They in the 70s

In early June, wheat is about to enter the mature period.

Wu Changde sent a batch of new sickles to the educated youths, and taught them to sharpen the sickles in advance.

Everyone was very excited. After all, the wheat harvest meant that after half a year, they were finally able to replace the cornmeal steamed buns that hurt their throats with white flour steamed buns.

The educated youths were all sitting in front of the cave where the educated youths ordered, and followed the masters in the village to sharpen their sickles seriously, only two of them were away.

He Zhi is in school.

And Lu Zhansheng is currently studying at Grandma Sun's house.

Learn…

Na soles, make shoes.

In other words, when working in the field a few days ago, Lu Zhansheng accidentally broke the sole of his shoe. He only has one pair of spring and summer shoes. Recently, he has no money and cannot buy new ones. He Zhi uses thick hemp rope I sewed him up, but it was a temporary solution, not the root cause, and it broke again within two days.

Later Grandma Sun heard about this and knew that he had no shoes to wear, so she measured his feet and made him a pair of cloth shoes with mille-ply soles. I want to get a pair for He Zhi to wear.

It's just that Grandma Sun is getting old and her eyes are blurred. It is very laborious to thread the needle and thread. It is not easy to make a pair of shoes.

Lu Zhan always worked hard for the old man, so after thinking about it, he decided to ask the old man for advice, learn this craft, and do it by himself in the future.

In the concept of Shimen villagers, sewing clothes and making shoes are usually done by women, so when Lu Zhansheng first came, Grandma Sun laughed and said that she would tell him a daughter-in-law. do it for him.

Lu Zhansheng felt that Grandma Sun might not be able to accept the relationship between him and He Zhi at this age, so she just declined, and said that he learned this to do for his daughter-in-law in the future, so Grandma Sun agreed to teach him.

Lu Zhansheng was quite patient in some aspects. He put down the stick and picked up the needle and thread, so he could calm down.

Regardless of a pair of small shoes, the production process is quite cumbersome. It takes two or three days just to make the soles of the soles dry in the sun, and then glue them together layer by layer, and put in densely packed threads. .

Although Grandma Sun taught her carefully, and Lu Zhansheng studied hard, the first pair of shoes he made was still useless. There were no problems with other steps, except that the width of the upper was not well controlled when sewing the upper. It caused the two shoes to be sewed out in different sizes.

Lu Zhansheng, who was broken, was too lazy to disassemble and remake it, so he came to Grandma Sun to sew another pair today.

Fortunately, it went very smoothly today, he sewed it according to He Zhi's shoe size, the two are the same size, and the workmanship is obviously finer than the first one, and the board is straight.

After finishing, Lu Zhansheng took the two new shoes and compared them back and forth, and the more he looked at them, the more he was satisfied.

Seeing how happy he was, Grandma Sun laughed along with him. This was the first time she met a young man who learned to do needlework for his wife at such an advanced age.

"Good baby." Grandma Sun smiled and patted Lu Zhansheng's head. "Whoever will be your daughter-in-law in the future will be blessed."

"of course."

Lu Zhan said happily: "My daughter-in-law, then I must make her the happiest daughter-in-law in the whole world, otherwise he won't follow me for nothing."

This unashamed look made Grandma Sun laugh for a long time.

When Lu Zhansheng came back happily holding the shoes he had made, it was already evening, the place where the scythe sharpening was finished, and school was over, so he went straight back to his and He Zhi's hut.

He Zhi was waiting for him at the door, and when he saw him coming around from the back of the house, he immediately took two steps towards him. "Why did you come back?"

"what happened?"

With his hands behind his back, Lu Zhansheng walked over to He Zhi and raised his eyebrows with a smile. "You miss me after not seeing you for a long time?"

He Zhi also bent over and smiled, and then asked him: "How are you learning, can you do it?"

"It's very difficult to learn. Shoes are a waste of time, effort and brain, but..."

Lu Zhansheng took out the finished shoes with a smile, and shook them in front of He Zhi's eyes: "It still won't trouble me."

"This is…"

He Zhi was obviously a little surprised: "It's done?"

"Of course, who am I, is there anything I can't do well?"

Lu Zhansheng smiled and embraced He Zhi's shoulder: "Go, go and try."

Back in the house, Lu Zhansheng asked He Zhi to sit on the small bed, and he squatted down to put He Zhi on himself.

He Zhi got up and walked a few steps on the ground, then looked back at him with a very happy expression. "Very comfortable."

"hey-hey!"

Lu Zhansheng felt more beautiful in his heart, and he asked He Zhi with a smile, "Do you like it?"

He Zhi nodded immediately.

Lu Zhansheng followed him to put a sticker on He Zhi, and asked with a smile, "Then, is there any reward?"

When He Zhi heard this, he lowered his eyebrows and smiled, then leaned forward and planted a light kiss on his lips.

Lu Zhansheng felt very satisfied and in a good mood, and when he was in a good mood, he wanted to do something that would make him feel better.

However, before he was going to bend down to pick him up, he noticed that He Zhi had been looking at him, as if he had something to say, so he stopped, and then looked at He Zhi as well.

The two stared at each other for about three seconds, He Zhi took the initiative to hug him, then looked at his face, and said in a flattering tone: "I have something to tell you, but you must not be unhappy."

"Oh?"

Hearing this, Lu Zhansheng narrowed his eyes immediately, and then hummed: "That depends on what's going on."

He Zhi hesitated for a while, then turned around and pointed to a package on the table.

Lu Zhansheng poked his head to look, and saw the name written on the sender's place. Sure enough, he immediately began to feel a little unhappy.

"What's the matter with the girl surnamed Qin? Why is she still talking endlessly?"

When Lu Zhansheng spoke, he pouted at He Zhi: "Can't you just reject her once and let her never think about it again?"

"... "

He Zhi also seemed a little helpless. "I said so."

"I said it, but if she doesn't give up, you can't help it, right?"

Lu Zhansheng pouted and stared at people. "I don't care, I'm just unhappy, you can figure it out."

He Zhi was helpless for a moment, then leaned up and kissed him on the cheek, then put his arms around his neck, lay on his shoulder, and whispered, "Don't be upset, I belong to you, and I only like you."

"... "

Lu Zhansheng felt that he was really boneless, and he planned to go on for a while, but he didn't expect that he lost his temper immediately after being coaxed by He Zhi.

"Humph."

Lu Zhansheng had no choice but to hug him forcefully in his arms. "That's amazing, Comrade He Zhi, why are you so good at coaxing people now?"

He Zhi also hugged him, and asked, "Are you done coaxing?"

"How can it be bad?"

Lu Zhansheng said: "If you coax me a little more, I can happily reply to the girl surnamed Qin for you."

"... "

He Zhi didn't speak any more, wondering if he was snickering.

The two hugged for a while, and He Zhi suddenly remembered something, and said, "By the way, Zhou Mingliang also sent you a letter."

Lu Zhansheng: ...

Regarding Zhou Mingliang's letter, Lu Zhansheng has always had a bad impression, so he is always conflicted.

I don't want to watch it, but I have to.

After holding He Zhi for a long time to build up his mind, Lu Zhansheng let go, and then went to take the letter next to the package and opened it.

Fortunately, the content of Zhou Mingliang's letter this time is relatively normal, and it can even be said to be relatively warm.

Zhou Mingliang said that he often visits Aunt Luo recently, and occasionally visits their parents for Lu Zhansheng and Zheng Yan. The parents are in good health, and everything at home is also fine, so they can feel at ease here.

Zhou Mingliang also said that he has now been assigned a job as a worker in a timber factory, and the salary is not bad. He has already received the first month's internship salary. He sent half of the salary, 15 yuan, and said that in the future Part of the monthly salary will be sent over.

Lu Zhansheng felt that this was the first time he had read Zhou Mingliang's letter and felt good after reading it, but he didn't understand or agree with Zhou Mingliang's sending him money.

Although Zhou Mingliang had nothing to say about his gratitude to him because he saved his life back then, but because of this incident, he thought that his life should be his, and even the money he earned from work would be his share. This gratitude is a bit too heavy.

Lu Zhansheng thinks that Zhou Mingliang thinks too complicated about this matter, this kind of mentality is completely wrong, and in all fairness, Zhou Mingliang has helped him a lot during this time, big and small, and what he has done is enough. Too much.

While thinking about how to properly reply to Zhou Mingliang, Lu Zhansheng opened the package from Qin He and found that it was indeed He Zhi's favorite peach cake.

It's pretty good at what it likes.

Lu Zhansheng was speechless for a long time, and then took out two boxes of peach cakes.

He Zhi immediately stopped him. "I have to send it back."

When Lu Zhansheng saw He Zhi's expression, he knew what this person was thinking. After all, every time Qin He sent something over, he would either throw it away or destroy it.

"Do not worry."

Lu Zhansheng smiled helplessly. "I won't throw it away this time, we'll stay."

"Leave?"

He Zhi looked at him with a puzzled look on his face.

"Yeah, the weather is so hot now, and the road is so far away. If you send it back, it will definitely be broken. It's too wasteful. Food is so scarce, so it's not good to waste it. Besides..."

As Lu Zhansheng said, he pulled He Zhi's hand over and held it in his own, then rolled his eyes at He Zhi. "There is no peach cake here, and I can't buy it for you. Now I finally have it. If you like it, then we will keep it."

"But…"

He Zhi still hesitated and said, "I don't want to owe others."

"No debt."

Lu Zhansheng said: "If we give her the money, we should just treat it as asking her to buy it for us."

He Zhi said, "But we have no money."

"How not."

Lu Zhansheng thought for a while, then smiled and took out five yuan from the 15 yuan sent by Zhou Mingliang and handed it to He Zhi: "Isn't this money?"

He Zhi frowned. "I thought you wouldn't take Zhou Mingliang's money."

"It won't be in vain. I'm going to do business with him and sell him a treasure."

As soon as Lu Zhansheng spoke, he took out the pair of cloth shoes he had ruined, and smiled wickedly.

"Lu Zhansheng sewed it by himself. Although the size is different, it is also made with ingenuity, meticulous workmanship, and no deception. It is not expensive to sell him for five yuan. It is a very conscientious price."

He Zhi frowned again, and opened his mouth to say something, but Lu Zhansheng was already laughing and went to find a pen and paper by himself.

When writing the letter, Lu Zhansheng declined Zhou Mingliang's idea of ​​sending money in the future, but accepted this time frankly.

because.

At the beginning, in order to show that this pair of broken shoes was enough to cover the five yuan he left behind, Lu Zhansheng emphasized that these are the first pair of shoes that Lu Zhansheng has made by himself so far in his life. It is very rare and very precious. , very worthy of collection.

After writing the letter, the more Lu Zhansheng thought about it, the more he felt that what he said made sense, and even, thinking about it in the end, he felt that it was not too much to keep the remaining ten yuan.

So, he also left the ten yuan.

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"A tragedy caused by a pair of bad shoes" - part1

Lu Zhansheng: Zhizhi, look at me, a pair of shoes sold for 15 yuan, am I particularly good at doing business?Am I strong?

He Zhi:...

Lu Zhansheng: How about it, isn't it very happy to have a husband who can do business?Hahaha!

He Zhi:...

Lu Zhansheng: Ah, Zhizhi, what's the matter with you, you are so happy that you can't speak?

He Zhi: ...

Lu Zhansheng: Do you know?

He Zhi: Lu Zhansheng! !Do you think I look happy!You careless bastard!

Lu Zhansheng: Huh? ...what's wrong with me!

He Zhi: You!You are a fool!