Chapter 10 Cat Stand
Basically, everyone in the brigade has the surname Li and Liu. The Fang family moved here later and is the only one in the brigade. These days, everyone bullies the students, and the majority bullies the minority. Therefore, Fang Yuan's relationship with his peers in the village, except for a few playmates, is
Some are good, others are not so good.
"Hey, isn't this Fang Yuan, taking his wife out to catch fish? What's the matter? He can't even afford the food he married, so he has to catch fish to eat!" The person who spoke was called Liu Tianyi, who had the worst relationship with Fang Yuan in the brigade.
The two were classmates when they were in school, and they would have a dozen each day, one dozen each day, and one dozen every five days.
The Fang family has good genes and their children are all tall. Fang Yuan is also 1.8 meters tall, while Liu Tianyi is only about 1.63 meters tall, so Fang Yuan is the one who is held down and beaten every time.
When he was in school, he was scared by Fang Yuan. After graduation, his family got a job quota for both workers and farmers, and he went to work in the mines.
The so-called workers and farmers, decades later, will mean the so-called temporary workers, or migrant workers, who do the same work in the mines, while regular workers, such as Fang Yuan's eldest brother Fang Chen, make one yuan and three yuan a day.
It's a dime, and there are various labor protections, and the mine will take care of illness and injury.
Being both a worker and a farmer, the salary is 90 cents a day, and labor protection supplies are halved. If you are injured, the mine will give you a sum of money for recuperation. If you get sick, you have to rely on yourself.
Moreover, they are both workers and farmers. In theory, they are only needed when the work in the mines is too much and they cannot handle it. If the work in the mines becomes lighter, they will have to return to the production team to farm the land.
But it was such a job that was both a worker and a farmer that made Liu Tianyi so beautiful. He felt that he had transcended the class, directly became a worker from a farmer, and was eating commercial food.
If this were in his previous life, Fang Yuan would have given Liu Tianyi a beating just for what he said just now, but after he was reborn, how could he be so impulsive? What's more, Liu Tianyi had an accident in the mine next year.
It was convenient for him to ride down the mountain in a mine cart, but the mine cart fell off the road and hit Liu Tianyi directly in the chest. He died in a miserable way, so why should he compete with someone who was about to die?
"It's a difficult time at home! Liu Tianyi, I heard that you have become a worker. Do you have any salary? Please lend me some for a classmate. I will definitely return it." Fang Yuan asked with a smile.
Liu Tianyi was stunned. He didn't expect that Fang Yuan would borrow money from him. The young man was a little numb for a moment. Borrow it. If Fang Yuan can pay it back, he will be embarrassed. Don't borrow it! You will lose face.
"Brother, our father told us to go home quickly and don't delay, otherwise we will be punished when we return home." Liu Tianyi's younger brother said quickly.
"Yes, yes, I have something to do at home. I have to go home and tell you later." Liu Tianyi ran away quickly, fearing that Fang Yuan would really pull him to borrow money.
Fang Yuan found it funny, while Su Yan on the other side felt a little guilty, and said to Fang Yuan, "I will definitely work hard in the future to make our family's life better and better."
Fang Yuan did not expect that his daughter-in-law would be flattered by his words, and said in a dumbfounded voice, "Goodbye, our family is not in trouble, I was just teasing her."
Su Yan didn't believe it, so she muttered to herself, "We spent a lot of money on our wedding. I heard from my mother that we still owe her pigs."
Fang Yuan couldn't laugh or cry and said, "It's really not true. In this way, when I go back at night, I will show you a big baby, and you will know how rich I am."
"Brother, there is a big eel behind you." At this moment, Fang Wen suddenly shouted.
"Where is it?" Fang Yuan quickly turned his head to look, but he rushed out of the water in a flash. Good guy, where is the big eel? It is clearly a long worm, it looks more than one meter long, and it is doing S in the water.
type swimming.
"What's that look!? That's a long worm!" Fang Yuan glared at Lao Liu angrily, this Lao Liu was really a Lao Liu!
It was already after five o'clock after getting off the cage, and it was still bright. However, I had no time to spare all afternoon. Fang Yuan's stomach began to growl again, and Fang Wen kept touching his belly. Su Yan originally wanted to laugh at the two of them, but she didn't say anything.
, her stomach also made a growling sound, and her face turned red with embarrassment.
Nowadays, people have no fat or water in their stomachs. When they get hungry, they are scratching their heads and lungs. If they eat again when they go home, they will be blamed. One laborer in the family only earns about 200 kilograms of fine grain a year.
How can a person eat as much as he wants in a day?
But Fang Yuan couldn't possibly watch his wife starve and finally come back again. His original intention of loving his wife must not change. He still had money in his hand, so he simply led the two of them to the Mining Bureau, the Mining Bureau's small market.
As soon as evening comes, there will be several vendors selling snacks. They set out at around seven o'clock and return around twelve o'clock. Because they are hidden in the corner of the small market, they are also called cat stalls, which means they are like hiding cats.
These stalls often make semi-finished products. You pay when you come, take the items and leave quickly. There is no such thing as sitting down to eat. The advantage is that no tickets are required, but the price is relatively expensive because the stalls mainly make things.
, you also have to use stamps to buy raw materials, and the extra money is equivalent to buying food stamps.
The journey of more than ten miles, according to today's walking distance, would take less than an hour. As soon as Fang Yuan said to go to the Mining Bureau, Fang Wen knew what the fourth brother was going to do, and all his moves were about to show up.
I came, and I didn’t say a word about tiredness all the way.
Although Su Yan didn't know what Fang Yuan was going to do, but her man was going to the Mining Bureau, so she would definitely not say anything and just follow him.
The three of them left the Li Weizi Brigade of the production team and arrived at the Mining Bureau at a little after six o'clock. The cat stall was not out yet, so they had to wait until after seven o'clock, when it was getting dark, before the cat stall would be out.
The three of them were chatting while waiting outside the Mining Bureau compound. Fang Yuan asked Su Yan, "Daughter-in-law, if we make money in the future, is there anything you want to do?"
Su Yan tilted her head and thought for a while, then suddenly said sheepishly, "If I have money in the future, I would like to raise a few pots of flowers."
Fang Yuan's eyes trembled slightly. Sure enough, his wife loved flowers. She carefully cultivated the pots of flowers at home in her previous life. Unfortunately, in her previous life, she was a straight man. Not only did she not know how to appreciate them, but she also always complained that her daughter-in-law kept them and couldn't eat them.
I can't drink anything, and I have never sent flowers to my wife.
"Okay, if we have money in the future, we will raise some flowers and pick the ones you like." Fang Yuan touched Su Yan's face and said seriously.
Su Yan didn't expect that Fang Yuan would take her joke to heart, and said quickly, "It's okay, it's okay if we don't raise it. Our family will be able to have enough food and clothing from now on. Let's live a good life first."
Fang Wen came over and said, "Fourth brother, if I were rich, I would go to the fried dough sticks shop and eat fried dough sticks every day, eight sticks a day, until I'm full."
Fang Yuan and Su Yan couldn't help laughing, and soon the cat stalls appeared. They were hiding in the corner, not shouting or communicating with the customers. At most, they asked the price, took the items and left.
There are not many snacks, only sesame seed cakes and steamed buns that can be put in. There is a shop that sells meat buns. There is a big basket with white cotton inside. When you open the cotton, you can smell the aroma.
It smelled like meat, and Fang Yuan couldn't help but swallow, let alone Fang Wen and Su Yan.
"Uncle, what are you talking about?" Fang Yuan walked over and asked. There shouldn't be too many people going at this time, otherwise they might turn around and leave. People are smart, and the issue of the times is all about self-protection.
The owner of the cat stall was an old man in his fifties. He hunched over and looked around while talking to Fang Yuan, for fear that some militiamen would come to arrest him.
"It's stuffed with pork and green onions. If you want it, it's 15 cents a piece." The boss whispered, opening the cotton cloth and letting Fang Yuan take a look. Good guy, a bun is quite big, at least about three ounces. It looks bigger than an adult's fist.
A bit bigger.
Chapter completed!