Siheyuan: Yan Jiekuang's carefree life

After Yan Jiekuang and Su Zihui left, Wu Haiwang said, "They are really fast!"

Gao Junsong was slightly stunned and asked, "What's the matter?!"

Wu Haiwang looked at Gao Junsong, then at Tian Dazhuang, and asked, "Haven't you heard any gossip in the village over the past month?!"

"No?!" Gao Junsong was stunned, looked at Wu Haiwang, and asked, "What gossip?!"

Tian Dazhuang said, "What else can there be?! They are just living together without getting married. Isn't it because some educated youth and our villagers can't stand them getting along?!"

Gao Junsong hesitated for a few seconds and said, "They are all idle. It seems that we should find more things for those people to do."

Tian Dazhuang asked: "What?! Do you have a new idea?!"

Gao Junsong replied: "What new ideas can I have?! But we can go back and ask Yan Jiekuang. This kid is a treasure of our team. I used to worry that he would be stolen away, but now I am not worried anymore."

After hearing Gao Junsong's words, Tian Dazhuang and Wu Haiwang both laughed. Tian Dazhuang said, "Old Gao, we should thank those women who spread rumors. If it weren't for them, Yan Jiekuang and Su Zihui wouldn't have gotten married so early."

After leaving the brigade, Yan Jiekuang rode his bicycle. Su Zihui sat on the back seat out of habit. Because it had just snowed and the ground was slippery, Yan Jiekuang did not dare to ride too fast. Two hours later, Yan Jiekuang and Su Zihui arrived at the commune.

Because it was cold, not many people were getting married. So Yan Jiekuang and Su Zihui quickly got their marriage certificate. After walking out of the place where the marriage certificate was issued, Yan Jiekuang looked at the marriage certificate in his hand and was stunned unconsciously: "My two lives together have been more than 50 years. I finally have a marriage certificate."

Su Zihui saw Yan Jiekuang suddenly become dazed and asked curiously, "What are you thinking about?!"

Yan Jiekuang came back to his senses and said, "Xiaohui, pinch me. Why do I feel like I'm dreaming?!"

"You told me to pinch you!" Su Zihui said as he reached his hand into Yan Jiekuang's clothes and twisted his waist.

Yan Jiekuang grinned and said, "You are really stubborn?!"

Su Zihui smiled at Yan Jiekuang, put away the marriage certificate, and asked, "Where are we going now?!"

Yan Jiekuang said: "Let's go to the photo studio and take a wedding photo."

A little after 3 o'clock in the afternoon, Yan Jiekuang rode his bicycle with Su Zihui into the village. The children playing in the village saw Yan Jiekuang and Su Zihui and were about to surround them to make a fuss. Yan Jiekuang stopped his bicycle, Su Zihui got off the bicycle, took out candy from her bag, and said, "Come on! Come over here quickly. Today, Yan Zhiqing and I are getting married. I'll treat you to wedding candy!"

When the children heard Su Zihui's words, they immediately gathered around. The children were really fighting for the candy, and the good words their families taught them were delivered to Yan Jiekuang and Su Zihui's ears one after another.

Yan Jiekuang and Su Zihui walked along the way, and it took them almost an hour to walk a distance of more than 20 minutes. At dusk, the whole Qingshan Brigade knew about the marriage of Yan Jiekuang and Su Zihui.

In a blink of an eye, it was the 25th day of the twelfth lunar month, and the Spring Festival was just a few days away. At noon that day, Yan Jiekuang was still preparing New Year's dishes, while Su Zihui was reading in the house. At this time, Gao Junsong's voice sounded at the door: "Is anyone home?!"

Su Zihui heard the shout and walked out of the house. He walked to the front door in two steps and opened it. He saw Gao Junsong and Tian Dazhuang standing at the door. Su Zihui shouted, "Uncle Captain, Uncle Secretary!"

Gao Junsong asked: "Xiaohui, is Xiaoyan at home?!"

"Here! Come in!" Su Zihui made way. Gao Junsong and Tian Dazhuang walked into the yard. Yan Jiekuang came out of the kitchen and asked, "Captain, what do you want to talk to me about?!"

Gao Junsong and Tian Dazhuang smiled at the same time when they saw Yan Jiekuang's outfit. Gao Junsong said, "Xiao Yan, I haven't had time to talk to you since you and Xiao Hui came back. Today, we happened to be free, so Lao Tian and I came over."

Su Zihui said, "Captain, please come in quickly. If you have anything to say, please go inside and talk!"

"Hey!" Gao Junsong and Tian Dazhuang responded in unison and followed Su Zihui into the living room. Yan Jiekuang returned to the kitchen, put the pot on the stove aside, put the kettle on the stove, then ran out of the kitchen and went to the living room next door.

After Yan Jiekuang sat down, Gao Junsong got straight to the point and asked, "Little Yan, our team is making good sugar now. What else do you think we can do?!"

Yan Jiekuang said, "Uncle Captain, to be honest, Xiaohui and I have been here for more than a year. But we only know the situation in Qingshan Brigade. As for the other brigades in our commune, we know nothing about them. If we want to do it, we have to do something that other brigades don't have. And it must be non-polluting."

Tian Dazhuang said: "Xiao Yan, among the brigades under our Shengli Commune, only our brigade has a sugar-making workshop. The other brigades have some small workshops making vermicelli and tofu. ..."

After listening to Tian Dazhuang's introduction, Yan Jiekuang's brows unconsciously frowned. After thinking for a few seconds, Yan Jiekuang asked: "Captain, do you know what the current purchase price of mushrooms and fungus in the supply and marketing cooperative is?!"

Gao Junsong said: "Dried shiitake mushrooms are about 20 to 50 cents per pound, black fungus is about 7 cents to 12 cents per pound, and white fungus is about 50 cents per pound. But these things are all grown in the mountains, and the yield is not high?!"

Yan Jiekuang said, "We can do artificial cultivation. Wait a minute, I'll go get some information." Yan Jiekuang stood up and walked out of the living room. After about two or three minutes, Yan Jiekuang came back with a notebook and said, "This is the information I copied from the library. Take a look at it first. If it's possible, we can try artificial cultivation."

Gao Junsong and Tian Dazhuang took the notebook from Yan Jiekuang and read it carefully. They finished reading the contents quickly. Tian Dazhuang said, "These things are hard to get in other places. They are very easy to get here."

Yan Jiekuang said: "You can first find a few people to master the technology. Then teach the villagers how to do it. Finally, the team will collect it and sell it to the supply and marketing cooperative. Each family will be counted according to how much they pay. At the end of the year, the settlement will be settled uniformly."

Tian Dazhuang agreed: "This is a good idea!"

Gao Junsong also nodded in agreement and said, "Xiao Yan, we will take this notebook back first."

Yan Jiekuang laughed and said, "Okay! Take it!"

"Then we won't be polite!" Gao Junsong put the notebook in his pocket and said, "We won't bother you anymore. We'll leave first!"

"Hey!" Yan Jiekuang responded, and just as he sent the two out of the living room, Tian Dazhuang suddenly said, "Xiao Yan, I heard you have a projector. When are you going to show it to the villagers?!"

Yan Jiekuang said, "Uncle Secretary, I have already told the team leader about this. Just let me know in advance when you have agreed on a time."

"Okay!" Tian Dazhuang responded, and then said, "Let's talk about this when the weather gets warmer."

"Okay!" After Yan Jiekuang sent the two out the door, he couldn't help but smile bitterly, then went back to the kitchen to continue preparing New Year's dishes.