Counterattack in the chronology

Wheat harvesting starts from the end of May in the Gregorian calendar and continues until mid-June. It takes about 5 days, half a month of harvesting period, and in the next few days, the grain will be handed over to the national warehouse, and a series of follow-up matters such as meeting summary and so on are completely busy. It's almost the end of June.During this month, unless there are special circumstances such as serious illness and sudden illness, it is generally not allowed to ask for leave.

After the meeting, Sister Bai and Qi Ke started to arrange everyone's vacation. From now on, they will take turns to take care of business and visit relatives. After returning, they must immediately enter the fighting state.

Gu Lichun calculated the time. He also wanted to go home to see the situation at home and arrange some matters.

Sister Bai knew about his family's situation, so she specifically asked him when he wanted to take a vacation.

Gu Lichun said: "Just take this weekend off, just two days."

Sister Bai nodded and wrote down the time.

As an assistant to the field chief, he has to report his whereabouts to the leader at any time.

Director Deng had just come back from a long business trip, apparently still not recovering, with a tired expression on his face, after listening to the report, he asked: "Is there any difficulty at home?" Reassurance, but directly ask needs.

Gu Lichun shook his head: "Not yet, everything is fine."

Deng Chang said: "You can come to me later if you need anything."

Gu Lichun sincerely thanked: "Thank you Deng Chang."

Gu Lichun was about to say goodbye and leave when Deng Zhang suddenly said: "My assistant is not easy to be."

Gu Lichun blurted out: "I know."

Deng Chang raised his thick eyebrows, and looked at Gu Lichun with sharp eyes.

Gu Lichun was as calm as ever: "A person like Deng Chang who is strict with himself will definitely be stricter than others. You can tell by guessing. But Deng Chang, my leader is not easy to be. Sometimes my thinking is more active, and sometimes the leader will Get scared every now and then."

An imperceptible smile flashed across Deng Chang's face, "Beyond the bottom line, within the law, add another one, if you can make it right for me, it's up to you. I will bear the responsibility."

Gu Lichun's tone was sincere: "A leader who is willing to take responsibility is a good leader with a high level of consciousness and a high level of thinking. I am really lucky in my life."

Deng Chang waved his hand: "Okay, you keep these things to fool those in need. Come back from vacation, come over and I will arrange work for you"

Gu Lichun agreed with a smile, took his leave and left.

When Gu Lichun returned to the pig farm, he saw Wu Fatty pouting, his face full of displeasure. After asking, he found out that the logistics department did not allow him to take a vacation with Gu Lichun.

Gu Lichun smiled and comforted, "I'll only stay for two days this time, and I still have a lot of work to do. I'll bring you delicious food when I come back."

Wu Fat replied listlessly.

Gu Lichun brought a lot of food home this time, just half a basket of fried loach, and rice, noodles, grains and oil. He remembered that Xiaoyu's birthday had already passed, and Lixia and Xiaoman would soon be there. He definitely couldn't go back in time, so he simply prepared all the birthday presents.Now that he is not short of money, he bought a pair of white shoes and a green satchel for each of the three brothers and sisters in one go, thinking that poor Lidong would have to wait until winter, so he bought them together.

Zhao Gao also brought him a pair of pigs and a few big bones, all of which were paid at cost.

Gu Lichun packed up his things and said hello: "Comrades, I'm leaving, see you the day after tomorrow."

Everyone waved goodbye to him.

As soon as he got on his bicycle, he saw Chen Jie running back in a hurry: "Brother Gu, wait for me, let's go back together."

Gu Lichun asked: "Are you also looking back at Home Village?"

Chen Jie replied with a smile: "Go and see Zhang Yan and the others. I haven't seen you for a long time. I'll also visit your mother by the way."

Gu Lichun nodded with a smile: "That's fine, hurry up and clean up, I'll wait for you."

When the two were talking, Meng Nianqun listened quietly to the side. Chen Jie passed by him with a smile and joked: "Xiao Meng, I will leave the kitchen to you during the two days I am away. Remember, Zhao Gao You can go into the kitchen, forget about Wu Fat. That guy only knows how to eat, wastes oil and salt, and wastes things."

Meng Nianqun silently nodded in agreement.

Chen Jie quickly packed a package of things. She also had a bicycle, and the two of them rode side by side on the bicycle, talking and laughing.

Meng Nianqun watched them leave. He didn't turn around until the figures of the two were covered by flowers.

At this time, Sun Houyu suddenly flashed out from the side, and said with a sly smile: "Everyone is gone, you still look at it. Xiaomeng, don't you like Chen Jie and be jealous of Brother Gu?"

Meng Nianqun stared at Sun Houyu without saying a word, and Sun Houyu was so scared that he couldn't help muttering: "Hey, you can't even take this little joke, can you?"

Meng Nianqun still didn't speak, and Sun Houyu himself felt bored, so he left in embarrassment.

Sun Houyu has been suffering from suffocation recently. He really wanted to break into Gu Lichun's inner circle, but unfortunately, with Zhao Gao and Wu Fat staring at him, and Gu Lichun ignoring him, he couldn't squeeze in even if he tried hard.Now he is only familiar with Xiaokang in the pig farm, so he went to complain to Xiaokang at the moment: "Look at that Xiaomeng, don't you think he is too gloomy? He doesn't talk all day long, and he doesn't have a clue when he walks." sound."

Xiaokang thought for a while and said, "Xiao Meng is not bad, he has winks and is diligent. You see, Brother Gu and Sister Chen really like him."

Sun Houyu snorted through his nose: "You have to remind Sister Chen to be careful, so as not to let people get it wrong. Just now he has been staring at Sister Chen and Brother Gu, and that look makes people feel weird."

Xiaokang glanced at Sun Houyu with dissatisfaction: "Xiao Sun, Sister Chen is so kind to us all, you can't spread rumors."

Sun Houyu quickly said, "I don't, I don't."

Xiaokang didn't want to pay attention to this guy at first, but he felt that he was a cunning person, and he was a bastard before. If he wasn't brought to Brother Gu's side, if he was drawn and used by someone who cared, he would inevitably cause trouble to them.

He thought about it for a while, and then offered Sun Houyu a trick: "Xiao Sun, you are actually quite smart. Look, you are smarter than Zhao Gao and Wu Fat. Why do they get Gu Ge's love and trust? But you can’t squeeze into their circle? Have you thought about the reason?”

Sun Houyu rolled her eyes and asked with a smile, "Brother Kang, just tell me."

Xiaokang solemnly reminded: "Brother Gu is very loyal to his friends. The premise is that the other party is sincere to him. As for you, there are basic conditions. If you are not stupid and have no grudges with Brother Gu, just look What did you do next?"

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As soon as Gu Lichun and Chen Jie approached Gujia Village, Gu Lichun intentionally distanced herself from her so that no villagers would see her gossiping.

Chen Jie smiled and said, "I'll go to the educated youth spot to see Zhang Yan and the others, and I'll go to your house after Aunt Tian finishes work at noon tomorrow."

Gu Lichun replied with a smile, and the two separated at the entrance of the village.

At this time, most people were working, and most of the people walking around in the village were old people and children. Even so, Gu Lichun still attracted the attention of a group of people.

The old man looked at Gu Lichun with probing eyes, and most of the questions he asked were meant to be probing. Gu Lichun turned back neither softly nor hard, anyway, it made people have no holes to drill.

The person who asked the question didn't achieve his goal, instead he told people that Gu Lichun was young and thoughtful.

When Gu Lichun came home, his mother hadn't finished work yet, only Xiao Man and Xiao Yu were feeding the chickens, and when they saw the eldest brother come back, they jumped up cheeringly.

Gu Lichun smiled and touched Xiao Yu's hair, and said, "Xiao Yu has grown a lot, and if she grows taller, I will send you to school in September this year."

Xiao Yu had been looking forward to going to school for a long time, and when she heard this, she nodded frequently.

Gu Lichun asked Lixia where Lidong went again, and Xiaoman said that the two of them went to help their mother with work, and they should get off work soon.

Not seeing each other for more than half a month, Xiao Man has a lot to say.She sensiblely went to pour a glass of water for her eldest brother.

Gu Lichun listened to Xiao Man while drinking water.

"Brother, these people in our village are so disgusting, I feel ashamed to say it."

Gu Lichun asked, "What disgusting thing did they do again?"

Xiaoman looked angry: "How long has our father been away? Our family relies on you and mother to work to make money, and as a result, some shameless people want to borrow money, and if they don't borrow money, they will speak ill of our family."

Gu Lichun comforted his sister: "In the future, if someone comes to borrow money, just say that the money is with me. Let them come to me."

Xiao Man snorted and said: "Mother said that the money will be used for you and the second brother to marry a wife, and it is deposited in the bank. But they said that the deposit bank can also be withdrawn."

Gu Lichun was speechless. He said helplessly, "It's okay. After the wheat harvest, our family will move to the farm."

When Xiaoman heard this, his eyes lit up with excitement: "Brother, can we really enter the farm?"

Gu Lichun nodded with a smile: "I'll try my best to get you in. Don't talk about it until the matter is done."

Xiaoman nodded again and again, his little face flushed with excitement.

Gu Lichun then asked her how her homework was going, and Xiaoman puffed up her chest proudly: "I'm not bad, I usually come first in the exam."

"Xiaoman is really good, I will continue to maintain it in the future."

Gu Lichun went to prepare lunch, Xiao Man came in to help, and Xiao Yu was busy lighting the fire.

He washed the big bones he brought back, boiled them for a while, poured off the blood and foam, then changed to a pot of clear water and simmered on low heat for half an hour, throwing some vegetables into it.

When Tian Sanhong and Lixia Lidong came back from work, they saw that the food had been set on the dining table in the yard. The three of them were filled with joy, and Lixia and Lidong ran over, occupying one side, chatting non-stop.

There was a smile on Tian Sanhong's face: "I thought you wouldn't come back this month."

Gu Lichun said: "The wheat harvest will not come back next month."

Tian Sanhong said: "That's for sure, Maishou is busy everywhere."

Seeing that everyone was present, Gu Lichun took out the birthday presents of the four younger siblings.

The four of them were going crazy with joy, jumping and jumping.

Li Xia yelled first: "Brother, I have seen these little white shoes before. Brother Jing Zhe wore them before. They are precious. They dare not get dusty when they walk. I never thought I could wear them."

Lidong was impatient to try them on, but Xiaoman said with disgust: "Third brother, you put on new shoes without washing your stinky feet, you ruined such good shoes."

Lidong lifted his foot and lowered his head to sniff: "It doesn't smell bad at all, if you don't believe me, you can smell it."

Now everyone disliked him together, even Gu Lichun couldn't stand it, pulled him aside and ordered him to wash his hands and feet.

Lidong washed his hands and feet and returned to the dining table, and everyone began to eat.

Gu Lichun asked Tian Sanhong: "Mom, what do you do when you go to work? I will help you do it in the afternoon."

Tian Sanhong said while eating: "I don't have much work, just dig a few drainage ditches beside the wheat field, so as to avoid the water not being able to drain out when it rains. After digging the ditches and leveling the wheat drying field, it's almost the same."

When Gu Lichun heard the gutters and the rain, some fragments suddenly flashed in his mind. The original book seemed to mention that there was a lot of rain during the wheat harvest this year. Harvesting wheat saved Gu's village from natural disasters, and thus gained more prestige. He remembered that the book also described that other brigades did not harvest early, and as a result, large pieces of wheat rotted in the water and could not be harvested. Some even after harvesting could not be cooled. , The wheat germinated and mildewed, and the losses were heavy.But because of their greed for cheap, they bought flour made from moldy wheat, which caused poisoning, and the whole family was depressed.

Gu Lichun thought about it for a while, and decided to tell Ye Changming about this and let him harvest early. The excuse was that the farm had a weather forecast, saying that there might be rainy days for the wheat harvest this year.

Besides this matter, Gu Lichun had to ask Tian Sanhong about entering the farm, so he decided to go to Ye's house after dinner.

After the meal, Gu Lichun reminded Tian Sanhong not to forget to clean up the pork and fry it. It's hot, and things tend to deteriorate if left for a long time.

Tian Sanhong said: "I'll do it, you go and do it."

Gu Lichun went back to the house with a bottle of wine and two packs of cigarettes to Ye's house.When he arrived at Ye's house, the dog still recognized him, plus he was carrying something, the dog's tail kept wagging.After not seeing each other for several months, this dog gave birth to four puppies, two black and two yellow.Gu Lichun thought of his family's frequent thieves, so he came up with the idea of ​​taking a puppy.

Today is the weekend, and Ye Chao is also at home. When he saw Gu Lichun, he ran over with a smile on his face and said, "I thought you wouldn't be back this month."

Gu Lichun said: "There is no holiday for the wheat harvest next month, so come back early to have a look."

Tian Guiying and Ye Changming also came out to greet the voice warmly.

Gu Lichun handed the things to Tian Guiying, and Tian Guiying said politely: "Look at you kid, you never come empty-handed, how kind of you are you?"

Gu Lichun said with a smile: "The specialty of the farm, bring it back for Uncle Ye to taste. No one in our family can use it."

Tian Guiying was polite and accepted it.Afterwards, there was another chattering and comforting one.

Gu Lichun responded one by one. After exchanging pleasantries, he said in a deep voice: "I am busy working on the farm, and I am a boy. I can survive everything. I am just worried about my mother and my younger brothers and sisters. Our family lives in a good place. It's remote, and my two younger brothers are young, so I can only come back once a month, so I really can't take care of them."

Tian Guiying hurriedly said: "Lichun, don't worry, anyone in this village who dares to bully your mother, I will be the first to refuse. We are all surnamed Tian, ​​from the same village."

Gu Lichun was grateful: "Thank you, auntie, but it's not common to rely on you all the time. I plan to let my mother also work as a temporary worker on the farm."

Ye Changming showed surprise: "Can you get your mother in too?"

Gu Lichun didn't finish his words: "It might not work, I'll try first. Uncle Ye, I want to ask when is it more convenient for my mother to work as a temporary worker on the farm?"

Ye Changming pondered for a while, then said slowly: "Lichun, let me start with my ugly words. Maishou cannot ask for leave, and no one can. This is a rule."

Gu Lichun nodded: "Uncle Ye, I understand this, and I didn't intend to let my mother Maishou ask for leave. Can I do it after Maishou?"

Ye Changming thought for a while and nodded: "It's fine after the wheat harvest. It would be better if you go after the autumn harvest, and it's easy to count work points."

Gu Lichun thought that her mother would not be able to earn much work points by herself, so she said: "After the wheat harvest, the recruitment of farm workers also depends on the time. The work points will be calculated at the end of the year, and the remaining food and money can be transferred directly to the second grandmother's name. After all, my father adopted them into their family, so it is reasonable to provide for her to take care of her, and now that my father is gone, I have to take on this responsibility."

Ye Changming praised: "You child is really filial and reasonable."

Gu Lichun thought about his choice of words, and said seriously: "Uncle Ye, there is one more thing. When I came back, I heard from the person in charge of the weather forecast on the farm that there might be consecutive rains when we harvest wheat this year, and the wheat in the field can be harvested early. Harvest early, and don’t rot in the field, or the big guy’s life will be difficult.”

When Ye Changming heard this, he immediately sat up straight and asked anxiously, "Lichun, is this really true? Is that what your farm really said?"

Gu Lichun nodded, and said in a firm tone: "This is a big deal, I don't dare to talk nonsense."

Ye Changming hurriedly said: "Then I would like to thank you on behalf of everyone. This is related to the ration and public grain of our whole village."

Gu Lichun thought for a while, and then said: "Uncle Ye, I suggest you tell the people in the commune that everyone has worked hard for half a year, and it would be a pity if the wheat rotted in the field."

Ye Changming nodded heavily: "That must be said."

Ye Changming asked Gu Lichun again if the farm had tested it, and which days it rained.

Gu Lichun used his poor knowledge of the weather that he had just learned to make nonsense: "I remember that it is easy to rain during the Grain Grain season, right? This year may be worse than previous years."

Ye Changming said repeatedly: "Yes, it is true that it is rainy during the Ear Grain season. This year's Ear Grain is from June 6th to 6st in the Gregorian calendar, which is just in time for the wheat harvest. If it is harvested earlier, the wheat will have to be harvested at the end of May. Our production team It’s not like your farm, which has harvesters and threshers, but we don’t have anything, and we all cut by hand.”

Speaking of the farm, Gu Lichun was also a little worried. It was easier for him to fool Ye Changming, but it was a bit troublesome to fool the people in the farm.Gotta try it anyway.

After talking about the business, Gu Lichun proposed to take a puppy home to raise, Tian Guiying readily agreed, anyway, it is impossible for their family to raise five dogs, and they planned to give it away.

Gu Lichun picked a silly little yellow dog to take away. The big dog bared his teeth anxiously when he saw his child being taken away, and was scolded back by Tian Guiying and Ye Chao.

Gu Lichun carried the grunting little yellow dog home, and the four children excitedly surrounded him and rushed to hug him.

Gu Lichun said: "Feed Xiao Huang well and let him watch the house for us."

The four of them nodded in agreement.

Tian Sanhong saw that the little yellow dog also liked it, and sighed: "Actually, I also like cats and dogs, but when I think that I can't even raise children, I don't have the heart to raise them."

Gu Lichun said: "In the future, our family will raise it if we want, and we will get a cat tomorrow."

Speaking of cats, Tian Sanhong smiled and said: "Speaking of which, your nickname is Kitten."

Gu Lichun: "..."

Tian Sanhong thought he had forgotten, so she explained: "You were almost bitten on the nose by a mouse when you were a child, and you were so scared that you cried all day, your second grandma named you Kitten, and said that you will not be afraid of mice in the future. .”

Gu Lichun didn't know what to say.Anyway, the younger brothers and sisters knew that the eldest brother still had this nickname, and all of them laughed.

Tian Sanhong cleaned the pig offal with plant ash, rinsed it several times, and then stir-fried it with chili peppers, green onions, ginger and garlic, making the yard full of fragrance.After frying it, she let a few children taste it, then put it away, and asked the second grandma to eat it together for dinner.

In the afternoon, Gu Lichun followed Tian Sanhong to dig ditches in the wheat field. Everyone saw him very enthusiastically.While talking to everyone, he didn't forget the work in his hand. Now he has grown a lot taller and his body has become stronger, so he can work very quickly.The big guys once again lamented that the farm really raised people, and it actually raised the pale Gu Lichun to be so rosy and full of energy.

While working, Gu Lichun looked at the people around him. He had heard from Chen Yu that the man who beat his patriarch Kou Nan⊥Danghuang injured his foot with a stone.

Needless to say, Gu Lichun actually saw a suspect, who was also surnamed Gu, ranked ninth in the clan, everyone called him Gu Jiu.The reason why Gu Lichun suspected Gu Jiu was that his left foot was a little lame. This man is also a lazy person, and he usually has the bad habit of stealing chickens and dogs. His injured parts fit the characteristics of a thief, and he has a criminal record. I don't doubt who he suspects .

Gu Lichun decided to test Gu Jiu on purpose. When he was digging, he pretended to accidentally throw a piece of hard soil to the wound on his left foot. What's going on?"

Tian Sanhong quickly apologized: "Uncle, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I haven't done this job for a long time, I'm not used to it."

Gu Lichun asked calmly: "Uncle Jiu, what's wrong with your foot? Are you injured?"

Gu Jiu was originally very imposing, but when Gu Lichun asked about the foot injury, his eyes averted a little, and he spoke vaguely: "It's nothing, I twisted a little while walking. Be careful when you work."

Gu Lichun said: "Then you should be careful in the future. I have medicine for sprains at home, and I will bring it to you later."

When Gu Jiu thought about the cause of the foot injury, he felt somewhat guilty, so he pretended to be magnanimous and said: "Forget it, you didn't do it on purpose anyway. Dig your ditch."

Gu Lichun didn't say anything more, and he went home before the work was dismissed. He did have medicine for injuries, but he was not willing to give it to the thief. He found a small bottle, put some oil, some salt, and then some Chili noodles, when shaken, become "safflower oil" for treating bruises, um, some essential oils are added.

Afterwards, Gu Lichun took the medicine bottle and found Gu Jiu to give him the medicine, but Gu Jiu refused to give him life or death, so Gu Lichun couldn't help him, so he dragged him to the side and sat down, forcefully taking the medicine.

He poured "safflower oil" on Gu Jiu's injured foot, and wiped it vigorously with a piece of cotton cloth.

Gu Jiu screamed like killing a pig: "My mother, what kind of potion is this that hurts so much?" Sprinkle salt and chili oil on the wound, can it stop the pain?

Gu Lichun said: "This medicine is very expensive. I bought it from the farm pharmacy. The clerk said that the more it hurts, the better it is absorbed. You have to bear with it. If I didn't accidentally hit you, I wouldn't be willing to give it to you. .”

Gu Lichun fell down again while talking, Gu Jiu was in pain and begged for mercy: "My mother, please forgive me, I don't blame you, I don't blame you, okay?"

After speaking, he struggled to get up.

Gu Lichun suddenly said loudly: "Uncle Nine, your foot doesn't look like a sprain, but it looks like it was hit by a stone. What did you do?"

When everyone heard this, their ears perked up.

Gu Lichun said to himself: "Lidong hit a thief with a stone a few days ago..." He didn't say anything more.

Gu Jiu couldn't care less about the pain anymore, she widened her eyes, and asked bluffingly, "Lichun, what do you mean? What does your house thief have to do with me?"

Gu Lichun smiled slightly: "I didn't say it had anything to do with you, Uncle Jiu, why are you nervous?"

Everyone stopped digging ditches and whispered to each other.

Seeing that the situation was wrong, Gu Jiu hurriedly got rid of herself, and shouted at Tian Sanhong: "Lichun mother, tell me, what does the thief who entered your house look like? You can't just wrong people."

Tian Sanhong said: "My Lichun family didn't say it was you, what are you shouting about?"

Gu Lichun said: "Yes, Uncle Jiu, don't get excited. I believe you are not the kind of stupid and heartless person. Our surname is Gu. My father just passed away, and his bones are still fresh, but no one would think of stealing from our house." Besides, he didn't even think about it, I'm not at home often, and my brother is young, how can I rest assured to put our family's living money at home."

What he said was intentional, and so was the listener, and some people silently remembered these words in their hearts.

At this time, the bell rang to call it quits. Gu Lichun put away the medicine bottle and stood up slowly.Carrying the shovel, he went home with Tian Sanhong.

That night, when Gu Jiu came out to use the toilet, he fell into the cesspit.It is said that when people fished them up, they smoked everyone half to death. He himself broke his leg and knocked his head. There was a lot of discussion in the village. Gu Dajiang's soul has not gone far to avenge him.After all, this person was a jerk when he was alive, and he was a bad guy when he was dead.For a while, people in the Gu family village were in panic.Everyone be careful when going out at night.

The next afternoon, Chen Jie brought Zhang Yan to Gu's house.Seeing the lingering anger on Chen Jie's face, Gu Lichun was about to ask her what's wrong.Before Chen Jie could speak, Chen Yu swaggered in following Lidong.

As soon as he came in, he stared at Gu Lichun angrily: "Gu Xiaomao, did you choose this name on purpose to annoy me?"