Chapter 40 Chapter 40 Full of joy, he ran towards his hope (Revised…
After cutting rice for an entire afternoon, Chen Moer could hardly lift her hands. She was too lazy to do anything else when she got home, so she simply steamed the buns left over from lunch, cut some ham, washed some spinach from her own plot, beat an egg, and made some bacon, spinach and egg drop soup.
The working hours during the autumn harvest were long, so Shen Moer came home later than usual. Shen Shaoyuan came back before the soup was ready.
Seeing that her hand holding the soup spoon was a little stiff, Shen Shaoyuan washed his hands and came over to take the soup spoon, frowned and looked at her: "Go and take a rest over there."
Shen Moer clenched her fist and tapped her arm, sighing, “Farm work is so tiring!”
Shen Shaoyuan frowned. If the work at the kiln factory wasn't easy, he would have even wanted to give the job to Shen Moer.
Come to think of it, this world is quite strange. Not only can jobs be passed down from father to son, but they can also be bought and sold secretly without tacit consent, and can also be exchanged with each other... Shen Shaoyuan can't quite imagine a scene where the maids in the palace have to be replaced by sisters or other people in the family while doing their jobs. Isn't this a mess!
"I won't be going to work tomorrow, I'll take your place for a day," said Shen Shaoyuan.
Shen Shaoyuan naturally felt distressed for the daughter he had brought up. Thinking about how she had been raised with all kinds of wealth and luxury since she was a child, and now she had to suffer like this, his eyes immediately became red.
Shen Moer took a glance and thought, oh my, it was terrible. Her father seldom cried after he came into this world. So she was a little uncomfortable to suddenly see her father like this.
"Oh, my poor little Mo..."
When Shen Moer heard this opening remark, she felt something was wrong and immediately interrupted Shen Shaoyuan and said, "Dad, you don't have to do my job. I have classes tomorrow morning and I only have to work for the whole afternoon, which is actually not bad. But we are all busy these days, so we should have some good food to supplement our diet. Didn't I find a lot of sea cucumbers and fish maws in the treasure house before? It happens that you don't have to go to work tomorrow, so why don't you stew some for me?"
Shen Shaoyuan's attention was diverted. After thinking for a while, he said, "It just so happens that I have saved up some meat coupons recently. I will borrow a bicycle from the team leader tomorrow and go to the commune to buy half a chicken and stew some sea cucumber, fish maw and chicken soup."
This is not difficult to make. Just add some ginger slices and cooking wine and simmer over low heat.
After dinner, the father and daughter chatted for a while as usual. Shen Shaoyuan had been busy since he entered the kiln factory. Not only did he have to take care of the kiln factory, but he was also borrowed from various units of the commune to help from time to time. He was gentle and humorous, and he could chat with anyone. He had a good relationship with people in any unit. The commune even secretly hinted that they wanted to transfer him away.
Of course Xu Weiguo refused to do it. He himself was not good at publicity work. He had finally found a talent and his life had been much better in the past few months. How could he allow himself to be poached like this?
"He said he would negotiate with the factory to get me a regular employee as soon as possible," said Shen Shaoyuan.
His current salary is 18 yuan per month. Of course, because he did a lot of extra work, the factory also gave him some extra subsidies. He received more than 20 yuan in the past two months.
However, if you become a regular employee, you can get 36 yuan, and then as your level goes up, there will be a little more every year. In addition, there will be more tickets for grain, oil, non-staple food, etc., as well as holiday benefits.
The two people who owned countless rare treasures were extremely happy when talking about the salary increase and various benefits they would receive after becoming regular employees.
Shen Moer encouraged him a few times: "As expected of my father, he is really amazing. Even if he changes to another world, he will still be successful."
Shen Shaoyuan smiled, and although he didn't say anything, he was very proud in his heart.
*
They still had to go to work tomorrow, so the father and daughter chatted for a while and then washed up and went back to their rooms. They still lived in the old house. They were too busy recently, and the autumn harvest was coming up, so they decided to wait until the autumn harvest was over before packing up and moving to the new house.
Although they haven't moved into the new house yet, they have bought a lot of things one after another. The room where Shen Moer sleeps, which originally had only an empty bed, now has a desk and a chair.
Shen Moer leaned against the head of the bed and suddenly remembered what Fu Mingze said in the afternoon. He said he would come to see her in the evening, but he hasn't shown up yet.
Shen Moer guessed that he might have been delayed by something, and thought that she would see him at work tomorrow anyway, so she could ask him what was the matter then.
Thinking of this, Shen Moer flattened the pillow and lay down to sleep. She was really a little tired today. Although she was not very sleepy mentally, her body was extremely eager to rest.
However, not long after she lay down, she heard a knock, knock sound coming from the direction of the window.
It was late at night and everyone was asleep. There was a sudden sound. This scene seemed inexplicably familiar. Shen Moer suddenly remembered the last time a few young people from the Shen family came to steal bricks in the middle of the night. She was startled and suddenly became more sober.
Listening carefully, there seemed to be a crisp "di-ling-ling" sound among the knocking sounds. Shen Moer felt strange, but she was always brave. She stood up, picked up the wooden stick in the corner, and went over to gently open the window latch.
"It's me."
A familiar and clear voice came from outside the window.
Shen Moer's heart moved, and she opened the window. She saw Fu Mingze leaning against a bicycle under the pure white moonlight, pressing the bell lightly with one hand and looking at her with a slight smile on his lips.
The moonlight seemed to be reflected in the clear eyes.
"Come out." he whispered.
Then he patted the seat of the bicycle behind him and said with a smile, "Your bicycle."
Shen Moer blinked, feeling that this scene was somewhat magical.
This person came to give her a bicycle late at night?
But she still quickly tiptoed out. After all, if the man rang the bell a few more times, her father would probably be woken up... Well, maybe the neighbors, Old Wang who lived in the cowshed on the right, and the mother and son of the small landlord who lived in the backyard of the brigade on the left, would also be woken up.
When she walked out, Fu Mingze had already pushed the cart outside the courtyard wall. When Shen Moer got closer, she realized that his forehead was covered with sweat and his shirt was soaked with sweat.
One almost suspected that he didn't come back on a bicycle, but was carrying the bicycle on his back.
"I'll get you some water."
Shen Moer said this and turned back to the yard. She went into the kitchen, took out an enamel pot and a thermos, poured water on the windowsill in the moonlight, and went out of the yard again holding the enamel pot.
"The water is not hot, you can drink it now." She handed the enamel pot to Fu Mingze.
Fu Mingze was probably really thirsty. He took the enamel pot and drank most of it without saying anything. Then he explained, "I went to the commune to find Brother Bao to get my bicycle in the evening. I also tidied up the bicycle. I came back late."
In fact, there is no need to be so anxious. He can send it to her tomorrow. In other words, when he decided to go to the commune to get the bicycle today, he knew that he would not be back too early, but he still made an appointment with her to meet tonight.
Maybe it was because he had hardly seen her during this period of time. Even though he had just seen her in the afternoon, they would meet again tomorrow, but tonight, Fu Mingze still wanted to see her again.
Sure enough, he rushed to the commune and fixed Bao Ge's bicycle bit by bit, which had not been completely packed up yet. Then he rode the bicycle back as fast as he could and knocked on her window without any hesitation... Looking at her bright eyes under the cool moonlight of the autumn night, Fu Mingze felt that all the things he did impulsively were worth it.
He was even mentally prepared for her to scold him and drive him away after she opened the window.
Just now, he was riding his bicycle on the village road at night. The white moonlight was shining on the silent fields. The sound of the bicycle wheels turning mechanically sounded. In the distance, there were also the unclear sounds of frogs and insects. Everything seemed so peaceful and free.
Fu Mingze inexplicably recalled the night before he went to the countryside.
That day, the elders advised him to find ways to protect himself after going to the countryside, and to accept the reality and settle down in the countryside if that didn't work out. He was upset and went back to his room with a gloomy face to pack his luggage. Not long after, his father came in and sat there in silence for a long time.
Before his father stood up and left, he patted his shoulder and said in a deep voice: "Mingze, suffering or hard work will not destroy a person's will, but despair will. Live a good life in the countryside, and there will be hope."
At that time, Fu Mingze did not understand what it meant to have hope if one lived a good life. It was clear that in this chaotic era, there were not many opportunities for people to live a good life.
But just now, when he was running on the village road with sweat all over his forehead, he suddenly understood what it meant that there would be hope if he lived a good life.
He was clearly running towards his hope with joy.
*
Shen Moer looked at the bicycle for a few times and couldn't help but gently pressed the bell. The crisp bell sounded far away in the silent night. She quickly let go and looked up at Fu Mingze happily: "Is this the bicycle? 80 yuan?"
She had paid attention to the price of bicycles a long time ago. In addition to the fact that bicycle tickets are extremely precious and rare, the price of bicycles is not low. Ordinary brands of bicycles cost about 150 yuan, while big brands such as Phoenix and Forever even cost about 180 yuan.
Even regular workers in state-owned factories would have to save money by going without food or drink for several months.
So when she heard Fu Mingze say that it only cost 80 yuan, Shen Moer was already mentally prepared. She estimated that the car would not be in very good condition and it was probably sold to Brother Bao because the car was no longer usable.
Seeing the car now, I was pleasantly surprised. Even though I couldn't see it clearly at night, I could still get a general idea of it. The car was indeed not very new, but it was very clean. The bells and the steel wires on the wheels all shone with silver light in the night.
It was definitely not the scrap metal she had imagined.
Fu Mingze looked at her sparkling eyes and felt that his decision tonight was right. He smiled and said, "Yes, this is the one."
Shen Moer raised her lips happily, but soon frowned again.
In the afternoon, Fu Mingze said that he could get a bicycle for 80 yuan. She thought that she would have to wait until after the autumn harvest. By then, she and her father would have received their salaries and money would not be a problem.
But Fu Mingze got the bicycle back on the same day. Her family now had a total of 82.76 yuan. The money for the bicycle could be used, but after that, the family was left with only a little over two yuan, which was basically penniless.
Fu Mingze saw that she was happy one second and frowned the next second. He immediately guessed the reason and said, "Push the car in first, and then Uncle Shen Qi will be able to use it when he goes to work. You don't have to give me the money yet. It's autumn harvest time, and I don't have time to go to the commune again. It's not safe to leave the money at the educated youth site."
Shen Moer immediately breathed a sigh of relief. It would be even better if she could wait until after the autumn harvest to pay.
But I still asked, "It's been so long since I owed you. Is it ok with Bao Ge?"
Fu Mingze shook his head: "It's okay."
In fact, he had already paid the money.
The two were speechless for a moment and fell silent.
After a while, Fu Mingze said, "Then you should go back quickly."
Shen Moer nodded: “Then I push the bicycle away?”
Fu Mingze moved aside a little. Shen Moer held onto the handlebars of the bicycle and turned around to speak, but found that Fu Mingze was still standing there without moving. When she turned around, the distance between the two of them suddenly became very close. Her arm brushed against his sweaty clothes in front of him, and she could even feel the hot temperature of his body at that moment.
Her heartbeat suddenly quickened a few points, and Shen Moer stepped back slightly uncomfortably. Fu Mingze seemed to have suddenly reacted and took a step back.
The air seemed to become stagnant, imperceptibly ambiguous and unnatural in an instant.
Shen Moer tightened her grip on the handlebars of the bicycle, remained silent for a few seconds, and said with a stiff upper lip: "Fu Zhiqing, thank you."
Fu Mingze cleared his throat, but his voice was still a little hoarse: "Well, you're welcome."
Only after Shen Moer pushed her bicycle into the yard, said "See you tomorrow" and closed the gate in front of him did Fu Mingze let out a leisurely breath and chuckled softly.
Afterwards, he walked briskly back to the educated youth point in the moonlight.
*
The next day, when Shen Shaoyuan got up, he saw a bicycle in the yard. It didn't look new, but it wasn't old either. There was no sign of rust or damage, and every part of it was cleaned very well.
He asked curiously, "Where did this bicycle come from? The captain's bicycle doesn't look like this."
Shen Moer poked her head out of the kitchen, glanced at the bicycle parked in the corner of the yard, and said, "Fu Zhiqing sent it over last night."
Then he briefly told them how Brother Bao had collected the bicycle, repaired it and sold it to them, and also mentioned that after buying the bicycle, they only had a little over two dollars left in the house.
Shen Shaoyuan said indifferently: "Eighty yuan is a bargain for us, and this half-new bicycle is also suitable for our family. Not to mention that it is difficult to buy a new one, we don't know when we can get a bicycle ticket. Even if we can buy it, it will still be a bit eye-catching and not suitable for our poor family. As for the money, we will have it when we get paid."
Even though he used to try every possible means to snatch rare treasures from his own brother, Shen Shaoyuan actually didn't care much about money in his heart.
A prince who grew up with a silver spoon in his mouth has never worried about money since childhood, so how much could he care?
He collected those things only because he thought about his daughter who didn't even have a brother and didn't know what her future would be like after she got married, so it was always good to have more things to rely on.
Shen Moer knew her own father's temper well, and what she said to him was just to remind him that the family might not have much money to spend recently.
Shen Shaoyuan suddenly thought: "It was delivered last night, why didn't I know about it?"
Chen Moer glared at her own father: "You sleep so soundly, I hit you in the ear with a noodle gong, you probably wouldn't know. You are so tired, just stew some soup today, don't bother with anything else."
She was sleeping so soundly that he didn't hear her coming in and out several times. Needless to say, she must be tired.
In fact, Shen Shaoyuan felt it was strange. Since they were delivering the bicycle, why did they deliver it at night instead of during the day? Normally, they should have knocked on the door when delivering it, so how come he didn't know anything about that?
But since Shen Moer said he slept too deeply, Shen Shaoyuan didn't think about it anymore. He was indeed a little tired. It was okay to be busy at work, but walking so long to go to the commune every day was really hard for him to adapt to, as he used to go out in either a carriage or a sedan chair.
When I think about it this way, it would be something to be happy about if I could ride a bicycle to and from get off work in the future.
After breakfast, Shen Moer went to school, and Shen Shaoyuan also excitedly rode his bicycle out.
In the following days, Shen Moer began to live a life of attending classes in the morning and working in the afternoon. From the second day on, her arms gradually got used to the repetitive and monotonous work. Except for being so tired that she wanted to fall asleep after eating every day, she gradually got used to everything else.
Moreover, because the family had a bicycle, the time Shen Shaoyuan spent on the road was greatly reduced. During this period, except for lunch, breakfast and dinner were prepared by Shen Shaoyuan.
Shen Shaoyuan was of course not a good cook, but he was willing to use more ingredients, and compared to the bland meals of most people nowadays, his meal was actually quite good.
During this period, Shen Lingling became closer friends with the educated youth. She was quite good at speaking sweet words outside, and she blamed everything that had happened before on other people in her family. The male educated youth felt aggrieved when they heard her say that they felt wronged, and naturally felt that a simple and kind girl should not be hurt because of her family's mistakes, so they all rushed to help her with the work.
Shen Lingling was probably flattered by the male educated youth, and she started to mock Shen Moli again, especially about the students' participation in the painting competition, mocking Shen Moli for being unrealistic and looking for deer antlers on a jackal's head.
"It takes ten years to grow a tree, and a hundred years to educate a person. Education is not something that can be accomplished overnight. I am not saying that participating in competitions is bad, but I think that rashly organizing students who have only learned a little to participate in competitions is not only disrespectful to the competition itself, but will also bring a heavy blow to the students if they fail in the competition. As teachers, we cannot just think about showing off without considering the fragile hearts of our students..."
Perhaps because there were too many people helping with the work, Shen Lingling did not feel tired at all from the continuous rush to harvest. From time to time, she would hold a sickle and give a lively speech in the farmland.
Except for Shen Moer and the other four who were too far away to hear or care about what she said, and Yang Qingqing who always stared at her with disgust, the other educated youth couldn't help but applaud the enthusiasm for education in her words.
But just as she finished her speech that day, Zhou Mancang, the team leader who was going to the commune to attend a meeting related to the autumn harvest, came over on his bicycle.
Zhou Mancang is usually very serious, and due to frequent frowning, there are deep "川" wrinkles on his forehead. But today he is obviously in a very good mood, his brows are relaxed, and there is a bit of excitement and joy hidden in the wrinkles at the corners of his eyes.
He parked his bicycle at the edge of the field and asked Zhang Zhiqiang, who was closest to the field, "Where is Chen Moer?"
Zhang Zhiqiang turned his head blankly and pointed at a few people in the distance: "Over there."
Zhou Mancang: "Someone go and call her over."
Zhang Zhiqiang simply put down the sickle and went over by himself.
Someone asked, "What does the captain want to see Teacher Shen about?"
This sentence is actually similar to "Have you eaten?", which is just a pure greeting. The person asking the question does not expect Zhou Mancang to really answer. After all, he has something to do with Shen Moer, and it has nothing to do with the rest of them.
Who knew that Zhou Mancang immediately laughed and said, "You are a smart kid. I have something to ask Teacher Shen. I have good news to tell Teacher Shen."
This was praised as being smart. The captain obviously wanted to say this, so the man followed suit and asked, "What's the good news?"
Zhou Mancang waved his fist excitedly and said loudly: "The kid from our brigade's primary school won the second prize in the painting competition and entered the finals!"
The voice is proud and proud.
Still feeling a little excited.
The second prize was won by only their Yangliu Brigade Primary School in the whole county. The children from their brigade will go to the provincial level to participate in the competition!
This is a great matter that will bring honor to the family!
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