The Hong family is not big, with four adobe houses, a kitchen, and an open-air dry toilet. There was a pigsty built not far behind the house, where two pigs were raised, and the stench was overwhelming.
Uncle Hong’s two sons are serving in the army and rarely come back. Grandma Hong is not in good health and can only do housework at home and cannot work in the fields. The main labor force in the family is the two daughters-in-law, who are both good hands at home and outside.
The eldest of the Hong family has two children, a sister and a brother. The sister is seven years old and the brother is four years old. The second child has a boy who is just over three years old. Because their mother had to work in the fields, these children were raised by Grandma Hong.
The Hong family’s breakfast is corn mush with corn steamed buns, plus a little pickles.
What can I say about this meal? Li Anran has never eaten it in his life. I was curious at first, but I ate it with gusto. After a few mouthfuls, my throat felt very tight and very uncomfortable.
"Uncle Hong, does our family always have this for breakfast?" Li Anran asked.
Uncle Hong raised his eyelids and looked at him, "What? Not used to eating?"
Li Anran felt full of malice from Uncle Hong's words, but he did not give up. Instead, he nodded seriously, "It's rare that you can eat it. Eating it regularly is not good for your health and has no nutrition."
"Oh, you kid, don't even look where this is?! People in rural areas are not as good as people in cities. , it’s good to eat some. Eat quickly and take a rest after eating. I have to train in the afternoon.” Li Anran ignored the darkening of Old Man Hong’s face and continued, “Such a thing.” Growing vegetables is not as good as raising pigs and chickens. Uncle Hong, why don't you buy a tractor and drive some grain and vegetables to the city every other day to sell them? You can make a lot of money."
Uncle Hong didn't say anything, but the eyes of the second daughter-in-law on the side lit up, "I heard that there are people in the neighboring village who make money by bringing vegetables to the city and selling them. But it seems that they will be arrested in the city. If they are caught, the losses will be huge." < /p>
The eldest daughter-in-law raised her head to look at her father-in-law's face. When she saw that he was as black as the bottom of a pot, she shrank her neck in fright and lowered her head to eat without daring to speak.
"I opened two restaurants and a construction company in the city. I have to buy grain, vegetables, meat and other things at high prices every day. Anyway, it is winter and there is not much work at home, so it is better to collect some in the village. You can make some money by selling the grain, right?"
When the second daughter-in-law heard this, her face immediately lit up and she asked with a smile, "An Ran, what are you saying is true? How much do you charge?" "Take it?"
The eldest daughter-in-law on the side also raised her head and stared into Li Anran's eyes.
"In this way, the flour will be collected at two cents per catty, the cornmeal will be one cent per catty, the pork will be one yuan and nine, the rooster will be one and three yuan, the hen will be one and six yuan, the eggs will be one yuan and one cent, and the cabbage will be one cent..." Listening to Li With An Ran's offer, the second daughter-in-law's mouth opened wider and wider, and in the end she couldn't close her mouth.
The eldest daughter-in-law finally couldn't help but speak, "But it's not close to the city from here. I can't come back in a day..."
Grandma Hong, who had been silent, also said, "We only have this little food at home, what will we eat if we sell our babies?"
Li Anran stuffed the last mouthful of steamed buns into his mouth. , replied vaguely, "Let the villagers collect the grain, vegetables and meat, and you can make a profit on the difference. A tractor? It's simple. I will pay for it, and you will pay me back when you make money."
Two wives His eyes immediately turned to my father-in-law, and I saw Uncle Hong looking embarrassed, "A walking tractor costs more than 3,000 yuan..."
"Uncle Hong, you can earn back 3,000 yuan in just one year. Let's do this. I'll call my uncle later and ask him to buy it first. I'll go to the county Agricultural Machinery Bureau during the slack period and get the certificate, which will come in handy after the Spring Festival."
Old Man Hong looked a little unhappy, "No, we have to pay for it. If not, I'll go find the villagers to get it together."
The old man was obviously very guilty when he said this. At this time in the countryside What income? Although everyone's life has become better after contracting the land, the annual income is only two to three hundred yuan. I don't know how much debt I owe if I collect three thousand yuan.
Li Anran waved his hand, "Uncle Hong, I made a lot of money by starting a company. I borrowed this money. You can pay it back to me when you make money."
Hong The old man hesitated for a while, and seeing the three women at home looking at him eagerly, he gritted his teeth and nodded in agreement.
Li Anran arrived at the commune and found a phone number to call Li Ningbo. Li Ningbo agreed without saying a word.
In the afternoon, the training continued. Shooting today was life-threatening. It was obvious that my shoulders couldn’t bear it anymore, and every shot hurt like hell.
But nothing seemed to have happened to Mr. Hong. The favor of someone who lent him money to buy a tractor in the morning seemed to have been blown away by the howling north wind. Two hundred rounds.
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When Li Anran stood up, he felt as if his shoulders no longer belonged to him. "Uncle Hong, can you not fight tomorrow?"
"Yes. I will practice pistol tomorrow, martial arts in the afternoon, and now I will go for a run." This was the old man's reward for his kindness.
Helpless, Li Anran could only carry his rifle and start running hard against the north wind.
Pistols were the item that Li Anran practiced the most in his previous life, so after getting familiar with the firearms in his hands, his results were very good. No matter how picky Mr. Hong was, he had to admit that this guy did very well. .
However, during the martial arts training session, Li Anran felt what it meant to be miserable. A sixty-year-old man beat him all afternoon without even a chance to fight back.
"Go faster."
"Are you taught by the teacher's wife? You have to be strong in your attacks."
"..."
On the grain drying field, surrounded by many women and dolls, Li Anran was knocked down again and again, got up hard again and again, and was knocked down again and again.
The initial laughter gradually disappeared, and instead people looked at Mr. Hong with more and more fear. In the end, the crowd dispersed, and no one was watching anymore.
The village was quiet except for Uncle Hong’s scolding from the grain drying field.
At night, Li Anran struggled to fall asleep with pain all over his body, and then he was woken up by the cold rifle in his arms. For a moment, he wanted to sneak back. It's not that he can't endure hardship, but it's just that it's too bitter.
I couldn’t eat well and sleep well. The physical suffering was secondary. The key was being beaten to the ground by a sixty-year-old man. It was so humiliating.
However, before dawn the next day, the old man dragged him to the drying field to practice stone locks. When shooting in the afternoon, he decisively changed his shoulder and was able to maintain the training volume of 200 rounds of ammunition.
Ten days have passed in the blink of an eye, and Li Anran has become accustomed to a life of shooting, running and practicing martial arts every day. The body's functions seem to be slowly recovering from extreme fatigue. Maybe this is called stimulating potential.
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Helpless, Li Anran continued to aim and shoot amidst Uncle Hong’s scolding, retracted the gun and moved forward, fired two shots in a row, moved forward again, changed the magazine, and fired...
It started over and over again until two hundred rounds of ammunition were fired, then the magazine was ejected and the gun chamber was emptied, ending today's training.
"Tomorrow you go home to celebrate the New Year. Remember to come over the day after tomorrow to continue training." Old Man Hong packed up his things and said, "Go to the city drugstore to buy some potions that can activate blood circulation, remove blood stasis, and unblock meridians. Apply them to your body. You are so young. "My health is so bad."
Li Anran didn't dare to say anything back, because the little girl in the village could easily carry two buckets of water, and a sixteen-year-old boy could make a fifty-pound stone lock. All kinds of flowers. Compared with these perverts, Li Anran has no right to say that he has good physical fitness.
When I arrived at the grain drying field, I saw many people surrounding a brand new walking tractor, chattering and talking.
The two daughters-in-law of the Hong family took advantage of this time to take driving lessons. With the care of caring people, they also got their driving licenses. After receiving a call from Li Ningbo yesterday, the two of them went to the city to pick up the car and only came back today.
"How is it? Did you meet Hu Mingyue and Yan Youfang yesterday?"
The second daughter-in-law, who is still more outgoing, replied, "We have met, and we have agreed. After the Spring Festival Let's start delivering food."
"That's good...uh...buy some meat?" Li Anran didn't care about the wine, he came here for the meat. In the past eleven days, he has not eaten a bite of meat. The training volume is so heavy, how can he do without meat supplement.
“I bought it, and I’ll probably be there now when I get back.Burned. "The daughter-in-law's face was flushed. She didn't know it was because of the north wind, but she was still too excited.
During dinner, when he took a bite of meat, the plump meat juice spread in his mouth, a kind of Happiness enveloped his whole body and he almost cried.