Wang Danna was stunned for a moment, then she remembered that she had to serve tea and water to the guests. So she poured three bowls of water from the coal stove by the wall for everyone.
After thinking for a while, he asked, "Can Grandpa Fang drink sugar water?"
Her mother said that many elderly people cannot drink sugary water.
Fang Zhongjun was stunned for a moment and nodded slightly.
After the three of them finished a cup of hot water.
Hong Shunyou glanced at his grandfather and said, "Grandpa, I want to talk to Dana."
Fang Zhongjun looked Wang Danna up and down when he came in. This girl was of average appearance and not frivolous in character, and was barely worthy of his grandson.
Hearing his grandson's words, he nodded.
Wang Danna followed Hong Shunyou to the yard.
"Dana, are you okay?"
Wang Danna lowered her head slightly, twisting the hem of her clothes a little nervously, "It's... It's okay!"
"I brought my grandfather here to propose marriage. Are you willing to marry me?"
Although she had guessed it early on, Wang Danna couldn't help but blush. She quickly raised her head and glanced at him. Seeing him staring at her with burning eyes, she felt very sweet in her heart and nodded softly.
Then I thought, "But my mother..."
Hong Shunyou waved his hand and said, "Don't worry, my aunt has already agreed."
Hearing him say this, Wang Danna no longer cared about being shy and raised her head in surprise, "When did you ask my mother?"
Hong Shunyou then told Wang Danna everything about his previous experience and the sale of his job. “When I left, my aunt said she had no objection.”
Wang Danna was also very happy. After thinking for a while, she said, "My mother has no problem with you. She just doesn't like your..." Adoptive mother? Doesn't that count
Hong Shunyou knew that she was afraid that he would hate his aunt, and he felt warm in his heart. The girl in his heart was still as kind as before. "I know, my aunt is doing this for your own good. I didn't even have a job at that time, but she didn't object to our relationship. I knew she was a good mother. I am very satisfied to have a mother-in-law like her."
Hearing him praising her mother like this, Wang Danna suddenly felt proud, "Of course, my mother is great."
The two of them were chatting here in a casual manner.
Xiaomei ran as fast as she could and finally reached the chicken farm.
Zhengkang and Sun Daqin were helping Qian Shulan count eggs at the chicken farm.
Before Zhengkang got a job, he was the one who did this work. Later, he went to work at the supply and marketing cooperative, and Qian Shulan had to do it herself.
Now it was finally Zhengkang's turn to have a day off, and Qian Shulan called him over early in the morning.
Zhengkang carefully placed the eggs into the bamboo basket he brought from the department store.
They charge by weight.
After counting, Qian Shulan was responsible for weighing and registering.
When Xiaomei arrived, she found that the chicken farm's shed was already filled with baskets of eggs.
After weighing, Qian Shulan calculated the total price. The purchasing manager of the department store carefully calculated the data he had recorded and compared it with Qian Shulan's. After confirming that it was correct, he started paying and issuing the invoice.
"A total of 6,315 kilograms, 0.31 cents per kilogram, a total of 1,957.65 yuan." The purchasing section chief was full of admiration. Every time they came, they had to pay 2,000 yuan. He was filled with emotion in his heart, "Your chicken farm is really making a fortune every day!"
Qian Shulan curled her lips and looked worried. "We have to go to the Yangtze River to transport water and make a fortune every day? I think making a fortune every day is more like it."
Even in the drought, the price of their eggs has not increased. In the summer, the price is 1.9 cents per pound, and in the other three seasons, the price is 3.1 cents per pound. The price remains unchanged.
The advantage of not raising prices is that most people can afford them. The disadvantage is that eggs are becoming less and less. In such a famine year, farmers themselves have no water to drink, so they are naturally unwilling to raise chickens.
If it weren't for Qian Shulan's help in filling the well, the chicken farm in Wangjia Village wouldn't be able to operate. But even so, raising 12,000 chickens is the limit. If there are more, Qian Shulan can't get more water.
The purchasing manager was stunned for a moment, and what she said seemed to make sense.
"We'll come back next week to pick up the goods. You must save some for us."
Qian Shulan nodded and said, "Your department store is the largest purchasing point for our chicken farm. We will definitely leave it to you, don't worry."
The purchasing section chief was very satisfied. Although other provinces had drought problems, which led to a sharp decline in food and agricultural products, and department stores only opened once every ten days or half a month, their department store had the chicken farm of the Wangjia Village production team to supply eggs, so they stayed open even in difficult times, and the superiors were very satisfied with this.
After the employees collected all the eggs, the purchasing manager got on the car and waved goodbye to everyone.
After everyone left, everyone started to pack up the empty bamboo baskets.
Xiaomei, who had been standing nearby and didn't dare to disturb her grandmother while she was working, finally found the right opportunity to come over and said, "Grandma, we have guests."
Zhengkang, Sun Daqin and Qian Shulan all turned around to look at her.
"He was here for a blind date before. My aunt's ex-boyfriend was called Hong..." It's been a long time and Xiaomei had almost forgotten his name. She tilted her head and thought for a long time but couldn't remember his name.
Jung Kang reminded her, “Call Hong Soon Woo.”
Xiaomei's eyes lit up, "Yes! He also brought an old man in a wheelchair with him. The old man was very imposing, like a veteran." After a pause, she added, "They also brought a lot of valuables."
Qian Shulan was still thinking.
Sun Daqin clapped her hands and smiled happily, "Mom, he came to our house to propose marriage."
Wang Danna has been looking for a boyfriend in the past few years, but she always finds fault with the men.
But her mother-in-law spoils her and doesn't force her at all.
Several wives in the family are worried to death. Wang Danna is already 20 years old. If she doesn’t find a partner, will she become someone else’s stepmother in the future
Zhengkang was also very happy. The aunt was very kind to the family, and every time she came back from the county town, she would bring something for the family.
She would even help him send a message to Xiaofang. She would also help him take care of Xiaofang. Now when he saw his aunt's ex-boyfriend coming to propose marriage, he was very happy at first, but he remembered that his grandmother had strongly opposed it before.
So I looked at his breast with some uneasiness.
Qian Shulan slowly counted twenty eggs from the bamboo basket, put them in a small basket, and made two entries in the account book. Then she asked the person who was in charge of raising chickens to help register the names.
This was a method to prevent theft. If someone else wanted to take the eggs, they had to get Qian Shulan's signature. If Qian Shulan wanted to take the eggs herself, she had to get someone else's signature, and of course that person couldn't be her family members.
The money for the eggs these people have taken will be deducted at the end of the year.
"Let's go!"
Sun Daqin took Xiaomei by the hand and started asking her all sorts of questions, making Xiaomei break out in a cold sweat.
Seeing that Xiaomei was having a harder and harder time, Zhengkang couldn't bear it any longer. "Mom, we'll be home soon, right? Aren't you tired of asking so many questions?"
Sun Daqin was so angry after hearing what her son said that she came over and slapped him.
After starting work, Zhengkang became much more patient than before. This was mainly because the work at the supply and marketing cooperative was very rare, and Hong Shunyou did such a good job before.
Every time someone comes to buy candy, they will ask, "Where is the boy from before?"
Others were disgusted, "Your speed is not good, it's far worse than the last one."
"Why are you so slow in calculating? Have you not yet graduated from junior high school?"
Zhengkang always felt like a failure. After returning home, he studied hard.
He bought five pounds of fruit candies from the supply and marketing cooperative and took them home. He weighed them on the scale until his hands were almost callused by practice before he finally got the accuracy right.
As for mental arithmetic, he asked Zhengguo for advice on this.
Zhengguo was a money-grubber, and if you wanted to learn from him, you had to pay him. He spent a high price of five dollars to get the mental arithmetic method from Zhengguo.
Although he was a little uncomfortable at the beginning, he made a lot of progress after being trained by Jungkook from time to time.
The last time Xiaofang came back with her aunt to see him, she even went to the supply and marketing cooperative to see him working, and she even praised him.
In the past, Xiaofang always said that he was stupid and not attentive, and it was so rare to get a compliment from her.
Later he was awarded the title of advanced employee. His father was so happy that he almost jumped up, and his mother kept showing off to the villagers.
Although his grandmother's smile was rather restrained, he could still tell that she was very happy, and the look in her eyes when she looked at him was more loving than ever before.
He couldn't remember how long it had been since he had received such a look from his grandmother.
"Zheng Kang? Zheng Kang?"
Zhengkang was suddenly pushed by someone, and he immediately woke up from his memories, "Grandma, you called me?"
Qian Shulan frowned and looked at him, "You can still be distracted while walking, you are really something."
Zhengkang's face flushed, he scratched his head, thought for a while and asked, "Grandma, what do you want me to do?"
Qian Shulan slapped her head fiercely, "Look, you've led me astray. Last time, I asked you to apply for a fountain pen from your supply and marketing cooperative for me. Did you get it?"
The supply and marketing cooperatives in the countryside did not stock fountain pens because they were too expensive, especially the Hero brand, which cost dozens of yuan each. If they were placed in the supply and marketing cooperative, they might not be sold for several years, so Qian Shulan specifically asked Zhengkang to apply to the higher authorities to buy one.
Zhengkang also thought of this, "I got it last night, but I came back too late and forgot about it."
"Then give it to me later."
"good!"
Arriving at the door of her house, Qian Shulan took off her outer coat. Clothes are not easy to dry in winter, so whenever the villagers are working, they will put on an outer coat.
When the four of them entered the house, Qian Shulan greeted Fang Zhongjun first.
Then ask Hong Soonwoo how he is doing recently
After talking for a while, Qian Shulan began to introduce her family to them.
Fang Zhongjun doesn't talk much, and when he makes comments he usually spits out words one at a time.
Qian Shulan didn't care, "Brother Fang, just stay at our house for dinner and try our country folk food."
Fang Zhongjun didn't hesitate, he nodded and gestured behind him.
The person standing behind him came over and handed Qian Shulan three food coupons.
Qian Shulan accepted it without even looking at it, then took out the key from her pocket and asked Sun Daqin to go to her room to get food.
Xiaomei also followed Sun Daqin to the kitchen to cook, while Zhengkang went to help them fetch water.
While they were cooking, Fang Zhongjun also explained the purpose of his visit. "This time, as his only relative, I want to propose marriage to your family. My grandson wants to marry your youngest daughter. What do you think, elder sister?"
Qian Shulan glanced at the two people who were sitting side by side and behaving properly.
She did not hesitate. "Before answering this question, I still want to know, where do you plan to settle down?"
Fang Zhongjun nodded. "I plan to move to the county town. Your Liuguan County is a great place for retirement with its outstanding people and beautiful scenery. I also arranged a job for him in the county department store. After the couple gets married, they can settle down in the county town."
A place of outstanding people and beautiful scenery? Qian Shulan's mouth twitched. This kind of nonsense may be enough to fool a child, but does she look like an old fool at her age
But thinking about her previous suspicions, she decided to tell everything.
Since she was going to marry Dana to him, she had to ensure that Dana's future living environment would be safe enough.
The movement during that decade was not much different from the Great Leap Forward, and could even be said to be more brutal.
Qian Shulan tilted her head and said to Dana, "Take Shunyou to the canal and let him experience the biting cold wind of our Wangjia Village."
Fang Zhongjun's eyelids twitched.
Hong Shunyou was a little dazed, but looking at his aunt's smiling eyes, he subconsciously stood up with Wang Danna.
After everyone left, Qian Shulan said to the guard behind Fang Zhongjun, "Can you please go out first? I want to talk to Brother Fang about something."
The guard was stunned for a moment and looked at Fang Zhongjun. When he saw him nod, he immediately walked out of the main room and stopped at the gate of the courtyard.
"The man has left. Just tell me what you want to say."
Qian Shulan thought for a moment and told everyone about Hong Shunyou, especially her speculation about his background.
Fang Zhongjun narrowed his eyes slightly, obviously not expecting the other party to be able to guess so much. This didn't seem like something an old rural lady could think of, and her analysis was well-reasoned.
His eyes were cold and murderous. Qian Shulan, who had a cheating device, was not afraid of him. She spread her hands and said, "If I guess correctly, Hong Shunyou should be the son of a big capitalist. You know what this background means even without me telling you. If I don't ask clearly, can I feel at ease to marry my daughter to your grandson?"
Fang Zhongjun frowned, his expression was distant. He looked at the cold sky outside and slowly talked about the past. "Back then, our Lin family was quite famous in Shanghai. My father, eldest brother and eldest nephew all supported the national army. I learned new ideas in school, so I went to the revolutionary base without telling my family and participated in the war of resistance. After the war, the Lin family was defeated. I had to give up the idea of returning home. I had to continue to conceal my identity until last year, when I went to Linjia Lane on a whim and accidentally saw Shunyou. He looks exactly like my eldest nephew."
Qian Shulan was stunned for a long time. It was one thing to guess, but she didn't expect it to be true. She began to waver in her heart, "Will someone else recognize Shunyou?"
Fang Zhongjun shook his head, his voice somewhat bitter, "My oldest nephew died in a labor camp two years ago. I don't look like him, and no one has known that I am a member of the Lin family for all these years. There is absolutely no problem with my identity. As for Shunyou, those who know that he is a member of the Lin family are no longer around. As long as he stays in the countryside, no one will know. And there is no problem with his own experience."
"So what are you going to do with the Hong family?"
Fang Zhongjun's eyes flashed with viciousness, "Of course we should fight quickly and decisively. Evildoers should be punished!"
Qian Shulan shuddered for no apparent reason.
Perhaps sensing her uneasiness, Fang Zhongjun smiled and said, "Don't worry. I never leave any hidden dangers when I do things."
Qian Shulan: “…” Is this to comfort her or to scare her
Qian Shulan thought about it for a long time and decided to help them. If Hong Shunyou's identity was exposed one day, she would send the two of them to Hong Kong.
After figuring it out, Qian Shulan felt much more relaxed, and the two set a wedding date.