Chen Jianguo asked: "What did you buy?"
Tian Wenjun said: "Just firewood, rice, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar and tea."
Chen Jianguo smiled and carried two big bags in his left and right hands, while Tian Wenjun followed him empty-handed.
Chen Jianguo had long legs and walked very fast. Even if he was carrying something in his hands, Tian Wenjun could not catch up with him.
He walked halfway forward and asked, "Have you been to your restaurant?"
No one answered. Chen Jianguo turned his head and saw that there was no one around him.
He stopped and looked back. Tian Wenjun was walking slowly a hundred meters behind him. Chen Jianguo himself was amused.
Her legs are much shorter than mine, so it's normal for her to walk slowly.
Chen Jianguo came over and said with a smile: "I was just asking you a question, and you disappeared as soon as I turned around."
Tian Wenjun chuckled and said, "Can you walk faster? If you walk any faster, you will lose me. This is not a war, so you have to walk like the wind."
Chen Jianguo couldn't help laughing out loud. He coaxed her softly, "I know you have short legs. I will walk with you on the road in the future. Try to walk slower."
Tian Wenjun: "Go away, whose legs are short?"
Chen Jianguo smiled and said, "Me."
Tian Wenjun rolled her eyes at him, feeling that he was now teasing her.
This time he slowed down his pace a lot and followed Tian Wenjun upstairs.
As soon as Tian Wenjun went upstairs, the two of them packed up their things before making lunch.
…
Chen Baoguo went to the Agricultural Bureau in the morning. He had been away for more than ten days. It had been raining heavily everywhere else, and Feng Jun had not gone anywhere either.
However, he came at the right time, because tomorrow they would follow the motorcade to the border again.
Chen Baoguo secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
Fortunately, I made it in time.
He stopped by the office and collected last month's salary.
He went to the south with Feng Jun last month. Although they were not away for very long, the salary they received was a little over 60 yuan.
With this money in hand, Chen Baoguo felt that there was hope for the future.
He came to the office, and Feng Jun smiled and said, "How is it? Are your parents very satisfied that you brought your wife back to your hometown this time?"
Chen Baoguo smiled foolishly: "My parents are quite satisfied."
"Well, you came back earlier than I expected this time. I thought you would miss this trip.
This job is very important. When you come back with me, I will sign your driver's license and ask your supervisor to stamp it for you."
Chen Baoguo's eyes were filled with excitement: "Thank you, Master Feng."
"Don't thank me. Thank your brother. And thank you for studying hard."
Chen Baoguo smiled, and Feng Jun said, "Go back and prepare. Meet at the bureau at 8 o'clock tomorrow morning."
"Master Feng, I will go back first."
"You go ahead."
After Chen Baoguo came out of the Agricultural Bureau, he thought about what his parents said before he left, and decided to go to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy a pair of leather shoes for his elder brother and sister-in-law.
Originally, he should have bought it for them after receiving his first month's salary, but he was getting married at that time and his parents didn't have much money, so he didn't buy it for the time being.
But last month's salary came in again, and it's time to buy.
Chen Baoguo took the money and went directly to the supply and marketing cooperative. He bought a pair of leather shoes for Tian Wenjun and Chen Jianguo, spending more than 30 yuan in total.
When Chen Baoguo came back, He Damei's house had been tidied up and the cold noodles had been taken out. She went to the wheat field alone to grab wheat straw.
Wheat straw is made by picking longer wheat, cutting off the ears, scraping off the yellow leaves at the tail, and leaving the round stalks.
Chen Baoguo took the shoes to their room and went to the wheat field to help.
He Damei grabbed a dozen bundles of unflattened wheat straw. She sat next to the threshing floor wearing a straw hat and cut off all the wheat ears on the straw.
Chen Baoguo saw her among a group of women at a glance, and he strode towards her.
Only when he squatted beside He Damei did He Damei realize that he was back.
He Damei's eyes lit up when she saw him: "Didn't you go to work? Why are you back?"
"I went to report and said I would go to the frontier tomorrow."
He Damei stopped what she was doing when she heard it: "What?
Going again?"
"Um."
"Okay then. I'll go to work tomorrow too. I'll help my parents with one more day's work today."
Chen Baoguo saw He Changming standing on the straw pile with a fork in his hand. He said, "Watch your hands when you cut the wheat ears. I'll go to the straw pile to replace Dad."
He Damei smiled and said, "I understand."
Chen Baoguo walked towards the haystack, helped He Changming down, and climbed up the ladder to help.
In the wheat field in front of me, a tractor was pulling a few boulders tied together behind its rear end, and it was circling around in the huge field covered with wheat.
On He Damei's side, a woman beside her said with a smile: "Damei, is it your in-laws' side or ours?"
"Each has its own advantages. Ours is a bit flatter, while theirs is a bit more picturesque."
When someone heard this, he said in disdain: "Ah, isn't that in the mountains?"
He Damei was too lazy to explain, she just smiled and said, "No, it's just that the scenery there looks better than ours, but the food they grow is almost the same."
"Oh, that's still it.
However, you seem to be a very diligent man. "
When Chen Baoguo was mentioned, He Damei looked at him, raised the corners of her lips and continued to work.
After grinding the grain in the morning, I would install a fan on the tractor engine in the afternoon to blow out the wheat husks in the grain.
After Chen Baoguo and his friends came back for dinner, He Damei entered the room and saw two paper bags on the kang. She opened them and saw two pairs of leather shoes inside.
Chen Baoguo came in and saw it, and said, "I bought a pair of leather shoes for my elder brother and his wife.
My eldest brother found me this job, and I want to thank them.
My elder brother and his wife have helped me a lot."
He Damei said, "Of course, let's go see them after dinner tonight. You're leaving tomorrow, and you'll probably be gone for another ten days. Let's go together, and I won't go again later."
"That's what I thought."
After the two men discussed it, Chen Baoguo went to help his father-in-law and mother-in-law in the afternoon.
The old ladies in the village would praise Chen Baoguo from time to time when they saw how capable he was.
Chen Baoguo was so busy working that he didn't bother to watch. On the other hand, He Damei heard nothing but praises for Chen Baoguo the whole afternoon.
He Damei's mood was as sweet as eating honey. Standing among the crowd of women, she felt that she was the happiest person.
After finishing their work and having dinner in the afternoon, the two went to the compound together.
Chen Baoguo was riding a bicycle and He Damei was sitting on the back seat. She was holding a paper bag and a net bag in her hands.
Inside the net bag are peaches from my backyard. The peaches are big and pink and ripe on the tree. You can just peel them and eat them. They are juicy and sweet as honey. My sister-in-law will definitely like them.
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