After eating, some were studying, while others were working. Jin Lily said goodbye to her mother-in-law and father-in-law, and took a bus to visit Datang.

Not far after the car passed Xianqiao, Jin Lily leaned out of the three-wheeled carriage and saw a tractor parked in front of her house from a distance. It was probably that the coal she bought at home had arrived.

"Master, please stop where there is a tractor parked in front."

The noise of the fire tricycle was already loud, and coupled with the whistling of the wind, the master did not hear her shout. She had to shout louder. Only then did the master hear her. Stop the car, get off, pay the fare, thank you.

After passing the master, Jin Lily entered the courtyard of her home.

"Dad, Carbon is here. When are you going to 'fire'?"

Jin Lily saw her father wearing his "work clothes", an old suit, and a "black coat" apron that was smeared black with carbon ash. He was holding a shovel and gathering the coal dumped by the tractor in the courtyard dam.

Stacked next to the huge stove for roasting wine.

"It's a good day today. Let's start the fire after dinner."

Jin Lily knew that the family was about to bake "peach blossom wine". According to her mother, this wine was baked in February and March, because it is spring, when everything grows and is full of vitality. The baked wine not only has a high yield, but also has the best quality.

The last one. Because the peach blossoms are in full bloom in spring, they are particularly beautiful. My mother gave this wine a nice name - "Peach Blossom Wine".

"Where's mom?"

"Your mother is probably feeding the pigs in the back."

"Have you eaten?"

"I haven't won yet."

"Oh. Then I'm going to cook."

Jin Lily's father, Jin Chongming, is almost fifty years old. He is the director of Datang Township Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Station, but he is not a full-time employee, but semi-part-time. In addition to completing the quarantine tasks assigned by the county, he also has to

Carry out livestock disease prevention work across the township. He usually goes from village to house to help our pigs, cows, horses and sheep get medical treatment and injections. So he knows a lot of people and is very popular.

Jin Baihe's family lives in a group of Shangtang Village, and there is another place name here, called "Jinjia Road". In a group of Shangtang Village, the Jin family is the most common surname, with about forty families, and there are also some Ding.

There are more than a dozen families with small surnames such as Yin and Yu. Jin Baihe's family is also the "unitary room".

In rural areas, "older people come out of the unitary room". Jin Lily's father, Jin Chongming, is also the "youngest son" in the "unitary room". After the death of his grandfather "Jin Baochang", there are only a few "elders" and "second uncles".

"Three uncles", my father "Uncle Yao" is the senior one. In addition, my father is popular, flexible and has many ideas. If we have any big or small issues, we always like to come and discuss them with him and ask him to give "an idea".

”, so his prestige in “Jin Family Road” is quite high.

"Yao'er, are you back?"

"Mom, wash your hands quickly and come to eat."

Jin Lily called her mother to wash her hands and eat, and then called her father to eat.

"Dad, come to dinner soon."

"You guys eat first. I'll pack it up with two shovels and do some hand work. Once it's done, we'll eat again."

"Hurry up and eat. Otherwise, you'll be starved for a while and you won't want to eat. Then you'll have stomach problems and you'll be in trouble."

"It's okay. It'll be fine soon."

Jin Baihe saw that her father was still busy collecting coal and could not win the meal, so she walked over.

"Dad, you go and eat. I'll take care of it."

"Come over here. What do you want to clean up? Your clothes will be dirty in a while. Just clean up my clothes."

Jin’s father didn’t want Jin Lily to pick up the scattered coal because he was afraid that her clothes would be stained.

Although neither Father Jin nor Mother Jin mentioned the exam, they were actually very concerned about it. The reason why they didn't mention it was not because they didn't want to mention it, but because they were afraid of it. It doesn't matter if you do well in the exam. If you do well in the exam,

What’s wrong? If you mention it, it will increase the child’s mental burden.

Seeing that her father was afraid that her clothes would be soiled, Jin Lily didn't let her clean up, so she had to go back to the main room.

Looking at the statue of "The Great Merciful and the Great Compassionate Guanyin" enshrined in the center of the hall, Jin Lily silently prayed to the Bodhisattva to bless her parents' health. Because they worked too hard. All year round, except for the "ceasefire" days during the Spring Festival,

Basically there is no rest time.

Jin Lily carefully observed her mother who was sitting in front of her eating. Her hair on her temples was already a little white. Her chubby hands, which were originally beautiful, had lost their luster and looked particularly rough due to years of hard work.

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Jin Baihe’s mother, Zhang Xuefen, is a typical farm woman. Since she is engaged in heavy physical labor all year round, she basically works around the big stove and pig pen for roasting wine. The roasting of wine is done day and night.

.From "fire" to "ceasefire", there was no one day's rest in between, which was very hard. Because she often stayed up late, she looked older and more haggard than her peers, and she was also much fatter than others.

The land at home was originally scattered around. There was not much land near the highway. Because there was a lot of dust on both sides of the road, the eldest uncle's family, the third uncle's family, and other relatives all disliked the land beside the highway. And my parents

They are also very kind to people. If any family doesn't want to plant land next to the road, as long as they come to their door, their parents will agree to exchange their own land that is not next to the road with someone else's.

In this way, basically all the land in the family has been transferred to the side of the road. There is still a part of the land that belongs to the grandparents and has not been transferred to the side of the road.

In addition, the villagers of "Jinjiada Road" originally had some "fields", but their "fields" were on the boundary of Wattang Village. To farm, they had to walk a long way. And there was part of the land in Wattang Village.

On the boundary of "Jinjia Avenue". In this way, when the villagers of the two villages are combined, the "field" of "Jinjia Avenue" and the "land" of "Watang" are exchanged. Therefore, "Jinjia Avenue"

The villagers only had land but no fields. This also helped the "Jin family" on the "Jin family road" to find a way to "get rich by roasting wine" and laid the foundation for "grain making".

The corn is first used to bake wine. After the starch in the corn is saccharified and fermented, the corn wine is produced, and the rest is "dregs". The "dregs" are used to raise pigs, and can be turned into money. The pigs eat them.

The "pig manure" produced goes back to the fields and becomes "farmer manure". In this cycle, every link generates value and creates wealth. So slowly, life gets better.

The division of labor at home is basically that the mother is responsible for roasting wine, raising pigs, and farming at home. The father is responsible for going to work, and also helping his mother sell wine, roasting wine, raising pigs, and farming. He is a typical "male leader outside the home".

, the rural family model of "female head of house". However, because the mother is illiterate, she does not control the "financial power". The "financial power" of the family is "fully controlled" by the father. So how much "property" does the family have?

, only the father knows for sure. The mother can only roughly estimate that she still made a lot of money throughout the year. As for the specific amount, she can’t tell. But she doesn’t like to fight for control like other women.

Money. My mother’s credo is: use it if you have money, and make money if you don’t have it. She doesn’t want to worry about “managing money” because roasting wine, raising pigs, and farming are already hard enough.

After my father finished cleaning up, he took a basin of water and washed his hands and face, then went into the main room to eat.

Jin Lily quickly served the rice and handed it to her father. Then she handed a pair of chopsticks to her father.

"I'm afraid the food is a little cold. Shall I heat it up for you?" Mother said to father.

"Not cold, not cold, just right. Hard to trouble." My father said this habitually.

Jin Lily quickly stood up, picked up the vegetable bowl, and went to the kitchen to heat the food. It was quickly heated and she quickly carried it back to the main room.

"Sister, why don't you eat?" The father found that there were only two pairs of bowls and chopsticks on the table. He was a little worried. Could this kid not do well in the exam and not be able to eat?

"Oh, Dad. After I took the exam, I went to my mother-in-law's house to see her father-in-law and Xiao Qing. I came back after having dinner at her mother-in-law's house."

Hearing that Jin Lily had dinner at her mother-in-law's house, Jin Lily's father relieved half of his worries. The other half was still hanging in the air.

"Oh. By the way, do you have many people taking the exam?" Mother couldn't help but ask. But she didn't dare to ask Jin Lily directly if she did well in the exam. Instead, she asked sideways.

Hearing her mother ask her if there were many people taking the exam, Jin Lily told her mother what she saw.

"There are still a lot of people taking the exam. I'm afraid there are hundreds of people."

"Oh. That competition is a bit big."

"Yeah. That's right, there are almost dozens of people competing for one position."

Jin Lily, after taking the exam, didn't feel anything special. She seemed to be a little calm inside. She was actually missing her "wine shop" now.

"Mom, the exam is over. I don't know when the results will be announced. The New Year is also over. Everyone should go to school when it's time to study, and work when it's time to work. Can I go over and see if Liu Ruyi and I are working together?

That 'liquor shop' you opened?"

Jin's father and Jin's mother never thought that Jin Lily would mention this. The two looked at each other and were silent for a while. Then Jin's father slowly said: "Yao Yao, dad told you. No matter you take the test

How it goes, we are not in a hurry. We will make a decision after the results come out."

The mother heard that her father had expressed his position and quickly agreed. "That's right. That's right. This year, you have been reading books and not having fun anywhere. Take advantage of these few days to have a good time. Wherever you want to play, just give it to your mother."

Say it. If there is no money, mom will give it to you."

"Then the 'liquor shop' is locked like this? The rent is free every day. Also, there are more than a thousand kilograms of wine brought over."

"Don't be afraid. Just lock it up first. When the results come out, if you pass the exam, dad can just find someone to build your 'wine shop'."

Jin's father has already made up his mind. If Jin Baihe passes the exam, he will ask his nephew Jianjian to run the "liquor shop". They are all relatives anyway, so he doesn't want his rent. To be honest, he doesn't want his wine money either. It's just that

In order to put pressure on him, I still told him on the surface, "I will give it to him after he sells it." Let him exercise and see if he can be tempered. If he can be tempered, then he will die on his own.

My aunt told me.
Chapter completed!