Time passed quickly, and in a blink of an eye, the second round of spring irrigation of winter wheat came.
The second round of spring irrigation had just ended when Wang Wanchun called Wang Zhong to the village committee office.
"Wan Chun, what do you want from me?" Wang Chongshu moved a stool and sat on it.
Wang Wanchun held the teapot and led Wang Zhong to sit on the bench next to the long table. He took a sip of tea and said, "The county has just issued a notice saying that our Maixiangling area will soon be established as a district. , I will most likely be transferred to work in the district. What the county means is that you will take over my position from now on, and you will serve as party secretary and village chief first. When the next election is held, we will hold an election. Let me first Let me ask you what you mean.”
Wang Zhong said calmly: "I don't have any objections, but if I take over the work of the party secretary and village chief, who will the president of the second club ask to do it?"
"There is no suitable person to take over at the moment. For the time being, you should take over the job first!" Wang Wanchun said.
Wang Zhong smiled bitterly and said: "Party Secretary Wanchun, aren't you embarrassing me? I am alone, and I have to be the president of the president, and I also have to do the work of the branch secretary and the village chief. How can I take care of it!"
"Then what do you think we should do?" Wang Wanchun asked.
"What do you think? It's no problem for me to take over your shift. Let's find someone to help me share the pressure. As for me, from now on, I will focus on production and continue to hold the position of president of our cooperative, no problem. Let’s let the person we are looking for be mainly responsible for communicating with the superiors, going to the county and district for meetings, and some clerical work, so that I can focus on production, what do you think?”
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"That's a good idea!" Wang Wanchun nodded, then remembered something and said hurriedly: "But Ma Renli is not good. He is a son of a landlord. Although his performance has been good in the past few years, he still needs to be investigated."
"Of course I know this." Wang Chong said with a smile: "What do you think of Ma Renlian?"
"Ma Renlian?" Wang Wanchun couldn't help but nodded and said, "Ma Renlian is pretty good. Apart from you and Ma Renli, he has the highest level of education in the village and is also steady in doing things."
The two briefly chatted a few words about irrigation and production issues in the village.
Wang Zhong asked: "When will you go to the district?"
"What? Can't wait?" Wang Wanchun said with a smile.
"A bit!" Wang Zhong nodded cooperatively.
"You kid!" Wang Wanchun also smiled and shook his head: "The official order from the county has not been issued yet, and such a big thing as the establishment of Maixiangling District will definitely take time to prepare and transition, and it will still be a while."
Wang Wanchun changed the topic and suddenly asked: "By the way, how is Qiao Yue's performance recently?"
"It's not bad, it's just that my ability is a bit lacking, but I've changed a lot recently. I work hard and I'm not lazy." Wang Zhong said without any partiality.
Ever since she fell ill last time and Wang Wanchun came to visit her in person, Qiao Yue seemed like a different person. She worked very hard every time she went to work in the fields. When she was really tired, she sat down to rest for a while. Suddenly, she made everyone shout. For a change.
"That's good!" Wang Wanchun nodded and said, "But don't relax, keep an eye on her and try to make Qiao Yue a qualified farmer as soon as possible."
Wang Zhong shook his head and said, "I'm not sure about this."
"What's wrong? You don't have confidence?" Wang Wanchun was quite surprised.
"That's not true!" Wang Zhong said: "I'm afraid that after a while, Qiao Yue will no longer be a member of our club."
"How do you say this?" Wang Wanchun frowned and asked in confusion.
"Recently, Qiao Yue has been chasing Niu DaBang very closely. Whenever she has time, she runs to Niu DaDang's house. As the old saying goes, a man chases a woman, separated by a mountain, and a woman chases a man, separated by a layer of yarn. If Niu DaDang and Qiao Yue get married, Can Qiao Yue still stay in our second club?"
Wang Wanchun's face showed a look of gossip: "Qiao Yue is bold in chasing cattle? This is a new thing!"
"That's okay. You will be the village party secretary soon. No matter which club in the village, they will have to listen to you. Even if Qiao Yue really marries Niu Dangdao, they will still be under your control."
"Your Second Cooperative is the highest among the cooperatives in the village in terms of total output and per capita output every year. You can definitely apply the excellent and advanced experience you accumulated in the Second Cooperative to the entire Maixiang Village! Don't worry and be bold. ! If you have something to do, I’ll take care of it for you." Wang Wanchun said proudly.
A smile appeared on Wang Zhong's face and he said: "With your words, I feel relieved!"
Wang Wanchun's face changed, and he said very seriously: "But this matter has not been officially implemented yet. I just want to say hello to you first so that you can be mentally prepared. Don't talk about it everywhere!"
"Don't worry." Wang Zhong almost assured Wang Wanchun by patting his chest.
At the same time, on the other side, during dinner time, several people in the village who usually get together were sitting at the intersection with their rice bowls, chatting about their parents' affairs.
"Have you heard? Qiao Yue seems to be chasing Brother Daring recently!" The Three Monkeys are very well-informed in the village. They often sit with Hungry, Xiao Zhuan Jinhua and others to eat and chat, and they talk about nothing more than this. Personal family affairs, gossip in the village.
"What, your eyes are hot?" Mrs. Jinhua joked.
"No way." Three Monkeys said, "I have no idea about Qiao Yue."
"You are self-aware." Sister-in-law Jinhua said, "Where did you get this news? Why haven't I heard about it?"
Three Monkeys continued: "The day before yesterday, I went to the president's house. When I entered from the front yard, I saw Qiao Yue taking the newly knitted sweater to Brother Bold's house."
"Brother Bold has helped Qiao Yue for so long, wouldn't you like Qiao Yue to knit a sweater to thank Brother Bold?" Sister-in-law Jinhua asked.
Xiao Zhuan plucked the noodle soup from the bowl and said, "I'll tell you what, as the old saying goes, marry a man to a man, dress and eat. Our president is capable, and Brother Daring is capable. Let me tell you, Qiao Yue just really pursues Brother Bold, so that’s okay! The boy is unmarried and the girl is unmarried. Qiao Yue is pretty and Brother Bold is capable and capable, so they are a good match."
Not full, he said with envy: "I never thought that bold brother could be so lucky."
Xiao Zhuan glanced at him sideways when he heard this: "What, are you envious?"
"I'm envious!" He said honestly after not having enough to eat: "If a girl chased me like this, I would be so happy that I wouldn't be able to sleep at night."
"Why should this girl chase you? Is it because you don't have enough to eat?" Xiao Zhuan sarcastically said.
When he was not full, he rubbed his head and laughed, and everyone also laughed.
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Time flies and it's summer harvest. Jiang Hongguo's belly is getting bigger and bigger, and she is pregnant with twins. Although Wang Zhong is watching over her, the delivery date is approaching, and she may give birth suddenly on that day.
All the folks in the village were busy with the summer harvest and were afraid of missing the time. Wang Zhong was also worried that Jiang Hongguo would be left alone at home without anyone to take care of her, and no one would take care of her when she was sent to the county hospital.
It was Sister Jinhua and the others who suggested that Han Chunmei stay at home and take care of Jiang Hongguo while drying wheat.
Jiang Hongguo is not immobile. Although she can't do heavy work, she can still turn over wheat. She can also help Han Chunmei prepare lunch and dinner for everyone.
The wheat harvested on the first day can be dried in the wheat field on the second day. As the wheat is harvested, the wheat is harvested, which can minimize losses even if it rains.
The entire second group had nearly 40 acres of wheat land, and it only took three days to cut and thresh the wheat. If they had used the old method of threshing with flails or boulders, it would have taken three days to complete.
This was because everyone had been working together for many years and had a tacit understanding of each other. Only then could they harvest and thresh nearly forty acres of wheat in three days.
However, drying the wheat took a little effort. Fortunately, the weather was good and nothing went wrong. All the wheat was collected into each family's warehouse.
After the summer harvest, it was time for summer planting. Everyone rested for only one day and then started working again immediately, plowing and fertilizing, digging furrows and ridges, nearly 40 acres of land, which was a lot of work.
Nowadays, it is not as dusty as it was during the summer harvest. Jiang Hongguo followed the others to the field and helped knock the soil with a hoe.
Half of the nearly forty acres of land were cultivated. At noon that day, Jiang Hongguo, who was wearing a bamboo hat and wielding a hoe, suddenly showed a look of pain, clutching his stomach and bowing slightly. Mrs. Jin Hua and Han Chunmei next to them realized something was wrong and immediately put their hands down. He took the guy in his hand and supported Jiang Hongguo.
"I might be giving birth!" Jiang Hongguo gritted her teeth and endured the pain.
"President!"
"President!"
"Your wife's water has broken and she's going to give birth!"
When Mrs. Jinhua shouted, Jiang Hongguo's amniotic fluid broke and her crotch immediately became wet.
At this time, there was nothing else to worry about. Mrs. Jin Hua and Han Chunmei immediately started shouting loudly. Fortunately, Wang Zhong was not far away. While working, he also paid attention to the situation here from time to time. Upon seeing this, he put down the shovel in his hand and immediately Rush over.
When Wang Zhong came closer, he immediately picked up Jiang Hongguo and hugged the princess: "I'll take Guo'er back first!" Before he could finish his words, he had already walked home quickly.
Sister-in-law Jin Hua and Han Chunmei stopped caring about their work, told Qiao Yue, and hurried after them.
Wang Zhong did not dare to run too fast for fear of bumping Han Chunmei, so he could only walk quickly. His two thick arms were as if they were made of steel. They remained motionless and steadily carried Jiang Hongguo all the way home.
Mrs. Jin Hua and Han Chunmei had to run, but ran ahead of Wang Zhong. When Wang Zhong arrived home with Han Chunmei in his arms, the two of them had already started a fire, with hot water boiling in two iron pots and a copper stove at the same time.
Wang Zhong quickly put Jiang Hongguo on the kang, took off the dirty clothes from Jiang Hongguo, explored the fetal position again, breathed a sigh of relief, and quickly dipped a handkerchief in warm water and wiped Jiang Hongguo's body. , asked Han Chunmei to help boil a pot of nourishing soup, and prepared everything such as sterilized tools, scissors, surgical scalpels, catgut, saline, syringes, etc., and then sat by the kang, holding Han Chunmei's hand. hands, waiting for the child to come out.
"Guo'er, try your best not to shout. Once you shout, you will get discouraged easily and you will lose your strength after a while." Wang Zhong grabbed Jiang Hongguo's hand and gently wiped Jiang Hongguo's sweat while he warned her softly.
"Yeah!" Jiang Hongguo grabbed Wang Zhong's hand with some force, and the veins on the back of his hand were somewhat prominent. He frowned, and the pain on his face never dissipated.
Two hours later, Jiang Hongguo was biting a stack of sterilized white cloth in her mouth, her cheeks were bulging, and her head was covered with sweat. She held Wang Zhong's hand tightly with her right hand and exerted all her strength.
"I saw the head!" Jin Hua's eyes suddenly lit up as she knelt down behind the truss covered with blankets and acted as a stable mother. She said excitedly: "Guo'er, use a little more force and it's almost out!"
"Hmm~~~" Jiang Hongguo's pretty face turned red from holding back her eyes, and she closed her eyes tightly. She worked hard again and raised her head. Accompanied by a loud cry of a baby, Mrs. Jinhua said in surprise: "It's out. ,Out!"
Wang Zhong quickly stretched out the sterilized scissors and cut off the umbilical cord.
"It's a boy!" Mrs. Jinhua said excitedly.
"Sister-in-law, there is another one in Guo'er's belly!" Wang Zhong quickly reminded.
"Sister-in-law Chunmei, please bring the medicine in." The medicine had been prepared half an hour ago.
Han Chunmei had already mixed the warm water and put it aside. Sister Jinhua hurriedly helped the child clean it and put it in swaddling clothes.
"Okay!" Han Chunmei quickly poured a bowl of soup, carefully brought it to the kang, and handed it to Wang Zhong.
Wang Zhong took the medicine bowl and blew it carefully before feeding it to Jiang Hongguo: "Guo'er, drink this medicine and it will help you regain some strength."
Jiang Hongguo had already trusted Wang Zhong with her life and death. Without thinking, she raised her head and drank the bowl of soup.
The decoction turned into a stream of heat and flowed into the abdomen through the esophagus. Within a few minutes, the medicine took effect, and Jiang Hongguo felt that his strength began to gradually recover.
Wang Zhong took the opportunity to secretly transport his true energy, condense it in the palm of his hand, massage the ginger red fruit to stimulate the acupuncture points, push the blood through the blood, and promote the effect of the medicine.
This was the inspiration Wang Zhong got when he pulled out the nail for Niu Bold Niu last time.
However, after a moment, Jiang Hongguo felt that he had spent most of his strength and recovered a lot. He immediately bit the white cloth again and exerted his strength.
Han Chunmei was helping to take care of the infant baby.
Twenty minutes after the birth of the eldest child, the second child finally came out of Jiang Hongguo's belly.
The moment she heard her second child crying, a smile appeared on Jiang Hongguo's face, and she collapsed on the kang in relief. Fortunately, Jiang Hongguo was in good health, but she was a little weak and did not faint.
"It's a boy again!" Sister-in-law Jinhua said with a smile on her face: "President, sister, you are so lucky to have a pair of sticks!"
Sister-in-law Jinhua has no education, so naturally she can't say any nice words, but these few words of congratulations are sincere.
In the north, twins are called twin sticks, and twins of dragon and phoenix are called flower sticks.
"Joy and rejoice together!"
He also washed the second child, wrapped it in the swaddling clothes that had been prepared, and placed them next to Jiang Hongguo. Jiang Hongguo turned his head and looked at the two children who had calmed down and fell asleep with their eyes closed. She showed a smile full of maternal love.
Wang Zhong took out two red envelopes that he had prepared long ago and handed them to Sister-in-law Jinhua and Han Chunmei: "The money is not much, just for good luck. Sister-in-law, don't dislike it."
"Then we're welcome. It just so happens that we are also blessed by you two!"
"Why are you so polite!"
Within a short time, the entire Maixiang Village knew that Jiang Hongguo had given Wang a pair of twins.
At night, the couple lay on the kang, with their two sons sleeping inside.
"Master, have you decided on our son's name?"
"It's their turn in our Lao Wang family. They should be called the Zi generation. How about the eldest brother is called Zi Ping and the second brother is called Zian?"
"Ziping! Zi'an! Peace!" Jiang Hongguo chanted, with a smile on his face: "What a good name!"
"Then call them Zi Ping and Zi An!"
The couple seemed to be in tune with each other. Both pairs of eyes looked at the sleeping Wang Ziping and Wang Zian next to them, with smiles on their faces.
Early the next morning, as if they had made an appointment, the villagers all came to Wang Zhong's house to see the two sticks and congratulate the couple. Those who gave eggs gave eggs, and those who gave white noodles gave white noodles. It was a lively scene.
However, the big guy didn't bring much with him. He put down his gifts, looked at the double sticks, said a few words to Wang Zhong and his wife, and then left. After all, he was still busy competing for seeds, and every moment was precious.
Naturally, Wang Zhong is no exception. Now that Jiang Hongguo has given birth to her child, there will be no danger. Wang Zhong can devote himself to production.
In the fields, the topics on the villagers' lips all turned to Wang Zhong and Jiang Hongguo, and their pair of sticks.
Up above, Wang Zhong returned home after a day's work, and Jiang Hongguo had already prepared dinner.
"Didn't I tell you that dinner will be cooked when I get back?" Wang Zhong said reproachfully.
"It's not like I can't move." Jiang Hongguo said with a smile, still wiping his forehead.
"I know you can't sit still, but you promise me not to do heavy work." Wang Zhong put his arm around Jiang Hongguo's waist, facing each other, body to body, looking into Jiang Hongguo's eyes, and said seriously.
"Okay, okay! I promise you!" Jiang Hongguo said with a smile, "I have an idea."
"Also, just leave the diapers that Ziping and Zian have changed to me to wash. You must not do it yourself."
"How can a grown man wash diapers?" Jiang Hongguo said with a hint of anger, "I'm not afraid of others laughing at me either!"
"What's wrong with me washing my son's diapers? I'm happy!" Wang Zhong said with a proud look on his face: "Whoever wants to laugh at me can laugh at me. Anyway, they all have to envy me."
Seeing Wang Zhong playing tricks, Jiang Hongguo couldn't help but laugh out loud.
"Okay, you've been tired from working in the fields all day, hurry up and eat!"
"No hurry!" Wang Zhong filled the copper stove with water, lit the fire, and then walked to the Eight Immortals table to eat with Jiang Hongguo.
After dinner, Wang Zhong went to the backyard and caught an old hen that he had raised for several years.
"This chicken is laying eggs!" When Jiang Hongguo saw that Wang Zhong was going to kill the single chicken, she immediately became anxious and a little excited.
Wang Zhong smiled and said, "I'll give you a good refreshment."
"When the summer planting is over, I will go into the mountains to hunt some pheasants and come back to give you a good supplement!" The nutritional value of pheasants is not much better than that of old hens, and ginger red fruits are just right for nourishing now.
"I just need to eat eggs to replenish my health. This chicken is laying eggs every day now!" Jiang Hongguo said with a look of reluctance.
"There are still a few laying hens in the cage, and there is no shortage of this one, but you have just given birth and your vitality has been severely damaged. It is the time to replenish yourself. It's just a laying hen, so it's not as important as you!" Then Wang Zhong raised his knife and killed the chicken.
After Jiang Hongguo heard this, she was immediately moved and stopped trying to persuade Wang Zhong.
After cleaning up the hen, Wang Zhong cut it into half and simmered it slowly over low heat in the large casserole for soup.
"There will be chicken soup to drink when you wake up tomorrow morning."
