During the few days he rested at home, Comrade Xu actually didn't really rest at all.
Early the next morning, he took a bucket and a pole and went to the Xihe River at the head of the village to fetch water. After four trips, he filled the water tank at home.
For the next three days, he went out to collect firewood every day. He went out to collect firewood in the morning and chopped firewood at home in the afternoon. In three days, the firewood he got filled the kitchen firewood barn.
On the morning before leaving, he went out and found the fish farmer who contracted the Xihe River. He bought a little wolfdog from the fish farmer.
It's a real wolfdog.
Fish farmers these days generally like to raise wolf dogs to help look after fish ponds, because dogs don’t have to sleep at night and their hearing is sharp enough. If you keep one or several wolf dogs, you don’t have to worry about someone going to the fish pond to steal fish at night.
In this era, there are many people who are crazy about poverty. If no one is watching a fish pond, or if the fish pond is not watched closely enough, someone will definitely steal the fish at night.
And raising a wolfdog is often the best choice.
It is useless to raise native dogs in rural areas, because rural people see many native dogs, and people who dare to go out to steal fish in the middle of the night are generally not afraid of native dogs. Maybe even the native dogs steal fish together.
But wolf dogs are different. Everyone knows that wolf dogs eat meat every day. They are very fierce. Once caught by a wolf dog, they may really be bitten to death.
The fish farmer who contracted Xihe had several wolf dogs at home. Comrade Xu was lucky. When he came to visit, the big wolf dog happened to have given birth to several little wolf dogs not long ago.
He picked the biggest one.
When he took the little wolfdog home, his mother, Ge Xiaozhu, was shocked.
It was past ten o'clock in the morning. Xu Tonglu and Ge Yuzhu both went to school and were not at home.
Ge Xiaozhu: "Xiaodao, are you crazy? Why are you raising a wolfdog? If you want to raise a dog, you don't have to raise a wolfdog! I heard that wolfdogs have to eat meat every day. How can our family have so much money?
Buying meat for dogs to eat? What on earth do you think?"
Tongdao Xu put the puppy cage outside the door and let the puppy bask in the sun.
Hearing his mother's question, he smiled and said, "Mom, I'm not at home usually. I don't trust you. Xiaolu is not at home during the day. When our family buys a house in the county town in the second half of the year, Xiaolu and I will not be at home.
, you and Yuzhu are left alone at home, how can you let us rest assured? I bought this dog specially to protect you and Yuzhu. It eats meat as long as it eats meat! You have to get it some meat every day. We don’t have enough money.
, tell me! Our family can afford to raise it now!"
After a pause, he said: "Mom! From now on, keep it in a cage during the day. After a while, I will change it to a bigger cage. At night, you close the front door and the back door, and then take it out of the cage."
Let it out and let it move around in the main room. When it gets dark, put it in the cage! With it watching over your house every night, I can rest assured when I'm outside."
Ge Xiaozhu looked at him in surprise, speechless.
This was the first time she had heard of raising wolf dogs to look after the house.
But after listening to her son's explanation, she also felt that what he said made sense.
Think about why Xu Hengbing dared to molest her daughter Yuzhu last year?
Also, why did Xu Hengbing dare to break the arm of her youngest son who was traveling with him?
If she had a big wolf dog at home at that time, would that boy Xu Hengbing still dare to be so bold?
Also, there was actually one thing that she never dared to tell Comrade Xu. In the second half of last year, someone knocked on her window several times in the middle of the night.
Thinking of these things in his mind, Ge Xiaozhu sighed and nodded, "Okay! Mom listens to you. If you want to raise her, then go ahead!"
After talking about this, Ge Xiaozhu couldn't help but ask: "By the way, Hengxin's wife wants to work in your store, is it really impossible for your store to arrange it?"
This is not the first time that Xu Tongdao's mother has told him about this matter in the past few days since he has been home.
In fact, when he returned to the village this time, several women in the village came to him and said they wanted to work in his shop and asked him if they wanted to?
Some of these women are older than his mother and want to wash dishes in his shop; some are about the same age as his mother and also want to wash dishes in his shop; there are also older girls and younger wives who want to go to his shop.
Work as a waiter in a store.
The "Hengxin's wife" his mother Ge Xiaozhu just mentioned was Xu Hengxin's wife from the village, a young daughter-in-law who had been married for only a few years.
Comrade Xu knew the reason why Ge Xiaozhu spoke specifically for this woman.
Because that woman and his mother, Ge Xiaozhu, came from the same village and were related to each other.
"Mom, there is really no shortage of people in my store for the time being. You can tell her later that when I am short of people, I will be the first to find her. Do you think that's okay?"
When he said this, Comrade Xu was a little glad that he had not found a waiter or dishwasher in his village.
Otherwise, when he returns to the village this time, there will definitely be more women wanting to work in his shop.
As for the women in this village, he has no confidence that he can manage them well.
Ge Xiaozhu nodded helplessly, "Okay! If you really can't arrange it, then I'll have to tell her this later."
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That evening, Xu Tongdao and Xu Tonglin left home with their luggage and boarded the awning boat back to the county town.
Their vacation is over.
We have to rush back to the county town tonight, go to the vegetable market early tomorrow morning to purchase ingredients, and prepare food during the day. Their barbecue restaurant will reopen tomorrow night.
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The five-day holiday allowed Xu Tonglin to adjust his mood.
Anyway, when leaving the village, Xu Tongdao noticed that Xu Tonglin was in good condition, with a smile on his face and a brisk pace.
There were not many passengers on the awning boat going to the county town in the evening.
The cabin was empty.
But Xu Tongdao and Xu Tonglin preferred to sit on the bow of the boat, blowing in the wind, and looking at the scenery on both sides of the strait.
Xu Tongdao lit a cigarette, and Xu Tonglin sat aside and chattered, "Xiaodao, has Changsheng been looking for you these days?"
He was asking about Xu Changsheng.
He knew that Xu Tongdao had a good relationship with Xu Changsheng.
I also know that Comrade Xu also invited Xu Changsheng to go to the county town with him. Later, they did well in the county town. He returned to the village several times and every time he met Xu Changsheng, he could see from Xu Changsheng's complicated eyes that Xu Changsheng should be
I regretted not going to the county seat with them.
"Well, you came to see me once."
"Does he want to go to the county town with us?" Xu Tonglin was a little funny.
Tongdao Xu shook his head, "He didn't say it clearly, but that's probably what he meant."
Xu Tonglin tilted his head and looked at Xu Tonglin, "You didn't agree?"
Comrade Xu agreed.
"Why? Don't you have a very good relationship with him?" Xu Tonglin was a little surprised.
Tongdao Xu smiled lightly and said, "I heard what he meant. It was his parents who asked him to come to me this time. It was his parents who wanted him to come with me to make money, not that he wanted to go on his own. When will he come?"
When I want to come, I will consider helping him!"
Xu Tonglin blinked, his eyes confused, "Is there any difference?"
Xu Tongdao flicked the ash from his cigarette, "Of course! His father and his stepmother asked him to come to me. Then the money he earns from us will definitely be given to them. I am not interested in helping him."