Free Days in Siheyuan

Chapter 1335

After the Mid-Autumn Festival, crops in the north entered the harvest season. Corn, sorghum, millet, soybeans, and peanuts matured one after another. The farmers should have been busy, but in order to respond to the country's call, only children, the elderly and women were left in the team.

Looking at the grain in the fields and seeing the rise of the canteens on the black market, many people sold grain secretly in order to avoid being caught but not wanting to hand over all the grain to the canteens.

Zhang Yu couldn't help it and checked the food he had signed in these days. It was almost enough for the family to consume for three years.

At first, he didn't want to care about the grains being sold at a low price, but he couldn't help it and calculated. Because he had a critical hit from signing in on August 500th, he got 1000 yuan. In addition, he got some money from signing in on weekdays and the money left over when his aunt asked him to buy things with the money he got from signing in, it totaled more than 1 yuan. If he only bought coarse grains, he could buy more than kilograms.

Even though they knew that the food bought with this money was just a drop in the bucket for many people, and it was also likely to expose themselves and bring themselves into trouble.

But a gentleman should do what he should do and not what he should not do. Thinking of the people who helped him in the courtyard, when he was injured, because he had no bicycle and his aunt and uncle were not at home, several men in the courtyard took turns carrying him to the hospital. Later, when he went to change the dressing, he heard the nurses talking about how the men were soaked when they arrived, and water could be squeezed out of their clothes.

He couldn't help but secretly find several people to help him purchase coarse grains, but he never actually showed up.

This is also thanks to the camouflage mask obtained by signing in to the system. As long as you put it on, it's like you have changed your face instantly, and there is basically no difference from the real person.

He found a haunted house and used it to collect food. After receiving the food, in order to avoid being exposed, he paid the money and drove the people out without saying a word.

While visiting the pigeon market, he found that there were still many smart people who had not noticed the sudden loss of more than 1 kilograms of grain before, but now it is obvious.

In the pigeon market, there were obviously several groups of people buying large quantities of grain. He was somewhat fortunate at this time that he had purchased relatively little and withdrew after only one purchase.

Otherwise, no matter how covertly you do it, it will be exposed sooner or later.

He also reflected on his recent impulsiveness and arrogance. Since he traveled through time and space and was reborn, he had basically not encountered any difficulties. Even if there were difficulties, the elders in his family would help him solve them without saying a word, thinking that he was very capable.

Furthermore, he felt safe and secure relying on the system and became somewhat unscrupulous, not as cautious as he was in the beginning. Fortunately, his family thought that he had found some channels that others didn't know when he was purchasing and covered for him, otherwise many people would have become suspicious.

You must know that the power of the masses is strong, and the power of the country is even stronger.

After reflection, and looking at the many check-in documents, he gave up the idea of ​​taking them out immediately, because with his academic qualifications, knowledge and growth experience, he should not and could not understand these.

He didn't want to be mistaken for a spy and sent to jail, so he decided to study hard in his spare time.

In this way, even if he comes up with more advanced technology in the future, it can be attributed to his usual accumulation plus occasional flashes of inspiration.

In order to be able to take out these materials openly in the future, he has to go to the bookstore and buy some books.

See if you can get a library card, and read more books during your off-duty time.

Looking at the coarse grains in the secret space and thinking about his family, he secretly made up his mind never to do such risky things again.

Since the beginning of autumn, the weather has gradually become cooler, and the boundaries between morning, noon and night have gradually become clearer. In the morning and evening, the weather is relatively cool, so you need to wear a thick coat. When it is hot at noon, you need to wear short sleeves.

Every autumn rain brings a chill. Last night’s autumn rain made the temperature drop by quite a bit.

Because it rained yesterday, the flower bed assigned to him at the door was already moist, so he no longer needed to water it.

The seeds I changed last time have not been planted yet. I have only planted a few watermelons and pumpkins, plus some leeks. There is still a lot of space left, so it is a good opportunity to plant spinach and cabbage after the rain today.

At this time, when Zhang Yu was checking the system space, he accidentally turned to the plant growth agent, and then he remembered that he had ignored it because he was too excited about the pumpkin seeds when signing in.

After looking at its effects, I found that this is the most basic plant growth agent and the effect is not that obvious, but this is also its advantage because the improvement is slow and unnoticeable.

After use, it will subtly improve the genes of crops, causing them to randomly gain various improvements, such as stronger plants, increased yields, improved taste, drought resistance, or resistance to diseases and pests...

Of course, because it is random, there may be bad situations, and the crops may simply produce more beautiful fruits and reduce yields.

Zhang Yu was very excited about this. He followed the instructions, dripped it into water at a ratio of 1:1000, and then soaked the wheat seeds in it for three hours.

Because of the uncertainty of the variation of plant growth agents and their rarity, I have only signed in once in all these years.

Therefore, Zhang Yu was very careful when using it and only used it as a modification of the staple food.

Even if the yield cannot be increased, improvements such as drought and flood resistance are acceptable.

The green plant improver turned light green when dropped into water. When the wheat seeds were taken out three hours later, the water had become the same color as clean water, and the wheat seeds had become fuller and more shiny.

When he was about to plant the wheat seeds, Zhang Guifang saw it and asked, "Xiaoyu, what are you going to plant?"

"Growing wheat!" Zhang Yu was a little confused. Why did his aunt ask that?

Hearing Zhang Yu's words, Zhang Guifang laughed out loud: "You silly child, why are you planting wheat at this time?" As she spoke, she couldn't help laughing again.

"Silly child, haven't you heard what the elders said? White Dew comes early, Cold Dew comes late, and the Autumnal Equinox is the right time to plant wheat. There are still many days until the Autumnal Equinox."

Listening to his aunt's words, Zhang Yu scratched his head, smiled embarrassedly, and then had to dry the seeds and put them away.

Then, with the idea of ​​not wasting anything, I put cabbage seeds and spinach seeds into the water that had already been absorbed to see if it could still have any effect.

Seeing him leveling the land, Uncle Zhao asked, "Xiao Yu, what are you planting?"

"Uncle Zhao, I just scattered some cabbage and spinach." Zhang Yu put down the work in his hands and said to Uncle Zhang while washing his hands.

“Is it a little thicker?”

"Uncle Zhao, I have collected a lot of seeds, so I'll spread them thickly. When they grow, I'll shave them and eat them. I'll also pick a couple of spinach or Chinese cabbage seedlings to make salty rice." He took out the unused seeds from the windowsill and said, "Uncle Zhao, there are still quite a few left. Do you want to spread some too?"

"Then I'll sow some too. That way we can buy less cabbage in the winter, which will save us a lot." As he said that, he took a handful of seeds from him.

"Is this enough? Uncle Zhao, I have a lot more. Take some more." "No, no, this is enough. Your aunt wants to plant some more chives. The chive roots you planted last time are growing well. We have already harvested them. Your aunt has also made some plans and asked someone to get some chive roots to plant."

Seeing that there were still a lot of seeds left, Zhang Guifang ordered several men in the family to cultivate the land allocated to them and also sow some rapeseed.

However, because Zhang Yu planted a lot of spinach and cabbage, she didn't plant much, but instead planted a lot of white radishes.

Because the area of ​​the vegetable plots allocated is small, every housewife has to carefully calculate how to grow more vegetables in a smaller area.

Now, we have spontaneously learned intercropping.

In fact, when Zhang Yu first came to this world, he chose to work first because he felt that he did not understand this world and had no sense of security. In addition, he had attended high school and college in his previous life, so he did not want to spend the dark days of studying in high school.

Now that he understands the world, he realizes that academic qualifications can help you avoid many obstacles in today's society, and even help you achieve success overnight.

The most obvious thing is that technical secondary school students are classified as level 16 during internship and receive a salary of 37 yuan. After becoming regular employees, their level will be promoted to one level and their salary will become 42.5 yuan. College students are classified as level 14 during internship and receive a salary of 48.5 yuan. After becoming regular employees, they will be level 13 and receive a salary of 55 yuan.

You have to know that because of my parents, I was given the job as an exception. I skipped several levels, bypassed the temporary worker route, and started directly as a formal worker. I skipped two levels in between and only earned 27.5 yuan a month.

Thinking of this, he did some calculations. The college entrance examination was suspended in 1966 and was not officially resumed until October 1977, 10, when the People's Daily announced on its front page that "Major Reforms in College Admissions."

Although workers and farmers, educated youth who went to the countryside or returned home, demobilized soldiers, cadres and recent high school graduates can all participate, there are some age restrictions, and the age limit for candidates can be relaxed to 30 years old.

But he was born in 15 and is 77 years old this year. He was over the age limit in , and his ambition to take the exam was dashed when the first college entrance examination was resumed.

So he could only complete his university studies and get a job before 1966. After that, he could no longer sit idle and had to focus most of his attention on studying.

All in all, if you do well in the three years of high school, you can get into college in 61 and be able to work in .

At this time, his junior high school classmates came to visit him. He had not gone to school or taken the junior high school entrance examination for the last period of time due to injury.

After that, I went straight to work and became busy, and became much more distant from my junior high school classmates.

The person who came to see him this time was the class monitor in junior high school, who was one of the best students in the class.

Liu Hongtao picked up two kinds of pastries and walked towards Zhang Yu's house under the guidance of Zhang Guifang.

When he was almost at the door, he raised his voice and called out, "Xiao Yu, your classmates are here to see you."

"Here I come, squad leader," Zhang Yu shouted in surprise, "Come in, come in quickly.

After the three of them sat down, Zhang Yu took out a cup and poured water, "Squad leader, drink some water."

"No, no, I'll just sit for a while. Are you healed?"

When the two were about to start chatting, Zhang Guifang was ready to leave. After all, the two of them could not chat with her here.

Moreover, Xiaoyu has lost many friends since he was injured. It was not easy for someone to come to his house to find him. "Xiaoyu, you guys chat. I have something else to do. I will go first."

"Aunt, go ahead and do your work. I will entertain the monitor."

"Aunt, I'll just talk for a while and then I'll leave." Liu Hongtao spoke a little awkwardly, and was obviously shy about being the guest.

"Don't leave at noon, stay for lunch, I'll go prepare the meal," Zhang Guifang said, and then turned and went to the kitchen regardless of what Liu Hongtao wanted to say.

Zhang Yu waited until Xiaogu left and then asked, "Monitor, what's going on in the class? As you know, I was injured some time ago and haven't been back to school since then. I haven't seen my classmates since then. By the way, how did everyone do in this high school entrance examination?"

"Everyone's grades this time are not bad, and many of them did well in the exam."

"Then class monitor, you have such good grades, you must have done well in the exam this time."

"I was admitted to a technical secondary school." Liu Hongtao said somewhat frustratedly.

"Didn't you say you wanted to go to college?" The whole class knew about the monitor's ideal, and his grades were very good, so he had more than a 60% chance of being admitted to college.

"My family wants me to go to a technical secondary school. As you know, my father is the only one working in my family. I have five younger brothers and sisters, and my grandparents are still in my hometown. It is difficult to support a large family with only my father's salary. I came down early and started to earn money to help support the family."

Then, seeing Liu Hongtao's head, Zhang Yu understood. It's not that technical secondary school is better than university, but for ordinary families, it is more cost-effective to go to technical secondary school than to go to university.

Going to a technical secondary school means graduating early, being assigned a good job after graduation, having a stable job, being able to transfer your household registration, and helping to support your family, so that the whole family benefits.

If you don't go to technical secondary school, you still have to go to high school for three years. However, the college entrance examination admission rate is very low at this time. Even if the class monitor has good grades and has more than 60% chance of being admitted to university, there is still nearly 40% chance of not being admitted. If you fail the college entrance examination, you will lose both the wife and the army.

The class monitor is indeed excellent and has good grades, but if he goes to technical secondary school he will be guaranteed a good job after three years. However, if he gives up technical secondary school to go to high school, he will face huge risks, and his family cannot afford the gamble.

Zhang Yu opened his mouth but could not say anything. It was easy to persuade the monitor to give up the technical secondary school and go to high school. The burden of the whole family fell on one person. It was better not to mention the feeling.

"It's good to go to a technical secondary school. After three years, you can get a good job and get 37 yuan salary immediately. After becoming a regular employee, you can only get 42 yuan. I envy you."

When talking about salary, Liu Hongtao smiled, and it was obvious that he was looking forward to his future life.

At noon, Zhang Yu and Zhang Guifang forced Liu Hongtao to stay at home for lunch. After lunch, they had a "battle" of pushing and shouting, and only one pack of the two snacks was left. "Squad leader, why do I still want to eat cakes when I'm this old? Take them back for my brothers and sisters."

In the afternoon, when Zhang Yu sent Liu Hongtao to the entrance of the alley, Liu Hongtao waved his hand and said, "Don't send me off. My home is not far from here. You should go back soon."

"Okay, I won't see you off.

(End of this chapter)