Just after noon, Chen Fan put on the sheepskin backpack he made and rode to the brigade headquarters.

The little mare galloped through the field with a brisk step, feeling the saddle on her back, and sighed, "It's very comfortable to wear this thing." ”

Chen Fan touched the horse's neck and laughed.

It was only later that he learned that it was better to wear a saddle for horses, but Nanhu Commune was helpless when he couldn't buy a suitable passenger saddle.

There is no shortage of saddles for pack horses in Nanhu, but unfortunately it is the kind of wooden shelf, which is convenient for pulling carts. Sorry, no.

As for the saddle he is making by himself, it took a lot of effort to make the saddles, ask the safety to find someone to buy rivets in the county seat, make the planks himself, and make the metal parts by himself,......, and finally made it.

Barely strong, it can be regarded as the only one in Nanhu Commune, as for whether there is a county seat, I don't know yet.

In fact, this is also related to the geographical location, there are many waterways in the south of the Yangtze River, even if you raise mules and horses, they are also for arranging land or pulling goods, and there are very few horseback riding.

The short road is on two legs, and the long way is by boat or mule cart.

After all, the cost of raising a passenger horse is not ordinary, and the feed for a horse alone is equivalent to the ration of at least two people.

Spending so much money to raise a riding horse is something that the former landlords and old fortunes can do, even if it is a rich unit, they would rather find a way to buy a bicycle than raise a horse to ride.

That's why Chen Fan rode a horse and swaggered through the market, which attracted so much attention.

But everyone also knows that he is alone, has no family burden, and receives two jobs, plus the story of saving the foal and the marre, everyone thinks that he is related to these two horses, so no one gossips.

If you change to someone else, you may not know what it will look like behind someone's back.

After a while, when they arrived at the 5th team, through the woods, someone was judging Chen Fanpin.

"Yo, Mr. Chen, you're in good shape."

"Oh, this saddle, this bridle and this backpack, the big cadres can't compare to you."

"Not only cadres, you look at Mr. Chen's backpack, it's so beautiful, it's better than the bag on the counter of the county department store. Mr. Chen, did you do it yourself? ”

Chen Fan snorted, "Ah, do it casually." ”

After speaking, he changed the topic, "Why didn't you go to the market?" ”

"If you don't go, you won't be able to sell anything."

"Buy something, no money. Sell something, just a little pickles, every household will make it, and no one will spend money to buy it, so just rest at home. ”

"If I had Mr. Chen's ability to cook, I would definitely sell soft-shelled turtle meat. Hey, Mr. Chen, why did the three tigers only bring so little soft-shelled turtle meat this time, and it is not more than half of the last time? ”

Chen Fan didn't stop, rode his horse and walked forward slowly, laughing, "Because he can't catch soft-shelled turtles, it is estimated that after this time, he will not sell soft-shelled turtles next time." ”

As soon as these words came out, they caused a burst of discussion.

"Yes, there are so few soft-shelled turtles now, in the month of wax, there are a few baskets to dig casually, and now digging a ditch is not enough to make up a pot."

"You are embarrassed to say that in the days of the Chinese New Year, you eat soft-shelled turtles at home every day, and the shells of the soft-shelled turtles are piled up in a basket, so if you pull them out and sell them, how much can you sell them?"

"What to sell at that time, it's better to stay until now to sell, there are not many soft-shelled turtles now, I think the price will definitely increase."

"According to what you say, it's better to keep it for a while and sell it in a few months."

"Actually, if you want me to say, you can get some paddy fields to raise soft-shelled turtles, Mr. Chen, you ......, hey, what about Mr. Chen?"

"Teacher Chen, Teacher Chen is leaving early, and people are going to work at the brigade headquarters."

……

Chen Fan led the horse to the livestock shed next to the brigade headquarters, and walked towards the yard with his hands in his pockets.

At this time, Xiao Liewen walked out of the door with his rice bowl and shouted to Chen Fan on the slope, "What are you doing at this time?" Have you eaten? ”

Lin Yuanxiang didn't come out either, sat upright on the bench, and shouted through the door, "Come over and have two drinks without eating." ”

The Xiao family was even ready to get the dishes and chopsticks.

Chen Fan hurriedly walked to the edge of the field and waved his hand to them across the pond, "No, no, I've already eaten, you eat yours." ”

As he spoke, he made a gesture, smiled and turned around and entered the courtyard of the brigade headquarters.

Xiao Liewen returned to the house, his brows furrowed slightly, "This kid has never been so active in his usual days, did he take the wrong medicine today, or how to drop it?" ”

Lin Yuanxiang finished the meal in two bites, wiped his mouth, stood up and said, "Just go and see." ”

Then he took out the cigarette stick, lit it, and walked to it with a shake and went to it.

Xiao Liewen also hurriedly finished his meal, and followed closely behind with a bowl of distraction.

On the other side of the pond, Zhang Cui'e also ran out of the house and ran up with a puff of smoke. Her mother stopped her again and stuffed her with an egg.

Needless to say, it's definitely for Mr. Chen.

Lin Yuanxiang arrived at the brigade headquarters first, but found that Chen Fan did not go to the broadcast room above, but sat in their office, making tea slowly.

Seeing the two of them coming, Chen Fan took out their tea jars, brewed water to make tea, and asked, "Have you finished eating so soon?" How not to rest at home. ”

Xiao Liewen took out a dry tobacco stick, looked at him and said, "This is for you, how long have you said you have been here, and when have you been here so early at noon?" Tell me, what's the situation? ”

Putting two cups of tea in front of them, Chen Fan rolled up his sleeves and was about to speak, when Zhang Cui'e ran in panting, "Teacher, I'm here." ”

Chen Fan looked back at her, his face full of inexplicability, "Why are you here so early?" ”

Zhang Cui'e's eyes widened, "Didn't you come here for something?" I was eating at home, and when I saw it, I quickly finished it, and then I came over. ”

As he spoke, he stretched out his hand, "Here, my mother let me bring it." ”

Chen Fan took the egg in her hand, a little crying and laughing, "I just came over to see if the commune had notified me, nothing else." ”

Lin Yuanxiang sighed on the side, "Look at the little girl who follows you to learn to be a broadcaster, and brings you food every day." My old man has taught you so many things, and I haven't seen anything good. ”

Zhang Cui'e was not convinced, and turned to look at him, "I am officially apprenticed, it is the teacher who said that the new society should have a new style, I am not allowed to kowtow, I am not allowed to call Master, and I am not allowed to charge tuition, so I only bring something to eat." My teacher didn't apprentice to you, and you still beat him every day, and you still expect him to bring you things? What do you think? ”

When listening to the first half, Chen Fan smiled quite happily, and when he heard the second half, he suddenly couldn't laugh, and immediately coughed dryly, "What hit me every day, that's sparring, I see that he is old and let him, you kid, how old are you and how old are you?" Say some nonsense and apologize. ”

Zhang Cui'e pouted, although she was still not convinced, she still bowed obediently to Lin Yuanxiang, "I'm sorry." ”

On the one hand, Lin Yuanxiang likes Zhang Cui'e's straightforwardness and admires her respect for her teacher, so he defends Chen Fan, and on the other hand, he sighs at someone's shamelessness, and finally can only sigh, "Why is the gap between people so big." ”

This sentence is very agreed by Zhang Cui'e, "That is." ”

As he spoke, he was still looking at someone with his eyes, and his eyes were full of disgust.

Lin Yuanxiang was speechless, glanced at someone who was smiling from ear to ear, and simply smoked his head.

Xiao Liewen looked at Chen Fan and asked, "You just said that it depends on whether the commune has been notified, have you gotten any news?" ”

Chen Fan nodded, and was about to speak, when a sound of footsteps and a loud voice came.

"Time is tight and the task is heavy, you have to arrange it well, in addition to doing a good job ......"

In the middle of speaking, Secretary Yang and Captain Zhang appeared at the door, and behind them, there was Zhang Wenliang, who naturally stopped talking when they saw so many people in the office.

Xiao Liewen immediately raised his head and said loudly, "You're back, how is the situation?" ”

The three of them entered the door one after another, and Chen Fan beckoned, "Xiao'e, make tea." ”

Zhang Wenliang's face was speechless, "You call my sister as a servant, the key is that this is not your office." ”

Zhang Cui'e turned her head and glared at him, "I'm willing." ”

As he spoke, he ran to make tea.

Zhang Wenliang snorted twice, looked at his cousin who was busy holding the tea jar, and then looked at Chen Fan who was smiling with a smile on his face, "How did you teach?" Teach me. ”

Chen Fan said with a smile, "What is taught, I call it sincerity for sincerity, as long as I teach her all kinds of knowledge without reservation, she will naturally respect me." Eh, what can you teach? ”

Zhang Wenliang grimaced, sat down directly next to him, and crossed Erlang's legs to smoke.

Secretary Yang and Captain Zhang returned to their places and sat down, looked at the crowd for a while, and then said with a smile, "I have good news for you, our production team is going to show a movie." ”

Xiao Liewen was taken aback, "Yo, it's settled?" ”

Secretary Yang nodded and said with a smile, "After we finished shopping in the bazaar, when we came back, we stopped by Secretary Qian, and it happened that Tang Xianwen, the stationmaster of the cultural station, was also there, so he told us the news, and we didn't have to make a special phone call to inform us." ”

After a pause, he said, "The time is set for May 4th, and the location is still the old location, the playground of the village primary school of Team 10, where the place is large, and more than 1,000 people can sit down." ”

He said and turned his head to look at Chen Fan, "Xiao Chen, wait for the afternoon broadcast, you can inform you of this matter." ”

Chen Fan immediately nodded, "Okay." ”

At this time, Xiao Liewen asked, "Are you just waiting for this notice?" ”

Chen Fan nodded with a smile and said, "Yes, in the morning, Brother An went to my place, and I listened to what he said." ”

Xiao Liewen nodded, "That's right, his lover is the deputy director of the cultural station, although he doesn't care about the movie screening, but he is well-informed, and it is normal to know in advance." ”

As soon as he finished speaking, Captain Zhang said to Zhang Wenliang again, "Three tigers, I haven't finished talking just now, your security work must be in place, although the position of the 10th team is relatively remote, there will definitely be people from other places coming over, anyway, it is not the first time you are responsible, you know the specific details, in short, you must arrange it well, and no problems will occur." ”

Zhang Wenliang nodded, "Understood." ”

At this time, Xiao Liewen thought about it, looked at Secretary Yang and Captain Zhang, and said, "This rice planting is finished, and the market is also over, and the movie will be shown the night after tomorrow, why don't you just do the militia spring training?" ”

Everyone else had no opinion and agreed.

The leadership unanimously passed, and Zhang Wenliang naturally respected the order.

He turned his head to look at Chen Fan, "Are you using your own shotgun this time, or are you using the company's rifle?" ”

Chen Fan said without hesitation, "With a rifle." ”

Lin Yuanxiang looked at him and said, "Aren't you quite precious with those two shotguns, why don't you use shotguns?" ”

Chen Fan sighed lightly, "Shotgun bullets cost 4 cents a piece, and you don't need money to fight rifle bullets, and fools know how to choose." ”

This sentence silenced everyone in the room.

Zhang Wenliang wiped his face, looked left and right, and suddenly saw the leather backpack in the corner of the bench, immediately stood up and walked over, grabbed the backpack, and almost without thinking, his eyes fell on Chen Fan's face, "This thing yours?" ”

Chen Fan nodded, "Well, I did it myself." ”

Zhang Wenliang didn't ask him where he got the skins, whether it was the 19 fox skins he got from the last hunt, or the three sheepskins that the team rewarded him with after he appeared in the "Jiangnan Literature and Art" magazine, it was enough to show that Chen Fan was not short of skins.

The key is this handiwork, which makes him deeply suspicious, "Are you sure you made this bag yourself?" ”

Chen Fan laughed and said, "Can this still be fake?" ”

After a pause, he added, "Or have you seen a backpack like this anywhere else?" ”

Zhang Wenliang immediately shook his head, "I haven't seen it." ”

At this time, everyone else also came over to join in the fun, taking Chen Fan's backpack to study.

In fact, it is a computer backpack similar to the later generations, there is a small point of outsourcing on the outside, any is a large bag with two compartments, there are two compartments inside, the sealing of the two large pockets is a copper tooth zipper, with a light yellow sheepskin primary color, it looks very high-end, and the smaller outsourcing is with three snaps, which is convenient for putting some scattered things.

In addition, Chen Fan also used copper to make a few buckles, and then sewed them on the bag with leather pads, according to different use environments, the backpack can be turned into a shoulder bag, which is very convenient.

While everyone was studying the backpack, Chen Fan came to Lin Yuanxiang's side and whispered, "Uncle Lin, you said before, if I can build a saddle by myself, you will give me a saber." ”

Lin Yuanxiang turned his head to look at him, "Is the saddle ready?" ”

Chen Fan said with a smile, "That's for sure, it's mainly to make saddles, and the leather bag is just incidental." ”

Lin Yuanxiang smiled slightly, "Seeing is believing." ”

Chen Fan immediately stretched out his hand, "Please." ”

The two of them went outside.

The others heard what they were saying, and immediately stopped looking at their purses, and followed one by one.

Secretary Yang was still holding a cigarette and whispered to Captain Zhang, "Think about it for me, what else this kid won't do?" ”

Captain Zhang also shook his head and sighed, "Not to mention the broadcaster and veterinarian, he can also burn pottery, bricklayers, carpentry, and now make leather bags and saddles. ”

At this time, Zhang Cui'e whispered beside her, "The teacher said that he is actually not proficient, he can only be regarded as a beginner, and he is not able to do anything, for example, he can't farm." ”

As soon as these words came out, Secretary Yang and Captain Zhang looked at each other, and then sighed, "I'm not a serious farmer." ”

In these years, anyone who has gone out of the countryside, no matter how great their ability is, how many people can't farm?

After a while they came to the barn, and in the distance they saw the saddle on the back of the little mare.

Lin Yuanxiang took the lead and didn't stretch out his hand, but just got closer to look, looked up and down, and didn't even let go of the stirrups, and then turned to look at Chen Fan, his eyes were full of strangeness, "Don't tell me, even this stirrup was made by yourself?" ”

Chen Fan said with a smile, "The craftsmanship is a little rough, I laughed." ”

Lin Yuanxiang straightened up, couldn't help but shake his head and sighed, "If you were in the base area back then, you would definitely be the biggest treasure." ”

He has been here for a while, and the more he knows about Chen Fan, the more he sighs, just afraid that if this kid is thrown into the deep mountains and old forests alone, he can rub out a base with both hands. At that time, the team was poor and white, and this kind of all-rounder close to production and life was really the object of competition in all aspects.

After passing the acceptance, Lin Yuanxiang was not ambiguous, and immediately smiled, "Okay, I am willing to lose the bet, and I will let someone send the saber over when I turn around." ”

Hearing him say this, Chen Fan was embarrassed, and hurriedly waved his hand and said, "No, no, just make a joke." ”

After a pause, he smiled again, "Actually, I am fighting the knife myself, and now it is almost done, it is estimated that in a few days, I will be able to fight the knife well, and then I will ask you for advice." ”

Lin Yuanxiang was speechless for a while, and looked at him with his hands behind his back, "Eh, I said that you kid don't plan to make everything by himself in the future, this clothes are spinning by himself, weaving by himself, cutting and sewing by himself, and the rice he eats is cultivated by himself and planted by himself, and then the house is built by himself, and everything is made by himself?" ”

When a few people next to him heard this, they couldn't help laughing.

Chen Fan immediately shook his head and said with a smile, "That's not it, I'm not helpless, when I first came here, if it wasn't for the secretaries and captains to sponsor me with a few sets of clothes, I wouldn't even have a change of clothes, but if I can spend money to buy it, who would want to do it myself." ”

Zhang Wenliang walked over from the side and said with a smile, "This sentence is only suitable for you, you have the money to buy it, and in our rural areas, it is really 'if you can do it yourself, who will spend money to buy it'?" ”

The crowd burst into laughter again.

After seeing the saddle, everyone went their separate ways.

Xiao Liewen continued to stay in the office, and Lin Yuanxiang chatted with him. Secretary Yang and Captain Zhang went down to the team to check the completion of rice planting.

Zhang Wenliang pulled Chen Fan and handed him a stack of money, "The dividend from selling soft-shelled turtles today is only 15 yuan, which can't be compared with last time, but it's sold out." Now there are more and more people coming out to set up stalls, and business is not easy to do. ”

Saying that, he patted Chen Fan's arm, "Hurry up and raise the rabbit, I'm still waiting for the rabbit meat you made." ”

Chen Fan smiled and nodded, "The first batch of rabbits will be handed over in a few days, the little rabbits can't be counted on for the time being, but the big rabbits can come out in a batch, you go and discuss with Captain Ye to buy some then." ”

Zhang Wenliang was immediately overjoyed, "Okay, when you pull the rabbit over, I'll go find Uncle Ye." ”

When Zhang Wenliang left to arrange the militia's spring training, Chen Fancai turned around and took Zhang Cui'e to the radio room to teach her the knowledge in the middle school textbooks, and at the same time waited for the broadcast time to come, and to notify the whole brigade to show the movie.

(End of chapter)