My 1995 Small Farm

  Chapter 33 Small Talk

   "Tomorrow, the village will start to divide the land again. After the land is divided equally, I will also help you."

   After eating this meal, Wang Lixian also noticed that Chen Ling had changed. He hoped that Chen Ling would learn well and live a steady life.

  I heard Wang Jusheng say during dinner that grass sprouts appeared in the piece of land that Chen Ling bought from Erzhu this year, so take care of it, maybe in another two years, it might not be worse than a good field, and I was willing to help him.

   "Ah? Brother Xian, are you not going outside this year?"

  Chen Ling was startled for a moment and asked.

   "If you don't go, there are still more than half of the wages that have not been paid. I don't know if I can get it back. The grandson of the turtle is not very good."

   "Otherwise my family wouldn't be able to eat meat during the Chinese New Year."

   Wang Lixian spit angrily.

   "Huh? Didn't Brother Xian follow the contracted labor team of the stinky soldiers in the village?"

   "This kid is the same as Erzhu Tie buddy, and he has the wages he wants to get back?"

   Wang Jusheng said strangely.

   "This time is different. The project is in the city. The big boss of Xiangjiang came to pay for the building. He said he ran away and ran away. Erzhu knew some people in the county town for a fart."

  Wang Lixian sighed, reached into his pocket to fetch tobacco leaves, and prepared to roll a cigarette.

  Wang Jusheng hurriedly handed over his cigarette, "Brother Xian smoked me."

   This guy didn't know what to talk to Wang Lixian at first, and his words seemed blunt.

   Mainly because the two have nothing in common.

   As a result, after a few glasses of wine, the drunkenness surged up, and Wang Jusheng didn't care about anything. That's a lot of words.

  Chen Ling talks, he talks, Wang Lixian talks, he talks, and even Heiwa and Xiaojin cry twice, he has to tease the two little guys a few times.

   After teasing, he had to ask Chen Ling how the puppy was brought back by him before weaning, how did he support it.

   kept in his mouth for a long time, just like Tang Seng chanting scriptures.

  No, he lit a cigarette for Wang Lixian and asked, "Brother Xian is in the construction team now, how's the salary?"

  Wang Lixian didn't hide it from him, he took a puff and said, "Last year it was fifteen yuan a day."

   "Huh! Four hundred and fifty a month, more than a middle school teacher's salary!"

  Wang Jusheng exclaimed when he heard this.

  Chen Ling said with a smile: "That's the kind of treatment that Brother Xian only has. An ordinary worker can earn 200 yuan a month."

   "Well, Fugui is right."

   "I have worked for more than ten years to earn this salary, which is not much."

   "Besides, I still owe me more than half of it."

  Wang Lixian smoked a cigarette and smiled lightly.

   This is just a normal chat, and Wang Lixian is not the kind of person who complains when he sees people outside.

   But when Chen Ling listened, he could feel that Wang Lixian was not easy.

   Not only does the family have many children, but the wife and eldest daughter are still mute. His eldest daughter is not a few years younger than Chen Ling, and soon it will be the age to talk about marriage, and getting married is a problem.

   Not only these, but this year, his family's primary five has to take the entrance exam, and Liu Ni'er has also reached the age of primary school. This tuition and miscellaneous fees are not a small amount.

  He carried it alone, and the pressure was not small.

   "A Ling, Brother Jusheng, the porridge is hot, you two should drink a bowl of porridge and slowly drink up."

   At this time, Wang Susu came over with a pot of hot porridge.

   This is the porridge that was made just now. Everyone else has drank it, but Chen Ling and Wang Jusheng were drinking.

   "No, no, I really can't drink anymore."

  Wang Jusheng waved his hand and said, the food was so delicious that his stomach would burst, how could he still drink porridge.

   "Brother Jusheng doesn't drink it, then give me a bowl."

  Chen Ling handed over the bowl. The porridge in his home is a good thing, and it cannot be wasted.

   "Fugui, when did you eat so much?"

  Good guy, Wang Lixian was stunned when he saw it.

   "That's right, my belly is about to burst. You don't eat less than me, and your belly doesn't seem to be bulging."

  Wang Jusheng also murmured and patted his bulging belly, very puzzled.

   "Haha, I still haven't let go, I can eat a cow if I let it go."

  Chen Ling held the porridge bowl and boasted.

  Other people didn’t believe it, of course, a few people were talking and laughing, and it was almost nine o’clock soon.

   "Oh, I forgot the time when I said this. It's so late, I should go home!"

  Wang Jusheng rubbed his drunken eyes, and when he stood up, his stomach was as firm as that of a pregnant woman.

   Not only him, but also Wang Lixian and Liu Ni'er, especially Liu Ni'er is much more obvious than his father. When he stood up, his stomach swelled like a little watermelon.

   "Well, my father and I are back too."

   "Susu, get a flashlight for Brother Xian and Brother Jusheng. It's pretty dark outside now."

  Chen Ling touched Liu Ni'er's head and said.

   In this era, there were few electrical appliances in rural areas, and there were no street lights. It was already dark after nine o’clock, and I couldn’t see my hands when I stretched out my arms.

   I really can't see my fingers.

   "No, no, I'm very close, just two steps away."

  Wang Lixian waved his hand and refused to take it.

  Wang Jusheng drank too much and tried his best, so Chen Ling had to force it to them before accepting it.

   "Fugui, I will help you tomorrow!"

  Wang Jusheng pushed the car staggeringly, not forgetting to drop a word.

   "Hey, this guy..."

   "It's more noisy than Brother Xian."

   watched them leave, Chen Ling smiled and shook his head.

   "Be lively."

  Wang Susu pursed her lips and smiled and took Chen Ling's arm, obviously in a good mood.

   Indeed, where did anyone in the village communicate with Chen Ling before?

   Even if he came to visit his house, in addition to watching his jokes, the elders persuaded Chen Ling to learn better.

   has never been so happy and lively, Wang Susu is naturally very happy.

   is even more convinced that Chen Ling wants to get better.

  …

  Chen Ling spent the next few days cleaning up the wasteland.

  Wang Jusheng followed him every day to help. Although Wang Lixian didn't come, he also brought a donkey from his second son-in-law's house.

   Donkeys and horses plough the land faster than oxen.

   There are two donkeys or two horses ploughing the field, which is as efficient as a small tractor.

  Furthermore, since the second pillar has been trimmed by Laozi, it is relatively flat.

   Three or four acres of land in the morning, three or four acres in the afternoon, and 30 acres of land were not used for a few days, and they plowed most of the land.

   There are still more than ten acres of land left without ploughing. Chen Ling kept it to grow some grain and vegetables. He also had to dig a pond, plant some lotus flowers in the cave, and raise some fish and the like.

   After finishing the land, Chen Ling and Wang Jusheng ate lunch at noon, and they rushed towards Wang Laishun's house together.

  Chen Ling wanted to return the donkey cart, while Wang Jusheng went to see how his family's land was divided.

   When we arrived at Wang Laishun's house, many villagers were talking outside the door, discussing who had the better land and who had the worse land.

   It's really unfortunate to be a neighbor with a certain family, such and such is too unreasonable, he eats (invades) other people's land, has been neighbors with him for a few years, and loses one-third of the land and so on.

   This group of people was talking, and they all stopped when they suddenly saw Chen Ling and Wang Jusheng coming over.

   I have heard many people say that Wang Jusheng and Chen Ling are mixed together. In fact, not only have they heard from others, they have also seen Wang Jusheng help Chen Ling to plough the field several times.

   But now I am surprised to see these two walking together.

   It is incredible that the only college student in Chenwangzhuang should mix with Chen Ling, the most incompetent slob in the village.

   At this moment, Chen Ling took down the peanuts and vegetables from the donkey cart and walked into Wang Laishun's house.

   I used a donkey cart for half a month, so I still have to express it.

   Even though Wang Jusheng said no to him several times, his father and his brothers had split up the family long ago. The donkey was raised by his father and not his. One yard was one yard.

   "Yo, riches are coming, come in and sit!"

   Seeing that Chen Ling took something again, Liang Guizhen was very enthusiastic this time. She could inquire about it. Greenhouse vegetables are good things.

   Go to the county vegetable market to buy it. It costs two yuan a pound, which is expensive!

   (end of this chapter)