December 29, 1978, is the 30th day of the winter lunar month.
Early in the morning, Xu Shiyan went to Songjianghe, found Guo Shouye, and asked him to help find two large trucks.
Xu Shiyan then led the car back to the big house, where Xu Shixian and others began to load the car.
Furniture and luggage, pots and pans, various household items, rations, firewood, wood, dismantled warehouses and other items were loaded into two large trucks and hauled directly to Donggang.
On the Donggang side, Yu Shouguang and Zhou Changhe knew the news and brought many people over to help.
Except for the furniture and luggage that were moved into the house, everything else was gathered and stacked in the yard.
These are not needed for the time being. They will have to be moved when the house is built later in the year.
After working for a long time, we finally settled in. The Xu family cooked a lot of dishes and invited the helpers to drink.
At the wine table, Xu Shiyan mentioned that Zhao Jianshe and Yang Chunming wanted to move to Donggang.
Yu Shouguang nodded without saying anything and told Zhao Jianshe and Yang Mingchun that they could move here anytime. As long as they transferred their registered residence, they would settle here.
Yang Chunming and Yang Chunming were very happy and toasted Yu Shouguang with several glasses of wine. They both said they would go back and make preparations and move here before spring.
The Xu family officially settled in the Second Brigade of Donggang Commune.
However, they did not have the same household registration as Xu Shiyan, but had separate households.
The old couple took a fancy to the house where Xu Shixian lived in his previous life. It was a large open space in front of the martyr's tomb, not far from the roadside.
We are just across the road from Xu Shiyan's house, so it will be convenient for us to take care of each other in the future.
Xu Shiyan had already guessed that his parents would like the land, so he went to the team to go through the formalities and pay the money to buy the house.
After the spring comes, we will start preparing materials and building a house.
"Xiao Xu, there is such a big open space at the west end of your house, why don't you build a house for your parents there?
It's so close, so there's no need to spend extra money on a hotel." The brigade cadre was a little confused about what Xu Shiyan was thinking, so he couldn't help but ask.
Of course, this is also the doubt in many people's minds.
In this day and age, it is enough to have a house to live in, and there are many people with a large family living in three rooms. Why do you need so many houses? Why not light a fire?
"My parents are still young, and besides, I have a younger brother and a younger sister who haven't gotten married yet. It would be outrageous to live with me.
It's better to live alone as a single household, as I'll be close and take care of you."
Xu Shiyan didn't take it seriously and explained with a smile.
"Yes, yes, I think Xiao Xu handled this matter quite openly.
You said he is neither the eldest son nor the youngest son. He is the third in the middle. Counting from the end, the old man should not live with him.
Now that he has taken the old man over and takes care of him nearby, he is doing well.
Anyway, Lao Xutou is not very old and can still work for a few years. He will be unable to work in a few years and his five sons will provide for him in old age.
You can't leave Xiao Xu alone, right?" Yu Shouguang stood up to Xu Shiyan and helped Xu Shiyan in every way.
In this way, the Xu family's household registration was settled, and the team also allocated a piece of private land, which was right next to the private land of Xu Shiyan's family, which was convenient for management.
The procedures for the homestead have also been completed, and all we have to do is prepare to build a house in spring.
For the time being, we can only live in Xu Shiyan's house, just in time to celebrate the Chinese New Year together.
After the family was finally settled, Xu Shiyan borrowed the brigade's horse sledge and went up the mountain to pull down all the meat and various mountain products stored on the mountain.
He threw the pigs in the barn and waited for the spring to catch two pigs and mix them with pigweed or something to feed them together. In the winter, he would be able to kill a pig to celebrate the New Year.
Xu Shiyan did a lot of paddling in the autumn, and he weighed three to four hundred kilograms of pine nuts alone.
I kept what I ate at home and distributed to relatives and friends, and the rest was sent to the purchasing station to be sold, including pine nuts and walnuts, for a total of one hundred and twenty yuan.
After that, Xu Shiyan went to Fusong again and sold skins, bear bile, etc.
The price of skins this year has increased a lot compared to last year, especially mink skins, which have almost doubled. Two mink skins sold for more than 400 yuan.
Including a copper bladder, raccoon dogs, otters, badgers, squirrels, etc., they were sold for more than 2,000 yuan.
Xu Shiyan left the buying station and went straight to the store to buy a radio.
This time, after three turns and one beep, everything is complete.
"Dad, Mom, look what I bought back?" Xu Shiyan walked in with the box in his arms, happily letting his family guess.
As a result, when I walked in, I found that dumplings were being made at home.
"Why are you making dumplings now? Little sister, you didn't go to work today? Did you get off work early?"
"Third brother, are you confused? Today is the Gregorian year."
Xu Shiqin laughed when she heard it. She could see that her third brother was so busy these days that he even forgot about the Gregorian calendar year.
Xu Shiyan was stunned when he heard this, and turned to look at the Gregorian calendar cards on the wall. No, they were all new ones, with a big "1" on them.
"Oh, I was really busy fooling around, and I even forgot about the big event of the Gregorian calendar year.
Well, I bought a radio and put it in the east room. I will adjust the frequency band later so I can listen to the news at night."
Xu Shiyan quickly put the box on the edge of the kang, took the radio out, and placed it on top of the box.
His box has a half-open lid, and the radio fits perfectly on top, so there is no delay in opening the box.
"Radio? Oh my god, you really dare to buy it and get the radio back now?"
Xu Chenghou, who was coaxing his grandson to play at the other end, took a look, quickly hugged his grandson and came closer, looking at him with joy.
"This one is different from the one I saw in Daying Commune before."
The big house has no electricity, no radio, not even a loudspeaker.
The population is small. If something happens, most people can hear it if the team department shouts. If it doesn't work, they will run errands and go door to door to notify.
However, when we were in Daying, the Daying Commune built an earth-fired power station in the upper reaches of the Tang River, which could generate electricity to meet the needs of the commune.
There is a radio in the commune, which broadcasts news and other information to the commune members through the speaker all day long.
"Dad, what you said was ten years ago. When was that?
There are many brands of radios now, and the casings are all different."
Xu Shiyan smiled, pulled the wire out from behind the radio and plugged it into the socket.
Then I turned the switch and adjusted the band. After a burst of sizzling noise, I finally heard the sound. It was the news from the local station.
There aren't many good programs on radio these days. Apart from news, there are model plays and storytelling, which will only be available in a few years.
At that time, the streets were empty. Every day when the storytelling time came, there was no one outside. Everyone was at home listening to the storytelling.
"In a few years, we should have a TV here. Then I will find a way to get a TV ticket. Let's bring a TV back and let you watch it with people."
In his previous life, the old man never watched TV until he passed away.
I hope that in this life, the old man will be in better health, live a long and healthy life, and be able to see and enjoy everything.
"TV? What TV? Is there anyone else?"
Xu Chenghou was a little confused and didn't understand what his son was talking about. When he heard it, he thought it was something old and expensive.