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Chapter 45 The Family Meeting (1)

The area above the back of the village is the closest to the vast reed marshes, and the bottom and bottom are full of reed roots that have been entangled for many years. There is no way to grow crops, so no one wants that piece of land.Xiao Tang, who was accepted, picked up soil from the bottom of the river, covered it layer by layer, and finally built a [-]-square-meter field, bought sand and gravel with foreign money from shopping, and finally covered it. There are three thatched huts, and the walls of the main house in the middle are still built of blue bricks.

Two years later, when the good mother-in-law in the village saw that Xiaotang's house belonged to her, whether there was a mother-in-law on the house, who was strong enough to work, and was diligent, dared to go to the town to exchange money in the cold weather.Although the only disadvantage is that he is not from the village and does not know the basics, but this may be attractive to women who have reached the age of marriage.

The "Xiao Tang's daughter-in-law" in the mother's mouth is from Wu Tanzi's family behind the pagoda. Wu Tanzi's original name is Wu Sanlin, but when he was drying soybeans on the bungalow, his feet slipped and fell down. superior.With this fall, the main labor force of the Wu family is gone. Seeing that the two sons have only saved half of their money for marrying a wife, and the eldest daughter is also old, they plan to betroth the eldest daughter to Xiao Tang in exchange for Xiao Tang. Sixty thousand dollars.

The money, together with the savings from the past, not only allowed the eldest son to marry the wife of this village, but the second son's wife spent [-] yuan to marry the wife of the water village. , the three women can do everything from taking a boat, collecting firewood and farming, and the two sons have a surplus after excluding the expenses of the wedding. What a cost-effective calculation.

This daughter of the Wu family gave birth to a big fat boy in the second year after her marriage. The family of three lived peacefully and peacefully, and everything was like a husband and wife.But there is a saying that goes like this. "Unfortunate things happen", this little Tang's son ran into the reeds mischievously, until noon when Xiao Tang went to the town to sell fish and came back to eat, he didn't come back. Look for it in the reeds.

It wasn't until two o'clock in the afternoon that I saw a small figure floating on the water in the reeds full of water when I stepped on it. The feet were stuck by the roots of the reeds. I choked to death because my head was stuffy in the water. When I turned over The small face was soaked in water and had wrinkles like an old man.

Xiao Tang frantically held up a torch in the reed marsh to set fire to it, but the reed marsh was very humid, and the reed marshes were full of green poles in summer, so they couldn't burn.Even if the winter is dry and can be burned, so what?When the spring breeze comes, new shoots will emerge from these old roots, and they can grow to adult height in less than a month.

After that, the mental state of Xiao Tang's daughter-in-law was not very good, and Xiao Tang also became irritable, frequently punching and kicking the nervous mother-in-law.

But now, this little Tang's daughter-in-law finally freed herself with a circle of hemp rope to drag the fishing net, and swept her body into the dust of the earth.

At the dinner table, this kind of topic was a bit heavy. Mother Chen Yueying just suddenly felt emotional, and talked about what happened in the village. Tang beat his wife like chasing a dog.

After dinner, the female worker next to him served tea in a bowl, and the peanuts were kept and returned.

"Shunsheng Hangsheng." Li Chong stood up and shouted towards the door, and the two brothers trotted over from the yard hearing the movement, "Stay at the door, don't disturb if you have nothing to do."

The two brothers listened, closed the door, and stood outside.

"Chong'er, when your grandfather's spirit recovered, I already told you about the situation. First, tell me how things are going in Shanghai this time?"

Li Chong took out four hundred-dollar bills and two small yellow croakers from inside his clothes.

The little yellow croaker was brought in from the Chiba Chamber of Commerce, and Li Chong cut off the 450 US dollars exchanged at HSBC Bank for [-] US dollars.

It's not that I want to embezzle it for other purposes, it's just that the price of four hundred dollars plus two small yellow croakers is not lower than the price of six hundred silver dollars, and there is no proper reason to explain the source of it all at once.

"Grandpa, father, this kind of green banknotes with foreign faces painted on them is called US dollars, and they are used by Americans. A hundred-yuan denomination like this one can be exchanged for more than two small yellow croakers. It can be circulated in big cities. When it arrives in Chongqing, You can also use this exchange to get six hundred oceans."

Li Chong used the conspicuous "little yellow croaker" to make his family accept the value represented by such a light banknote as much as possible.

The reference function of "little yellow croaker" is obvious. Father and grandpa took the dollar banknotes and put them on their hands and kept rubbing them between their thumbs and index fingers. Their eyes kept wandering between "little yellow croaker" and the banknotes in their hands. In the middle of the day, I worked hard to form a steelyard, and put the dollar bills and the small yellow croaker together to measure.

After a while, grandfather Li Qiantang put the dollar bills back on the table, "Grandson, you have a lot of experience outside, and you are right. The blood of the Li family cannot be broken. Eggs can't be put in one basket. You take the guy with you." Why not go to Chongqing? I won’t go. I’m the head of Lizhuang. I’m old and half of my body is buried in the soil. Let's go, and come back when you are safe."

Li Chong looked at his father, and his father showed helplessness. It seems that his father talked to his grandfather a lot about this issue, but Li Chong has ignored the stubbornness of the older generation like his grandfather. If it is really a matter of conviction, It really can't be pulled back.

This kind of adherence to the homeland of the older generation cannot be threatened by life, nor can it be induced by any beauty.

Putting this question aside for the time being, what Grandpa Li Qiantang said also makes sense. With the old and weak bodies of grandpa and grandma, it takes a few steps to take a few steps. This kind of running for thousands of kilometers is exhausting even for young people with plenty of energy. collapse.

"Now that we have decided on the direction we want to move, that is Chongqing. Chongqing is not a big place, and places close to Sichuan that are tightly packed are also acceptable, but the problem is that we are not familiar with the place. Pick us up, but I'm not used to leaving the right of choice in other people's hands, so I still need to find a place to stay around Chongqing. But I can't do double, and I need to send someone from my family, grandpa and father, look at this. Who will go?"

"Let Xiao Tong go. He has taken over Lao Tong and has been in charge of this yard for more than 20 years. The father and son are already part of our Li family." Grandpa decided on the candidate, and after looking around the big yard, he can explain this matter with confidence. Yes, Uncle Xiao Tong is undoubtedly the most suitable.

Li Chongnian peeled off the peanut skin, and then put it in his mouth, "Well, let Shunsheng follow, the two of you have a support along the way, and Shunsheng followed me out for a while, so he has some knowledge about the outside world. As for Hangsheng, he still has to follow." I'm going to exchange the remaining foreign money into 'little yellow croakers' and US dollar bills, this time I can bring a little more, the channel has been opened."

(End of this chapter)