Chapter 235

The captain talked eloquently, and the commune members felt like fainting.

"... Hey, that's enough. You've been talking for a long time, what's the point?" Zhang Yongqiang, the captain of the security committee, said loudly.

His assistant, Uncle Changsheng, followed up by shouting: "Exactly, what's the point? Captain, stop talking nonsense, hurry up and get to the point. Brother Yongqiang still has to go back to coax the children."

When these words fell, everyone laughed out loud.

Zhang Yongqiang glared, looking very fierce.

Those too close didn't dare laugh too much and quickly turned their faces away; those far away felt he couldn't jump over and hit them, so they seized the opportunity to laugh and make a scene.

"Hahaha..."

The sound rose one after another.

Zhang Yongqiang laughed in anger, secretly grinding his teeth, remembering the person who laughed the loudest, and sat down calmly.

Laugh away.

The captain also had a wicked sense of humor, especially when he was in an extremely good mood, always wanting to parade everyone around before speaking.

He struck the gong a few times, "Bang, bang, bang."

"Be quiet, listen to me!" The captain raised his volume.

This time he didn't talk nonsense and said directly: "Yesterday, Old Gu and I went to the city to find the secretary, for the sake of our brigade... the matter of planting mushrooms to increase income!"

The second half of the sentence was said with sonorous force.

After all, this was something he had always wanted to achieve.

Before, he had the heart but not the strength; Old Gu had built a ladder for him.

"Increase income?" A young man sitting in the front row stood up excitedly.

"Captain, is it true or false?" This young man's family had little labor force, relying only on him to work, which was very difficult.

He hoped more than anyone that the brigade had a way to increase income.

"Could that be false?" The captain patted Shuanzi's shoulder, "True. Today's mobilization meeting is about the whole village planting mushrooms."

He had only said half when Shuanzi interrupted hurriedly: "Captain, none of us know how to plant them? How do we do this?" He was so anxious he spun in circles on the spot.

The captain pressed him down, "Young man, don't be too impatient, if no one knew how, could we bring this up? Your Uncle Gu has the technique, and he is willing to teach this technique to the brigade, so the brigade has this livelihood..."

At this moment, Gu Fu was the center of attention.

"Old Gu knows how to plant mushrooms?"

"Uncle Gu is willing to teach the brigade, is he that generous?"

……

People close to Gu Fu couldn't stop asking.

"Yuanshan's father, did you really plant them? Just relying on the set you did before?"

Gu Fu didn't hide anything, "Mm. I didn't hide or tuck anything away, every step was completed under everyone's eyes."

"Following what you did before, can you plant mushrooms?" Another person asked; they were all good hands at farming, and everyone saw clearly what Gu Fu did.

"Yes." Gu Fu nodded, briefly describing the requirements for planting mushrooms, "Following that, you can plant them, you need to pay attention to the temperature of the mushroom room."

There were many people at the scene, and he didn't have a megaphone in his hand, so the sound naturally couldn't travel very far; it was conceivable that only the people around heard it.

Shuanzi smiled, his eyes squeezed together, showing his happiness.

Pulling open the drawer, he saw a small bag of red dates inside, and the Brigade Captain's wrinkled, bitter-melon face immediately smoothed out.

"Captain, give the megaphone to Yuanshan's father, let him tell us a few words!"

The captain also had a good temperament and immediately greeted Gu Fu, "Yuanshan's father, come up and say a few words."

Gu Fu hesitated for a few seconds, went up to meet him, took the megaphone, and began to speak.

He talked about the causes and consequences of his idea to plant mushrooms, inevitably mentioning Lin Zhao.

Yuanbao kicked his feet in his father's arms, "It's Auntie Lin, it's Auntie Lin."

After the twins' birthday, the village children's love for Lin Zhao reached its peak.

Yuanbao's father patted his son's butt, "Don't make a fuss, if you're naughty again, I won't bring you next time."

"Pfft, pfft, pfft, if I don't say it, I won't say it." Yuanbao stuck his tongue out at his father, struggled to get down, and went to talk with Ye Tie Niu.

The two little children chattered, talking very lively.

"When will the twins come back, they didn't come to listen to the meeting." Yuanbao felt it was a pity.

So lively, if the twins were here, they would definitely be happy.

Ye Tie Niu: "My grandpa and grandma said the twins are city kids, city kids won't listen to meetings in the future."

"Why?" Yuanbao said, "Their home is still here, they come back every week, the twins are people of our brigade, we grew up together, have you forgotten?"

Ye Tie Niu of course hadn't forgotten, but...

He discovered that since the twins went to live in the city, they didn't come back as much.

And.

"They are going to follow the army in the future, once they follow the army, they won't need to listen to meetings anymore." A strange emotion surged in Ye Tie Niu's heart, an emotion called the melancholy of growing up.

"... When?" Yuanbao asked nervously.

"How would I know that."

Yuanbao had an expression of 'how do you not even know this,' Yubao knew everything.

He lowered his eyes in disappointment and asked again: "The same as Maodan?"

Ye Tie Niu propped his hands to watch Grandpa Gu who was speaking, and nodded listlessly.

Yuanbao imitated his posture, sighing, "Then Yubao and Hengbao can play with Maodan again. That's also quite good, Maodan is smart, and his father is a big leader, he definitely won't let bad kids bully Yubao and Hengbao."

"Yes." Ye Tie Niu said, "Once they follow the army, we can write letters."

Yuanbao's eyes brightened slightly, "Just like Maodan writing letters to the twins?"

Thinking of something, he asked nervously again: "Will they? If they make new friends, won't they forget us?"

Ye Tie Niu wasn't sure either, "They wouldn't, right."

In an instant, he said as if to cheer himself up: "They definitely won't, when the time comes we will write back to them, my grandpa always says... feelings are built through interaction, if you contact often, the relationship won't break."

Knowing that sending letters required stamps, he clenched his fists, "This year's New Year's money, I won't let Mother keep it for me, I'll keep it myself, I'm going to buy stamps. By the way, I also have to get back my, one, two, three, four, five... New Year's money, there should be quite a lot."

Specifically how much, he didn't know either.

Yuanbao opened the door to a new world, oh right, he could collect New Year's money himself.

"Me too!"

Around them, the adults who heard the two's conversation burst out laughing.

Still want to get back New Year's money?

What two naive children.

Afraid they don't know that their New Year's money long ago became the family's oil and salt.

The adults suddenly laughed, Yuanbao and Ye Tie Niu were very confused, looking over in bewilderment.

Two question marks.

"???"

……

The corner.

Gu Mu was also surrounded by people, all asking her about planting mushrooms.

She said a few simple words and nudged her chin toward Gu Fu who was holding the megaphone, "Look there, listen to the old man. How much could I know, I only helped out, I don't even know how to control the temperature, heard that temperature control is extremely important, if the temperature isn't right, the mushrooms won't grow at all..."

Seeing everyone was nervous, afraid they wouldn't plant them well, afraid of wasting their efforts, and even more afraid of losing the channel to make money.

She said: "What are you afraid of, the old man will definitely teach you hand-in-hand, if you have any questions just ask him."

"If he can't answer, he can check the books."

Gu Mu gestured the thickness of the "Mushroom Growing Guide," "Such a thick stack, all things that need attention for planting mushrooms, with ready-made experience, what are you afraid of, go ahead and do it boldly."

With these words of hers, Old Lady Li and the others breathed a sigh of relief.

They weren't afraid of hardship, nor were they afraid of failure, they were afraid... of being happy for nothing.

Old Lady Li squeezed Gu Mu's shoulder, "If this matter really succeeds, your man will be the benefactor of the whole brigade, our benefactor, once the mushrooms are sold, I'll treat you to red eggs, give you two!"

Gu Mu smiled, "I've remembered it, two red eggs."

"Rest assured, you won't be short of yours." Old Lady Li patted her chest, full of motivation.

Others also said: "We are the same, if we can really plant them and sell them for money, what's treating you to red eggs, eating meat is fine too!"

Said with great heroism.

Wang Chunhua was also there, thinking of something, she asked: "If the mushrooms are planted, can they be sold? Won't they say it's not..."

Speculation and profiteering.

She didn't dare say it directly.

Before Gu Mu could reply, Old Lady Li said first: "You don't even look at where the Gu family's third daughter-in-law works."

Supply and Marketing Cooperative.

Everyone reacted.

Pair after pair of eyes lit up.

Wang Chunhua looked at Gu Mu with expectant eyes, "Can we really ask Yubao's mother to help sell them? Is she willing?"

After all, it was a village matter, who knew if people were willing to get involved in this trouble.

"Willing." Gu Mu said, "It was the third daughter-in-law herself who said it."

Yo-ho-ho, look at the smile on Yuanshan's mother's face, it's radiant.

"Know your daughter-in-law is good, stop being smug, your face is almost crooked from smiling." Old Lady Li rolled her eyes at her old sister.

Gu Mu was exposed, her face couldn't quite hold it, "Who's being smug..."

"Fine, fine, fine, you say it isn't, then it isn't." Old Lady Li said perfunctorily.

Gu Mu: "..."

……

Lin Zhao knew nothing about the mushroom planting mobilization meeting happening in the village.

The Supply and Marketing Cooperative recruited two people today, one salesperson and one new accountant.

The accountant was a thin, dry young man, wearing hemp clothes; when brought by Director Jiang to meet Lin Zhao and the others, his expression carried a bit of awkwardness and shyness, his hands pressed tightly against his pant seams, not daring to look around.

When Director Jiang mentioned Lin Zhao, he suddenly raised his eyes, his gaze slightly brightening, looking at her as if in gratitude.

Lin Zhao met his shining eyes, a look of confusion appearing on her face.

……Does she know him?

"Fine, you've all met, get familiar slowly, everyone get busy." Director Jiang dropped the sentence and went to get busy first.

After the new accountant left, Li Fen walked toward Lin Zhao.

"Do you think the new accountant is weird?" she said mysteriously.

Lin Zhao looked over, "You know the reason?"

Li Fen said directly: "Remember that old man who always comes here to exchange eggs?"

"I remember." Lin Zhao nodded, and asked in confusion: "What does this have to do with the new accountant?"

"It has to do with it, a huge relationship." Li Fen said, "The new accountant is that old man's son."

Lin Zhao: "???"

She said: "Didn't you say that many people were eyeing the accountant's job? Was it snatched by a farm boy?"

"Not snatched, it counts as picking up a leak." Li Fen explained the ins and outs in two sentences.

"Otherwise I wouldn't say that kid is lucky; I heard three families were fighting for this job, to get it for their own, they really showed all their abilities, otherwise it wouldn't have taken several months to decide."

"They made too much of a fuss, the leaders above were angry and said to give the job to the biggest victim. Knowing that the young man graduated from junior high and has been doing well as an accountant in the village, they just decided directly to let him do it, so that's why this happened today."

Lin Zhao: "It has nothing to do with me, why is he looking at me?"

"How does it have nothing to do with you." Li Fen said disapprovingly, "You are his family's benefactor, and also the benefactor who changed his fate. If you hadn't gotten rid of Liu Chunhong, could his family have gotten the compensation that was embezzled? Could the Supply and Marketing Cooperative have spared an accountant's job?"

Lin Zhao: "..."

"The Liu family targeted me first, I was self-defending." She voiced.

Getting rid of something, it seems like she was targeting people.

"Same, all the same, don't worry about these details." Li Fen waved her hand.

Lin Zhao also waved her hand, "No, I'm not. I'm counterattacking."

Yaobao felt it was interesting and imitated the two adults waving their hands, "I'm not, I'm not..." Learning halfway, she giggled.

Lin Zhao hugged her daughter, "You're not what."

Yaobao smiled sweetly, burying herself in her mother's arms, her laughter making one's heart soften.

Knowing the new accountant had no bad intentions, Lin Zhao threw it to the back of her mind.

She didn't take this matter to heart.

At most, she just felt that this person was strangely lucky, and if he worked hard, he wouldn't be bad in the future.

Ding Shun also felt he was lucky.

He was brought to the office.

The windows were bright, the desk was spacious, it was messy on top, and there was dust, but what did it matter, just wipe it off.

It's really good here.

He said in his heart.

"This is your spot, the things on it are not needed, you decide, throw them away or keep them, it's up to you, the table is a bit dirty, wipe it yourself, you know where to get water, right?" The male comrade in the office said.

"Know, know, the director said." Ding Shun said hurriedly.

"The director is like this to all comrades who just arrived." The male comrade who spoke said with a smile.

Ding Shun didn't know what to say and smiled.

"Fine, you tidy up, call me if you have any questions." After saying this, he walked toward his own desk.

Ding Shun said thank you and began to tidy up.

Accountant Liu had good conditions, the things he used were all good, others disliked them as unlucky and didn't want them, but Ding Shun didn't dislike them, organized the things, and planned to take them back to wash and then scald with hot water.

After tidying up, the table looked much larger.

He sat in front of the window, the sunlight shining in through the window; this scene, he didn't even dare to think about.

The image of being insulted for selling eggs at the Supply and Marketing Cooperative flashed through his mind, and he remembered the back of his aged father leaving with a hunched waist... For a moment, he felt his heart turning a hundred times.

—Father, I will work honestly, be a down-to-earth person, and I will also repay my benefactor.

……

Supply and Marketing Cooperative.

The postman rang his bicycle bell.

Wang Ju trotted out and soon brought in a stack of letters.

"Comrade Lin, there's a letter for you, it's quite thick."

Lin Zhao took the letter, "Thank you."

She glanced at the envelope; it was from the military region where Gu Chenghuai was.

Looking at the thickness, it looked like it was sent by Maodan, Momo, and Bai Bai.

Yaobao reached out to grab it, but Lin Zhao caught her hand, "This is for your brothers, you can't touch it."

The little girl retracted her hand and urged her mother to get off work, "Go to school..."

Li Fen couldn't help but laugh, "Your girl is getting smarter and smarter."

"Yes." Lin Zhao didn't deny it, rubbing her daughter's braids.

Returned home.

The twins learned there was a letter for them and went crazy with happiness, not even eating dinner before wanting to see it.

"Eat dinner first, look at it after eating." Lin Zhao issued the order.

The two cubs who had left their stools sat back down instantly, eating mouthful after mouthful.

After eating, they washed their hands carefully, and Yubao and Hengbao opened the letter.

Maodan was older than them, learned to read earlier, and knew more characters, inevitably writing characters they didn't know.

Lin Zhao saw the expressions of the two cubs were like this: (′-﹏-`；)ゞ

?? Went back to my hometown to handle things yesterday, ran around for a day, tired to death, body still uncomfortable, wanted to sleep for a while before writing, didn't expect to fall asleep, had to catch a bus after waking up this morning, wrote whenever I could along the way, finished writing... but couldn't connect to the internet... did it send?!! (?? ﹏????)