The old days(64)

Han Qiuju felt relieved after receiving the notice from the Third Front. She came to Xu Qiang and said, "...won't you come with me?"

When Xu Qiang heard these words, he felt colder in his heart than when he heard the north wind howling outside.

"With the current conditions, what can I do if I take the third line?" He was afraid that Han Qiuju would threaten him by taking the third line again, so he said, "I have to wait for the next one..."

This will definitely have to be rotated, and I can’t say that I will spend my whole life in that place.

Usually three years.

If there are actual difficulties due to family or health during the period, you can also apply for transfer back, and the human resources relations will still be with the main factory.

Han Qiuju's eyes flashed, and she laughed: "I will come back in three years. In these three years, if you..."

"Definitely not!" Xu Qiang said resolutely, "You are holding that thing in your hand, do I dare? Don't worry, you are my fiancée, I remember it accurately. I will definitely marry you when I come back in three years."

marry?

Han Qiuju was noncommittal: "We'll talk about this later. If you don't come with me... it's not impossible!"

Xu Qiang was obviously stunned for a moment, then breathed a sigh of relief, "When do you leave, I will see you off."

"You don't need to send me off. We'll all go together then. But this is my first time traveling far away..." Han Qiuju looked at Xu Qiang, "It's not as good as home when I'm away... I just started going... there was nothing..."

Is this asking for money or something?

But although I can feed myself alone and the whole family is not hungry, and my salary is not small, it is just enough to spend.

Where was the extra money? Only the unspent salary for this month was left, leaving her to drink the northwest wind for the next half month. But she still took out everything in her pocket and handed it over: "

That's all, you take them all." At worst, you can find friends to hang out with for half a month.

Han Qiuju looked at the more than ten yuan and the few food stamps, and shook her head: "This money is enough for anything. When I leave, I have to buy everything again. You are a formal employee, if someone else's family has

A regular worker can support a family of seven or eight people, but you are just one person, tell me you only have this little money?"

There is a difference between this day and the day!

"I'm telling you, you haven't lived a good life at all. You don't know how a real good life is spent. I spent all the money I had and lived a middle-class life..." That's true.

But obviously, she didn't believe this.

Xu Qiang himself was a little discouraged and put the money back: "How much do you want? I'll borrow it."

"One hundred." Han Qiuju gritted her teeth and said, "One hundred yuan is not much."

One hundred yuan, of course, is not much in Xu Qiang's place. His own salary is more than thirty yuan, and his father's salary is seventy or eighty yuan a month. There are only two fathers in the family, so his father must be saving his money there.

Once he sends a telegram, he will receive the money here. His father will call the leader here and tell him to pay it from here first, and he can send the money later. This little thing is not too troublesome.

.

But for Han Qiuju, who earns about ten yuan a month, this one hundred yuan is more than half a year's salary.

That's right, Han Qiuju has never seen such a huge sum of money as one hundred yuan in her whole life.

He opened this mouth through gritted teeth.

Therefore, the eyes staring at Xu Qiang were a bit urgent.

Xu Qiang was stunned for a moment, then he understood something in his heart. He showed some appropriate embarrassment: "I will try my best, please allow me a few days."

Han Qiuju held out three fingers: "Three days, I'll come back in three days."

Xu Qiang nodded helplessly, but he was thinking about this matter in his heart.

It seemed that Han Qiuju was eager to leave with more money! He didn't rush to send a telegram to his father. Instead, he went to Tiedan and whispered to him.

There is no deep hatred between these people, but they are getting along like that now.

Tietou scolded Xu Qiang for being stupid: "What are you best at? No matter how good Han Qiuju is, she is still a girl..."

As long as she is a girl, she can coax her.

Xu Qiang raised his eyebrows and smiled: "...But you still have to lend me the money first, in case you can't get it back..."

But where can Tiedan find the money?

He laughed bitterly: "My mother received my salary for me. If I still want money, stop dreaming. My mother has to agree to spend every penny. If so, Brother Duanyang will come back tomorrow, and he has something in his hand.

money."

Duanyang's salary was also paid on time, but Lin Yutong would leave half of his pocket money, and save the other half for him, and give it to his wife after he gets married. What about Duanyang himself? In addition to buying snacks for his younger brothers and sisters, Lin Yutong

, and there is no other place to spend money. He always looks for places to make extra money, and there is never a shortage of money in his hands.

Therefore, as soon as Duanyang arrived at the factory gate, he was stopped by someone and borrowed a hundred yuan. He didn't ask any questions, and he was in a hurry to go home.

Knowing that he was back, Lin Yutong made dumplings at home: "Go and wash up quickly, we will eat later."

Duanyang said goodbye: "I just miss the food at home."

Now there are only four people in the family eating, and both Danyang and Jiaoyang are not here.

When Chaoyang came back from school, the dumplings were on the table. Dumplings stuffed with mutton were even more rare, and they were rare to come across all year round. The sheep were raised by the nearby production brigade, but the sheep fell into a crevice in the mountain, and the rescuers were doing it.

I was in a hurry and couldn't help it. I didn't get it out in the middle of the night. When it came out, I couldn't stand up anymore, so I just killed it.

They want to sell the farm and use it to get enough money to buy a big piece of equipment for the production team at the end of the year, such as a water pump, which will be used when watering the fields.

They first asked Sister-in-law Miao, but Sister-in-law Miao kept quiet and called four or five familiar family members to share a sheep.

The family had a leg of lamb, a lamb offal, sheep head and hooves that no one knew how to cook and no one wanted them, even Lin Yutong wanted them. Not to mention the stewed lamb hooves, the braised lamb is also a good dish. Today is the Dragon Boat Festival

I'm back, and I'll take it to Lin's house to eat together on the weekend.

Today we are making dumplings with lamb leg meat.

Mutton without mutton is the favorite of several children. Duanyang finished two plates in one go before telling Fourth Master and Lin Yutong about the trip to Dazhai: "...it was really exciting to go there.

." As he spoke, his voice became softer, "But if the life there is good, that may not necessarily be the case. Even if the year is good now, most of them eat coarse grains. The average person has one and a half kilograms of wheat a year, and a family can enjoy it during the Chinese New Year.

It’s still difficult to eat dumplings.”

Most of them have paid for the public grain, and there is not much fine grain left.

This is similar to the situation in the surrounding rural areas today.

A trace of worry flashed in his eyes: "... Nowadays, water conservancy projects are being built and terraces are being overhauled... It's not bad. I think the main thing is to adapt to local conditions. If the whole country is the same, a good thing will become a bad thing. So, in

I agree with the construction of reservoirs, canals, and other major infrastructure projects. We have to work hard and be self-reliant. But some places... are really not suitable for growing crops. In some mountainous areas, fruit trees and forest trees can be planted.

It's for growing pasture. My son thinks that the word 'reasonable use' is very important."

But now, these words are inappropriate.

The fourth master just listened quietly and asked him again: "I heard that a reservoir is going to be built in the village?"

"Yeah." Duanyang nodded in agreement: "I probably won't be able to stay at home very much in the future. I have to go to the construction site of the reservoir."

But the fourth master put down his chopsticks: "This water conservancy project is a project that will benefit future generations... In the early stage, most of the manpower was wasted on the construction site. If you go, your power will be limited. In this way, the Water Conservancy College opened a semi-full-time

It is a two-year training course, and you will be considered a junior college graduate after you graduate. Any unit that has this water conservancy engineering program can recommend people to come. I have already said hello, you go to class. There are three days of classes and three days of classes a week.

"

Duanyang was surprised by this arrangement: "I'm going to school?"

"Go to school!" Fourth Master nodded: "You don't have many opportunities to go to school in your life. If you miss this time, I'm afraid it will be difficult to encounter suitable opportunities in the future."

Duanyang never objected to his parents' arrangements. If his father said to go, he would go. He didn't ask any more questions.

Chaoyang suddenly felt lonely. Everyone left, and she was the only one staying at home.

Then he was thinking too much. Before New Year's Day, the municipal government re-planned the bus routes here. For a large factory with tens of thousands of people, where can one bus be enough? From Monday to Saturday, the bus is every hour, and on weekends, it is half a bus.

The bus runs every hour. The road conditions are good now, and you can get home in forty minutes by car.

This is very convenient for the children. The sun is shining brightly and they can go home as soon as the weekend comes.

The two sisters take public transportation and have plenty of time.

It was New Year's Day, and the labor union distributed New Year shopping coupons to everyone. Xu Qiang pulled Han Qiuju and said, "Let's go! Since we're not worried, let's get married today." The labor union in the factory issued certification documents.

After New Year's Day, he was barely twenty years old. Today's marriage registration is not as strict as imagined.

Han Qiuju shook him off: "Are you sure you want to get married?"

"Only if you can rest assured after getting married, can I also rest assured?" Xu Qiang chuckled, "What? Do you regret it?"

Han Qiuju was full of doubts: "Okay! Then go and get the certificate."

Xu Qiang turned around and said, "Wait here, don't run around."

The people who worked in the union were all Xu Qiang's acquaintances. He walked in and shouted, "Give me a few pages to write something."

The trade union was busy at the moment and thought it was time to go out and buy something to write a letter of introduction. He handed over the office paper and said: "No waste, no taking out."

I know, I know!

Xu Qiang took the paper, went to the corner, and quickly wrote out a marriage certificate. The trade union's seal was hanging on the wall on the side. He blew a few breaths of "haha" and stamped it with a big seal.

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People coming in and out didn't know what he was doing. He folded the certificate and took it out. As expected, Han Qiuju waited in surprise.

Xu Qiang handed over the certificate: "I believe it now."
To be continued...