60s Splendid Life

Waking up in the bed he was familiar with early in the morning, Lu Jin still felt a little emotional. Sure enough, the golden nest and the silver nest were not as comfortable as his own kennel. The children on the bed were still sleeping, so he lifted the quilt and got up. Put on the clothes on the kang head.

"Are you going out?" Grandpa Yu woke up after hearing the voice, opened his eyes and saw his grandson putting on his clothes, and asked.

"Well, I'll go outside to brush my teeth and leave." Lu Jin put on his clothes, reached for the kettle, opened the cork of the kettle, poured some hot water into his drinking cup, and took it out to rinse his mouth outside. After a while, he came in again, poured some hot water, went out to wash his face, hung the towel outside, came back and said to his grandpa: "Grandpa, I went out, it's still early, you sleep a little longer, you want to eat tofu flower Let Chenchen and the others go to the tofu shop later to make it."

"Okay, you go." Seeing that it was still early, Yu Wenchang was still lying on the bed and didn't get up. Watching the grandson turn around and go out, he even closed the door. The footsteps outside gradually faded away, and then the door opened The sound of shutting off again.

Grandpa Yu was lying on the bed, thinking that his grandchildren lost their parents at a young age, and the eldest grandson was only a teenager when he became a father and a mother, and raised a few younger siblings. They just came back yesterday, and the grandson is still in the dark today. Then he went out to work, and when he thought of his grandson working so hard, the old man felt sad again. He felt that he had no ability to help his grandchildren, so the old man lay on the bed and secretly touched his tears.

But Lu Jin didn't know that the old man in the family was crying because he went out to work early in the morning.

It was very cold in the morning, and the cold wind blew like a knife, and it hurt people's faces when it was scraped.The stars at night have not yet set, a few stars are hanging in the sky, the whole village is still very quiet, and someone's rooster is crowing and crowing in the distance.

Lu Jin held a flashlight in his hand and illuminated the road ahead. The alley was very dark, and he couldn't see the road under his feet without turning on the light. He went to the back door of Mrs. Qin's house and knocked, and shouted softly: " How are you, ma'am?"

"Okay, okay, come." Qin Aunt who was inside responded, and opened the door after a while and came out.Lu Jin, who was outside the door, stuffed a big bag into his aunt's hand and said, "Young lady, take this home first and put it away."

"What is it?" Aunt Qin found a jar and a few round objects in the bag, she opened it to have a look.

"There is a can of milk powder and a few balls of wool in it. The milk powder is for my sister-in-law to drink, and the wool balls are for you to make clothes." Lu Jin originally planned to give a few balls of wool, but when he came back, he knew that his sister-in-law was about to give birth, so he put more A can of milk powder goes in. People these days have nothing to eat. Many pregnant women give birth to unhealthy children due to calcium deficiency. It can be seen that nutritional supplementation is still very necessary.

After hearing that Mrs. Qin refused to take it, she wanted to stuff the bag back to Lu Jin, "Your sister-in-law is such an adult, what kind of milk powder do you drink, you can take it back and give it to your younger brothers and sisters at home, you don't need to give it to your sister-in-law."

"Ma'am, don't push it around. I'll let others see it. I'll give it to you if I have talent. You can't buy it in the village. It's easy for me to buy these things in the Shanghai market." Seeing that his aunt refused to take it, Lu Jin I had no choice but to move out of the fact that pregnant women in the city must supplement protein to convince his aunt, and there is another very important point: "I heard people in the city say that when pregnant women eat more nutritious things during pregnancy, the babies born And so smart."

"Really...Really?" Aunt Qin was really convinced. Once she heard that eating such a can of milk powder, her daughter-in-law could give her a smart grandson, even though she thought the first two grandchildren were already very smart. Yes, but wouldn't it be better to be smarter?

Aunt Qin's thoughts wavered for a moment, and she decided to keep the can of milk powder and return the wool to Lu Jin, "I'll return the ball of yarn to you, how much is the milk powder, I will give you the money later."

"Auntie, take it back and put it away, we have to go to work, don't push around." Lu Jin pushed him.

"Oh, you child, please do it, I'll listen to you, wait until I take it home and put the thread." Aunt Qin couldn't hold back the child, so she had to take the things in first, and then came out after a while, and took them out of her pocket. He took out his money bag and took out a card to give to Lu Jin.

Lu Jin stood at the door waiting for someone, and when Aunt Qin came out, he didn't think that Aunt Qin would give him money again, and he hid to the side faster than his aunt put money in, "Why are you doing this, auntie?" Give him some money.

"Hurry up and take it. You are not going to travel. You don't know how much it cost you to take your brother out for medical treatment. How can the aunt take advantage of you? If you want money, I will return the things to you. gone."

"Okay, two yuan is enough for me, a can of milk powder doesn't cost as much as ten yuan."

"And the ball of yarn."

"...Then give me an extra piece."

The two pushed back and forth, and Lu Jin knew that Mrs. Qin had such a temper, so he couldn't shirk it, so he had to take three yuan, and refused to take any more.

Only in this way can Aunt Qin be satisfied.

As they walked along the way, the lights of many people's homes were turned on, and it seemed that many people had gotten up.Lu Jin was still saying that the way they went to the tofu shop so early the year before last was pitch black, and basically few of them woke up.

Aunt Qin smiled and said: "How can it be compared with before? There are not many lazy people in our village now. There are lazy people who don't want to work and watch other people build new houses and marry new wives. Prosperous, can't you also work hard?"

"This is the same." Lu Jin replied with a smile.

This is indeed the case with people. Everyone has a comparison mentality. Seeing that others are living a better life, they have to work hard to catch up.

Since the brick and tile factory was opened in their village, there are not many people in the winter. All the men in the family go to the factory to work, and the women are not idle at home. There are also strong women who go to the factory to dig soil and lay bricks. Yes, the family has many children, and the new house is built within a year. Even if it has not been built, it is half built. Those who still live in thatched houses are envious of others and have to work hard to catch up.

Passing by the newly built house of his uncle's family, Mrs. Qin pointed to the house and told him that it was the new house of his uncle's family. Lu Jin took a flashlight in his hand and saw that it was a newly built new yard with soil outside. The low wall surrounded by bricks looks quite large, "This house is quite beautiful."

"No, there are many beautiful houses in our village now. During the year when you were away, many people in our village built new houses and married new wives." When it came to the changes in the village, Aunt Qin The female director was also smiling, but she didn't forget who caused so many changes in their village, "It's not thanks to you suggesting that our village open a factory. If it weren't for the factory in Houshan, our village would not be able to build it now." With so many new houses built, people from several nearby villages have come to our village to buy bricks and tiles. The life of our villagers has become more and more prosperous, everyone has money in their pockets, and the business of our tofu shop is better than in previous years.”

"I'm just talking about it. It's everyone's credit that our village is so good." On the way back yesterday, Lu Jin found that there were a lot of new houses in their village, with red bricks and blue tiles, compared with a year ago. The dusty earthen house is much more beautiful.But he didn't dare to take credit for this. If everyone didn't work hard, it would be useless to rely on his lip service.

Therefore, to build a new countryside still depends on the strength of the peasant masses.

Many people work hard in this life, not just to have a good meal, wear a good dress, and live in a good house. "Basic clothing, food, housing, and transportation" are closely related to people's livelihood, and "housing" is ranked third. It can be seen that apart from wearing warm clothes and having a full stomach, housing is also very important.Moreover, in their country, no matter from ancient times to the present, the people’s desire for houses is very strong. Without a house, there is no way to marry a wife. Marrying a wife and having children is related to the inheritance of the family. The idea of ​​​​carrying on the family cannot be changed. This is why the people in their village... maybe it should be said that not only the people in their village, but all the people's enthusiasm for building houses and marrying wives and having children is endless from generation to generation.

And the brick and tile factory in their village is a product that meets people's needs. Bricks and tiles can be used to build houses. The factory needs labor, and building houses also needs labor. When the labor in their village cannot meet the demand, they will It is supplemented from several nearby villages, so now it is equivalent to one of their villages driving several nearby villages. This is the so-called butterfly effect. A small change will cause a series of changes.

That's why the sports are in full swing outside, but the people here are not interested in sports. Everyone is dedicated to earning work points for food for bricks and tiles, building a house to marry a wife, and having a baby to support. The couple worked together to build the home.Only when people need it, people will work hard.

However, a year after their village built a brick and tile factory, a nearby village also built a brick and tile factory to compete with them for business.When Mrs. Qin talked about this matter, she was still a little worried, worried that others would take away their business, and no one would buy the bricks and tiles produced in their village.

"Ms. Qin, you don't have to worry about it for the time being. As many people in the countryside want to build houses, there are as many people who want to buy bricks and tiles. For the time being, our factory can't be closed. If no one buys it in the future , we will close the factory in Houshan and do other things. This era is always changing. We must conform to the needs of the times and produce things that everyone needs. Things that do not meet the times will be eliminated sooner or later. "In the current three to five years, the demand for bricks and tiles in the countryside is still great, and their business can still continue.But Lu Jin also knew that no one would build blue brick and tile houses in the future. The buildings that everyone built needed reinforced concrete. Naturally, no one would buy these things by then, and the brick and tile factories would definitely be closed in the future.

Moreover, their brick and tile factory in the back mountain produces bricks and tiles, so they need to constantly dig the soil in the back mountain. Land resources are getting less and less. After digging this year, I don’t know how much soil was dug. No matter how many trees have been cut down, digging will inevitably destroy the landform of the mountain forest, causing water and soil erosion, and the damage to their environment here is still very great.Although there is no way for development now, he doesn't want the brick and tile factory in his village to remain open. On this point, Lu Jin also talked to his Aunt Qin, and asked his Aunt Qin to go back and remind Captain Lu.

"Ah, can it be so bad?" Aunt Qin obviously didn't understand this.

"It's not bad, it's just that we have to deal with it properly. If there are gains, there must be losses. In the places where the trees have been cut down in our back mountains, we still need everyone to plant the trees back, and let everyone try not to dig in one place in the future. Open a few more points to dig."

While the two were talking, they came to the entrance of the village, and saw the lights of the tofu shop turned on from a distance, and when they arrived, they saw that everyone was already working here.

Aunt Qin told everyone that Lu Jin is back and has come to their tofu shop to help with things these few days, "I know that the tofu shop is busy at the end of the year, everyone will work hard for a few more days, and we will close the door and go back to celebrate the new year when we are young. gone."

Cai Chunmei and Li Guihua were apprentices brought out by Lu Jin, so they naturally welcomed the master's return.

"Hi everyone, I'm back." Lu Jin also saw a new face at the tofu shop, who should be the one who took his place after he left. The expression on her face was a little apprehensive, probably because she was afraid that their captain would let her go after he came back.

However, Lu Jin didn't explain that much to everyone. He greeted everyone when he came back, and told everyone to work quickly in order not to delay their production of tofu today.

"Oh, it's better for you to come back, Master Xiaojin. You're not here this year. We don't know who to consult with us about anything we encounter. When you come back, we can ask you if there is anything we are not sure about. "Cai Chunmei is the happiest that Lu Jin can come back. When their master is away, she has become the new master of the tofu shop, but there is no one on top of her head, and she sometimes panics and has nowhere to go. This is not the master's return to her, it is like rooting the sea god needle, and there will be a person to discuss what happens in the future.

"You have to believe in yourself. Even if I'm not here, you can solve the matter by yourself." Lu Jin is very confident in the apprentice he brought out. He dare not tell others, but Cai Chunmei He must be the most at ease with this apprentice, which is why he recommended Cai Chunmei as the new master when he left.

Several people were talking and working together. They were all people who worked together. Some of them were apprentices brought out by Lu Jin. After he came back, everyone regarded him as the center. Under his command, everyone started to work. It came much faster than before.