Chapter 376: The House Ruiner in the 1970s (7)

 Xu Laosan nodded in agreement.

The meal of shredded pork noodles in the state-owned restaurant was eaten by two lovers when they went to the city to visit the supply and marketing cooperative. At that time, they were so full of food that they had been thinking about it for many years. Now that I think about it, it is not as good as the bowl of noodles that my daughter cooked casually.

 Xu Yin: “…”

I'm afraid you won't believe it, so I added some soup stock.

 How easy is it for me to motivate you to do more work!

The couple had a satisfying late-night snack and almost fell asleep with smiles on their faces.

Early the next morning, I was still smacking my lips in my sleep. One of them was savoring the aroma of wine and noodles, and the other was savoring the freshness of fish and soup. I was woken up by Xu Yin.

 “Dad, Mom, get up quickly, it’s time to go to work.”

"Huh? So early?" Xu Laosan reluctantly opened his eyes, looked out the window, and then lay back, "It's not even bright yet!"

“Other people go to work at this time, so you have to work for an hour before coming back for dinner, otherwise you won’t be able to finish the work assigned in the morning.”

　　　…”

Xu Laosan was simply dumbfounded: "Daughter, your father and I used to go to the field at eight or nine o'clock."

“So you can’t earn full work points.”

“…No, you only said that I should work, but you didn’t say that I should get full work points?”

"Is that so? I made a mistake." Xu Yin nodded in realization, "Okay, I will return the filtered cigarettes later and only buy you a drink."

　　　…”

ah? Why is this even on discount?

Xu Laosan struggled back and forth between "filter" and "full work points". After all, he couldn't resist the temptation of the new cigarettes. He opened his eyes and struggled to get up, not forgetting to nudge his daughter-in-law who shared the joys and sorrows, "Get up quickly. Get to work!"

"Very sleepy…"

 “Who is not sleepy? Think about your new clothes.”

　　　…”

The couple were coaxed to get up and go to work by the fragrant carrots hanging in front of their noses.

 This is definitely the case since they got married... No! Maybe it was the earliest time I went out since I was born.

 “Why do I feel like there are stars in the sky?”

 “The moon is still hanging!”

“Yin Yin is so cruel!”

“But she got up herself and went out earlier than the two of us.”

 “My daughter is also cruel to herself.”

“What do you think she was stimulated by?”

“What excitement? Don’t you just want to buy me wine and cigarettes, and make you new clothes? If you don’t have money, you have to work hard to earn work points, that’s right!”

　　　…”

When other people in the production team saw Xu Laosan and his family, their first reaction was to look up at the sky:

The sun has indeed not risen yet, nor is it raining red. What's going on?

 “Lao San, did you get up so early today?”

"Yeah yeah."

Xu Laosan yawned, and even to death he said that he was coerced into working by his daughter with filtered cigarettes. Didn't he want to lose face?

The production team leader came over to divide the work for everyone. When he saw Xu Laosan and his family, he was stunned for a moment. He also raised his head and looked at the sky first, and then said with a smile:

“Lao San, that’s good, that’s good! Keep up the momentum, and your family will be able to share the food and money at the end of this year.”

 Xu Laosan: I just want to smoke a filter cigarette. Do you believe it?

"This morning, the strong laborers are still plowing the land. The same land yesterday will be plowed twice today, and corn will be planted tomorrow. The half-laborers are divided into two groups, one group continues to pull weeds in the soybean field, and the other group goes to the river bank to plant taro. . Third child, today you..."

"Captain, my father can stay with my mother, and I will dig up the land." Xu Yin took over the captain's words. team leader:"…"

Looked at Xu Yin strangely: "Aren't you tired? It was your first time going to the ground yesterday. No matter how strong you are, novices will be so sore that they can't lift their arms at the beginning, so they have to take it slow."

"I'm okay."

“…Okay, third child, see how filial Yin girl is to you, don’t criticize her at all times in the future.”

 “I know.”

Xu Laosan yawned, picked at his eyes and nodded casually.

Do you think I dare to scold you? You don’t know that we were as tired as old scalpers because of her job last night. My waist and my wife’s arms were so sore.

Xu Yin thought that she would have to go home and make breakfast soon. On the way here, she promised her parents that she would make them the same kind of noodles as last night, so she swung the **** very quickly.

It would take an hour for others to catch up quickly, but she finished it in about ten minutes. Then she said to the production captain not far away who was criticizing and educating the lazy team members: "Captain, I have plowed half a ridge of land. Go home and do it." The meal is gone."

“Look at this little girl, and then look at you young people, are you ashamed? Are you ashamed?” The production team leader scratched his face, hating that iron could not turn into steel.

The leader, the young man, smiled playfully: "Didn't she just come and leave? Just give her a few pulls and say she's done. We can do that too!"

"Come on, come on!" Seeing that they didn't believe it, the captain dragged them to the ridge that Xu Yin had plowed. "Open your eyes and take a good look! How many times does this mean you can pull at random? Okay! Just do it like this." , after finishing half a row, I will let you go home for dinner!"

　　　…”

 These young people’s eyes almost popped out of their sockets.

 This...is this a job done by a sixteen or seventeen year old girl? is that a lie!

"Why are you lying to you?" The old man who was plowing the land next to him said something fair. "Not only the captain, I also saw it. This land was indeed plowed by the second girl from Xu Laosan's family. Yesterday, I heard someone say that she is the only one who plowed the land." I still don’t quite believe that someone could plow two ridges of land without stopping from beginning to end. I just saw her plowing half a ridge in one go. I dare say that you young people together can’t even do her. .”

　　　…”

This remark is not very harmful but highly insulting.

 So, when Xu Yin returned to the field after breakfast, she found a group of young people under the age of twenty, guarding the field where she worked, vowing to compete with her.

　　　…”

 I said it’s better to say goodbye, I’m afraid I’ll offend you.

"Who is that, Xu Yin, right? Let's have a competition with you." The leader, the young man, shook his legs and looked like he had a chance to win. "Two ridges of land, whoever plows them faster will win. The loser How about one person doing each other’s work for three days?”

Xu Yin raised her eyebrows: "Are there any requirements for the job?"

 “Just do whatever the other party asks you to do.”

 “Okay. Let’s start now?”

  “…” So refreshing?

 The young men looked at each other, quickly took off their coats, rolled up their sleeves, and rolled up their trouser legs, as if they were trying their best.

 Looking at Xu Yin, she is still dressed in the same outfit as in the morning:

A gray plaid linen shirt, dark navy straight-leg pants, and thousand-layer cloth shoes with frayed toes.

In order to save fabric, the trouser legs only cover the calf, but it has a vague sense of fashion like the eight-point trousers and nine-point trousers of later generations.

 But in this era, it seems poor.

Xu Yin picked up the **** and turned up the ground, and the young men also rushed to jump into the nearby ridges of land to work.

Others came to the field in twos and threes, and work was already in full swing.

“Lao San, what did you eat this morning? Why are you still picking your teeth?”

Seeing Xu Laosan holding a thin bamboo stick in the corner of his mouth and picking his teeth from time to time, everyone couldn't help but feel funny. Whose breakfast doesn't include sweet potato porridge and rice soaked in white water? This Xu Laosan looks as if he has eaten meat, he can really pretend!

 (End of this chapter)