Siheyuan, I am He Yushui's classmate

Chapter 6 The way home
After a speechless night, I got up the next morning and had breakfast in the cafeteria, taking advantage of the one-week holiday before going to work to go home quickly.

Zhao Jinhe's hometown is in a small village at the foot of a mountain about forty or fifty miles away from the city center. Because of the lack of land, most of them are families who fled from other places like the Zhao family. There are families with various surnames, the largest His family is Zhao Jinhe's grandfather's family, and they have settled here for four generations.In the old days, most of the people here lived by doing odd jobs in the city. Most of the land’s production was potatoes and sweet potatoes in the mountains. The last year was not good, so I went out to do more temporary work to make do with it!

The village is very poor, there is not even a landlord, every household is poor!Those who have a lot of labor can go to the mountains to find a relatively flat place to open some land, and they can grow some drought-resistant coarse grains such as potatoes and sweet potatoes. There is a small stream flowing down the mountain. The water quality of the stream is good. Not only is it not astringent, it seems to be slightly sweet, but the water volume is too small. No matter what, it is only enough for the daily life of the people in the village, so the land in the village has nothing to irrigate at all. Water irrigation possible.

Most of the time, the village sells potatoes, sweet potatoes and coarse grains, and then buys some other grains. In the past, I didn’t have to go too far. As long as I went to a nearby village, all the grains such as wheat and corn were planted, and the exchange rate would vary. They are basically fixed. After decades of development, the population of the village has also increased a lot. There are married daughters-in-law and many married girls. Who can have no relatives in the nearby villages? ?
Doesn't even a foreign household like Zhao Jinhe's family have a married woman?What's more, there are relatives in Grandpa Zhao Jinhe's family!

Because there are no real relatives in the family, this is why the old man insists on having five or six children at such an old age!
I got on a suburban bus that looked very worn out and paid a fare of [-] cents. While wandering all the way, I arrived at the intersection that was about to enter the county town. Zhao Jinhe called out in advance and got off here. , and then sat under the big tree on the roadside waiting for the carriage that delivered potatoes in exchange for food in the village in the afternoon.According to custom, you should wait about an hour.Now the village has become cooperative, and most of the land is collectively owned. Each household only has some vegetable fields for their own family. In this regard, Zhao Jinhe's village is quite relaxed, and the regulations are quite relaxed. Each person only has one share of land, but in fact, because everyone secretly allocated more land, most of the land is halfway up the mountain, and no one will specifically look for trouble.

So there really isn’t much money in the village at the moment, and every household is the same. They rely on the eggs laid by the two chickens in the house for oil, salt, sauce and vinegar!
It is not allowed to raise a few more. On the contrary, in terms of food, every household can have enough to eat. There is nothing else. Potato and sweet potato rice is very delicious.

Even in his family, there is a shortage of labor force, and most of them just make ends meet.

The winter wheat in the crop fields on the roadside has turned yellow. You can see far away at a glance, and you can also see the mountain where your home is located. There is not a single cloud in the blue sky. It seems that there has not been a single snowfall this winter, and the air is also It’s very dry and I don’t know what next year’s harvest will be like…

"Dahe, why are you back today? Are you not going to school?"

A distant greeting woke him up from his daze.

"Third brother, are you here to deliver goods to the county seat today? I came back from a leave of absence. I have something to discuss with my family when I come back."

If you say that Zhao Jinhe is considered a celebrity in the village, right?
Not only does he study well, but he is also the first person to go to the city to study. He is always very polite and knows how to say hello to everyone he meets. He has always been recognized by everyone as a good guy.

Most people in the village seldom go out, and occasionally they go to the county to do business. Most people have not been to the city for many years, not only because of the distance, but also because they are a little scared. The unknown always makes people feel scared. The same is true of the leaders of the usually bullying villages. When they enter the city, they shrink back and forth, and occasionally hear others scolding the "country folks" and dare not speak back.

Zhao Jinhe was the first to leave the small village and go to the city to study. He also had a city registered permanent residence and had access to food supplies. He was no longer a peasant uncle digging in the soil. Mr. Zhao's face was bright, even though his family was still It was the shabbiest home in the village, but everyone felt that the future would be very different.

Every time Zhao Jinhe leaves home and enters the city, there will be a horse-drawn carriage from the village to take him to the side of the main road "by the way", with a polite look, as if Zhao Jinhe has really become a character, and his politeness has also been interpreted by many people as "" Scholars are different."

In fact, Zhao Jinhe felt that he was no different, he was still the one struggling for life.

"Dahe, there are really a lot of people in the city! It's crowded, and there are big shops everywhere. Do they have everything in them?"

The third brother with a longing face does this every time. He will ask these questions when they meet, and the answers will be the same every time.

"There are quite a lot of people, especially when going to and from work. The roads are full of people, and there are many big stores. There are all kinds of things, even if I can't afford any of them!"

Zhao Jinhe, who shrunk his neck and put his hands in his sleeves, explained again, with a slightly unconcerned look on his face. No matter how beautiful the world is, what does it have to do with him, a poor man who only wants to eat in his mind?
"Can't afford it! If you can't afford it, it's good to have a look! It is said that the girls in the city are also very beautiful, and they are all white and tender. If you pinch your little face, it will squeeze out water!"

The third brother's surname is Li. He is one of the few old households in the village. His father has become the person in charge of the village. His eldest brother and second brother are both good workers. They have already married in the village and their life is considered the best. A wave of people.

Only the youngest son was pampered and cared for a little more. He was given the task of delivering goods to the county once a week. It would make him relax for a day without saying anything. Nowadays, the village is all about collective labor, and there is no such thing in the whole year. There were so many rest days, not to mention the busy farming days, even the previous off-farming days were fully scheduled with land reclamation, canal construction, etc. Everyone was as tired as a dead dog. After dark, they had dinner and went to bed immediately.

"Haha... It's not that exaggerated! There are beautiful ones everywhere, and the beautiful ones are only a small part, and most of them are ordinary. It's true that they are white, mainly because they don't get enough sun outside. You Isn’t the second sister fairer than most in the village?”

The second sister of the Li family is Zhao Jinhe's elementary school classmate, but she is already getting married. It is said that she is the second son of the person in charge of the village next door.

"Hehe, my second sister will get married in the next year. You know, back then..."

"Understood, if it was my sister, I would also object, it's all over."

A sensitive topic made the two lose their interest in continuing to talk in an instant. Brother Li seemed to be driving the carriage very seriously, while Zhao Jinhe seemed to be thinking about some major event in life
(End of this chapter)