60s: I have a store

Chapter 74 Liu Gensheng is moved
Liang Kuan carried two bags of grain home, walking with great vigor and energy. These were 200 kilograms of goods.

With these sweet potatoes and potatoes, he felt that there was hope for the future.

He returned to the compound, not daring to disturb others, and went back to his home secretly. Inside the house, it was dark. His mother was reluctant to light even the kerosene lamp.

"Mother! Turn on the light."

He knew that his mother must not have gone to bed yet.

Sure enough, the sound of matches being struck was soon heard in the house.

With a "hiss", the flame came out and moved to the wick, and the light in the room came on. The brother and sister moved twice, turned their faces away, and continued to sleep.

"Mom! This bag is sweet potatoes, this bag is potatoes, and tomorrow we can go to the master to get 20 kilograms of sorghum. The boss promised to give each of us a kilogram of meat tomorrow."

This was the most enjoyable time they had ever worked.

Not only can they have a good meal every day, but they can also get so much food in just ten days. Which boss can be so generous?

Of course, their master is also generous. Other masters who work with apprentices don’t get as much share, basically the master takes the lion’s share, and they just get a little bit of soup and water.

Some are even more extreme, making you work for free and being used like a donkey in the production team. In a nice way, I have taught you the skills, and you still want to be paid?
Liang Kuan's mother clasped her hands together and thanked all the gods for blessing her son and allowing him to meet a noble person.

As he spoke, his eyes became red.

These are the life-saving food for their family!

"Mom! This is not popular now." Liang Kuan reminded quickly.

If you are seen by people with bad intentions, they will accuse you of promoting feudal superstition, which will be troublesome.

"Okay, okay! In the future, you should learn from your master well and take the initiative to do more heavy work..." She once again patiently "brainwashed" her son.

Liang Kuan is immune.

He had already kept the principle in mind and would never forget his master's kindness. He also knew what to do.

……

At this time, Master Gu also returned to his yard and quietly carried four sacks of grain back home.

"Gensheng, bring some food back tomorrow." Master Gu said to a man in his thirties.

This is Master Gu’s distant cousin.

Liu Gensheng hesitated. His original intention was to come to his cousin to see if he could find a job in the capital to support himself. If he went back to his hometown, even if he brought some food back, how long would he be able to survive?
"cousin……"

Master Gu interrupted him and said, "Listen to me, when you left, there was not much food left at home. Your uncle and aunt are old, and although they live with your brother, I'm afraid they can't survive in this year.

You also said that your brother has five children.

Take the food back first. If you really want to get out, go to the village and get a letter of introduction. Then you can come with me to help people build houses and do renovations, and earn a living."

After hearing this, Liu Gensheng immediately knelt down and kowtowed to his cousin.

On the one hand, he was grateful to his cousin for sending him food, and on the other hand, his cousin was willing to take him and give him a way to survive.

"Okay, get up! You don't even have a letter of introduction and you're running out." Master Gu was speechless.

Where to stay during the journey? You know, without a letter of introduction, you can't take the train, you can't stay in a guesthouse, etc. In short, it's very troublesome to go out without a letter of introduction.

Master Gu kept some for his own family, and asked his distant cousin to take the sweet potatoes and potatoes back home.

This is the only relative he has left. Please help if you can!

Just now, he seriously considered letting his cousin work with him. In this way, he could not only support himself, but also help his hometown.

It is better to teach someone how to fish than to give him fish!
The next morning, Master Gu asked his wife to cook sorghum rice so that his cousin could have enough to eat before he set off.

"Eat enough. You can't take the bus. You have to be careful carrying food." Master Gu said to his cousin. These days, people are willing to do anything to get some food.

He had tampered with the two bags of grain by putting coal on top of the sweet potatoes and potatoes, then tied the two corners of the bags with ropes, deliberately leaving the middle exposed so that the coal inside could be seen.

Despite this, Master Gu was still worried.

"I'm full, cousin, no need to fill it for me anymore."

Lao Gu's wife knew that her husband was a sentimental man, so she had no objection to him giving food to distant relatives. After all, when her parents were in trouble, her husband asked her to bring some food back.

"I'll sew the 50 yuan into this shirt for you, and you can take it out when you get back." Lao Gu's wife advised.

"Okay, cousin, I understand."

Liu Gensheng felt that this cousin's wife was better than his own sister-in-law and was very kind. It is said that an elder sister-in-law is like a mother. His own sister-in-law often disliked him.

No comparison, no harm!

Compared with my cousin's wife, my sister-in-law can only be described as sarcastic and mean.

He planned to bring the food back and then go to the village to get a letter of introduction so that he could hang out with his cousin. He didn't want to stay in his hometown for a moment.

"Take these two pairs of shoes back to your uncle and aunt, and say hello to them from me and your cousin." Lao Gu's wife said as she tied up the two pairs of cloth shoes.

"Yes! Okay!" Liu Gensheng nodded continuously.

"I'll hang the water here for you."

Seeing his cousin's wife giving him this and that and treating him like a child, Liu Gensheng felt as if there was sand in his eyes.

"Okay, let him go back quickly and set off early. Gensheng, try to find a safe place to rest at night, and don't trust others easily..."

Master Gu told his wife to stop nagging, but he started nagging himself.

Liu Gensheng was carrying a load of one or two hundred kilograms and walking very fast.

"I'm going to work too, and will be back at noon today." Master Gu said to his wife.

"Well! Go quickly."

Lao Gu's wife understood that such an employer should not be neglected and should not leave a bad impression on others. In the future, when the family is in trouble, they may have to come to the door for help!

……

Zhou Yimin finished 100 kilograms of mung beans and 100 kilograms of ham in seconds.

In fact, they were just two hams, each weighing 50 kilograms.

In Zhou Yimin's impression, the most famous ham is Jinhua ham. He has eaten it twice and it tastes really good.

Jinhua ham also existed in this era. To be precise, people started making it before liberation. Even folk production began in the Tang Dynasty, flourished in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, and was listed as a tribute during the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty.

He first went to the factory and brought back the solar cooker.

As soon as he took back the courtyard house, he was surrounded by residents.

Looking at this strange thing, everyone was guessing what it was used for.

Zhou Yimin filled an aluminum kettle with water and placed it on the shelf of the solar cooker.

Aluminum kettles, aluminum pots, and aluminum lunch boxes were later said to be poisonous and bad for health. But in this era, many are made of aluminum, especially aluminum lunch boxes.

"Yimin, why put the pot of water up there?" asked an old lady.

"This is a solar stove. It is used to boil water and cook food," Zhou Yimin explained.

(End of this chapter)