Ordinary people's rice bowl

Chapter 38
Old Mu who had just arrived home, before he had time to catch his breath, he heard a voice outside the gate: "Is Old Mu at home today?"

This voice is familiar, it is Wang Tiancheng's voice, he must have something to do when he comes, this classmate who has been busy being a "pig official" is now going to the Three Treasures Hall for nothing, Lao Mu thought of this, Tian Cheng has already entered the door , and greeted him: "Brother, I have come here twice. The first time you walked forward, I arrived behind and didn't touch you. Now, by chance, I saw you coming back on the street, so I hurried come to you."

"You are so busy now, why do you have time to think of me again?" Old Mu said half-jokingly and half-seriously.

"How could I forget you, brother now? Judging from what you said, it seems that I am a heartless person." Tian Cheng teased.

"In the past few days during the holidays, I have been preoccupied with finding solutions for my children's lodging, and I didn't bother to go to your place. No, I just came back from Liu Xuefeng's place in Zhangji Village!" Lao Mu said as he walked into the room. Here, Tian Cheng followed in.

"Xuefeng, you know each other, and you are still a little close to me!" Tian Cheng immediately said when he heard Lao Mu mention the word "Liu Xuefeng" in Zhangji Village.

"If you know him, then you know him very well!" Old Mu suddenly became interested in Xue Feng that Tian Cheng was talking about.

"I know a lot! When he graduated from high school, what kind of school did he come from? It seems that he can do machinery after graduation. It happened that there was a flood that year, and the roads here were flooded. Everyone only cared about disaster relief, and the transportation was inconvenient. , failed to go through the enrollment procedures in time, and then went down in the water, and everything returned to normal. It has been more than a month since he left school. He went to the school to register, and the school told him that he was too late and could not get in. That's it. He missed the opportunity to go to college, what a pity! Later, he would write a small manuscript for the newspaper from time to time to earn some soy sauce money, and he was considered a half-literate man. , the second child is the elder of Binhu Middle School, and the third child is now the secretary of the party committee in the village, and he is considered a good family in the village!" Tian Cheng said so much in one breath, but Lao Mu was not interested in this, what Lao Mu wanted to hear was Now what to do to make a fortune, the courtyard built by the family is one of the best in the village, which is enough to show that the current academic peak is really extraordinary.

"Then what is he doing now? He doesn't look like an ordinary person!" Old Mu asked.

"He is smart. I heard from my daughter-in-law that he has been selling food for the past few years. I heard that he has made a lot of money. While selling, he asked his sister-in-law to sell food at the market. Naturally, he made money and came back to live at home. It is also one of the best in the village." Tian Cheng said, his face was full of pride.

"Look at his courtyard is really extraordinary!" Old Mu's tone clearly expressed envy.

"Look, we're only talking about his relatives, so tell me what's the matter?" Old Mu looked at Tian Cheng with a smile and asked.

"As a brother, you can already guess what's on my brother's mind. I really have something to ask you!" Tian Cheng replied.

"I can't help you with your current affairs in the pigsty!" Lao Mu felt that apart from the pigsty, Tian Cheng was dealing with the village's affairs every day. Tian Cheng never asked others for the village's affairs, and he could handle them with ease. Please help It can only be a private matter.

"Don't even mention it, it's about the pigsty!" Tian Cheng responded earnestly.

"Then what else can I help?" Lao Mu was a little puzzled.

"This year I plan to focus more on raising sows, breeding piglets for sale, and want to name my pigsty!" Tian Cheng felt that Lao Mu was better than himself when he was in school, and with the fact that he had been teaching in school all these years, he was naturally full of ink. As long as there are more, the name will be more elegant.

"It's just a sow pen, what name can it be called, brood farm, pig breeding farm, these are all common names!" Lao Mu pondered for a while, looked up at the sky, and was thinking.

Mu Zhen, who was standing in the yard listening to the two of them discussing, seemed to be interested in naming her. She ran into the room, took a piece of paper and a pen, and wrote down the words "Contract Responsibility System for Joint Production". The circle should have something to do with Lianchan, so he wrote the words "Lianchan Breeding Pig Farm", walked out of the house thoughtfully, came to Lao Mu and Tiancheng, and handed over the paper with the words on it. Paper.

"Coproduction breeding farm!" Tian Cheng read out aloud, slapped his thigh, and said in surprise, "This name is good, it has a homonym for joint production and continuous production, this kind of pig farm is all about quantity, and continuous production indicates that there will be more Piggy, plus the joint production contract responsibility system has been raised so loudly in recent years, joint production of breeding pigs, these words are easy to remember, I think it works, old Mu brother, what do you think of this name?" Tian Cheng asked The tone interrupted Lao Mu's train of thought.

"Co-producing breeding pigs, this name is very famous. As you said, this name is associated with the breeding farm, which is just right!" Old Mu repeatedly nodded.

"Just use this name. Tomorrow the ninth day of the first lunar month is a good day. Write it on red paper and hang it up. At the same time, please set off firecrackers to celebrate!" Tian Cheng paused for a while.

Old Mu understood that the celebration Tian Cheng said was actually to promote it, to let more people know about his pig breeding farm, so that more farmers who wanted to feed pigs would come to him to buy piglets!
"That's good, not only invite people from the village, but also invite some dignified people from neighboring villages to let them know and promote you!" Lao Mu suggested.

"That's what I mean too. With a name, more people can know about it. Only in this way can the piglet be sold at a good price!" Tian Cheng said with certainty.

"Then buy a few pieces of red paper and write your name on it as soon as possible!" Lao Mu reminded.

"I've already bought this red paper, so I invite you to write on it!" Tian Cheng knew that when Lao Mu was at school, his handwriting was the best in his class. Mu is none other than.

"This can help, but where can I find the writing brush for writing big characters!" Old Mu readily accepted when he heard that Tian Cheng had entrusted himself with the inscription, and he immediately thought of the brush.

When mentioning the pen, Lao Mu thought that when he was in school, he saw the art teacher cut the hemp rope, then disassembled one end, and pressed the big brush made by himself. He immediately explained: "The problem with the pen is my own. Solve it, just go and invite people from the neighboring eight townships to participate!"

Tian Cheng nodded: "Okay, I'll invite you right away!" After finishing speaking, he turned his head and walked out the gate, walking towards the street.

Looking at the back of Tian Cheng going away, Lao Mu suddenly felt that this classmate was so tall. Although he was not as good as him in study back then, Tian Cheng today is much better than him. He dares to think and do things. Self-proclaimed, most of the time, I find reasons for my resignation, especially in the face of problems, the biggest thing is that I lose control of my emotions, anxious like ants on a hot pot, and end up with nothing.However, Tiancheng's handling of affairs is not only commendable, but also more than steady, thoughtful, and not confused when dealing with things, which corresponds to the ancient saying "I am born with talents to be useful".

Lao Mu snuffed out the cigarette butt with that familiar movement, went into the room and took out a hemp rope, cut off a section from one end with a knife, then carefully twisted the twisted hemp with his hands, and put it down with a hammer. Gently flatten it on a flat plate, and then tie it together with a piece of rope and a wooden stick, and a simple brush with a thick tip is ready.

Lao Mu wetted it with water first, then tried to press it on the wooden board, and then quickly wrote a word "lian". , it is difficult for ordinary people to have this foundation.

Old Mu was admiring his masterpiece when a child ran in from outside the door, holding a roll of red paper in one hand and a large bottle of ink in the other, and said out of breath, "Master, I am so proud of you!" It's for you!" As he said, he handed the paper to Lao Mu, and the child who came was Tian Cheng's son, Xiao Jian, Lao Mu's most proud student at the moment.

"It's just in time!" Old Mu unwrapped the paper roll, folded the paper in half, cut it in half, and laid it flat on the cutting board that had just been covered with old newspapers. Pour the ink into the bowl, put the tip of the self-made hemp brush into the ink in the porcelain bowl, soak up the ink, stand still, hold the bundled wooden stick in your hand, drive the tip of the brush under the stick, use your wrist together, and go The pen is free and integrated, and the words of the proposed "coproduction breeding pig farm" are impressively written on the paper, and the little key standing on the side says "that's great!"

(End of this chapter)