Father's Land Mother's River

Chapter 152 Buying an Account

[-] was an extremely ordinary year without any memorable event, but for the rural youths in the counties and towns under the jurisdiction of Bincheng City, it was a year that could change their lives.

This year, Bincheng introduced a policy that people can't think of: buying a household registration. For 4000 yuan, you can buy an urban household registration in Bincheng.

Many rural families bought an urban household registration for their children.Rural youths no longer need to study hard for ten years in order to obtain the same right to live as urban people, but only need 4000 yuan.

This year, grain and oil supply certificates and food stamps completely withdrew from the stage of history, and rural youth began to flood into cities in large numbers.

The Bincheng Textile Factory also issued corresponding policies, and the farmers who bought the urban household registration as rotation workers were immediately converted into official state-owned workers.The first batch of migrant workers who entered the factory, after nine years of hard work, finally came to a pretty good ending.

However, the household registration issue was resolved, and the housing issue was again in front of us.

Among the first batch of farmer rotation workers, the youngest was 27 or 32 years old, and the oldest was [-] or [-] years old, both of whom were married.I didn't dare and couldn't fall in love before, but now I am qualified to fall in love, but I don't know where to put my home.

The welfare housing allocation system has been gradually abolished, and commercial housing cannot be afforded, which is still a major worry.

Liu Xiaonan had just returned home from the provincial capital, so she didn't know the news yet.Meng Xiangxiang used the summer vacation to take his two children back to his mother's house. He also stayed in the provincial capital for more than a week, revising his "Stock Records".

This long story is rather laborious to write.The so-called strenuous effort does not mean that you can calm down to write after the child is asleep, nor is it that you often write with a child who refuses to sleep alone in your arms.But the idea is immature, the pen end is blunt and not smooth enough, and I barely wrote 10,000+ words.

During the modification process, he tried to go deeper and richer, but he never found a breakthrough.

Meng Xiangxiang sorted out the drafts for him on the computer and saved them in the document, so that he could learn to type and save time and effort when revising.He refused to touch the computer, and Meng Xiangxiang knew that coercion was useless, so he had to print out the manuscript for him.

Liu Xiaonan stubbornly insists on writing with a pen. He feels that he has encountered a bottleneck in creation and it is difficult to break through himself.

If it wasn't for Yue Xuelian's senior sister who asked him to take advantage of the good circulation of "That Trombone" to produce another work, he wouldn't even want to show "Stock Wind and Cloud Record" to others.

In any case, after some drastic revisions, "Stock Records" was still published.Whether it can be recognized by readers, but I don't have much confidence in my heart.

Liu Xiaonan was cleaning at home when Meng Duoduo called and asked him to borrow 2000 yuan, saying it was to buy a household registration.He asked for details, asked Meng Duoduo to wait for him in the factory, and walked out of the house with 5000 yuan.

In the small square in front of the textile factory, Liu Xiaonan met Yu Zhiyong who was in a hurry, and made a joke: "A husband and wife have two household registration books, this time they can be combined into one."

Yu Zhiyong said disdainfully: "Why do I have that 4000 yuan? I have to buy a useless urban hukou? If I can buy it with money, it means that the urban hukou is worthless, and I still want to keep my rural hukou. It's too embarrassing to be a door-to-door son-in-law for a year, and I will buy a house like yours in another year, and see who dares to underestimate me."

Yu Zhiyong left in a hurry without talking much.Liu Xiaonan went to the factory to find Meng Duoduo, paid the money for her, and went through the relevant procedures.Meng Duoduo was very happy, and Liu Xiaonan praised her appropriately: "It's not easy, I can still save 2000 yuan after working for a few years."

Meng Duoduo said dissatisfiedly: "Looking at what my brother-in-law said, it seems that I wasted money indiscriminately."

Liu Xiaonan said: "You can fall in love now, find someone you like to marry, and save your parents and your sister from worrying about you."

Meng Duoduo felt that Liu Xiaonan was like a real brother-in-law at this time, and she said, "I will go back to change my household registration tomorrow, do you want my sister to come back with me?"

Liu Xiaonan said: "It's not easy for your sister to go back, let her stay at home for a few more days."

Meng Xiangxiang still came back with Meng Duoduo.The younger sister's household registration was moved to Bincheng, which meant that the younger sister would also leave the countryside forever, which was another great event for her natal family.

And the source of all this is that Liu Xiaonan took the initiative to run his sister into the textile factory that year.

Her mother pushed her back, don't stay in her mother's house all the time, grandparents also want grandchildren.Go back to your in-law's house to stay longer, so you can't make your man feel awkward.

When Liu Xiaonan came home from get off work, she heard the sound of cooking in the kitchen, and knew that Meng Xiangxiang was back.He whistled once, and the two children ran out of the room one after another and threw themselves into his arms.

The daughter first complained: "Father, my brother rides a dog at my grandma's house. My grandma said that riding a dog ruined my crotch, but my brother still rides."

The son raised one leg to show off, with a naive expression on his face: "Where is it torn? The crotch is not torn. I wanted to ride a lamb, but the lamb wouldn't let me ride, and it knocked me down."

All the depression at work was resolved, Liu Xiaonan laughed heartily, and said to her daughter: "Your brother rides a lamb and puppy as a horse. He is a boy, and he needs to exercise courage since childhood. Mengmeng is a girl, so we don't follow him." brother to learn."

The daughter said: "I catch butterflies at my grandma's house, go up the mountain to pick wild flowers, and my mother weaves flower baskets for me."

"That's great." Liu Xiaonan praised her daughter, then said to her son, "The lamb threw you down, did you cry?"

The son said: "I didn't cry, I ran around the yard chasing the lamb."

"It's so brave." Liu Xiaonan also praised her son, and stretched out her arms to hug the pair of children.

Meng Xiangxiang came out of the kitchen and said, "The two children had a great time at grandma's house. There is not a single day that they don't drag me up the mountain."

Liu Xiaonan said: "Children should be surrounded by nature. Why don't they stay at home for more days?"

Meng Xiangxiang said: "My mother kicked me back, saying that a daughter who goes out cannot live in her mother's house forever."

Liu Xiaonan said: "Your mother is too old-fashioned."

When Meng Xiangxiang and the child returned home, Liu Xiaonan was motivated to return home from get off work.As soon as he entered the house, he blew a whistle first, and the two children would run out after hearing the sound.

After four or five days, his whistle stopped working, and the two children were delayed in showing up.

He blew again, and the daughter poked her head out of the room and said, "Dad, you treat me and my brother like puppies."

Liu Xiaonan and Meng Xiangxiang looked at each other and smiled, never daring to whistle at home again.

More than a month later, Yue Xuelian's senior sister called and told Liu Xiaonan to be mentally prepared.The sales volume of his "Stock Records" was not good in the early stage. Many readers reported that the author's writing quality has declined, and it may be unsalable.

The senior sister comforted him and said that this is the inevitable result of the impact of the economic tide, and the entire publishing industry has experienced a downward trend in sales.

Senior sister Yue Xuelian's consolation didn't have much effect, even though she had expected it, Liu Xiaonan was still depressed like never before.It is his distress that his writing level has stagnated.

He couldn't bring this bad mood home, and he had nowhere to go to talk to Teacher Zhao Guangzhi.

Teacher Zhao Guangzhi told him that literary publications are also facing huge challenges, sales have fallen sharply, and the fiery phenomenon of having a copy everywhere is gone forever.If it is not for the support subsidies, it may be unsustainable.

Liu Xiaonan's feeling of loss was further aggravated. He had searched hard for literature for ten years, but now he fell into a trough, and he didn't know what to do.There is not much enthusiasm for work, and the operating conditions of the textile factory are struggling, and I sit in the office all day doing nothing.

After going to work that day, Liu Xiaonan flipped through the newspaper as usual, checking the stock quotes from the previous day, and accidentally saw an advertisement: sea area and beach for rent, with pictures.

Looking at the pictures, I feel very familiar, but looking at the content carefully, it turns out that Longwangtang is for rent as a whole.

Longwangtang is rented out as a whole. Wouldn't Brother Sha Wanli and Sister Sha Liu lose their land and home again as written in "Flying Sand and Walking Stones"?
If this is the case, even though it has nothing to do with "Flying Sands and Zombie Stones", Liu Xiaonan still feels ashamed of that couple.

After "Flying Sand and Walking Stones" was published, he took the publication to see the couple, and now it has been more than two years, and he doesn't know what kind of situation the couple is facing.

Anyway, sitting in the office is also very boring, it is better to go out to get some air.Liu Xiaonan greeted Gu Yu, and took the newspaper to Longwangtang.

After getting off the long-distance bus, the familiar scene in front of me has changed a lot.A newly built asphalt road leads to Longwangtang, replacing the original earth-rock road; a wall is built along the edge of the cliff, and a gate is set; connected to the island above.

Liu Xiaonan walked into the gate. On one side of the gate, there were four bungalows serving as guards. Inside was a two-story building with about [-] rooms above and below. In front of the building was a medium-sized parking lot.

He was about to go to say hello and inquire, when Sha Wanli walked out of the house.The two shook hands enthusiastically, and Sha Wanli asked, "Brother, are you here to contract Longwangtang?"

Liu Xiaonan said: "I came to see my eldest brother and sister-in-law. I saw the advertisement in the newspaper, and worried whether my eldest brother's apple orchard was also on the lease and whether it would be taken back."

"Don't mention it!" Sha Wanli sighed again and again: "Shortly after you came last time, my orchard was taken back, saying that it was to be built into a tourist scenic spot. A lot of money was invested, and the scenic spot was built, but no one came. I had to rent it out for tourism. All my apple trees were cut down, and they were said to grow rapeseed flowers like in the south. It’s just nonsense, and your sister-in-law and I have become janitors.”

Liu Xiaonan said: "In the past, all the people who came to travel collectively were employees of state-owned units. Now that state-owned enterprises are in a downturn, how can there be benefits for employees to travel?"

Sha Liu came out of the house, still optimistic, and said bluntly: "Why don't you contract the Dragon King Pond, my husband and I can make a living with you."

Liu Xiaonan smiled and said, "How can I have that strength? I haven't even thought about it. Today I made a special trip to see my eldest brother and sister-in-law."

But Sha Wanli became serious: "I won't say anything when someone asks you. Brother, you are different. I'll show you around."

The pine forest on the cliff is still preserved, a cobblestone passage was built in the middle, and a concrete step was built on the cliff, leading directly to the coast.

The stone dam that goes directly to the small island isolates this sea area, leaving only the south side connected to the outer sea.This sea area, including the small island and the long and narrow beach of Longwangtang on the west side of the cliff, are all within the scope of the lease.

Sha Wanli led Liu Xiaonan to stand on the edge of the cliff. He pointed to the sea area in front of him and said, "I have lived in the bay for almost ten years, and no old fisherman is as familiar with this sea area and beaches as I am. There are more than a thousand people in this sea area. Mu, there used to be everything in the sea, and it was very thick. It was only later that people fished and fished randomly, and there were fewer and fewer things in the sea. Didn’t you also come here to fish for sea cucumbers, sea urchins, conchs and oysters? Just slow down a little Years, the things produced in this sea area are enough for you to pay the rent."

Liu Xiaonan's expression was very calm, and her eyes were calmly watching the sea.

The tide had receded, and the oval reef that nearly broke his waist was still appearing and disappearing in the waves.And the letter from the other side of the ocean that he tore into pieces has long been buried in the bottom of the sea and vanished into nothingness.

Another voice faintly came from the wind: "Let me kiss you! This is my first time."

A burst of ancient waves stirred in my heart, rumbling against my chest.

Sha Wanli led Liu Xiaonan towards the west side of the cliff, pointed to the long and narrow bay, and said, "This beach used to have everything. If you walk on it with bare feet, clams, clams, and razors will hurt your feet. Now there are not many. Slow down for a year or two, and it will also become richer."

Liu Xiaonan had initially made up his mind, and he said, "If I lease this sea area and beach, all my belongings will have to be rented."

"A timid man can't be a general." Sha Wanli saw a glimmer of hope, became interested, and encouraged him, "If you are afraid of wolves and tigers, then don't do anything. I will take you to go further."

On the west side of the cliff, an asphalt road with a gentle slope was built, and around the cliff under the bay, an asphalt road was also built, leading directly to the depths of the bay.

Walking along the asphalt road, turning around the foot of the mountain, the house of Sha Wanli's family is still there, but the small dirt hill has become bare and covered with weeds.

Sha Wanli said: "I originally planned to weed out apple trees and plant big cherries instead. The agricultural technology extension station in the town came to take soil samples, and the appraisal results said that the temperature and soil quality are very suitable for planting big cherries. If you can rent Longwangtang, in Cherry trees are planted on this small dirt hill, and it will be a good income if it is well managed.”

Liu Xiaonan said: "Brother is still reluctant to part with his old job."

Sha Wanli said: "I only know this bit of technology in my life, and I really don't want to let it go."

The asphalt road leads directly to the reservoir dam, splitting the original wetland in half.On the east side, a pond with a size of tens of mu is formed, which is full of reeds and aquatic plants; on the west side, a smaller pond is also formed, which is adjacent to the tidal creek in the bay.

On the side of the reservoir near the dam, artificially transplanted lotus flowers grow.Pink and white flowers, surrounded by green lotus leaves, bloom gracefully.

Liu Xiaonan asked Sha Wanli: "Brother, can fish be raised in this reservoir?"

Sha Wanli said: "There are some small miscellaneous fish in the reservoir. Fish farming is not a good idea. The mountains and rivers will go downstream to the sea."

After inspecting it from beginning to end, Liu Xiaonan had completed the plan in his mind.

On the way back, he said to Sha Wanli: "Thank you, brother, for providing me with valuable information. This matter is not trivial. I have to discuss it with my family before making a decision."

Sha Wanli said: "If my brother rents Longwangtang, the two of us are willing to follow him. Everything is difficult at the beginning, and you don't have to pay monthly wages. At the end of the year, you earn more and pay less."

Liu Xiaonan held Sha Wanli's hand and said, "Whether I can rent the Dragon King Pond or not, I'll thank you first brother."

(End of this chapter)