February 4th, the twenty-seventh day of the twelfth lunar month, the beginning of spring!
Just as the people in the south were preparing to embrace spring, heavy snow fell in the central and eastern parts of Saibei Province.
On the gravel road leading to Babaoliang Village in Yunshan County, a jeep was driving quickly without being affected by the heavy snow at all.
"Xiao Liu, please slow down, this is not a provincial highway, it is easy to overturn!" Lao Zhang said while looking at the snowflakes outside the window.
"okay!"
After saying that, Liu Yunlong immediately slowed down the speed of the car.
Zhou Yang looked at Lao Zhang on the side, and then asked with a smile: "It's such a pity that you always leave your job like this!"
Lao Zhangtou smiled and said: "It's not a pity, it's just a different choice. For me, being able to return to the village to retire is the best result!"
At this time, Liu Yunlong, who was driving in front, said, "You have such a good attitude. You have finally come to the end of all the hard work. I'm sure I won't be willing to quit just like that!"
"That's because you don't have an experience like my old man. When I first came to the village ten years ago, I was very unhappy. I always thought about when I could leave here, when I could return to work, and continue to use my skills. Ideals and ambitions.”
Then Lao Zhang said again: "But I didn't expect that I would stay here for ten years."
Having said this, Lao Zhang sighed deeply, as if he was reminiscing, but also feeling emotional.
After half a minute, he said again: "Before I came to the village, I was known as Mr. Zhang and Director Zhang, but after I arrived in the village, I was Mr. Zhang, and later I became Mr. Zhangtou."
"With the change of identity, my state of mind has also undergone earth-shaking changes. From the initial anger and resentment, it gradually turned into acceptance and calmness. I slowly accepted my current identity, everything now, and all my ideals and aspirations. It’s all gone in the past ten years.”
"When I first received the notice to resume work, I was happy in my heart, but when I returned to work and my original office, I found that I was no longer used to that place."
"Why don't you get used to it?" Liu Yunlong asked in surprise.
Lao Zhang said calmly: "Perhaps I have been away for too long, and my thoughts and mentality can no longer keep up with the rhythm, nor can I keep up with the current educational situation. Staying in that position shamelessly is nothing more than a corpse. , Instead of doing this, it is better to keep leaving.”
"Then what are your plans after returning to the village? Do you want to retire directly or do you want to do something else?" Zhou Yang said.
"It's not a good idea to do nothing. Besides, Comrade Xiaowei will go to the capital to go to university after the spring, and the children will go with them. It doesn't make sense for me to stay at home alone. You can watch it for me. Arrange something to make a living!" Lao Zhang said.
"There are two places to go now, please think about it!" Zhou Yang said.
"Which two?"
"One is a school run by our village. This year, all the educated youth members in the village have been admitted to college. Almost all the teachers in the village have to leave, leaving many positions vacant. You can always go there to teach children, or work in a management position. !”
Then Zhou Yang continued: "The other is to go to the printing factory. You are now a famous gold medal editor in the country, and our printing factory is in urgent need of someone who compiles teaching aids. This position will definitely be qualified!"
Lao Zhang thought for a while and said, "One is teaching children and the other is editing books. They are both good. I will think about it and tell you when I decide later!"
"OK!"
"By the way, help me donate the money in the bankbook!" Lao Zhang suddenly said in a surprising voice.
"Donated?"
"Well, why do I, a bad old man, need so much money? Besides, with my body, if I live today, there will be no tomorrow. It's useless to keep the money. I might as well use it to do something meaningful!" Lao Zhang said with a smile. .
"What do you always plan to do with this money?"
"Build a school!"
Then Lao Zhang continued: "Our school in Babaoliang Village is really good. It has brick buildings with dormitories, canteens, playgrounds, auditoriums, and libraries. This is the place where children should stay, but it is a pity that we are the only place where children should stay." The village has this condition, and I want to use this money to build several schools like this in other villages!"
Zhou Yang nodded and said, "Okay, I'll talk to my dad about this later and let him see where is the most suitable place to build this school!"
"Well, I've already thought of the name of the school. Let's call it Hope School!"
Although he knew that this was just a coincidence, Zhou Yang couldn't help but his expression changed when he heard the name of the school.
After a while, he said firmly: "Okay, let's call it Hope Primary School..."
Time flew by while chatting, and soon the car arrived at the entrance of the village!
In the white snow, Babaoliang Village is so quiet, like a paradise.
Looking at the village in the snow, Zhou Yang felt very excited.
At this moment, he seemed to understand Lao Zhang's choice...
........
Zhou family!
Although there was heavy snow outside, the door of the Zhou family's main room was open and the room was packed with people.
More importantly, the smell of oil smoke drifted from the main room to the yard, and the whole yard smelled like "dry pot".
That's right, the Zhou family is frying dry goods today!
Since she originally planned to go to the capital to celebrate the Chinese New Year, Li Youwei had not planned to fry fried mahua or sugared mahua leaves before.
But now that we are celebrating the New Year in the village, these dry goods are naturally indispensable, so Li Youwei invited her mother and several sisters-in-law to come over to help.
Frying dry goods is a technical job, but it is also a manual job.
The noodles must first be mixed with oil and sugar to let them rise, then they can be rolled into the shape of twists and sugar twists, and then fried in a pan. The whole process is time-consuming and labor-intensive, and basically takes a whole day.
On the big kang in the room, several women chatted while making twists.
"Xiaowei, can you eat the 50 kilograms of noodles you fried?"
The speaker was Wang Lixia, the third sister-in-law. Coming from a small family, she was very envious of her sister-in-law's arrogant family.
You must know that her family also fried dry goods a few days ago, but they only fried 20 kilograms of white flour, which was more than half less than that of my sister-in-law's family.
Of course, this doesn't mean that their family doesn't have the conditions, but she is used to being frugal and can't bear to do it.
Li Youwei smiled and said: "How can I eat so much at home? The main reason is that every year during the holidays, there are always people coming to visit relatives and friends. I have to entertain everyone!"
"Furthermore, Bao'er's father also wants to visit his boss friends during the Chinese New Year. It's definitely not good to go empty-handed. It's good to bring some dry goods, so I'll have more fun!"
At this time, sister-in-law Lin Aizhi took over the conversation and said, "By the way, Xiaowei, when will my brother-in-law come back?"
Fourth sister-in-law Zhong Na also echoed: "Dad said two days ago that when my brother-in-law comes back, we will have a good family reunion!"
"It should be just these few days. I don't know the specific day, but he promised me that he would definitely come back before New Year's Eve!" Li Youwei said.
Zhang Guiying looked at the falling snowflakes outside the window and said with some worry: "Look, the snow won't stop for a while. If he can't come back today, you should call him and ask him not to come back for the time being. It's not safe on the road." !”
Li Youwei nodded and said: "Okay, after the frying is done and the remaining sugar-coated eggs are left, I will go to Shiqing's house to find Comrade Beixuan..."
At this moment, Bao'er, who was coaxing his two younger brothers on the kang, suddenly pointed out the window and shouted excitedly: "Mom... the car... it's daddy who's back!"
Everyone looked out the windows, and sure enough, a jeep was parked at the gate.
Perhaps because of the wind and snow, no one in the room heard the sound.
Immediately afterwards, the car door was opened, and several figures stepped out of the car one after another. One of them was Zhou Yang.
When Li Youwei saw this, she immediately dropped the half-rubbed sugar balls in her hands and ran towards the door...
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(Mahua before frying)
(fried twist)
(Fried sugar sesame leaves)
(Fried sugar sesame leaves)
(Tang Ge Dandan)
PS: The first chapter has been delivered!
Today is "Children's Day". I wish all children happiness and good health every day!
