I Became the Favorite of Big Bosses

Chapter 407 What is more important than getting married?

Everyone in the crowd with black heads and plateau red faces looked at them. The atmosphere was deadlocked and no one dared to speak.

Li Hong and Wang Defa glanced at each other, not knowing why.

They all heard some of the commotion here just now, but they still didn't know the cause.

Gu Sande didn't sell the lawsuit, he nodded directly to Wang Defa, pointed at Li Hongshun and said: "This is the son of Aunt Liu's family in the brigade. He said it's unfair for us to divide the fish. It's just right that you brought the work points book. Let's break it here." Hold on and see how many remaining work points their family has and how many fish they can share."

After saying that, Gu Sande glanced at Li Hongshun again, "Just do the math here, in front of everyone."

Wang Defa glanced at Li Hongshun and understood.

 After turning the work-share book to the page of Aunt Liu’s house, he handed the work-share book to Li Hong and asked Li Hong to hold it for him.

 Unhooking the abacus from his waist, Wang Defa stretched his neck from time to time to glance at the work-sharing book in Li Hong's hand, and the abacus in his hand made a "crackling" sound.

During the two breaths, Wang Defa raised his head: "Excluding a few sick days, Liu Xiaoyan'er was off work for 345 days throughout the year, and the Duke received 2,415 work points. The rations were divided for the first few days, with ten kilograms of fine grain rice and 150 kilograms of coarse grain sweet potatoes, leaving 85 work points. , you can share a two-pound fish that has popped up."

The work points of the seventh team are worth 4 cents per centimeter, and 85 work points is 3.4 cents. The fish sold outside is 25 cents per catty. The fish here in the brigade are collective property, and the members’ share of the fish is discounted based on their work points. Otherwise, , Aunt Liu’s remaining 85 work points alone cannot buy two kilograms of fish.

Li Hongshun's skinny face turned red, "Then, what about me? I also go to the fields!"

He has also worked in the field several times, so doesn’t he get any work points?

Li Hongshun's arrogance suddenly rose, as if he had taken advantage of Gu Sande and Wang Defa, and said angrily: "I'm useless, and you can't fool me like this. What is it if it's not bullying? If you don't make things clear today, , I will go to the commune to sue you!"

"Haha." Gu Sande sneered, ignored Li Hongshun, and waved to Wei Lan and another middle-aged woman to draw lots together.

“Don’t worry, haven’t I finished speaking yet?” Wang Defa glanced at Li Hongshun, with a very kind smile on his face.

Li Hongshun's anger calmed down for a moment. He had been laughed at by everyone just now, and he felt uncomfortable. He was waiting for Wang Defa's next words to help him slap everyone in the face.

After waiting and waiting, Wang Defa finally spoke, "Li Hongshun, I went to the fields three times in 1976. During the first spring plowing in March, I asked you to weed, and you shoveled the seedlings. Weeded in April, and you shoveled the seedlings again. I asked you to do the weeding in August. Shit, you dropped the bucket.”

 The fertilizers used in the large group of fertilizers are all human and animal dung. It is difficult to accumulate, so it is very precious.

Wei Lan couldn't help but think of the time when he poured a ladle of dung on Li Jinyu. At that time, he was criticized by Gu Sande and was punished by writing a letter of apology.

Li Hongshun threw the bucket, which was basically a waste of a load of manure. I guess... it wasn't as simple as writing a letter of apology.

Sure enough, Wang Defa took the work points book from Li Hong's hand, closed it, and said: "Originally, your family could divide four catties of fish, but because of that load of dung, your mother has been deducted 200 work points."

Li Hongshun's face changed suddenly. Before he could speak, Wang Defa's smile had faded and he was unbelievably serious. "If you don't accept it, come to your mother and talk to her. Let's see if this is the case."

 Li Hongshun dared to say more that he was unaware of the deduction of work points, but he did the shoveling of seedlings and throwing of dung buckets on purpose so that he would not have to work in the fields in the future.

The captain was indeed unhappy at the time, but the whole thing was solved by the **** and he was not allowed to go out at all. Later, when he left the house, things had already turned upside down.

　　But it turns out that what I thought was a turning point happened again in private!

Li Hongshun's face turned blue and white with embarrassment, and he secretly cursed Aunt Liu for being an old and immortal person. She didn't even say a word to him about this matter, which caused him such a big loss of face.

Li Hongshun walked out of the crowd dejectedly, no longer daring to shout about how Gu Chao could divide the fish.

Wei Lan was lucky and won the small fish lot in one fell swoop. The female comrade who also drew the lot happened to want the big fish. Both of them got what they wanted, and they laughed from ear to ear.

 Half a bundle of straw was prepared nearby early in the morning. Gu Sande casually rubbed two straw ropes and helped another female comrade string up the fish so that they could be taken home.

 The straw rope was passed through the fish's gills and out of the fish's mouth. He quickly tied two strings and handed them to the female comrades.

While helping Wei Lan string fish, Gu Sande bowed his waist and his dull voice reached everyone's ears:

"The fish sold in the commune shop outside is 25 cents per catty. The members of our team pay 17 cents per catty for their work points. Gu Chao, who is on the team, pays 25 cents to make up for the work points to buy the fish. It’s only five cents per catty.”

Gu Sande lifted up the thin fish but did not hand it to Wei Lan. He looked across the crowd and said coldly: "While the fish is still there, think about it among yourselves and see if you are willing to sell him this fish." If they refuse, I won’t have to give them the fish in my hand. As for the money..."

Gu Sande did not continue.

 If you don’t give fish to others, the money will be returned.

 Fish are always over weighed by ten pounds or ten pounds, so two and a half cents per pound is equal to two and a half yuan.

That was only two yuan and fifty cents. There was so much fish that they couldn't share it all anyway. They had to give it to the commune at a discount and sell it to Gu Chao. Later, the team would divide the money, and each household would get a few cents more.

"Sell!"

“That’s right, why don’t you sell it?”

 Many people in the crowd were eager to express their opinions.

Some people felt embarrassed and quickly rounded off their excuses, "We are all from the same brigade. How can there be no fish on the New Year table? Captain, please give the fish to Wei Zhiqing. It's so cold... Wei Zhiqing quickly took it and went home. Come on! It’s warm at home.”

Gu Sande glanced at the eager eyes of the people around him again, sighed inwardly, and handed the fish to Wei Lan.

These people have no serious bad intentions and just like to care about trivial matters. In the final analysis, they are still troubled by poverty.

Ten kilograms of fish are not light. They were tied together with straw ropes one by one. The moment Wei Lan took them, her little hand fell down under the heavy weight.

Hurrying out one hand, he bent slightly and held it with both hands to prevent the fish from falling to the ground.

 Wei Lan's hands were trembling, and she smiled at Gu Sande with a slightly embarrassed expression, "Thank you, captain."

 “Thank you, captain.”

Gu Sande waved his hand: "Brother Chao earned it by his own ability. Go home quickly."

Wei Lan hunched over and walked out, the fish tail in his hand swayed twice from time to time, and the force of the fall became heavier, and he almost couldn't hold it several times.

 The people who were queuing up to share the fish and watching the excitement stepped aside and made way for a small path. They whispered to each other and watched Wei Lan struggling with the fish, then staggered out of the crowd.

Gu Chao had been waiting outside the crowd. When he saw Wei Lan coming out, he couldn't help but take the fish from her hand and put it into the bucket.

There was water in the bucket, and it was half full of water. As soon as the fish was put in, it was so full that the water swelled and overflowed.

“Go home!” Wei Lan pursed her lips. Although she was a little embarrassed by everyone just now, now she looked at the fish in the bucket and felt excited again.

"Yeah." Gu Chao nodded, holding the fish with one hand, tilting the mouth of the bucket to remove some water, and then followed Wei Lan and walked home.

Wei Lan was very interested, thinking about how to eat these fish, and heard moaning coming from the drainage ditch of the small harbor next to her.

She paused, took two steps toward the shore, and stretched her neck to take a look.

 The water in the drainage ditch was thigh-deep, and Li Hongshun was splashing in it.

Wei Lan turned back to look at Gu Chao, "What did you do?"

"…" Gu Chao hesitated for a moment and nodded slowly, "It's easy to get angry in winter, so I'll help him cool down." This poor excuse...

  It's okay to be as sinister as possible.

Wei Lan curled her lips, stepped back to the main road, and trotted back, "Go home quickly, I made something delicious."

 It was such a cold day, and Gu Chao was still wearing wet clothes.

When he got home, Gu Chao put the bucket in the main room. He took out five big fish and arranged them neatly. There were only small fish and shrimps in the bucket. He carried it to the backyard.

Wei Lan followed behind, "What do you want to do? Just tell me and I will do it. You take a shower first."

In previous years, Gu Chao also followed the brigade to dig lotus roots. Grandma Gu knew all the situations and had boiled hot water early in the morning.

Seeing Gu Chao Wei Lan come back, Grandma Gu had already taken a basin and started to fetch hot water.

Gu Chao showed a soft smile and kept walking, "These are still alive. We will fetch water and feed them overnight and spit out mud. I will cook them for you to eat tomorrow."

His pants had already been soaked by the mud and water, and every time he took a step, the legs of his pants would make a popping sound when they hit his body.

Wei Lan frowned worriedly and grabbed the barrel. The barrel was too heavy and fell firmly to the ground with a thud, splattering some mud.

 “Go take a shower first!” Wei Lan said angrily.

It's true that this person won't die if he is left alone for a while, he has to suffer from illness.

"Okay, I'm going to take a shower first." Gu Chao stretched out his hand to pinch Wei Lan's cheek, but when he thought his hands were smelling of mud and fish, he took it back halfway, "Put this here, I'll do it later. "

Wei Lan pecked at the rice and nodded. After Gu Chao entered the room to take a bath, she ran to the kitchen, added some firewood to the stove, and boiled the **** soup.

Thinking that Gu Chao had not eaten, he turned up the fire on the stove, cut the sweet potato noodles steamed in the morning into thin strips, and quickly cooked a bowl of hot and sour noodles.

 Spicy food can dispel wind and cold, promote blood circulation and increase body temperature.

Gu Chao took a hot bath, put on clean clothes and felt refreshed. He swung the dirty clothes back and forth in the bathtub twice, and the water in the basin suddenly turned into muddy water.

Gu Chao took a bucket to put dirty clothes in, took the bathtub and went out to fill the water, and then entered the house. He was about to change the fish and shrimp in the bucket with fresh water, but was stopped by Wei Lan halfway.

"Drink this, then go back to the house and sit down. I'll get you some hot water and soak your feet." Wei Lan pursed her lips slightly, raised her chin slightly, and raised a large bowl of **** soup to Gu Chao without any refusal.

Although she does everything herself, she always has the air of a queen giving orders.

"Okay." Gu Chao smiled fondly, took the bowl and drank the **** soup in a big gulp. He saw Wei Lan looking up at him, her pretty face full of determination and seriousness.

"You go and have a rest, I'll do it myself." Gu Chao turned the bowl upside down and showed it to her, his low voice laced with a hint of uncontrollable laughter.

His voice is sweet and sweet, filled with indescribable endearment and tenderness.

Wei Lan's heart pounded twice and her ears felt hot.

But he was not willing to be defeated. He only took one step away and looked sideways at Gu Chao with a look of "Don't try to fool me." "Then I want to watch you fetch water."

 Half a while later, Gu Chao sat on the bed, soaking his big feet that were white from the mud in the slightly hot water.

There was the sound of footsteps outside the door. He looked sideways and saw Wei Lan running towards him holding a large bowl.

Wei Lan entered the room and put the sea bowl on the table. There was a sour and spicy smell in the air. After smelling it, Gu Chao couldn't help but salivate from his mouth.

  “What is it?”

 “Hot and sour noodles!” Wei Lan was proud of herself. She dragged the small table in front of Gu Chao and then took the bowls and chopsticks and put them on the table. “Here, let’s eat.”

Wei Lan was afraid that he would feel cold, so she ran out again and specially brought the stove to this room.

 The firewood burned very vigorously, and from time to time it made a "clicking" sound as it was burned to pieces.

After finishing these things, Wei Lan went back to the room and brought a bag of things over, sat at the door and sorted them out.

After drinking a bowl of **** soup and now eating hot and sour noodles, Gu Chao felt warm in his stomach and his whole body was warm.

However, he felt that the temperature was just right, but Wei Lan felt a little too hot.

 Wei Lan had been busy working back and forth just now, and a thin layer of sweat had formed on his back. This time, sitting next to the stove, it became even hotter, so he simply took off his heavy cotton-padded jacket.

Taken off the bloated sheepskin jacket, revealing a slim-fitting white cashmere sweater, revealing the slim curves of her waist.

His glossy black silk hair hangs down behind her ears, and her good-looking face with low eyebrows shows gentleness and softness.

 A sense of demure and ethereal beauty emerges spontaneously.

 It is very different from the little girl who usually chirps and cheerfully like a bird.

Gu Chao put his hands on the edge of the bed and looked at it in a daze.

Wei Lan didn't realize it at all. She had clothes in her arms and a box with her head lowered, rummaging through it carefully.

The rectangular wooden box contains a variety of buttons, densely packed, which Wei Lan asked Gu Chao to buy at the supply and marketing cooperative before. They cost a penny each and bought some of each type.

Lenin and the Chinese tunic have been **** in the afternoon, but the buttons are missing.

Selecting the right buttons, Wei Lan counted five, buttoned the box and put it aside. She indicated the position of the buttons while chattering about Fan Zhuan and Lin Qing.

Because the wedding was approaching, Fan Zhuo did not participate in the lotus root digging activities. He went to the brigade leader early in the morning to apply for leave, and then took Lin Qing to the county.

Wei Lan guessed that they were preparing for marriage.

Gu Chao's arms stiffened for a moment, and he was silent before he said, "It could be something else."

 Wei Lan was stunned, raised her head and blinked, her black peach blossom eyes looked at Gu Chao blankly, "What else is there? Could it be more important than getting married?"

The dark and watery peach blossom eyes are full of blankness and innocence, no less than that of a newborn beast.

 His girl is too pure and beautiful.

Gu Chao suddenly felt a sense of guilt in his heart.

 His Adam's apple rolled, he turned his head and changed the topic, "I must have thought too much."

Wei Lan didn’t believe it, and as she lowered her head to sew the buttons, she was wondering what Gu Chao’s words meant.

 (End of this chapter)