末世 二三 事

On the way to Zhao Zhiwen's house, you will pass the fish pond of Zhao Zhiwen's house along the way.Jing Lin wore contact lenses, and saw a small boat parked on the lake from afar, and the people on the small boat were throwing bait into the fixed waters, so he tentatively called out: "Zhao Zhiwen!"

When the people on the boat heard this, they turned their heads and waved happily on the boat, "Ah Lin!"

Jing Lin waited on the shore for a while.

Zhao Zhiwen's height of 1.8 meters is a little taller than Jing Lin's. The height of these two people is considered tall when compared with the general height of 1.7 meters for southerners.Zhao Zhiwen's skin was slightly dark, and after the bait was released, when the boat landed and saw Jing Lin, he squeezed his fist and beat Jing Lin's chest like a buddy, "Didn't you just come back at the end of the month?"

Jing Lin said: "I feel that the outside is not peaceful, so I came back early."

When Zhao Zhiwen heard this, he slapped his thigh and bluffed: "Could it be that your place also has a power outage and water supply, and the car is still unusable? Then how did you come back?"

Jing Lin nodded, "I rode a tricycle back yesterday. It took more than ten hours from the city, and it was already midnight when I got home."

"No wonder I heard the dog next door barking in the middle of the night last night! Are you exhausted?" Zhao Zhiwen said, took Jing Lin's arm and walked to his home, and asked, "Why didn't you see Lele?"

Speaking of Lele, Jing Lin frowned worriedly: "He may have some physical problems. He has been sleeping since yesterday, refusing to eat anything, only drinking water. When Grandpa Li comes back, I have to ask him to give Lele Look."

"That's something people have to take a good look at." Zhao Zhiwen said, "You know what? Our village has been in chaos for the past two days. Some people went to the town and saw others hoarding salt, so they came back and said that everyone in the village went to the town. I went shopping. My mother bought a box of salt and bought a lot of toilet paper at the paper factory in the town. For this, my father has been arguing with my mother for the past two days."

Jing Lin said: "Don't be angry, Uncle Zhao, anyway, these things that Aunt Zhou bought can be put away, and they will always be needed in the future."

Zhao Zhiwen said: "I thought so too. Ah Lin, do you think there is really an end to the world?"

Jing Lin paused for a moment, and said, "Now the car is unusable for some reason, but in the future, it's uncertain."

Zhao Zhiwen scratched his head, looking quite distressed, "Then let's buy more things to stock up?"

Jing Lin: "I came to you just to tell you about this." Then he told Zhao Zhiwen that he was now penniless, and hoped to settle this year's rent in advance and replace it with grain.

Zhao Zhiwen immediately said no problem.His family sold half of the wheat they harvested in May and left more than 3000 catties at home, and more than 500 catties of rapeseed oil that they harvested later have not yet been sold.There are still more than 1000 catties of millet from last year in the warehouse.The original plan was to sell it in the next few days, but when things like power outages and water outages happened, his mother refused to sell it. The main reason for his father's quarrel was that it was too much for so many things to keep at home. It's gone.

This is the case in the countryside, except for those whose whole family works outside, as long as someone in the family farms, rice, grain and oil are basically produced by themselves, unless they contract a lot of land like Zhao Zhiwen's family.Like ordinary farmers, they usually only sell a little of the output of the year, and keep the rest for their own food. They will eat it until the next year to collect new grain, and then sell the old grain that was not eaten the year before, and then stock up on new grain.

Zhao Zhiwen's house is in the middle of the village. It is also a small two-story building with two yards in the front and back.Unlike Jinglin’s house, there is still a vegetable field in front of it. His house is completely plastered with concrete, and a shed is built with blue color steel on one side of the wall, which is usually used to park electric tricycles and farm tools.

Both Zhao Chenghuai and Zhou Yu were at home with the door open. Zhao Chenghuai was sitting by the door folding a handful of cowpeas, while Zhou Yu was sitting on a recliner next to him, turning a fan, looking quite relaxed.

Zhao Chenghuai and Zhou Yu's attitude towards Jing Lin is completely different from that of the villagers who keep taboo and stay away. The couple really like Jing Lin. Handsome and polite, and a famous college student.Second, when the couple had a hard time when they were young, they received help from Grandpa Jinglin many times, and now they have taken over the two ponds of his family at a reduced price. You must know that the contracting of ponds is not the time 20 years ago, and the price has risen long ago. up.

Seeing Jing Lin came back, the couple moved a stool for him, and the other cut watermelon for him to eat. They asked why Lele was missing, and went out to pick vegetables for Jing Lin to eat at their house at night.Jing Lin looked at them busy to and fro, and felt warm in his heart. Zhao Chenghuai and his wife can be said to have made up for Jing Lin's big emotional gap between his parents.

Zhao Zhiwen watched from the side, gnawed on the watermelon and said in a sour tone, "I've been away for a few months and I haven't seen you two being so enthusiastic about me when I come back."

Of course, he said that, but he had a smile on his face. He understood Jing Lin's feelings for his parents when he was in junior high school. He and Jing Lin had such a good relationship, so naturally he wouldn't be jealous of it.

As soon as Jing Lin told Zhao Chenghuai the purpose of his visit, Zhao Chenghuai went to his kitchen immediately, packed 20 catties of rice in a bag, and brought out a bundle of [-] catties of noodles, and asked Zhao Zhiwen to go to the warehouse in the backyard by the way. Five barrels of [-]L oil were brought out, and the action was not unpleasant.

Zhao Chenghuai said: "Xiao Lin, it's hot now, and the rice is not durable and prone to worms, so I only brought you [-] catties, and you can eat first. Uncle will give you another [-] catties of rice, and new crops will be produced in September." The rice is gone, and I will give you a few hundred catties at that time, and you can grind as much as you want in the future. I will also give you five hundred catties of wheat, and it’s up to you to eat flour or noodles.” Finally, he said with a smile, “Of course , even if there is no rental fee, Uncle Zhao's family will not be short of you."

Jing Lin was very grateful. The reason why he still wanted to go home even though he was penniless was because Zhao Chenghuai's family lived in his hometown. The two watched him grow up and almost treated him like their own son.

Because there was no electricity, I had to transport the things to Jing Lin's house before it was dark.Jing Lin pulled the bag, and with the help of Zhao Zhiwen, he packed the rice and wheat. He used his family's tricycle to go back and forth a few times, and then transported all the things to Jing Lin's house, and helped them move to the warehouse. inside.

Then Jing Lin carried Lele to Zhao Zhiwen's house, ready to have dinner.

Zhao Zhiwen's family likes Lele very much, especially the two older ones.In the village, as old as Jing Lin and the others, almost all of them are married and become fathers, and most of them are fathers of two children. Zhou Yu and Zhao Chenghuai have been urging Zhao Zhiwen to get married, but Zhao Zhiwen has never had a girlfriend. He met several girls, either he disliked each other or was disliked, in short, none of them succeeded.Seeing their peers become grandpas and grandmas, teasing their grandchildren all day long, the couple are envious.Ever since Lele returned to Jing Lin's name, the couple has become addicted to their grandparents. Every time Lele goes home with Jing Lin, piles of snacks are stuffed into Lele's hands.

So when they saw Lele, who was obviously asleep and in an abnormal state, the old couple were worried.At the dinner table, Zhou Yu kept asking how the situation in Jinglin City was, complaining about why the electricity was not connected, and now he couldn’t ride a battery car or take a bus to the town, saying that he had to go to the town more tomorrow. Buy something and come back to store it.

They were luckier than Jing Lin. A few days ago, Zhao Chenghuai was preparing to buy fertilizer for the fields and bait for fish, and planned to build a color steel shed on the other side of the courtyard, so he took almost 5 from the bank at once. Yuan money comes out.As a result, when I was about to go out the next day, I found that all the cars were unusable, and the 5 yuan was kept at home.Unlike Jinglin, because he usually lives in the city and is close to the places where he can withdraw money, he usually doesn’t have much cash in his wallet. When encountering such a situation, years of hard work will be wasted overnight.