80s Taoism

"Biaohua, you won't go to Guangdong secretly, will you?" Zhang Yuanbao asked.

"Why do you ask this?" Zhang Jiaohua really had this idea.

"Grandpa and the others told me to keep an eye on you. Don't let you sneak away to Guangdong. My father said that there are human traffickers everywhere in Guangdong. Uncle Shicai said that patriarchal patriarchy is very serious in Guangdong. You said that it would be great if human traffickers sold me to Guangdong. I quarreled with Runtian, and I must be the one who was beaten. Our family is a standard patriarchal." Zhang Yuanbao also burst into tears.

"Aren't you afraid that someone will break your leg and ask you to go to the street to ask for money?" Zhang Jiaohua asked back.

"Boy, you can sell it for a lot of money. Why do you want me to ask for money? I don't look like a beggar like this!" Zhang Yuanbao pouted. Dreams are easily shattered. Zhang Jiaohua cruelly destroyed Yuan Bao's dream. Don't forget about Guangdong.

Zhang Jiaohua is not afraid of human traffickers, but he has been hesitating. In the end is to go or not to go. When Zhang Shicai got the news that his parents might not be home for the New Year, Zhang Jiaohua wished he could fly to Guangdong and find his parents. However, now he began to hesitate again. What's the use of going? It is impossible for them to give up the careers they have started in Guangdong, and it is impossible for them to stay in Guangdong. Zhang Jiaohua didn't want to stay in Guangdong either. Therefore, Zhang Jiaohua began to hesitate.

"Beautiful, are you home?" Zhang Dayun, a bachelor in his forties from Meizitang, walked in. Zhang Dayun's family is in trouble, his parents are both blind and lame. After finally pulling him up, there is no way to marry him a wife. Gradually getting older, parents are getting old, and one person has to take care of two people, and the family is also poor, and no one thinks highly of him anymore.

"Uncle Dayun, why do you come to my place when you have time?" Zhang Jiaohua asked a little strangely.

"I have something to ask you. I want to plant tea trees in the barren hill behind our house. Do you want it?" Zhang Dayun's eyes were full of longing. He was afraid that Zhang Jiaohua would reject his request. Planting tea trees naturally does not require Zhang Jiaohua's consent, but the sale of tea has something to do with Zhang Jiaohua.

"Of course. Last time, director Zhao of Zijiang Tea Factory said that the supply of tea in Zijiang Tea Factory is in short supply, and the market is very good. You need as much tea as you want. You planted tea trees, and we are in charge of technological transformation. After the tea is produced, we buy it according to the purchase price. But Uncle Dayun, let me put my ugly words first. Zijiang Tea Factory is a state-run factory. Absolutely sure. Don't blame me when the time comes." Zhang Jiaohua still reminded.

"Surely I won't blame you. Beggars don't worry. It's a barren mountain anyway, so I wasted a little effort. There is no work to do now, and there is no place to use my strength. I just don't have the skills. If you don't agree, I dare not plant. As for whether Zijiang Tea Factory will receive tea in the future, there will always be a place for this tea. Don't you think so?" Zhang Dayun laughed.

"Yes, you need to fix the land first. I will ask Uncle Zhao to solve the problem of tea seedlings. The money for the seedlings will be deducted from the tea money when the tea is produced in the future. Do you want it?" Zhang Jiaohua knew the situation of Zhang Dayun's family, and probably couldn't afford the money for the seedlings.

After Zhang Dayun got Zhang Jiaohua's consent, he went back and cleaned up the barren hills behind their house with all his might. This barren mountain is their family's mountain. Zhang Dayun's family is in bad condition, and the people in their group are also bullying their family. The euphemistic name is to give their family a large mountain, which is several times wider than other people's mountains. This entire barren mountain fell to their house. But where is the mountain area calculated by area? It has to be counted according to the trees in the mountain forest. If this barren mountain was a good mountain, there would have been trees growing in the mountain, how could it fall into Zhang Dayun's house? Originally, this kind of mountain could not be used to grow tea. Only Zhang Jiaohua dared to agree to reform him.

Although there were no trees growing on the barren hills, there were a lot of brambles and weeds that could grow in any barren place with strong vitality. But this big cloud has already been prepared. Before it snowed, a fire was set in the mountains. Their barren hill is far away from the big mountain, and there are no houses nearby. Zhang Dayun's house is also separated from the barren hill by a piece of dry land. Only then did Zhang Dayun dare to set fire to the mountain.

When the mountain was set on fire, the villagers thought Zhang Dayun was insane. Who knew that someone had a plan in mind. Zhang Dayun's family has a crippled father and a blind mother. In the past, the crippled father was able to do some work. Who knows that he has suffered from rheumatism in the past few years, and he can't move his good leg. Zhang Dayun couldn't go out either. They can only nest in Meiziao to farm. This barren mountain is not small, with hundreds of acres of land, but the soil is very thin. Nothing can be planted. This has become a barren hill.

It was very strange for the villagers to see Zhang Dayun cleaning up the barren hills bit by bit with a hoe.

"Da Yun, why are you digging this barren hill? Don't think about it anymore. The production team used to want to plant masson pine in this mountain, but all the masson pines turned into horsetail grass. The team worked for a whole winter with dozens of laborers, but it was in vain. You see, the masson pine planted that year was not as tall as a person's head. That is, the people in your team bullied your family to be honest. This barren hill was assigned to your family. You are going to build a thousand-year-old house (coffin) for your parents one day. You go to Zhang Qianlong's mountain to cut it. Tree, that son-of-a-bitch used to be the team leader of your team, so you can only do such a vile thing this day." Zhang Jiwang carried a bundle of firewood from the mountain and walked home, and it was strange to see Zhang Dayun cleaning up the barren mountain when passing by.

"I made an agreement with the beggar. This barren mountain will be cleared up, and tea trees will be planted in the future. The beggar promised to transform the tea tree mountain for me." Zhang Dayun smiled honestly.

"The beggar agreed? But there are no trees in this barren mountain. Can tea trees live here?" Zhang Jiwang was also uncertain.

"I told the beggar, anyway, Dong Sedum has nothing to do, I cleared out this barren mountain, plant it if it can be planted, and if it can't be planted, it just takes a little effort." Zhang Dayun said with a smile.

"That's right. If all the tea leaves are planted in this barren hill, it can be used as a garden. In the future, the people in your team may have red eyes." Zhang Jiwang laughed.

"Their fields are all good paddy fields, the land is all vegetable gardens, and the mountains are all good mountains. Who would be jealous of my wasteland." Although Zhang Dayun is honest, he is not stupid.

"They don't envy your barren hills, but they envy you for making a lot of money. Hahaha, I just want to see what the red-eyed people in the village will look like in the future!" Zhang Jiwang laughed and went back carrying a load of firewood.

There were three teams in Meizitang. Zhang Dayun's team was very tricky when dividing the fields. Zhang Dayun's family was lonely and weak, and suffered a big loss when dividing the fields and mountains. But the people in the other production teams didn't have much to say.

With all his strength, Zhang Dayun was able to reclaim one or two acres of mountain land a day, and by the time of the Chinese New Year, he had already reclaimed a hillside.

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Guangdong.

The factory where Liu Qiaoye worked was finally on holiday, but it was already the twenty-sixth day of the twelfth lunar month. 1993 in the lunar calendar is a small year, and the twelfth lunar month has only twenty-nine days. There are only three days left before the Chinese New Year. Liu Qiaoye still wants to go back to her hometown. When I came out, I told Zai Zai that no matter what, I would go home during the Chinese New Year. Other people's parents have gone home, and now Zai Zai should be looking forward to their parents' return every day.

Zhang Youping also wanted to go home, and the closer the Chinese New Year approached, the stronger the urgency to go home. Recycling stations can earn a lot of tickets every day, but Guangdong is not home after all. If only this was home? The parents and cubs at home are waiting for the couple to go home for the New Year.

"I went to the station today to ask, and the tickets were sold out long ago. Your factory is on holiday and I don't have any confirmation. I was afraid of wasting money. I didn't buy tickets in advance. What should I do?" Zhang Youping said with a bitter face.

"If I had known, when Sister Lihua and the others went to book the tickets, we would have booked the tickets too. What should we do now? The Chinese New Year will be too late. The beggar is only so young, so we left him alone at home. He must be looking forward to our return every day. His eyes are so long. If he doesn't go back for the New Year, how sad will he be?" Liu Qiaoye couldn't help sobbing softly.

"Don't worry. I've closed the recycle bin. Let's take our luggage to the road to stop. There are always cars going to Zijiang. We just need to make a few more transfers. Three days should be enough time for us to get home." Zhang Youping thought for a while and made a decision resolutely.

The couple cleared their bags immediately, and the things to buy were already prepared. Liu Qiaoye still made up his mind to go home. It's just that there are too many orders in the factory, no one knows if they can be finished on that day, and there is no guarantee for holidays. So I never dared to book a ticket. Afraid of wasting money. Most of the things have been cleaned up long ago, and they are packed in several bags. The two cleaned up for a while, and then locked the door of the recycling bin. Normally, two people would rather walk than pay for a car, but today they had a luxury and called for a car to be sent directly to the intersection out of the city.

Guangdong has developed rapidly in recent years, and there are one car after another at the intersection. Whenever he saw a car going to Zijiang, Zhang Youping would always wave his hand. But the bus is full of people, there is no way to squeeze on it. Seeing that the two of them were carrying so much luggage, not only did they not stop, but they stepped on the gas pedal and quickly passed by the two of them.

"Don't worry, there are so many cars, you will definitely be able to get in the car." Looking at the worry on the woman's face, Zhang Youping comforted her.