In the oil workshop, Lao Ganbang followed Wang Zhong to check the equipment inside and outside. The oil press was fine. It was soaked with oil all year round. There was basically nothing wrong with it. The key was the water-driven frying equipment, which was basically used every year. All require maintenance and repair.
Fortunately, after so many years, Lao Ganbang is no longer the little carpenter who only made some tables and benches. He has been working with Wang Zhong for decades and has made countless things, large and small. Now Lao Ganbang is Great, even if he were placed in eight villages across the country, he would still be a famous old carpenter.
"Dad Chong, do you think that machine is really so powerful that it can squeeze out oil without any effort?" Lao Ganbang asked curiously.
Wang Zhongdao: "Ziping studied mechanics in Peking. I asked him specifically. Not only can he squeeze out oil, but the same peanuts and soybeans can squeeze out more oil!" He was wearing his waist, and his wrinkled old face was full of smiles: "Such a good thing must be expensive, right?"
"It's not cheap!" Wang Zhong said: "But if our oil mill wants to expand its scale, it cannot do without this thing."
"Besides, this thing consumes a lot of electricity. Once the oil is squeezed, the electricity used is enough for our family to use it for a month!"
"Hiss!" A gasping voice sounded: "Isn't this too wasteful of electricity? Even if we can afford this thing, we may not be able to use it!"
“It’s definitely impossible to buy or use it now, but it’s hard to say in the future.”
"In the future, there will probably be fewer and fewer things like waterwheels. If you still want to be a carpenter in your home construction, you can change your direction!"
“If you don’t hit the water tanker, then why hit the water tanker?”
"Tables, chairs, benches, boxes, cabinets and beds are closely related to life." Both Lao Ganbang and his son looked at Wang Zhong.
"Now, what people want is food and clothing. But after food and clothing are satisfied, everyone's life will get better and better, they will become richer, their living standards will improve, and demand will come!"
"That's right!" Niu Jianshe clapped his hands and said happily: "Dad, what Uncle Chong said makes sense!"
"Yeah!" Lao Ganbang couldn't help but nodded. Lao Ganbang has passed the old age, and his body and energy are not as good as before. In the future, his carpentry skills will definitely have to be inherited by his son.
With the significant increase in grain output achieved by the Maixiang Brigade, it proved the feasibility of household-based production quotas. Faced with Zhou Yihu's repeated applications, the province finally agreed to implement the household-based quota policy throughout Qingze County. In other areas, attempts have been made to implement guaranteed production to the group.
With the establishment of several special economic zones along the coast and the gradual implementation of reform and opening up, the economy at the national level has begun to revitalize. Large-scale Hong Kong businessmen have poured into the mainland to invest and build factories, which has not only boosted the local economy, but also It provides a large number of jobs and solves the work problems of a large number of people in coastal areas.
The country's policies are becoming more and more open, and the free market that was closed earlier has been gradually reactivated. Although there is no substantive policy yet, it also expresses tacit approval for farmers to freely buy and sell agricultural and sideline products.
With the help of Zhou Yihu, Wang Zhong first sent three young people from the village who were of the right age, were relatively smart, and had good hands-on and learning abilities to work as temporary workers at the agricultural technology station. The agricultural machinery station was only responsible for providing these temporary workers. The workers are given three meals a day and taught how to use and maintain various agricultural machinery, but they are not paid. Their wages during the apprenticeship period are paid by the Maixiang Brigade.
I heard that because of this matter, Zhou Yihu traveled around a lot and endured a lot of pressure before making such a small opening.
Wang Zhong, Niu DaDang, Ma Renli and the others were also not idle in the Maixiang Brigade. Niu DaDang and Lao Ganbang were in charge of the fish pond and oil mill. Yang Deng'er led Xiao Zhuan and a few women, and there were many brains who were hungry. Flexible and sharp-tongued, during slack periods, he would go to the county to open up markets and be responsible for selling the agricultural and sideline products produced by the brigade.
Originally, according to Wang Zhong's intention, he wanted Ma Renli and Yang Deng'er to go together. Yang Deng'er agreed wholeheartedly, but when he returned home to discuss with Ma Renli, he hit a snag.
"You really don't want to go?"
"I won't go if I don't!" Ma Renli lay on the kang with his back to Yang Deng'er.
"If you don't go, I won't go! I'll go by myself!" Yang Deng'er carried her things and walked out angrily. After trying to persuade Ma Renli all night last night, it was of no use. Yang Deng'er was really too lazy to waste time on Ma Renli anymore, so he simply went by himself.
When Yang Deng'er left the door, Ma Renli suddenly sat up, quietly opened the window, and peeked at Yang Deng'er slamming the door and leaving. Then he quickly turned over and got off the kang, stepping on his shoes and quietly chasing her all the way. Go up.
The eldest son now works in the village oil mill, and the younger son was taken away by Yang Deng'er. Now Ma Renli is the only one left in the family. However, Ma Renli is used to being cautious and he really doesn't dare to take the lead anymore.
"You, you!" Wang Zhong looked at the dejected Ma Renli, quite hating him.
"You know me!" Ma Renli said.
"Yes!" Wang Zhong nodded: "If you really follow your Deng'er, you won't be the Ma Renli I know."
"I've seen your family and you have some skills. With him following your family, there's nothing to worry about. It just so happens that you have a lot of things going on in the team recently. If you stay in the team, you will be more useful." Wang Zhong said Under the command of Maixiang Brigade, the pig farms, fish ponds and oil mills of Maixiang Brigade were gradually expanded in an orderly manner.
Last year, the ten sows gave birth to dozens of piglets, and each piglet was divided into a round shape. They were getting bigger day by day. The group of sows that Ma Renlian took care of were all fat. strong.
In order to ensure the health of the sows, Ma Renlian currently breeds the sows only once a year. The people in Ma Renli were doing accounting work, and kept one account after another. Yang Deng'er and the others were running the county in an orderly manner. Wang Zhong and Niu boldly decided to reduce the corn and increase the planting area of peanuts and soybeans. In the 1980s, This strategy officially began to be implemented in the summer of last year.
Everything is going on in an orderly manner. Time soon came to 1982. In January, the new year was approaching, and the three brothers and sisters of the Wang family graduated from school one after another.
Wang Zijin was not in a hurry to go home. Instead, she waited in the provincial capital for Wang Ziping and Wang Zi'an, who were returning home by train from Peiping. The three siblings returned home together.
On the day the three brothers and sisters arrived in the county, it snowed heavily and there were few pedestrians on the street. Wang Zhong, Jiang Hongguo and Xiaomao were waiting at the station early.
"It's the eldest brother and the second brother!" Ziyu had good eyesight and sharp eyes. She was sitting on Wang Zhong's shoulder. She saw her brothers and sisters coming off the train at a glance, and immediately waved and shouted excitedly.
"Big brother, second brother, sister! We are here!" Sitting on Wang Zhong's shoulder, Ziyu stood out among the people waiting for the bus. It was difficult for others to miss her.
After a while, the three brothers and sisters followed the flow of people and came to Wang Zhong and the others.
"Dad, Mom!" Fortunately, Zijin is in the provincial capital. It's close. During the holidays, he can go home and visit during the holidays, and eat dumplings made with ginger and red fruits, and fried noodles made by Wang Zhong. , the two brothers Wang Ziping and Wang Zian are far away in Peiping. Throughout the year, they can only go home during the Chinese New Year.
"It's good to be back, it's good to be back!" As soon as they met, the whole family, except for Wang Zhong, hugged each other, especially Jiang Hongguo, who was crying and laughing at the same time. The tears couldn't stop pouring out, and she clutched her two hands. My son couldn't let go of his hand.
"Okay, okay, it's a cold day, don't get stuck here, go home quickly!" Looking at this scene, even Wang Zhong couldn't help but sigh, but the weather didn't allow it, especially Jiang Hongguo , getting older, although Wang Zhong helped to take care of him, aging cannot be stopped by human power, and his body is already somewhat inferior to what it used to be.
Put all the luggage on the cart that Wang Zhong pulled. Wang Zhong pulled the cart in front, while Jiang Hongguo and her son and daughter helped push it in the back, and drove all the way home.
"We've graduated. You two are almost thirty, why don't you bring a girlfriend back?" Wang Zhong dropped the bomb as soon as he came up.
Wang Zi'an gloated: "Dad, you don't know, right? The person that eldest brother was talking to blew up!" Wang Zhong turned to look at Ziping, who was glaring at his younger brother, and asked, "This girl refuses to come back to our place with you. Come?" Ziping didn't look very good, but he still said: "Her family is from Peiping, and the job assigned by the school is also in Peiping!"
"Then why don't you stay in Peiping! The capital of a country, the best place, the development prospects are better than here."
"I want to come back!" Ziping's answer was still simple.
"Second brother, what about you?" Wang Zhong showed no intention of continuing to ask, and changed the subject to Zian: "Your eldest brother has at least dated someone, what about you?"
"I also have a partner!" Wang Zi'an said with a smile: "But she is from the provincial capital. She is in Beiping Normal University and will not graduate until next year."
"Beiping Normal University?" Wang Zhong was a little surprised: "You are from Shuimu University, how do you know this girl?"
"It's fate. During the Chinese New Year the year before last, my eldest brother and I met her on the train when we came back, and then we met her again when we were going back to Peking. When we got to Peking, I went to their school to look for her several times. We went back and forth. It’s already familiar.”
"You kid!" Wang Zhong said with a smile.
"Second brother, what's the name of second sister-in-law?" Ziyu asked curiously.
"Call Liu Qian!"
"Aren't you beautiful?" Zijin asked.
"That's necessary. I don't even have to look at who your second brother is. How can I be so discerning!"
"Look at what you can do!" This was what Zi Jin said. Ziping silently helped push the cart beside him without saying anything.
"Second brother, when are you going to call your partner home and let your parents meet him?" Jiang Hongguo asked cautiously.
Zian is so smart that he naturally heard what his mother meant: "Mom, don't worry, Liu Qian and I have put it away. During the Chinese New Year this year, I will first visit her home and meet her parents. I will meet her parents later." , then take her back to our house and let you meet her. If you all agree, then you and my father will go to the provincial capital and the parents of the two families will meet to discuss the matter between Liu Qian and me."
"Really?" Jiang Hongguo suddenly became happy.
"Of course it's true!" Zi'an said with a smile: "Is your son the one who talks big words?"
"Okay, okay!" Jiang Hongguo couldn't stop smiling.
"Second brother, you've been hiding it so well. It's been several years now, and there's still no leak at all!" Zijin said with some sourness.
When Ziping and Zi'an got off the train in the provincial capital, it was Zijin who picked them up. However, Zijin didn't know that he had a sister-in-law, so it was no wonder that he was a little bit complaining.
"Boss, the second brother has a partner, you have to hold on tight!" After being happy, Jiang Hongguo couldn't help but said while looking at the eldest son next to him.
"Mom, there's no saying that you can just hold on tight. It depends on fate."
"Okay, okay, it depends on fate, depends on fate. Later I will ask your Aunt Deng'er and Aunt Chunmei to introduce you to some young and beautiful girls."
"Mom! Stop worrying so much. My eldest brother is a college student at a prestigious university and will be assigned work soon. Please stop messing around." Zijin pulled Jiang Hongguo and said.
After talking, they returned home. Jiang Hongguo and Wang Zhong cooked themselves and made dumplings. The family had a delicious meal.
Early the next morning, Wang Zhong pulled the two brothers out of bed at 5:40. They practiced in the courtyard for a long time. When the sky was getting bright, he pulled the two brothers to an open space outside the village. The father and son The three of them had a fist fight, but the two brothers were still completely tortured.
"Dad! You are already in your fifties and almost sixty, but we are still in such good health!" The two brothers looked at each other and saw the helplessness in each other's eyes.
"Don't talk about sixty, your father and I are a hundred years old. It's still a matter of one hand to deal with you two bastards." Wang Zhong said proudly with his hands behind his back.
"It's a pity that our brothers have limited talents and can't inherit your skills!" Zian said with some regret. It was because he went to college for a few years and saw the world in Beiping City that Zian knew that his father had such skills. How awesome.
"You can't bite off more than you can chew. In this life, it's enough if you can do one thing well and learn a skill well." Wang Zhong said.
"Then why do you have so many?"
"There's nothing we can do about it! When I was young, there were warlords fighting and little devils invading. If I don't learn more skills, how can I survive? After all, it's still about survival." Wang Zhong deliberately Said with emotion.
The two brothers choked when they heard this, not knowing how to answer.
"Tell me about you two. How is work going?" He looked at the snowy scenery of the distant mountains with his hands behind his hands. Although his back was to the brothers, Wang Zhong's voice reached the ears of the two brothers very clearly.
"We both applied to come back, and the school said we would be assigned to the province." Zian said, "But the specific notice has not been released yet."
"Actually, you don't necessarily have to pursue an official career!" Wang Zhong said: "But it's better to stay in the system for a while. Nowadays, all walks of life are in a state of waste and are in need of highly educated talents like you."
"I have no other requirements for you. If you really want to pursue an official career, remember five words: serve the people!"
"Yeah!" The two brothers looked at each other and nodded in agreement.
"Let's go back and eat. I'll show you around later to see the development of our team this year."
