1983: From Land Sharing to Household Ownership

"Captain, halfway is here!"

"Fortunately, it's not twelve o'clock now, it's only half past eleven."

"Hey! I kept eating ashes all the way, and I ate a little more. At least I didn't miss it. It's worth it."

"Don't say it, when I get to this halfway crossing, the stone in my heart is put down."...

We started before dawn in the morning, and now it is half past eleven. The purchasing team from Jiangbei Village finally arrived near Stone Town.

This is the half-way ferry about three miles away from Stone Town.

The upper reaches of this halfway is the larger river formed by the convergence of the Tea River and the West River in the tea city.

The big river flowing from the tea city and the big stone mountain on the right blocked the way forward.

On the left is a big river, and on the right is a stone mountain about 400 to 500 meters high. There is really no way forward, only a steep ferry.

Hundreds of years ago, someone organized manpower to open up the mountain and crack the rocks at the foot of the stone mountain on the right, and forcibly opened up a path.

With the passage of time, this stone path was gradually expanded by the latecomers, and in the period of the Republic of China, it was finally possible to pass large cars.

This narrow mountain road has a rocky mountain on one side and a rolling river on the other. In addition, the road is at least 20 meters high from the river, which makes people feel a little frightened.

It seems that only the half of the rock can be safely driven.

Since ancient times, the trails here have only been able to pass in one lane.

In ancient times, the road was too narrow, and when the carriages met, only one-way lanes would pass by.

In modern times, the road is wider, but the vehicles are also larger, and still only one-way traffic can be passed.

When meeting cars, you must wait for the opposite side to pass before the other side can pass.

Therefore, whether in ancient times or in modern times, this mountain road is called a half-way ferry.

This means that only half of the vehicles can pass through here at a time, whether it's a horse-drawn carriage or a car.

In Wang Qiang's later memory, it was not until the late 1990s that this extremely difficult mountain road was truly developed into a four-lane standard second-class national road.

However, at that time, an operation mistakenly blasted the mountain, causing a landslide, and several construction workers were buried alive on the spot.

"Stop!"

The militia captain Lin Hai stopped and raised his right hand to signal, "Everyone immediately go to the river below, wash, drink some tea, and eat something!"

"Let's rest here for fifteen minutes!"

With his thick eyebrows and big eyes, he looked at everyone with a piercing expression, "Remember, it's a fifteen-minute break! Execute immediately!"

He raised his hand to look at the watch on his wrist and started timing.

There are only three people wearing watches in Jiangbei Village: the old village chief, the village chief and the militia captain Lin Hai.

There are still three miles to reach the livestock market in Stone Town. Now we must take a rest, let everyone wash up, eat some dry food, and drink some tea, in order to restore their mental state.

Today in Stone Town, there is absolutely no lunch.

Fortunately, the villagers in Jiangbei Village only had two meals a day during this period.

One is at eleven o'clock in the morning, and the other dinner starts in the evening.

The dry food I will eat now is today's lunch.

"Yes!"……

This group of backbones and militiamen of Jiangbei Village were all well-trained. They stood up neatly, promised loudly, and then hurriedly disbanded.

Everyone took towels, dry food, and tea. In groups of three or five, they quickly ran to the beach by the river below on the left, and quickly washed up.

After three washes and two washes, they gathered into small groups, sat together, took out the dry food and tea they brought from home, and started to gobble.

"Brother! Everyone has started to rest by the river!"

"Sister, stop! Let's go to the river to wash up, our faces and hands are all dirty!"

"Get out of the car! They won't rest for long!"  …

The four brothers and sisters Wang Qiang arrived late, and after seeing the actions of the Jiangbei Village purchasing team, they shouted one by one, and after Wanling stopped the car, they quickly jumped out of the car.

Wang Qiang's reaction was the simplest: after he got out of the car, he picked up the big basket and walked down the left side of the path leading to the river.

Wan Jun, Wan Yu, and Chen Lin hurriedly followed.

"Da Bai, let's hurry up!" After Wanling parked the car, she immediately called the mountain dog, Da Bai, to jump out of the carriage and chased her brother and sister with it.

Because all the things that were carried were in a large basket that Wang Qiang was carrying, the four girls walked very fast with bare hands.

Everyone hurried to the river, took out their own toiletries from the big baskets, and quickly squatted on the beach by the river to wash them.

Like the other villagers, Wang Qiang and his party, who had washed up quickly, began to sit together.

Wang Qiang took out the food and Qingshen tea from the pair of big baskets one by one and put them on the tablecloth on the beach.

"Wow..."

Wan Jun was the first to act, holding a large teapot and pouring a cup of Qingshen tea for everyone.

Of course, this large pot of Qingshen tea was also quietly added to the spiritual liquid by Wang Qiang.

The twins, girl and Chen Lin, sorted the food that her brother had just taken out and placed them on the tablecloth in front of them.

Just a few minutes later, a good meal was neatly placed.

"Dry!"

"I've been thirsty for a long time, this cup of Qingshen tea, I want to drink it all in one breath!"

"I'm thirsty too."

"After drinking this cup of tea, I'm going to eat skewers!"...

Several people excitedly raised their glasses to touch each other, then raised their heads and drank all the Qingshen tea in the cup with a sigh of "gugu...".

On the tablecloth in front of you, most of them are large plates, which are full of kebabs, as well as some steamed buns and steamed buns.

These are the dry food that Wang Qiang explained to a few little girls last night.

"This kebab, even if it was grilled last night, tastes quite delicious now."

"Of course! My brother told us to seal it up and put it in a large casserole to keep it warm."

"This bun is the same as the steamed bun, and it's still warm!"

"The simplest way to keep warm, as my brother said, is still very effective."

Several girls were eating and drinking, and they were all talking non-stop.

Indeed, they did not expect that the simple method of keeping the food in a large casserole after sealing the food as mentioned by the brother, now looks pretty good.

The heat dissipation of the casserole is extremely slow. In the case of insufficient conditions, it is used to keep food warm, and the effect is still very good.

The five of them were eating and drinking here, and some villagers not far away had their faces green.

"This Wang Qiang, they actually brought so many skewers to eat?"

"Ah! There are also fragrant white flour steamed buns and meat buns!"

"The tea in the teapot is really so delicious? I can see that they are so cool that I even close my eyes?"...

Everyone whispered frantically, while they devoured the cold steamed buns and dry tea in their hands.

Well, everyone has confirmed that Wang Qiang's family came out for an outing.

Looking at their appearance, more than a cool group?

Two batches, more than three batches!

The fifteen-minute break will come soon.

Under the command of Captain Lin Hai, the villagers packed up and returned to the main road with their things from the river.

Everyone hurriedly put their things into the carriage and placed them neatly.

Soon, the team hurried forward again.

After a while, he crossed the halfway crossing and strode towards Stone Town, which was already visible.

This time, everyone has to hurry up.

Otherwise, most of the good pigs, cattle and sheep that everyone wants will be bought by others first, which would be bad.