Go back to the prosperous days and become a layman

Chapter 385 Chapter 384 Returning with a Full Load
Growing up, there were about three women who washed Tang Zhitong's clothes, including his grandmother, mother and classmate Xiao Wang.

Last night, there was one more person, sister-in-law Jin Yumei.

When the two brothers were in the bathhouse, Tang Zhitong used the water in the bath to wash some of his dirty clothes, and when he returned to his uncle's house, he hung them on the clothesline outside.

After dinner, Tang Zhitong did not waste the candlelight and went back to his room to fall asleep.

Early the next morning, Tang Zhitong found that the clothes on the clothesline were obviously cleaner and straighter, and there were a few more clothes on the clothesline, Tangshan Iron and Steel's.

"Brother, did you help me wash my clothes?" Although Tang Zhitong thought it was unlikely that it was Tang Gang's handiwork, he still asked, it was a cliche.

"Your sister-in-law gave you a few rubs with her hands." Tang Gang said lightly, as if it was a trivial matter.

"Hey, why are you so embarrassed? My sister-in-law is pregnant." As a well-informed young man, Tang Zhitong was very embarrassed to ask a pregnant woman to wash his clothes.

"Washing clothes is not a heavy job. There are people in the forest farm who are giving birth at the operation site. It's okay. Your sister-in-law said she wanted to thank you for helping pick wild hawthorns." Tang Gang obviously didn't take this matter to heart.

"It's not a rare thing. I'll look for some when I'm doing it today. But I heard from friends at the hospital that hawthorn is not very friendly to pregnant women, so they shouldn't eat too much." Times are different, and there are indeed pregnant women in rural areas who are still working during labor. Even after giving birth, she will participate in labor as soon as possible. There is no maternity leave at all, but she still needs to be reminded.

"Don't worry, your aunt is measuring it carefully and won't let your sister-in-law eat more." Tang Gang gritted his teeth and replied.

"Well, that's good." Since someone was worried, Tang Zhitong felt relieved and planned to go up the mountain to look for something "carefully" today.

I don’t know how many days Tang Gang took off. Anyway, he didn’t mention anything about going to work, so he accompanied Tang Zhitong to the mountain again to pull porridge.

The difference from last time is that this time there is one cart per person.

"Eucalyptus, where is the hawthorn tree you mentioned? Didn't you see it all the way here?" Tanggang looked around on the way here but never found the hawthorn tree. When he came to the work area, he finally couldn't help but ask.

"I forgot, and you know, I'm not familiar with this area." Tang Zhitong pretended to look around, and replied with a confused look on his face.

"Okay, we'll look for it next time." Tang Gang didn't force it. He placed the pallet truck next to the work area and started smoking with his brother.

"Brother, let's separate for a while, walk around, search, and finally go our separate ways." In order to avoid Tang Gang, Tang Zhitong simply suggested.

"This area is quite safe. Just do as you say." Tang Gang naturally agreed. The chance of finding wild fruits separately would be higher.

After smoking, the two brothers carefully wiped out the cigarette butts. In order to avoid leaving any fire hazard, they also used soil to make a small mound for the cigarette butts. Then they walked back to each other, one on the left and the other on the right.

As a gangster, Tang Zhitong naturally gained a lot, not only wild mountain reds, but also wild grapes.

Not only that, they can even pull more pongs faster and more than Tangshan Iron and Steel.

"If you weren't my brother, I wouldn't believe you didn't come from a forestry farm." Tang Gang said with a hint of admiration in his tone. Not only did his brother work neatly, he was also very strong!

"Hey, I'm lucky. There are so many plows in my area, so it's no trouble at all. I just went over and loaded the car." Tang Zhitong himself also felt that it was a little outrageous, but he could only find excuses to fool him, because this might be because he was working in a forest farm during this trip. It's the last day, so I have to take the opportunity to stock up on some more porridges for my uncle and my sister-in-law.

That's what Tang Zhitong thought and did. Today he pulled four cars, one for his uncle's family and three for his sister-in-law's family.

Even though it was hanging on me, after four trips down, it was already dark, and before I could do anything, my sister-in-law pulled me into the house for dinner.

"Euclidean, do you want to go to the city tomorrow? There is a celebration parade in the city, and the forest farm has a day off." During the meal, Tang Gang looked eager to try it. At present, his spiritual life is lacking, so the attraction of this kind of celebration is quite big.

"Forget about this. You can take your sister-in-law with you. I have to clean up tomorrow and transport the untied planks to the station for loading." Tomorrow is the tenth anniversary celebration, and there are celebrations of varying sizes across the country. In order to fill the bellies of more people around him, Tang Zhitong has been making secret preparations, and naturally has no intention of participating.

"Then I won't go either. I'm a little tired these two days." Although he wanted to go, Tang Gang resisted the temptation and chose to help his brother clean up at home.

"Don't you get over it? There's no telling when the next time will be." Tang Zhitong knew where he was going, so he could celebrate happily this time. The next few years would be much more low-key, and maybe the next time would be five or six years later.

"No, there will be one next year. Let's go next year." Tang Gang shook his head. It has been there every year in the past few years. He has gone to see it before, and the programs are pretty much the same.

Tang Zhitong didn't insist on it, just let it take its course.

As soon as we finished eating, the hunting dog scratched the door and barked.

"Hey, it seems that uncle and the others are back." Tang Zhitong and Tang Gang got up and went outside. The hunting dog was quite clean and had no baggage. It looked like he wasn't coming back to call for help.

After checking the hunting dogs, the two brothers were about to go out to greet them when Tang Wenbang and Su Xiao entered the house carrying sacks.

"Uncle, is everything going well?" Tang Zhitong and Tang Gang quickly stepped forward to take the sack.

"It went well, there was a lot of hunting." Tang Wenbang was covered in sweat. He wiped the sweat with the towel on his neck, his face full of joy of the harvest.

"That's good, that's good." Tang Zhitong was also happy. It's not a bad thing to have more reserves.

"Honey, Yumei, make a fire and boil water. Gangzi, take care of those who are still alive and get busy tonight in the dark." Tang Wenbang's voice was not loud, but he could not be refused.

"I'll go back and call Nian Bin's mother." There were all the tools here. Su Xiao didn't have time to rest, so he immediately went home to gather people. The current period is special, and everyone will deal with the things they hunt as soon as possible and quietly.

Tang Wenbang didn't stop him, probably thinking that this was the proper intention.

"Where did they come from so many zongzi?" Tang Wenbang assigned a lot of work, and he was not idle either. He wanted to make a few torches, but he was startled by the zhuzi in the yard that he hadn't had time to clean up.

"The two children have been doing it in the past two days, and Guzi has done a lot of hard work." The aunt was cleaning up the stove while showing off her merits for Tang Zhitong.

"Hey, I'm here to help." Tang Zhitong said modestly and immediately started making torches. Tang Zhitong didn't see it when he was processing the meat, but he paid attention to the torches that were burning in the yard when he was processing the fish the day before yesterday.

Next, under Tang Wenbang's arrangement, the two families were busy in an orderly manner. Tang Zhitong was messing around while listening to Tang Wenbang introduce the results of this trip.

Under the leadership of the hunting dogs, the family of the wild boar that "hit" the tree was found. After careful arrangements, a group of old hunters sent the wild boar safely and neatly to the road.

Due to the large number of people, the things brought back were relatively neat, and the internal organs were slightly processed and brought back. In addition to these, there was also a badger that took in less air and released more air.

"The dog caught it. I'll let you taste the badger meat tomorrow." Tang Wenbang was a little proud. This badger weighed more than ten kilograms and could produce several kilograms of meat. "Okay, this is a good thing." Tang Zhitong happily agreed, leading two torches and inserting them into the holes in the wall.

Although Tang Zhitong has never eaten badger meat in his two lives, it does not prevent him from knowing that the meat is second to this little thing, and the main thing is oil, which has very high medicinal value.

Badger oil can not only treat burns and scalds, but also has miraculous effects on gastric ulcers when consumed. It also has a good therapeutic effect on ordinary stomach problems. It is said that it can also treat hemiplegia.

Except for the fact that hemiplegia Tang Zhitong has not been verified, everything else is true.

"Euclidean, have you seen the unblocked board?" Tang Wenbang and Su Xiao sat on the bench to rest. They called to Tang Zhitong who had finished his work and watched his family working together.

"No, there are two elders checking the situation, so it must be correct." Tang Zhitong took out his cigarette and scattered the smoke for the two elders.

"Let's take a look tomorrow. If it doesn't work, we'll find a way." Tang Wenbang waved his hand and did not take Tang Zhitong's cigarette. Instead, he took out the pot and dug two spoons into his own tobacco bag, pressing it firmly with his thumb.

"Okay." Tang Zhitong didn't refuse. It's not up to him to decide whether it's okay or not? That must work.

Tang Zhitong struck a match and lit the pot first for Tang Wenbang, then for Su Xiao, and then for himself. As for Tang Gang, there was none for the time being. He was squatting aside and cleaning his internal organs.

Although the lowest-end cigarettes only cost a few cents a pack, many old smokers in urban-rural fringes and rural areas prefer dry cigarettes, which are both cheap and powerful.

No one cares about this now. It doesn’t matter whether you grow it at home and smoke it, or you grow it and take it out. It’s all fine.

"Would you like to try this?" Tang Wenbang was thinking about what to bring back to his nephew tomorrow. He saw Tang Zhitong blowing out shreds of tobacco and holding the pot to indicate.

"No, uncle, it's too strong, I can't enjoy it." Tang Zhitong waved his hand and refused.

Tang Zhitong smokes, but prefers the kind with a filter.

If it weren't for the fact that he couldn't buy one with a filter, Tang Zhitong really wouldn't want to smoke without a mouthpiece. If he smoked a little harder, he would just take a mouthful of shredded tobacco. From this aspect, dry cigarettes are indeed more superior.

"Ouch~vomit~" The three gentlemen were smoking. Jin Yumei, who was squatting downstairs, suddenly retched. She quickly put down her work, got up and ran to the side. When she got up, she turned to look at her father-in-law, uncle and Tang Zhitong who were smoking.

"No more smoking, no more smoking. Uncle, you are going to be a grandfather. My sister-in-law probably won't be able to smell cigarette smoke for the time being." Tang Zhitong very consciously threw the cigarette butt on the ground and stamped it out with his feet. He was leaving tomorrow. His sister-in-law acted like this Pai, Tang Gang will probably feel uncomfortable for a while.

"Then I won't smoke anymore." Tang Wenbang raised his brows with joy, looking forward to the stars and the moon, finally looking forward to the three generations living under the same roof. He knocked the pot on the stone a few times and temporarily stopped thinking about it.

"This is a great event." Su Xiao looked similar and said cheerfully.

"Dad, uncle, son-in-law, you just smoke, I'll take it slow, it's not that delicate." The behavior of the three of them made Jin Yumei a little embarrassed, as if she was wrong, and she stood there a little confused after retching. measures.

"Sister-in-law, the whole world is not as big as you and the child. Don't worry. We want to hide and do it." Everyone present was elders. Tang Gang and Jin Yumei were not suitable to speak, but Tang Zhitong didn't have too many scruples. He said with a smile.

As for letting Jin Yumei rest, no one mentioned it, not even Tang Zhitong.

Just do as the Romans do, as long as everyone thinks it's normal, that's fine.

Since Tang Zhitong would board the train back to Sijiu City tomorrow, Tang Wenbang couldn't help but give a few more instructions, just to write a letter if he had any difficulties and let's work together to find a solution.

Tang Zhitong did not plan to ask his relatives here to contribute money or effort. On the contrary, he was thinking of sending another wave of fish in winter.

Of course, this is all a story later. The first thing Tang Zhitong has to face is the enthusiasm of his uncle and sister-in-law.

Everyone worked hard for most of the night and went home to settle down. The next morning, Su Xiao led Tang Zhitong to look at the board. Although it was a little short, it was very straight, which showed that both Tang Wenbang and Su Xiao had paid attention.

Tang Zhitong wanted to give him money, but Su Xiao confiscated it. Not only did his sister-in-law Tang Ting insist on letting Tang Zhitong bring some dried fruits and the wild boar meat he had just hunted last night, the things Tang Wenbang brought out were similar.

"Uncle and sister-in-law, I accept your offer, but I can't ask for anything." The three of them inevitably pushed to the limit, two of them insisted on giving it, and one of them refused.

After being here for so many days, Tang Zhitong probably still knew what kind of inventory the two relatives had. If there were any dried fruits, they would have been used to entertain guests. The ones brought out today were most likely just exchanged with other neighbors.

"You kid, why don't you come here to eat meat and fish together and bring warmth to your door?" Tang Ting refused to give up.

"Haha, that's my filial piety, it's different, different." Although Tang Zhitong refused again and again, he finally brought gifts from his uncle and aunt's families, some dried goods, soybean paste and so on. As for the meat, Tang Zhitong didn't want any of it, and his reason was very good. It was hot and the meat hadn't been smoked yet, so it would go bad if he took it back.

After having a meal of badger meat at noon, Tang Zhitong packed his bags and prepared to follow the raft to the train station.

During Tang Zhitong's trip, his staple food was cornmeal, but the dishes were very good and almost every meal included meat.

Before leaving, Tang Zhitong wanted to put down ten kilograms of food stamps, but his uncle refused: "This is flying all over the sky for us to waste, you can keep it for your business trip."

"Fei all over the sky" is the common people's nickname for national food stamps. As the name suggests, you can eat them wherever you fly. Provincial food stamps are also called "eat all over the province", and local food stamps are called "local food". The names are different, but they are both important. of credentials.

"That won't work. I can't just eat for free during these ten days, right?" Tang Zhitong disagreed and insisted on giving it.

"Who said free food? I'll give you money for that fish and meat, do you want it?" Tang Wenbang glared. He knew in his heart that these things could not only make up for the little dry food his nephew ate, but also be more than enough.

Tang Ting also helped, saying that she wanted to calculate the money for her nephew.

"Okay, okay, I'll keep it." Even though he knew that the two elders were acting, Tang Zhitong still kept the tickets. He would remember to bring more hard goods next time he comes.

Tang Zhitong said goodbye to his relatives and followed the raft down the river. After arriving at the station, he was busy again.

This time the board was for personal use. The escort department didn't know about it, so naturally they couldn't let the two escort colleagues know about it.

In order to hide from others, after unloading the wooden planks, Tang Zhitong left the station and found a pallet truck. He hired someone to pull it to a fork in the road with few people, and on the pretext that someone was coming to transport it, he waited alone after paying.

After Ban'er Ye left, Tang Zhitong put the wooden planks and sacks containing dry goods into the space and wandered to find a hotel to rest.

The train bound for Sijiu City will still leave at ten o'clock tomorrow. It only takes one night to get there. Tang Zhitong is looking forward to seeing classmate Xiao Wang soon...

(End of this chapter)