Chapter 475 Chapter 476: The eagerly awaited villagers
Yang Chunyan was too busy at noon today and had no time to take a nap. After sending all the truffles into the baking room, she felt that she could fall asleep while standing.
He quickly washed up and went back to the room. He packed up the things Zhou Huaian would need for going out the next morning, put them under the pillow and in the cabinet respectively, then went to bed, put his head on the pillow and fell asleep.
Zhou Huaian took out the account book and wanted to tell her that his brother-in-law wanted to give the money to Ning An to save, but when he heard her snoring, he frowned with heartache!
It seemed that she left after Qu Qiulin and the others left, and she didn't have time to take a nap. This couldn't go on.
How about talking to Yan'er and asking my aunt-in-law to come and help feed the pigs and do the housework?
After Zhou Huaian thought it over, he wrote down the accounts, tiptoed to the bed, lay down on his side and fell asleep.
The next day, before dawn, the old man knocked on the window, "Youngest, get up quickly, your eldest brother and the others are here."
Zhou Huaian woke up from his sleep, "I know!"
No matter whether he went to bed early or late, the old man would get up at dawn every morning, add coal to the stove in the oven, turn over the truffles, open the yard door to let the dog out to poop and pee, feed the pigs and chickens, drive the chickens to the woods, and find time to pull weeds and water the medicinal fields.
The old man often said that maybe it was because the food was better now, he felt much better than last year. Last year, he had a hard time carrying a load of manure, but this year, he didn't feel any soreness in his waist and legs when carrying it up the mountain.
Zhou Huaian also thought that it was because the food had improved, because the complexions of his mother and husband had obviously improved a lot in the past six months.
Even my nephews and nieces have obviously grown taller and have rosier complexions.
Although he and Captain Zhang agreed to go there at nine o'clock, it would still take three hours to drive a tractor from Funiu to Baicaopingzi. Even if they set out at six o'clock, they would arrive there after nine o'clock.
It will take several hours to receive the goods, and I have to rush back in the afternoon to receive them. I also have to wash them and send them to the baking room, so I have to get up early.
Before going to bed, I was worried that the alarm clock would not wake him up, so I specifically told the old man that if I didn't see the lights on in their room at five o'clock, I should knock on the windows and doors.
Yang Chunyan woke up when she heard the knock on the window and door, and took out the waist bag under the pillow, "I have prepared the money, and there is more than a hundred yuan in change in the shoulder bag, remember to take it.
It’s cold and foggy this morning. Even if you sit in the back, the wind is strong. Remember to put on your snow cap, cotton coat and big boots. I knitted a new scarf and fingerless gloves for you in the closet. Remember to wear them…”
"Okay, got it. Don't worry about me. Just continue sleeping."
Zhou Huaian put on his woolen sweater, woolen trousers and coat and trousers with rustling moves, then got out of bed, lit the oil lamp and looked at the alarm clock on the table, only to find that it was not yet the time he had set.
He murmured, "It's only half past four. My brothers are really impatient."
He put on the waist bag full of money, opened the cabinet and saw the shoulder bag, snow hat, cotton coat, scarf and gloves put together. He put on the shoulder bag, cotton coat, scarf and gloves and walked out.
When I opened the door to the main room, it was still pitch black outside, and there was not even a trace of light outside the yard.
The daybreaks are already late after the Winter Solstice. In the past, when I went out at six o'clock, the sky was still gray by seven o'clock.
The old man pointed at the porridge, salted duck eggs and pancakes on the table and said, "Your sister-in-law sent them here. Eat them quickly. They are all waiting."
"I haven't brushed my teeth yet!" Zhou Huaian put down his scarf and gloves, "Grandpa, don't call Chunyan in the morning, let her sleep a little longer. You should also take a nap after I leave."
"I see. I won't sleep. My head hurts when I lie in bed. I might as well get up and feel comfortable."
Zhou Huaian brushed his teeth, washed his face, picked up the Yumeijing on the washstand, squeezed some, rubbed it in his palms a few times, applied it on his face, and sat down to eat.
The old man picked up the salted duck egg and knocked it on the table a few times, rubbed it, peeled the eggshell and handed it to him. After thinking about it, he reminded him:
"Be careful with your money and belongings when you go out. If you meet someone unreasonable, don't confront him. As the old saying goes, a strong dragon cannot suppress a local snake. Be patient for a moment and avoid a hundred days of worry!"
Zhou Huaian nodded, "Don't worry, with Secretary Xu, my elder brother and his wife together, I can't get angry with them even if I want to."
"I feel relieved to have Old Xu with me. He is the brigade secretary and has a lot of experience. You can go out and learn from him how to treat people and deal with things."
"Youngest, why aren't you ready yet?" Father Zhou came in carrying a basket of truffles. "If we don't deliver the truffles today, they will be sent to the empty room in the east wing."
"Okay! I've made an agreement with Doctor Xiao Wang that we'll deliver the goods every two days. All the dry goods collected today will be placed there."
"It's delivered every two days. You have to go to Baicaoping to pick it up. Do you have enough money?"
"Enough! The batch my third brother sent yesterday plus the ones left at home are enough." Zhou Huaian finished drinking the porridge, "Grandpa, I'm leaving now!"
"Scarf and gloves!" The old man quickly picked them up and handed them over.
"Hey! I remembered it before dinner!"
Zhou Huaian took the fence with a smile, put on gloves and walked towards the gate of the yard. He had driven the tractor to Zhou Huairong's house yesterday afternoon to avoid the sound of the tractor waking up Yang Chunyan early in the morning.
Lai Fu and Wang Cai came up to him, wagging their tails, and rubbed them one by one. Then they sent him out of the yard and went back to lie down and guard the door.
As soon as he reached the door of Zhou Huaishan's house, he ran into Zhou Huairong who was walking over in a hurry, "Youngest, why are you so slow?"
Zhou Huaian stretched his hand in front of the flashlight and took a look. "I set it to five o'clock. Look, it's exactly five o'clock now!"
Zhou Huairong glared at him in reproach, "It's such a long journey, you'd better leave early, it will take several hours to collect the goods!"
He was afraid that he would oversleep, so he set the alarm before going to bed and reminded Zhao Huifang to stay awake. But he was worried about her and couldn't sleep well. He turned over and got up when he heard the rooster crowed.
Zhou Huaian knew that he was a little nervous about going out for the first time, "I told Ding Ding Mao to leave at five o'clock, I wonder if he's up yet?"
"Your second brother has ridden his bike down to call him. We'll pick him up at his door and leave."
As they were talking, they arrived in front of the tractor. Zhao Huifang, Zhang Xiuxiang and Luo Haili were sitting on the tractor, each wearing a wind and snow hat and wrapped up tightly.
Zhao Huifang patted the thick straw mat and said, "Youngest, come up quickly!"
"Oh!" Zhou Huaian climbed onto the tractor and sat down against the carriage board, "Brother, remember to pick up Secretary Xu at the drying dam."
"Got it!" Zhou Huairong shook the handle and the tractor started to rumble, followed by a puff of black smoke. He jumped onto the driver's seat and drove the tractor towards Zhou Yiding's house.
As soon as I arrived at the door, I saw two people wrapped in cotton coats standing on the side of the road. After they climbed up, they went to the drying dam, picked up Secretary Xu, and drove towards Baicaoping at full speed.
Secretary Xu looked at the vast white fog and leaned close to Zhou Huaian's ear, "Did you always deliver the goods so early in the past?"
Zhou Huaian shouted, "We'll set off at 5:30 by bicycle and 6:00 by tractor. We'll mainly deliver vegetables and eggs to the guesthouse."
"Oh! Is your butt feeling better?"
“Better!”
The wind was strong and the fog was thick. After talking for a few words, they leaned against the carriage board and squinted their eyes to rest.
As the sky gradually brightened, the tractor went up the Baicaoping Mountain Road.
Secretary Xu looked around and said, "It's still the same as it was a dozen years ago. Nothing has changed at all."
"Uncle Xu, the tractor road inside is much worse than the main road in our village. It's full of potholes and it's really bumpy."
Zhou Yiding squinted his eyes and looked at the forest. He felt that there must be a lot of old honey and Ganoderma lucidum in this forest. After finishing the truffle work, he would have to take a trip with the youngest brother. Maybe they would get a big harvest.
"I have sent people to repair the main road in our village every year. This road is far from the village and no one has maintained it for a long time, so the road condition must be bad."
Zhou Yiding nodded and looked at Zhou Huairong at the driving seat, "Brother, you are slowing down. Are you afraid to drive up?"
Zhou Huairong looked at the winding and narrow mountain road in front of him, feeling a little unsure. He braked the tractor and turned around and said, "Youngest, you drive!"
"Great!" Zhou Huaian jumped off the tractor, took out the mat from under the seat and laid it out, then started the tractor and quickly drove up the mountain road.
The mountain road was bumpy, and the tractor swayed from side to side as it rumbled forward.
There were several big holes in front of him, and Zhou Huaian bounced so hard that the mat under his butt fell onto the footrest without him noticing, and his butt began to hurt.
"Fuck! It's rubbed again! Big brother's technique is not good, and second brother is even worse. For the sake of safety, just bear with it! It will stop hurting after a while!"
The tractor rumbled up the hillside leading to the Baicaoping Brigade Headquarters. Zhou Huaian saw that the drying dam was full of people, and the scene was the same as when the brigade distributed grain after the autumn harvest.
"Oh my God!" he exclaimed, "I said come at nine o'clock, it's only eight o'clock and they're already waiting?"
The villagers who were waiting around the fire on the drying dam all grinned when they saw the tractor's engine head climb up the slope.
"Hurray! They're really here, they're not kidding!" Someone shouted in delight.
The children who came with the adults cheered and waved as they ran towards the tractor.
"Haha, it's really here! I have money to buy New Year's goods!"
"That's good. I have at least 100 kilograms of them at home. I can use the money from selling them to pay off my debts."
"I'll use the money from the sale to buy a spiked rake. A wooden rake won't do the job!"
Secretary Zhang and Secretary Lin stretched their necks to look at the tractor and breathed a sigh of relief.
He and his fellow villagers came here from Baicaopao in the middle of the night with torches. Their hair was frozen hard by the white frost. If no one collected them...
The young father holding the child lifted him up happily and said, "My dear, when we sell the child, I will ask your mother to go to the street to buy cotton to make you a new cotton-padded jacket."
The little boy next to him pulled the sallow-faced man and said, "Old man, remember to pay my tuition!"
"Okay! Okay! I'll pay you after I sell it." The man responded repeatedly.
Seeing the tractor getting closer, the villagers hurriedly moved their backpacks and rattan baskets forward, and some even started arguing about it.
Everyone wanted to weigh the goods and get the money as soon as possible so that they could go home and earn money in the mountains.
Secretary Zhang saw this and shouted at the top of his voice: "Everyone line up and wait for them to arrive one by one."
(End of this chapter)
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