Through 1979

Because of Hu Jianguo's matter, Li Ran finally made up his mind.

Poverty is really scary sometimes, and it can make people remember it deeply in the days to come, and talk about it.Hu Jianguo didn't want to eat tortillas for every meal, so he left, took a little money, and went to the city alone.

Li Ran asked himself secretly, do you want to eat tortillas every day?The answer is naturally no.

For the first time, Li Ran faced up to the urgency of making a fortune and becoming well-off.The world is impermanent, and no one can predict what will happen in the future. Li Ran never thought that one day, Hu Jianghui would disappear in this way.That being the case, it is better to have money than to have nothing.

Li Ran thought about it, and found that the best way for Father Li and his family to make a fortune was the breeding industry.The most typical ones are raising pigs, fish, and chickens. As for raising scorpions and snakes, Li Ran just ignores them.

After confirming that it was the breeding industry, Li Ran planned to persuade the Li family and the Hu family to form a partnership to start a chicken farm.Li Ran has already figured out where to build the chicken farm. It is at the back of the house. There is an open space behind the Li family and Hu’s house. There is a mountain. If you can build a thatched house there, then use a net to enclose the thatched house and the open space. , to prevent the chickens from running around, that is a good chicken farm.

Of course, there is also a premise that the hut should be built closer to the home. In addition to preventing people from stealing, it can also be unaffected when the mud slides down the rainy mountain.

Thinking of the earthworms needed to raise chickens, Li Ran decided to do the preliminary activities first, and then tell his father.He only heard about earthworm breeding occasionally, and he roughly remembered that raising earthworms requires manure and soil, and they should be kept outside the shade, and he doesn't know anything else.

There was still plenty of time, so Li Ran planned to do an experiment first, so he made some small boxes, put some caught earthworms in them tentatively, sprinkled water often, and observed carefully to see if they could survive.

In order to keep it cool, Li Ran also covered the box with some wet grass curtains, plastic sheets and other things to prevent the water from evaporating.Then he threw some worthless rotting things in it for them to eat.Li Ran will also clean up the residues in the soil frequently.

It was a bit disgusting, but thanks to the help of Hu Jianjun, the two of them supported each other together, and they endured it with gloves on.After many experiments, they really figured out the method of raising earthworms.

Li Ran is not depressed when he thinks that the land contract has not yet come down, and large-scale breeding cannot be carried out. Now it can't be raised outside the house, but it can still be done at home.Li Ran and Hu Jianjun said their fathers brought in 30 chickens, put them in the yard, and started breeding.Then he asked Father Li to let him build some wooden boxes and brick floor troughs and put them behind the house to raise earthworms.Even if this family farming has officially started.

As for the chicks that came in, naturally there were more hens, and Li Ran was still counting on eating their eggs.

February 1980, 2, is New Year's Eve.That morning, a group of people in Li's family got up early. It was already the beginning of spring on February 15th, but the weather was still terribly cold.

Li Ran always thought that the winter in the south was better than that in the north, but when he came here, he realized that there was no greenhouse effect. In winter in the south, the wind can hurt people's faces, and the snow can flow over the knees.

In the winter of 1979, Li Ran fell into hibernation and didn't even want to look outside.Hu Jianjun often ran over to play with him in the wind and snow. Compared with Li Ran's appearance of wanting to wrap himself in a quilt, Hu Jianjun dressed much more neatly.Li Ran looked envious and jealous, which finally caused him to get red-eyed every time he saw Hu Jianjun.

Trembling and getting out of bed, Li Ran put on the red padded jacket that Li Ma put on the bedside last night. The color was too festive, and Li Ran couldn't accept it. When I saw it last night, I made up my mind that I would definitely not wear it today. .But after waking up in the morning, looking at the thickest piece of clothing, Li Ran put it on very spinelessly. It shouldn't be strange for an 11-year-old boy to wear red clothes.

When he got out of the room, he looked up and squinted at the sky, thinking that God knew that today is a day that all Chinese people care about. For this reason, his cold face that showed up a few days ago finally showed warmth. meaning.Looking at this, Li Ran felt a little bit of spring.

Mama Li, Sister-in-law Li, and Fifth Sister are busy in the kitchen. The conditions at home are better, so Mama Li generously killed a chicken and bought three catties of pork. In addition, pig bones are naturally indispensable, but the price of these bones is not high. How much, but it is very troublesome to buy. The fourth brother has been queuing for a long time for this, and he is quite resentful about it.

Seeing Li Ran walking in, Li Ma happily praised: "Liu'er looks so good in this dress." This year's Chinese New Year, Li Ma has equipped the whole family with a new set of clothes, among which Li Ran and Hu Zi are the most colorful. .

Li Ran shook his head helplessly. When he looked in the mirror recently, he found that the longer his body looks, the more he looks like his previous body. Thinking of his red lips and white teeth, Li Ran was dissatisfied.But fortunately, this body appearance itself is more masculine, and it is a little bit more like the previous appearance, which only makes him no longer look particularly manly. Compared with before, he is still very manly.

After brushing his teeth and washing his face, Li Ran went to take care of Huzi in the lobby, and Li Ma entrusted him with the difficult task of taking care of Huzi.The reason why it can be described as difficult is because Huzi is 5 years old, and a 5-year-old child is so curious that it makes people headache.

Every time Li Ran stayed with Huzi, he would be very prescient and bring some candy. When Huzi asked questions, he would answer honestly, and if he couldn't answer, he would use candy to prevaricate.

Huzi went back and forth to figure out the way, and the questions he asked became more and more bizarre. Without thinking about it, Li Ran quickly took all the candies that Li Ma had brought in for the New Year in the house.

And when he figured it out, it had been a long time since Chinese New Year, and the tiger had already had rotten teeth, and he would have a toothache after eating candy. Every time at that time, he would open his eyes and look at Li Ran with tears in his eyes, which made Li Ran feel overwhelmed with guilt .He could only carefully hold the tiger in his hands, softly comforted him, and confessed like an ancestor.

Huzi happily sat on Li Ran's neck, grabbed Li Ran's hair, and yelled, hurry up, hurry up, Li Ran could only hold his little hand to prevent him from falling, while circling around the room.

The fourth brother came in and saw him in such a state of distress, he sneered: "If you get used to him so much, you'll have to ride a horse in the future." He hugged the tiger while talking.Li Ran sat on the chair exhausted. At first he still felt very cold, but now he is not only warm, but almost sweating.

With the unreliable fourth brother around, Huzi became a lot more honest.The fourth brother is a dangerous person, and Huzi generally doesn't want to go out with him, because every time he goes out, the fourth brother will gradually forget his existence.After being thrown by the fourth brother at Uncle Yao, this aunt, and that uncle's house a few times, Hu Zi listed him as a rejected household.

Picking up the rattle that Li Ran bought for him, Huzi started playing by himself.

Li Ran breathed a sigh of relief on the chair. In fact, it is more effective for the fourth brother to take care of Huzi. Any means of Huzi are useless for the fourth brother.This fourth brother who looks ruffian on the surface but actually has less tendons is sometimes more troublesome than a tiger.

Li Ran watched the fourth brother and Huzi grab the rattle and play with a smile on his face. Father Li and elder brother Li were standing outside. The family conditions have improved a lot this year, so everyone can feel at ease.Thinking of the New Year's Eve, when the whole family gets together, Li Ran feels very happy.

Father Li looked into the distance, and said something he had been thinking about for a long time: "This year's college entrance examination, you should also take the exam. If Yunying wants to go, you can go with me." Yunying is Mrs. Li's name.

Seeing Brother Li's surprised expression, Father Li smiled: "Originally, you could take the exam in 77, but your family was poor, you left, and you lost a strong labor force, and everyone would starve to death. But this winter except The work points, the mushrooms that Liu'er got, and the chickens he raised were all sold for a lot of money. Not to mention, things can indeed be sold at a higher price during the Chinese New Year. For some reason, I always feel that Liu'er is here. The old guy can’t starve to death, so since you still have this thought, then discuss it with Yunying to see if you want to go, and if you really want to take the exam, then go together.”

After taking a step down, Father Li then sighed in a low voice: "We have dragged you down."

In the evening, after everyone had a lively reunion dinner, the next day, the Li family officially bid farewell to the Year of the Goat and ushered in the Year of the Monkey.

On the first day of the new year, if you are not happy, you are happy to pay New Year's greetings.Li Ran was wearing a red padded jacket and Hu Zi, who was also dressed in red, went out dressed like firecrackers.

Uncle Li's father and uncle Hu are so old, and their parents have already left, so Li Ran and the others don't have to visit their grandparents, but only their usual relatives and elders.Li Ran was the first to go to Hu's mother's house. Hu's mother's house was the one Li Ran was most familiar with besides his own. This sentence made a couple at this time generally have 5,6 or [-] children. Li Ran still has some relatives he doesn't know.

When Li Ran saw Hu's mother, Hu's mother was in the lobby. After Li Ran saw her calling her aunt sweetly, he began to say a series of auspicious words that he had thought about long ago. out.Huzi smiled foolishly beside him.

Hu's mother was made to smile like a chrysanthemum by Li Ran's words. After Li Ran paid homage to her, Hao generously took out two big red envelopes to Li Ran and Hu Zi. Li Ran touched the red envelopes, wondering if he could Discuss with Li Ma, if you don't hand over to the public, will it work?

When Hu Jianjun came out of the room, he saw two red firecracker-like people in the room, and laughed unkindly, in exchange for Li Ran's glare.Hu Jianjun was afraid that Li Ran would be angry, so he hurried to Li Ran's side, touched his clothes flatteringly, and praised: "This clothes really suit you!"

The clothes matched Li Ran really well. At least when seeing him and Huzi for the first time, everyone would feel a strong Chinese New Year atmosphere.

Li Ran knew that getting angry with this person would be asking for trouble, so he had no choice but to stop.

With the arrival of the new year, the village is full of auspicious words such as happiness and well-being, and the village is full of joy.