Since 1979 I have been in the tide of the times

Chapter 7
At noon, Wang Weidong returned to his home in Xiangyang Chemical Factory. He looked at the four or five flower baskets on the east side of the yard.

The flower basket is not a basket for flowers, but a large basket made of wicker for apples.Every year when the Chinese New Year is approaching, Xiangyang Chemical Factory will distribute a large amount of benefits, including apples and pears purchased from Liao Province.

Each family gets a basket, and the whole factory smells like apples.

Now the apples and pears have been eaten long ago, leaving a few flower baskets in the yard of the landlord Sun Youcai's house.At noon, Sun Youcai and Xie Yulan came home and saw Wang Weidong cooking.

Wang Weidong cut the cucumber into fine shreds, chopped the garlic into froth, added soy sauce and vinegar, mixed a cold dish, then served two bowls of millet porridge, and grandma ate with steamed buns.

"Weidong is really good at cooking, he cuts cucumbers so finely!" Sun Youcai sighed.

"I worked for Master Yang for a year, and he scolded me if I didn't cut well!" Wang Weidong replied with a smile.

The biggest advantage of the large canteen in the factory is that it is cheap, but the cooking is so-so and always fooled, but a chef like Lao Yang has developed a habit, he can’t even know how to fool, so he is very strict with the people around him, which also makes him Some workers were very dissatisfied with Old Master Yang.

Big pot rice has the benefits of big pot rice. Those who do well and those who do not do well don’t show the dew, and those who do well or badly are like a bird. Slowly, many people become lazy.

"Uncle Sun, I saw several flower baskets in the yard, can you give me two?" Wang Weidong asked.

"Those baskets are reserved for the fire. If you want them, I will give them to you." Sun Youcai replied generously.

After eating at noon, Wang Weidong parked his bicycle in the yard, found hemp rope and tied two baskets to both sides of the bicycle.

Grandma Huang Guiying sat on the kang and talked to Wang Weidong through the open window. She couldn't see and didn't know what Wang Weidong was doing.

When people get old, the biggest problem is loneliness. Wang Weidong is at home today, and the old lady finally found someone to talk to.

"Aren't you chatting with Mrs. Gao?" Wang Weidong asked.

Mrs. Gao is the person who introduced the house to Wang Weidong, and she is already over 70.

"Old Mrs. Gao has to take care of her grandson. Her grandson is very naughty when he is five years old. He either runs or crawls. Every day, Mrs. Gao is so tired that he is dying." Huang Guiying replied.

After the baskets were tied, Wang Weidong felt very satisfied. It is indeed much better to put the vegetables in the baskets on both sides than in the sacks.

In the evening, when Sun Youcai came home, he saw two flower baskets tied to the bicycle in the yard and found it strange.

"Weidong, what are you doing with the basket tied to the bicycle?" Sun Youcai asked.

"I'm going to ride a bicycle to the countryside to collect vegetables and then sell them in the farmers' market." Wang Weidong replied.

Sun Youcai's body froze and looked at Wang Weidong speechless for a long time, his eyes were like looking at a young man who had lost his footing.

"Weidong, Weidong, come in!" Grandma Huang Guiying shouted.

Wang Weidong went into the back room and stood by the Kang.

Huang Guiying suddenly held a swipe and called Wang Weidong.Although the old lady couldn't see her eyes, her ears were very sensitive. She judged Wang Weidong's position by hearing the sound of footsteps.

"You worthless thing, I'll beat you to death! You've lost all my old face!" Huang Guiying scolded.

Sun Youcai and his wife Xie Yulan stood at the door of the room and watched this scene with eyes of hatred.

"Let's go, the movie is about to start." Sun Youcai said to his wife.

He said as if explaining to Wang Weidong: "Invoice from the workshop, watch the show at 06:30 in the evening."

There are many meanings in this sentence. It’s great to be a worker. You can get a salary every month. You get work clothes, towels and soap, rubber shoes in summer, big-toed shoes in winter, mooncakes on August [-]th, and fruits, pork, peanuts and sunflower seeds , Send out movie tickets to watch movies from time to time.It doesn't cost money for children to go to school, see a doctor for free, and the house is allocated by the state. It's like entering heaven.

But Wang Weidong decided not to live up to the speculation and went to sell vegetables, saying that it would be a shame to die!
Grandma Huang Guiying fell down on the kang and faced the wall without saying a word to Wang Weidong.

It was getting dark gradually, and there was not even a radio at home, so I could only lie down and sleep.The two of them were lying on the kang, unable to fall asleep, their eyes open in the dark, thinking about their thoughts.

Two hours later, Sun Youcai and Xie Yulan returned home, and the two of them hadn't gotten out of the plot of the drama "In the Silent Place".

"Are you saying that the two of them are husband and wife?" Xie Yulan asked.

"Probably not, they are all actors, gay relationship." Sun Youcai replied.

Xie Yulan clicked her tongue and said, "Being an actor is really not easy. It's not just that husband and wife shake hands on stage!"

Hearing these words through the door, Wang Weidong almost laughed out loud.In this era, people are surprised and embarrassed to see men and women shaking hands in movies and dramas, but decades later, actors and actresses have opened their mouths and entangled each other.

I don't know if they would have a heart attack when they saw this scene.

At four o'clock the next day, Wang Weidong got up and lit a fire to cook a pot of porridge. After eating two bowls of porridge with pickles, he went out and pushed his bicycle to pick up the vegetables.

Hearing the movement outside, Sun Youcai sighed, "Oh, this child!"

As the father of a college student and a technical secondary school student in his family, Sun Youcai is very qualified to sigh for Wang Weidong.

Wang Weidong came early today, and he stood by the wooden bridge waiting for the arrival of the elder brother from the village.

Yesterday, he earned a total of more than two yuan, so it will be more than 70 yuan a month, while his father, Wang Haifu, an eighth-level worker, only earns more than 60 yuan a month.

Wang Weidong feels that he still has a lot of room for improvement, at least it is much easier than his father's salary increase.

"Comrade!"

There was a shout in the distance, and the big brother from the countryside came towards him pushing a small cart full of various vegetables.

All these dishes were handed over to him. The Zhang family paid [-] cents, and the Li family paid [-] cents. In the end, they made up so much.

Nowadays, many people in the production team work without effort, but they have to spend time without effort, so it is not easy to find time to sell vegetables.Well now, someone runs errands for them.

"A total of four yuan!" said the rural elder brother.

Wang Weidong counted four [-] cents and handed them to the rural elder brother, and the [-] cents was [-]% of the negotiated rural elder brother's commission.

He first put the water radish and watermelon under the basket, and the leafy vegetables on top. After the two baskets were full, he filled half of the bag with a sack.

"Brother, what's your surname?" Wang Weidong asked, passing a cigarette.

The big brother in the village was stunned for a moment before replying: "The surname is Zhang, let's make an early chapter!"

He felt that Wang Weidong's words were a bit strange. Now everyone kept talking about comrades, but Wang Weidong always called him "big brother".

"From now on, let's just have this much every day, and I won't be able to hold any more. I can't come on a rainy day. See you tomorrow!" Wang Weidong got on his bicycle and headed north.

(End of this chapter)