Rebirth 1979: Marrying a poor girl at the beginning

"Hongqi, get up quickly! This is too much for me, I can't bear it!" Lin Zhengjun hurriedly pulled them up.

"Zhengjun, thank you. You are a kind person. You help our Hongqi make money!" Wei Hongqi's wife burst into tears.

She had a "big belly disease", her belly was bigger than a baby after ten months of pregnancy, but her limbs were thin and weak, her face was sallow, and she spoke weakly.

In fact, Lin Zhengjun knew that this was ascites caused by schistosomiasis, which was easy to treat.

But just because of those few dozen dollars of medical expenses, she would have to suffer from illness for years, living a life neither human nor ghost!

"Uncle Zhengjun, thank you!"

"We will never forget your kindness!"

Of his three children, only the eldest daughter, aged 14, was wearing clothes. The two boys were completely naked, skinny, and tanned as dark as coal briquettes.

"I don't have any favors. This is all earned by your father through his hard work!"

"I don't deserve your thanks. You should thank your hardworking and capable father!"

"Hey, stop kneeling. If you want to repay me, study hard and get a perfect score!"

Lin Zhengjun pulled up one, and that one knelt down. He pulled up that one, and another one knelt down again.

Damn, it's like playing whack-a-mole!

He was really exhausted.

But at this moment, Lin Zhengjun also felt warm in his heart, his eyes were hot, and he almost broke down!

I didn't do anything!

I have a lot of ulterior motives, and I pua you and treat you like cattle and horses. I only give you the salary and dividends that you should have, but you are so grateful to me!

I feel so unworthy of this!

Many members and educated youth had tears in their eyes when they saw this touching scene.

Tang Xiaofu wiped her eyes and said softly, "You know what? Xue Rou, actually, I didn't really support Zhengjun starting this cooperative from the bottom of my heart at the beginning!"

"why?"

"It's very simple!"

Tang Xiaofu said: "I think the most important thing is to get into college. Although doing a collective sideline business can make money, it is a waste of time. If the regular army fails the exam next year, it will not be worth it!"

"Lin Zhengjun is very good at production management. He just breaks down the production tasks according to the process flow and then becomes a hands-off boss. No one is as relaxed as him. In fact, he has not delayed his review and preparation for the exam at all. He will definitely be admitted to a good university next year!" Zhao Xueruo said admiringly.

"Well, he has a good academic foundation. I have confidence now!"

Tang Xiaofu nodded, then sighed, "But now seeing the change in Wei Hongqi, I feel that Lin Zhengjun was right to run the youth cooperative!"

"The members are too poor and too miserable, and they are too eager to change the status quo. At this time, a leader must stand up!"

Wei Hongbing, Lin Tiedan and other members of the cooperative also felt a surge of ambition and passion in their hearts!

Not only do we make money ourselves, we also lead other members to make money. We are using our practical actions to change the current situation of poverty and backwardness in Hewan Brigade!

The dream described by Commander Lin will definitely come true!

After watching the excitement, Chen Laoshi and Wu Changshun wanted to leave, but Lin Bingde yelled, "Stop, both of you, fulfill your bet, and go eat shit!"

Chen Laoshi was very embarrassed: "Secretary, manure is an important agricultural production material and should be used as fertilizer. If I eat it, it will be a waste!"

boom!

The crowd roared with laughter.

"The brigade can't afford to provide you with white flour buns, but it's no problem to treat you two to dung!"

Wu Changshun was so frightened that he trembled: "Secretary, I was just joking, but you actually meant it!"

"Who are you kidding? Militia, hold them down and feed them shit!"

Lin Bingde gave an order.

The new director of public security, Zhao Zhongkai, immediately took a few basic militiamen to pin the two men down. Some troublemakers ran to the collective manure pit and scooped up manure with a long-handled manure shovel.

"Secretary, I know I was wrong! I won't say sarcastic words again!"

"Have mercy, I don't want to eat shit!"

"If I eat shit, my reputation will be ruined. No girl would be willing to marry me!"

Seeing the pile of manure so close to them, the two were so scared that they struggled frantically and begged for mercy, almost crying.

"Hahaha, Changshun doesn't go to work every day, and he still misses his wife!"

"What's your bad reputation? Your bad mouth!"

"He has a foul mouth and says every day that the collective cooperative is not doing well and will collapse!"

Everyone burst into laughter.

"Oh, I'm dying of laughter!"

Tang Xiaofu and Zhao Xueruo laughed so hard that tears came out!

Life in the countryside is poor and hard, but during the slack season, everyone is relaxed and all kinds of fun things can happen.

Tang Xiaofu and other educated youth would never have the chance to see these kinds of fun in the city.

"If you want me to spare you, it's not impossible!"

Lin Bingde was just trying to scare them, he wouldn't really feed them manure, he said with a fierce face: "When planting in autumn, one person has to pull ten carts of manure from the collective manure pit to the field, but it doesn't count as work points!"

"I agree!" Chen Laoshi said hurriedly.

Wu Changshun was most afraid of working, and hesitated, "Oh my God! Secretary, you are too cruel. Ten carts of manure, don't tire me to death..."

"Are you afraid of being exhausted to death? Okay, then I'll choke you to death with feces!" Lin Bingde picked up the dung shovel and put it close to Changshun's mouth.

"Ugh! I do it!"

Changshun was almost vomiting from the smell and hurriedly agreed.

After watching the excitement for a while, Lin Zhengjun said with a smile: "Come on, Xiaofu, let's go check out the new house. It's been a while since we last saw it!"

Ever since the beams were put up in the new house, Lin Zhengjun has been busy with the production of canned yellow peaches and also had to review for exams, so he hasn't visited the new house.

"Okay!" Tang Xiaofu nodded.

"I'll go take a look too!" Zhao Xueruo followed.

When we arrived at the new house in the back mountain, we saw Wei Shuangxi and a dozen workers busy at work. All the rooms had been tiled, lime had been scraped on the walls, and glass windows had been installed.

Next, you just need to lay the floor tiles, add furniture, and dry the house for a month before you can move in.

After all, there are no composite materials these days, everything is made of pure solid wood. Lin Zhengjun's furniture is only painted with varnish, not paint, so there is very little formaldehyde.

In fact, nowadays there are very few houses in rural areas that have brick or cement floors. According to this standard, they can be considered finished.

"This house is so spacious, bright and beautiful!" Tang Xiaofu looked happy.

"Oh, Mom! What's the difference between this and a villa!" Zhao Xueruo was envious.

In the era of welfare housing distribution and when real estate had not yet been commercialized, not only did people in rural areas live in poor conditions, but housing in cities was also tight.

According to statistics, in 1978, the average housing area per employee nationwide was only 3.9 square meters, 1952 square meters less than in 0.9.

In 182 major cities, one-third of households lack housing, and millions of people have been living in warehouses, corridors, and even basements and toilets for a long time.

This year, there are still 20 million people (mainly educated youth returning to cities) who have no jobs and no houses, and can only live together with their families.

Lin Zhengjun's house is 160 square meters in total.

In addition to the living room, utility room, bathroom and kitchen, there are a total of five rooms for people to live in, which is really enviable.

Seeing Lin Zhengjun frowning, Wei Shuangxi asked, "Zhengjun, are you dissatisfied with anything? It's not too late to change it now!"

"No, you did a good job!" Lin Zhengjun said, "I was just thinking about upgrading the floor tiles and the bathroom."

"How else do you want to upgrade? You'll have a cement floor in your house. You'll be the only one in this village!" Wei Shuangxi is a bit of a Muggle.

"I want to lay tiles all over the house, including in the bathroom, and then install a flush toilet, the kind with manual water supply, either a squat toilet or a sit-down toilet will do!" said Lin Zhengjun.

"Hiss! Tiles all over the floor, flush toilet, Zhengjun, this might cost another 600 or 700 yuan, mainly because tiles are too expensive!"

"Go ahead, I can do it!"

Originally, Lin Zhengjun really didn't dare to be so extravagant, but now that the canned yellow peach business is successful, he has a lot of spare money and is full of confidence.

"Okay, then I'll go contact the tiles and toilet right away!" Wei Shuangxi nodded.

"Flush toilet? Zhengjun, that's great! But... it's a little expensive."

Tang Xiaofu's face was full of longing.

Who doesn't want a clean bathroom? These days, private toilets are not allowed. You have to go to a public toilet. The cesspool at the back is spectacular...

Zhao Xueruo's eyes were bloodshot with envy. She lived in a slum in Yanjing and had to go to the public toilet in the alley. She didn't even have a flush toilet at home.

"It's okay, we're not short of money!" Lin Zhengjun said with a smile.

Upgrade, must upgrade!

Since he had money anyway, he didn't bother to discuss it with Lin Sanhuai.

When he and Tang Xiaofu went to Yenching University, his parents could live more comfortably in their hometown, which could be considered as fulfilling their filial piety.