Chapter 57 Refreshed
Huo Qingqing's face changed, "You went to catch pheasants again? If someone reports you, you will be punished." At this time, everything is public property, even the game in the mountains. Private individuals are not allowed to catch them, and they will be punished.
Han Jianwu said: "Yesterday a large yellow ox in the team fell off a cliff and died. It was bought with meat coupons." The little they were given was not enough to fill the gaps in their teeth. Many people were too lazy to join in the fun, and they didn't have the meat coupons to buy it anyway.
"What's going on with that chicken?" Huo Qingqing pointed at a plucked chicken and asked.
Han Jianwu said, "I bought it at the chicken farm. I asked Lao Wang to kill and pluck the chicken and bring it back." He whispered in Huo Qingqing's ear, "I was tired last night, so I'll give you a good rest."
Huo Qingqing's face turned red. This guy was really taking advantage of her.
Gaijuan's face has healed without any trace left. She will be going back to school in the afternoon, and she can't go to school with fingerprints. As soon as the little girl entered the gate, she shouted, "Mom, there's meat to eat!"
The second sister-in-law and the eldest daughter were steaming buns in the kitchen. They ran out and saw, wow, there was so much meat?
The chicken in Han Jianwu's basket had been cut into two halves. He gave one half to his second sister-in-law and said, "This half of the chicken is for you to improve the children's lives."
The second sister-in-law wiped her hands on her apron and looked at Huo Qingqing, "Isn't this bad?"
Huo Qingqing said, "Take it! We can't finish a whole one."
The second sister-in-law said, "I'm taking advantage of your family again!"
Han Jianwu said, "We are all family, so why shouldn't we benefit from this? Thanks to you for protecting them yesterday."
Han Jianwu's voice was neither too loud nor too soft, loud enough for the old lady's family in the north room to hear, and also loud enough for the old family on the other side of the wall to hear.
The third brother, his wife and their three sons were under a lot of pressure. When the boys were growing up, they were very hungry. They were happy to have rice to eat and never bought meat. Han Jianwu gave a piece of pork to his third sister-in-law's family.
The third sister-in-law laughed loudly, "Ah! There is meat to eat! Then I will take it!"
Huo Qingqing said, "Take it! Improve the lives of the children."
Liu Chunyan was so angry that she was throwing things and cursing in the kitchen. The old woman lying on the kang was even more angry, but she didn't dare to curse, after all, the old man was sitting by the brazier making tea!
As soon as Han Jianwu entered the house, he rolled up his sleeves and started cooking. Huo Qingqing said, "Didn't you say you were going to pay the public grain tax to Team 4 today?"
Han Jianwu said, "Just arrive at the warehouse of Team 4 after eleven o'clock. It's still early! Why don't you go to sleep for a while?" He said the second half of the sentence with a sly grin. Huo Qingqing was so angry that she twisted his waist and said, "It's annoying."
Han Jianwu chopped the chicken, cut the onions, ginger and garlic, and prepared to stew the chicken. Huo Qingqing heated up the food that she had left for Han Jianwu last night, and made an egg oil tea with the oil tea noodles that Han Jianwu had fried, and the hearty breakfast was ready.
The chicken was stewing in the pot, and the family was eating breakfast around the small square table.
Han Jianwu said: "I think it's not enough to just treat those educated youth to a meal, especially Su Pengcheng."
Huo Qingqing was drinking oil tea and looking at the man next to her. What did it mean? When she told him what happened in the threshing ground last night, she also mentioned that Su Pengcheng and Sun Xiaoyue helped her, and that Su Pengcheng blocked Boss Han's iron fork. She also offered to treat them to a meal when she had time.
Huo Qingqing, "How should I thank you?"
Han Jianwu said, "I have some news here. If it's true, we can give Su Pengcheng a chance. The brigade is planning to buy a four-wheel tractor. So far, I'm the only one in our brigade who can drive a car, but I want to drive a horse-drawn carriage. Then we can recommend Su Pengcheng to drive a four-wheel tractor."
Huo Qingqing, "But, will he be able to drive?"
Han Jianwu: "Yes."
Huo Qingqing, "How did you know?"
Han Jianwu, "I've dealt with him many times. He has learned to drive a horse-drawn carriage and ride a horse, and he has talked about that. I guess he can't go back for a while. I heard that there is still no solution to the problems at home, so I recommend him to drive a tractor!" Driving a tractor for the entire brigade not only gives him high work points, but also brings in a lot of extra income.
Huo Qingqing said, "It depends on whether he is willing or not. As for you, the road conditions here are bad. You are not allowed to touch the tractor when it comes back." In the previous life, when the Hanjiagou Brigade bought a tractor, Huo Qingqing was no longer here. The tractor was driven by Han Jianwu and Su Pengcheng in turn.
It was many years later that Han Jianwu had a car accident. He was driving a large truck carrying coal.
Han Jianwu rubbed the woman's hair and said, "Don't worry, tractors only go on flat roads. If the roads are too steep, they must be driven by human power."
Nowadays, several brigades have tractors, except Hanjiagou. The brigade cadres said that the harvest this year is good, and they plan to buy one. In this way, they can transport the tiles and some medicinal materials used by the brigade to more places.
A horse-drawn cart can also hold a lot, but it cannot compare with a tractor. This is especially troublesome when going to urban and county towns. Some streets prohibit mules and horses from entering, which is very troublesome. Besides, the cost of maintaining those three strong horses is much higher than that of a tractor.
"Horse-drawn carriages may gradually be eliminated in the future," said Han Jianwu.
Huo Qingqing, "Let's talk about it after we're eliminated." Given the situation in Hanjiagou, they would have to wait until the household contract responsibility system was implemented before the horse-drawn carriages could be disbanded.
Han Jianwu looked refreshed today. Huo Qingqing was curious about how he had so much energy. You don’t look tired at all? And her legs are still shaking even now she's sleeping!
"Have you told your second sister-in-law about Baojuan's matter last time?" Han Jianwu asked.
Huo Qingqing, "Hasn't there been no chance? I'll find a chance to talk to my second sister-in-law after I finish my work these few days."
Han Jianwu, "You should hurry up on this matter. He will be back soon. You can tell Baojuan about it. That girl is not shy."
Before going out today, Han Jianwu not only kissed the two kids, but also took the initiative to kiss Huo Qingqing!
Huo Qingqing was glowing with beauty today, and it was obvious that she was well-nourished.
Not long after Han Jianwu left, Baojuan came with a porcelain bowl of steamed buns, two solid buns and two walnut oil steamed buns, a mixture of coarse and fine grains.
"Aunt, let me give you some of our steamed buns to try." Baojuan said.
Huo Qingqing, "Just take two to try, why did you take so many?"
Baojuan said: "Just four, not many, my fourth uncle likes to eat steamed buns."
The hot steamed buns were still steaming, and the two kids were hungry again. Baojuan quickly tore off two pieces of steamed buns for them to eat, "Eat slowly, be careful, hot steamed buns are easy to choke on."
Baojuan is in a hurry to go home because there is a lot of work to do at home today.
Huo Qingqing said, "Wait a minute, I have something to tell you. Your fourth uncle has a friend from the Zhao family. His brother is a soldier and has been promoted. He is going home for a blind date soon. Your fourth uncle has told his friend about you. Go back and tell your father and mother. Your father should know that person too."
Baojuan is indeed different from other girls in the village. She blushes when talking about her boyfriend. She said openly, "Can you still like me if you are promoted?"
Huo Qingqing, "Why doesn't he like such a good girl like you? Maybe it will work out! Sometimes it's hard to predict fate."
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