Counterattack in the chronology

Yang Aiguo is a staff member of the agricultural reclamation system. Once he showed his work card, Uncle Lu asked them to register, and they were let in without anyone having to come to collect it.

The husband and wife carried big and small bags and led Yang Zhuzhu to inquire all the way, and soon found Gu Lichun's house.

Tian Sanhong and Second Mistress were taken aback when they saw the three of them, and then exclaimed.

The second grandmother was full of excitement, crying and laughing, Gu Hongyu took the old mother to look at her for a while, and found that her complexion was better than last time, she knew in her heart that it was the credit of her sister-in-law and nephew, and she felt even more fond of Tian Sanhong and Gu Lichun. like.

Tian Sanhong warmly entertained the family of three. She first asked Lixia to inform Gu Lichun, and asked Xiaoman and Xiaoyu to wash the melons, while she was busy pouring tea.

Gu Hongyu said: "Sister-in-law, you don't need to be busy, we are not outsiders. Li Chun is at work, so there is no need to inform him, he will come back by himself at noon."

Tian Sanhong said: "It's okay, tell him first, anyway, he has free working hours."

Gu Lichun received the news, greeted the people in the office, and left work early.He took Li Xia to ride to the pig farm. Although the new home also had vegetables and fruits, the growth was not as good as the pig farm.

The two entered the vegetable garden, picking beans, eggplants, peppers, whatever was fresh.I picked a big basket of watermelons, melons, and honeydew melons.

They were picking vegetables, Zhao Gao ran over and asked, "Brother Gu, you picked so many vegetables, and your family wants to treat again?"

Gu Lichun said: "It's not a treat, my aunt is here."

As he spoke, he asked Tian Hongjun where he had gone.

Zhao Gao said helplessly: "Uncle is more popular than you now. He was invited by Hu Jianjian to make a wardrobe for their house. He probably won't be back at noon."

Zhao Gao thought for a while and then said: "Brother Gu, with uncle's skills, he is qualified to be a regular worker, so you can also bring him in as a temporary worker."

Gu Lichun hesitated: "Isn't my uncle inconvenient?"

Zhao Gaoman said indifferently: "He relies on craftsmanship, and it doesn't matter if his legs and feet are inconvenient."

Gu Lichun thought about it, and said, "Don't worry, come one by one."

Gu Lichun suddenly remembered that his aunt belonged to the Supply and Marketing Cooperative, and his uncle belonged to the Land Reclamation Bureau. This relationship can be used.

He said decisively: "Zhao Gao, you and Xiao Sun hurried to the swamp to catch some fat ducks and geese and send them to my house, and they will be charged to my name."

Zhao Gao responded and left.

Gu Lichun himself packed up a bunch of straw hats and woven bags and prepared to take them back to show his aunt.

It can be said that Gu Lichun and Lixia returned home full of rewards. When they arrived at the door of their house, they saw Yang Zhuzhu in a yellow dress playing with Xiaoman and Xiaoyu under the shade of a tree by the side of the road.

As soon as Yang Zhuzhu saw Gu Lichun, she rushed forward cheering: "Brother Lichun."

Gu Lichun was afraid of bumping into her, so he jumped off the bicycle in fright, holding her by the handlebar with one hand and holding her with the other.

I haven't seen her for more than half a year, but Yang Zhuzhu has grown a lot taller, and her little face is flushed because of the violent running.

Others in the room also came out when they heard the movement.

Gu Lichun greeted warmly: "Aunt, Uncle."

Gu Hongyu looked at Gu Lichun a few times, and smiled gratifiedly: "Not bad, not bad, I have grown taller and stronger, like an adult."

Yang Aiguo didn't say much, he just patted Gu Lichun heavily with his hand a few times, "You did a good job, we are all proud of you."

Yang Zhuzhu was next to her father's platform: "Brother Lichun, my father praises you every day at home, which makes my brother jealous, saying that he will never forgive you if he sees you."

Gu Lichun pretended to be panicked: "I can't beat my cousin, what should I do?"

Yang Zhuzhu said righteously: "It's okay, I'll help you beat him together."

Gu Hongyu smiled and said, "Now your brother will be even more jealous."

Everyone laughed together.

Everyone took the things on the bicycle to the house together.

Gu Lichun asked Lixia and Lidong to open watermelons, and he sat and talked with Gu Hongyu and Yang Aiguo.

As soon as Yang Aiguo sat down, he asked, "Lichun, why haven't you written any articles for a while?"

Gu Lichun said: "It hasn't been long, it's only been a month since the wheat harvest ended."

Gu Hongyu continued from the side: "Your uncle is used to seeing your name in the newspaper, and he will read the author's name first when he gets the newspaper."

Gu Lichun: "..."

Yang Aiguo adjusted his glasses, smiled without saying a word.

After talking about the submission, Yang Aiguo asked about his relationship with Wang Youcheng again.

Gu Lichun briefly explained the process and results of the incident.

Gu Hongyu clapped her hands and applauded: "Lichun, you did a good job. This is how you should deal with him. Let him stay in the production team until he grows old, and work hard to reform through labor."

Gu Lichun asked Wang Youcai if he would lend a helping hand to his cousin.

Yang Aiguo said nonchalantly, "How did he lend a helping hand? Wang Youcheng is now a model worker. Besides, he is just a small employee in the bureau, how can he have such great ability?"

Gu Lichun felt relieved when he heard this.

When they were talking, Lidong and Lixia came over with watermelons, and Tian Sanhong greeted them to eat melons.

Yang Zhuzhu, Xiaoman and the others also rushed into the house when they heard the shout, and each took a tooth of watermelon and ate it.

Gu Hongyu tasted it twice, and couldn't help but praise: "This watermelon is sandy and sweet. The water and soil here are good."

As Gu Hongyu spoke, she asked Yang Aiguo to taste it, and Yang Aiguo also found it sweet.

Gu Hongyu said again: "Lichun, since you brought me apples last year, my colleague has been talking about it. When I came, I asked if I could eat last year's apples this autumn."

Gu Lichun said: "We are planning to plant fruit trees in Wuchang, and in two years, you will be able to eat the apples produced by our Honghe Farm."

Gu Hongyu was very happy when he heard that, and wished he could eat it this year.

Gu Lichun thought for a while, and then said: "I'll ask again in autumn, and I'll send it to you if there are any." In fact, there are still a lot of apples in the warehouse of his farm space, but the season is not right, so we can't take them out casually. .His current utilization rate of space is very low. One is to reduce his dependence on it. This kind of unexpected thing may also be lost accidentally. If he is addicted to dependence and one day it disappears unexpectedly, he will not adapt.He is an insecure person, and the only thing he believes in is himself; the second is that he is afraid that it will be difficult to explain if someone finds out. However, he plans to wait until the fifth field of fruit tree planting, and use the space to cultivate fruit tree seedlings to increase the survival rate.

The issue of selling fruit is a bit sensitive, not to mention that Gu Lichun is now a cadre, and he has to be more cautious in the future, so Gu Hongyu didn't talk about it.

Yang Aiguo said: "Lichun, I heard that your Honghe Farm has been very popular in the agricultural reclamation system this year. Your farm's name will be included in the learning unit after the autumn harvest this year."

Gu Hongyu looked proud: "In the past, they were not well-known at Honghe Farm. Since my nephew came, I brought them up."

Yang Aiguo said cautiously: "Hongyu, let's just talk about it at home. You can't say that outside. What will the farm leaders think?"

Gu Hongyu gave Yang Aiguo a white look: "You are too cautious, and you are cautious when you speak at home, so I will talk at home, and I am more humble than you outside."

Yang Aiguo shook his head with a wry smile.

Gu Lichun hurriedly spoke for his uncle: "Gu, uncle is used to it, there is nothing wrong with being careful."

They chatted for a while, Tian Sanhong and Second Grandma got up to cook, and Gu Hongyu followed, but was stopped by Tian Sanhong: "You guys have been in the car for a long time, take a good rest, and you will be fine in a while."

Gu Lichun happened to show Gu Hongyu what his uncle had woven. Gu Hongyu and Yang Zhuzhu liked the colorful straw hats very much when they saw them, and picked a few to try on.

Gu Lichun took the opportunity to ask: "Gu, can these things be sold in the supply and marketing cooperative?"

Gu Hongyu replied: "Of course it can be sold. Your uncle's hands are quite skillful. This one doesn't look like a straw hat anymore."

Gu Lichun led the two of them to visit other weaving products, and the two admired them while watching.

Finally, Gu Hongyu said: "I will bring some of everything before I leave, and ask our director when I go back."

What Gu Lichun wanted was a chance.

At noon, they ate noodles with fried sauce.Considering that Gu Hongyu's family of three got up early to catch the car, everyone asked them to take a nap in the guest room after lunch.Gu Lichun rested for a while and prepared to go to work.

After get off work in the evening, as soon as Gu Lichun arrived home, Tian Sanhong told him that Li Guangtian's lover Tao Lan came to sit for a while in the afternoon, and explained that he would invite the two of them to dinner the next night.Yang Aiguo and Li Guangtian were classmates, so it was expected that the Li family would invite them.

Gu Lichun said: "Then go together and invite you back in two days."

Eat a simple lunch and have plenty of time for dinner, so the meal will be much richer.

Zhao Gao brought geese and ducks in the afternoon. Tian Sanhong slaughtered two ducks, one stir-fried and the other stewed duck. Besides duck meat, there were also fish and river prawns. Lixia also brought Zhuzhu and the others. I got a pot of snails and came back.

When Yang Zhuzhu was in the city, she was often confined at home, which liberated her nature, and followed Lixia Xiaoman and his family to run wild.

Xiaoman and Lixia are very popular, and the children in the neighborhood love to play with them, such as kicking the shuttlecock, throwing the sofa, jumping rope, and so on.In addition to games, there are also field activities such as picking wild flowers, picking wild fruits, fishing and catching shrimps.Zhuzhu has only been here for a long time and fell in love with it.

At dinner, everyone moved the table to the yard, sat around and started eating.

Tian Hongjun also came back. He and Gu Hongyu hadn't met much, but they had heard about each other.

Gu Hongyu said: "Sister-in-law, your cooking skills are getting better and better. This duck meat is really delicious."

Tian Sanhong said: "This duck is raised by Lichun and the others. Everyone says the meat quality is better than other places. You should eat more."

Gu Hongyu couldn't help boasting again: "Our Lichun is capable, we can do whatever we want. Even the ducks we raise are better than other places."

Gu Lichun said: "Our duck eggs and goose eggs are also delicious, aunt, you try this salted duck egg."

Gu Hongyu and Yang Aiguo tasted every dish carefully and praised them repeatedly.

Yang Zhuzhu concentrated on eating, the dishes on the table were all delicious, and her aunt's cooking skills were better than her mother's.

After dinner, everyone sat in the yard to enjoy the cool and chat.

Gu Hongyu found that this sister-in-law was very different from a few years ago. She became more cheerful and talkative, and even looked younger and more energetic than before.

To put it bluntly, the whole family got better after her brother was gone.

In the evening, Gu Hongyu and Yang Aiguo lived in the guest room that had been tidied up long ago. There was a large bed in the room, and there were newly hung mosquito nets. When the windows were opened, the night breeze would blow in through the screens, making it cool and pleasant.The two had a good night's sleep and woke up refreshed the next day.

Yang Zhuzhu and Xiaoman and Xiaoyu slept in the same room, and the three children ran out to play early in the morning.

Gu Hongyu said: "Zhuzhu, this child is playing like crazy."

Second Mistress laughed and said: "Children should play like crazy, and they will be broken every day. Anyway, I can't lose children here, so let them play as they please."

Today they added another playmate, that is, Lu Mingfei's elder brother Lu Mingliang also came back.He also brought back a lot of toys, and the children ran to Lu's house early in the morning to watch the excitement.

The children all remembered the summer camp that Gu Lichun had mentioned. Seeing that the children were all here, they introduced Lu Mingfei and Xiao Man as representatives to ask about it.

As an adult who keeps his word, Gu Lichun naturally couldn't break his word.

"Summer camp can be held, but it must wait for me to rest. How about this Sunday?"

Of course the children said yes in unison, alas, it would be great if the adults also had summer vacation.

Gu Lichun said with a smile: "Our preliminary plan is like this. We will gather at my house after breakfast. We will first go to the swamp to collect duck eggs and goose eggs, then fish and catch shrimps, and grill fish by the water at noon. For dinner, we will have dinner at the pig farm. A bonfire party, we will grill meat and corn to eat, and at night you can camp in thatched huts by the alfalfa field, and count the stars together.”

As soon as his words fell, the children began to scream.

The news spread like the wind, and soon, the children in Wuchang knew that they had a big event on Sunday, picking duck eggs and counting stars was secondary, the most important thing was that they ate grilled fish in the morning and barbecue in the evening .Other children are both envious and jealous, why do good brothers belong to other people's families?

In the evening, when the two of them went to Li Guangtian's house for a banquet, Li Qingqing asked Gu Lichun with a pair of big eyes expectantly, "Brother Lichun, I heard that you have activities on Sunday?"

Gu Lichun smiled and said: "Yes, I formally invite you and your brother to go too. Are you free?"

Li Qingqing was waiting for this sentence, and immediately screamed happily: "Ahh—of course I'm free—"

Li Shu was also very happy, but he was very reserved and thought his sister was too noisy.

Tao Lan also thought the girl's voice was too loud, so when she passed by Li Qingqing, she twisted her ears.Li Qingqing grinned and ran away with a smile.

In the kitchen, Gu Hongyu and Tian Sanhong were helping Tao Lan prepare meals, while Li Guangtian was chatting with Yang Aiguo.

While they were talking, another tall, thin middle-aged man with a scar on his forehead came outside. He called out from the outer yard, "Old Li."

Li Guangtian poked his head out for a look, then smiled and said, "It's Lao Xia, come in and sit down."

The middle-aged man hesitated and said, "Do you have guests? Let's talk about it another day."

Li Guangtian got up and went out to force him in: "This is Lao Yang, from the Municipal Land Reclamation Bureau, my old classmate."

Yang Aiguo also stood up and shook hands with Xia.

The person surnamed Xia said politely, "Hello Comrade Yang, I am Xia Shangzhou."

Li Guangtian then introduced Gu Lichun: "This is Xiao Gu, you should have heard of it, right? Look, you are not an outsider. Come, let's have a few drinks together."

When Gu Lichun heard that this person's surname was Xia, he thought it couldn't be such a coincidence, right?

He quickly stood up, greeted him politely, and reached out his hand to shake Xia Shangzhou's hand: "Hello, Comrade Xia, my name is Gu Lichun, from the Department of Agriculture and Animal Husbandry of the Fifth Branch."

Xia Shangzhou looked at Gu Lichun with a complicated expression: "You are the newly appointed deputy chief of the Department of Agriculture and Animal Husbandry, Comrade Gu Lichun?"

Gu Lichun nodded and admitted, Xia Shangzhou said with emotion: "It's a formidable young person to be a deputy department at such a young age."

Gu Lichun smiled modestly.

Xia Shangzhou sat down, and everyone chatted and chatted together.He was obviously very interested in Gu Lichun, and asked Gu Lichun a lot about five games in a roundabout way.

Gu Lichun had already confirmed that this was the Xia he was looking for, Qi Ke's enemy.

Although he intends to make friends with each other, he doesn't seem to be deliberate at all.Being too impatient will make people defensive, which is not good.

Xia Shangzhou suddenly remembered something, and said, "Comrade Gu, I heard that you gave up your university place to an educated youth. Your spirit of putting others before others is worth learning for all of us."

Gu Lichun thought about this question for a while before slowly answering: "Outsiders say that I come first before others, but the truth is not like that. Comrade Xia, if I'm telling the truth, don't laugh at me."

Xia Shangzhou smiled kindly, and Gu Lichun said with an appearance of listening carefully: "The truth is, I never planned to go to college, mainly because my family is in a special situation. My father just passed away, and my younger siblings are too young to be far away from home. I didn't want to sign up. It was my old leader, Qi Ke, who didn't want me to miss this opportunity, so he signed up for me. I also know that the opportunity is rare, but I can only reluctantly give it up, so I am not an ancestor at all. In the future, if I can go, I will go. But I can't explain to others one by one."

Xia Shangzhou praised sincerely: "Comrade Gu, there are not many honest people like you." Gu Lichun smiled helplessly.

Xia Shangzhou said meaningfully: "Qike really cares about you."

Gu Lichun forced a smile on his face and said, "Oh...he really cares about me."

Gu Lichun suddenly interrupted this topic, giving people a lot of room for reverie.Some things can't be said clearly, and they are meeting for the first time, so they can't exchange shallow words.

Next, Gu Lichun and Xia Shangzhou had no chance to continue communicating, after all, dinner would be served soon.

Gu Lichun's family brought half a braised duck, which Tao Lan cut up and served with other dishes.

Everyone sits down and prepares to eat.

Yang Aiguo and Li Guangtian reunited after a long absence. Whenever they were happy, they would inevitably drink a few more glasses, and when they drank too much, they would talk more.Gu Lichun and Xia Shangzhou were accompanying guests, responsible for gagging, persuading them to drink and so on.The atmosphere is very harmonious and lively.

At the end of the drink, both Yang Aiguo and Li Guangtian were drunk.Gu Hongyu and Gu Lichun supported him on one side and helped him back, Tao Lan sent them a while before returning.

Yang Aiguo didn't drink well, so he rested for a long time the next day before recovering.

The third day was Sunday, and the children got ready early and got up early in the morning to knock on Gu Lichun's door.

Gu Lichun told the adults at home that they would have lunch outside and dinner at the pig farm.

"Why don't you come over too, let's have a barbecue and have fun together."

They were still discussing here, and Zhao Zhijun brought a child over there. He stood outside the courtyard and called Gu Lichun: "Little Gu, you want to barbecue tonight, right?"

Gu Lichun nodded: "Uncle Zhao, are you interested too?"

Zhao Zhijun smiled: "I don't care, these two little guys are very excited, I discussed it with you, Uncle Lu, we always eat your food, we should treat you back, your uncle said he was going to get a sheep, let you take it Take the children to barbecue over there at the pig farm."

When Gu Lichun heard that there was a sheep, he said, "Is this too much? A sheep."

Zhao Zhijun said: "Not many, we have a lot of people, only about ten children, and adults."

Zhao Zhijun gave the final word: "That's it. I'll send the sheep to the pig farm at noon."

Gu Lichun had no choice but to say: "That's good."

Zhao Zhijun left his two children behind and went home by himself.

With a sheep, the scale is different.

Gu Lichun said to Tian Sanhong: "Mother, if you don't go now, you have to go. We have to deal with mutton and kebabs."

Gu Lichun roughly talked about the tools to be used: a lot of bamboo sticks, charcoal fire, iron racks, and some barbecue sauce, as well as cumin powder and chili powder.Some don’t have it at home, so you have to buy it on the spot, and some have to make it yourself, like barbecue sauce, you have to make it yourself.Fortunately, there are two master cooks at home, Second Mistress and Tian Sanhong, so Gu Lichun just asks them to do their best.

Gu Lichun shouted to a group of children: "Monkeys, come with me, let's go to the pig farm, the activity of picking duck eggs will be canceled first, and I will take you to cut bamboo and pick vegetables."

They ran all the way to the pig farm in a mighty way, and Gu Lichun started to catch the labor force, whoever he caught.

"Xiao Sun, go and help me chop some bamboos, and cut them into thin sticks, which will be useful in a while."

"Wu Fatty, help me get some iron racks and charcoal fire. We want barbecue, roast lamb, where did we get the lamb? Uncle Lu and Uncle Zhao treat guests."

"Zhao Gao, hurry back and find your father to find a way to get me more chicken gizzards, chicken wings, chicken hearts, etc., as well as pork kidneys and pig hearts."

"Xiao Meng, help me adjust some ingredients."

……

The big guys get busy.

There are many people and strength is great, and after a while, the bamboo was cut down, Tian Hongjun rarely went out today, sitting there cutting bamboo sticks, Gu Lichun was making a barbecue grill, there was no such thing ready-made, so he had to do it himself.Fortunately, there are a lot of things in the warehouse, including scrap iron sheets and iron wires. Gu Lichun beat and fiddled, and after one operation, he made six rough and simple barbecue grills.

As soon as they were ready, Uncle Lu and Zhao Zhijun arrived with a slaughtered sheep.

This moment caused a sensation.A whole sheep is too shocking.

Everyone went to watch the sheep, and Gu Lichun took the opportunity to assign them work: "Don't just watch, work quickly."

Everyone is more motivated now.Under Gu Lichun's command, he was busy in an orderly manner, cutting mutton, cured meat, skewering meat, and skewering vegetables.

In order to test the quality of the grill, Gu Lichun also tried grilling a few skewers. The mutton was flipped back and forth on the charcoal fire, and the mutton oil dripped on the charcoal fire, making a sizzling sound, and a strong smell of meat drifted with the wind, heading straight to the big guy's. Drill in the nose.

The children crowded around, staring at the meat skewers in Gu Lichun's hands with bright eyes.

Xiao Yu shouted crisply: "Brother, can I help you taste it?"

Lidong quickly said: "Brother, this meat is too hot, I'm not afraid of it."

Then came Yang Zhuzhu: "Brother Lichun, my surname is Yang, and this is mutton."

Gu Lichun: "..." What's the relationship between this?

Gu Lichun had no choice but to comfort everyone: "Don't worry, this is just a test roast, everyone has a share today, you can eat whatever you want later."

He let the onlookers taste a piece of meat each, and finally let them have a good time.

Because it was an experiment, the seasoning was not prepared, only salt, and the charcoal fire was not adjusted properly. The fire was too high, and some parts were burnt.But the child didn't care at all, he ate with relish, and he couldn't get enough of it.

After the test roast, he went on to work, both as a porter and as a repairman.

The children waited for a while and dispersed disappointed that there was no roast.

But they left temporarily in order to come back better.

At noon, the number of children around suddenly increased.

Big ones, small ones, half-big ones, all surrounded Gu Lichun to look at them.

Some even said sensiblely: "Brother Gu, we don't eat, we watch you eat."

Only children are fine, adults also come to join in the fun.

The group of educated youths who came earlier also came after smelling the scent, and they all looked at Gu Lichun eagerly, waiting for him to invite them to stay when he couldn't bear the torment of his conscience.

Gu Lichun: "..." He initiated a barbecue event at the wrong time and in the wrong place.

The two sides confronted each other silently, and finally, the educated youth couldn't hold it anymore, and they took the initiative to say: "Brother Gu, why don't we raise funds to get another sheep, and let's roast it together?"

Gu Lichun had no choice but to nod: "Okay, you go to ask Uncle Lu."