Although Xiaomei and Wang Danna had been gone for several days, the topic of the Wang family in Wangjia Village had never stopped.
While watering the plants, everyone would chat for a while.
Although Cao Chuanzheng didn't need to go to the fields, he was bored in the village, so he helped everyone with small things within his ability.
Cao Chuanzheng, an agricultural technician, was different from the educated youth who went to the countryside. He did not settle down, and even his grain and oil were not related to the team. Naturally, the team could not build a house for him, so he lived in the most spacious house of Old Yang, whose family had the fewest people. Old Yang's wife died early in his life, and he never remarried. He left behind a son, and he married a wife for his son, who gave him a grandson. His life was pretty good.
Cao Chuanzheng lived in Old Yang's house. He had food rations every month. His grain and oil relationship was registered with the commune, and he went to the grain store in the town to collect his monthly food rations.
Because he had 30 kilograms of food rations per month, Old Yang's family treated him very well.
He slept until eight or nine before getting up. After eating the meal specially left for him by Old Yang's daughter-in-law, he came to the fields to help their family with the work.
Who would have thought that not long after I started working, I would hear the news that Xiaomei and Wang Danna from Old Wang's family were going to the county town to work as temporary workers.
Cao Chuanzheng was happy for Xiaomei but also a little worried. After all, her market was getting better. He was anxious and worried about whether he would have no chance.
He is already nineteen years old this year. Although he has never been in a relationship, he has read about the feeling of liking someone in books a long time ago.
He was deeply influenced by the feeling of always paying attention to the other person and feeling uncontrollably happy when he saw the other person.
He likes Xiaomei and wants to marry her, but he is worried that his family will not agree.
Chairman m said that any relationship that is not aimed at marriage is hooliganism.
So two months ago he wrote to his parents, hoping to get their consent.
But I haven't received any reply from them yet.
Now Xiaomei has gone to the city to work as a worker. Given Xiaomei's current conditions, will her family still be interested in her
Cao Chuanzheng was not sure.
He threw the gourd ladle into the bucket and called to Old Yang, "Uncle Yang, I'm going to the town to get some food first."
Old Yang nodded, but said with some concern, "Go borrow a bicycle from the team. It's so tiring to walk such a long distance."
Cao Chuanzheng thought about it and realized that he was exhausted after carrying 30 kilograms of food before. It would be great to have a bicycle to ride this time. He couldn't help but laugh, "Okay! I'll borrow one from the team."
Old Yang's daughter-in-law said to her father-in-law, "Dad, will the team lend him money? He is not from our village."
Old Yang was watering the ground and replied without looking up, "He is still a child. Shouquan won't bother with him."
Old Yang is right.
Cao Chuanzheng went to borrow a bicycle, and Wang Shouquan lent it to him without hesitation. At the end, he also reminded him, "Be sure to ride it carefully. If you break it, you will have to pay the original price."
Cao Chuanzheng immediately assured, "I will definitely be careful."
Wang Shouquan nodded, pushed the bicycle out of the garage, and waited for Cao Chuanzheng to sign his name on the loan book before handing it to him.
Cao Chuanzheng rode his bicycle to the town's post office to pick up a letter.
In those days, letters were usually delivered once a month. Cao Chuanzheng couldn't wait that long, so he came to pick it up himself.
When you get to the post office, just ask the staff.
After checking the information, the staff member said to him, "A letter just came in a few days ago. I'll help you find it."
Cao Chuanzheng was immediately overjoyed.
After about ten minutes, the staff brought the letter.
Cao Chuanzheng couldn't wait to open the letter, but after reading it, his joyful expression suddenly froze.
After reading it, he took out some letter paper from his schoolbag and wrote a reply letter to his parents.
After sending the letter, he walked out of the post office.
He pushed his bicycle to the grain store with a heavy heart to collect this month's food rations, and happened to meet Qiao Tianbao coming out of the grain store.
Seeing him pushing a bicycle, Qiao Tianbao was surprised, "How could you get a bicycle?"
Cao Chuanzheng saw that he had misunderstood, and hurriedly explained, "No, no! This belongs to the Wangjia Village Production Team. I borrowed it from them to ride for a while."
Qiao Tianbao said, "You have a good stay in Wangjia Village. They are willing to lend you such a valuable thing. It's a pity that I am not so lucky. The production team in Zhoujia Village is extremely poor."
Cao Chuan was in a bad mood, so he was in no mood to joke with him. He said to him, "I'm going to get the food first."
Qiao Tianbao nodded and was about to leave when he suddenly glanced at the food in his hand and hurriedly called him, "It will be too lonely for you to go back alone. Why don't I go with you?"
Cao Chuanzheng shook his head. "No, I haven't received my food yet. I have to wait a while."
In this town, all government officials have a grain and oil relationship, so they have to queue up to get food here, but they don't have to queue up for a whole day like in the city. At most, they only have to queue up for half an hour.
Qiao Tianbao smiled and said, "It's okay! We are revolutionary brothers, so of course we have to share the difficulties. I'll wait for you here."
Since he said so, Cao Chuanzheng couldn't refuse.
He had no choice but to park his bicycle at the door. Just when he was about to bend down and lock the bicycle with the built-in lock of Fei Ge, Qiao Tianbao stopped him and said, "I'm right here, why are you locking it? I'll help you watch it. Hurry up and take it, and we can go back early."
Cao Chuanzheng thought about it and put the key back into his pocket and walked towards the grain store.
After about ten minutes, Cao Chuanzheng came out with the food.
But he found that Qiao Tianbao had tied his rations to the back seat of the bike and was riding around the square at the entrance.
Seeing him coming out, Qiao Tianbao immediately rode over with an excited look on his face, "Cao Chuanzheng, look, I can ride a bicycle too."
Cao Chuanzheng saw him riding so fast and hurriedly called out to him, "Slow down!"
Qiao Tianbao turned his head and answered, "It's okay!" But when he turned around, he found that he had bumped into the stone steps.
Both the man and the car fell to the ground.
"Are you okay?" Cao Chuanzheng ran away immediately.
Qiao Tianbao glared at him fiercely and said, "It's all your fault! If you hadn't led me to talk, how could I have fallen down?" He looked down and saw that his grain bag had a small hole in it, almost breaking.
"You have to compensate me!"
Cao Chuanzheng slapped him away and got angry. "You rode my bike without my permission, and I haven't said anything to you yet. You're blaming me for something else. Are you crazy?"
Without paying any attention to him, he untied the food behind the seat from the bicycle and put it at Qiao Tianbao's feet. Then he put his own food behind it and walked away.
Qiao Tianbao quickly ran to the front of the car and stopped him, grinning, "I don't blame you! Please give me a ride."
Cao Chuanzheng was still angry with him, so he refused without thinking, "No!"
Qiao Tianbao desperately pleaded with the front of his car, "It's my fault! I shouldn't have not told you! Please forgive me! After all, we went to the same school. You can't be so heartless!"
With people surrounding him, Cao Chuanzheng just felt his face burning.
He glared at Qiao Tianbao and said, "Let's go."
Seeing that he agreed, Qiao Tianbao immediately picked up his own food, took down Cao Chuanzheng's bag of food from the back seat, held it in his arms, and jumped into the car.
Along the way, Qiao Tianbao complained to Cao Chuanzheng about the old-fashioned people in Zhoujia Village, but Cao Chuanzheng didn't care and remained silent, nor did he express any opinions.
The two rode along the main road for about ten minutes, when suddenly five or six men jumped out from the cornfield next to them and blocked their way.
Cao Chuan was cursing in his heart, "Oh no! He was being robbed."
He put one foot on the ground and the bicycle stopped.
Qiao Tianbao immediately threw a bag of food to him, "This is yours!"
Then he ran away. Cao Chuanzheng took it in a panic.
These people were already hungry, and they were stopped just to steal their food. How could they be let go
Three people went to chase Qiao Tianbao, and three people came to snatch Cao Chuanzheng.
Cao Chuanzheng was just a weak scholar, so he was no match for these people. After a few shoves, the food was taken away.
A scoundrel patted Cao Chuanzheng's bicycle and exclaimed in surprise, "Brother, this bicycle is pretty good. It's even new."
The leading man naturally saw the bicycle. He came over, grabbed Cao Chuanzheng by the collar, like a chicken, and pulled Cao Chuanzheng off the bicycle.
"You can't take this... bicycle away." Cao Chuanzheng looked at them fearfully. This bicycle was so expensive, if they took it away, how would he compensate them
He threw his chest directly onto the back seat of the bicycle, holding the seat with both hands refusing to let go. Although he was very scared, he still said stubbornly and harshly, "You can take the food, but this bicycle! This is a bicycle from the Wangjia Village Production Brigade. If I lose it, I won't be able to live." As he said this, he began to sob.
The scoundrels looked at each other and tried to lift him up, but found that his hands would not let go.
The people who went to chase Qiao Tianbao also came back, and one of the men was holding the bag of food that belonged to Qiao Tianbao.
"Brother, what's going on?"
The leading man snorted and waved his hand to urge them, "Hurry up, if someone comes later, we will be in trouble."
As he spoke, four men surrounded him and started punching and kicking Cao Chuanzheng.
There was even a man who bit Cao Chuanzheng with his teeth, but he refused to let go.
The four men fought fiercely, and they only heard Cao Chuanzheng crying, but he didn't let go. They were all very angry, but they couldn't really kill him. At this time, the thin man who was in charge of keeping watch hurried over to remind them, "Someone is coming over there."
The others also heard the rumbling sound. It must be a tractor. The five of them immediately felt as if they were facing a great enemy. They no longer cared about the bicycle, picked up two bags of food, and quickly hid in the cornfield next to them. All they could hear was the sound of corn stalks being pushed aside by them.
Following the trace, he ran a long way in a short while.
"What are you doing lying on the back of the bicycle?" Qian Shulan drove a tractor to the neighborhood to collect pig grass today. Who knew that when she came back, she would see Cao Chuan kneeling on the back of the bicycle.
Cao Chuanzheng was beaten so badly that his nose and eyes were swollen and he could barely open his eyes. When he looked up at Qian Shulan, everything was blurry.
Qian Shulan looked at his pig-headed face, gasped, and quickly got off the tractor and helped him up, "Who beat you up like this?"
Cao Chuanzheng felt so aggrieved, but when he was finally rescued, he burst into tears with excitement, and soon his eyes were covered with tears and snot.
Qian Shulan took out a handkerchief and gave it to him with disgust, "Wipe it quickly, how did you get into this mess? Were you robbed?" She looked around and didn't see anyone, it seemed that they had already run away.
After Cao Chuanzheng wiped it, the handkerchief was extremely dirty. He was too embarrassed to return it to Qian Shulan. "Aunt, I will wash it and return it to you."
Qian Shulan didn't want to answer the call, so she nodded and agreed.
Qian Shulan picked up the bicycle and threw it onto the pig grass.
She turned around and asked Cao Chuanzheng to sit next to her, "Let's go back and talk about it first."
Cao Chuanzheng covered his cheek and nodded.
Just now he was not only slapped in the face, but also hit on the head many times, and he was dizzy.
After returning to Wangjia Village, Cao Chuanzheng immediately returned the bicycle to the team.
Next time I kill him, he won't lend me this bike. He almost lost his life today because of this thing!
When we came out, Qian Shulan also drove over in a tractor.
After registering on the loan form, Qian Shulan finally had time to ask Cao Chuanzheng about the robbery.
Cao Chuanzheng rubbed his mouth and spoke it again intermittently.
Qian Shulan didn't speak for a long time.
The era of leaving doors open at night is over. This kind of robbery that only steals food but does not kill people is just a small beginning of this famine.
I'm afraid anything could happen in the future.
Qian Shulan asked Cao Chuanzheng to go back and rest. She went to find Wang Shouquan and told him about the incident.
Wang Shouquan immediately went to the commune to report the incident, and the higher-ups quickly arranged for someone to come and investigate.
The policeman took a look at the wound on Cao Chuanzheng's face and said with emotion, "It seems that the group of people still showed mercy to you. Your injuries are quite light."
Cao Chuanzheng, who could no longer open his eyes, wanted to vomit blood. How could this be considered light? He was disfigured!
Half a month later, the wound on Cao Chuanzheng's face had almost healed. He had no food rations that month, and in order to fill his stomach, he had to work in the fields with other members.
Only then did I realize that his injury was indeed very minor. The cause was that the group of people were from Zhoujia Village, and they had long been dissatisfied with Qiao Tianbao. It was said that Qiao Tianbao had been beaten by them and had one leg broken. Because he had little money, the Zhoujia Village Production Brigade did not reimburse his medical expenses at all, and his leg was completely broken.
"It's his fault! He was the one who gave the orders blindly. My mother's family is from Zhoujia Village. My mother hid a few kilograms of grain in the field with great difficulty. He accidentally saw it, so he went to inform the militia. The grain was searched away by those people. My mother was also detained for several days before being released."
"Yes! I heard that he insisted on sowing more seeds and plowing the land deeply. If we didn't do what he asked, he would complain to the commune. The production team leader of Zhoujia Village was reported by him and became a bad element. Now he is still collecting manure in our pig farm. How pitiful!"
"None of these agricultural technicians are good people."
"We have a few acres of experimental fields in our village, but the growth is not very good. Do you think that land will become barren?"
"It's terrible! How can corn be planted so densely? Look at those stalks, many of them haven't even grown cobs yet. I think in the end it will just be a bare field, with nothing growing."
The more Cao Chuanzheng listened, the more frightened he became. He no longer cared about these gossips and quickly ran to his experimental field to take a look.
But I found that it was just as they said, there was really no long stick.
Although Wangjia Village does not grow corn, they still plant several rows of corn around the canteen. Cao Chuanzheng immediately ran over to take a look. It was the same time, using the same seeds, but his corn did not produce any cobs, while others' had already grown.
Cao Chuan was sitting on the edge of the field with his head tilted, looking at the three acres of corn field he planted.
He had clearly followed the instructions, so why couldn't the sticks grow? He couldn't help but feel confused!
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Take the supermarket to 70
When Yu Tong woke up, she found herself back in the 1970s.
Not only did Yu Tong not have enough food to eat or warm clothes to wear, but she also had so many terrible relatives that she couldn't even count them on one hand.
The greedy aunt, the smiling aunt, and even the little brat dared to snatch food.
Just when Yu Tong was frowning, she suddenly realized - hey, why did she bring her birthday present, the small supermarket, here too!