Just when Zhao Youcai was looking forward to the coming good days, Zhao Jun came back from outside and went back to his room.
When Zhao Jun returned to the house, he found that Xie Zhong, Jie Chen and Li Ruhai were all awake. Xie Zhong and Jie Chen were folding quilts, while Li Ruhai was sitting there with his back against the kang cabinet, holding the little lynx in his arms while stroking
, while pointing out the country.
I just heard him say to Xie Zhong: "Brother Xie, before you enter Lengchang, it is best to come to our forest farm to see me when I am on duty."
"Huh?" Jie Zhong was startled when he heard this. Jie Chen, who was stacking the folded quilts on the kang cabinet, turned back curiously, looked at Li Ruhai and asked, "What are I doing with you?"
Li Ruhai smiled faintly and said to Jie Zhong: "We have a store in the forest farm. When the time comes, I will guarantee you that when you go there to get things, you can keep the accounts. When the forest farm pays you the check every month, you can go to the store to pay them. This
That’s it.”
"Ah!" After listening to Li Ruhai's words, Xie Zhong's eyes lit up. The packaging factory is not a worry-free job, as the boss has to take care of everything.
People and horses have to be taken care of, whether it's food for workers or fodder for cattle and horses, they all have to bear the responsibility.
It is even said that if any worker has something to do at home and urgently needs money, he should tell the boss and the boss will be given the money first. When the forestry farm pays the bill, the boss will withdraw the money he advanced.
Therefore, Xie Zhongbao had to spend a lot of money in the early stage of this business. Although he did the transportation work every year, Xie Zhong's character made him accustomed to spending money on friends.
In addition, over the years, Jie Chen and his old mother have had to be taken care of by Jie Zhong, so his family's foundation is really not strong.
Now that Jie Chen had money, he was willing to give it to his elder brother, but Jie Zhong refused to let it go no matter what he said. He insisted that the money should be kept for Jie Chen's wife, and he also said that he would build five large rooms for Jie Chen.
Tile-roofed house.
At this time, when Li Ruhai said that the forest farm store could open accounts, Xie Zhong felt very good. If nothing else, those workers had to buy oil, salt, soy sauce and vinegar for food.
As the leader, he had to prepare cans of tobacco and alcohol in case someone came to check, so he could give someone a gift.
In addition, such as candles, flashlight batteries, accounting books, pencils... these small things are not inconspicuous, but they all add up to a lot of money.
"Ruhai!" Xie Zhong moved his buttocks, moved closer to Li Ruhai, and asked, "Can you really pay the bills? That would be great!"
As Xie Zhong was talking, Zhao Jun came in from the door. He heard what Li Ruhai just said. At this time, he saw Zhong Shangxin and said hurriedly: "Really, brother, when the time comes, you go to the cafeteria to find my dad. My dad will follow
Everyone in the store is familiar with them."
They are both inside the forest farm, one is the canteen and the other is the store. Not only are we familiar with them, but we also have business contacts there.
"That's great!" Xie Zhong smiled and patted his thigh, then raised his hand and patted the little lynx on the head.
At this time, Zhao Jun seemed to remember something. He came out of the house and went to the opposite room. He saw that the three little girls were not awake yet, so he whispered to Wang Meilan: "Mom, give me three hundred yuan."
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"Hey!" Wang Meilan responded, stretched out her hand and opened the kang cabinet, took out a wad of money, put it in her left hand, and counted thirty coins with her right hand to Zhao Jun.
This scene confused Zhao Youcai outside the door. He usually had trouble asking for three to five yuan, but how could this kid be so happy asking for three hundred yuan?
The key is that Wang Meilan didn’t even ask what Zhao Jun wanted the money for!
In fact, mother and son have a tacit understanding. Wang Meilan knows that even if she doesn't ask, her son will give her a reason.
Zhao Jun didn't say anything just now because Wang Meilan was counting money and was interrupted when he spoke, so I had to check it all over again.
At this time, Zhao Jun took the money from Wang Meilan and explained in a low voice: "The black blind man who was killed yesterday was divided among the five of us, and one share belonged to an old man. I think his family is in trouble, so...
Give him his share first."
"Okay!" Wang Meilan raised her chin and said in agreement: "Son, you are right to do this. It will be difficult to see people outside in the future. If we can make it convenient for others, we will make it convenient for others."
"Hey." Zhao Jun responded with a smile, turned around and came out of the house, closing the door behind him.
But when he turned around again, he saw Zhao Youcai looking directly at him, or to be precise, at the money in Zhao Jun's hand.
At this time, Zhao Youcai, although he did not speak, seemed to be saying: "Your father and I are in trouble!"
Zhao Jun suddenly remembered what Zhao Youcai said not long ago, in which he scolded him for not buying him leather shoes or a marmot hat.
Thinking of this, Zhao Jun took out a big unity card from his hand, rolled up the money with one hand, and handed it to Zhao Youcai.
In an instant, Zhao Youcai's face turned cloudy. He took the money out of Zhao Jun's hand and gave Zhao Jun a kind smile.
Zhao Jun also smiled at Zhao Youcai, and then walked back to the West Room.
Zhao Jun entered his room, closed the door, and then used his own money to pay for a large unity ticket, and returned the three hundred yuan to his brothers.
Zhao Youcai outside the house was looking at the ten dollars in front of him happily. Last night he got a gold coin, and this morning he scraped ten dollars from his son. This life has really gotten better.
But at this moment, the door behind Zhao Youcai was suddenly pulled open from the outside.
Zhao Youcai hurriedly put the money into his pocket, and when he turned around, he saw that it was Li Dayong.
"Dayong." Zhao Youcai was in a particularly bright mood today. He smiled at Li Dayong and said, "Are you up? I've made two pots of pancakes. When the pancakes are ready, we'll eat. There are ready-made dishes."
"Brother!" Li Dayong said to Zhao Youcai: "Is Ruhai coming back this morning?"
Li Dayong thought about it. Since Zhao Youcai didn't report to him last night, Li Ruhai must have stayed at someone else's house.
You slept at someone else’s house yesterday, do you still have the nerve to eat at someone else’s house this morning?
"Ah? Ouch!" Zhao Youcai slapped his forehead, pointed at Li Dayong and said, "Your house, Ruhai, stayed at my house last night!"
"Is he staying at your house?" Li Dayong was startled when he heard this, and frowned: "Brother, why didn't you tell me?"
"Oops." Zhao Youcai slapped his lips and said, "I wonder if you have been drinking. There is no way to beat a child lightly."
Hearing what Zhao Youcai said, Li Dayong twitched the corner of his mouth and said: "Then I have to beat him up too! I have to beat him up for this matter!"
At this time, Zhao Youcai suddenly had an idea. He glanced at the door of the west room and saw that the door was closed. He hurriedly grabbed Li Dayong and the two brothers turned their backs.
Zhao Youcai whispered to Li Dayong: "This kid, just let him know that he is wrong. If you ask me, please stop hitting him."
"Huh?" Li Dayong was stunned when he heard Zhao Youcai's words. He looked at his sworn brother in surprise. In Li Dayong's impression, Zhao Youcai had not hit Zhao Jun this year. He was not a spoiled child before.
parents.
Zhao Youcai continued to whisper to Li Dayong: "After you beat him, that's all. If you didn't beat him, he would keep thinking about it and scare him for two or three days. Let's see if he dares to do it in the future."
Dare you!"
After Li Dayong heard this, he blinked twice. He wanted to praise Zhao Youcai, but he didn't know how to say it.
At this time, the aroma of pancakes came from the big pot, Zhao Youcai raised his hand and patted Li Dayong on the shoulder, and said with a smile: "Hurry up and call Baoyu over, we will eat in a moment."
"Yeah." Li Dayong responded and said, "We'll be there right away."
After Li Dayong finished speaking, he left. As soon as he went out, Zhao Jun's door opened a crack, and Li Ruhai peeked out.
Li Ruhai went to the door of the room, but saw Zhong. Brother Jie Chen came over. Li Ruhai opened the door again and sent Jie Zhong off. Jie Chen went out to wash up for convenience.
After Li Ruhai closed the door again, he rushed directly in front of Zhao Jun, grabbed Zhao Jun's arm, shook it and said: "Brother, save me!"
"Alas!" Zhao Jun sighed softly, shook his head and said: "Ruhai, big brother can't help you this time, you said you..."
At this point, Zhao Jun couldn't go on. After all, he gave the money. Since he gave it, it is his problem if his children make mistakes with money.
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Half an hour later, a square table was set up in Zhao Jun's room. Zhao Jun, Zhao Youcai, Li Dayong, Li Baoyu, Xie Zhong, Jie Chen, and Li Ruhai sat around the table and ate.
On Li Ruhai's left was Zhao Jun, and on his right was Jie Chen. While the boy was eating, he secretly took aim at Li Dayong opposite him.
But Li Dayong was eating pancakes with vegetables and didn't even look at Li Ruhai.
This made Li Ruhai a little confused. Even if Li Dayong glared at him, Li Ruhai would be more at ease than now.
At this time, Li Ruhai was a little confused about Li Dayong's approach and was always on tenterhooks.
"Come, come!" At this time, Wang Meilan's voice sounded at the door. She came in from the outhouse carrying a large plate filled with fried poached eggs!
Eggs are a meat dish these days, and fried eggs are even rarer in forest areas!
But Wang Meilan's family had no shortage of eggs or oil, so she fried one for everyone and put them in the bowl one by one with her chopsticks.
"Auntie!" After Xie Zhong took the omelette in the bowl, he called to Wang Meilan and said, "You can sit here and eat too."
"I'm not in a hurry." Wang Meilan said with a smile: "I'll fry the black blind man in oil for you, and I'll fry the badger man in a while."
"Yes!" As soon as Wang Meilan finished speaking, Zhao Youcai continued over there: "How much badger oil do we have left?"
After Zhao Youcai said this, without waiting for Wang Meilan's answer, he turned to Zhao Jun and said: "Son, look at these two days, one night we will take the dogs to the field to catch some badgers. Bring them back? Oil them.
Your mother prepares it so that she doesn’t have to pick it again before winter."
Fried eggs with badger seeds are indeed effective in treating gastric problems, but you have to persist for a period of time. Fried eggs with badger seeds are not like scalding with just a few drops. Eating them every day is really wasteful.
Animals like badgers not only stay out during the day and come out at night. In late autumn, they will also jump to the corn fields and pull out some grains that have fallen on the ground.
Therefore, Zhao Youcai showed his loyalty and wanted to personally lead a team to capture the badgers in the southern land.
"Ah, I know, Dad." Zhao Jun agreed immediately, but looking at the cloudy sky outside, he said to the people around him: "It seems like there will be sleet today, right?"
"Yeah!" Wang Meilan, who was standing aside, responded: "The loudspeaker said it all yesterday."
Zhao Jun turned to look at Jie Zhong, raised his chin and asked, "Brother, are you still leaving today? Why don't you wait until the weather gets better?"
Hearing this, Xie Zhong bit into the fried egg and looked outside, then asked Jie Chen beside him: "Are you okay?"
"It's okay!" Jie Chen shook his head and said vaguely: "I can't stand even if it snows now. It will melt when it hits the ground. I'll drive slowly."
Xie Zhong nodded and said to Zhao Jun: "I'll go back today and make arrangements. I'll come back after the arrangements are made."
"Hey?" At this time, Zhao Youcai couldn't help but interrupt and asked Xie Zhong: "Well... isn't Zhang Yuanmin going with you?"
During dinner yesterday, Xie Zhong mentioned that he had hired two Xiaolin classes and was now facing a shortage of manpower. When Zhang Yuanmin heard this, he immediately volunteered to go to Lingnan to work for Jie Zhong.
Jie Zhong was stunned by these words. He could not find anyone in Lingnan where he lived. How could Zhang Yuanmin, a dragon crossing the river, turn the world upside down?
But when faced with Jie Zhong's question, Zhang Yuanmin said that he was in Ziye, Lingnan Road, and then recited the names of Jiang Jinyou, Li Yuan and others.
A long list of names came out of Zhang Yuanmin's mouth, just like a roll call, and Jie Zhong was stunned!
The key is that Xie Zhong knows Zhang Yuanmin and others, and he also knows that these people are all under Du Chunjiang's command.
But Zhang Yuanmin promised Xie Zhong that as long as he came to Lingnan Beisongpu in person, all the people in that shop would pay their respects.
Xie Zhong and Du Chunjiang had never dealt with each other, so when he heard this, he was so happy that he couldn't help it!
So, it was decided last night that today Zhang Yuanmin would follow Xie Zhong and Xie Chen back to Lingnan and go to Beisongpu to recruit people.
"Yeah, uncle." Xie Zhong replied to Zhao Youcai and said, "We will go back today, and I will drive tomorrow, and then we will bring back the Yuanmin brothers."
"Yes." Zhao Jun took over the conversation and said to Zhao Youcai and Wang Meilan: "Dad, Mom, Jie Chen won't leave if he comes again. I asked him to stay at our house for a few days while we lay siege for a few days."
"Okay!" Wang Meilan said with a smile: "Come on, we have room at home too."
Zhao Youcai also pointed to the minister with a smile and said: "He just happened to be here, and he can still drink with me every day."
Everyone was talking, laughing, and chatting while eating. After they finished eating, the three little girls in the room opposite also got up. Wang Meilan helped them get dressed and prepared meals for them.
Within a few minutes, Zhang Yuanmin arrived at Zhao Jun's house with his bag on his arm. He walked into the house and walked around, then went out with Jie Zhong and Jie Chen and took a car straight to Lingnan Beisongpu.
These three people left, and only the Zhao family and the Li family were left in the west room of Zhao Jun's house.
Li Ruhai's eyes rolled around, but he was surprised to find that Li Dayong ignored him at all and only talked and laughed with Zhao Youcai, Zhao Jun and Li Baoyu.
This made Li Ruhai feel even more uncertain, thinking that his father was planning to sneak attack on him, right?
Thinking of this, Li Ruhai felt a chill on his back and his heart was beating wildly.
Seeing that it was time to go to work, Zhao Youcai, Li Dayong, and Li Baoyu stood up, greeted Zhao Jun and Wang Meilan, and walked out the door.
Li Ruhai looked at Zhao Jun, then at Wang Meilan, and finally gritted his teeth and ran out.
As soon as Li Ruhai left, Little Bell came.
Today, the little girl was not only carrying her schoolbag across her body, but she was also carrying a long black cloth bundle on her back. Zhao Jun was stunned by this outfit.
This little bell’s outfit is almost catching up with her father’s!
"Bell." Before Zhao Jun could speak, Wang Meilan couldn't help but curiously asked the little bell: "What are you carrying?"
When asked by Wang Meilan, the little girl's eyebrows drooped downwards, and her brows furrowed into an embarrassing shape.
Wang Meilan was not the first person to ask her this question. Along the way, Xiao Lingdang also caught up with forest farm employees rushing to catch the commuter train. Anyone who saw Xiao Lingdang dressed up on the road had to ask: "Ling Dang, what are you doing?"
What are you carrying?"
To others, Little Bell tries his best to smile and pass by with a sweet greeting.
But facing Wang Meilan, who handed her fried eggs and chopsticks, Xiao Lingdang could only whisper: "I'm carrying an umbrella."
"What?" I don't know whether it's because the little bell's voice is small or because Wang Meilan is a little unbelievable after hearing it. Anyway, Wang Meilan is quite surprised.
At this time, Little Bell pouted and said, "My dad packed it for me before he left. I had to carry it to school because he said it would rain, sleet, and snow today."
"Ah!" When Wang Meilan heard this, she quickly changed the subject and said: "Oh, it's not good, I have to get an umbrella for Xiaoqiao and the others!"
As she said that, Wang Meilan put the plate with fried eggs on the stove, her chopsticks lying across the plate, then she hurriedly turned back to the back room and pulled out an umbrella from behind the large cabinet.
At this time, Zhao Jun stepped forward and untied the baggage the little girl was carrying, opened the black cloth wrapped outside, took out a big black umbrella and handed it to Xiao Lingdang: "Don't pack it, just go like this."
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"Yeah! Uncle, I listen to you!" Little Lingdang nodded happily, took the umbrella and hugged it tightly in her arms.
"Put it aside first." Zhao Jun stretched out his hand to hold the handle of the umbrella, took the umbrella into his hand, picked up the plate with fried eggs on the stove with his other hand, handed it to Little Lingdang and said, "Lingdang, eat here before leaving.
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"Well, thank you, Uncle Zhao." Xiao Lingdang took the plate, took the chopsticks lying across the plate, picked up the fried egg and put it in his mouth.
The conditions of the little girl's family have improved recently. The duck her father brought back from the Yongxing Brigade has also laid eggs, and little Lingdang has meat on her face.
At this time, Zhao Hong, Zhao Na, and Li Xiaoqiao came out of the house carrying schoolbags, while Wang Meilan held a large black cloth umbrella in her hand.
Seeing that Zhao Na was about to rush over to find Little Lingdang, Wang Meilan hurriedly stopped her, and then said to Little Lingdang: "Lingdang, eat slowly, don't be in a hurry."
As soon as Wang Meilan finished speaking, Zhao Jun came over with a bowl of water. After Xiao Ling finished eating, Wang Meilan handed the umbrella to Zhao Hong and warned: "Listen to Ling Ding and don't tie up your umbrella."
At this time, Xiao Lingdang had already held the younger Zhao Na in her hand and said to Wang Meilan: "Don't worry, Mrs. Zhao, we are going to school."
After saying that, Xiao Lingdang greeted Zhao Jun again before leading Zhao Na out.
Wang Meilan sent the four children out of the hospital. When she came back, she saw Zhao Jun in the back room, dressed for the mountain.
"Son!" Upon seeing this, Wang Meilan hurried to the west room and asked Zhao Jun: "It's raining and snowing today, what are you going to do?"
Zhao Jun smiled faintly, held Wang Meilan's hand and said, "It's okay, Mom, I won't go into the mountain farm. I'll just wander outside and find something and come back."
