Dai Xuemei out of the car, pushed open the courtyard door and walked in.

In the village office, Cao Yuankui, the party secretary, and Li Wenyuan, the newly appointed accountant, were sitting in the village office, each holding a pen in their hands, as if they were calculating something.

Seeing Xiao Zhengping and the three of them, Li Wenyuan quickly got up and beckoned the three of them in, while Cao Yuankui was still frowning and looking at the scratch paper he was writing.

"Xiao Zhengping, I've heard it for a long time, we've met, but this is the first time we've dealt with each other, right?" The new accountant is not very old, he looks to be about forty, and he speaks politely.

"No, I remember that when I was a child, my father took me to your house, and I also ate your wedding wine when you got married.

Li Wenyuan poured a cup of tea for each of the three of them as he spoke, and finally sat down and said with a smile: "Yes, it's been too long, I don't have a good memory." What's the matter, the big celebrity of Zhangshuya, what's the matter? ”

Xiao Zhengping glanced at Cao Yuankui, who still didn't take care of himself, and then said: "The three of us want to ask the village department to return the money for building a brick kiln." ”

When the words fell, not only Cao Yuankui and Li Wenyuan, but even Dai Xuemei and Chen Yan opened their mouths in shock.