After dinner in the evening, Chen Xia ran to the nearest Chen Guolin's house carrying a piece of meat.
The two families are relatives and have a good relationship. Moreover, this time the "Chen Xia fell into the water incident" was thanks to the life-saving grace of Chen Guolin and his wife.
Chen Guolin has a son and a daughter. His son, Chen Zheng, had just returned from military service. He was strong and handsome, but had a relatively simple mind, so after retiring from the army, he only worked as a temporary worker in the commune police station.
My daughters Chen Juan and Chen Qiu were classmates and attended junior high school together in the commune.
Seeing Chen Xia coming in with a piece of meat, Mrs. Guo Lin's eyes lit up and she hurriedly welcomed him in.
Rural people were reluctant to turn on the lights at night, so the whole family sat at the door to enjoy the cool air. When Chen Zheng saw Chen Xia come in, he immediately stood up:
"Xiao Xia, I heard that you jumped into the river and committed suicide yesterday. How are you now?"
Seeing Chen Zheng's sincere expression, Chen Xia's mouth twitched. He was bringing up something that was completely irrelevant.
He is indeed the legendary guy with strong limbs and simple mind.
Mrs. Guolin was so embarrassed that she quickly changed the subject:
"Chen Xia, since you're here, why are you bringing any meat?"
"Uncle, aunt, I haven't thanked you for what happened yesterday. Come here today because I have something to discuss with you."
Chen Guolin: "What's the matter? You're still so polite to me."
Chen Xia sat down on a bamboo chair.
"It's like this. Today, the team leader took me to the Fourth Hospital. The hospital agreed to let me take over and work there. I won't be farming anymore. My third and fourth children are still young, so I wanted Uncle Guolin to help us farm."
"Okay, that's a good thing. It's hard for you three students. You are not the kind of people who can do farm work."
When Chen Xia saw that Chen Guolin agreed to help with farming without even asking about the terms of compensation, he couldn't help but feel some respect for him.
If someone is generous, you can't act stupid.
"Look, Uncle Guolin, you help us farm, and we'll pay the agricultural tax ourselves. Each of us will share half of the remaining grain. Do you think this is okay?"
Chen Guolin agreed without a second thought, "Okay, I'll do as you say. Actually, it should be my uncle who got the better of you."
This year is the first year of the contract responsibility system. Farmers regard the land they have been allocated as more valuable than gold. After all, for them, the family's food, clothing, housing and transportation expenses all depend on the output of those few acres of land.
Although the land in Yuezhou area is fertile, there are many people and little land, so each person can only get about 4 mu of land. Now two mu of good paddy fields have been added. Even if only half of the harvest can be obtained, it is still a windfall for Chen Guolin's family.
As for the labor required for two mu of paddy fields, that was no big deal. Their family of three adults could handle it in one day.
In fact, according to Chen Xia himself, he didn't want these two acres of land anymore. After all, how much money did he earn after working so hard all year round?
But he didn't dare say it. If he dared to say no, Fourth Grandpa would beat him to death, so contracting it to someone else was the best solution.
The two companies reached an agreement.
In the next few days, after Chen Guolin and several other villagers finished their own farm work, they helped Chen Xia's family harvest the two acres of rice. They also helped thresh and dry the rice until several bags of rice were piled in Chen's firewood room.
During this period, Chen Xia had to go to the fields with them. He couldn't let the villagers be so eager to help while he, a young master, was just sitting there doing nothing, right?
In the evening, he asked Chen Qiu to cook all the meat and fish, and invited the villagers who helped to have a delicious meal.
After handing over all the responsibility fields to Chen Guolin's family, Chen Xia no longer wanted to farm, and would never think about it again in his life.
Others may help with the farm work, but you still have to pay the agricultural tax yourself.
Chen Xia borrowed a cart from the team and loaded a few bags of rice onto it. He pulled the cart in front, while Chen Qiu and Chen Dong pushed it from the back. His uncle Chen Yi followed behind, shaking his head and tail.
The four of them walked towards the commune grain station under the scorching sun.
Chen Yize's family is a bit strange. His grandfather was in his 40s when he gave birth to his father, his only child, and his father was also in his 40s when he gave birth to him, a boy.
This resulted in others having four generations, but his family only had two. Although he was young, he had a high seniority in the village.
The advantage of having a high seniority is that he can almost walk sideways in the village. Who dares to bully him?
He's a grandfather, should he respect the elders? Should he follow the ancestral rules? Does he want to stay in the village?
Plus, this guy was a greedy person, and in those difficult times, no one had much to eat.
But he doesn't care. If anyone has delicious food at home, he will take the initiative to visit them, eat for himself and leave happily. No one dares to say anything bad about him. What's wrong with an elder having a meal at your house?
In this way, Chen Yize became the only fat man in Qingfeng Village. Yes, everyone else was pale and skinny, but he was the only one who was white and plump.
His seniority and festive appearance also made him a "darling" of the Qingfeng Village.
However, there is a disadvantage to being older than him. Children of the same age don’t like to play with him.
Because he always acts like an elder and teaches people a lesson, and often cheats even when playing games, over time, he really becomes a "lonely elder."
However, Chen Yize has good taste. It doesn't matter if others don't like to play with him, but he is willing to play with the children of his "nephew" Chen Bingkun.
Because he felt that Bingkun's children were sensible, cultured, and gentle people, and only then were they worthy of playing with him as an elder.
The key is a little secret. He knew that Chen Bingkun was a doctor and his family was well-off with no shortage of food, and even had candies and pastries occasionally. This was extremely suitable for him as a little glutton, so he would run to Chen Xia's house every few days.
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