My 1995 Small Farm

   Chapter 67 Quail

   "Brother Guoping, why did you come to the meeting while walking and didn't ride a car?"

  Chen Ling looked at Chen Guoping and asked.

   This old man is of medium height, with no flesh on his face, a little sallow, but his eyebrows are dark and thick, which is very characteristic.

"What kind of bike are you riding? It takes more than ten miles to arrive in the blink of an eye. I've been walking like this for decades, and I'm used to it. If it weren't for my eyesight in the past two years, I couldn't see things clearly at night. Walking at night is also trivial."

  Chen Guoping sighed as he said, "Unfortunately, I'm getting old, and people can't accept their old age. If I hadn't happened to meet you, I wouldn't know how to go back today."

  Chen Ling naturally said nothing, so he greeted Chen Guoping to get on the bullock cart.

   "Fugui, did you buy ducklings?"

   After getting on the ox cart, Chen Guoping noticed the bamboo basket with the ducklings, and could hear the slight 'chirp' inside.

   "Yeah, I happened to see it, so I bought some and went back to raise it with the chicks at home."

  Chen Ling swung his whip and leaned the ox cart against the roadside to make way for a few old Jiefang cars coming from a distance.

   "Yo, the little ducks, who are only so big, are all crowded into a ball. Why don't you cover the lids, and you are not afraid of suffocating the ducks to death."

  Chen Guoping untied the lid of the bamboo basket, took a look, and said.

   He also heard that this kid has recently started to take care of the family, and he has also started to help his daughter-in-law clean up the housework.

   But now, it still doesn't look like the job.

   Even the ducklings are not well looked after, but one can imagine that farming is not much better.

  Chen Ling smiled and didn't explain.

   How does this old man know the magic of Sun Moon Cave.

   He didn't even have this common sense. When he put the ox cart, he fed the ducklings with water from Dongtian Stream in advance. How could he suffocate to death.

   "You boy, let me help you watch."

  Chen Guoping saw that he was still smiling, so he shook his head helplessly, stretched out his hand and pulled the bamboo basket to him, half hugging it in his arms.

   In this way, you are not afraid of boring the ducklings, nor are you afraid of them running out.

  Chen Ling thanked him and drove the bullock cart forward again.

   After walking on the road for a while, Chen Guoping suddenly asked: "Fugui, you have been in the county for a long time, do you recognize the old Jiefang cars that passed by just now?"

   "Ah? Old Jiefang, I didn't notice this..."

  Chen Ling shook his head and asked with a smile, "What? Brother Guoping, do you know?"

   "Hey, I'm sure I know."

   "This old Jiefang was sent by the Municipal Power Supply Bureau. He has often passed by the county road in the past two years. Your kid was living in the county town every day, so why don't you even know this car."

  Chen Guoping said, took out a small cigarette bag from his waist, opened the mouth of the cloth bag, put the cigarette bag pot inside and put tobacco leaves, pressed it with his thumb, then struck a match and lit it, and he smoked happily.

   "Sent from the Municipal Power Supply Bureau?"

   Chen Ling's heart moved, "Is this setting up a high-voltage line for the township below?"

   "Yes, I think it will be our village's turn in a few days."

  Chen Guoping spit out a puff of green smoke, "This high-voltage line is on the same plane. If nothing else, at least the electricity bill can be cheaper."

   "Haha, if it's cheap, it will definitely be cheaper than it is now. The country just thinks that the electricity bill in our poor place is so expensive, and it is not convenient to use electricity. It took two years to come here to set up high-voltage lines."

  Chen Ling said with a smile.

   Now I don’t talk about the entire county of Lingyun, but only Changle Township, where electricity is just over two yuan per hour.

  Chen Ling remembered that in the millennium in his previous life, the old electricity bill was still 15 yuan per hour, which is not much better than now.

   In short, the poorer the place, the higher the electricity bill is, which is outrageous.

"Yeah, it's a good thing to set up a high-voltage line, but it's really a pain in the head to engage in this cooperative medical care. I have to go to Jinmen Village and Taoshugou from tomorrow. I can't go there anymore..."

   Chen Guoping smoked a cigarette and sighed, feeling distressed for the ten dollars a day.

   In this regard, Chen Ling didn't know how to follow up. He was in college at this time in his previous life, and he didn't know what the cooperative medical pilot project in rural areas was like at this time point.

   After all, it is not the new rural cooperative medical system that I am familiar with. I have heard people mention it a few times before. It seems to be integrating doctors from nearby villages to jointly treat diseases.

   The starting point is good, but when three or four doctors get together, you push me over and I push me over. There is often a little friction, but it greatly reduces the efficiency and enthusiasm of the treatment.

   A typical three monks have no water to drink.

  …

   Driving the car all the way, chatting all the way, it was completely dark when we got home.

   At this time, Wang Susu brought two puppies and looked up at the door.

   Seeing Chen Ling driving the ox cart into the alley, he hurried up to meet him and asked softly, "Didn't you just go shopping in the city? Why did you come back so late?"

   Speaking of this, he frowned suddenly and looked back twice: "Hey, I seem to see someone..."

   "Oh, that's Brother Guoping. He had a one-day meeting at the county hospital, and I took him back along the way."

  Chen Ling explained with a smile, and by the way put down the bamboo basket with the ducklings.

   "I met a duckling seller in the city, so I bought some and kept them with the chicks."

  Wang Susu lifted the lid, looked at the small ducks crowded into a pile in the basket, released them, and rushed to the yard without saying much.

   Only after Chen Ling parked the ox cart and came out, did he take his arm again and gently persuaded him to come back earlier in the future.

   Before, Chen Ling bought cattle and saplings again. The cost was too high. She was a little worried, and also mentioned that Chen Ling should stop after planting the saplings.

   means that he doesn't want to make such a fuss, otherwise the fruit tree will not bear fruit within two years, and will not see any profit. If he still spends money like this, he will not be able to make ends meet, and he will not even be able to eat his rations sooner or later.

   Chen Ling answered the matter she proposed.

  After planting the saplings, I really didn’t bother about anything except cooking.

   But today I said to go shopping in the county town, but I didn't come back until so late.

   made Wang Susu have a sense of returning to the days when Chen Ling was hanging around in the county town all day long. He was really afraid that Chen Ling would be hanging around again, and he was inexplicably a little worried and unsteady in his heart.

   It's rare to change, but she doesn't want Chen Ling to change back.

   "I didn't come back so late on purpose. I happened to meet a former friend today. He is going to marry a wife at the end of the year. We haven't seen each other for a long time, so we stayed a little longer."

  Chen Ling said half-truth.

   He also knew Wang Susu's thoughts, to live a good life.

   also understands her worries. Any woman who has a husband who is not motivated and is prone to domestic violence will become cautious and sensitive.

   But now I can't tell her about the sale of "greenhouse vegetables" so abruptly, it's not easy to explain, and it needs a suitable opportunity.

So while packing up the food, he said: "Don't worry about the expenses at home, I will go up the mountain again in the past few days to pick up some medicinal materials. The last time I had leftovers that were left unaired at home, we will also take them out to dry, and I will go down. Take it to the city again and sell it."

   Actually, it is not unexpected for Wang Susu to go up the mountain to collect herbs to solve income problems.

   It’s just that she is a woman after all, it’s one thing for her to have an idea in her own heart, and it’s another thing to say it through the mouth of her own man.

   This at least means that Chen Ling is willing to figure out ways to live a good life, and is willing to work hard. As long as she has such an attitude, she will feel a lot more at ease.

   So he hummed softly and went over to help him pack dinner.

   After dinner, Chen Ling was about to go to the backyard to feed the cows when two little babies came to the house.

   "Uncle Fugui, Uncle Fugui, see what I brought you..."

   It was Liu Ni'er and Xizi, who entered the yard with kerosene lamps.

   "Is it a scarab?"

  Chen Ling glanced, and the two little dolls kept their hands behind their backs to prevent him from seeing, so he guessed casually.

   "No, Scarab, I gave Aunt Susu this afternoon."

   Liu Nier shook her head, then smiled mysteriously, and took out a wine box from behind:

   "Uncle Fugui, you can't guess..."

   "Hey, hey, it's a quail!"

   Thank you all for your investment, rewards and monthly passes. I didn’t expect that after two days of interruption, the brothers and sisters gave such strong support. I’m really flattered, bow and thank you! I'll make a thank you list for everyone when I post a testimonial...

   (end of this chapter)