After this incident, Lin Huowang's reputation and prestige in the Linjiagou Production Team increased significantly.
On the contrary, the prestige of production team leader Lin Jianguo plummeted.
The authority he had established in the past by controlling food and work points had begun to crumble.
…
A lot of people gathered in the Lin family's ruined courtyard early in the morning.
These were agreed upon yesterday. Today, the craftsmen and laborers will come to repair the Lin family’s dilapidated courtyard and build a house.
More than twenty people arrived early in the morning, and Lin Huowang was not stingy.
I made some broth in the morning, added the leftover pig blood from yesterday, and some cornmeal pancakes.
With this free breakfast, the craftsmen and young laborers were even happier to work.
Because it was a famine year, many families only had two meals a day, or even only one meal at night.
Therefore, being able to eat hot soup and porridge in the morning can be considered a luxury at this time.
“It’s going to be hard work for everyone these few days.
It’s cold! Let’s try to get everything fixed up today.”
Lin Huowang spoke loudly while serving breakfast to the masters.
"Don't worry, Awang. We have so many helpers and the framework of the house is all there. There won't be any problem at all."
"Yes! Awang, it's really worth it to help your family! They even give me food in the morning. Where else can I find such a good job..."
"That's right! We must do a good job.
By the way, Awang, were there really more than forty wild wolves last night?"
"Needless to say, didn't you see the dead bodies of wild wolves piled up in the yard? There are at least a dozen of them?"
…
The craftsmen and laborers worked very quickly while talking.
Although the environment in winter was a bit harsh, fortunately there were enough people and the progress was not slow at all.
The Lin family was also very busy. Mother Lin, along with Zhao Daniu, Lin Xiaoxue and Zhao Juhua, were skinning and removing the internal organs of the wolf carcass.
When these wild wolves died, there was no time to bleed them, so the blood coagulated in their bodies.
Wolf meat is definitely not that delicious, but wolf skin is really good. Peeling it off and making a wolfskin coat is definitely a luxury item in this era.
Lin Huowang and Liu Rumeng were responsible for moving things out of the house first to make room so that the masters could begin reinforcement and repairs.
Most of them are miscellaneous daily necessities, not many, and most of them are worn-out items.
For example, there was a torn cotton quilt, some tattered clothes that looked like rags, and some chipped bottles, jars, bowls and chopsticks.
What surprised Liu Rumeng the most was that she actually helped Lin Huowang to sort out a pile of books from under the bed.
"Ah! Why do you have so many books hidden in your house?"
Liu Rumeng was greatly surprised. She casually flipped through the books and found that there were as many as fifty or sixty of them.
Moreover, these are not novels or book-like books, almost all of them are learning materials and tool books.
Such as "Xinhua Dictionary", "Self-study Series of Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry", "Self-study Series of Youth", "Self-study Series of Youth", "Barefoot Doctor's Handbook", "Basic Knowledge Series of Industry and Agriculture" and so on.
"These books!"
After seeing these books, Lin Huowang recalled everything from his memory.
Then he slowly said: "It wasn't mine originally, before you educated youth came.
There was a guy who was sent to the cowshed. I called him Teacher Zhang. He brought all these books with him.
I was disliked because I was lame and slowed down the progress when working in the fields.
So I was assigned to clean cow dung in the cowshed, and after a while I became familiar with Teacher Zhang.
In elementary school, I was half in class and half playing, and I didn't learn much at all.
When I was with Teacher Zhang, he taught me a lot of knowledge from these books..."
As he spoke, Lin Huowang also fell into deep memories.
In his previous life, he was different from other rural teenagers because he dared to report Lin Jianguo, and was quickly promoted after joining the army, and entered a special military camp, and then was admitted to university from the army...
All of this, in fact, is thanks to the earnest guidance of Mr. Zhang, who was sent to the bullpen.
Teacher Zhang even taught him a lot, including English, which few people know these days.
So when Lin Huowang went to university, he was able to keep up with the English courses quickly and took English as his second major.
After going into business, I was able to go abroad for inspection, introduce new equipment from abroad, etc., thanks to my advantage in English.
"Wow! How come Mr. Zhang knows everything? He is so knowledgeable. No wonder you are so talented even though you are only in the fifth grade."
After hearing these experiences, Liu Rumeng finally resolved the doubts in her heart.
“Teacher Zhang is gone.
The year before you, the educated youth, came here, Teacher Zhang lived in a cowshed. There was a heavy snowfall, which collapsed the cowshed and buried him inside.
When I found Teacher Zhang, his body was stiff.
So, in the end, I brought these books back to Lao Zhang's house.
After being kicked out of the Zhang family, I was brought here.
Fortunately, the illiterate children of the Zhang family don’t know what the books are, otherwise they probably wouldn’t let me take them away.”
Touching these yellowed books, Lin Huowang couldn't help but sigh.
A speck of dust from the times, falling on the shoulders of ordinary people, is like a mountain that can crush people to death!
In this era, there are so many people like Teacher Zhang who are full of talent and ambition, but ultimately die in obscurity in the cowshed, in the fields, or in the obscure dust of history.
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