"We seem to be able to do business. Some time ago, the fourth aunt exchanged eggs for some candies from the town. They didn't ask for tickets." Yang Dongxu can grasp the major events and the development direction of the times, but he can't grasp such practical details. I don’t know anything about it, so I can only talk about it based on the information I know now.
"Oh...then what do you think?" Zhou Yiren continued to ask.
"I want Grandpa to get some fish and take them to the town to see if they can be sold to the supply and marketing cooperative or exchanged for other things. For example, isn't there a textile factory in the town? We can use the fish to exchange them for some cloth. The city People here need tickets to eat fish, we don’t want tickets, they should give us tickets in exchange.”
These words are no longer Yang Dongxu's nonsense, but the thoughts he had after learning that people in the village kept taking things and starting to exchange them in the town. But for a while, he didn't know how to tell the uncle, and the slap from the uncle was quite painful.
"There are obviously ways to make it more convenient for farmers, but they have returned to the sad situation of bartering. This is the biggest mistake of this era." Zhou Yiren's eyes suddenly became a little sad and angry, and he clenched his fists and looked very excited.
After a while, he slowly sat down on the small bed as if all his strength had been mobilized, and waved to Yang Dongxu. Today's classwork ended early.
Not long after Yang Dongxu left the farm tool house, Zhou Yiren had a determined look in his eyes. He stood up and rummaged through a pile of newspapers, and finally walked to his grandfather's house with a few newspapers in hand.
That was not a national newspaper such as the People's Daily, but a newspaper in Anhui Province. The largest piece of coverage was the recent report by the first secretary of Anhui Province that he had admitted to household contract work and vigorously promoted it.
After a while, Zhou Yiren returned to his residence, and the uncle hurriedly went to the district. Yes, he did not go to the town or the countryside, but went directly to the district.
As it was getting late, several bicycles appeared on the dirt road in Yangjiacun.
The district commissioner has arrived. Compared with the previous life when a small village party secretary wanted to get an Audi as a car, now the top leader in the district, who is equivalent to the future mayor, and even the municipal party committee secretary, only rides a bicycle to the countryside.
Yang Dongxu was having dinner at home when he was called over. This made Yang Dongxu's parents worried for a while. Fortunately, they were relieved that their grandfather was safe.
"Is this the teacher's novice student?" Chen Weimin was a little surprised when he saw that the person his teacher asked to shout turned out to be a five or six-year-old kid. Although he had heard that his teacher had accepted a student, he never expected that when he and the teacher were discussing important matters, the teacher would actually call this little kid to listen.
Although Chen Weimin was a student of Zhou Yiren, he was not a standard intellectual. Although his knowledge does add some convenience to his upward journey. But in this era when Zhou Yiren was knocked down and left in the countryside without a care in the world, it was obvious that he was not a simple figure to take the position of the district leader.
When Chen Weimin looked at Yang Dongxu, Yang Dongxu was also looking at him. Unlike his teacher Zhou Yiren, who has a scholarly and elegant look, Chen Weimin, who is only about 165cm tall, looks much more powerful, especially his small eyes, which are particularly sharp when he is serious.
"Don't underestimate him, he's wearing leather." Zhou Yiren said.
Although the words were meant to be critical, anyone could hear the pride in his tone. That's right, he is proud of himself. Zhou Yiren not only teaches Yang Dongxu a lesson every day, but also uses a bamboo board to punish him.
But he was extremely satisfied with Yang Dongxu, a student, especially when Yang Dongxu read the newspaper, he would always hear some simple words that could be combined with the general direction of the times. Zhou Yiren loved his student very much in his heart.
"Oh!" After hearing his teacher's words, Chen Weimin couldn't help but take a serious look at Yang Dongxu. He knew his teacher's temper. He was not one to praise others easily, let alone be proud of him.
It's a pity that she doesn't have any clairvoyance, and she doesn't get along with Yang Dongxu day and night, so she can't see the halo of light like the Buddha from the head of this little kid in patchwork clothes.
"You will know as time goes by, let's start talking about things." Zhou Yiren pointed to his side, and Yang Dongxu ran over and sat next to him. Chen Weimin's secretary walked out and stood a little further away from the door. Yang Dongxu's grandfather sat on a small stool like Chen Weimin.
The things they talked about were simple, but they surprised Yang Dongxu. Zhou Yiren actually proposed to open the rural market, not allowing the district to encourage it, but requiring the district to acquiesce and not suppress it.
The things traded are very simple, just some eggs, wild animals and fish from the countryside. The food cannot be moved for the time being. But during the transaction, no bills were used, only money, which made Chen Weimin frown.
The prototype of abolishing food stamps in advance was proposed by Zhou Yiren, which surprised Yang Dongxu. Suddenly, I felt like I was standing on a high mountain. Something in my teacher's already rickety body seemed to be awakening little by little, slowly forming a burning flame, even if this flame might burn it to ashes. Never regret it.
In later generations, Yang Dongxu heard too many role models and too many different spirits. But I just memorized the text according to the requirements of the school teacher, or practiced it superficially. I never realized what kind of role model and spirit it is.
But at this moment, in his teacher, he seemed to feel the fearlessness contained in the unyielding backbone of the Chinese nation that had gone through all kinds of hardships and still stood at the top of the world.
It was talked about until midnight, but Chen Weimin did not stay overnight, so he rushed back to the district overnight with his secretary and the only household appliance in Yangjiacun, the flashlight from his grandfather's house.
After that night of deep talk, Yangjiacun returned to peace. After Yang Dongxu returned home, his anxious parents didn't ask anything, and they obviously got the advice from his grandfather.
Another half month passed when I took my sister and continued studying at noon. During this period, Chen Weimin came only once. Never came again after that. One day half a month later, the grandfather who returned from a trip to the district suddenly became anxious for a meeting of male laborers in the village. Except for a few great-grandfathers who were a little bit Alzheimer's, the backbone of every family was called over.
"Will something happen if this happens?" Yang Dongxu's grandfather, Yang Lanzhen, puffed on his pipe and asked worriedly after his grandfather spoke.
Yang Dongxu's family is not getting along with his grandfather's family. To be precise, Yang's mother and Yang Dongxu's grandma are not getting along. Since ancient times, there has never been peace between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, so they usually don't talk at all except for walking around during holidays.
From Yang Dongxu's memory, there are many examples of his father being called to his grandfather's house in Laozhai, and when he came back, he would quarrel or even fight with his mother, so he had not been close to his grandfather's house since he was a child.
But no matter what the normal relationship is and what kind of conflicts there are, I heard the uncle named Yang Dongxu's father to participate in this matter. Yang Dongxu's grandfather is still very worried about his son.
In fact, the main reason why the relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law in rural areas is not harmonious is because of material things. For example, when the family was separated, the grandparents were very stingy and did not even give them a table, chair or bench. Another example is that Yang Dongxu’s parents want Grandma Yang Dongxu to help take care of their children so that they can work better.
But Yang Dongxu's grandma didn't want to take her with her. She wanted to do some needlework or work in the fields to earn more money. In short, it was all because of some trivial matters that would seem trivial to later generations, but at this time, it was related to major matters where vital interests were not compromised.
"What's wrong with this matter..." The uncle said angrily, but he almost let it slip, so he knocked on the pipe in his hand: "That's how it's settled. Ming We went down to the river to fish, and now we have two hundred kilograms, and one egg for each family. We will deliver them here before tomorrow night. We will set off the day after tomorrow, and I will go with them. When we get back, I will have a guard. Whoever chews his tongue will not be allowed to be buried in the cemetery when he dies."
The grandpa showed the dignity of being the leader of the village and made a decision without listening to other people's opinions.
"Why don't you tell Big Daddy (the name for uncles in rural areas) that if you don't go, you can ask him to replace you? No, go and tell Daddy now." When she lay down to sleep at night, Yang Ma always felt like she was I felt a little uneasy.
"Daddy took care of it during the conference. Can we still hold our heads high in the village after we return at this time?" Father Yang had some thoughts, but still shook his head and refused.
"It's better to be unable to hold your head up in the village than to have something happen to you. What will happen to our family if something happens to you?" Yang's mother began to wipe her tears.
"It shouldn't be possible, right?" Father Yang couldn't help but feel a little timid at this time, but after thinking about what he had said to him alone, he whispered into Yang's mother's ear and said, "Dad said that this matter is approved by the commissioner. Yes, I’ve already said hello and everything has been arranged over there.”
"Really or not, Daddy won't fool you, right?" Yang's mother was still a little worried.
"My eldest father is not that kind of person. How about this? After fishing tomorrow noon, I will go to your parents' house to ask our father's opinion. If he doesn't agree, I will pretend to be sick and not go to town the day after tomorrow." Yang Dad thought of a safer approach.
"Okay, go and ask tomorrow."
After a speechless night, my grandfather started organizing people to fish in the Locust River early the next morning. It didn't take much trouble. The fish in the river were almost mature and they were very big. It didn't take long to catch enough fish.
I made a few water tanks and put the fish in them and poured some water to stop the fish from dying. The grandpa invited Mr. Zhou over and began to take down names. Whoever brought eggs came over and put their fingerprints on them. Many people were timid at first. The grandpa lost his temper and threatened not to allocate land to all the children after the birth. Take it out.
Although materials are extremely scarce in this era, a family can still afford an egg. After all, every household in the countryside raises chickens.
Father Yang went to his father-in-law's house. Yang Dongxu didn't know what news he got, but he brought little grandfather Yang Dongxu back and set off to the town with the team early the next morning.
Today's Yangjia Village is particularly quiet. The hard-working villagers have not gone to work in the fields and are sitting under the shade of the trees in the threshing floor. When the team that went to the town at noon had not returned, several women who had left the house began to wipe their tears, including Yang's mother.
