Chapter 8 Chapter 8 (Minor Repair) Cheng Xin has recently...

Cheng Xin hasn't gone out in the past few days. She was waiting at home for Geng Yunye to find someone to help get penicillin.

Cheng Lei had nothing to do every day, so he took Chen Ying everywhere. Their main hangout was to go to the captain's house to watch TV.

After the household contract responsibility system was fully implemented, families with many sons in the production team took the opportunity to divide the land to split up their families. The eldest and second sons of the Cheng family also followed the situation and split up their families.

Cheng Xin's grandparents lived with her uncle's family, so their land was divided among them and given to her uncle's family.

Cheng Xin's uncle was a native farmer. Before he fell ill, Cheng Xin's father would go to the mountains to get some wild fruits and mushrooms and sell them in the town. Generally speaking, one of the brothers is pragmatic and the other is more thoughtful, and the two families agreed that the distribution was reasonable.

Although they have separated, the two families still visit each other frequently.

Wang Xiuping walked into the yard, where Xu Fengxia was hanging clothes. She picked up the wet clothes from the wooden basin and wrung them out to hang them together. "Second brother's family, the brigade is saying that your daughter has a boyfriend, and that the guy personally rode his bicycle to send her home. Is this true or not?"

Xu Fengxia wiped her hands on her clothes and explained with a smile: "That's right. We've only met twice and we had a good impression of each other. As parents, we think we can get along well, but we need more contact to know if we're compatible."

Wang Xiuping inquired about Geng Yunye's information in detail. "You know what, this guy is really good."

"I went to see it specially. They are close to the sea, and there are big ships coming and going at the dock every day."

Wang Xiuping exclaimed: "It's incredible, it must be better than the conditions in our commune."

Although they are both coastal cities, the Cheng family is located in the mountainous area. After the brigade implemented the household contract responsibility system, the Cheng family was also allocated a private mountain plot.

On the other side of a few mountains is Geng Yunye's commune. There is relatively little arable land there, and most local people go to the docks to work as temporary workers. Due to the geographical location, local fishermen are restricted and few people make a living by fishing.

Xu Fengxia hesitated and said, "Their commune has a loose management. You can see people setting up stalls even on non-market days."

Their commune holds the market on even-numbered days of the lunar calendar, while the county holds the market on odd-numbered days. They deliberately stagger the times so that when there is no market on normal days, basically no one dares to set up a stall.

Wang Xiuping looked at the second family with new eyes: "Oh my, if the children grow up, you two can go to their commune to sell mountain products in the future, and it will be a good excuse to visit your daughter."

Although the policy allows you to do business, if you encounter a serious commune cadre, they can still accuse you of speculation.

This kind of thing was very common, mostly by old cadres with rigid ideas and those who were jealous of others making money. There were few serious businesses in the production team, and at most they would sell hand-sewn insoles and mushrooms dug from the mountains at the market to make a few dollars.

At the dock of Geng Yunye's commune, as soon as the boat from the aquatic station docked, someone set up a stall to sell seafood, and there were people trading fish at the market. It was obvious that the higher authorities supported individual business, and people responded to the policy of "revitalizing the economy."

Xu Fengxia didn't think too much about it. She just saw that the policies in the neighboring commune were relaxed, and no one chased away people who set up stalls to sell eggs and snacks when they passed by the market. Her daughter was smart, and it would be better for her to set up a stall when she got married than to dig for food in the fields.

From the time her daughter sold her hair to exchange for two pairs of rabbits for her family, Xu Fengxia knew that her daughter had her own ideas. With a brain like hers, she would never have thought of raising and selling rabbits even if she was forced to sell blood in the hospital.

As he was speaking, the clear sound of a bicycle bell was heard at the door.

Wang Xiuping was extremely curious and hurriedly asked Xu Fengxia, "Is your daughter's boyfriend here?"

Xu Fengxia was not sure either, as the courtyard gate blocked her view and she was too short to see.

The car bell jingled at the gate of the courtyard. Cheng Xin trotted out and ran into Geng Yunye carrying a net bag into the courtyard. A blue and white medicine box was revealed in the bag.

The two bumped into each other, Cheng Xin's face turned red, and she quickly looked at her aunt to say hello.

Geng Yunye grinned and raised the things in his hand: "Penicillin is brought to you."

Wang Xiuping was stunned. After she recovered, she nudged Xu Fengxia with her elbow.

"Where did you find such a handsome young man?"

Xu Fengxia smiled, "It's a coincidence. Last time I went to the market, you didn't follow me, and the two dollars I hid in my backpack were almost stolen by a thief. Thanks to Xiao Geng's sharp eyes, he grabbed the thief's arm on the spot and caught him red-handed." She gestured, "The thief took out half of the money, and I didn't even notice it. After thanking him, I chatted with him for a few words. He had just retired from the army and was not married, so I asked someone to find out."

Wang Xiuping couldn't help but sigh: "The boy is good, hardworking and handsome. Our eldest daughter should hurry up and take advantage of him. Soldiers are very popular." She lowered her voice at the end.

Xu Fengxia was not in a hurry: "Our eldest daughter is not bad. There is no other girl more capable than my daughter in the whole town."

Wang Xiuping nodded in agreement: "Xinxin is practical and capable. With her looks, she is worthy of marrying into a cadre family in the city. But it is hard to find a good husband. Marrying is like starting a new life for a woman. She is most afraid of marrying a lazy person who doesn't work hard."

Xu Fengxia still insists on her point of view that young people need to spend some time together before they know whether they are suitable for each other.

"Sister-in-law, you know the situation of our family. The second son can't do heavy work now, and Xinxin's dowry has not been settled yet..."

Cheng Xin came over with a medicine box, "Mom, we have penicillin. I'll take my dad to the clinic for an injection."

Wang Xiuping realized that she had said too much. Seeing that the Cheng family had a guest, she suddenly slapped her thigh and said, "Look at my memory. There's still a pot boiling water on the stove in the house."

She left with doubts, wondering in her heart, what disease did the second son have that required him to take penicillin?

Cheng Xin took her father to get an injection and asked Geng Yunye about the price on the way.

"It's not expensive. I asked an acquaintance to help me buy it. It's 80 cents per injection." The retail price of penicillin injection in the market is one dollar. He bought five, which saved her just one dollar.

The price was within Cheng Xin's budget, and Cheng's father felt relieved.

"After the injection, we don't have to go to the county hospital, right?"

Cheng Xin turned back and stared at her father, then turned over the diagnosis sheet and showed it to him: "The doctor specifically told me that I have to go for a follow-up checkup after the injection."

Father Cheng turned his face away uncomfortably, coughed twice and emphasized: "This is a minor illness." After that, he coughed a few more times.

Geng Yunye helped Cheng Xin persuade him, "Uncle, if you feel unwell, you should go to the hospital for treatment in time. It will cost hundreds of dollars if you delay until you are hospitalized." He knew that Uncle Cheng was afraid of spending money, and the longer he delayed, the worse the condition would get.

Father Cheng couldn't do anything about them. He knew he couldn't win the argument with these two young men, so he could only walk quickly in front with his hands behind his back.

Cheng Xin handed her father's diagnosis sheet to the doctor in the clinic and put down a penicillin injection. After understanding the situation, the doctor took Cheng's father into the house for the injection.

She put away the medicine box, and they walked out of the health room side by side.

"You've been running around for me these days, but I'm free today, so I'll cook for you."

Geng Yunye was worried about having no excuse to stay a little longer, so he didn't agree immediately. Instead, he looked in the direction of her house and said, "Can we go up to your private mountain? Last time we came back from the market, we saw wild rabbits. How about we go to the back mountain and try our luck?"

Father Cheng held the door frame with one hand and rubbed the injection site with the other. He took a long breath. No one told him that it would hurt so much after taking penicillin. "Just wander around. There are pheasants in the mountains. It depends on your ability whether you can catch them."

Cheng Xin was thinking about cutting the bacon hanging on the beam in half. She had originally planned to cut half of the bacon and stir-fry green peppers, and stew two pickled fish with tofu. She also saved ten eggs, so this meal had to be a grand reception.

Her eyes lit up when she heard this: "I'll go with you, maybe there are some mushrooms!"