Chapter 551

During the Mid-Autumn Festival, Li Anguo and Yang Yongqiang took a day off and arrived in Maxian to go home for a reunion. Although they only had one day, the two children were still very happy and naively asked Li Anguo when he could come back and not leave again.

This made Li Anguo feel quite heartbroken. He was also actively applying to the company for housing, but unfortunately, housing there was quite tight. Li Anguo had thought about renting a house near the company like Chen Xingbang, but he was worried that because he had already rented a house, the company would not allocate one to him.

Li Long advised him to rent a house and bring his wife and children over to live together, as it would be better.

"Second Brother, it's not that I'm chasing Second Sister-in-law away. My courtyard is empty, and I would be more than happy for Second Sister-in-law and the children to live here all the time; they could even help me watch the courtyard and clean the house."

"But you two living apart for a long time is not a solution, and the children will soon be starting school. It is best if they can always attend the same school. Isn't attending school in the city better than attending school in this rural area?"

"If you are worried that your salary is not enough to support the whole family, that's simple. I will regularly send you some rice and flour, or you can take time off to come back and get it yourself."

In his previous life, Li Anguo had a similar experience. When he was a worker in the city, the food was not enough, and Li Jianguo here not only had to take care of Li Long but also had to save rice for Li Anguo to take away.

As for what was exchanged in the end, it's better not to mention it.

Fortunately, in this life, Li Long is successful, and Li Jianguo has also made a fortune by planting melon seeds. In the past two years, under Li Long's leadership, the family's situation has improved a lot, and there is enough food, so it is no problem for Li Anguo to take it.

Li Anguo was somewhat moved. Part of the reason he was reluctant to rent a house was indeed the worry that when his wife and children moved over, his wife would not have a job for a while, and his own salary would have to cover the rent, which would make the family very strained.

The matter was settled just like that, and Chen Li Rong was also very happy. Living here, everyone was quite good to the three of them, but this was not home after all, and there was a feeling of living under someone else's roof.

After the Mid-Autumn Festival, Chen Xingbang took leave from the food factory and came to Li Jianguo's house.

It had already been agreed that Li Qing Xia would return to his hometown together, and there was no dispute. Du Chunfang did not intend to go back. According to her:

"What's there to go back for? You can't eat well, you can't dress well, and even sunbathing isn't as warm as it is here. I'm not going back!"

Here, when busy, the old lady would help with some work, and when free, she would sit at the door and sunbathe, which was very comfortable.

Li Long made a low chair similar to a sofa for his mother. When sitting, she would lean back and squint her eyes, enjoying herself as much as possible.

It was impossible to eat meat at every meal back in the hometown.

Li Jianguo drove a tractor to send Li Qing Xia and Chen Xingbang to the county, and Li Long went with them to Wucheng by car.

Arriving in Wucheng, Li Long put Li Qing Xia and Chen Xingbang on the train together, and then went to the Bayi Agricultural Academy.

The Bayi Agricultural Academy had not been open for long, and the students had just arrived at the school. There was a big difference between freshmen and seniors; the freshmen's eyes were full of curiosity and a slight bit of timidity, while the seniors were still a bit flamboyant.

College students at this time were truly the proud sons of heaven, each with a smile on their face and full of confidence in their demeanor. Although their clothing was simple, they could not hide the vitality in them.

Li Long took his work permit and specified that he wanted to find Professor Wu. After the guard registered, he let him in.

Walking among the students, Li Long also felt much younger—in fact, he was only twenty-one or twenty-two, about the same age as the seniors.

Many students were also curious about him. Looking at his age, he was about the same as the students, but his temperament did not look like a student; instead, he looked a bit like a counselor or something similar.

There were also freshmen passing by who called him "Teacher" when they saw him, which made Li Long feel a little embarrassed.

Living a second life, Li Long saw through many things, and his own temperament had also changed greatly. With his current dress and demeanor, it was impossible to tell that he was actually still a farmer.

Li Long didn't pay much attention to these students; he really had something to do when he went to find Professor Wu. Having obtained very useful knowledge from Professor Wu, he should report it.

"It feels like the research project is over, and I'm reporting to the mentor," Li Long mocked himself.

Finding Professor Wu's office and seeing that the door was not locked, Li Long went over and knocked on the door.

"Come in." Professor Wu responded from inside.

Li Long pushed the door and went in, seeing Professor Wu reading a book and drawing something on it with a pencil.

Hearing the movement of someone coming in, Professor Wu turned her head to look, and then smiled:

"Comrade Li Long, right? Have you finished harvesting the melon seeds? Come, come, sit, sit, sit."

Professor Wu got up, moved a stack of materials on a chair to the floor in the corner, and signaled Li Long to sit down.

While she went to pour water for Li Long, she said:

"I was thinking that you should have finished the harvest over there too. How is it? The yield is okay, right?"

"The yield per mu is about two hundred kilograms, which should be considered a high yield." Li Long said with a smile, "In July and August, we did encounter the pest and disease problems you mentioned, mainly aphids."

"We followed the pesticide method you said, bought pesticides and sprayed twice, the insects went down, and it didn't affect the quality of the melon seeds."

"Hmm, not bad. Come, drink some water. Sorry, I only have boiled water here."

"It's very good." Li Long stood up to take the water, sat down and took a sip, and continued:

"In early September, we started harvesting the melon seeds. In the end, we harvested two thousand and thirty-seven kilograms from ten mu of land, totaling a yield per mu of over two hundred kilograms."

"Good, good, good!" Professor Wu sat down and praised.

The technology in her mind had brought real benefits to the farmers; this was real technology-driven agriculture, which was really great!

Li Long put down the water cup and took out a cardboard box of melon seeds from the backpack he was carrying.

At this time, plastic bags had not yet become popular, so Li Long found a cardboard box for snacks and brought two kilograms of melon seeds.

"Professor, these are the melon seeds we planted, please take a look."

Professor Wu took the box of melon seeds and looked at them carefully. She immediately discovered the problem:

"Hey, why are these melon seeds all flat, and not one is warped? This is unreasonable, right? Did you pick them out specially?"

"Professor is really amazing!" Li Long praised, "Because we planned to sell the fresh melon seeds we harvested to the roasting factory, we directly used a board to press the warped ones flat while they were wet. In this way, the grading will be higher."

"Heh, the wisdom of farmers really cannot be underestimated." Professor Wu praised, and then asked another question: "Does this affect the seedling emergence of the subsequent planting? Will it hurt the melon seed kernel? Have you cracked them open to see?"

"I have seen them." Li Long nodded: "Because we directly picked out the warped melon seeds to press flat after squeezing them out of the melon, the melon seed shell and kernel were wet and tough at that time, so it didn't affect them."

"Good, good, good." Professor Wu smiled.

She grabbed a handful of melon seeds and looked at them carefully, then sighed:

"My graduate students don't have harvests like yours; this can really be done as a research project. By the way, Comrade Xiao Li, how old are you? Do you have a partner? Are you married? I have a few students who are still quite good..."

"Oh, Professor Wu, I am already married." Li Long was a little embarrassed; he didn't expect Professor Wu to ask this question suddenly.

"Sigh, then there is no fate." Professor Wu smiled, "What is your educational background? Have you thought about further studies?"

Li Long roughly understood what Professor Wu meant, and he could only tell the truth:

"Professor, I stopped going to school after graduating from junior high school. At that time, I didn't pass the high school and technical school exams, my grades were not good, and I was considered ignorant at the time and didn't study well. Now it's a bit late to regret it."

In fact, this is the truth. After Li Long came from his hometown, Li Jianguo sent him to the township middle school, intending to let him continue his studies, but unfortunately, Li Long really didn't want to go to school at that time and wasted the opportunity.

"Hmm, actually, you can also learn a lot of knowledge in practice." Professor Wu was disappointed again. If it were high school, it wouldn't be impossible to make an exception, or there might be other ways.

"Professor Wu, if I have any problems in agriculture in the future, can I still come to ask you for advice?" Li Long asked.

"Of course you can." Professor Wu said with a smile, "Feel free to come, but I don't guarantee that I know everything, but our colleagues have research in all aspects of agriculture, so we should be able to help you solve the problems."

Next, Professor Wu asked in detail about some problems in melon seed planting, including the "squeezing" of seeds that Li Long mentioned just now, which she was quite interested in.

Knowing that it was a method Li Long thought of himself, she also asked for Li Long's opinion on whether it could be taught to students in class, and Li Long naturally had no objection.

After communicating for more than an hour, until a student came to ask a question, Li Long got up and said goodbye.

Arriving in Wucheng, Li Long habitually went to the jade factory.

Unfortunately, the windows and doors of the side door were tightly closed, and he didn't know if Liu Gong had closed the door temporarily for something or if it would not be opened in the future, so he had to leave.

He went to the department store to buy some things, the focus was on children's toys, as well as a 26-inch women's bicycle.

Buying a bicycle here is cheaper than in Maxian. Li Long bought this bicycle for Li Juan to take Li Qiang to school.

It's nothing for two people to walk to school every day, but Li Long felt that now that there are conditions, he can save them some time.

Li Juan's diligence in junior high school is obviously much better than before. She gets up every morning to recite English words. At this time, English is learned from junior high school, starting with letters, then words, and then sentences. Unlike later generations, where sentences and short essays are learned from the first or third grade, as if it is assumed that children can recognize letters and words.

The bicycle cannot be put inside the car, it must be put on the roof of the long-distance bus to be transported back.

Fortunately, there is a lot of tarpaulin on the luggage rack on the roof, so the bicycle tied on it is not afraid of bumps.

Li Qing Xia and Chen Xingbang felt significantly different sitting on the train. At this time, there were not so many people going to the "mouth" (the interior of China), and they could even find empty seats on the train.

However, the two were still very alert and reminded each other, after all, there were still quite a few pickpockets on the train in these years.

By the way, let me complain. It is also writing about '83. The great gods have written more than a dozen chapters in a row, each chapter writing about that big event in '83, and there is nothing wrong with it. I only wrote two chapters, and I didn't dare to describe it in detail, and it was directly audited for me.

A small author has no human rights, so I have to try my best to keep up with the great gods.

There was nothing big on the train. They sat to Yongcheng Station, got off the train, found a minibus to go west, and got off at the side of the national highway to reach the hometown.

It is four or five kilometers from the township to Li Lou. At this time, some people are already riding tricycles to solicit passengers. Li Qing Xia and Chen Xingbang are not the kind of people who are greedy for comfort, so they decided to walk very simply.

Because the things planned for this trip are very simple, the luggage of the two is very simple and not heavy.

Chen Xingbang also wanted to help Li Qing Xia carry the bag, but Li Qing Xia refused:

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"What is this little thing? When I carried those tens of kilograms of fish to Shicheng to sell, I lifted them easily. This is nothing, you don't need to carry it, I'm not old yet!"

Chen Xingbang held back his laughter, thinking to himself that I haven't seen it, most of the fish carrying is done by Daqiang, even if Daqiang is not there, it is Li Jianguo and Li Long, when did they dare to let you carry tens of kilograms of fish?

Of course, it is normal for the father-in-law not to admit he is old.

First go to Li Lou. The house was cold, and Chen Xingbang originally wanted to help, but was driven away by Li Qing Xia:

"Go home quickly, Xiaoxia and Hongqin don't know how they are doing yet."

What is a cold pot and a cold stove? Li Qing Xia has not lived such a life. These days in Northern Xinjiang, he has lived a good life, and he is really not used to it. After a long while, he remembered to go to the courtyard to find firewood to burn the stove.

It's just that the firewood left in the courtyard had long been taken away by someone, leaving only two or three weeds.

Looking outside, Li Qing Xia sighed.

It's no wonder Du Chunfang didn't want to come back. It's a bit difficult to find some firewood here, unlike in Northern Xinjiang, where you can grab two handfuls anywhere outside the courtyard and get a handful of firewood.

He doesn't have the ability of the rough and deformed big hands in the textbook, where you can grab two handfuls on the ground and have firewood.

Go out and find it.

Chen Xingbang, wearing a Zhongshan suit and carrying a bag, strode towards Chenzhuang.

At this time, he wished he could run and fly back home.

I really miss home.

In the Li family, Li Jianguo wears a Zhongshan suit, and Li Long is also used to wearing a Zhongshan suit. Li Anguo used to be, but after arriving at the Jian'an Company, he wore work clothes more often.

This led to the fact that even the new clothes Chen Xingbang made for himself were dark blue Zhongshan suits.

Unlike those who go out to work to earn money and wear suits when they come back, this Zhongshan suit still looks a bit like a cadre at this time, which led to some villagers seeing him and not recognizing him for a while.

When Chen Xingbang walked far away, that person screamed:

"Chen Xingbang?"

Then shouted loudly:

"Chen Xingbang is back! Chen Xingbang is back!"

The big tree at the head of the village faces the land of the village, not on the road leading to the village outside, so those gossiping women knew the news of Chen Xingbang's return relatively late, but this did not affect them watching the excitement.

The matter of Chen Zhanggui and Shen Yujuan going to Li Xia to give an ultimatum had spread throughout the village, and everyone was saying everything. Plus that old bachelor Wang Jinguang, it's going to be lively now!

Although Chen Xingbang was anxious to go home, he also noticed the strange looks of the villagers on the road.

He didn't ask in detail, planning to talk about it after going home.

Returning to his own courtyard excitedly, he saw Li Xia struggling to weave a basket in the courtyard—because the handle used for the basket was quite hard, she was trying hard to bend the stick, and her expression was a bit ferocious.

"Xiaoxia, I'm back!" Chen Xingbang said, and went up to help.

Li Xia let go and looked at the man in front of her.

After looking for a full twenty or thirty seconds, seeing Chen Xingbang a little panicked, Li Xia hit Chen Xingbang with several heavy punches:

"Why did you just come back! Ah—"

The grievances, anger, and worry and fear that had been suppressed for many days were vented, and Li Xia burst into tears.

The neighbors around heard it and came out to see. Chen Xingbang was a little embarrassed, but he was more concerned about what happened to his wife. He understood his wife's character; although she looked weak, she was definitely not the kind of character who would cry easily. This must have been a great grievance.

Helping his wife into the room, after a long while of comfort, Li Xia stopped crying. Originally, Chen Xingbang wanted to ask for the truth, but his daughter Hongqin ran in, and after seeing Chen Xingbang, she was stunned for a moment, and then threw herself into his arms:

"Dad, Dad, you're back! Ah—"

The daughter also started to cry.

Fortunately, the daughter was easy to coax. Chen Xingbang took a cloth doll toy out of his bag, and Hongqin stopped crying immediately. She took the doll and played for a while before running out.

This is probably to show off to her little friends.

At this time, Chen Xingbang asked in detail about the situation at home.

At first, Li Xia didn't say anything, so Chen Xingbang told about his experience in Northern Xinjiang, mainly his current identity, and some things that were not easy to say in the telegram.

"I plan to take you and the children to Northern Xinjiang quietly this time. I dare not tell anyone else about this..." Chen Xingbang listened to Li Long's words, and he also had this idea himself.

If he said it, he didn't know how many people would cry and shout to follow him to Northern Xinjiang, and he couldn't stand that.

For this village, except for his wife and children, he had no attachment at all.

After telling his own affairs, Chen Xingbang asked again if anything happened at Li Xia's home.

Li Xia cried again. While crying, she told the two things. One was the words Chen Zhanggui said, and the other was the matter of Wang Jinguang.

Regarding the words Chen Zhanggui said, Chen Xingbang really couldn't say anything, but he already had a decision in his heart.

Some original decisions needed to be changed.

But after Li Xia said what Wang Jinguang did, he stood up suddenly:

"Damn it, I've only been gone for a few months, and any piece of trash dares to bully our family?"

Saying that, he turned around and went out.

Li Xia didn't stop him. The man is back, so let the man solve the problem.

Chen Xingbang found an old iron shovel in the courtyard, stomped off the shovel head in two steps, and walked towards Wang Jinguang's house with big strides.

The neighbors originally intended to watch the excitement, and this time they knew there was real excitement.

Wang Jinguang hadn't heard the news yet. He was a lazy person who didn't care about the next meal after eating the previous one. At this time, he was strolling back, and then he saw someone enter his courtyard.

Next, he heard messy sounds coming from his courtyard. He said "it's bad," and immediately ran towards his home quickly, shouting while running:

"Who? Who ran to my house? Stop!"

When Wang Jinguang arrived home, he found that there was nothing good in the courtyard. The bedding and such in the room were dragged out and poured with water. The only piece of furniture, a broken table, was also kicked over, and several table legs were broken.

As for the stove, it was even more unbearable. The bowls were all broken, the pot was broken, and the stove was kicked over.

Seeing the pot broken, Wang Jinguang's anger rose immediately. Smashing the pot, smashing the tools for eating, this is to form a deadly feud!

He immediately went to grab the person who smashed the pot, but when the other party turned around, he withered immediately.

Chen Xingbang didn't care about his attitude. The shovel handle, as thick as a child's arm, hit Wang Jinguang's arm heavily!

"Ah—" Wang Jinguang screamed, and felt his arm break at that moment!

He turned his head and ran, but could he run faster than Li Xia, and could he run faster than Chen Xingbang, whose anger value was full?

Chen Xingbang held the shovel handle and smashed it on his body without thinking. Looking at the rhythm, he intended to smash this guy to death!

Men's affairs, solved by men's methods! (End of chapter)