After the big warehouse and earthen kiln were built, the young people from the other villages packed up their things and prepared to return to their respective brigades tomorrow. Their work in the previous month was still given by their respective teams, and Zhao Cun'er did not need to record their work and pay them.

There is almost no overtime in rural workers, and it is basically a day's work, and if you do more, you will be given two more points, and if you do less, you will be given one or two fewer points.

However, before, the members of Zhao Cun'er worked overtime, and the brigade recorded overtime work points for them.

When the young people from other villages came to work, from morning to dark, most of them were not lazy, the workload was very large, and it was also very hard, Zhao Ke proposed to count them as overtime workers.

Because it is not standardized, it is not standardized, so except for those who have taken leave for personal reasons, everyone else has the same overtime work.

There are still a few more days to work.

Zhao Cun'er's brigade did not plan to give money, but wanted to use old grain to pay. According to the cattle accounting, "The average person gets forty-three pounds of grain."

Deputy Captain Xu was reluctant, "It's better to give money, now the most scarce thing in the entire commune is grain, and it is estimated that a pound of grain in the black market is a few points more expensive than last year."

Accountant Niu looked at Zhao Xinshan and asked him, "Old Zhao, you are the captain, what do you say?"

Zhao Xinshan smoked silently.

Zhao Ke was not in the office, and Deputy Captain Xu didn't accept it, "Food is a real thing, it can save lives in a famine year, save more if you can, what do you want to have a good reputation, is it wrong to let others be us?"

Accountant Niu said: "You can't say that, if you have a good reputation, it must be convenient to do things."

After Zhao Xinshan finished smoking a roll of cigarettes, he also thought about it, "Let's make a whole piece, forty pounds." How can you let people know that you don't suffer a loss when dealing with our Zhao Cun'er brigade. "

The captain spoke, and Accountant Niu immediately took a note.

Vice Captain Xu sighed. It's not that he doesn't believe in Zhao Ke, he is used to being conservative, internally, everyone should divide as much as he wants, and externally he wants to search.

The brigade headquarters did not have any grain in stock, so it was drawn to the village, and when the new grain came down, it was supplemented with what the young people in the village had eaten for more than a month.

Zhao Ke's family had less food and more food, and they took 400 catties.

Other families in the village, this one is a hundred catties, and that one is dozens of catties..... In the afternoon, I had enough food to give to the young people in other villages, and I said that it was stored in the courtyard and the children's library.

These were registered by Accountant Niu and Zhao Yunyun, and both of them stayed in the library all afternoon wrapped in cotton clothes. Zhao Ke has something else.

Girls, this

The month is good to find a good object, there are the whole village people to check, the people are good, if there is no accident, there is time in winter, the young man's home

He will come over to discuss the engagement.

The matter of the boys should also be brought up, otherwise Zhao Ke will have to talk about Zhao Ke's partiality when the time comes. Zhao Ke told his mother Yu Xiulan in advance, whose son is of marriage age, and if he has a plan, he will sign up for the team in the afternoon.

Comrade Yu Xiulan, the former women's director, knew all the women in the village, and she didn't need to be specially notified, and as soon as she walked by, half of the village would know about it, and the rest, as long as they believed in the speed at which the women spread the news, they would also find specific people to talk to.

In the afternoon, Zhao Ke sat at her desk and wrote a schedule of winter activities.

The little assistants Zhuang Lan and Su Limei sat by the stove, watching the people who registered by the fire of the stove, and when no one came, they made lesson plans for literacy classes.

"Crunch--"

Zhuang Lan and Su Limei looked up, and it was Zhu Jianyi's mother and Zhu's second aunt who came in.

During the rainstorm, she had a little unpleasantness with Zhao Ke, and when she came in, she glanced at Zhao Ke and greeted warmly with a smile: "Director Zhao, busy."

Zhao Ke nodded and asked her casually: "You also come to sign up?"

Aunt Zhu said: "Yes, our family Jianyi is also not small, I discussed with his father that we should see each other, I didn't expect you to be so busy, and you are still thinking about the children in the village."

Her touting was not very natural, Zhuang Lan and Su Limei lowered their heads and snickered.

Zhao Ke didn't think about it and said: "I remember that Jianyi is the same age as my family Zhao Feng, and he will only turn eighteen next year, which is a bit early."

"Not early, right?"

Zhao Kedao: "I haven't reached the legal age for marriage."

The current legal age of marriage is 20 years old for men and 18 years old for women, and Zhu Jianyi is still early.

But Aunt Zhu doesn't take the legal age of marriage very seriously, "Some of the sixteenth and seventeenth marriages in the countryside are the fifth of Zhao's second family, isn't it? What's wrong with the object of Jianyi?"

"The legal age of marriage set by the state must have its reasons, let's not mention those big reasons, let's talk about the situation in the village." Zhao Ke likes to explain everything clearly, and does not talk about hypocrisy.

She wants to help the young people in the village find a partner, come to register, and make it clear what the man is right for, how many people in the family there are, whether there is any burden, what kind of bride price can be paid, and whether she will split up or live with her parents in the future...... All indicated.

meantime

They are ...... about the woman's family conditions, appearance, and personality Any requirements are clearly written. If the requirements are outrageous, all of them will be called back, and they will be smoothed out.

"Your family has a son of Zhu Jianyi, the current conditions are not bad or not very good, there is not much advantage when making requests, there is no need to worry, it is better to wait for next year or the year after, the family conditions are better, you can raise the standard again, maybe he can find a literate object."

When Aunt Zhu heard this, her heart was alive, "Is it possible?"

The pencil turned around his fingertips twice, and Zhao Ke asked rhetorically: "With the development of our brigade, don't you think it can't?"

Second Aunt Zhu's eyes rolled, their brigade of earthen kilns has been built, and there will be a brick house in the future, why can't his son marry a better partner? Zhao Ke knew her thoughts by looking at her expression, "It's nothing, let's go back."

"That's okay, my family Jianyi will wait a little longer, Director Zhao, I'll go." Second Aunt Zhu didn't feel angry at all about being rejected, and left happily.

As soon as she went out, Aunt Zhao Liu'er Luo Hongxia walked in. "Sixth aunt, do you want to sign up too?"

Luo Hongxia said: "Your sixth uncle asked me to ask you, do we need to give Zhu'er a daughter-in-law at home? When he comes home from vacation, he will get married directly, and he can have a baby sooner......"

"What does he not know about in the army? What's the hurry?"

Luo Hongxia was entangled: "We also talked about it at home, but we were afraid that he would be too old and delayed."

"Can't delay, if he can assign a job after his military service in the future, he won't worry about finding a partner, and it won't affect anything if he has a baby later," Zhao Ke was saying, and there was a knock on ......the door again.

Then, Daddy Chen walked in with his back slightly bent.

Zhao Ke frowned, asked him to wait for a while, and continued to Luo Hongxia: "Brother Zhuzhu'er is filial, the girl you set, whether he likes it or not, he will recognize it, I know that many couples come like this, they may look for each other, why make do with it? Sixth aunt, do you think you're right?"

Zhao Jianfa and Luo Hongxia just didn't have an idea, she said so, Luo Hongxia thought about it and made up her mind, "We also hope that Zhuzhu'er can find a hearty one, then you are busy, I will go back and talk to your sixth uncle."

"Okay." Zhao Kemu sent Luo Hongxia out and turned to Father Chen, "Are you here for Chen San'er?"

Father Chen rubbed his hands stiffly and nodded, "No one introduced him to anyone before, and I couldn't help it, but now he has learned well."

, it's time to find a daughter-in-law and go through the days. "

Chen San'er will be twenty years old when he turns the New Year, the right age, Zhuang Lan took the pen and prepared to remember.

Zhao Ke's eyes moved to her, returned to Father Chen, and asked, "Have you told Chen San'er about finding a partner?" Father Chen still took his father's □ and waved his hand, "Is he still happy to find a daughter-in-law?" Needless to say. ”

Zhao Ke shook his head slightly, "Listen to my advice and talk to him well." Your father and son haven't eased up yet, have you? He's not a kid anymore, and you're still making decisions for him, which won't be good for your father-son relationship. "

Daddy Chen was silent.

Chen San'er couldn't see him when he saw him, their father and son hadn't spoken for a long time. He couldn't let go of his face and took the initiative to talk to his son, with Chen San'er's stubbornness, he would definitely embarrass him.

Zhuang Lan held the pen, and her eyes turned on Zhao Ke and Father Chen.

"Remember Chen San'er's name first, you still have to say what you should say, don't make unpleasant trouble."

As soon as Zhuang Lan heard Zhao Ke's words, she wrote down the name of "Chen San'er" and asked, "Daddy Chen, tell me about your family's conditions."

Father Chen immediately said: "My family doesn't have a mother-in-law to help my daughter-in-law, I only have five yuan in my hand, and I can't give much dowry for the time being, but I invested in pig money, and I will give them all the money when the time comes." "

After Zhuang Lan finished writing, she asked, "Do you have any requirements for girls?"

"What can you ask for, if you don't have any requirements, just find a diligent girl who is going through the days." Zhao Ke didn't stop in his hand, he actually listened to Daddy Chen's words all the time, and couldn't help but think of Zhao Yunyun. The words "passing by" and "diligent" don't quite match Zhao Yunyun at first glance...... After Daddy Chen left, two more people came.

Zhuang Lan and Su Limei both knew what to record, and there was no problem, Zhao Ke didn't need to squeak.

But the two young women didn't understand anything, so they always had to take a look at Zhao Ke and ask her opinion, completely forgetting that Zhao Ke was also an unmarried girl.

Zhao Ke was single-minded, and he could get one by simply replying with one or two sentences, and they were all satisfied when they left. Zhuang Lan and Su Limei were not trusted by the villagers, they were a little frustrated, and they admired Zhao Ke very much.

Su Limei sighed: "Director Zhao, why are you so relaxed? I don't think we can communicate well with the villagers. ”

Zhao Ke chuckled, "If you all at once, then I didn't toss for so long in vain? You have to have a little bit of time and origin, right?"

That's right, they are all looking at Zhao

Ke played around the village step by step.

But Zhuang Lan said: "Director Zhao is more capable than us, even if we are in your position, we can't do what you do." Su Limei echoed: "Yes, I can't even dream of it."

Zhao Ke shook his head, "Everyone is good at different things, you just haven't found it yet, if I do what I'm not good at, I definitely won't be able to do it."

The two girls looked at each other, they didn't know what they were good at, and they couldn't see their strengths.

"Don't worry, just study now, I don't know when, you will find your direction." Zhao Ke buried his head in writing, and said without arrogance or impatience, "Otherwise, even if the opportunity comes in the future, you may not be able to grasp it, and if you seize it for a while, you will not be able to grasp it."

What she keeps conveying, one is the necessity of keeping learning, and the other is stable emotions.

Zhuang Lan takes her as an example, she will study hard when she has free time, not only in books, but also to read and listen to ponder. I have lost contact with my family, and the anxiety of being alone in a strange place has long since dissipated, and every day is very fulfilling.

Su Limei has always been with Zhuang Lan and is also studying, but she is passive, not as active and hardworking as Zhuang Lan.

She couldn't think too long-term, and she didn't think about it, so she just asked curiously: Director Zhao, have you already found the direction? Zhao Ke was stunned.

Did you find it?

Sort of.

Zhao Ke didn't answer her, but asked, "The girls in the village, do you two have any ideas?" Zhuang Lan lowered her head a little weakly.

After Zhao Feng settled down in the army, he sent a letter back, and also staggered the time to send her a separate one. In the letter, he said that the two of them had nowhere to meet now, and that they didn't need to let his mother and sister know......

Although they really have nowhere to go, Zhuang Lan's mood when she received the first letter after going to the countryside is really not innocent, and the relationship between the two of them is not innocent.

But she couldn't tell Zhao Ke loudly: I'm communicating with Zhao Feng...... How embarrassing.

If I'm embarrassed to say, I didn't ask.

Zhuang Lan immediately shook her head and blurted out, "I didn't think about it now!"

She said that she was in too much of a hurry, and immediately made up for it: "I want to study more and enrich myself more first." And Su Limei fiddled with her fingers, her face full of embarrassment.

She is a girl, and she must have fantasies, especially the sweet and sweet conversations of the girls in the village. But she didn't want to find the youth in the village....

r /> I don't have a favorite yet......

Zhao Ke understood and said to the two: Don't worry, love can start and end at any time, there are not too many restrictions, maybe it is wonderful, but when you are too young, people do not have enough ability to embrace and be responsible, so I think the reason why marriage has an age limit is physical maturity on the one hand, and mental maturity on the other.

Preset the time when love may come a little farther, and during this period, water better flowers to welcome its arrival.

Zhuang Lan asked: What if you didn't come?

You still have beautiful flowers, don't you?

She said "don't worry" to everyone, adding that the words are different, and the kernel seems to be the same. But this rhetoric sounds beautiful. The two girls savored quietly.

Zhao Ke suddenly smiled, do you think I'm talking about a big reason? The two girls hurriedly waved their hands: "No, no."

"Yes, it'll be fine." Zhao Ke shrugged his shoulders slightly, laughing at himself, "It is said that don't take the bean bag as dry food, and don't take the women's director as a cadre.

Su Limei retorted: "Holding the enamel jar in one hand, behind the back of the other hand, the old god is walking eight steps on the ground, you are the fault of the old cadre."

As soon as her words fell, Zhao Xinshan pushed the door in, with their hands behind their backs, walking eight steps outside, their movements and postures were exactly the same as those she said, just like an enamel jar.

The three of them were stunned and couldn't help laughing.

Zhao Xinshan was inexplicable, did not ask the little girls about their "little secrets", and said to Zhao Ke: Can you get up tomorrow?

Yes.

Then you can send them off too.

Zhao Ke agreed.

Zhao Ke and the three of them sat in the office until more than four o'clock in the afternoon, and the families of school-age young people in the village came to register for the record, and Zhao Ke packed up and closed the door.

Zhao Yunyun was almost finished, and the two of them went back together.

She kept saying that her brain was tired today.

Zhao Ke looked at her heartless appearance and thought about it.

She is not the type of daughter-in-law who meets the expectations of ordinary people, and according to Zhao Ke's standard of "being the right person", Zhao Yunyun and Chen San'er are not suitable.

And Zhao Yunyun obviously hasn't opened her mind yet, do you want to tell her

What does Daddy Chen plan to give Chen San'er a match?

Zhao Ke didn't want to be the one who pierced the window paper......

When the two returned home, Zhao Yunyun looked next door as soon as she entered the hospital. The Fu Hang courtyard was empty.

Chen San'er has been very diligent recently, and he should be at the end of the big kiln.

Zhao Ke noticed it and lowered his eyes slightly. There is no need for her to worry about whether she will poke the window paper, neither of them is a good child, and they will not live according to the adult's plan.

The northern winter was bright late, and it was more than seven o'clock the next day, and it was not completely bright outside.

Zhao Ke got up from the warm quilt, took out his clothes from the quilt, quickly put them on, cleaned up briefly, and went out directly.

She came late again, and there were already many people standing in the compound.

After Zhao Ke greeted Zhao Xinshan, Deputy Captain Xu, and Accountant Niu, he went into the house and took out a stack of papers, hugged them in his arms, and walked to Zhao Xinshan's side to wait.

After a while, the young people from all the villages arrived.

Zhao Xinshan didn't say anything, and directly led the young people from other villages to the front of the big warehouse. The young men followed in confusion, and when they saw the sacks of grain inside, they had some guesses in their hearts, but they were really suspicious.

If you want to say what the brigades of Shuangshan Commune lack the most this year, there is no second option, that is, food.

Even if they didn't go back, even if they knew that they had made some money selling cabbage, they wanted to have enough to eat and survive the whole winter, and the cost of buying grain was too great.

They knew that Zhao Cun'er's brigade would give compensation, but they never thought that Zhao Cun'er's brigade would give food. Zhao Ke spoke well, and Zhao Xinshan asked Zhao Ke to go forward.

Zhao Ke stood in front of the warehouse door and said: "This time has been hard for everyone, our brigade is in the eyes, the ability is limited, yesterday the whole village got together to get these grains, will correspond to the work of our brigade, and send it to you."

What food!

The young people's eyes were full of shock, and for a moment they did not know how to respond. Zhao Cun'er's brigade is always breaking their impression of this place.

Zhao Ke said: "We are a brother team, you will be our friends in Zhao Cun'er in the future, and you will definitely have to deal with each other, these are the income of your labor, just accept it and bring it back."

Accountant Niu stepped forward at the right time, took the list and read a list of people's names, and asked them to go in to receive food. Vice Captain Xu stood in the warehouse and pointed out the corresponding grain bags to them.

At first, the pace of the young people was relatively slow, and then the pace of everyone went in quickly, without delaying time. There were ninety-five men in all, and they were soon divided and placed at their feet.

Zhao Ke stood in the middle again and said to everyone: "Our brigade will have a winter meeting

Organize artificial waterwheels, before making an appointment with each brigade, will give some guidance for free, please go back to your respective brigades to bring a word, if you are interested, before the end of the month, each brigade will send two people to study, one of which is best a young man, so that you can make written records.

The young men of the same brigade exchanged heads and ears, and some even had bright eyes.

In this way, some of them will have a chance to come to Zhao Cun'er Brigade again! Even if you can't stay forever and learn the craft, the treatment of returning to the brigade will definitely change.

The young people had different expressions and had already begun to plan to get up.

At this time, Zhao Ke smiled again, There is another matter. The young men stopped whispering and looked at her quietly.

"I heard that some girls in our brigade are talking to individual young people, and there are some unmarried young men of school-age in our brigade, and in the past month, I have been working with you, and you should have some understanding of them, they are all very good young people." Zhao Ke unfolded the paper in his arms, "Our brigade really hopes that they can have some contact with the outstanding young women of each brigade, and if there is fate to make progress together, it will be even better."

She was serious, but the young men understood what she meant, and wanted to match the young men in the village.

In fact, she didn't say it, they also had this idea, Zhao Cun'er has good conditions, there are unmarried girls at home or relatives, and it is a blessing to be able to marry into Zhao Cun'er's brigade.

A young man shouted directly: Director Zhao, I have a younger sister at home, when will you see each other?

When the other young people heard this, they also shouted-

"I have a sister who may have done it!"

"Director Zhao, my cousin is beautiful!"

"I have twin sisters!"

As soon as the "twin sisters" came out, the people around him immediately "called" him - you still blame the greed. It is.

There are still people who are not ashamed to find a partner for themselves, why don't you introduce me to me?

This sentence suddenly opened up the mind again, the young men who can come to Zhao Village are all relatively good unmarried young men in their respective villages, and it seems that they can also be introduced.

However, the first choice is, of course, Zhao Cun'er's brigade, which continues to recommend his "sisters and sisters" to Zhao Ke.

Zhao Ke was full of smiles, and selected representatives to distribute a leaflet one by one.

Many young men could not read and could not read for the reason.

There are individual people who recognize words, and their expressions become a little weird when they understand the content above

。

After all the nineteen leaflets were distributed, Zhao Ke explained: "The above are some basic conditions for young men of Zhao Cun'er's school age, as well as some requirements for them and their parents' expectations.

Only then did the young man who could not read know what was written on it, but he did not know what the specific conditions and requirements were, so he could only scratch his ears and cheeks in a hurry or ask the person who knew how to read.

Zhao Ke interrupted: "You can go back and study again, don't delay the long journey."

"In addition, get a vaccination, maybe which young man from our brigade you like will settle with the girls from other brigades first." Zhao Ke said before some people said with anxious expressions, It doesn't matter, if there is a need, I can make a suggestion to the Commune Women's Federation, take advantage of the winter slack to form a blind date meeting according to the model of our brigade, and look at each other.

Accountant Niu immediately applauded: "This is a good idea, because the villages are not familiar with each other, there is little communication, and there are not many good young people who can be contacted.

As soon as he said this, the young men also showed expressions of approval.

There is a brain melon that turns quickly, shouting: "If there is a blind date meeting, the young men of your Zhao Cun'er brigade will also be together, so let's pick and choose." The four members of the Zhao Cun'er team committee all laughed. Zhao Ke smiled and said, "I'll talk about it then."