I don’t know if Qian Shulan’s words had a great effect, but Jiang Yuying has changed completely.
When harvesting sweet potatoes, her steps were brisk and there was no more worry on her face.
She was carrying a basket of sweet potatoes and was about to carry them to the field when suddenly a hand reached out in front of her. Jiang Yuying looked up and saw Wang Shouzhi pursing his lips and reaching out to take it. "Let me help you."
Jiang Yuying blushed. There was really nothing she could do. She had never thought of Wang Shouzhi before, but ever since she knew he was interested in her, she felt very embarrassed when she looked at him.
She was also embarrassed to accept his help, as it always gave her the illusion that if she accepted his help, she would be giving him a chance.
Jiang Yuying quickly refused, "No, no!" As soon as she finished speaking, she felt that she seemed a little too deliberate, and hurriedly added, "You just came back, report to your godmother first."
Wang Shouzhi didn't want to show off in front of so many people, so he nodded and looked at her gently, "Then I'll go."
Jiang Yuying nodded.
After the people left, she breathed a sigh of relief.
Qian Shulan was peeling sweet potatoes when she turned her head and saw Wang Shouzhi walking towards her in clean clothes.
"mother"
Qian Shulan straightened her back. Oh my god. Doing farm work for so many days was really killing her.
She pounded her waist.
Seeing this, Wang Shouzhi quickly took the shovel from her hand.
Qian Shulan sat on the side to rest and asked him, "How many days can you rest this time?"
"We can only rest for two days. There has been a drought recently and we can't get water from the boreholes now. We can only dig manually."
Manual digging? That means going down the well like mining? Qian Shulan opened her mouth, a little worried, "Will it be dangerous?"
Wang Shouzhi smiled and said, "What industry is not dangerous?"
Qian Shulan sighed. Although workers are good these days, they are not without danger. For example, working at a grain depot was a popular job before, but now the risk factor has increased tenfold.
Digging a well? Qian Shulan didn't dare to think about it.
“How much rice do you want to dig?”
"We have dug 50 meters, but there is still no water. In order to have a well with water, the leaders personally took charge of the operation. I finally got two days of rest. Now my colleagues in the Water Conservancy Bureau have to go 40 miles south to transport water. The Water Conservancy Bureau is already very busy transporting water to the city. The water trucks are running day and night. I am much better now."
Forty miles
Qian Shulan was busy harvesting sweet potatoes during this period and had no time to transport water. She didn't know the news yet. She became more and more worried. She wondered if she would have to travel even further next year, and she didn't want to get water until she reached the Yangtze River.
After harvesting the sweet potatoes, the whole family returned home.
Qian Shulan cooked a sumptuous meal.
Whenever the workers from the city came back, she would prepare extra meals for the family.
One is to reward everyone, and the other is to make those who go out feel a sense of belonging.
Don’t think that being a worker has an easy life; in fact, it’s not at all.
Just like Wang Danna and Xiaomei, they have to get up at five in the morning and work until twelve at night. They don't even have five hours of sleep. It's very hard.
Wang Shouzhi, needless to say, has now dug wells manually. It is so dangerous that one could die at any time in such a deep place.
Wang Shouli was injured a while ago, and Wang Shouyi has not had a day off yet, and he is not much better.
When the food was served, all the fatigue of adults and children disappeared.
"Chicken stewed with mushrooms, wow, grandma, you are so nice." Zhengjun shouted exaggeratedly.
This chicken is a rooster from a chicken farm. It is a waste to keep it because it does not lay eggs. So last night, Qian Shulan asked Wang Shouquan to announce to the team that anyone who wants to eat chicken can buy it from the chicken farm. It only costs 40 cents per pound.
Now rice in the city costs two dollars and sixty cents per pound, so a chicken at forty cents is already quite cheap.
It should be a good deal, but few people buy it.
Because everyone has little money left.
Their team distributes dividends at the end of the year. Last time, the bamboo factory got the money, except for the money paid to several nearby production teams for settling raw materials, the rest was all given to the brigade secretary.
Everyone is waiting to divide the money after the sweet potatoes are harvested.
Qian Shulan took the lead in buying a chicken because she had a worker at home, and several other families with more money also bought one.
Although people now eat from a big pot, every family still stores food. Some families who want to improve their food will go to the chicken farm to exchange their work points for eggs.
So no one is jealous of them. After all, they bought it with their own money.
Qian Shulan looked at everyone with a smile. Because five people were not there, they were no longer eating at two tables, but at one table.
She smiled and said, "Everyone is tired, let's have a good meal to replenish ourselves. Let's eat!"
As soon as he finished speaking, everyone reached out for the pot of chicken stewed with mushrooms.
In fact, this dish contains not only mushrooms, but also potato chips and black fungus.
But this did not stop everyone from enjoying their meal.
Jiang Yuying was eating happily when suddenly a piece of chicken appeared in her bowl. She knew who it was without even raising her head. Her face was red as if it was about to bleed.
She was about to refuse, but Zhengjun blinked his big round eyes and looked at Wang Shouzhi curiously, "Uncle, why do you only pick up food for Auntie and not eat it yourself?"
As soon as these words fell, the adults who had been looking for chicken all looked up and glanced at Jiang Yuying and Wang Shouzhi with curious eyes.
Qian Shulan frowned slightly. Seeing that Sun Daqin was about to yell at the two of them, she took the lead and said to everyone, "Chicken can't stop you from eating. Hurry up and eat." She then said to Zhengjun, "Your aunt is too tired from work, so your uncle is taking special care of her. You are a heartless little thing. You have chicken to eat, but you don't show filial piety to your elders." What followed was full of grievances.
Zhengjun, who was so soft-hearted, couldn't stand this. He quickly picked up a piece of chicken from the dish with his chopsticks and handed it to Qian Shulan's bowl, saying in a baby voice, "Grandma, you eat it!"
Qian Shulan successfully changed his topic, "Okay! Thank you very much, Zhengjun!"
Seeing this, others also picked up food for Qian Shulan.
Qian Shulan was not polite. She accepted all the food they handed over as a sign of filial piety.
When everyone was busy eating, Qian Shulan looked up at Wang Shouzhi. He looked up at her, with a guilty look on his face.
Qian Shulan winked at him.
Wang Shouzhi nodded calmly.
After the meal, everyone continued to carry sweet potatoes from the fields. Of course, they also had to hide some.
Qian Shulan was responsible for pulling the cart, and she specially asked Wang Shouzhi to go with her.
"Xiaowu, mother knows what you are thinking. But too much is as bad as too little. Yuying is still in the grief period. Don't be too enthusiastic. It will scare her. Haven't you noticed? She is already afraid to stay with you."
In the darkness, Qian Shulan couldn't see Wang Shouzhi's expression at all. After a moment of silence, he spoke, "Mom, I just want to be good to Yuying. Her life is too hard."
Isn't it hard? She has no parents, and her only aunt is a blood sucker. She finally met someone she likes, but they divorced right after she got married. If it were a woman with a thinner face, she probably wouldn't have been able to hold on until today, but she is still strong and alive.
He felt sorry for her. She was such a good person, but fate was so unfair to her.
If he could marry her, he would definitely treat her like a little princess and love her all his life. He would never let her suffer the slightest injustice.
But his mother said this again. Was he too impatient
He recalled Yuying's reaction, and it seemed that she was really a little uncomfortable. It seemed that he should not make it too difficult for her.
She was already working hard enough, and he couldn't add to her troubles.
"Mom, I know!"
Wang Shouzhi kept his word and until he left, he never deliberately had any private contact with Jiang Yuying.
This made Jiang Yuying feel a lot more comfortable.
She thought about it carefully and felt that it must be her godmother who persuaded her, and she couldn't help but feel more grateful to her godmother.
Two days later, Wang Shouren returned from the county town, and Qian Shulan asked Jiang Yuying to go back to work.
Just thinking of those rumors, I still feel a little worried. "If you don't dare to live alone, why don't you stay at your neighbor's house for a few days. They are also mother and daughter, and they have a good relationship with you. It should be okay to squeeze in for a few nights, right?"
Jiang Yuying agreed with a smile.
After seeing Jiang Yuying off, Qian Shulan led her family to continue digging sweet potatoes.
While working, Qian Shulan chatted with Wang Shouren in random moments.
It's nothing more than whether you have worked hard, whether you have encountered any troubles, etc.
Wang Shouren is in good spirits. "Director Chen takes good care of me. He even taught me how to sell things. I didn't even know how to use a scale at first, so he taught me step by step. He is really very nice."
Qian Shulan's mouth twitched! How could it be bad! Last time she went to the city, she risked her life to sell him 5,000 kilograms of grain. He wanted to treat her like an ancestor. Naturally, he became more patient with Wang Shouren.
"Look, you'd better be a worker. Let's see if you dare to do it again in the future!"
When Wang Shouren is mentioned, his face falls.
He subconsciously looked at Zhengkang, and saw that the originally frail and fair Zhengkang had now turned darker, but the difference was that he looked stronger and taller than before.
It seems that working is not without benefits.
"Mom, I will definitely listen to you from now on."
Qian Shulan curled her lips and ignored him. He did listen to her in everything, but when it came to his three sons, he lost his principles.
Within a few days, all the sweet potatoes in the team had been harvested.
The yield per mu this time is even lower than the last time, only one thousand kilograms.
Qian Shulan thought that since the yield per mu was so low, they might search every household, but these people said nothing and left them some seeds, grain and rations before leaving.
As the truckloads of sweet potatoes were shipped out of the production team, everyone felt much more relaxed.
Some people were worried that the sweet potatoes would rot if they were buried in the ground, so they all ran to the fields to dig them up.
Wang Shouquan wanted to stop them, but Qian Shulan stopped him because she felt that what they said made sense.
This is different from summer. In winter, sweet potatoes have to be stored in the cellar.
After the autumn harvest, the land is cultivated.
This time the ground was very dry and difficult to dig, so Wang Shouquan decided to wait until next year.
Qian Shulan strongly supports this. If there is no water in the field, wheat will easily dry up and die. In winter, the water freezes and it is impossible to water the wheat.
So the wheat couldn't survive at all. We could only plant early sweet potatoes next spring.
When January came, Wang Shouyi, who had been learning to drive outside, finally returned.
After so much travel, his beard has grown a lot longer.
He came to the door carrying a large bag, and Qian Shulan almost didn't recognize him.
A high-pitched cry, "Mom, I'm back!"
Li Chunhua heard Xiaohe's surprised cry in the yard and quickly ran out of the house.
Looking at her man excitedly.
Wang Shouyi's face was flushed. He glanced at his mother's face, then smiled at his wife and daughter.
"It's good that he's back! It's good that he's back!" Qian Shulan was also a little excited. She didn't know whether he had learned to drive.
This job that cost more than a thousand kilograms of food cannot be wasted.
All the family members gathered around. Xiaolian ran to the kitchen and poured a bowl of hot water for Wang Shouyi. He touched Xiaolian's little head with a smile, and Xiaolian blushed with embarrassment.
After he finished a bowl of hot water, he smiled and said to everyone, "I have already received my certificate of completion. After another month of driving, I will be able to officially become a driver, and then I will be able to become a regular employee soon."
The whole family was delighted. Qian Shulan smiled and said, "You have worked hard during this period. How many days will you stay at home this time?"
"You can rest at home for two days."
"That's fine!"
Qian Shulan asked Li Chunhua to go to the chicken farm to buy a rooster, and asked Xiaohe to make a fire and cook.
The people in the first house were unusually silent, obviously very envious.
The salary of a driver is quite high. One person's salary can support a whole family.
Now, it is not obvious that the family has not been split up. Once the family is split up, their family will be the worst off among the other families. It makes me sad just thinking about it.
Qian Shulan also sensitively noticed that Wang Shouren and Sun Daqin looked a little unhappy.
She thought about it for a moment and understood.
No matter how anxious they are, can they be as anxious as her
She still had more than half of her tasks to complete. Zhou Xuemei had to take care of two children and had no time to develop her career. Her career value was stagnant.
Sun Daqin was a little clever, but because he didn't listen to her, he didn't get his certificate. There was no hope for him to get a job.
Li Chunhua was not smart enough to pass the exam to get a certificate of completion, so it was basically impossible for her to work in the city. So Qian Shulan asked her to develop agriculture and raise chickens. She could learn a skill in the future!
As for Wang Shouren, he could only wait for the right time. There was no point in being anxious. It was not so easy to find a job.
During the meal, Wang Shouyi changed his usual silence and started telling everyone what happened when he was following the car.
Rural people rarely come to the city, so when they heard such an interesting thing, they all stared at him intently.
Qian Shulan didn't expect that Wang Shouyi had changed so much.
Originally, the two brothers Wang Shouren and Wang Shouyi had very similar personalities. They were both introverted and honest.
But now there are two kinds of people.
Wang Shouyi stayed at home for two days and then left. But unexpectedly, Yuying came back the next day.
Qian Shulan was worried that something had happened, so she immediately went to meet him.
Jiang Yuying smiled, "Godmother, our Grain Bureau has started recruiting new members!"
Qian Shulan was stunned by this pie, "Really?"
Jiang Yuying nodded affirmatively, "It's true." She paused, "But there are too few people recruited this time, and many people don't know about it. I just found out about it too. Director Chen asked me to come back to inform you, so I ran here. Tell Big Brother and Zhengkang to follow me! There's only one day left, maybe I can get the job!"
Qian Shulan called for help immediately. Wang Shouren was at home, but Zhengkang was not.
So Qian Shulan asked everyone in the family to go out and look for him.
Finally I found him by the canal. He was helping count eggs there!
When he heard that Sun Daqin was looking for him, and it was about work, he immediately followed her back.
The two men changed into new clothes, rode the bicycles borrowed from the team, and followed Jiang Yuying to the city.
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