The whole family was waiting for the two to come back, and they were a little absent-minded while working.
Especially Sun Daqin, who would glance at the door every few minutes, waiting anxiously.
Finally, in the afternoon of the next day, the two came back.
However, both of them looked unhappy and exuded a low mood, which made Sun Daqin, who was smiling, frown. She asked cautiously, "Didn't you get selected?"
Wang Shouren pursed his lips and said nothing, but Zhengkang lowered his head and avoided answering. He turned to Wang Shouren and said, "Dad, I'm going to the team to return the bicycle."
Wang Shouren looked at him with a worried look on his face. Zhengkang forced a smile on his face, "Dad, I'm fine!"
After Zhengkang had walked a long way, Wang Shouren turned around and asked Sun Daqin, "Where's mom?"
"Mom went to the canal." Sun Daqin pulled Wang Shouren's arm, still unwilling to give up, "Really not selected? Not even one?"
Wang Shouren sighed, "Zhengkang didn't get elected, but I did."
Sun Daqin was stunned for a moment, then she was overjoyed when she realized what was going on. "Really? You got selected?"
Seeing Wang Shouren nod, Sun Daqin immediately became happy and asked, "What's the matter? Why were you selected, and Zhengkang didn't go?" Zhengkang was obviously only a high school student with a higher academic degree than him, so why was Wang Shouren the one who was selected
Wang Shouren glanced around the house and seeing that no one else was there, he whispered to Sun Daqin.
While he was speaking, Sun Daqin would occasionally let out exclamations of disbelief.
After he finished speaking, Sun Daqin also felt a little sorry, "Comfort Zhengkang and tell him not to take it too seriously. There will be plenty of opportunities in the future. I'll go tell our mother about this and let her be happy too."
Wang Shouren nodded in agreement, "Go ahead!"
Sun Daqin had never thought that her family would be accepted at first, because when Jiang Yuying came to inform them, she also specifically said that there were very few vacancies. It seemed that only a few people were recruited. The chance was too small, and she had never held out hope. Who would have thought that one of them would be accepted.
Although she felt a little bit sorry that Zhengkang was not selected, at least her husband was selected, and their family also had workers, so there was no shortage of the third, fourth and fifth families.
Sun Daqin walked with such a gust of wind that it took her less than ten minutes to run the several-mile distance.
When she got there, she wiped the sweat off her forehead and saw her mother-in-law recording the egg production in each area.
Sun Daqin didn't dare to disturb her mother-in-law while she was working. She could only suppress the joy in her heart and stand quietly by the side waiting.
After Qian Shulan finished her work, Sun Daqin came over with a smile on her face, "Mom, the child's father and Zhengkang are back."
Qian Shulan paused while flipping through her notebook and looked up at her. She must be so happy because it must be good news. "Did one of them get selected, or both?"
Sun Daqin chuckled, "The kid's father was chosen."
Qian Shulan was quite satisfied. She said "oh" and continued to look through her notes.
Sun Daqin wanted to please her mother-in-law, "Mom, do you know why the child's father was selected but Zhengkang was not?"
You know what, Qian Shulan is really interested in this. She closed her notebook and said, "Tell me about it!"
Seeing that her mother-in-law was attracted by her, Sun Daqin immediately began to describe in a vivid way: "The questions their leaders set this time are very interesting. They directly asked the applicants to carry food. As long as the applicants can carry a sack of food, they can enter the next round. It's not too easy for the child's father to carry two or three hundred kilograms. But Zhengkang can't do it. He can only carry about one hundred kilograms at most. So he was eliminated in the first round. The second round was even simpler. It was directly compared with academic qualifications. Those who were illiterate were eliminated directly. So there were five people left, which was just enough for the quota for this recruitment. There was no more."
Qian Shulan rubbed her brows. It was another load. This was pure physical labor. There was no technical content at all. Although she was not satisfied, she had no other choice. Having a job was better than having no job at all.
She was thinking about something when Li Chunhua came over after feeding the chickens and asked, "Mom, I'm going home to cook first. Is today's meal the same as yesterday's?"
Qian Shulan thought for a moment and said, "Let's cook some rice today. Take ten eggs and fry them into a plate of leek and eggs!"
Li Chunhua was stunned for a moment. It was so rich. "Is this a happy event?"
Sun Daqin immediately told her the good news. Li Chunhua was also very happy. One more worker in the family meant one more person to eat commercial grain, and their family savings could increase.
When Qian Shulan and Sun Daqin returned home, Li Chunhua had already cooked the dishes. Everyone else was sitting at the table waiting, but Zhengkang was nowhere to be seen.
Wang Shouren said Zhengkang went back to his room to sleep. Qian Shulan went to Zhengkang's room to talk to him.
As soon as she entered the room, Qian Shulan saw Zhengkang lying on the kang, leaning over, seemingly wiping tears.
Qian Shulan was sitting on the edge of the kang. Zhengkang quickly noticed someone coming and hurriedly wiped his tears.
"How are you?"
"Grandma, I'm fine!" There was a strong nasal tone when he spoke.
"You don't have to be sad. This time they are looking for hard labor. Even if you, a student who goes to school all year round, are hired, you won't be able to endure the hardship. When there is a suitable job opportunity in the future, you may be selected. Don't be discouraged."
Zhengkang turned over and sat up, his eyes red, "Grandma, I know."
Qian Shulan patted his shoulder and said, "Hurry up and get up. After all, your father was chosen. As a son, you should be happy for him. How can you let him worry about you? This is really unfilial of you."
After hearing what she said, Zhengkang no longer cared about being sad and immediately climbed down from the kang, "Grandma, I understand."
Qian Shulan nodded.
When the two of them came out, everyone was sitting at the dinner table waiting for them, and no one dared to eat secretly.
Zhengkang looked at Wang Shouren a little embarrassedly, "Dad, I'm sorry."
Wang Shouren smiled innocently, "It's okay!" But he still took a closer look at his face and found that he had actually cried. He suddenly felt distressed.
Qian Shulan was very thoughtful in celebrating Wang Shouren's selection.
I usually eat rice porridge, but this is the first time I eat rice. The last time I ate it was a few months ago.
"Today's rice is enough for you."
After finishing his meal, Wang Shouren went back to his room to pack his luggage.
Because time was urgent, he went to the county town before dawn the next day.
Qian Shulan went with him this time.
She mainly came here because she had made an appointment with a scalper to go to the provincial capital to exchange jewelry.
When they got to the alley of the department store, the scalper was already waiting there. When he saw her coming, he hurried over to greet her, "Auntie, you're finally here."
Qian Shulan patted her bag and said, "How can I not come to the appointment I made with you?"
Huang Niu smiled and said, "Okay! Okay!"
Then the two went to the bus station and took a bus to the provincial capital.
Qian Shulan thought she could see Wang Shouyi, but she found out that he had just left the car in the morning. To be honest, she didn't want him to know that she was working in the black market.
When the two arrived at the provincial capital, Huang Niu took him directly to the place where he hid his treasure.
Qian Shulan looked at the sack of things and her heart almost jumped out of her chest. "Isn't this too much?"
"This is what I saved for a month." Huang Niu thought for a moment and said, "You didn't bring enough money, did you?"
Qian Shulan waved her hands, "That's enough!"
Then he started to pay according to the price agreed with him before.
Qian Shulan is not very good at judging antiques, so her principle is to buy back all of them even if she made a mistake.
So she spent nearly three hundred dollars on this sack of things.
The scalper was so happy that he smiled from ear to ear. He calculated secretly and felt that he could make more money by trading this thing than by reselling food coupons.
So he agreed with Qian Shulan on a date for next month.
Qian Shulan thought about the things she had to do next month, so she said, "Let's wait until after the New Year. The second day of the second lunar month is a lucky day. Our production team is quite busy before the New Year."
Although the scalper felt a little disappointed, he thought about it and felt that what she said made sense. How could he come here during the Chinese New Year when he probably couldn't even take a car
After the agreement was reached, Qian Shulan carried the contents of the sack out of the door. She then walked through several alleys and put the sack directly into the space when no one was around.
Then I took the bus back, which took less than a whole day. When I got home, it was just after six o'clock.
When the twelfth lunar month came, the team's pigs were finally shipped to Guangzhou to be sold.
But everyone was troubled by the 300,000 kilograms of grain.
Of the 15 tons of food that were shipped last time, only 2.5 tons remained, less than one-fifth.
No one can tell how much of the 300,000 kilograms of grain will be left this time.
Wang Shouquan convened a meeting to discuss how to transport the grain back.
There are a thousand people in their village.
This time, their village planted a total of 2,000 acres of sweet potatoes and 1,000 acres of corn.
Corn is not easy to steal, so except Qian Shulan who has the space cheat to steal it, no one else can steal it.
As for sweet potatoes, although everyone tried their best to water them, due to drought and water shortage as well as the scorching sun, the yield per mu of sweet potatoes was far lower than before. The yield per mu used to be at least 1,600 catties, but this time it was only 1,200 catties, a significant reduction.
In addition to the 1,000 catties per mu that they handed in, they stole nearly 400,000 catties, an average of 400 catties per person.
400 kilograms may seem like a lot, but sweet potatoes are easy to digest, so an adult should eat at least two or three kilograms a day. This way, it will take less than 200 days.
In addition, sweet potatoes tend to spoil if stored for a long time. There is not much sunlight in winter, so dried sweet potatoes tend to mold and rot. It is estimated that there will be less than 150 days, and there are still 180 days from now to the autumn harvest. It is not enough.
Besides, if the situation is the same as this year, the yield per mu will be even lower next year. What will they do then
So they can't be too passive about food this time.
"We must leave at least 100,000 kilograms of food. Not only for us, but also for the chickens and pigs."
Some people were confused. “Before, we could keep two and a half tons out of the fifteen tons. This time, there are so many tons, so there must be a lot left.”
Wang Shouquan smiled bitterly. "From Guangzhou to Liuguan County, we passed more than a dozen stations. Most of them were because I bribed the station staff to let them go. I guess it won't be easy this time. People are watching us. Especially President Zhou, he has already ordered five tons of grain from me."
Qian Shulan pursed her lips and sighed, and began to give advice, "Why don't we talk to the grain station in Guangzhou and ask them to sign the order in their name and directly send the truck from Guangzhou to Liuguan County. This way we won't have to worry about it being intercepted along the way."
This was something she had learned from Lao Wu. The inspectors dared not to withhold the grain from the grain station privately, as this was considered stealing state property. They would be shot. Except for the starving refugees, the working people did not dare to do so. They would definitely be able to transport the grain back if they mixed into the team.
Wang Shouquan's eyes lit up, "This is a good idea! It's just a pity that we have to give benefits to the grain station before they can do it for us."
Qian Shulan curled her lips and said, "If you don't let him do the work, I'm afraid you will have to sell it to them. Otherwise, the grain won't be able to leave Guangzhou."
Wang Shouquan thought so too, and then he went to the commune to apply for trucks to transport all the pigs.
This time, because there were many pigs, they selected twenty strong laborers to go with them. Qian Shulan also went with them, mainly to take her own gold, silver and jewelry.
The treasure she got from the last trip to the provincial capital directly filled two crystal balls. Now she can control wasps. Before, she could only control mosquitoes. As long as she has enough spiritual power, she will soon be able to control larger living things.
In order to return before the New Year, they set off the next day.
After arriving, Director Xu helped them contact Li Shirong directly. This time, he exchanged all the pig money for food.
In addition to 300,000 kilograms of corn, there are also 300,000 kilograms of sweet potatoes.
They transported back so much food, including 100,000 kilograms of corn, by truck. Because they had the order from the grain station, they had a smooth journey.
Qian Shulan also got her own treasure, which filled fifty crystal balls. She gave two to No. 153, who was extremely happy.
The author has something to say: Jiang Yuying’s marriage has actually always revolved around the theme of “politics”.
I did not break up this couple to make her lower her status. In fact, Xiao Jiang has an independent personality and can live well without a man.
The reason why she married Xiaowu in the future was still about the topic of "politics".
The two books I wrote before both directly described various scenes where politics began, and I found that they were particularly easy to get stuck on. So this time I wanted to write indirectly about the impact of politics on marriage.
Let me add one more thing. No one can say whether Xiao Jiang and Guo can be happy, but she is definitely happy with Xiao Wu. She does not have the hindrance of her mother-in-law, Xiao Wu is not chauvinistic and likes her, and Xiao Die also depends on her. This is simple happiness.