The heroine of Kuai Chuan Zhi's family only farms

Chapter 1411 [1410] briquettes, renting a house
Time flies and it enters the wheat harvest season. Compared with other people's homes that are in full swing, their home only needs to feed three chickens and two pigs.

As long as you remember to water and weed the vegetable field, you basically don’t have to worry about it, because there are no pesticides and chemical fertilizers in this era, so most of the vegetables grown are half eaten by themselves, and half are destroyed by diseases and insect pests, and these vegetables are not as good as later generations. Well, crooked melons and dates are not neat at all.

Their family feeds the chickens and needs to find grass everywhere. They usually go out to forage and eat, and they will feed a little when they get home. Only when they are full can they lay eggs, but the frequency of laying eggs is not very high. If there is spiritual spring water, At least three chickens can collect five or six eggs a day, but now there are only one or two, and sometimes there are three. There are so many people in a family, it is obviously not enough to eat!

The grass in front of and behind their house has been removed long ago, and there is no grass in the private plot. Even if it is clean, it cannot guarantee the erosion of snails, caterpillars, wild cockles and other insects.

This year, my father planted potatoes and sweet potatoes in the private plot. After harvesting the rape and potatoes this month, he ordered corn, and planted sesame and cotton. There are not many, but there must be some.

Beans, tomatoes, peppers, eggplants, cucumbers, loofahs, bitter gourds, scallions, leeks and other vegetables in the vegetable field at home are standard every summer, and you have to eat them if you don’t want to.

Taking advantage of the wheat harvest holiday these days, Ding Wei went into the city alone by car to find a house. She almost searched all over the city, big and small. During the one-week wheat harvest holiday, she finally found ten yuan a month through unannounced visits. Money, 120 yuan a year plus a deposit of 130 yuan, a total of [-] yuan for the house.

The house is not a building, nor is it a tube building, but a brick and tile house that lives in an alley. .

There is almost nothing in the house, it is bare, there is no yard, there are many neighbors around, and they live very densely. Fortunately, the terrain here is higher, and there is no sign of water leakage in the house. Ten yuan a month is not cheap, but this It is not bad among the few big houses.

So I can only rent it out first, my parents live in one room, she and my sister live in one room, and the main room is the middle meeting place, and then I go to the flea market to buy two iron bunk beds. After all, they all live on campus. , I don’t come back often, so I can only feel wronged first.

She found the house herself, and she also talked with the landlord. When the talk was almost over, they went to see their father. Of course, there was another step in the process. They asked the legal aid of the radio station to help write a legally efficient contract. Ding Wei felt safe after signing the contract.

Otherwise, when the rain comes, they will refund the money if they say no, and if they say no to renting, who will they turn to for reasoning?Where are you going to live again?
So Ding Wei has been guarding against this for a long time. Fortunately, she also asked the landlord herself. The house can be rented out because it must be because they can't find it for the time being. The job was transferred to L City, and the parents also went to take care of the children. No, the family Evacuated?

The original intention of the landlord is to rent and support the rent, because his family only has a single dormitory for the husband and wife in L City, and there is no room for them, so they can only rent a larger one, and bring their parents to help look after the children. The situation of many families.

After the house was rented, when my father and elder brother went to work by bicycle, they would bring the packages that Ding Wei had sorted out. These were mainly daily necessities and some summer clothes.

After seeing the house, the brothers unanimously decided to go home, because the kitchen can also take a shower, and other than the inconvenience of going to the toilet, it is more convenient than the school. The school is dirty and messy. The key is that this person is also a mess. There are people, and Ding Jianping can't bear it long ago. Now the house is not too far from the school. It takes only 10 minutes by bike to get there, and he can go to school at night.

"If this is the case, our house is really worth renting. Let's not talk about how many high schools the fourth child can get into. The money you pay for living in school at least proves that renting a house is still useful."

It doesn’t cost a lot to live on campus, but the food is expensive, it’s not good. Instead of that, it’s better to go home and eat!
The school has an hour of rest in the morning, noon and evening, and it is enough to add meals every time.

And it's closer to the city. Wouldn't it be more convenient to make tofu and sell it this morning?

The only inconvenience is that I have to buy briquettes. I used to burn firewood in my hometown, but briquettes are always burned in the city. My father’s unit also issued coal tickets, but I didn’t use them before, so I changed them with my colleagues. I also use briquettes at home, so naturally I can't exchange them for others.

Coal tickets are collected by households based on coal certificates. Each household has 50kg per month. If there are more people, there will be more people. If you calculate this way, one hundred catties is not enough to fit between your teeth!
The price of coal briquettes is not expensive. A piece of briquette can cost two cents, and it costs about three or four yuan for cooking a day, which is less than a dime.

What people buy home is loose coal. People talk about "jin" and "basket" to buy loose coal home, and then add loess to it to make coal blocks for use.

In the fourth quarter of each year, the old certificate, household registration book, and grain book must be carried to apply for the coal purchase certificate for the next year. When purchasing coal, residents must hold the certificate ticket and queue up at the designated coal store to pull coal.

The end of each year is the time to receive coal tickets. One hundred catties of coal tickets can be exchanged for ten eggs from farmers. Coal tickets are also real and valuable circulation coupons.

The order of receiving the coal tickets is also led by the unit, the neighborhood committee, the household registration, and the coal card according to the number of names. Only with the receipt of the ticket can you buy coal pellets in the future.

His family's briquette book used to be exchanged for colleagues if they needed it, but now his family needs to use it for himself, so he must not lend it to others.

But what if the briquettes are not enough?
"Don't save on cooking, just use it when you need it. If it doesn't work, let's buy high-priced coal, briquettes for five cents a piece (there is no honeycomb briquette yet), the kind made by others, and we can save trouble!"

"Dad, isn't it hard to buy these briquettes? Every household is nervous!"

"The tofu seller also knows a few people. It should be ok. I'll go back later and just ask. Five points won't work, but seven points. If I have money, I'm afraid I won't be able to buy it?"

Ding Wei thought about it carefully, and it seemed to make sense.

After the wheat harvest season, they move things into the city like ants move their houses. When someone asks, my father will happily tell them.

"There is a house in the factory, and the children will go to the county to go to school in the future, so it is convenient to come and go."

There is no mention of renting or buying a house, because no one thinks they are good. Although this cannot be hidden for a long time, at least it is low-key now.

On the weekend, my father borrowed a tractor and moved all the big things in the house at once.

In my father's own words: "Move, you have to move sooner or later anyway, first move to the rented house, and move to the new house after the house is down, and save the twists and turns in the middle."

When she went on summer vacation at the end of June, the house was almost emptied, and there were only a few small daily items left, which were the necessities for living at home.

It is not allowed to raise chickens and pigs in the city. Dad also saved the trouble and sold the pigs directly to the production team. After all, one of them is a task pig. Before the end of the year, the production team is reluctant to kill. The two pigs add up to 270 catties Around, the purchase was carried out at a price of nine cents a catty, and finally got about 230 yuan, because some messy fees were deducted.

The chicken is an old hen, and it is still alive. It can be sold for two yuan a catty on the black market, and the three chickens weigh only twelve catties, and they are sold for 25 yuan.

After the poultry and livestock are settled, it is enough to come back to check the crops in the private plot every now and then. Dad also has to come back to collect the vegetables in front of and behind the house, because the vegetables in the city need to be bought, so he will go back and forth diligently in the future.

After the wheat harvest in June, it rained more. When Ding Wei moved, she would also remind her second aunt and third aunt that they should try their best to raise the things at home to prevent the heavy rain this summer. It will cause flood disasters. On the radio and the loudspeakers of the production team, they are often reminded to pay attention to this year's flood prevention work.

This is something that has been experienced every year after the flood that year, but no one will pay attention to it until the rainy season.

No, just entering July, rain has occupied most of the days, and there are few sunny days. Fortunately, there is not much rain here. Although it brings inconvenience to everyone's travel, no one cares about it.

It is not uncommon for Ding Wei to get No.1 in the final exam. Knowing that she will go to the city to study in the fall, the teacher is still very reluctant.

My little brother passed the elementary school graduation exam and was admitted to No. [-] Middle School. This is the best exam he has ever had. After playing for so many years, being able to get into No. [-] Middle School is better than being in the town, so Overall, it's not bad.

The second aunt knew about Ding Cailian's part-time work and study. When the eldest sister was still in school, she called the eldest sister out and scolded her.

"How old are you and you still go to the first grade of junior high school? Is it shameful? There is too much money to spend, right? Your brother goes to school to find a wife. What can you do well in school?"

The second aunt stood at the gate of the school, and she didn't save her sister any face. She asked her sister to drop out of school. My sister didn't quarrel with her in the final exams for a few days, so she obediently agreed. The child progressed to a middle school student, and even the teacher praised her for her rapid progress. According to this progress, as long as she studies hard during the two months of summer vacation, it will not be a problem to be among the best in the second year of junior high school.

With the teacher's encouragement, Ding Cailian became more confident. She even took the second aunt's words as a deaf ear. Anyway, she couldn't stare at her. Her monthly salary was also brought home through her uncle. When they meet, she doesn't care what she does.

Ding Wei was pleasantly surprised by Sister Baozi's sudden change, but Grandma Wang made it clear: "Compared to being a peasant woman at home and finding someone to marry for a bride price, it is obviously more useful to study. She just wants to understand, but don't you Look at her high, she still doesn't dare to confront your aunt, take every step count!"

(End of this chapter)