Rebirth of Rural Literary Life

Chapter 19
Han Zhaojun and his brothers happily returned home carrying eggs and roe deer meat.

The parents who went to work have not come back yet. After feeding the pigs, chickens and ducks at home, the brothers are going to cook. They want to surprise their parents by eating roe deer meat tonight.

When Han Zhaojun cut the roe deer meat, he cut off a piece of meat weighing about one catty.

"You send it to the elder brother's house later."

Han Zhaoshe said unhappily: "The last time I ate pork at my elder brother's house, I went to my sister-in-law and hid the meat, thinking I couldn't smell it."

"Just go if you're told, there's so much nonsense." Han Zhaojun stared.

Han Zhaoshe didn't dare to resist the second brother, and murmured and complained in a low voice. It was nothing more than the sister-in-law was too picky, the eldest brother didn't care about things at home, and the brother didn't even give him a meal when he went.

Han Zhaojun didn't bother to take care of the little kid, and buried himself in cooking.

After five o'clock in the afternoon, the commune members who got off work started walking home one after another.

"This meat smells really good!"

"Who eats meat today? But it's not the New Year's Eve."

The smell of meat that can be smelled from far away has aroused the greediness of the members. Everyone is talking about it. It is good to eat meat once or twice a month this year. Meat is definitely a high-end taste bud enjoyment for the members. .

"It floated out of Yuzheng's house."

"Isn't it! Yuzheng, is there any happy event in your family today?"

Han Yuzheng also wondered, "How can there be a happy event? Maybe the second child in the family is hitting a rabbit."

Han Yuzheng walked into the courtyard with doubts, and it happened that Han Zhaoshe was walking out with a piece of meat.

"What are you going to do?"

"Dad, send meat to elder brother's house."

"Where did the meat come from?"

"I went to the fair with Brother He Ping to sell chickens."

"Oh, go."

Han Zhaoshe walked towards his eldest brother Han Zhaoguo, and met a member of the commune who was leaving work and walking home.

"Yo! What are you doing with the pork?"

"Hey, send some roe deer meat to my elder brother."

Han Zhaoshe replied in a tone of pretending indifference, but his pride could not be concealed.

"You're really sensible, and you know how to deliver things to your elder brother's house."

What the passers-by said made Han Zhaoshe even more elated.

"Hey, my second brother let me do it."

"Let me tell you, your second child is loyal."

"That's right, let's go."

Everyone I saw along the way couldn't help asking a few questions, which greatly satisfied Han Zhaoshe's vanity.

It is very common for rural men to separate from their parents after marriage, but it is very rare for Han Zhaoguo to separate from their parents in the first year of marriage. never separated.

At this point, Han Zhaoguo and his wife Ma Dongmei had just arrived home and hadn't had time to cook yet.

"Third brother, why are you here?"

"Brother and sister-in-law, second brother asked me to deliver meat to you."

Seeing the younger brother-in-law approaching with meat, the daughter-in-law Ma Dongmei hastily and enthusiastically let her into the house.

"If you say you come, come, why don't you bring any meat?"

Ma Dongmei pretended to give way and poured a bowl of water for Han Zhaoshe.

Han Zhaoguo and his brother were not so polite, "Your second brother went hunting in the mountains?"

"No, Brother He Ping gave it."

"He Ping? Isn't he almost out of control?" Ma Dongmei asked in surprise.

"We helped Brother He Ping sell chickens in the last fair, and the second brother got him some eggs." Han Zhaoshe said.

Everyone knows that Han Zhaojun secretly gave He Ping eggs. It's not that he doesn't keep it secret, but that fresh eggs are more valuable than meat these days, and everyone takes them seriously.

After saying a few words, Han Zhaoshe told Xiang to go home.

"The second child is still thinking about us, look at my parents..." Ma Dongmei sighed, and then wanted to say something small in front of Han Zhaoguo.

"You can do it, you can't stop your mouth if you have meat to eat."

"I'll just say a few words about what's wrong, it's what it is." Seeing Han Zhaoguo staring, Ma Dongmei resentfully stopped talking.

Han Zhaoshe trotted all the way home. After all, there was still meat stewing on the pot, and he was full of motivation.

When he got home, He Liqin also came back, and the whole family sat on the kang to eat happily.

"Mom and Dad, you don't know, Brother He Ping and we brought nearly [-] chicks today, and they were all sold out. There are so many things to sell."

Han Zhaojun chewed the meat and told his parents what happened today.

"How much is there? Isn't he just hatched?"

He Liqin asked.

"There are a lot of hatches. Didn't the second brother gather a hundred eggs for him? Brother He Ping said, let the second brother become a shareholder. They will work together in the future. I will help out and give me fifty cents a day."

Han Zhaojun couldn't help but feel a little proud after finishing speaking, fifty cents.

"Hey, isn't that a capitalist? You can't do it."

He Liqin said hastily when she heard that she was investing in shares and hiring people.

Han Zhaojun was eating meat silently on the sidelines. He was a member of the family. He didn’t stop my younger brother when he was talking. Seeing that my mother was worried, I said, “It’s okay, Mom. Be careful, no one cares."

Han Yuzheng, who had been silent all this time, said: "In the past two years, the management has become more and more loose, which is a good thing, but you have to pay attention to yourself, don't show off, the provincial people are jealous, and give you some."

Han Zhaojun said calmly, "Understood, Dad."

"You and I don't worry, it's mainly Xiao San'er, are you listening?"

"I know, I know, don't worry, Dad, I won't tell anyone."

Han Zhaoshe swore a promise.

"By the way, there is another matter today. Did you know that Brother He Ping's novel has been published in a magazine."

"What? Magazine?"

This news was much more shocking than the news that He Ping made a fortune selling chickens. Rich peasants were not uncommon, but writing novels was uncommon, and it was even more uncommon if they were published in magazines.

"Hey, this kid He Ping put a big star on him!"

He Liqin exclaimed.

"What is this, Mom and Dad, do you know how much Brother He Ping got for the manuscript?"

"How many?"

"Twenty dollars."

"132 yuan?" He Liqin couldn't help exclaiming, and Han Yuzheng was also a little bit surprised from ear to ear.

At this stage, the annual income of many rural families can reach 132 yuan, but if they plan to eat for the year last year, the family can only have 50 yuan left at best, which is still a good family.

Some families have been busy all year round, and when they encounter a little wedding or funeral, they have to pay upside down on the team and owe the famine.

If you want to save 132 yuan, it will be impossible without three or four years.

All of a sudden, He Ping made money that ordinary people could only save after three or four years of hard work, which was really shocking to the members of the commune who were digging in the land.

You can earn so much money just by using a pen, you can't think of it even if you think about it.

"You have to be a scholar. You can earn this money. Those of us with our faces facing the loess and our backs facing the sky can only save 100 yuan in a few years. People just write a few words and earn it."

Han Yuzheng sighed.

After finishing speaking, he cursed unconvincingly, "You bastard, if you are told to go to school, you will not go to school, and you will know that you are walking all over the street every day, and you are nothing."

Han Zhaoshe's face was bewildered, which can also scratch me.

(End of this chapter)