Seventy cannon fodder is a ruthless man

Chapter 119

Lin Dagang came to the county town with a tractor, and it happened that the sky cleared, and the cart was filled with straw. Zhao Ming, Jiang Xiaodong, and Xu Guoliang followed the cart to lift the golden bull into the cart. Meng Tao took advantage of the tractor to buy a few more beds at the supply and marketing cooperative Quilts, Mr. Liu and his party of four, and Meng Jinniu, there are not enough quilts at home.

The newly bought quilt is just right for the Taurus to rest on, and if the tractor drives slowly, the road will not be considered bumpy.

Xu Guoliang saw Meng Tao pushing a new bicycle over, and asked that she had just bought it, and immediately snatched it away.On the road, he rode a brisk new bicycle. Sometimes he sprinted to the front of the tractor, and sometimes he followed slowly. He was very proud. He was almost deaf from the noise of riding on the tractor. It was much better to ride a bicycle by himself. You can also look around and see the scenery.

On the tractor, Jiang Xiaodong turned his head to look at Xu Guoliang from time to time, and Zhao Ming also looked at it with a smile. Everyone knows that Meng Tao has a bicycle ticket, and she has money in her hand. Tian Zhigao returned it, so she can buy a new bicycle and pay it back. Not surprisingly.

It's just what Meng Tao said, she has hundreds of dollars, how many?This bicycle is a Flying Pigeon brand, which is very expensive. In addition to the ticket, you have to add more than 100 yuan to get it.Seeing how she spends money lavishly recently, even if it's seven or eight hundred, or nearly a thousand yuan, I'm afraid she is already at the end of her rope, right?

After seeing this girl, she really changed herself. That's fine, in this world, who doesn't want to live a willful, happy and comfortable life?Only when all the money is gone and it comes back, is it confident, strong and capable that it will have such a boldness.

Zhao Ming raised his eyes casually and looked at the opposite side. Jiang Xiaodong and Taohua were sitting side by side. Taohua carefully took care of the injured leg of the Taurus to prevent it from being shocked. In a protected state.

That day, Jiang Xiaodong handed Taohua an envelope in the hospital, and Taohua pushed it away. Zhao Ming glanced back and knew that the envelope contained money.

Before the educated youths went to the hospital to visit Taurus, they also discussed whether to buy things or directly contribute some money to the brothers and sisters. In the end, they decided that Taohua would not accept the money because she still had money, so they bought some fruits and nutritional supplements.

But Jiang Xiaodong wanted to give Taohua money in private. Zhao Ming felt that Jiang Xiaodong would not simply want to subsidize Taohua. This person might have other ideas.

Zhao Ming turned his eyes away and sighed secretly. Everyone can have many kinds of ideas, but under the current situation, is it enough to just have ideas?
The tractor drove to Yanchong Commune. Zhao Ming looked at his watch. It was past three o'clock in the afternoon. When he returned to Linshui Village, it was estimated that it would be past four o'clock.

The journey was smooth, and it took three hours to come back from the county seat.

Passing the supply and marketing cooperative and the non-staple food store, Meng Tao told Lin Dagang to stop for a while, she jumped out of the car and ran into the non-staple food store, Jiang Xiaodong followed, and Xu Guoliang who arrived after that also stopped his bicycle and followed in, and after a while Everyone came back with things in their hands.

Meng Tao bought two big pork bones, three catties of fresh pork belly, four catties of water tofu, a handful of celery, two cabbages, four white radishes, and a bag of potatoes. She told Jiang Xiaodong and Xu Guoliang that she also received some mail from provincial cities. The ham, sausage, and beef jerky are going to be a big meal tonight, and I want to buy two more roasted chickens. Jiang Xiaodong stopped him, saying that the educated youths raised a big rooster weighing four to five catties, and they were waiting for Meng Tao and Taurus came back to slaughter it.

Xu Guoliang happily said how can there be no wine for a big meal?Tonight's wine, he packed it!
Meng Tao thought of the peach blossom wine and chrysanthemum wine that she brewed randomly in the space. There was no technical content at all. She just sprinkled petals into the wine jar and sealed it. I don't know if it can be done?Anyway, it must not be drunk now, at least a year and a half later.

The tractor started and continued to drive to the village.

In the era without mobile phones and TVs, remote mountain villages did not even have electrical connections, and there were basically no entertainment programs. A tractor coming in and out could attract the attention of the whole village.

Meng Tao was not in the village for nearly 20 days. After Aunt Yang gave everyone gossip, Captain Bao confirmed that the whole village knew that the old Meng family in Naliang Commune would send a grandson who had a broken leg to Meng Shengli as a descendant. Tao went to the county hospital to treat her cousin. Now that she is back, many adults and children, especially mothers-in-law and mothers, have come to Meng's house to watch the fun.

Fortunately, Meng Jinniu came to Linshui Village last time, so he became familiar, otherwise the mothers-in-law and mothers would have to pinch their faces to take a closer look.

Even so, everyone is still critically looking at the injured leg of the Taurus, asking if it will be all right in the future?Can you still walk and work?Worried about Meng Tao's loss, he picked up a disabled brother and came back.

Meng Jinniu was placed in Zhao Ming's wing room. The mothers-in-law surrounded his bed tightly, and Jinniu answered their questions honestly and patiently.

Zhao Ming and Jiang Xiaodong moved to the main room with several large travel bags and quilts they brought back from the county seat. Meng Tao opened one of the bags, took out two large bags of fruit candies and melon seeds, and handed them to Sun Yutang to let him go. Meng Jinniu gave out candy, two or three pieces of candy and a handful of melon seeds per person, and eating candy and eating melon seeds, it is estimated that they would stop chattering around Jinniu.

This job is good, Qian Liang laughed and followed to join in the fun.

The tractor was still parked at the intersection there, Meng Tao carried a blue cloth bag and walked over, saw Lin Dagang squatting at the rear wheel to check something, asked him what was wrong, Lin Dagang said nothing, just checked.

Meng Tao asked him again if his wife was born?Lin Dagang said he gave birth to a girl.

Meng Tao smiled and said congratulations, it was a coincidence that the two pieces of muslin she picked were pink, just right for girls.

Handed the blue cloth bag to Lin Dagang: "This is the brown sugar I bought last time. Please take it home with me. When I am free, I will go and see my wife."

Lin Dagang looked at the bulging cloth bag, and there must be more than a little brown sugar in it: "Peach blossom, too much? Our brothers and sisters in the village don't need to do this..."

Meng Tao handed the bag to him: "It's brothers and sisters. We will see each other for a long time in the future. This is for my sister-in-law and little niece. Come here when you are free at night. The educated youths are going back to the city for the New Year in these two days. I Brother Taurus has just come back, and after ordering some food and drinks, everyone is buzzing!"

Lin Dagang took the bag and said with a smile, "Okay, thank you then! I'll join in the fun at night, and have a drink!"

Meng Tao nodded, she still had a lot of things to do, so she turned around and left.

Lin Dagang drove the tractor to the locomotive shed of the brigade and parked it, and returned home excitedly. At the gate of the yard, he saw his mother coming out of the kitchen with a dustpan. Then I walked into the yard with my stomach in my arms, called Mom, and entered the house.

Lin's mother looked at her second son, and felt that he was a little weird today, and she didn't know what was wrong, so she didn't think much about it, and lowered her head to do her own business.

Lin Dagang picked up the curtain and walked into his room. It was cold in the room, and he couldn't help frowning. There was charcoal at home, and his father-in-law sent a sack specially for his wife's confinement, but it was too cheap. Always reluctant to burn, as long as he is not at home, there is no brazier in this room.

He is the tractor driver of the brigade, and he sent countless people in the village to the commune health center and the county hospital, but his daughter-in-law gave birth but failed to go to the hospital because his mother said that giving birth at home is the same, and so many women in the village give birth at home. Nothing ever happened.

Lin Dagang didn't understand this, so he obeyed, but his daughter-in-law suffered a lot during childbirth, and she bleed a lot. After more than ten days, her body has not recovered yet. The mother-in-law came to visit and scolded him, saying that a woman's childbirth is a waste The gate of hell, especially for the first time, will be fatal!

Lin Dagang regretted it too much, he tried his best to make up for it these days, and took care of his daughter-in-law whenever he was free.His mother was very upset, saying what's the point of giving birth to a girl?Lin Dagang pretended not to hear, the girl was also his, and he had to be in pain.

Relatives come to visit with things, but they are basically kept by their mothers, and they cannot reach the daughter-in-law. The family has not yet been separated, and the younger brothers and sisters spend many things, and the mother seems to make sense: it is not you who come and go between relatives. What the young couple can take care of is the mother and father.

Lin Dagang understands his mother's difficulty, but it's too much. His daughter-in-law can't get enough nutrition to support her health. His daughter is as weak as a mouse, and he doesn't even have the strength to cry. He has to hide some selfishness.

Dagang's daughter-in-law was leaning on the bedside to breastfeed the child, and when she looked up and saw the man coming back, she immediately had a bitter face and was about to cry: "What should I do? I have no milk, she can't eat enough!"

Lin Dagang hurriedly asked: "Yesterday her aunt sent a young hen, and I slaughtered it this morning. Didn't Mom stew it for you at noon?"

Dagang's daughter-in-law shook her head: "Didn't your cousin give birth too? Today is three dynasties, and Mom will take it as a gift."

Lin Dagang turned around and was about to go out to talk to his mother, and came back at the door, took out the blue cloth bag from his cotton coat and handed it to his wife: "The peach blossoms are for you and our daughter, first let's see what they are?"

Dagang's daughter-in-law handed the little swaddle to Lin Dagang: "Hold her to keep warm, the room is as cold as an icehouse."

Lin Dagang: "..."

When we first got married, we shouldn't learn what other people use as bed frames. In fact, the kang is really good in winter.

He unbuttoned his cotton coat and wrapped his daughter in his arms.

Dagang's daughter-in-law untied the blue cloth bag and took out everything. There were two pieces of cloth, two packs of brown sugar, one canned milk powder and one malted milk extract, and two big red apples.

Dagang's daughter-in-law burst into tears immediately: "With milk powder, my daughter can drink to her full stomach; this fabric is soft and beautiful, and my daughter has not had a decent dress since she was born... Peach Blossom, why is she so caring? It's really like Like my own sister!"

Lin Dagang was grateful to Meng Tao in his heart, and he was extremely thankful that he thought of hiding it for a while, and didn't show the cloth bag to his mother.

"Daughter-in-law, don't cry. They say that crying during confinement will damage your eyes. I'm going to burn charcoal, boil some water, and make milk powder for my daughter. You can also drink some of this malted milk essence. Wait until tomorrow, and I'll put the milk at home again." The hen was killed, and I will make up for you!"

Dagang's daughter-in-law wiped her tears: "I used to drink malted milk at my mother's house. This thing is delicious and can be smelled from far away. If they..."

"It's okay, I'm here. Don't mention peach blossoms, don't bother her. Just say that it's a gift from your natal cousin. Put away the things, lock them in the cabinet and eat them yourself. Don't give them to anyone who asks!"

"Well, I see."

(End of this chapter)