The Pioneer of the Rebirth Era

"We seem to be able to do business. Some time ago, my aunt exchanged some eggs from the town for some candy and came back. I didn't ask for tickets." Yang Dongxu can grasp the big events and the direction of the times, but he can't grasp such real details. I don't know at all, I can only tell you based on the information I know now.

"Oh, what do you think?" Zhou Yiren continued to ask.

"I want Grandpa to bring some fish to the town to see if it can be sold to the supply and marketing cooperative, or exchanged for other things. For example, isn't there a textile factory in the town, we can exchange fish with them for some cloth. Local people need tickets to eat fish, we don’t need tickets, they should exchange them.”

These words are no longer Yang Dongxu's nonsense, but the thoughts he had after learning that people in the village kept taking things to the town to exchange. But for a while, he didn't know how to tell his grandfather, and his slap hurt quite a lot.

After listening to Yang Dongxu's words, Zhou Yiren took advantage of the opportunity, thinking of something, waved his hand at him, and today's class ended early.

Not long after Yang Dongxu left the farm tool house, Zhou Yiren showed a firm look in his eyes, got up and rummaged through a pile of newspapers, and finally walked to the grandfather's house with a few newspapers.

It is not some national newspapers such as the People's Daily, but a newspaper in Anhui Province. The largest section of it is the report that Anhui Province recently admitted to contracting households and vigorously promoted it.

After a while, Zhou Yiren returned to his residence, and the grandfather hurried to the district. Yes, he didn't go to the town or the village, but went directly to the district.

When it was getting late, several bicycles appeared on the dirt road in Yangjia Village. Chen Weimin came.

"This is the teacher's new student?" Chen Weimin was a little surprised when he saw that the person his teacher told him to call turned out to be a five or six-year-old kid. Although he had heard that his teacher had accepted a student, he didn't expect that when he was discussing important matters with the teacher, the teacher would ask someone to call this little boy to listen in.

Although Chen Weimin is a student of Zhou Yiren, he is not a standard intellectual. Although he is also a learned person, compared to the scholar Zhou Yiren, he is more inclined to official career.

When Chen Weimin was looking at Yang Dongxu, Yang Dongxu was also looking at him. Unlike his teacher Zhou Yiren's scholarly and elegant feeling, Chen Weimin, who is only about 165 in height, looks much stronger, especially his small eyes, which are particularly sharp when he is serious.

"Don't underestimate him, he's being skinny." Zhou Yiren said.

Although the words were meant to be critical, anyone could hear the pride in the tone. That's right, it's self-satisfaction, don't look at Zhou Yiren's every day in addition to teaching Yang Dongxu, he is teaching Yang Dongxu, and even using bamboo boards for corporal punishment.

But he is extremely satisfied with Yang Dongxu, a student, especially after Yang Dongxu reads the newspaper, he can always hear some simple words that can be combined with the general direction of the times from time to time. In his heart, Zhou Yiren loved himself as a student very much.

"Oh!" Hearing what his teacher said, Chen Weimin couldn't help but look at Yang Dongxu seriously. He knows his teacher's temper, and he is not a person who praises others easily, let alone complacent.

It's a pity that he doesn't have any clairvoyant eyes, and he doesn't get along with Yang Dongxu day and night, so he can't see the Buddha-like halos on the top of this kid in patched clothes.

"You will know after a long time, let's start talking about things." Zhou Yiren pointed to his side, and Yang Dongxu ran over and sat beside him. Chen Weimin's secretary went out and stood a little far away from the door, while Yang Dongxu's grandfather sat on a small stool like Chen Weimin.

The things discussed were simple, but Yang Dongxu was surprised. Zhou Yiren actually proposed to open up the rural market and not allow the district to encourage it, but the district should acquiesce in not suppressing it.

The things traded are also very simple, that is, some eggs, wild animals and fish in the countryside, and the grain cannot be moved for the time being. However, during the transaction process, only money was used instead of bills, which made Chen Weimin frown.

Because this is no small matter!

We talked all the way through the middle of the night, but Chen Weimin didn't stay overnight, and took the only home appliance in Yangjia Village, the flashlight from the grandfather's house, and rushed back to the district overnight with his secretary.

After that night of in-depth conversation, Yangjia Village returned to calm. After Yang Dongxu returned home, the anxious parents didn't ask anything, obviously they got the advice of the uncle.

Taking my younger sister and continuing to study at noon has passed half a month, during which Chen Weimin only came once. Never came back after that. One day after half a month, the grandpa who came back from a trip to the district suddenly called the male laborers in the village to hold a meeting. Except for a few great-grandfathers who were a bit demented, the pillars of every family were called over.

"Will something happen like this?" Yang Dongxu's grandfather, Yang Lanzhen, puffed on his cigarette pipe, and asked worriedly after the grandfather spoke.

Yang Dongxu's family and grandpa's family are a bit at odds. To be precise, Yang's mother and Yang Dongxu's grandma are at odds. Since ancient times, there has been no peace between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, so they usually don't speak at all except for walking around during the New Year and holidays.

There are many examples in Yang Dongxu's memory since he was a child. When his father was called to his grandfather's house in the old house, he would quarrel with his mother when he came back, and even fight with his hands, so he did not kiss his grandfather's house since he was a child.

But no matter what the usual relationship is, what kind of conflicts there are, I heard the uncle call Yang Dongxu's father to participate in this matter. Yang Dongxu's grandfather is still very worried about his son.

In fact, the relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law in rural areas is mainly due to material things. For example, when the family is separated, grandparents are very stingy and don’t even give them a table, chair and bench. Another example is that Yang Dongxu's parents want Grandma Yang Dongxu to help them take care of their children so that they can work.

But Yang Dongxu's grandma didn't want to take it with her. She wanted to do some needlework, or go to work in the fields to earn more income. In short, it was because of some trivial things that would be considered trivial in later generations, but at this time it was related to vital interests. event.

"The problem of being able to fart, it's up to this matter." The grandfather said angrily, but he almost missed the point, so he knocked on the cigarette pouch in his hand: "That's the matter, let's go fishing in the river tomorrow , now get two hundred catties, one egg for each family, send them here before tomorrow night, and set off when the day is unknown, and I will go with me. When I go back, I will have a guard on my mouth, whoever chews the root of his tongue In the future, if you die, you are not allowed to be buried in the cemetery."

Grandpa showed the majesty of the leader in the village, and made a decision without listening to other people's opinions.

"Why don't you tell Daddy (the name for uncle in rural areas) tomorrow, if you don't go, let him change? No, go and tell Daddy now." When she lay down to sleep at night, Yang Ma always felt that she was I feel a little uneasy.

"Daddy paid attention at the conference, can we still hold our heads up in the village after we repent at this time?" Dad Yang was a little moved, but still shook his head and refused.

"In the future, it's better not to be able to lift your head up in the village than to have an accident with you. If something happens to you, what will our family do?" Yang's mother began to wipe away tears.

"Probably not?" Dad Yang couldn't help being a little timid at this time, but thinking about what Dad said to him alone, he whispered to Mom Yang and said, "Dad said, this matter is approved by the commissioner." Yes, I have already said hello, and everything is arranged over there."

"Really, Daddy won't fool you, right?" Mama Yang was still a little worried.

"Daddy is not that kind of person, how about this? I'll go to your mother's house to ask my father's opinion after fishing tomorrow at noon. If he doesn't agree, I'll pretend to be sick and not go to town the day after tomorrow." Yang Dad thought of a safer way.

"That's fine, you can ask about it tomorrow."

I had nothing to say all night. The next morning, my grandfather organized people to fish in the locust river. It didn't take much trouble. The fish in the river were almost mature and they were very big. It didn't take long for them to catch enough fish.

I got a few water tanks to put the fish in and pour some water to keep the fish from dying. The grandpa invited Mr. Zhou over to start memorizing his name. Whoever brought the egg over to press his fingerprints, many people were timid at first, and no one dared to complain after the grandpa lost his temper.

Although materials are extremely scarce in this era, a family can still get one egg. After all, every family in the countryside has chickens.

Father Yang went to the father-in-law's house, and Yang Dongxu didn't know what news he got, but he brought Yang Dongxu's grandpa back, and set off for the town with the team early the next morning.

Today's Yangjia Village is extremely quiet. The hardworking villagers don't work in the fields, but sit under the shade of the trees in the threshing ground. By noon, the team that went to the town hadn't returned, and the women from several families began to wipe their tears, including Yang's mother.