Life in a quiet village in Xianshan

After talking to Yang Chuanwu for almost half an hour, Gu Siwei went home.

When it was time to eat, Gu Siwei said to everyone: "Let me tell you something."

Everyone just picked up the bowls and stood up when they saw Gu Siwei talking, so everyone looked at Gu Siwei with interest.

Seeing that Gu Siwei paused for a few seconds without saying anything, Yu Yingzhi said, "If you have anything to say, it's hard to say anything. Could it be that you want to drive us away?"

Everyone knew that Yu Yingzhi was joking, but everyone's hearts tightened in unison.

Life here now is many times better than before. In the past, everyone suffered hardships, lived in livestock sheds, and suffered fists from others. But what is the situation now? We have enough to eat every day, and almost every meal There is meat, and you can also drink a little wine every now and then. As for cigarettes and so on, the supply is even more open.

It's an exaggeration to say it's open, but each person can squeeze in half a pack every day.

This is already quite a good treatment, and even if you don’t smoke anymore, won’t there still be local tobacco leaves? If you use a volume of the homework book used by Sicui, why don’t you deal with it in the same way?

Don't think this is a bitter taste in your mouth. Most people can't even ask for such a hard life. Just having enough to eat will make a lot of people envious.

Gu Siwei gave Yu Yingzhi a hygiene perspective: "Others can stay, but you, Old Man Yu, must leave because you talk too much and are not liked by others."

Hahaha.

Others were not happy, but Yu Yingzhi laughed happily.

"Let's get down to business. Didn't you all have the letters of introduction sent here? You haven't lost them, right?" Gu Siwei said sternly to the crowd.

"It's not lost, but what do you want with this?" Li Fanghai asked curiously, not knowing what Gu Siwei was going to do.

Gu Siwei said: "What else are you doing? Of course I'm going to ask you for food rations, or else? I can't give you a wife."

"You little fool, what kind of wife did we marry at such an old age?" Yu Yingzhi said happily.

Others also joined in the fun. Everyone really felt relaxed and happy here. Even Zhou Guangxian, who had always had a livid face, twitched the corner of his mouth at this moment.

Li Fanghai said: "It's okay to marry a wife, just marry someone younger."

"You're still a little young. If I hire someone who can sit on the ground and absorb dirt in his fifties, we'll be eating from you in less than three months," Gu Siwei said.

Everyone spent a lot of time with Gu Siwei, and they were no strangers to the word "eating". Of course they knew what "eating" meant, so everyone burst into laughter.

"Okay, okay, let's get down to business." Yu Yingzhi felt that this matter was a bit far-fetched, so he decided to get down to business. He was also curious about how Gu Siwei would get food rations from them.

To be honest, everyone has some opinions on this matter, but they don't dare to ask for it yet. They all know that even if they ask for it, they won't get it. This is not the time for them to be in their seats. They don't care what they say now. use.

The more this happens, the more I feel indebted to Gu Siwei's family. Yes, the conditions of Gu Siwei's family are good, but no matter how good their conditions are, it does not belong to them. They live and eat here for free. What's the point? Besides, they also have food rations.

Gu Siwei said: "The thing is like this, Zhao Minglan was caught in rape, and now I don't know what will happen to her. She went down here, and the new guy came up. I have to try my luck no matter what, and see if I can I can’t get your rations back, even if it’s incomplete, 10% or 20% is still nothing, right?”

"That's it!"

Li Fanghai smiled and said: "I asked you, how dare you ask for something now? It turns out that Zhao Minglan is the one who is unlucky."

"I dare to ask for her if she's not unlucky, but, oh, why am I telling you this? You're so ugly, how can you possibly feel the troubles of a handsome man like me?"

As he spoke, Gu Siwei sighed deliberately.

Li Fanghai blew his beard angrily: "You are just taller. Let me put it this way, I was much more handsome than you when I was young. I am famously a handsome man in our column...".

Li Fanghai boasted loudly, and everyone around him was overjoyed.

As Li Fanghai looks like now, he will be nowhere to be seen after decades of work. At this time, he is not a fat man, or it may be said that he is fat and deformed, so the young old man Li Fanghai decades ago is unlikely to be anywhere.

Yu Yingzhi stretched out his hand to stop Li Fanghai's nonsense: "Let's talk about business, why did we go off topic again. Siwei, go on."

"What are you talking about? It's all said and done. Everyone, find out the letter of introduction that sent you here. I'll take it with you and ask for food. That's it. Is there anything else you can say?"

Gu Siwei looked at Yu Yingzhi strangely.

Yu Yingzhi was a little confused by Gu Siwei. After a while, he said: "Forget it, I thought this posture might last for half an hour or something, but who knew you took off your pants and instantly Bring it up again."

"Old man Yu, are you addicted to meetings? Are you bringing your old tricks here?" Lu Yan smiled at Yu Yingzhi.

Lu Yan is now under the influence of Gu Siwei, and his words are a bit indifferent, but this is how everyone should live together.

Yu Yingzhi said: "The devil likes to have meetings. During the meeting, he talks about nonsense and often doesn't make the point."

"Eat, eat, after all is said and done, you'll all be sick if you don't eat the food while it's hot in such a cold weather." Li Fanghai picked up the bowl and brought it to his mouth.

He took a big bite of rice, reached out and picked up the small bowl of soup next to him, opened his mouth and took a sip, and the bowl of soup was already in his stomach.

The soup bowl was empty, and Li Fanghai took the soup bowl to the edge of the pot.

Sicui was serving rice. When she saw this, she immediately put down the bowl in her hand and helped Li Fanghai make another bowl of soup.

"I don't want the bones, just give me the soup, and give me some corn cobs. Don't tell me that boiling them in the soup is much more delicious than eating the corn dry."

Today's soup is stewed with big bones and yams. In addition to the yams, there are also some corn cobs. They are not boiled whole, but cut into pieces and stewed in the pot.

What is in the soup is not the fruit corn or sticky corn of later generations, but the common corn now. It is just that it has been simmered for a long time, so it is not bad to eat.

There was plenty of pepper in the soup, and when I drank this bowl of hot soup, small beads of sweat started to appear. It was really comfortable from head to toe in such weather.

According to Li Fanghai's request, Sicui served the old man a full bowl.

"How about I change it to a bigger bowl for you, Grandpa Li?" Sicui saw that she had put out a lot of food, but the bowl was a bit small.

Li Fanghai replied: "No, no, you really treat me like a grandfather and I'm a loser. That's enough."

"You're not?"

Youxugang said with a smile.

Now You Xugang has begun to blend in, and he can already make jokes like this with Li Fanghai, which proves that You Xugang's artist temperament is slowly recovering. As for returning to the past, it is impossible. I can only say that I am more relaxed than when I first came here.

"You should worry about your own work, what are you doing all day long?" Li Fanghai said with a smile.

You Xugang said: "I call it slow work and careful work."

"Stop talking nonsense, you are just a jobber." Lu Yan also criticized his friend.

Gu Siwei didn't speak. He was eating his food with his head down, thinking about it while eating.

When Hu Yanqiu saw Gu Siwei's appearance, he asked in a low voice: "What are you thinking about?"

"I'm wondering if this corn can taste better," Gu Siwei said.

Eating corn on the cob, Gu Siwei felt that the taste was a bit bad. For those like Hu Yanqiu who had not tasted corn that had evolved into countless flavors for decades, this thing was already satisfying, but how could it be possible on Gu Siwei's side? I think it's delicious.

Although she learned this method from Gu Siwei, her favorite is Hu Yanqiu. She thinks the corn cobs cooked in this way are really delicious.

"How else can this be delicious?" Hu Yanqiu said.

"It should be sweeter, stickier to the teeth, or have a fruity flavor," Gu Siwei said.

Sicui asked curiously: "Does corn also have fruit flavors? What kind of fruit? Is it grapes?"

Sicui asked questions continuously.

Gu Siwei said with a smile: "It's whatever flavor you want."

"You kid will only fool the little girl, Sicui, don't listen to his nonsense. There is no such thing as fruit-flavored corn. Corn tastes like corn, and fruit tastes like fruit. If you don't tell the difference, then it's not corn that has become fruit, and fruit by the way. Have you turned into corns? Playing the piano randomly, I feel confused even talking about it now."

Yu Yingzhi said.

Sicui immediately retorted: "Grandpa Yu, what my brother said must be true. It must exist in the world."

"Hey, my sister is here to support me, don't worry, after a few decades, everyone will be able to eat it," Gu Siwei said happily.

Yu Yingzhi curled his lips after hearing this, obviously not believing it: "Anyway, I will be dead by then, and whether I eat or not has nothing to do with me."

"You can't wait. If you don't live to be more than a hundred years old, you want to die. How can it be so easy?" Gu Siwei said to Yu Yingzhi.

After Yu Yingzhi listened to it for a few times, he suddenly muttered without interest: "What are you doing at this old age? People are tired of ghosts and troubles. It's almost done when you are seventy years old."

The youngest of the people here is over forty. Hearing Yu Yingzhi's words naturally gave rise to some emotion. What's more, everyone's situation is similar. They are alone here, and their families are scattered all over the place. Life, after all, is It's missing some flavor.

"It's already very good, don't be dissatisfied."

When Youxugang saw that everyone was in a bad mood, he reminded everyone that this was the best place he had ever stayed.

"Too!"

Everyone concealed their original mood and laughed.

Gu Siwei thought about corn until he lay on the bed.

As soon as he fell asleep, Gu Siwei forgot about the corn.

After staying at home for a day, Gu Siwei took everyone's things and walked slowly to the county seat.