Yunshan County. Babaoliang Village!
While Zhou Yang was busy dealing with matters related to the Sickle Project in the capital, Babao Liang Village, hundreds of kilometers away, had a different scene. The people in the village were busy preparing for the New Year.
After the twentieth day of the twelfth lunar month, various productions in the village have gradually slowed down, and the flavor of the New Year has become stronger!
Unlike commune members in other villages who have farm slack after hoeing in the summer and winter slack after the autumn harvest, the educated youth commune members in Babaoliang Village do not have a few days of rest throughout the year.
Although their gains are directly proportional to the sweat they put in, their tiredness is also real.
The new year is approaching, and after a busy year, everyone wants to take a break, which inevitably affects production efficiency.
In addition, the Chinese New Year is less than a week away. In the next few days, we have to kill pigs and separate meat and chickens and eggs, clean the house, post couplets, etc. Time is also very tight.
Therefore, many people suggested that the machine could be parked for a few days so that everyone could have a good New Year.
More people responded, and it also attracted the attention of the village.
Wang Ping then convened other village cadres to discuss the matter. After confirming that the biological feed stored in each village was enough for all livestock for more than a month, the village immediately decided to suspend feed production and other production departments to rest as long as they could.
If it really doesn't work, take turns to rest, such as grazing, raising pigs and chickens, etc. to make a living!
As soon as the machine stopped, every household focused on celebrating the New Year, and the village suddenly became lively.
After the New Year, almost every day there would be educated youths who were members of the commune, driving mules and carriages to the county town in small groups.
As soon as these people entered the city, they didn't feel any pain at all when it came to spending money. They just bought whatever they saw, including rice, flour, grain and oil, clothes, shoes, and daily necessities.
Upon seeing this situation, the salesperson from the supply and marketing cooperative knew that someone from Babaoliang Village was here...
In the past two years, the lives of the villagers have gradually improved, and they have become more particular about the New Year. This is reflected in all aspects of the food, clothing, housing, transportation, and food and clothing expenses of the members.
Due to limited conditions in the first few years, even during the Chinese New Year, everyone had to make do with it!
Most of the time, they just share a few kilograms of meat with the team, make some tofu vermicelli, and make dumplings out of the white flour that they are usually reluctant to eat. The year is over.
Although there is a tradition of buying New Year's goods, only those families with particularly good conditions will buy "big items" like clothes and fabrics.
For ordinary members of the commune, the most they can do is go to the market to buy some oil, salt, soy sauce and vinegar, and by the way, they can grit their teeth and buy one or two taels of sesame candy for the boy at home, and tie a two-foot red rope for the girl.
But this year is different. The villagers of Babaoliang Village started buying new year's goods early.
First, after the twentieth day of the twelfth lunar month, every household was busy frying dry goods, and the smell of fried dry goods could often be smelled in every village.
You can often see children playing and playing on the street while nibbling Mahua or sugared Mahua leaves in the cold wind.
Furthermore, after entering the twelfth lunar month, the mills and tofu shops in the village also became busy.
This year's grain harvest is bumper, and everyone wants to have enough to eat, so the mill in the village has become the busiest place, with wheat, oats, yellow rice, corn...
The same goes for the tofu factory. Every day, a large number of commune members carry beans to the tofu factory to grind the tofu.
In previous years, the tofu during the Chinese New Year was distributed to everyone in the village. Basically, each family could only get two to three yuan, which was about five or six kilograms.
But after the village expanded, there were more people. If they still divided these little bits and pieces as in previous years, Liang Feng and his finance team would be exhausted.
Therefore, the village decided that those odds and ends would no longer be divided among the team, including tofu.
Anyone who wants to eat tofu can soak their own beans and go to the tofu shop to make them. As a result, the tofu shop has not been idle since New Year's Day. A large number of members come to grind tofu every day!
It gets even busier after entering the twelfth lunar month, and there are long queues here every day...
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Xipo. Family courtyard!
At Liu Yunlong's house, Li Youwei and Huang Rufeng were cleaning the house, while Li Qian, who was pregnant with her belly, was making tea for them.
"Sister Xiaowei, if you and Rufeng hadn't come to help, I don't know what I would have done!"
Li Qian said while ladling tea into the bowl, her face full of gratitude.
The New Year was approaching, and other families were busy cleaning and buying New Year's goods, but her man was on a business trip.
And she herself was pregnant, so working with a big belly was inconvenient and not safe.
Just when Li Qian was hesitating whether to send a message to her mother to come over, Li Youwei came with Huang Rufeng, saying that he would help her clean, which made Liu Qian extremely grateful.
Li Youwei smiled and said, "Why are you so polite to me? Besides, if Bao'er's father hadn't taken away your family, you wouldn't be short of people to work for!"
"By the way, Sister Xiaowei, don't they have any news yet?"
"No, I went to see Comrade Lao Fan yesterday, and he said Bao'er's father didn't call back!" Li Youwei said.
"It's been five or six days, why haven't you come back yet?" Li Qian sighed.
"Haha, this should be Comrade Yunlong's first business trip after you got married, right?" Li Youwei asked with a smile.
"Well, I've never been out before!"
"Then how do you adapt to this kind of life? Their job is like this. Once something happens, it may last ten days and a half. The longest time Bao'er's father didn't come back was one and a half months!" Li Youwei said.
"so long?"
"I heard from Teacher Wang that Mr. Guo didn't go home for three consecutive years a few years ago. When he came back, his grandson almost didn't recognize him," Li Youwei said.
"Three years, my god, Yunlong and the others won't..."
"Probably not. They left in a hurry this time. Something happened that needed them to deal with. They will be back when the matter is dealt with!"
Li Qian sighed and said, "But the Chinese New Year will be here in a few days..."
Hearing this, Li Youwei also fell silent.
She was also very conflicted in the past few days. Other villagers were busy preparing New Year's goods, but she was neither prepared nor prepared.
Originally, she and Zhou Yang had already discussed that they would return to the capital for the New Year this year.
On the one hand, I want the children to go back and see their grandparents so that the separation won’t last too long!
What's more important is that they want to confirm school matters for the children when they go back this time.
After successfully passing the physical examination, it is certain that she will go back to the capital to go to university next year. The children are still young and will definitely go to the capital with her by then.
Dabao and Xiaobao are still young. After returning to the capital, they can ask their mother-in-law to help take care of them, or they can send them directly to a nursery.
But Bao'er and Wenhui have already gone to school. Once they return to the capital, they must first consider their schooling.
It was originally planned, but there was no news after Zhou Yang went to the capital.
Li Youwei couldn't contact him and didn't know whether she should take the children to the capital or wait for him in the village.
What she was even more worried about was that if Zhou Yang was too busy before the New Year, it would not make much sense for the two of them to return to the capital.
Just when the atmosphere in the room was getting a little dull, there was a sudden sound of a car engine outside the Liu family's door.
Then I saw a jeep parked at the gate, and then I saw Chen Beixuan getting out of the car and running towards the house in a hurry!
After entering the room, he immediately said to Li Youwei: "Sister-in-law, the director has called, and I want you to go over and answer it quickly!"
"Really...then hurry up!"
With that said, Li Youwei hurriedly ran towards the door...
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PS: The first chapter has been delivered!
