Just a few days after New Year's Day, a heavy snowfall was coming, but overnight, the world was already covered in silver, making it a little more enchanting.
The south of the Yangtze River is different from the north. Even in winter, the mountains and plains are full of green. The trees on the mountains are evergreen all year round. As soon as they pass by, many leafy trees are bent down by the accumulation of snowflakes.
An unknown tree at the door had grown too lush, and there was heavy wind and snow last night, so a branch of the tree was cut off.
Compared to the north, Wang Zhong still prefers the winter in his hometown.
A trace of fish belly white had just appeared on the horizon. Wang Zhong had already punched several times in the courtyard. The activities were open. He checked the shed in the backyard and made sure it was OK. Wang Zhong then went out and rushed to the fourth grandfather and fourth grandmother's house. .
As they get older, they sleep less. When Wang Zhong arrived, the old couple were already late, and the fourth grandmother was washing rice.
Breakfast in rural areas is like cooking porridge and eating fried dough sticks. You wash rice and cook rice early in the morning and fry a few side dishes. If you went up the mountain when you were young, you would pack the food and take it to the mountain. You can fold two sticks and use them as chopsticks. Sit on the ground in the shade.
I don’t know if it’s because the scenery of the lakes and mountains is put into the bowl. Although the lunch in the mountains is simple, it is still more delicious than at home.
A scrambled egg, a stir-fried cabbage, and a plate of freshly taken out kimchi, a simple breakfast is ready.
Wang Zhong's cooking skills have already reached the point of perfection. The simpler the dish, the more distinguishable it is from others.
For more than half a year, the old couple occasionally cooked by themselves at first. However, as time went by, they ate too many of Wang Zhong's dishes and then ate their own dishes, which really tasted the same.
Fortunately, the old couple had come from those difficult days when they were young. They could even eat rice. Even when Wang Zhong was away from time to time, they didn't go hungry.
At the dinner table, Wang Zhong suddenly mentioned the matter of going to the city: "Uncle, uncle and grandma, after dinner, let's go into the city. Let's each buy a winter coat!"
The fourth grandma has been used to being thrifty all her life, "We have a lot of clothes and there is nothing to buy. Buy yourself two more pieces. You are a young man, so dress nicely so you can find a girlfriend."
Wang Zhong burst into laughter. Elders are like this. No matter what they say, they can always talk about finding a girlfriend or a partner.
"Let's buy them all!" Wang Zhong said: "Aren't I worried that I won't be able to pick out clothes? You and my uncle just happened to go there together and give me a look!"
"Why are we giving you a slap in the face!" said my uncle and grandma: "You young people...hey, what do you mean by that?"
The uncle and grandma looked at the uncle next to them and asked. The uncle who was sipping the medicinal wine given by Wang Zhong said: "Aesthetics."
"Yes, yes! Aesthetics! Your uncle and I are so old, how can we keep up with the aesthetics of you young people?"
Wang Zhong said: "Just think of it as a visit to the city. It's been a long time since you and my uncle have been to the city. Although we live in the countryside, we still have to experience the rapid changes in the city!"
"Okay, just listen to Xiao Zhong, let's go with him!" My uncle and grandma wanted to say something else, but they were stopped by my uncle: "Anyway, it's idle at home in the winter."
My uncle is an old homebody. He usually watches TV at home, plays on his mobile phone, and browses short videos. He occasionally plays the harmonica and composes his own music. He has an extremely rich spiritual world and can stay here even without going out.
My uncle and grandma, on the other hand, have spent their whole lives facing the loess and turning their backs to the sky. They don’t watch much TV. Whenever they have free time during the day, they run into the fields, plow the fields to grow vegetables, and go into the mountains to find seasonal wild fruits. In short, they have no time to spare. Come down.
In my free time, I can't sit still at home. I always like to walk by the river with my hands behind my back, visit the homes of some old sisters, and help the old sisters take care of their grandchildren.
After eating, Wang Zhong helped his uncle and grandma clean up, and then he took the old couple to the parking lot at the head of the village.
He wanted to take the old couple into the city, so it was naturally difficult to drive the pickup truck. He unlocked his Hongqi h9 with one click, put the two old people into the back seat, and helped the old couple fasten their seat belts. Then Wang Zhong opened the driver's door. The door sat in.
"Uncle, uncle, grandma, sit tight, let's set off!" Wang Zhong smiled at the two of them through the rearview mirror, started the car, drove out of the parking lot, and merged into the country road.
Although it was not a holiday, there were quite a few vehicles passing by. Wang Zhong drove at a slow speed, which was stable at about forty yards. After more than ten minutes, the Hongqi H9 merged into the provincial highway, and Wang Zhong began to speed up.
They arrived in the city smoothly. While it was still early, Wang Zhong took the old couple to the morning market. They visited the vegetable market first, then went to the supermarket, then the shopping mall. First, they gave food to his uncle and Wang Zhong. I bought two sets from top to bottom, and finally went to the wholesale market with my uncle and grandma, and pulled more than ten feet of cloth for my uncle and grandma. After a lot of fiddling, it was already past two o'clock.
I took the old couple into a famous restaurant in the city, ordered a few signature dishes, and after only two bites, my uncle and grandma shook their heads: "What kind of restaurant is this? The dishes are not as delicious as those made by Xiaomi, and the prices are not bad." So expensive!”
It’s not that my uncle and aunt have no money. On the contrary, my uncle’s pension is higher than the salary of many young people today. It’s just that the old couple has always lived a frugal life. They grow vegetables in their own land and buy two kilograms of meat at every market. , it can be eaten for four or five days in the refrigerator. The uncle buys the rice when he comes back on weekends, and the couple has no other expenses. The annual expenditure is only a thousand yuan.
A restaurant like this in the city costs nearly three hundred yuan for four dishes and one soup, so my uncle and grandma naturally felt that it was not worth it.
On the other hand, my uncle and grandpa were quite happy eating.
"This is the city, everything is expensive. For such a big store, rent, water, electricity, and labor are all expensive, so it's normal for it to be expensive!"
"You are the only one who is right!" My aunt and uncle gave my uncle a rollicking look.
Watching the old couple bickering, Wang Zhong had a smile on his face, but had no intention of interfering. In fact, if we talk about experience, Wang Zhong has much more experience than the old couple. Maybe it is because of this that although he occasionally bickers , but the old couple care about each other, their decades of experience in Maixiang Village can't help but come to mind.
After dinner, Wang Zhong led the old couple back home.
In the next few days, Wang Zhong began to make preparations for the farmhouse that he had considered before entering the copy of "Knowledge". It does not mean that Wang Zhong had to start a business. After all, Wang Zhong was already relying on the income from a few books. Achieved financial freedom.
The reason why Wang Zhong is preparing to start a farmhouse is because he thinks that after running the farmhouse, it can bring more than ten or twenty jobs to the village and bring some extra income to the left-behind elderly people in the village, although it may not be much. , but it is better than no income.
Wang Zhong has always been a resolute and decisive person, and he does what he says. He has scouted several places in two days, went to negotiate with the village, and went to the town to apply.
The village knew that Wang Zhong wanted to run agritainment, and they were very supportive of it. However, the village was now engaged in tourism development not as a collective, but as an individual. If Wang Zhong wanted to open agritainment in the area planned by the tourism company, it would have to be controlled by the tourism company.
The current tourism company only built a few pavilions on both sides of the river and a small playground. It only had a few simple swings, seesaws and other recreational facilities, as well as some small projects cobbled together here and there.
Wang Zhong didn't want to put a tight band on his head, so he found a place about two hundred meters away from the village. The village was easy to talk to, and he didn't know whether it was because of his uncle's face or because of other reasons, but the village party secretary also took the initiative Take Wang Zhong to go through the formalities.
It's just that the control over rural construction is very strict now. It took Wang Zhong more than a week just to go through the formalities. Fortunately, the town also supported Wang Zhong in his farmhouse, but the necessary procedures were indispensable. This took some time.
Wang Zhong also took advantage of this time to draw the plan of the farmhouse.
The second floor is in the form of a triple courtyard, with two main floors and terraces on the east and west sides. The decoration is combined with local architectural styles and has strong regional characteristics.
Wang Zhong's requirements are a bit high. The teams in the village who take on private jobs cannot do such delicate work, and many jobs are mechanized much faster than manual work. Wang Zhong can only contact the construction team outside, but he can hire small laborers or something like that. Still from the village.
Two days later in the morning, the construction team began to enter the site. Two excavators and four muck trucks worked at the same time, and the site was excavated in just one day.
Knowing that Wang Zhong was engaged in farm entertainment, my uncle, who had been an old homeboy at home, also volunteered to work as a supervisor. After all, he was a leader before, and the supervisor's work was no worse than those of professionals.
After dinner all day long, I would carry the thermos cup in which my uncle and grandma had just made tea, and walk to the farmhouse construction site with a swaggering step, holding my hands behind my back.
Not to mention, although the old man is old, he is a person from that era. He knows a lot about everything and can speak fluently to the foremen and workers.
The next day, various materials came in one after another, steel bars, cement, gravel, fine sand...
By the time the system locked the new dungeon world again, the foundation had been poured.
[Anchored copy world: "Love Full Courtyard"
Countdown to enter the dungeon: 14 days, 23 hours, 59 minutes and 54 seconds. Host, please be prepared. The main mission will be unlocked after entering the dungeon world. 】
This sudden shift from the imaginary ancient times back to modern times?
Wang Zhong has not watched this TV series, but it has been famous for a long time. The Internet writing industry even developed a series specifically because of this TV series, which became very popular for a while.
Netizens also nicknamed "Siheyuan Full of Love" as "Siheyuan Full of Birds". Wang Zhong had also seen a bit of it before, and the violence was not as deep as usual.
Wang Zhong, who was accustomed to systemic urination, was not too surprised. Instead, he took advantage of the break in building the farmhouse to find this TV series and watch it from beginning to end.
It was fine when I first watched it. Although the people in the courtyard each have their own shortcomings, they all have their own characteristics, and the relationship between the neighbors is considered harmonious. However, as the plot progresses, things gradually change.
No wonder netizens replaced the word 'loveman' with 'qiaoman'. This is another drama that uses the name of positive energy to mix in private goods.
In the blink of an eye, another half month has passed, and the time has come to February. There are only about ten days left before the Chinese New Year. The main frame structure of the farmhouse has been built. The masons began to enter the site and started laying bricks while maintaining the main frame structure.
The money in Wang Zhong's pocket was spent like running water.
The cooldown time for the copy is about to end.
[Countdown to entering the dungeon: 1 hour, 59 minutes and 54 seconds. Host, please be prepared. The main mission will be unlocked after entering the dungeon world. 】
Two hours later, Wang Zhong felt a flash of white light in front of his eyes, and the whole world completely changed.
Beiping, in the courtyard of No. 95 Nanluogu Lane, in the east wing of the front yard, on the big hardwood bed in the back room, Wang Zhong woke up leisurely, shook his head, and instantly absorbed the memory provided by the system.
1964! This body is twenty-two years old. He has just graduated from college. He is from Shandong. He came to Peking in 1960 and was assigned to work as a technician at the Hongxing Steel Rolling Mill after graduation. He has only been employed for less than half a year. Since he is still in the internship period, his salary is The standard is level 14, which costs 48.5 yuan per month.
A college graduate, an intern technician, with a monthly salary of nearly fifty yuan. With this income, in the entire courtyard, only Yi Zhonghai, the first-level fitter at the eighth level, and Liu Haizhong, the second-level forger at the seventh level, are taller than Wang Zhong. The others, whether it's the protagonist He Yuzhu or Aquaman Xu Damao, are nothing like them.
Wang Zhong stood up and looked around the room. The conditions were a bit crude. Under him was a wooden bed made of elm wood. There was an old wardrobe and a dark brown wooden box placed against the wall. There was a long table by the window. A solid wood chair with a backrest made of very ordinary materials. Beside the window to the north of the table, there is a small three-story bookshelf with more than a dozen books on it, all related to metallurgy and machinery, and a few more The cover is in English and Russian.
In addition to these, there is a ceramic jar next to the desk. In the jar are several paper tubes rolled into circles, which are drawings drawn by the original person based on memory.
Outside is the living room, with two benches, a square table, and a long dark table, which is also old. There is a set of kettles and cups on it. Next to the partition of the room on the north, there are An old-fashioned washbasin stand, with an enamel washbasin on top, and a foot wash basin at the bottom. Two towels hang on the left and right sides of the rafters above, and there is a square holder protruding from the top of the washbasin. There was a square wooden box on top of the table, with a piece of brand-new soap inside.
There is another room further to the south, but it is not separated. There are two large vats and several jars against the wall. There is also a long table under the window on the west side, with chopping boards and kitchen knives on it. There is another room against the door. There is an iron stove with silver-white pipes connected to the outside of the house. Next to the stove is a chest-high cupboard. The inside is also old and was just added after the original owner moved here.
Of the three wing rooms, the one on the north side is separated and used as a bedroom. The remaining two rooms are connected and the space is quite spacious.
It is the early winter of 1964, and the weather is starting to get cold. In this era of scarcity, the country implements a planned economic system. If you only have money, you need stamps for everything, such as food stamps, oil stamps, sugar stamps, cloth stamps... ····
As early as in the first dungeon, Wang Zhong had experienced it, and in the subsequent dungeon worlds, he had a deep understanding of it.
(End of chapter)
