Siheyuan: There are three little cats at home

Chapter 429 Not afraid of ten thousand, just in case
Wang Mingsheng, secretary of the commune, saw the car coming and put on the blue long-sleeved jacket draped over his shoulders. When he heard that Xu Qing was about to back the car into the entrance of the commune compound, he hurriedly raised his hand to greet three or four people and ordered Xu Qing to press Xu Qing's button quickly. Qing said to do it.

After a while, the truck turned around and stopped at the entrance of the commune compound.

Er Mazi jumped out of the cab, buttoned up Deliang's long-sleeved coat and asked:

"Qingzi, I hired the car, shall we install it now?"

Xu Qing nodded and said: "Now, after loading the car, we have to pull it into the city early."

Er Mazi said oh, and fastened his hands to fasten the knot.

Xu Qing pointed at the truck and said:
"Brother Mazi, the truck you hired looks familiar. It looks like the one from our Hongxing Steel Rolling Mill."

Er Mazi grinned and said: "Qingzi, this is the truck we used in the factory. You have to harvest corn today. I'm thinking that if I just find a truck in the city, it won't be able to pull much, so I might as well just use a truck from the factory. , we are familiar with each other, it is easy to hire, and we can pull in more than ten tons without any problem."

Xu Qing admired Er Mazi's actions very much.

indeed so.

The wheat and corn harvested yesterday and this morning together amounted to more than eight tons.

If it were an ordinary light truck, it might not be able to pull it off.

Xu Qing turned around and took out a cigarette, handed one to Secretary Wang Mingsheng and said:

"Secretary Wang, please ask everyone to help me pretend."

Wang Mingsheng took the cigarette, nodded, cleared his throat, and turned to speak to the captains of the commune's production teams.

"Lao Li, Xiao Zhang, Lao Gao, Xiao Hu, you and the others, help together."

As soon as Wang Mingsheng finished speaking, the captains of each production brigade living in the commune immediately picked up a sack of corn and moved it onto the truck.

Xu Qing and Er Mazi, together with several other people from the commune, stood in the car and followed each other, and then they were neatly stacked together.

At this moment, many people from the countryside gathered outside the commune and came to watch.

Cars are rarely seen in the countryside.

A car came today, which naturally made the whole town want to come and take a look.

Especially children, who are rarely seen throughout the year, come in groups, stand in front of the truck, and look up curiously.

When Wang Mingsheng, the commune secretary saw this, he immediately shouted loudly:
"You little bastards, stay away quickly. Don't let the sack fall from the car and hit you."

But the children heard it and were indifferent.

It's true that Wang Mingsheng is the secretary, but children don't care.

They met this secretary every day and didn't think anything of it at all.

The adults knew what the secretary meant, so they drove the children aside and let them watch from a distance.

The sky was getting darker little by little as everyone was busy.

The wind started blowing in the distance.

There were no lights in the commune courtyard, and although the moonlight was bright, it was not a big deal after all.

Wang Mingsheng had someone pull a wire from the empty house, connect a light bulb, and hang it on the back door of the truck so that everyone would not load food in the dark.

After nearly two hours of work, with the help of everyone in the commune, all eight tons of grain were loaded onto the truck.

Neatly stacked layer upon layer.

However, the truck can still hold more than two tons at the rear.

Xu Qing ignored being tired and jumped out of the car. While blowing smoke to the secretary and the captain of the production team who had just helped, Xu Qing and Er Mazi used the light of the incandescent light bulb to put away the grain again.

After the truck was loaded, Xu Qing asked Er Mazi to stay in the commune to rest, while he followed the driver, holding the four puppies, back to the city overnight and sent them to the warehouse.

It was already past nine o'clock in the evening when we set off from the commune. The roads in the countryside were pitch black, with only the dim light of the truck's headlights emitting.

The truck took the main road, and although the road was a little bumpy, it was repaired every year in the countryside, so the road condition was not too bad.

Xu Qing took off his sweat-soaked half-sleeves, handed the driver a cigarette, and then smoked one in the corner of his mouth to relieve his fatigue.

The truck swayed back to the city. Xu Qing sat in the passenger seat. After finishing his cigarette, he hurriedly rolled up the window.

It's freezing cold at night in the countryside, even though it's summer.

But the temperature difference is huge.

Xu Qing and the driver were chatting in the cab, while outside, the night was getting darker and darker, and it was silent.

Quiet and a little scary.

But that’s what happens when you’re traveling at night.

Xu Qing kept talking to the driver because he was actually worried that the driver would be sleepy.

The roads in the countryside have too many twists and turns. It's fine during the day when the light is good, but at night, if you don't stay alert, your car may overturn if you're not careful.

Fortunately, Xu Qing got along well with the driver while chatting, and before he knew it, he arrived at the outskirts of Sijiu City.

Xu Qing did not let him go directly to the city, but transferred to the warehouse near Sanhuzi's home.

It's already past one o'clock in the morning.

In the middle of the night, Xu Qing knew that he couldn't find anyone to unload the grain at this time, so he asked the driver to drive the car into the warehouse and leave it there until dawn tomorrow morning.

Then he took the driver, locked the warehouse door, huddled up, and walked towards San Huzi's house with the four puppies in his arms, preparing to stay one night.

Sanhuzi and his wife opened a car repair shop in the city with their children, rented a house and lived in the city, and usually never came back.

As for the outskirts, there was only Sanhuzi’s old mother.

Xu Qing held a flashlight, woke up San Huzi's mother, and spent the whole night in the room where San Huzi slept.

At 05:30 in the morning, Xu Qing got up and, under the leadership of Sanhuzi's mother, hired some people from nearby neighbors.

Go to the warehouse to unload grain early in the morning.

At [-]:[-] in the morning, the wheat and corn on the truck were unloaded.

There are two piles on the left and right sides of the warehouse.

Xu Qing paid the workers wages and said:
"There will be more in a few days. Whoever has time then, remember to come over."

Hearing this, the neighbors of Sanhuzi squeezed the more than [-] cents they had earned and nodded in response:
"Don't worry, Boss Xu. As long as you need someone here, we will be here at your call."

Xu Qing took the opportunity and said, "Can you come late at night?"

The young man who took the lead rubbed his nose, thought for a while, shook his head and said:

"Boss Xu, if you can't do it at night, you can do it before ten o'clock. If it's later, I can come, but they won't."

When Xu Qing heard this, he hummed and didn't mention it again.

Of course, Xu Qing knew that if he unloaded it at night, someone would definitely be willing to do it for a little extra money.

However, the money he has now needs to be used to collect food, and the funds on hand are not very sufficient.

I didn't mention this.

After the workers left, Xu Qing paid the driver the fare and asked for the driver's address. The next time he hired a car, he and Er Mazi would not go back to the city, but call directly and ask his sister Xiaoya to follow the instructions. Just tell me the address and it will save you the trouble of running back and forth.

The driver took the fare from Xu Qing and said happily: "Director Xu, please wait a moment. I have a pencil in the car. I will leave you my home address."

The driver was a worker at the Hongxing Steel Rolling Mill. During his off-duty hours, he secretly drove the factory car to pick up private jobs. In fact, the factory also knew about it.

But after the reopening, the factory was no longer as strict as before.

As long as the driver didn't damage the car, the factory would turn a blind eye and pretend they didn't see it.

Furthermore, these days, most of those who can work as drivers are related to leaders in the factory.

Or they are old workers in the factory.

Otherwise, ordinary people would not be able to do such an easy job as driving.

After Xu Qing returned to the city in the truck, the driver parked the truck in front of the Dongdan vegetable market, found a pencil, wrote his address on the cigarette box, and said to Xu Qing:
"Director Xu, please put it away. Next time you use the car, please say hello."

Xu Qing nodded and said no problem, jumped out of the car, waved to the driver, and walked back to the grain station.

Er Mazi came back yesterday and left the bicycle he rode back to the city at the grain station. After Xu Qing finished busy with the work at hand, he had to ride back to the commune in the countryside to continue collecting grain.

Xu Qing walked into his grain station, said hello to Sanhuzi's wife and sister, and Meijuan, and gave the address given by the driver just now to his sister Xiaoya.

Xu Xiaoya took it, lowered her head and said:
"Brother, is this?"

"The address of the driver who goes to the countryside to collect food."

After Xu Qing sat on the chair and finished speaking, he reached out to take the tea that Sanhuzi's wife poured for him, took a sip, and then said:

"Xiaoya, during this period, the grain station depends on you, Sister Wang, and Meijuan. The three of you are keeping an eye on me. I have to ride to the countryside later. If anything happens, you can discuss it. If you can't make up your mind, you can come back in the evening. Talk to your sister-in-law and Aiguo about our compound."

Xu Xiaoya put away her cigarette case and said hello.

Xu Qing drank the tea in the cup, took a short rest, and gave some instructions to his sister and Sanhuzi's wife, Meijuan, before standing up and walking out of the grain station, pushing Er Mazi's bicycle, and hurried towards the countryside.

Xu Qing bought two Huoshao before leaving the city and took a sip.

Then he rode his bicycle and left the city alone.

He arrived at the commune at around four o'clock in the afternoon.

And Er Mazi has harvested another three to four thousand kilograms of grain today.

Xu Qing parked his bicycle in the commune courtyard and lay down on the kang so tired that he didn't want to move.

Even though he is in his early thirties, he is still in the prime of life.

But even after turning around, it was still too much.

Especially since I didn’t get a good rest last night. I hired someone to unload food early in the morning and then rode a bicycle for several hours.

Xu Qing's legs were sore and there was no strength in his whole body.

Er Mazi sat aside and joked:
"Qingzi, you can't do this. What are you doing now? You've been a factory director for several years, but you've become like a bitch. It's only been less than three days and you're exhausted."

Xu Qing smiled bitterly and said, "Brother Mazi, don't make fun of me. If I had been working in the workshop, I would definitely be like you."

Er Mazi held the cigarette in his mouth and said: "I can finally see clearly. They are all unable to carry their shoulders, lift their hands, and have no ability."

Xu Qing didn't say goodbye to Er Mazi. He was so tired that he didn't even want to open his mouth. He leaned back on the quilt and rested for more than ten minutes before saying:

"Brother Mazi, we have been harvesting corn and wheat here for three days, and it should be almost done. Tomorrow morning, we will go to the commune next door to harvest, and we will come back to harvest mung beans and red beans at the end of next month."

Er Mazi nodded and said: "Okay, after I finished harvesting the crops sent by the production teams here today, I also asked by the way. There are not many mung beans here today, and there are only a few acres of red beans."

Xu Qing sat up from the Kang, straightened his body and said:
"Normally, the country is in the north of us, and the main requirements are to grow wheat and corn. Rice is grown in the south. Now it can fill the stomachs of the city. But here in the countryside, most people still have problems eating. Mung beans and red beans will definitely not be big. Scale species.”

Er Mazi smoked a cigarette, nodded, and said nothing.

At about seven o'clock in the evening, Xu Qing and Er Mazi ate hare meat with everyone on the commune stove.

After catching up, the two of them had a big bowl each.

During this month, the rabbits in the fields are causing harm to the crops, making them fat and fat. If you catch them, how can you let them go?

Moreover, in a place like the countryside, there are only a handful of times in the year when meat can be eaten.

If you want to improve your food and make it delicious, you can only rely on these hares in the fields.

And the pigs raised by the commune are used to be given to the state in exchange for money after they are raised, and they are not even willing to eat them.

Sitting in the commune courtyard, Xu Qing and Er Mazi enjoyed their meal very much.

There are already a lot of people in the commune, but when it's meal time, everyone gathers together and sits in the courtyard, enjoying the cool evening breeze, chatting and laughing while eating, which is not to mention how pleasant it is.

After finishing the meal, go to the pot on the big stove and scoop out a bowl of mung bean soup, and pour the oily seeds in the bowl into your stomach without wasting any.

However, as soon as Xu Qing finished drinking the mung bean soup and cleaned the dishes, Secretary Wang came to him with his accountant, hoping to settle the payment for the grain collected yesterday and today.

Xu Qing and Er Mazi returned to the house, sat on the kang, and watched the commune calculate the accounts.

Wang Mingsheng put on his coat and handed the flue to Xu Qing and Er Mazi:

"You don't know that it's not easy for me to be a secretary. The commune is extremely poor, and several brigades are even more impoverished. They are all waiting for money, and there is nothing they can do."

Xu Qing waved his hand and said with a smile: "It's okay, Secretary Wang. Since I'm collecting grain, there's no reason why I shouldn't give you money."

When Accountant Niu clattered in front of Xu Qing with an abacus and counted the money twice, Xu Qing paid it without saying a word.

However, before paying, Xu Qing said to Wang Mingsheng:

"Secretary Wang, I will give you the money, but I have to store the grain collected last night and today in our commune for a few days. I hope you can arrange for someone to take care of it for me. We will go to the commune next door tomorrow morning."

Wang Mingsheng stretched out his hand and tugged on the coat on his back, straightened his back and said:
"Xu Qing, no problem. You can go to the commune next door to collect your grain without worry. I will arrange for someone to look after it for you early tomorrow morning. If there is a grain missing, just come to me."

Xu Qing nodded upon hearing this.

Actually, he wasn't too worried.

After all, this is his own commune, so even if everything is lost, he can still find it.

Also, he had dealt with Secretary Wang Mingsheng many times.

I think the people are pretty good.

But not afraid of ten thousand, just in case.

It’s time to say it, but it needs to be said.

There are many people in the commune, and no one can guarantee that there will be no one with unclean hands and feet.

But Wang Mingsheng said that he would arrange for someone to take care of him.

Even if someone wants to have a wrong idea, with Secretary Wang's words, they don't dare to act rashly.

The next morning, I had breakfast.

Xu Qing and Er Mazi rode their bicycles towards the commune next door.

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