Later, when they had saved a lot of money, they were not so desperate to trade goods together.
Especially since Ge Pengwu's wife had given birth to several children in succession and was not in good health, she wanted to settle down and stop going out to do risky work so often.
So he ended his wandering life and returned to his hometown, Yaojia Village, Bazhou, to become a hunter.
In fact, he was not short of money, but he had a business on the surface, delivering prey to the village in exchange for work points.
My wife passed away due to illness a few years ago, and I separated my sons from each other to live on their own. I built houses for them in the village, and they all got married. They are all living well.
He is a quiet person with a strong body. He lives in this old house at the foot of the mountain, goes hunting sometimes and lives a very comfortable life.
Later, Uncle Qian settled in Sandaogou Commune, where he started a small black market business with his own skills and made quite a bit of money.
However, the two brothers have been visiting each other frequently over the years and have kept in touch quite often. What's there to say about their friendship? Ge Pengwu treats Mr. Qian as both his benefactor and his own brother.
More than eight years ago, at the end of 1961, the country was still suffering from a severe famine. As someone who worked in this field, Mr. Qian was not short of food. After all, the situation in the Northeast was slightly better, so he could exchange some food for food.
He drove to Ge Pengwu's place in the middle of winter to celebrate the New Year and brought 200 kilograms of food with him. It was during that time that he picked up a half-grown child on the way, Xiao Si, Han Silong.
The child was only eleven years old at the time, and was so thin and small that I thought he was eight or nine years old. He fell in the snow on the side of the road, motionless.
When Mr. Qian saw this, he got out of the car, quickly picked him up, brought him back to the car, and gave him some sugar water to drink.
After a while, the child woke up and said that everyone in his family was starving to death. He went out to beg for food but got nothing. When he returned, he could not walk and fainted from hunger.
Mr. Qian's wife died of illness at a young age, and they had no children. He has been alone ever since. Seeing that this orphan was quite pitiful, he decided to let him live with him, so that at least he would have something to eat.
Later, Xiao Si was brought to Ge Pengwu's home. Even in such a bad year, the Ge family were hunters, and they ate the two roe deer they had hunted secretly, so they had some meat.
Xiao Si ate well and after a few days of care, his health became better and better. Later, he continued to work for Master Qian. Although he was called a helper, in reality, he was no different from his son.
Lian Xiaomin drank tea, ate an orange, and listened to Mr. Qian briefly telling her about some past events. Half an hour passed quickly.
Shunan first brought out the rice and a bowl of fried eggs with green onions and placed them on the kang table.
Xiao Si said that we would have to wait another ten minutes for the stewed chicken, so everyone should eat first.
Everyone filled their stomachs first, as they had something else to do, so no alcohol was consumed during the meal.
The stewed pheasant was also served. Everyone ate until they were almost done. Ge Pengwu asked, "Brother, did something happen to you? I see you don't look well, and there's a bruise on your face."
Mr. Qian put down his chopsticks, looked at him and nodded.
"Pengwu, to be honest, someone from above investigated my small black market. Xiao Mao and the other five guys are all in hiding, so it's not a big deal."
"But since they were mainly here to catch me, I decided to stay away from that place and hide in the capital."
"The four of us, escorted by my friend, Brother Xiao Wen, came to your place first to discuss the procedures for settling in the capital and see how to proceed."
Ge Pengwu understood, nodded, thought for a moment, and said, "That's not impossible. My cousin Ge Penglu is the village party secretary. Let him write a letter of introduction..."
"…Just say you are from Yaojia Village and are going to the capital to live with your relatives. Then you can go find Yao Chunlai."
"However, you all have to hide your identities, change your names, and settle down in our village first, and then be regarded as Chunlai's direct relatives..."
Lian Xiaomin listened to Uncle Qian's explanation that Yao Chunlai was Ge Pengwu's cousin, and that he had followed the two of them on the road, and they were close friends.
Later, he settled in Beijing and bought a job.
He is the deputy chief of the Security Department of the Red Star Steel Rolling Mill. He is doing well and has a lot of connections.
In the Bazhou area south of Beijing, there are many people in the countryside who cannot afford to eat and go to Beijing to rely on their relatives and friends for a living.
But if you don’t have a household registration in the city, you won’t have a food ration quota and can only earn money to buy expensive food yourself.
After listening to what Ge Pengwu said, Mr. Qian thought it was a good idea and it was actually similar to what he thought.
He looked at Lin Zi and saw him nod. Then he said to Ge Pengwu, "Okay, I'll do as you say!"
After they finished their meal, Xiao Si and the others cleared away the dishes. After coming back, they all thought about the details and strategies together and discussed until quite late.
Ge Pengwu told everyone not to worry, his cousin was one of theirs. He and Chunlai had been doing business outside with Brother Qian over the years, and Ge Penglu knew everything.
If they had not brought back a lot of food to help their relatives and friends, many people in the family would have starved to death.
They saved Ge Penglu's father and youngest son by providing them with food.
I found a way to resolve the household registration issue in Yaojia Village, and the letter of introduction was issued, so it was no problem.
Many of the locals are relatives and friends. Ge Penglu has been the branch secretary for so many years, and he has connections both above and below him, so these things can be done.
That night, several people changed their names, and Uncle Qian was called Yao Chunshan, which meant Yao Chunlai's elder brother.
Those three were his sons. Shunan was twenty-four, the eldest, and changed his name to Yao Zuoxiang. Shunxi was twenty-two, the second, and changed his name to Yao Zuonian. The fourth was later called Yao Zuoyi.
Anyway, the household registration has to be written like this, and they will have to remember it like this when they report it to others, so it doesn’t matter to them in private.
It was eleven o'clock in the evening when everyone wanted to rest. Several rooms in Ge Pengwu's house were ready. This man was very clean and tidy. People could live in any room directly without cleaning.
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