Manufacturing Empire in the Valley

Chapter 37

"Mom, you can just sit down, and I'll serve the food."

Niu Xiaoqiang pushed his mother Sun Meiqiang on the bench, and ran into the kitchen in a hurry.

Sun Mei couldn't stop nodding with a smile. She was more and more satisfied with this little son.

Niu Xiaoqiang quickly arranged the food and bowls and chopsticks. He looked in the direction of the village entrance and muttered, "Why hasn't Dad come back yet?"

"Anyway, your eldest sister is taking a bath, let's sit and wait."

"Oh."

Not long after the mother and son waited, Niu Huahua from the next door came over.Niu Huahua greeted Sun Mei first, then moved to Niu Xiaoqiang, and asked curiously, "Brother Xiaoqiang, what does that word you mean?"

Niu Xiaoqiang couldn't help laughing when he heard this: "This word actually means 'hello', it's a kind of greeting, it doesn't have any other special meaning, I mainly want to divert Xiaoshuang's attention, no To make her so sad is to say it was a little joke with her."

Niu Xiaoqiang really didn't lie, the so-called riddle is exactly what he said.Niu Huahua showed a relieved expression: "So that's it, let me just say, this doesn't look like a riddle no matter how you look at it, by the way, isn't it too much for you to do this? Let me tell you what you told me After listening to Wang Xiaoshuang, she firmly stated that she must solve this puzzle, what if she finds out that you are joking with her?"

Niu Xiaoqiang smiled and said: "It's okay, I will hand over the textbooks for the third grade to you after a while, so it's okay if you send them to her?"

Only then did Niu Huahua dispel the worries in her heart, and left with a smile on her bowl.

At 07:30 in the evening, Niu Dazhuang finally came back, but his face was not very good-looking.

Sun Mei hesitated, "Da Zhuang, what's wrong with you?"

Niu Dazhuang picked up the wine glass and took a sip of the homemade Baoguyao, and said in a bad mood: "There are aphids growing in our rice fields. It is impossible not to spray pesticides. By the way, we need to fertilize, otherwise there will be no harvest in the second half of the year."

Pesticides and fertilizers cost money to buy. Niu Xiaoqiang's family has been struggling recently, and the money cannot be used.

Sun Mei suggested: "Why don't you find Gangzi to move it first?"

Niu Dazhuang shook his head: "Gangzi's factory is raising funds to build a house recently. If he doesn't seize this opportunity to get a house, where will he live after he gets married?"

Sun Mei snorted: "Why don't you go to the elder brother's house to borrow some money? When they were working in a big collective, their family had no labor force, couldn't earn work points, and there was always not enough food. As a younger brother, you often go to his house. Sending food, now that their family is doing well, it shouldn’t be a problem to ask him to borrow some money, right?”

Niu Xiaoqiang's uncle lived in a county town dozens of miles away. In the past, the men in their family were always sick, so they couldn't earn work points, and life was very difficult.Niu Dazhuang had just become the secretary of the village party committee at that time, and it was the time when the spring breeze was in full swing. It relieved the urgent need of the eldest brother's family.

As for now, Niu Xiaoqiang's uncle has become a moderate official in the county, and his family's conditions are much better than Niu Xiaoqiang's.

Niu Dazhuang took a sip of wine when he heard this: "Brother is a good person, but sister-in-law is... It's hard to say, you know, she is quite stingy, if I ask but don't get any money, it would be shameful ah?"

Sun Mei scolded a little unhappy: "You are a good-looking person, and it's not like our elder brother and sister-in-law don't know about our family's situation. What's there to be ashamed of?"

Niu Dazhuang was silent for a long time, and finally nodded: "My nephew is going to have a baby soon, and I will go to give a favor when the time comes, so let me just say something."

Only then did Sun Mei's expression relax, and she stretched out her chopsticks to pick up some food for her husband: "You're tired from work, eat more."

Niu Dazhuang grinned and drank another large amount of stuffy wine.

After dinner, Niu Xiaoqiang helped the elder sister clean up the dishes, while his parents sat at the door and chatted with the neighbors.

Niu Chunxiang asked while boiling the dishwater, "Little brother, how did you do in the exam today?"

Niu Xiaoqiang smiled honestly: "I guess he should be able to pass."

Niu Chunxiang groaned: "Our little brother is promising, and he passed the exam."

Niu Chunxiang was not sarcastic, but was sincerely happy for this little brother.In the past, Niu Xiaoqiang never failed every exam, and his best score did not exceed [-] points.Now he said that he was able to pass the exam, and he has made great progress.

"Sister, the report card hasn't been sent yet, don't be so happy so early, what if I don't pass?"

"Your progress sister sees it, no matter whether you pass or fail, sister is happy for you."

Niu Xiaoqiang's heart warmed up. Looking at his elder sister's smiling eyes like crescent moons, he secretly made up his mind: "Eldest sister has always cared for me, and I will work hard in the future to let my eldest sister live a good life."

As soon as Niu Xiaoqiang thought of this, Niu Xiaoyong's head popped out of the window: "Brother Qiang, have you finished your meal?"

"I just finished eating, Xiaoyong, what do you need from me?"

"Well, I want to discuss something with you, are you free now?"

Niu Xiaoqiang looked at the bowls and chopsticks piled up in the basin. While he was hesitating, his elder sister Niu Chunxiang reached out and patted his head: "Sister, come and wash the dishes, you go play for a while."

Niu Xiaoqiang snorted, turned around and walked outside the door.

Niu Xiaodong and Niu Huahua were also there. Seeing Niu Xiaoqiang coming out, the three of them immediately moved over.

Niu Xiaoqiang saw the weird expressions of the three of them, so he couldn't help asking: "Why are you looking for me?"

Niu Xiaodong winked at Niu Huahua, signaling her to speak.After a moment of hesitation, Niu Huahua said embarrassedly: "Brother Xiaoqiang, we came to you because we wanted to tell you...about meat."

Niu Xiaoqiang asked curiously, "What kind of meat? Can you speak more clearly?"

"It's about eating meat. The two of them said that they didn't eat meat for a week, and they felt uncomfortable. They want you to give me another idea to get some meat back to satisfy their hunger."

Niu Xiaoqiang has always attached great importance to eating meat.After his hard work, he finally caught a fat wild boar a few days ago and helped the whole village improve their food.But he was also beaten for it, and was almost labeled as the breeding king, so that he did not become the laughing stock of the whole village.

Niu Xiaoqiang reflected on this matter, and felt that he hadn't considered it thoroughly enough and thought things too simply.

At this moment, after hearing what Niu Huahua said, Niu Xiaoqiang's greed was hooked.He is just at the age of growing up, and he is usually gluttonous, not to mention the strong desire for meat.But when he thought of the possible serious consequences, he couldn't help hesitating.

(End of this chapter)