The next morning everyone went to visit the outer city again, and in the afternoon they took the train back to their hometown.

And besides—

Sitting on the old green leather train, his brother-in-law Wang Renqing held a cloth bag containing some small odds and ends he bought from Yanjing and said with emotion:

"Compared with our hometown, Yanjing is really prosperous ~ Wow, that's great!"

After getting along with each other for several days, they became familiar with each other. Xu Yeliang smiled and patted his arm:

"It's good, but the price is too expensive!

It’s free to eat fish in our hometown. There are a lot of fish in the rivers, ditches, and even rice fields.

What about Yanjing?Fish costs more than 2 yuan per pound, so I can’t afford it. "

Rong Chenglin and Xu Hu also discussed that except for fish and meat, all other things are more expensive than in their hometown, but some are much more expensive and some are less expensive.

After everyone returned home, they were directly watched by their family members.

Xu Dahai is a little better. He has been to Guanli many times, and his relatives and friends all know about it.

Others are different.

For example, Xu Yeliang, his uncle and cousin who lived in the village next door, would ride on the [-] big bar to see him, just to chat about the situation in Yanjing, satisfy their curiosity, and gain knowledge.

time flies.

In the blink of an eye, September 1985, 9 on the Gregorian calendar, August 29 on the lunar calendar, was the Mid-Autumn Festival.

Tonghua, Mr. Lu’s home near the train station.

In the evening, the cold wind gradually picked up, making the plastic sheets on the eaves rattle.

It was very dusty and rough.

"It's a gloomy day, I'm afraid it's going to rain." Old Mrs. Lu was holding firewood for cooking while stumbling. She smiled and chatted with Xu Dahai, who was standing at the door of the side room eating watermelon.

"Yes, Grandma Lu, please wait a moment. I'll buy some pork. Let's stew it for dinner tonight."

Xu Dahai was eating watermelon and walking outside. He planned to eat with Old Man Lu and his family in the evening, which was warm and lively.

"You kid, I'll get you some money later. I can't make you pay every time I buy meat."

Naturally, Xu Dahai would not ask for Grandma Lu's money. When the old lady went back to the house to withdraw the money and chased her out, Xu Dahai had long disappeared.

"What a good boy~ Hey~ there are still many good people in this world."

……

More than 400 meters to the west, at the intersection, a new butcher shop opened. The pork is fresh, and it also doesn’t require meat tickets.

Business was very good, and about ten people gathered at the door of the butcher shop.

After Xu Dahai bought 5 kilograms of pork, he slowly walked back while thinking about the next thing.

"Yesterday I gave Sun Guangcai 150 yuan and used their Dongfeng 140 truck to transport 2400 kilograms of red ginseng.

Originally they wanted 3000 kilograms of red ginseng, but the money I had on hand was only enough to buy more than 2400 kilograms of red ginseng.

I hope the employees of Cangnan County Medicinal Materials Company will come over soon so that the transaction can be completed and I can feel at ease. Only when I have money in hand can I continue to purchase red ginseng. "

Xu Dahai looked up at the gray sky. If it started to rain, he didn't know if it would affect the employees of Cangnan County Medicinal Materials Company.

In fact, Xu Dahai urged the other party to send employees over a long time ago, but maybe the other party was also short of staff and failed to do so.

"After these 2400 kilograms of red ginseng are successfully traded, we will sell 600 more red ginseng to Cangnan County Medicinal Materials Company, and we will have 3000 kilograms of red ginseng.

What's left is Yang Han's 3000 kilograms of red ginseng, which will be completed soon. "

When Xu Dahai returned to Old Man Lu's house, he chopped up 5 kilograms of pork and put it into the pot, then added pickled cabbage, vermicelli, tofu, etc. He added fire to the stove and started to stew.

Soon the fragrance mixed with water vapor wafted out from the cracks.

The four children of the greedy "Knife" swallowed hard.

"What, are you hungry?" Xu Dahai smiled and touched Daozi's head.

Daozi is the kid who said he wanted to repay Xu Dahai last year. One year has passed and he has grown a lot, but his body is still very thin.

He is now called "Lu Xiaodao". His hard life has made him appear more mature than other children of the same age, and his eyes are still very sharp.

Saw the knife.

Xu Dahai always thinks of San Mao in the cartoon "San Mao's Wanderings".

If Old Man Lu hadn't taken him in, I'm afraid Daozi's fate would not have been much better than Sanmao's.

"Well!" Daozi said slowly, "How wonderful it would be if I could eat delicious pork every day for the rest of my life~"

As he spoke, he stuck out his tongue and licked his lips.

Maybe he felt that what he said was a bit unrealistic, like a dream, he laughed to himself again.

Xu Dahai was stunned for a moment, then laughed again: "Don't worry, it will come true."

Soon.

Old man Lu came back on his donkey. It was going to be cold soon, so there were a lot of people buying briquettes. He just bought briquettes for the whole day today.

Although he was exhausted and his clothes were almost soaked with sweat, he couldn't help but smile happily as he thought about his wife and four children at home with a few dollars in his pocket.

He is not demanding.

If you can raise your four children properly without going hungry, you will have no regrets even if you die.

"Hey~ You're stewing meat? You can smell the meat from a long way away!"

When he got home, Old Man Lu first poured the cold water from the kettle into a bowl. He drank three large bowls of cold water before he felt alive.

"Xiaohai bought it. I told him he didn't want the money..."

Grandma Lu bent down next to the stove, shoveled off all the pancakes stuck to the edge of the pot, picked them up on the grate, and put the stew into the helmet.

The boy Knife was very sensible and quickly brought the helmet with the stew to the table with a wet towel on his back.

The other two girls and one boy also helped carry bowls, chopsticks, move benches, etc.

Old Man Lu's family did not eat on the Kang, but put a low table on the floor of the main room, surrounded by small benches, and sat on the small benches to eat.

Old man Lu glanced at Xu Dahai with a complicated expression.

He has a stubborn personality, strong self-esteem, and is not willing to accept favors from others.

But the family conditions are really difficult. Seeing the children swallowing their saliva while looking at the meat and vegetables in their helmets, I felt a deep sense of gratitude towards Xu Dahai.

If it weren't for Xu Dahai, his family would only be able to eat a little bit of pork during the Chinese New Year, only about a pound at a time.

"Come on, Xiaohai, let's have a few drinks!"

Old man Lu held up a large pot of Sanluzi, and another child pushed the bowl over to him.

ton ton ton~

The cool wine was poured into the bowl, and the faint aroma of the wine slowly floated out.

"Xiao Hai is a man of great ability. You little guys should learn more like your Uncle Xiao Hai, do you understand?"

After hearing what Old Man Lu said, the two little boys and two little girls at the dinner table nodded in unison.

He turned around and looked at Xu Dahai with admiration, as if he regarded him as an idol.

Xu Dahai felt a little embarrassed now.

Are you very powerful?Okay, it's really awesome.

At night, some light rain fell from the sky, and the cold air penetrated into the house. Xu Dahai couldn't help but wrap up his quilt tightly.

But the rain stopped the next morning, the dark clouds slowly dispersed, and wisps of sunshine shone into the small yard.

At 9:140 in the morning, employees from Cangnan County Medicinal Materials Company finally came over and drove a Dongfeng [-].

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