Era: Craftsmen in the Siheyuan

Chapter 188 People who chase the light

The next day, Xu Deyong packed up the wine and returned.

In the fields on both sides of the continent, the wheat that has been planted has begun to turn yellow, and there are also a lot of millet and sorghum planted in the ground.

Many people worked in the fields in groups.

Nowadays, rural cooperatives have evolved from "mutual aid groups" at the beginning to "junior cooperatives" later, and now they have generally entered the status of "advanced cooperatives".

Politically, it is the country’s exploration and implementation of socialism.

It is also necessary from the perspective of industrial and agricultural economic development.

It's like the unified purchase and marketing of grain.

The transaction costs between the state's monopoly on purchasing and marketing and scattered farmers are too high, and they have to deal with cooperatives. From "the hair is too messy to catch" to "it's easy to catch it if it is braided".

Solve the problem of excessive transaction costs by establishing an organization.

Why should we further establish high-end clubs now?

In the early 50s, China was still "poor and white". A war brought about industrialization, and industrial products began to be produced, such as tractors.

Who is this tractor sold to?

In the small-scale farming economy of each household, who could afford the Dasu crawler tractor at that time?

If they can't be sold, the tractor production will have to be held in inventory. After two years of holding down the inventory, it will become rusty and turn into scrap.

Therefore, the primary cooperatives should be turned into high-level cooperatives, with the village as the unit, and the land should be concentrated. The purpose is to form agricultural mechanization through collectivization and digest the industrial products of the city and send them to the countryside.

It is to let farmers bear the fruits and costs of industrial development.

This is a way for a backward country to develop its industry. For the development and prosperity of a country, someone must make sacrifices.

This pain is inevitable.

Of course, tractors purchased from many places are of no use. Most countries rely on imports for driving, repairs, maintenance, and oil, especially oil.

I still don’t understand that tractors cost people and money, so it’s better for people to do it.

After all, labor is worthless!

Moreover, if tractors are assigned to cooperatives with hilly and mountainous terrain, how will the terrain be used?

In the end, it turned into a pile of iron lumps and stopped at the cooperative.

Every era has its limitations.

Some glory is to straighten one's spine and emerge from the tragedy with an absurd yet determined fight. Praise or silence can make people choke.

And as people who chase the light, our country will eventually shine brightly...

……

Halfway to the Wenyu River, Xu Deyong parked his car for convenience.

Wenyu River belongs to the boundary between Shunyi County and the eastern suburbs. Shunyi was not under the jurisdiction of the capital at this time. The eastern suburbs will be the famous "Chaoyang District" in the future.

When he was taking out the elephant trunk to release the water, three young men came out from the riverside path. They were dressed in rags, their faces were gray, and they were holding crooked sticks in their hands. Crooked melons and cracked jujubes, like idle five-spine and six-six beasts.

The so-called "Five Ridges and Six Beasts" originally refers to the five ridges on the Han palace-style buildings, with six animal heads on each corner.

Five ridges refers to the straight ridge and four vertical ridges. There are dragon kisses at both ends of the main spine, also called swallowing beasts, commonly known as spine-swallowing beasts.

There are five squatting animals arranged on the four vertical ridges, namely: Suan Ni, bullfighting, Xie Zhi, phoenix, and Xiyu, so they are collectively called "Five Ridges and Six Beasts".

Sitting in the room every day is not idle!

Folks have vulgarized the five crouching beasts on the vertical ridge, and gave them nicknames: cornered, killing all, following the gang, flying flags in the wind, and sitting on the mountain watching the fire.

This word has many meanings, depending on how you say it.

The three young men glanced at Xu Deyong, then surrounded Xu Deyong's tricycle unscrupulously, knocked on the wine jar with a stick, and even went up to smell it.

The thick-necked young man in the middle said: "Hey, brother, can you give me some wine to drink?"

"Hey, Brother Zhao, it's all good wine. Let's make a jar and it will moisturize us for a while." A young man with triangular eyes said with a grin and black teeth.

"There is no future. The three of us will do at least three altars." Brother Zhao, who has a thick neck, said.

"I, I think it works." The remaining short man also said happily.

"Move quickly, it won't be good if someone passes by."

Xu Deyong shook his head and turned around unhurriedly: "Brothers, are you planning to rob?"

Brother Zhao, who had a thick neck, said while untying the rope: "It sounds terrible to say robbery, but we are just greedy for wine. We borrowed a few jars of wine to drink. When our brothers get rich, we will pay you back."

"Yes, we don't rob. If you do robberies, you will be shot with guns..." one of the young people said.

"Snapped."

Brother Zhao, who had a thick neck, gave him a look and said, "You are the only one who talks a lot."

Xu Deyong buckled his belt, narrowed his eyes and said, "He looks like a veteran. How long have you been keeping an eye on me?"

How can I walk along the river without getting my shoes wet? This world is not as peaceful as I imagined.

The bandit suppression in the mountainous area is still going on, and there are still people who claim to be emperor!

Xu Deyong had been mentally prepared for it, but he showed up later than expected. Maybe he had been drinking too much recently.

These people are either dishonest villagers from nearby villages, or they are "blind people" wandering around.

Brother Zhao, who had a thick neck, said viciously: "Don't worry about this, just stay there to avoid any physical pain."

Xu Deyong raised his eyebrows and asked: "Do you have guns? If so, you can take as many as you can."

"No, no, what's the matter?" the short young man said confidently.

Xu Deyong couldn't help but laugh. This guy didn't seem very smart.

"Snapped."

"Shut up." Brother Zhao, who had a thick neck, slapped him on the head again.

"Really?" Xu Deyong asked again.

Brother Zhao, who had a thick neck, suddenly felt a little uneasy for no reason. He stopped untying the rope, held the stick, stared at Xu Deyong and said, "What do you want?"

Xu Deyong looked at them carefully up and down, and found no "bulging" place where weapons were hidden, and then he was completely relieved.

His grandmother, daughter-in-law, and daughter were still waiting for him at home. If these people had guns, he would be honest and not gamble on luck.

Now, Xu Deyong strode forward and struck hard...

"Papa papa, oh oh..."

The sticks of the three of them were broken by Xu Deyong's bare hands, making them unable to escape even if they wanted to.

Xu Deyong took out the hemp rope and tied the three people's hands together. We can't let such harm happen. Not to mention revenge, it will definitely harm others later. It's better to hand it over to the government and send them to the frontier labor camp.

Tying the other end of the rope to the front of the car, Xu Deyong said: "trot ahead, don't stop."

Out of humanitarianism, Xu Deyong did not use them as cattle or horse-drawn carts, but only let them run in front.

"Sir, this is really our first time, so just treat us like we're nothing." Brother Zhao, a thick-necked man, said with a dejected expression.

"Yes, Master, please let us go. I have an eighty-year-old mother above me and a baby waiting to be fed..."

"Stop talking nonsense, go back and talk to the police comrades about this." Xu Deyong said angrily.

Triangle Eyes was beaten black and blue by Xu Deyong. When he heard that they were going to be sent to the police, he immediately sat down on the ground and said, "I won't go, even if you beat me to death, I won't go."

He sat down, and the other two people also grinned. The rope was tied tightly, and it hurt when pulled. The three of them grinned in unison.

Xu Deyong didn't say anything. He went down and gave him a "handle", not to mention splitting his muscles and bones, but it made him feel pain in his bones.

Triangular eyes burst into tears and begged for mercy. Killing the chicken to scare the monkeys, the other two people acted honestly.

So, their strange "combination" took to the road, and there were many people on the road asking what was going on.

As the saying goes, a lazy donkey makes more shit and pee. With these three burdens, it took Xu Deyong more than two hours longer than usual to return to the capital.

After handing the person over to the police station and taking notes, Xu Deyong returned to the tavern.

Xu Huizhen was already waiting impatiently, and walked out of the tavern from time to time to take a look. Normally, people would have returned long ago.

For this reason, he also made a special call to the winery to ask Xu Huisui, and the letter he got was that Xu Deyong had rushed back early in the morning.

Seeing that the sun is about to set but there is still no one around, can it not make people anxious?

Seeing that Xu Deyong finally came back, he breathed a sigh of relief and couldn't help complaining: "What did you do on the way? You came back so late!"

Xu Deyong smiled and patted her hand and said, "It's okay. There was an incident on the road. I'll tell you later."

Xu Huizhen withdrew her hand and rolled her eyes at him.

Cai Quanwu came out and said with a smile: "Deyong, first move two jars and pour them into the big wine jar. I will leave the next two jars and send them to nearby pubs and restaurants. You can move the rest back home."

Xu Deyong smiled and said, "Okay."

After the two of them finished their work, Cai Quanwu rode away on a scooter.

Xu Deyong poured the fish brought back from the keg into the black porcelain basin. It was jumping alive in the morning, but now it was already dead and had to be dealt with quickly.

After a while, fry and mash it. Strain the soup to make a tofu and fish soup. Stir-fry the remaining fish residue, add onion, ginger, garlic and chili until it becomes fragrant.

At this time, Xu Deyong heard the movement in the room, and Xiao Li'er should have woken up.

He took a look inside the room first and saw that the little guy was opening his mouth to get the golden beans. When he saw him coming, he immediately grinned.

Xu Deyong first carried the little one outside to pee, then moved her out with the crib, letting her lie half on the crib, watching and collecting the fish.

He waved the fish in front of her eyes and said with a smile: "This is a fish, you say 'fish'..."

Xiao Lier looked at it curiously with his eyes wide open. He moved his little hands and blew bubbles in his mouth. It seemed that he had the urge to speak.

Xu Deyong put the fish down and disemboweled it where the little guy couldn't see it. He murmured: "Li'er, can I tell you a story about a little goldfish..."

Xu Huizhen came in. When she heard Xu Deyong telling a story, she couldn't help but raise the corners of her mouth. She came in with her leather shoes and said, "Brother Lin Chao caught the fish again, right?"

"Ah." Xu Deyong said, "But I also went down to the river to help."

"You still have time to catch fish." Xu Huizhen said, "Then you came back so late this time. What happened on the way?"

Xu Deyong said lightly: "It's okay. I met two thieves who wanted to borrow two jars of wine to drink. I subdued them and tied them all the way to the police station."

Xu Huizhen was suddenly shocked and said: "Then are you okay?"

As he spoke, he ruffled his hair.

Xu Deyong pushed his head back, rubbed the back of his head on her belly and said, "What can happen to me who is so lively?"

Xu Huizhen knocked him on the head lightly and said, "Don't show off. There are people robbing him in broad daylight."

Xu Deyong said comfortingly: "It's okay, they must be two stupid thieves who came from nowhere. It's a rare encounter."

"Then you still have to be careful." Xu Huizhen said: "In the future, just in case, I mean just in case, if we encounter it again, it doesn't matter if the things are gone, the most important thing is people's safety."

"I know."

Xiao Li'er saw the two of them talking and no one paid attention to her, so she started "dancing around" in displeasure.

……

Work at sunrise, live in and rest.

It’s the end of the month in a blink of an eye.

The pilot project for promoting briquettes has begun to be promoted throughout the city.

At the same time, a wider range of public-private partnerships are also underway, involving the entire industry from manual work to manpower.

Director Zhou of the subdistrict also came to Xu Deyong, with the intention of asking him to join the "Crane Club" of the subdistrict and participate in management.

Xu Deyong told her his situation, but he could only reject it embarrassedly.

As for the "Four Pests" campaign, after a period of catching sparrows and mice, as the weather gets hotter, the phase of targeting flies and mosquitoes begins again.

Started to make simple fly swatters on a large scale, basically everyone can use one to kill every one they see.

On the streets, there are more and more women wearing "Braj" dresses.

Naturally, Xu Huizhen was not to be outdone. She bought cloth from Chen Xueru and made it. She took it back and put it on at noon. With her eyes smiling like crescent moons, she turned around in front of Xu Deyong and said, "Does it look good?"

Xu Deyong looked at Xu Huizhen's skirt flying and her short shoulder-length hair flowing, his eyes lit up and he said: "It looks good."

Before Xu Deyong could step forward to do something, Xu Huizhen trotted out and said, "I'm going to the tavern in front. Please look after me."

Everyone has a love for beauty, and this girl went to show off.

"Kekeke..."

When Xiao Li'er saw her mother running away, she thought it was a fun game. She sat on the small wooden bed and laughed, her little mouth grinning, and she already had a few deciduous teeth.

Xu Deyong shook his head and continued to make a mat with his head down. The weather was getting hot, so he would make a bed for grandma, and then make a bigger one so that Xiao Lier could crawl around on it later.

……

In the evening, the tavern was bustling.

As Vladimir and Chen Xueru appeared with Elena and another foreign girl, the atmosphere in the tavern reached a new level.

They and Xu Huizhen were all wearing "Bragi" dresses, which gave the crowd who were used to seeing gray and black clothes a feeling of "competing for beauty".

Mr. Niu chuckled and said, "That's good. It doesn't matter to us gentlemen. This woman must dress beautifully."

"Yes, Master Niu is right." Everyone agreed.

Chen Xueru raised her head and straightened her chest, stretched out her white swan neck, and said slightly proudly: "Come on, stop making noises like you've never seen a woman in your life."

Vladimir smiled and said: "It's nothing. It's a man's nature to pursue beautiful ladies when he sees them. For example, I like Manager Huizhen very much."

Xu Deyong stepped in at this time and said with a half-smile: "Comrade Vladimir, I heard that you have ideas about my wife again. This is not very polite in our country."

Vladimir smiled, spread his arms and hugged him: "Oh, Xu, my friend, I apologize to you."

Chen Xueru glanced at her charmingly and said: "Okay, Deyong, don't be so stingy. Vladimir is just saying it as a joke. He will never be able to succeed."

At this time, Elena smiled and said, "Deyong, if you don't feel relieved, you can come and pursue me, haha..."

"Ha ha……."

Everyone also laughed. In the tavern, this kind of casual talk was a boost of energy.

Xu Huizhen narrowed her eyes and interrupted: "Who is this new friend? I won't introduce you."

"This is Frasali." Chen Xueru said with a smile: "But she is not from Dasu, but from Albania..."

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