Era: Craftsmen in the Siheyuan

Chapter 94 We are all the same

Xu Deyong patted the stone and said, "This thing has some weight!"

Xu Huizhen glanced at him and said, "Do you think this stone is heavier than ordinary stones?"

"Yeah." Xu Deyong said, "And there seems to be something inside."

Xu Huizhen bit her lip when she heard this and said, "Can I not say this to others?"

The two people's eyes met, Xu Deyong nodded, then put the stone back and said: "I didn't see anything."

Xu Deyong's eyes were frank and bright, and Xu Huizhen couldn't help but lowered her eyes and said, "Thank you, I'll write to you."

After saying that, he twisted his waist slightly and carried the child into the house.

Xu Deyong came out and said: "Brothers, please help me clean up the tavern."

Qiangzi sat still and said, "Hey, you are so mediocre that you are addicted to helping others."

Cai Quanwu and Liu Dezhu walked towards the tavern without saying a word.

Xu Deyong smiled softly and said: "To help, each of us will be in charge of half a catty of wine."

When Liu Dezhu heard this, he squinted his eyes and said, "Some people, please don't move!"

Qiangzi hesitated for a moment, then followed up and said, "I'm giving Deyong face, so don't try to coax me here. If it were you, I wouldn't even care about you if you carried me in eight sedan chairs..."

While the two were bickering, the four of them cleaned up the tavern.

After Xu Huizhen finished writing the letter, she came out and looked at the neat tavern. She was surprised and said: "You are so fast!"

Qiangzi said: "Isn't it quick? The four of us did it."

Xu Deyong took the letter and said: "I'll go there tomorrow to do the drinking. It's a bit too busy in one day. I'll stay one night and come back in the morning."

Xu Huizhen rolled her eyes at him and said, "I didn't say I would let you go back and forth in one day, but my legs really broke. I have already said that I will arrange your food and accommodation, so don't worry."

"Sure!" Xu Deyong nodded and said, "Then I'll come and pull the wine jar between eight and nine o'clock tomorrow."

"Well, then I will open the door and wait for you." Xu Huizhen said softly.

"Then I won't disturb you. I'll just pour the wine into a jar and take it away?" Xu Deyong said with a slight smile on his lips: "Do you need me to write you a note?"

"Take it away." Xu Huizhen said and handed him a small bag of pickles and said, "You guys are drinking and drinking with us, don't dislike it."

Xu Deyong smiled and took over: "Thank you, then I won't be polite to you."

"You're welcome. Just don't drink too much. You'll still be alive tomorrow." Xu Huizhen smiled elegantly.

Xu Deyong nodded, found a wine jar that could hold fifty kilograms and put it aside, squatted down with his arms in a cage, lifted the large wine jar next to the counter that could hold nearly a hundred kilograms, and said: "Brothers, pour the wine. "

Seeing this, a flash of surprise flashed in Xu Huizhen's eyes, and she quickly said: "Hey, please take it easy and don't move your waist."

"It's okay, don't worry, there isn't much wine in it." Xu Deyong said.

His squats are not in vain.

The other three looked surprised.

Cai Quanwu and Liu Dezhu quickly stepped forward to give him a hand.

Liu Dezhu asked: "Deyong, why are you pouring wine?"

"Clatter..."

Xu Deyong poured it and said: "This wine is the wages given by shopkeeper Xu. I found a place to sell it. The remaining two kilograms will be our wine tonight."

"That's good." Liu Dezhu's eyes lit up.

Qiangzi sleeved his hands and said with envy: "Hey, shopkeeper Xu is so open-minded. If I had known earlier, I would have done this job and let Deyong take advantage of it. I will have two more drinks tonight."

Liu Dezhu choked him and said: "You are lazy at work and want to drink more. Why do you have such a big face!"

The corners of Qiangzi's mouth twitched and he said, "It's just for Deyong's sake, otherwise I would have to show you some color today."

Xu Deyong said angrily: "Stop making noise and making people laugh. Why don't you find a place to have a fight later and then we can drink again!"

The two of them glared at each other, turned away, and ignored each other.

Pour the remaining wine from several jars together, and you get half a jar of wine, which weighs more than 20 kilograms. A kilogram sells for [-] cents in the tavern, and these wines cost more than ten yuan.

Xu Huizhen's generosity is not much worse than Chen Xueru's.

But going to Niulanshan to pull a drink is a real effort, not vague at all.

Cai Quanwu and Liu Dezhu carried the wine jars and went out.

"Shopkeeper, let's go." Xu Deyong waved his hand.

"Walk slowly."

Xu Huizhen watched several people leave, closed the door of the tavern again, turned around and whispered: "Deyong, Xu Deyong..."

……

Qiangzi had some skills, so he found an acquaintance and sold twenty kilograms for fifty cents per kilogram. Xu Deyong received ten yuan, leaving more than three kilograms left.

Cai Quanwu said: "We have wine. Come to my place to drink. I will serve you a whole hot dish."

As long as Liu Dezhu had a drink, he nodded and said, "I think it will work."

Qiangzi muttered: "It's not like having fun in a tavern..."

"Don't pull me down." Liu Dezhu looked sideways.

Xu Deyong smiled and said: "I still have pickles given by the tavern proprietress here, and I will buy some peanuts..."

"Yes!" Qiangzi said immediately: "Just the pickles from the proprietress of the tavern, let me go..."

……

After drinking, it was already dark. Qiangzi was so greedy that he passed out drunk at Cai Quanwu's house.

Liu Dezhu was also a little swaying when he walked. Xu Deyong drank half a catty and his face was slightly red.

Who says wine mixed with water is not intoxicating!
Cai Quanwu sent the two of them out and said, "Dezhu, why don't you stay with me for one night?"

Liu Dezhu waved his hand and said: "No... no need, my wife at home must be waiting for me to go back..."

Xu Deyong said drunkenly: "Quan Wu, you go back and watch Qiangzi. Don't let him vomit and choke to death. I'll send him back."

"Hey, Deyong, you are still in trouble..." Liu Dezhu giggled and whispered: "You have to teach me the 'cylinder lifting technique', you are my brother..."

There is no one else this guy is still worried about!

Xu Deyong ignored him, said goodbye to Cai Quanwu, and sent him home with the guy on his back.

Liu Dezhu's family also lived in a large courtyard, but it looked relatively shabby. Even the door at the door could not be clearly seen.

The so-called "mendang" refers to the "door piers" on the left and right outside the door frame, also called "Baogu stone", and the conjoined "door pillow" extending inside.

"Hudui" refers to the "door hairpin" on the lintel above the door. It is a wooden hexagonal ornament with a diameter of about seven inches and a column height of about seven inches.

Those who have the "right family and the right household" are all people with status in the old days. How to build it is also based on class. Building too many buildings is trespassing.

Xu Deyong sent him to the door, turned around and returned home.

Returning to the entrance of the courtyard, he thought for a moment and took out the kettle and carried it on his side.

Then the three-wheeled cart was pushed into the courtyard. Yan Bugui heard the noise and came out to take a look, then his eyes were fixed on the large wine jar behind the cart.

"Hey, Deyong, where did you get this big jar of wine?" Yan Bugui said, coming over and taking a deep breath of the alcohol, as if he could suck out a penny.

Xu Deyong smiled and said: "I took over the job of pulling a drink. Don't listen to it. It's empty."

When Yan Bugui heard this, he immediately put away his body and said, "It's with the sky, I...hey, I'm back, remember to close the door."

Xu Deyong shook his head and looked at his watch. It was only after seven o'clock at this time. The country also advocated saving electricity. Some people who didn't have much entertainment activities had already turned off the lights and rested.In an era when contraceptive conditions were poor, this was how we had so many children.

I don’t have anything to do at night, so why don’t I just play silver!
In the previous agricultural development program (draft), there was another provision: Except for ethnic minority areas, birth control should be promoted and promoted in all densely populated places.

Later, some married families with children in some areas responded to the national call and voluntarily performed sterilization.

This was the beginning of the "family planning" policy.

It’s just that the draft was not publicized with much fanfare, and in this era there were no mandatory requirements, it was all voluntary.

Xu Deyong returned home and told his grandma that he would go to Niulan Mountain to sell wine to people tomorrow and would spend the night there.

Xu Nanshi immediately took off her headphones and came out and frowned: "Why go so far? Can't you just pull some goods in the city?"

Xu Deyong said: "I'll pay you five yuan for a trip. How can you find such a job in the city?"

He deliberately told half of it, after all, this was the normal price.

Xu Nanshi sighed after hearing this and said, "Then when will you leave tomorrow?"

Xu Deyong said with a playful smile: "Don't worry about me. A person as old as me can take care of myself, so I'll tell you, don't make it a shame if I don't come back at night!"

Xu Nanshi said earnestly: "See what you can do. When you leave the city, there are not as many people as there are in the city. Although we are liberated, the road may not be peaceful. You have to be careful and don't delay too much on the road..."

Xu Nanshi talked a lot, as if he wanted to tell Xu Deyong all his life's experience.

"Don't worry, my grandson will definitely leave early and come back early." Xu Deyong waited for his grandma to finish speaking.

Xu Nanshi nodded and said: "Tomorrow morning I will make a meat pie for you to eat. Eat more so that you will have enough strength to go on the road."

"Grandma is the best..." Xu Deyong said flatteringly.

"Humph." Xu Nanshi suppressed a smile and said, "Then you should rest early and recharge your batteries. Grandma will find a piece of cloth and sew a mask for you. The outside is no better than in the city. The wind blows all over the sky with dust and sand."

"Come on, grandma has thought it through!"

Speaking of masks, in the late 60s and early 70s, they actually became a popular symbol in society. Regardless of whether they were men from Sijiucheng or grown-ups, they would wear a white mask on their chest, not for wearing it, but for wearing it. This white belt...

Hey, it’s also popular from generation to generation!
……

It's hard to come back in the morning when the golden year does not come again.

Squats make people happy, and they can also make people happier!

He Yuzhu looked at Xu Deyong who was exercising as well as eating and drinking, and deeply doubted whether he could still make a comeback.

This thought suddenly made him feel a little discouraged. It seemed that... being the second child seemed to be quite good...

No!

He Yuzhu quickly shook his head to get rid of this thought: "I can lose physically, but I can't lose mentally."

So he worked hard again and looked at Xu Deyong with "unkind" eyes.

Xu Deyong didn't know that he had carried out self-strategy and counter-strategy in a short period of time.

But the look in this guy's eyes made him unhappy. He glanced at him and said, "Want to try again?"

"Don't try!" He Yuzhu said confidently.

Xu Deyong gave him a death glare to stop him.

At this time, He Yuyu came out yawning and called Brother Deyong.

"Yes." Xu Deyong nodded and said, "I won't be back tonight. I can talk to your Grandma Nan after school."

He Yuyu's eyes lit up and he said, "Okay, then I can listen to the radio more, hehe."

……

After the exercise, Xu Deyong opened today's blind box.

With a thought, a short shovel with a handle appeared in the blind box space.

Yes, this is to allow yourself to open roads over mountains and build bridges over rivers.

The meat cakes made by grandma this morning were particularly fragrant. Xu Deyong ate four of them and drank two bowls of sweet potato porridge with sticks.

Before leaving, grandma wrapped two more bags in clean cloth for him to eat if he was hungry on the way, and asked him to fill the water bottle.

Xu Deyong can be said to be "fully armed" and "one thing on the surface but another behind the scenes". Even if a tiger blocks his way, he dares to stroke the tiger's whiskers.

Hey, I don’t know if the effect of tiger whip is really as amazing as the legend says?

Saying goodbye to his grandma, Xu Deyong rode his cart to the Qianmen Bistro and walked in when he saw the door was open.

Xu Huizhen was looking through her old account books and almost didn't dare to recognize him when she saw him dressed like this.

Xu Deyong took off his mask and said, "Madam boss, I'll move the wine jar."

Xu Huizhen smiled softly and said: "You are quite prepared. Have you eaten?"

"I've eaten." Xu Deyong said with a hint of contentment: "I can't help it, who let us have a grandma who loves us!"

Xu Huizhen asked casually: "Where are your parents, what are they busy with?"

Xu Deyong scratched his head and grinned: "I disappeared when I was very young. The current situation was turbulent at that time, so I don't have much memory!"

Xu Huizhen said in a low voice: "I'm sorry."

Xu Deyong said: "It's all over. After all, God doesn't know when the wind and rain will start, and people don't know when misfortunes and blessings will come. We can cherish the past, but we must cherish the people in front of us."

Xu Huizhen met Xu Deyong's eyes, and for some reason her heart beat faster.

She sighed softly and said: "You are right. In fact, my situation is similar to yours..."

At this time, the child's cry came, and she quickly said: "You can move by yourself, I will take care of the child."

Xu Deyong said: "You may be busy."

He walked to the gap between the tavern and the yard. There was a shed built against the wall. He picked up an empty wine jar that could hold fifty kilograms in one hand, walked out and put it on the cart.

After four trips back and forth, a total of eight wine jars were pulled, and they were filled with more than 400 kilograms of wine.

He then wrapped the wine jar with hemp rope and fixed it.

The trip to Niulan Mountain is nearly fifty kilometers, and it takes five hours to ride ten kilometers in one hour. There are no roads at this time, and there are gravel roads after leaving the city.

After tidying up, he went in and said goodbye to Xu Huizhen.

After Xu Huizhen fed the child, she made some steamed buns, pickles, and vermicelli for Xu Deyong: "Save these things for the journey. Eat them when it's cold. We'll have something warm when we get there."

Xu Deyong patted the bag and said, "I brought two pancakes baked by grandma."

Xu Huizhen couldn't help but push it to him and said: "Take it, it's not a bad thing to bring more food."

"OK, then I'm leaving."

"Slow down the road."

Xu Deyong pedaled away on three wheels. Xu Huizhen took one look and closed the door.

After turning around and walking a few steps, she suddenly felt a strange feeling in her heart...

Then he pursed his lips and walked towards the backyard.

……

　Thank you brothers for every support

　　Grandma passed away, every corner of life, dullness, joy, hesitation... and sadness...

　　I'll try to write as much as I can when I have time. Please don't be surprised if I stop updating in the past two days. I originally planned to write more on the weekend, hey, maybe next month.
　　May all brothers be healthy, safe and happy

　　
　
(End of this chapter)