This point of responsibility is a big deal for Tongtong.
What is there in the field in the middle of winter? After planting Chinese cabbage, there was no time to plant wheat. Now the field is bare and there is nothing. How big is this land? No one has measured it or measured it.
Take it seriously.
In fact...it is indeed not a good land.
When the land was being divided, Jinsuo and the others helped to talk. He said that the land was less than three acres, but it was not. The land must be more than four acres. The trouble was that there was no road other than his own courtyard wall.
Apart from the fields, the other three sides are adjacent to the road.
The curb occupies such a large area, and the ground is about one meter lower than the ground. The gentle slope of more than one meter is usually covered with weeds. Nowadays, this land is relatively plentiful, and most people look down on this curb.
, don’t want to worry about the little things.
But for me, I cherish every corner here. The key is that weeds grow, which greatly affects the overall beauty of the garden.
The Fourth Master went to work, and when the sun was shining, she held a bamboo pole to figure out how high the fence should be.
Sister-in-law Tao asked, "Xiaotong, what are you doing?" She was holding her shoe soles and sitting at the door doing her work in the sun. When she saw Tongtong standing in the wind, she couldn't help but ask.
Tongtong said, "The land must be fenced off, otherwise everything will be thrown into it."
Oh! What do you mean, "How can you do this alone?" Sister-in-law Tao called Jinsuo in the alley, and she didn't know where she was going to chat, so she shouted, "Jinsuo, where is it?"
Come over and help the fourth family..."
Tongtong: "..." I haven't even prepared the wood for the fence, so what's the use of asking others to help?
But after shouting, many people came out of the alley. Damin even asked in a hurry: "What's wrong?"
This made Tongtong very embarrassed, "Just...make a fence..."
How big of a deal is it?
Liu Chenggong said, "The firewood my family has prepared for this year has not been sawed yet. They are all fruit tree trunks as thick as your wrist. I will pull them for you!"
Jin Suo pointed at his home, "Who doesn't have a dozen sticks and no place to use them? It's a pity to throw away sticks. Just wait and I'll take them. It's not worth it."
People were shouting from one person to another in the alley, and it only took a while to get so much.
Yang Shuhui saw this posture when she came out. Then she heard her daughter-in-law shout: "Mom - Mom - cut the meat! Twenty pounds, you need fat! Sister-in-law - Sister-in-law - have you refilled the yeast? First
Steam the steamed buns over here!"
The people who helped laughed and said, "It's just this little work, why do we need to buy meat?"
That's different!
Qin Yindi came out with a basin of yeast dough, "Don't worry about it, I'll steam the buns."
Many wives in the alley went to help steam the steamed buns.
Work is faster when there are more people. Dozens of people not only spent most of the day building the fences Tongtong needed, but also built the surrounding slopes one by one. What Tongtong said at the time was: "This
The fence is half a person high and the ditch is one meter deep.
If a child tumbles in, he will suddenly step on the ground. It is not a big deal for the children to pick something, but they are afraid that they will tumble in and fall. It is better to build steps and grow some vegetables on them. If a naughty child comes in,
It doesn’t matter, I can’t step on it empty.”
Just leave a way for these little thieves.
This is very kind! This is how it is in rural areas. It’s not bad for children to behave like this. It’s just that when they see something that looks good, they can’t help but want to pick one or two secretly. The immature will not waste it, the mature will want to
eat.
Just eat it!
If it is really that deep, it will be bad if any child is thrown.
When the fourth master came back, there were several tables in the house where people were eating. No wonder she was so nimble when she saw that the edges of the floor had been repaired.
Jin Yin and Damin Sanling helped greet the guests, while the woman was in the yard at the back and the children were running around the yard.
So popular!
Jinyin poured wine for this person and poured wine for that person. Even if it cost much more than hiring someone, he would be happy to do it. If the fourth child didn't look like a serious person, who the hell would he do it?
The door of the house. Look now, with a shout, people from several alleys around came to help. Even those who heard the news came to help. What are you afraid of when you have something to eat and drink? People live only by their popularity.
The fourth master paid respects here and there, and after eating, he chatted around the fire for a long time. The women had tidied up the kitchen when they left, and when the crowd dispersed, it was already after 8:30 pm.
.
In winter when there is no entertainment, half past eight is really late.
Although Ke Rao treated her well, Lin Yutong still felt embarrassed.
Although I'm sorry, I can only bear it like this. Why? Because most of these people have some debt relationship with their own families. The money is really not much, such as the New Year's money borrowed before last year. Or
During this year, some people are anxious to provide medical treatment and education fees for their children. Although I heard that my family is a moonlight family, this
It is true that there is a monthly income. So this basically means that there is living money in hand. If you come to borrow 20, 30 cents, there must be one here. Therefore, there are more people borrowing money in such scattered ways, mostly women.
Come to the door and borrow 5 cents and 10 cents. Do you want to give it to me? There are also more people who come to the door to borrow salt and vinegar and borrow a few bowls of corn noodles and a few bowls of white flour.
This is money that can be squeezed out of your fingers no matter how much money you can spend.
Everyone who comes to borrow money thinks that if they borrow a little money, they can get enough for themselves. Tongtong never tells others who borrowed money from me, unless she does not avoid people when borrowing money, or she tells others after borrowing money.
It's someone else, and Tongtong won't tell anyone.
Therefore, no one counted and no one knew how much money Tongtong lent. Even Yang Shuhui didn’t know very well!
But Tongtong must have an account. Let’s talk about the people who came to help today, such as Liu Chenggong, who owed him seven and a half yuan. He came to borrow money almost every month, but never paid it back. The least one came to help.
The orphan named Zhuzi, a teenage boy, squatted at the door when he was seeing a doctor for his brother and asked if he could borrow fifty cents. Tongtong gave five cents.
, saying that he went to see a doctor first, and then came back to get more if he didn’t have enough. Fortunately, nothing happened in the end, and he only spent 20 cents. The child returned the four-eight yuan, and there was still 20 cents missing, so he couldn’t pay it back! When he heard that something was going on at home,
He ran right over. After eating here, Lin Yutong brought three big steamed buns filled with meat and asked his brother to take them with him when he left.
It's like I owe a few cents that I can't afford to pay back, but that's too much. The key is that I have nowhere to make money! It's not that I'm lazy!
It's winter, it's the end of the year, and debts are usually collected on this day. This has been the case since ancient times. Before the end of the year, you have to reorganize this year's debts, even if you can't pay them back, but I have to remind you, you and I
I'm done with this. If it's a loan with a high interest rate, it will be even more troublesome. The creditor will come to your door at this time. If you can't repay the principal with interest, then you should pay the interest first, and we can start over again.
This IOU is updated.
This is done every year to prevent default.
Therefore, the poorer a family is, the less they are in the mood to celebrate the New Year. First, they really have no money and cannot afford to celebrate the New Year; second, since the twelfth lunar month, people come to collect debts every day, which makes people anxious.
I just feel frustrated. I feel that this new year is really difficult!
Under such circumstances, Lin Yutong couldn't say: "Come on! Come and work, you can pay as much debt as you can with the work." This is called looking down on people!
The reason for this is that after a lot of work has been done, the debt cannot be counted as repayment. And the creditor provides good tea and meals, and the price is indeed greater than the price of hiring someone.
No one is taking advantage, but unfortunately, there is the most important thing here, and that is - favor.
Tongtong didn't ask for debts in the first place, but now, not only can't she ask for debts, but some people have come to borrow money. They said that if it's not last year, they can borrow two yuan. If they don't have two yuan, one yuan will do.
What should Tongtong do? She still took two pieces and lent them out.
Aunt Su Huan came to the door with two cents and handed it to Tongtong, "Xiaotong, the two hundred yuan that Cai'er borrowed was said to be paid back at the end of the year, but it must be temporarily unaffordable. Don't be afraid, Auntie is not a defaulter. Jin
When Si borrows money, it is calculated based on the interest rate, and Auntie will also give the money to you based on this interest rate."
It's funny, isn't it?
Lin Yutong pushed back, "It's the same if I give it again. We live across a wall and don't talk about interest."
Then Su Huan brought several pairs of newly made shoes to Tongtong, "I saw the shoes your sister-in-law made for you, they look like the ones from your sister-in-law..."
As long as they don't embroider and just make shoes, these women's hands are very nimble and they can make three pairs in a day and night. This is probably because the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law hurry up and make them.
Three pairs of single pieces and two pairs of cotton ones are indeed your own size.
Okay! Collect it, they won’t mention the debt, and she won’t mention it either.
It's the end of the year, a period of high incidence of various cases, and Fourth Master is quite busy. Not only is he responsible for the logistics and vehicle protection, but he also sometimes has to act as a guard. The people who are being escorted back are locked up, but they also need to be replaced on duty.
But half way through the twelfth lunar month, Fourth Master still asked for leave and had to go to the provincial capital.
Do you need to bring anything with you if you go? Lin Yutong brought some vegetables, dried and frozen fish, and Fourth Master got some wild rabbits, peeled them, washed them and packed them away, and that was it.
The two rode bicycles to the county town, with bags of dried vegetables hung on the crossbar, fish and rabbits hanging on the front of the bike, and Tongtong sitting in the back, looking really ridiculous.
Let’s go to my eldest sister’s house in the county town first, where the bicycles are kept.
Lei Zhiping was waiting at home, and Yulian also packed up her things, including a few bags of ready-made shoes, and then the four of them went to take a jeep. Yes! A leader from the county town was going to the provincial capital for a meeting, and he said he would take a few people there by the way.
.I will go back tomorrow afternoon and can stay one night in the provincial capital.
If you want to show your kindness, it is indeed a good idea to go along the way. If you don't follow up, it will look pretentious. Just like that, go to the provincial capital.
When they arrived at the place, Tongtong and Yulian went home first. Tongtong didn't ask what the Fourth Master and Lei Zhiping were talking to others outside.
In the provincial capital, housing also depends on the situation. For example, the tube buildings and residential buildings are all buildings from the 1950s. But those are mostly due to employees fighting for welfare, so some people can live in them. Most people actually live in municipal buildings.
In public housing, one square meter of usable area is calculated according to six points and eight points. Therefore, a two-income family living in a house of 50 square meters only costs three or four yuan per month.
When the total monthly income of an employee is RMB 10, three or four yuan is not a high expenditure. It is not much higher than a full meal of braised pork for the whole family. This does not include the fact that some units will bear part of it for their employees.
Generally, the proportion of housing costs is at least half. That means that a family actually needs to pay one or two yuan for a house every month. This is not burdensome.
Not to mention, the work unit will find ways to build a courtyard for family members and then allocate houses to them.
Nowadays, this is before large-scale housing distribution, and public renting is still very common.
Those who can live in the Tongzi Building are units' houses and don't need to spend money. Cadres are embarrassed to earn money from employees, so they live in public housing. This kind of house is according to the grade. According to regulations, Lin Shuangchao should enjoy the housing.
The area is 105 square meters. If the living space is not enough, the unit will provide subsidies. If it exceeds this square meter, the excess will have to be paid out of your own pocket.
Lin Shuangchao lived in a courtyard. There were several families living in a courtyard, and they should all be of similar levels. Lin Shuangchao lived in a side courtyard. There was a row of houses in the courtyard with kitchens and toilets, and a small courtyard of thirty or forty square meters, with large paving on the ground.
There are green bricks and a small flower bed of about ten square meters against the wall. There are no flowers in the flower bed, but you can see coriander and spinach covered with plastic film, and a bunch of green onions surrounded by soil.
Under these conditions, one can also light a stove and use the stove to cook. There are so many briquettes placed in rows under the eaves. Lin Yutong feels that he is not as comfortable as living at home.
The old lady also said the same thing, "There are few people who can sit together and talk, and I have to buy everything to eat..." I feel it is not as convenient as my hometown.
Lin Yutong didn't even take off her coat when she entered the house. It wasn't very warm. She said to Wu Xiuzhen, "Turn on the stove, how much coal can you use? I've packed your coal for you. Is the house short of money for you to burn coal now?"
?”
This is how everyone lives! Damn girl, you just know how to do it.
But after all, I turned on the stove and dried out the house.
My daughters and sons-in-law are all back, "Let's make dumplings!"
Okay! With the dried radish that Tongtong brought and half a pound of pork suet at home, you can make a reunion dinner.
When Lin Shuangchao came back, the room was steaming with heat. The radio was on, buzzing, and the three sons-in-law were sitting on the sofa arguing. The old lady was sitting by the stove, listening with a smile. My wife and the three
The daughter is holding a round table with a chopping board and grate on it, and is making dumplings.
As soon as the door was opened, one called daddy and the other called daddy, and the day suddenly became noisy.
It wasn't obvious before, but now after comparing it, I realized that something was missing.
Yes! It just lacks a bit of noisy energy.
While eating, Lin Shuangchao asked the fourth master: "I heard that the land was divided in my hometown? How is it? Is it fair?"
We try our best to be fair, and it is indeed fairly fair. "It is inevitable to eat more and take more, but no one is less."
Lin Shuangchao nodded. Sihai's words always hit the important points. It is almost impossible to achieve absolute fairness in allocating land. Those who occupy too much cannot be dealt with for the time being. Later, they can take advantage of those who occupy more.
Collect the contract payment. However, the premise must be that no one is left out and everyone has a field. As long as this is done for the time being, there will be no trouble.
Here, we paid attention to the lives of Fourth Master and Tongtong in their hometown, and asked Yulian, "After studying at Ye Da, you can get a degree through correspondence courses. What happens next?"
"It's better to go to kindergarten. This place does not require high academic qualifications, but it requires some patience. I can't sing or dance, but luckily my craftsmanship is pretty good. I can do crafts with the dolls..."
This is pragmatic! It is a formal job and I can take care of my family.
Unlike the eldest daughter and the younger daughter, the second daughter seems to be particularly motivated. She is currently studying at the Textile College, and even temporarily postponed her plan to have children in order to further her studies. Lin Shuangchao asked, "Then what do you think?"
Now that you’ve finished your training, don’t you want to go to the workshop?”
Yu Rong held the bowl and lowered her eyelids, "I am studying because I did better than others in the exam, so I got a place. Why study? Isn't the purpose all about getting out of the front line?"
Wu Xiuzhen kicked Yu Rong under the table. Will she talk to your dad properly?
Lin Yutong looked around, is something wrong? When it was evening, Lin Shuangchao collected the royalties from Tongtong, and then said: "Your second sister, she feels uncomfortable. She is also from a business unit, and she meets other people's parents.
It was very easy to transfer the children to the government units, and the level was even promoted... I felt uncomfortable again."
Oh! What should I say about this kind of thing? You have to get used to it! Otherwise, you won’t be able to live your life.
Lin Shuangchao sat behind the desk and asked Tongtong, "Are there a lot of... arrangements for work now?"
Lin Yutong sighed: "I heard that the daughter of Zhou Haichao's family has been assigned to teach in a primary school in the county. She is well-established."
The Lin family is across from Zhou Haichao. The girl from this family, Zhou Xiaoli, is about the same size as Tongtong, and her education level is barely above junior high school. "I don't know how it works, so Zhou Haichao got his daughter a diploma from their vocational middle school, and arranged it immediately."
I went to an elementary school to be a labor class teacher."
This is just a school leader from a vocational high school, how can he have so much energy?
"His son Dayong was first arranged to learn to drive, and then went to work as a driver in a commune, but now I heard he has become some kind of clerk."
This made Lin Shuangchao extremely silent.
At that time, there were two young students from opposite sides. He went to college and Zhou Haichao went to high school. Later he joined the work and so did Zhou Haichao. He was promoted step by step and his official career was relatively smooth. The other party did not move in the same position for decades.
The result is that one of his children has no arrangements, while the other's children are well arranged. The son's job is promising, and the daughter's job is stable.
But what will happen in the long run?
Lin Shuangchao touched his body. He didn't smoke, but he would occasionally accept cigarettes from others. Sure enough, he took out a crumpled cigarette from his pocket, and then he drew the match steadily with his hand and lit the cigarette.
He sucked it in one mouthful after another. After a long time, he said firmly, "You have to believe that this kind of thing can't last forever."
Lin Yutong sat on the edge without saying anything.
Lin Shuangchao said, "... Once it moves, it will definitely be devastating. Therefore, it is even more important for you to stand firm. Only in this way, no matter what kind of storm comes, can you survive it. In other words, who gave it to you?
Your job is not as stable as the job you have earned. Xiaotong, you have to remember that the issue of principle is a big issue. You can give in on anything, as long as
When it comes to matters of principle, you cannot take a step back! Taking a step back will not only cause trouble for yourself, but also lay the seeds of trouble for future generations. If each generation does what the first generation should do, there will be no "gentlemanship"
It's like saying "I'll kill you in five lifetimes." People's abilities vary, and everyone depends on their abilities. Live a life that's as good as your ability, and only then can you live in peace and long-term peace!"
Lin Yutong laughed and said in a low voice: "We have no complaints, the second sister just has that temper." She coaxed the old man, "I'll make an application with you."
Yeah! Say.
"I'm not short of money either. I want to buy you a TV tomorrow so that you can watch the news."
Lin Shuangchao asked: "Can I buy it tomorrow?"
able!
Then Lin Shuangchao came back from lunch the next day. He was not alone. He brought several colleagues and came back to watch color TV. This compliment: "This is our great writer who has taken root at the grassroots level. Your article is your father's."
Recommended, the writing is really good. We have also ordered the magazine and the work unit..."
Thank you for your support.
"A good article is meant to get more people to read it!"
Lin Yutong was greeting others, and Lin Shuangchao called out to the fourth master: "Sihai! Sihai! Come on, come on, let me introduce you to what you told me yesterday. Now let's report to the relevant leaders!"
The person who was emotionally invited back was a deputy director in charge of agricultural irrigation and water conservancy. This person pointed at Lin Shuangchao and said, "You are such a person! You dragged us to watch TV, but you ended up waiting for me here."
The fourth master poured tea and invited people to sit down. Lin Yutong quickly went to pack the food.
What is the Fourth Master going to say? Irrigation, "...there are some problems that we at the grassroots level can organize manpower to solve. For example, if the land is uneven and affects irrigation, then we can use manpower to level the land. But
Some things are beyond human power
.I think there are two points that are particularly important. First, due to terrain problems, it can be changed to irrigated land with a little modification, which requires building materials; second, the canal is lower than the irrigation area, and the water has to be pumped away. It can be taken
What to pump? Human power can’t do it! We need an electric pump.”
The agricultural department cannot spend so much money to meet everyone's needs.
So, Fourth Master said, "Can you please ask the competent authorities to connect with rural production units and enterprises. For example, how much does an electric pump cost? We can settle the bill in three to five years."
Yo! This is unprecedented.
But the other party still took out his notebook and pen seriously and wrote down the matter, "Look, I'll ask the leaders for their opinions, and then go to various places to see the situation on the spot. After that, I'll contact the factory and see what's going on.
What should I say? I can’t give you a reply now as to what the specific results will be.”
Thank you very much.
The fourth master said, "Life in the countryside is very hard. Before the New Year, 90% of the families could not spare a dollar or two in savings. 70% of the families were frugal enough to save food and could not sustain the summer harvest..."
I know! I understand! The other party clapped Fourth Master’s hand, and then praised Lin Shuangchao, “There are not many young people who can be so careful about everything.”
Lin Shuangchao laughed, "Just don't blame young people for being reckless and whimsical." Then he invited people to the table, "Eat! Eat."
Maybe the leader called me, and when I was about to leave, someone from the agricultural machinery factory came, saying that after the Chinese New Year, their factory would have activities to help farmers, and they planned to sponsor ten water pumps.
What do you say? The common problem has not been solved, but can each of the ten production groups of our own production team have one?
?
This means that water from wells can also be pumped out for irrigation. Everyone likes water from large canals for irrigation, but isn’t it wrong? Sometimes people waiting for water are anxious. Nowadays, it’s really not possible. It’s slow to use well water.
Just pour it slowly.
The people in the village didn't know how this was done, but they all thought that Lin Shuangchao had done something practical for his fellow villagers!
