Chen Jiawu carried his father on his back and trudged forward with the team. Big beads of sweat flowed from his forehead, drawing traces on his gray face. He held a large bundle in his left hand and held his father in his right hand. Out of the corner of his eye, he looked at a little girl next to him, which was his sixteen-year-old sister Chen Xiujun.
"Brother, please hold the baggage for me!" Chen Xiujun looked at her brother distressedly and said softly.
Chen Jiawu shook his head slightly and said: "Brother, I have a lot of strength. We are almost there. Please follow closely and don't let our family get separated."
Father Chen sighed and said, "It's all dad who has dragged you down. I'm a useless person and others won't accept it. You put me down, you two..."
Chen Jiawu gritted his teeth, stepped forward with all his strength, and interrupted loudly: "Dad, please stop talking. Even if others don't take you in, we, brother and sister, will never abandon you!"
Chen Xiujun whispered: "Yes, dad, don't think so wildly! If we didn't have a family and a family, they wouldn't take us in!"
The worry in Father Chen's eyes did not diminish. He raised his head slightly. There were people at the end of his gaze, but his son had already stopped.
A group of young men came over and separated a group of people. Chen Jiawu's family happened to be the first batch.
"Everyone lines up and eats in the canteen first. For the first meal, everyone gets a bowl of porridge and a steamed bun."
Liu Lin shouted, Chen Jiawu carried his father on his back and took his sister into the cafeteria with the crowd. He put his father on a chair and lined up with Chen Xiujun to get food. He looked at the wisps of fireworks in front of him and smelled a burst of smoke in his nose. The food in the array was so sweet that the two brothers and sisters couldn't help but swallow a mouthful of saliva.
Finally, it was their turn. Chen Jiawu asked his sister to receive the food first. When it was his turn, he said, "My father has inconvenient legs and feet. Can I receive it on his behalf?"
Ergouniang smiled and said: "No, but don't worry, your father has someone to deliver the food. Young man, hurry up and bring the porridge. You can live a good life after entering our Dahuang Village!"
General Chen Jiawu was doubtful, but he did not dare to argue. The young men maintaining order next to him all had wooden sticks in their hands. Those who tried to cut in line were beaten.
He brought the porridge and walked quickly to the long table with the steamed bun in his hand. Sure enough, he saw that his father had already placed a bowl of porridge and a steamed bun on the table, and both of them were waiting for him to eat together.
"Jiawu, eat quickly, this is for you." Father Chen handed the steamed bun to his son.
Chen Jiawu shook his head and said, "Dad, you eat it, I have it."
"You are a strong young man, eat more!" Father Chen stubbornly put the steamed bun next to his son's bowl, picked up the porridge and started eating.
The father started to eat, and the brother and sister also drank the porridge quickly.
The porridge was very thick. After a bowl of porridge, the three of them breathed a sigh of relief. Chen Jiawu forcibly returned the steamed buns.
Father Chen glared at Chen Jiawu and said: "You can eat if you are told! Dad just asked about it. Soon the iron factories, workshops, and guards will be recruiting workers. If you eat, you will have strength! If you are selected, you will have it all day long. Forty coins, including food and accommodation, and two sets of clothes!"
Chen Jiawu was shocked by this treatment, but still refused to accept it.
"You bastard! What's this steamed bun? The person in charge told me to double the amount at noon and evening! Once we get used to it, we'll only eat thin food in the morning!" Father Chen couldn't help but force it away.
Chen Jiawu had no choice but to take it, break it into three parts with his hands, and give them to his father and sister respectively.
Just after finishing eating, I heard someone shouting.
"Come out quickly after eating, gather here, and give up your seat to the people behind you!"
The three of them quickly followed the crowd out.
"Raise your hands if you know how to be a carpenter!" Liu Cheng accompanied Zhu Youxiao to the front, and Liu Cheng shouted loudly.
More than twenty hands were raised at the scene.
Liu Cheng asked them to stand together and shouted: "The blacksmith raises his hand!"
Chen's father quickly poked his son. Chen Jiawu shook his head and said, "Dad, I want to join the escort team!"
"You're confused! What's so good about the escort team!" Father Chen raised his hand anxiously.
But Chen Jiawu was unmoved. When he was about to leave, Liu Cheng also discovered the situation.
"The old man has inconvenient legs and feet, right? It doesn't matter. He will keep it for now. When my young master is done with his work, I can ask him to take a look at it for you."
After Liu Cheng finished speaking, he shouted again, "Masons and other craftsmen," and then called the escort.
This time Chen Jiawu raised his hand.
Next came the female workers, and Chen Xiujun also entered the textile factory, which made Chen's father very happy.
The remaining people who were not selected were a little panicked.
Liu Chengdao: "Don't be anxious, everyone. We have arrangements for everyone. Those who don't want to work or have no skills, let's all gather together to build a farm cooperative and let everyone farm together!"
At this moment, batches of people were selected and number plates were issued. Some of them were led to workshops, glass factories and steel factories, and more were assigned to build farms, while women They were gathered together to make clothes.
Although it was a bit hectic, overall it was good.
Zhu Youxiao went to the iron factory very satisfied. The coal and iron had already been lowered into the blast furnace. He had to go and take a look.
…
At this time, Erxiao and Ergou were standing in front of Huang Xiao.
"It's Erxiao. I haven't seen you for a few days. I feel energetic. Who is this?" Huang Xiao greeted.
Liu Erxiao remembered that he was very happy when he saw Huang Xiao. He straightened his back and said: "Young master took us in. We are well fed and paid well. Haha, I feel a lot more proud! I am now the deputy captain." , these are my second dogs, second dogs, please call me young master!"
Ergou nervously called out to him, "Master." Huang Xiao smiled and said, "There's no need to go outside. Tell me about the situation in the pharmacy."
Erxiao quickly told what he had learned. There were a total of twelve pharmacies in the surrounding area. The conditions were roughly the same and the scales were not very large.
"In a moment, you guys will work hard again and help me deliver all the invitations. Well, go after dinner. Come on, let's go have dinner."
Both Erxiao and Ergou were very happy, especially Ergou. He had heard about the food at Master Huang's house many times from Erxiao's mouth, and now his wish came true when they met for the first time.
The two wanted to refuse, but Huang Xiao had already walked away, and the two quickly followed.
Four side dishes were already placed on the table, a plate of steamed sweet potatoes and two bowls of rice. Yueniang was about to call Huang Xiao when she saw Huang Xiao walking in with the two of them.
"Yue Niang, these are the two dog brothers. Two more bowls of rice. We haven't prepared food for the two brothers, so we have to make do with it!" Huang Xiao said with a smile.
Erxiao and Ergou were both embarrassed, lowered their heads and called out: "Young Mistress"
Yueniang blushed, turned around, and quickly came out with two bowls of rice.
"Everyone, sit down! You're welcome to come to my place. Come on, try this first!"
Huang Xiao smiled and put a sweet potato in each of their bowls.
Erxiao and Erxiao were uneasy and a little timid. Huang Xiao said: "Eat quickly, we will have something to do later."
Huang Xiao and Yueniang started to eat, and then they picked up the bowls.
Huang Xiao and Yueniang didn't eat much, so they had to take care of the rest!
The fragrant and sweet sweet potato almost swallowed up both of their tongues!
"Master, this is so delicious. I have never eaten it before!" Erxiao said.
Huang Xiao smiled and said: "This is sweet potato, a new kind of food. From now on, our Dahuang Village will plant it in large quantities. In the future, you can eat as much as you want!"
Both of them were happy, and Erxiao thought to himself, haha, this trip was really worth it! Sweet potatoes are such a delicious food, even my eldest brother doesn’t have the luxury to eat them.
Huang Xiao took more than ten invitations and told the two of them what to do, asking them to send them as soon as possible, and then come over to help transport the supplies.
The two went quickly.
Yueniang packed up the dishes and went to the carriage shop to rent a car, while Huang Xiao moved back and forth and moved all the purchased sweet potato seeds to the utility room.
By the time Yueniang's carriage arrived, Erxiao and the others had already turned around.
There were twelve cars in total. Huang Xiao, with the help of Er Xiao and two others, loaded the seeds into the carriage, and the group headed towards Dahuang Village.
