Chapter 16: Parental decision
The weather has finally cooled down, but Mei Qiuping is rare after finishing the daily work
had insomnia for several nights, but Feng Zhenchang next to him was asleep very well. Every night,
Feng Zhenchang always drinks some shochu made by craftsmen in the village. He doesn’t drink much.
Drinking a cup every night makes it easier to sleep.
Mei Qiuping tossed, simply sat up, feeling very hot, and snored Feng Zhenchang awake.
"What's wrong?" Feng Zhenchang asked in a daze.
Mei Qiuping didn't bother to care about him, "You sleep at ease every night! What do you think of the candied chestnuts that Yiping said?"
Hearing this, Feng Zhenchang also came to his senses, "I think of course I can do it. I will go to the village power station dam to pick up a few loads of sand and come back. The sand is even in size and clean. When the chestnuts are collected next month, we Let’s try frying first, and do as stated on a flat sheet of paper. If you fry a few catties of chestnuts, you can always make that taste, and then go to the provincial capital!"
Mei Qiuping complained in an angry voice, "You are also a Ma Daha, and you have never been to Yiping County. Just relying on what your classmates said, do you believe it?"
"In any case, Yiping won't lie to us with such a thing!" Feng Zhenchang was actually a little hesitant, but what he thought was, let's talk about it first.
Mei Qiuping is anxious, so she wants to settle down quickly, "In this way, you won't have to go up the mountain tomorrow. You will fix the chicken coop at home and make up for the fence in the vegetable garden behind the house. I will go back to my family and talk to my dad. Said that on the Mid-Autumn Festival the day after tomorrow, Yiliang will always call home and call him back when that time comes, and ask clearly!"
Mei Yiliang is her youngest brother. He hasn't married yet and has been in the provincial capital for these years.
"Well, please ask early, and you will have a good life." Feng Zhenchang knew her wife's temperament, and there were things in her heart. She felt that she couldn't sleep well.
There is another insomnia like Mei Qiuping, and Mei Jianzhong can’t sleep well these days. He is also impatient, at this point, his daughter is with him. My grandson had already sent the things for half a month, although when I was sending them, my grandson repeatedly told him that it would take more than a month to hear back, so he was still a little worried.
When thinking about the letter sent by his grandson, he confidently told him that one of the two places would adopt his work. Of course, my grandson may also feel that in front of him, this statement is a bit too full, and later added that if neither of these is adopted, he can still vote in other magazines. He didn't know how his grandson's article was written. After hearing his grandson read it, he felt that it was very close to life, and he was moved a little.
He also knows that his grandson is so old and that it is not easy to make money in the countryside. He has never had pocket money, and has never asked him what he wants at home, so he asked him how many dollars to send a letter this time. The grandson is still somewhat certain.
He has never heard of someone who can turn his own writing into type and publish it in a book published by the country. Imagining that his 12-year-old grandson might be the first person like this, he was a little excited.
These days, people who see the mail from the post office ask if there is a letter from him, and they have repeatedly told the postman that if there is a letter from him, especially if there is a money order, don’t say anything, just send it to him quietly. When the time comes, he will be given a good cigarette, and the unknown postman will be confused.
At noon that day, when Mei Jianzhong came home with a **** to cook, he saw the eldest daughter coming back and was helping her wash the quilt.
"Why are you here, something?"
Mei Qiuping poured him a cup of tea, "Listen to Yiping and tell me, how are you doing these days?"
"It's still healthy," Mei Jianzhong sat in the yard, looking at the clothes on the bamboo poles, full of clothes, "I don't have to wash with me every time I come, I can do it myself."
Mei Qiuping smiled, "I don't know you yet, put the clothes in the basin, pour the washing powder, stand up and step on it, even if it is washed, right!"
Mei Jianzhong turned to the topic, "You come down in the same year, what's the matter?"
"It's something, did Yoshihide call back?"
"No, I have received 5 letters from him in the past few years, and there are usually few phone calls, but in two days after the Mid-Autumn Festival, he will call. What's the matter with him?"
"There is something I want to ask him," Mei Qiuping said after hesitating.
"Oh, then I will tell him to call up there?"
"Okay, let's hit the village."
Mei Jianzhong didn't ask anything. He was worried that his daughter knew about Feng Yiping's contribution to the magazine, so he came to ask him.
The father and daughter didn’t talk for a long time, the eldest son’s family came back. The eldest son is carrying two hoes, and the daughter-in-law is holding Ruirui. Not long after, Rongrong also goes home from school.
Of course I ate at my brother’s at noon. My uncle Guosheng said to go to the town to weigh some meat, but Mei Qiuping stopped him and said that he would go to the town far away, and at this time I don’t know that there is nothing left. Guosheng asked his wife to take the money, but he was a little embarrassed who knew that his wife would not come out after entering the room for a long time. I think I don’t have much money at home. Not long ago, my nephew came to weigh the meat, so he scooped a liter of soybeans and asked Rongrong to take his brother to the village tofu shop to exchange for tofu.
Mei Qiuping came down in a hurry today because of something. In my mind, I always want to make hundreds of dollars a month from selling sugar-fried chestnuts. Otherwise, with her temper, she will take care of her brother and wife. Even so, for this meal, there were only two little guys eating tofu and eggs, very happy.
On the day of Mid-Autumn Festival, Feng Yiping’s first class teacher’s house, Mei Qiuping, did not want to do anything on this day. At noon, the female director of the village came to her home and told her that her brother Yiliang would call the village department an hour later. She was very happy, and she didn't care about waiting for Feng Zhenchang to go home to eat. With a dollar, she locked the door and went to the village with the woman director.
The village department went to Fengjiachong, and it took more than three miles to go back and forth. In this way, if you come to tell you to answer the phone, you will have to pay the village department a dollar.
When Mei Qiuping finished answering the phone and hurried home excitedly, Feng Zhenchang also came back. He had already set up the dishes and was waiting for her to eat.
"Did you ask Yoshihiro?"
"Well, I asked him if he had eaten fried chestnuts in the provincial capital? How much is a catty? How many people buy it?"
"What did Yiliang say?"
Mei Qiuping filled the lower jar of thick tea with a smile, "Yiliang also said that it is six yuan a catty, not many people sell it, but at least 20 catties a day can be sold."
"Hehe," Feng Zhenchang also smiled, "Well, rest assured, I can sleep peacefully at night! Eat quickly."
"Yiliang said he would come back when he harvested chestnuts."
"That's better. Let's fry it out and he will taste it to see if it tastes that way. If he thinks it's ok, he will ask him to find a house for us after returning to the provincial capital, as well as the stove."
Mei Qiuping took a few mouthfuls of rice, "Then what do we do with all the things at home after we leave, pigs, chickens, and the fields? Also, the most urgent thing is to ask for money, travel expenses, and rent a house. Yes, there are also people who buy tea oil and sugar, which can add up to several hundred. Where is this?"
Feng Zhenchang had thought about it a long time ago, "The millet is harvested early, and the peanuts are also torn. There is not much left in the field, it is rape. Let the second brother and the others look at it. For the chicken, give the door key to Weidong’s house and let them help. It’s not a big deal, it’s just a matter of spreading a few handfuls of grain a day. Money, don’t rush, just fall on the pigs."
"You mean killing the pigs? Is the meat good for sale at this time? The pigs were killed next door the day before yesterday, which is the Mid-Autumn Festival today, otherwise they will not be sold out." Mei Qiuping was not optimistic about this idea.
"It's okay. I went to the village tonight and asked how many people can buy it. If no one can buy it, I will go to the town to find a pig dealer. We raise pigs without feed. , A catty can cost one yuan, eight or nine to two yuan, so if you count it, you can have at least five hundred yuan. If it is not enough, Yiliang will ask Yiliang to help us out first. He has been outside for so many years. There should be some yuan, and we will pay him back when we sell the money."
"Well, let's eat early in the evening, you go around, kill the pigs yourself, the price of meat can be higher, and the lard pigs can be put into the water, we can keep some of them."
Mei Qiuping is a little unwilling. I have good luck this year. The 20-jin piglets I bought in the second half of last year were not ill at one time and could eat them. Up to now, I have said that they are more than two hundred and fifty jins. Among them, the most difficult thing is her. In the first six months, in addition to daily tasks, she has to play at least two baskets of hogweed a day, otherwise the pigs will not be enough to eat. Although most of the pigs in the past few years have been sold, she has to stay some of them. There are no one or two like this, and she feels a little unhappy in her heart.
"Okay, okay," Feng Zhenchang gave her chopsticks meat. Today, Mid-Autumn Festival is a big festival. They also weighed a catty of meat. The fish pond contracted by the former nephew of Yan was fishing today, knowing that they have no money. Reluctant to buy it, I gave one grass carp and five small crucian carp, so today's food is considered rich. "Think about it, on a flat basis, you can make hundreds of dollars a month, isn't it possible to buy a pig in a month?"
Okay, Mei Qiuping is happy when he mentions that he can make hundreds of yuan a month.
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