All-round way to money

The reason why Sanli Tun is called Sanli Tun is that at the beginning, the three brothers of the Li family carried the burden from Guanlilu Province to the east of the Guanwai, and walked along the road built during the Japanese occupation period from the provincial capital Longcheng to a place called Zhaluo. By the side of the big lake, the road came to an end, and they settled down by the lake, and slowly gathered into a small village, named Sanlitun.Today it is called Sanlitun Production Team, which belongs to the Ping'an Brigade of Sanshengyu Commune in Anyuan County.

The entire production team has 31 families, of which [-] are surnamed Li, and more than half are descendants of the three brothers of the highest Li family, all of the same clan.There are several households with the same surname but different ethnic groups, who moved here later.There are also nine households who are in-laws of the Li family.Only five families are pure outsiders.Among them is the Chu family.Father Chu was an orphan before the founding of the People’s Republic of China. He fled famine to Sanlitun and grazed cattle for the Li family. During liberation, the Nationalist Party conscripted, and Father Chu served as a soldier for the young master of the Li family.Later, their entire army surrendered and joined the Northeast Army, and he followed the army to fight North Korea.Because of their age, they were among the first to return to China in [-].He was illiterate and didn't have much military merit. He was just an ordinary soldier. After returning to China, he returned to his hometown with a military medal.She doesn't have any hometown either, and the reason why she returned to Sanlitun is because she remembered that when she was fighting against the landlord's family, the eighth aunt, the widow and old lady in the village, made shoes and cotton clothes for him every year.There is only such a thought left, come back to take care of the eighth aunt.When he came back, Aunt Eight adopted another orphan girl, who was also a beggar, and her name was Huang Caitou. She was only fifteen, and the two married and supported Aunt Eight together.Huang Caitou is Mrs. Chu.

In [-], he gave birth to the elder brother Chu Wuxian, and in [-], he gave birth to Chu Ran.Father Chu has been a soldier for many years. Although he is not very capable, he has many comrades in arms who have been born and died. In the most difficult years, he found a relationship and sent Brother Chu to serve as a soldier. At that time, Brother Chu was only fifteen.After serving as a soldier for three years, he was wounded and retired, and became a production team leader.

The eighth aunt is still alive now. The old lady has been a widow since she was 20 years old. She has been kind-hearted all her life, and good intentions are rewarded. At 80 years old, she is in good health.Being kind doesn't mean being easy to bully, the old lady lives quite transparently.Add a yellow cabbage head, a big girl with yellow flowers, in that era, if you can live without food, you are not an ordinary person, she is an anxious goddess who can really fight with a kitchen knife.The two children are not like the honest boss Chu, but they are more like mothers, and the eighth aunt has been taught by precepts and deeds since childhood, so they are not bad.Otherwise, Chu Wuxian would not be able to come back with a third-class merit, and still be his production team leader in Sanli Village, a village full of Li family members.

A family of five, living in one and a half adobe houses, the couple lives in the main room with their son, and the old lady lives in the closet with her granddaughter, which is a small space between the kitchen and the back wall. A kang that can just sleep two people, half of the earth wall is covered with a curtain, and the curtain is drawn during the day so as not to block the light.It is a separate space at night.

Chu Ran's original body is capable.When I was seven or eight years old, I followed the old lady to mow grass and pick up manure along the side of the paozi to earn work points. When I was ten years old, I would make a bag of corn leaves, which is put on the neck of the horse and rode.A package can be sold for 40 to [-] cents, depending on the market.When I was young, I could make one night, and when I was older, I could make two.I saved some and sold them together at the supply and marketing cooperatives. I can earn [-] to [-] yuan a year, which is enough to support her. It is enough to buy a pen, stationery and so on. At the end of the year, I will have some left over for new clothes. .There are few children in the family, and Brother Chu has joined the army, so his life is more relaxed than other families.In addition, she can weave suits, if it weren't for the less corn leaves, she could earn more.

Life is not so tight, there is not so much work at home, and there are no younger children that she needs to watch, so she has been studying along with her. Although the school doesn’t talk about anything, it’s either slogans or slogans, and some teachers can’t read all the words. Well, what can I teach.Anyway, I kept reading it down, and got a junior high school diploma.

It has been more than two months since I graduated, and with the money I saved over the years, my parents subsidized dozens of dollars, bought a sewing machine, and made clothes for people at home to do odd jobs.Cut a top for two cents and pants for a cent.Odd jobs, such as turning a floor mat or something, just give two points.I learned how to make clothes from Mrs. Chu, Huang Nvxia's eyes are really not white, and she can do any job at a glance, and she can make clothes without a teacher, so her daughter also learned it.I learned the sewing machine by myself. The daughter-in-law of the old branch secretary in the village knows how to use it. She has it at home. She has seen it twice and thought about it by herself.

In the past two months, I have earned more than [-] yuan.Because of her dexterity, the clothes she made were very neat, and almost all the work in the Ping An Brigade came to her.The family is already discussing it. If it’s really not possible, if the private teachers can’t manage it, they can just do the machine work at home.She can also support herself.These days, those who have crafts are all sweets, and the sewing machine will be her dowry in the future. After finding a husband's family, it is also a craft that can support the family.

This is the case.

Chu Ran didn't know whether to be lucky or worried.

In this era, there is nothing to ask for, and it is much behind the Qing Dynasty when she and her master left in her previous life.Fortunately, it is also in this era. If it goes back ten years, it will be really worrying.At this moment, after another ten years, I am still not very old, and it will be the best time, and I can flex my muscles.Moreover, the Chu family has a simple population, and there is no mess in the family, which is rare.

I would also like to thank Concubine Wan for "inventing" the sewing machine. Back then, all the concubines and maids in the harem knew how to use it. In order to set an example, Chu Ran followed suit.Therefore, she really knows how to use the sewing machine.Coupled with the original body's own skills, there can be no mistakes.

It would be even more perfect if we could find Master sooner.

"Ran Nier, Ran Nier..." Isn't that right, I'm doing work, I want to save some leftovers to make an insole for grandma, when someone calls outside.

It's Li Xiaohuai, the youngest daughter of the old branch secretary's family. She is the same age as Chu Ran. She grew up with Fa Xiao. She also just graduated and is hanging out at home.

"What's the matter? Come into the house and tell me, what are you doing outside the door?" Chu Ran climbed onto the kang, lay down on the window to call for someone, Li Xiaohuai was standing at the gate looking into the house, and didn't even enter the yard. .

"I won't go into the house, the brigade will play a movie in the evening, "The Red Detachment of Women", hurry up and eat, I will call you in the afternoon." I didn't ask if I would go, these days, there are only a few entertainment projects, how can I not go of.

Chu Ran looked at Tian'er, it was already noon, "Okay, I'll clean up and wait for you."

After getting off the kang, I didn't rush to tidy up. I finished the last few lines before collecting the cloth strips.Chu's father, Meng, mother and brother Chu are all on the ground, and the autumn harvest is coming soon, so they are busy at the moment.The old lady was sitting playing cotton on the kang by the light of the window, and there was a small radio on the window sill, playing Liu Lanfang's big drum book "Sea Island Female Militia".

"Grandma, I'm going to cook. I'll have breakfast today, and I'll go to the brigade to watch a movie tonight." Chu Ran packed up and went to get the apron.The brigade was on the [-]th and [-]th day of the production team, and it took about an hour to walk.At this time, the sun will set at five o'clock, and it will be almost dark at six o'clock. You have to leave at four o'clock at the latest. If you want to get a good seat, you have to leave earlier.It's going to be a little bit faster now, but don't hurry up.

"Go ahead, make two more pancakes and take them with you. I'll eat them on the way back at night when I'm hungry. I think the pumpkin on the southwest corner is old. Pick it up and eat it? Now the field is too heavy to eat and I'm sick. "The old lady was cheerful. She used to cook and deliver to the fields. Since her granddaughter graduated and stayed at home, she didn't need to cook.

"Okay. I'm going to pick them now, and steam some potatoes and eggplants. Let's pack rice for dinner at night."

Chu Ran now subconsciously does all these farm work relying on the original body's memory.

First go to the garden to hang pumpkins, there are pumpkins and melons planted in every corner, the old lady keeps a close eye on all the vegetables in the vegetable field, which melons are old and which ones haven’t grown yet, she can remember clearly .When I got to the southwest corner, I saw that it was not, the big pumpkin weighed more than ten catties, and the eldest one was the biggest.

Carry it back and cut it, put the pumpkin pulp in a basin, and send it to the old lady, who digs out the pumpkin seeds bit by bit, washes them and dries them, and they can be sold for [-] cents per catty.

Chu Ran cut up the pumpkin, went to the garden and dug a dozen or so potatoes, picked a few eggplants, washed them all, put water in the pot, put the steamer on it, and put corn tortillas on the side of the pot. meal.

This is already a family with a good life.Two meals a day, all dry, can keep you full without starving.

At two o'clock, the steaming was almost done, and I was not in a hurry to start the pot, so it was heating in the pot.Chu Ran went to the vegetable garden again to break off the cabbage leaves, green onions, peppers, coriander, cabbage, stinky vegetables, whatever green vegetables there were in the garden, and put together a whole big pot.Cleaned everything up and put it on the table.The three of Chu's father just came back from the ground and entered the courtyard.The food is out of the pot, and then served with a plate of miso.

Wash your hands and serve.With two big rice bags for one person, Big Brother Chu can kill three.One meal, a large pot of green vegetables, a pot of potatoes, eggplants and pumpkins, and a dozen corn tortillas, all of them were wiped out.

With this amount of food, the Chu family really can't eat, every family is about the same.Or how can there be too many children to eat enough? If there is no oil and water, the appetite will be large. It is strange to be able to eat the little food that is distributed in a year.It is because Chu Ran has a small population that he is not hungry.

"Brother, why don't you go to the brigade with your milk on your back? The movie is on."

During the meal, Chu Ran asked her brother.

Chu Wuxian's mouth was full at the moment, and he only nodded.

"I'll take care of the house, you go and see it." The old lady refused.

Chu's mother answered the call, her words were stiff, "Is there gold and silver in the family? What family are you looking at? Aren't you the most happy to watch the Detachment of Women?"

The old lady just laughed, and didn't care about Chu's mother's attitude. She was just like that. She had a sharp mouth since she was a child. How could she not know, "The child has been tired all day, and he still has to ride a bicycle to carry me. It's so frustrating."

This is because I feel sorry for Brother Chu who is tired from work.

Brother Chu finally swallowed his meal, "It's okay, grandma. I'm not tired. How can I get here? In the Corps, people are used as livestock during the autumn harvest. It's only far away from the brigade, and you don't sink. It'll be here in a while."

The bicycle at home was bought by him with the injury subsidy when he returned from the army.It's so rare, I usually don't want to ride it when I go to and from work, and I only want to use it when I go to the brigade or the commune for meetings.

Mother Chu glanced at Big Brother Chu, "You and Xiaohuai don't see eye to eye. I won't say anything if he doesn't like you. When I go back to Taipingbao this time, I can see the daughter of Lu's family. You boy will choose me again for my old lady." Pick up three and four, see if I don't interrupt your dog legs."

After scolding his son, he turned his head and talked to the old lady again, "Mother, the old branch secretary introduced the third daughter of Taiping Lu's family, who is two years old than Infinity, and works as a cashier in a winery. Let's go there today, I think we can meet again That girl, you also help to look at each other?"

As soon as the old lady looked at her daughter-in-law, she stopped coddling immediately, "Okay, we have to see it."

This is not what Brother Chu came back from the army, and the village directly hinted that he should be trained to be the captain of the brigade. He is young, and he will work in the squad for two years to exercise. The common people don't know the truth behind it. .Seeing that the future is boundless, I can't let it go.Let's just talk about the two getting married. Li Xiaohuai and Chu Ran are still young, and the two families are familiar with each other, and the children are also familiar.Li Xiaohuai was also raised by the Chu family.A little squeamish, nothing serious.Both parents agree.

Who would have thought that Big Brother Chu would not be happy, he disliked Li Xiaohuai's coquettishness, he couldn't do heavy work, and he couldn't support the family.Huang Nuxia has been domineering all her life. From the old lady to the old man Chu, she has the final say in the family.On the son's head, he said that his daughter-in-law didn't listen to her anymore. She was so angry that she secretly beat her with a broom twice at home, but she didn't dare to speak loudly, for fear that it would reach the Li family's ears.What a wonderful marriage, the old branch secretary is the head of Sanli Tun, who is in charge, Chu Ran is originally a foreigner, an old widow, two orphans, alone, hard to support, find such an old man, how much trouble can be saved in the future.Brother Pian Chu was stubborn, but he didn't let go.

Before he could make a fuss, Li Xiaohuai made a fuss first.Life and death are not willing to marry Brother Chu.It's not that big brother Chu is bad, it's that she has another sweetheart.When I went to school in the commune, I met Liu Qingshan who showed movies. Although that kid didn't make much money playing movies, he was entertained and had good food when he went to the various brigades to show movies.Those who can do this, the family is not bad, the conditions are good, and the clothes are smooth and sleek, so many big girls in the commune miss him.With Li Xiaohuai, Lang Youqing, who had been secretly dating for a long time, was interested.

In the past, I kept it secret from my family.Suddenly shouted.He slapped the old branch secretary in the face, but there was nothing he could do.He personally came to the Chu family to make an apology. Who is Huang Caitou? He just said that young people nowadays are too opinionated and can't control it anymore. Apart from being a bag for parents, they can do anything else.Besides, the twisted melons are not sweet, they still have to follow their hearts, otherwise they will live awkwardly in the future, and their parents will also be upset when they see it.He also said that she really likes Li Xiaohuai, and that she can't be a daughter-in-law, but like a daughter-in-law.She really brought a three-color gift, and the goddaughter who came to the door to accept her was very formal, which sort of rounded up the matter.

The old party secretary felt that he owed the Chu family, so he wanted to introduce Chu Wuxian to someone with good conditions, so as to make up for him.The daughter of the Lu family was introduced by such a pretext.

The reason why the Taiping Brigade is called Taiping Brigade is because the brigade is headquartered in Taipingbao Village.Taipingbao is a large village with over a hundred households divided into three production teams.It's old.The origin of the name of Sanshengyu Commune is that at the end of the Qing Dynasty, three families, Lu, Jin, and Zhang, built a winery to make wine by the side of the bamboo. The name of the company was Sanshengyu.Taiping Fort is where Lu's family is located, and the people who lived around it in the early days were also workers from the winery.The winery is still there now. Before liberation, both the Jin family and the Zhang family left, and the winery belonged to the Lu family. Later, it was a public-private partnership, and the Lu family simply donated the winery to the country.In this way, the whole family became propertyless, and they did not suffer any persecution afterwards.Now there are two brothers living in Taipingbao. The eldest daughter is married away, and the son has gone to serve as a soldier.The second child has six children, three daughters and three sons.It was his third daughter, Lu Shuixian, who was introduced to Big Brother Chu.After graduating from high school, he entered a winery, worked as a cashier, and earned wages.There are no other conditions.

The Lu family is a well-known family in the commune, known to all the people in the commune.Does the old lady know?Didn't you agree with three points in your heart as soon as you heard it, and you also thought about going to see yourself.

Chu Ran listened to Chu Ma and grandma talking, searched in memory, and really saw that Lu Shuixian.They all go to school in the commune, the junior high school and high school are in the same yard.It's not far from the winery, and you can always see it when you go back and forth.Not to mention, Huang Nvxia will definitely like that girl.Unlike Jiao Didi's Li Xiaohuai, that one must be 1.7 meters tall, and it takes two feet more cloth to make clothes than others.He has a big frame and looks strong, with a big face, thick eyebrows and big eyes, and a big braid.Her hands are also strong. I remember seeing her holding a bag of noodles in one hand at the public marketing agency, putting it on the back seat of the bicycle, and then riding away. He carried a hundred catties of grain.

I laughed when I thought of this, and when I glanced at Big Brother Chu, I wanted to laugh even more.

Brother Chu’s brains are all traded for his size. It is said that although Chu’s father and Chu’s mother are not very tall, they are not short, and they are of normal height.Brother Chu has a good face, and it is the most popular Chinese character face in this era.It's this size, probably in the early 1.7 meters, and he is still thin, so at first glance, he looks extremely small.Chu's mother always said that she looked like a grandma, and said that her mother was only 1.5 meters taller.This may also be one of the reasons why Li Xiaohuai looks down on him. With Liu Qingshan standing at 1.8 meters, the comparison is quite tragic.

Think about it, if these two can be successful, Brother Chu, who is 1.7 meters and a hundred catties, stands together with Lu Shuixian, who is 1.7 meters and weighs at least 120 catties. In that scene, a woman is already tall, and she is still a bit strong.

Hahaha, no, it’s too much fun.

"What are you laughing at? Did you pick up ingots?" Seeing Chu Ran's appearance, Chu's mother scolded her.

Chu Ran couldn't stop laughing, "Mom, grandma, you two will know when you see Lu Shuixian. Hahaha..."

Ok?

The whole family looked at her with question marks on their faces, "Do you know that girl from the Lu family?"

Chu Ran nodded, "Well, I have. Mom, you must like her very much."

oh?Let her tell you, the whole family is a little bit bullied, Brother Chu's little eyes are full of longing.I should have seen it when I was a child, but I don’t have much memory. It’s only been a few months since I came back, so I really don’t have a chance to see it.

It's Father Chu, who is more stable.He is a father-in-law, not in charge of the family, so the matter of finding a daughter-in-law really has nothing to do with him.

With this incident, the whole family moved quickly.After eating, pack up and set off.Chu Ran was with Li Xiaohuai and several aunts and daughter-in-laws in the village.Brother Chu took the old lady on a bicycle and went first, and each of them took a small bench. When he arrived at the place, the old lady took a seat, and he came to pick up Chu's mother.

When women are together, what can they talk about is all kinds of gossip.Li Xiaohuai and Liu Qingshan were already engaged, and they both quarreled and went out. The old branch secretary had to make an appointment for the marriage because of the daughter's name.Now everyone was joking with Li Xiaohuai, asking him if he was going to meet his partner, was he nervous, was Gao happy?

In this year and month, it is said that marriage is free, and arranged arrangements are not allowed.But there are still few people who are really on their own.That is, the unmarried couples who are engaged are all celebrating the New Year and the holidays. They will live at home for two or three days.When we go out together, we have to go far away for a while.People like Li Xiaohuai and Liu Qingshan are definitely new figures.

Li Xiaohuai's face was red, her eyes were shining brightly, shining with the dreamy light unique to girls in love, a little shy and bold, "Of course I'm happy, I like to look at Brother Qingshan. Happy. What's the matter, what's the matter?"

After expressing boldly and feeling embarrassed, I went to scratch the girl's itch, chasing the other running, laughing and laughing, on the country road in the sunset, the picture is very beautiful.

Hey, Chu Ran looked at it with a smile.What I think in my heart is that everyone has been settled. Master, where are you?

Taipingbao is a large village, only two miles away from the commune, with many people and good roads, and it is very lively.

The movie is shown on the largest grain drying field in the village, which can accommodate thousands of people without any problem.

The old lady is in the middle and has a good view.

But when Chu Ran arrived, she didn't see the old lady, and the whole family was not there, and the second aunt next door was helping to occupy a seat.Said it was all invited by the Lu family.

Chu Ran understood after thinking about it.

The old branch secretary introduced the object, so the Lu family didn't know.I want to take this opportunity to meet the daughter of the Lu family, so why don't the Lu family want to see Brother Chu?Just in time for the movie, the whole family came. The Lu family’s courtyard is two houses away from the valley farm. They can find any reason to take the whole family over. The two families also meet each other. , mother-in-law is very important, people must also want to see what kind of person Chu Ma is.

After she figured it out, Chu Ran didn't worry about it, and sat quietly. Before the movie was played, she just looked around in circles, trying to find out if there was any suspected master.

After looking at it, I didn't find the master, and I read a lot of gossip.

Li Xiaohuai went to look for Liu Qingshan, wrapped something in a handkerchief, it should be delicious, stuffed it.Liu Qingshan also stuffed her with a new handkerchief, red floral one.There is also a piece of fabric, the white material is not clear.

Li Xiaohuai put away the handkerchief and came back. After sitting down, he took out the handkerchief to look at it every now and then, giggled for a while, and after a while, took out the handkerchief and giggled for a while.

Chu Ran also saw that Cuilan's sister-in-law, who had just married to Sanlitun last year, and Teacher Fan, an educated youth who taught in the commune's primary school, had many eyebrow-eye lawsuits, and the relationship should be unusual.Cuilan's sister-in-law is the youngest daughter-in-law of the second aunt next door, and she has been separated since she got married. The second aunt is not blind, and her face is so cold that she can freeze to death.

There are also some girls who are peeking at which young man, and which young men are whistling at the aunt who is teasing cats and dogs.There are also some relatives who met and chatted with parents.Talking about the harvest, there are even borrowers and debtors.

The movie hadn't even started yet, so Chu Ran had to watch the life of the market.