Turning his head, not wanting to look at the breakfast shop, Qin Jun quickened his pace, and they soon crossed the commune street.
Next are the two larger buildings, which are the Hongqi Coal Mine and the Hongquan Coal Mine.
The two coal mines are opposite each other, but the coal mining directions are different. They have divided their territories, and no one will infringe on the other's territory.
It was because of these two coal mines that the Hongqi Commune emerged.
Later, the two coal mines depleted their resources and the town declined.
Coupled with the large number of young people going out to work, this resource-based town looks even more depressed!
After passing two coal mines, we came to a wilderness. The area was surrounded by a large area of flat wheat fields, which looked very spectacular.
This is incomparable to Xiaohe Village, because Xiaohe Village is in the middle of a mountainous area, with flat wheat fields to the south, dry land to the west, and hills to the north and east.
For such a wide wheat field, the entire Xiaohe team only has about 300 acres, which is one acre of wheat field per person.
After walking forward for about ten minutes, I crossed a poplar forest and saw several small bulges with thick smoke, like grave mounds.
Those are lime kilns, and of course they are much larger than tombs.
When you get closer, you can see that the surroundings are completely white. Even the wheat seedlings in some nearby wheat fields are covered with a layer of white ash, which is lime.
In this day and age, no one pays attention to environmental protection.
"Huh? Why are there so many people around there?" Qin Jun discovered something unusual just by getting closer.
The eyes of a fourteen-year-old are still very good.
He saw a fair-faced man wearing glasses being surrounded by a group of people. He didn't know what they were talking about and seemed a little excited.
Qin Feng also saw it and said in surprise: "Aren't all these people here to buy lime?"
Qin Jun was stunned for a moment, then looked at the lime kilns not far away. There seemed to be only three smoking kilns.
Only then did he remember that the current earth-lime kiln could only produce at most four or five tons of quicklime each time it was fired.
If all the people gathered over there are here to buy lime, will it be their turn to get them just by relying on the output of these lime kilns?
Obviously, it was not just Qin Jun who thought of this. Didn't he see that Comrade Qin Zhihe's legs were turned into hot wheels?
The three of them walked quickly, and after passing over patches of cinders, they came to a row of houses.
After putting down the wheelbarrow, Qin Jun nimbly got in twice and squeezed into the innermost part of the crowd.
He is serious about watching the excitement and is also professional!
"What's wrong with you?"
"Do you understand what people are saying? Didn't I tell you that the planned output was no longer available a year ago?"
As soon as he squeezed into the crowd, Qin Jun heard some bad news.
"Listen clearly, all the planned output from the year before has been booked."
"Also, I don't charge money now, and I don't charge the deposit for the reservation. Do you understand? If you want to make a reservation, come back next year."
"You, that's you, stop squeezing. It's useless to squeeze in. We don't have that much lime here."
Qin Jun's expression changed because he discovered that the person being criticized seemed to be his father.
"Stop, stop talking. Do you understand what people say?"
"Especially you guys, what are you yelling about? Can we not sell the lime if we have it?"
"Okay, okay, everyone, leave quickly. Who here doesn't have a letter of introduction from the team? I've seen a lot of people from the commune."
"Didn't you see that we only have four kilns here? We rotate one kiln of lime every other day, with only four or five tons of output each time. Those who want to build a house will have to wait in line next year!"
"What are you doing? Why are you dragging me along? You really can't understand human language? I already told you to come back next year!"
This time it was Qin Zhihe and Qin Feng who were scolded. However, although they were scolded with spit on their faces, they did not react.
Looking at the middle-aged man with an angry face and foam flying from his mouth, Qin Jun was already furious!
Just a little bit of quicklime actually made these people feel superior?
Can't understand people? Doesn’t this mean that humans are beasts? Only beasts cannot understand human words!
"Accountant Feng, don't leave. We need an accurate letter. When will we start accepting reservations next year?"
Regardless of whether it was a curse or not, what Qin Zhihe was most concerned about now was Lime.
Therefore, regardless of spitting on his face, he immediately grabbed the middle-aged man who was about to enter the room, and this guy was actually just an accountant.
"What are you pulling on? Don't pull on me. Did I just say it in vain? Do you really not understand human language?"
"Bah, let me go. I knew before that many people in the village were illiterate, but I didn't expect that there are still people who can't understand human speech? Get out of here right now."
For some reason, Accountant Feng became even more irritable.
After feeling his arm being pulled by Qin Zhihe, he immediately yanked it and started spitting feces from his mouth.
Qin Jun is right in front of him. How can this guy be so angry with his father?
Therefore, he stretched out his arm, passed directly under his father's arm, and gave Accountant Feng a hard blow on his lower abdomen.
"Ugh!" The guy who was originally arrogant and domineering, spitting shit, immediately bent over with his belly in his arms and could no longer speak.
"Whose money is there? There is so much money. Whoever dropped the money, pick it up quickly!"
Qin Jun held his voice and shouted while beating people.
Everyone instinctively lowered their heads. After all, in this era, it is not easy for anyone to make some money.
"where?"
"Yeah, where is it? Don't be crowded!"
"In front, I saw a ten-dollar bill. Who lost it?"
Now, someone saw it, and it was not one or two yuan, but ten yuan. Is this a big deal?
Regardless of whether it was the money he had lost, he still had to pick it up first, so everyone began to push forward.
No matter whether you threw it yourself or not, you can never go wrong by picking it up first.
In this way, no one paid attention to Accountant Feng.
There were at least thirty or forty people here, all crowded together, and it was really easy for a stampede to happen.
However, Qin Jun was not afraid that Accountant Feng would be trampled to death because he had been standing on the steps of the door earlier.
Qin Jun grabbed his father and followed Qin Feng back to the wall.
When people crowded up, they were squeezed back from the wall to the outside.
"Let's go, we definitely can't buy lime anymore."
Letting go of Qin Zhihe, Qin Jun patted the worn cotton-padded jacket very calmly.
"You kid, you're so arrogant!"
Qin Feng was really impressed by his third brother.
At this time, Qin Zhihe still didn't know what happened.
However, he also knew very well that lime would not be available in a short time.
Looking at his frowning father, Qin Jun was a little helpless.
This is the limitation of the times. You can’t buy anything even if you have money.
Therefore, it is the uncle who sells things at this time, because there is no need to worry about selling all the goods.
However, in this era of rural areas, it seems that building a house is not difficult, right?
Just when he was thinking about how to build a house now, Qin Jun suddenly heard a gurgling sound in his stomach.
He was hungry again. He ate a few pieces of meat in the morning and soaked the corn tortillas in broth, but it didn't seem to be enough!
It seems that if you want to eat well, you have to find a way from home!
After walking out of the lime kiln and looking at the silent Qin Zhihe, Qin Jun couldn't help but ask: "Dad, how much money has our family saved? Are we just thinking about building a house?"
"Hey, we only have one hundred and thirty yuan allocated to the team this year! It's not realistic to build a house all at once. I don't want to buy some lime first and build the foundation." Qin Zhihe said.
"More than one hundred and thirty? It's really a lot."
Qin Jun did a little calculation, so much money is enough to feed him for a month, right?
However, if he wants his family to spend so much money to feed him, he still needs to be fooled!
"Dad, what kind of house do you want to build? With so much money, you actually want to ask grandpa and two uncles to raise money?" Qin Jun asked pretending to be surprised.
"Is it much?" Qin Zhihe looked at his third son strangely: "How about I give you this money and you can build me five brick houses?"
"Okay!" Qin Jun agreed happily, because he knew that his father would never believe it.
"What a beautiful idea!" After Qin Zhihe finished speaking, he sighed: "You seem to be unreliable. How can you still defraud your father's money like this?"
"Who cheated you of your money? I don't want your money!" Qin Jun said with a smile.
"You don't need money? How can you build a house without money? Are you fooling the devil?"
"Who said building a house costs money? I don't spend a penny and I still build a house, and it has to be built with bricks and tiles!"
"It won't be a three-room thatched house, right? An old house like ours won't be wanted by the mother-in-law anymore, so don't even think about it."
After finishing speaking, Qin Zhihe glanced at his second son who was silent.
