"What? Chunming comes to the county to sell junk?" He Xiuyun almost spit the food in her mouth onto Jiang Jianguo's face.
She covered her mouth in time, swallowed the food in her mouth, and looked at Jiang Jianguo in surprise, "Why doesn't he come home?"
"He said we were all busy and didn't want to disturb us." Jiang Jianguo told everyone the story of Jiang Chunming exchanging sugar for rags, and then taking the rags to the county to sell to a rag collector.
"Trading chicken feathers for sugar?" Shen Qinghe's eyes lit up. She had seen the report of that year on the Internet.
On March 24, 1979, the Zhejiang Daily published an article titled "The Rattle for Eggs for Sugar Is Ringing Again," which caused a great response at the time.
Once the article was published, it was like salt sprinkled in a frying pan. It caused a huge controversy and readers wrote to the newspaper one after another.
I didn't expect that Jiang Chunming is also doing this business now.
Jiang Jianguo glanced at Shen Qinghe and said with a smile, "Not only chicken feathers, but also worn-out clothes and shoes, scrap copper and iron are all fine. Chunming will then take these things to the county and sell them to junk collectors."
Shen Qinghe smiled and said, "Brother has a business mind!"
"What brains?" Jiang Jianguo said indifferently, "If he was really capable, he should have listened to you and joined Guanghua Garment Factory with Chunshan and the others. This is the right thing to do!"
Shen Qinghe glanced at He Xiuyun and Jiang Chunlin and saw that there was no emotion on their faces, which showed that they obviously agreed with Jiang Jianguo's idea.
In this day and age, only formal jobs are formal livelihoods, so it is not surprising that they have such ideas.
Even decades later, many people still believe that a stable job is the most popular. Even if you earn tens of thousands of yuan a month in a private company, it is not as popular as a stable job with a few thousand yuan.
Everyone has a different way of living. Shen Qinghe smiled and continued eating.
May Day is coming soon. In 1977, there was only one day off for May Day. It was not until 1999 that it was adjusted to three days. With the adjustment of the weekends before and after, a seven-day holiday can be made up, forming the May Day Golden Week. In 2007, the May Day holiday was revised to a three-day holiday.
The day before the holiday, at the dinner table, He Xiuyun said to Jiang Jianguo, "Why don't you go home and pick up Yuyang and Yuping to play for a day?"
He Xiuyun hasn't seen her two grandsons for a long time and misses them very much.
During the winter vacation, the two children had a lot of fun playing here.
Jiang Jianguo nodded, "Okay, I'll go back and pick up the two children after dinner and send them back tomorrow afternoon."
"I don't know what Chunming usually feeds the two children." He Xiuyun said, "I'll go to the supply and marketing cooperative to see what vegetables are available."
"Meat." Jiang Jianguo said with a smile, "Just buy meat. These two guys love meat."
He Xiuyun couldn't help laughing, "Who doesn't like to eat meat?"
Jiang Jianguo chuckled, "That's right, I like to eat meat too."
"I'll go pick up the two kids," Jiang Chunlin said. "I'll go back to the back hills to catch some game and bring them here tomorrow morning."
"That's fine." He Xiuyun said, "Qinghe loves to eat pheasant meat, you can catch a few more."
Jiang Chunlin didn't know whether to laugh or cry. "Mom, the back hill isn't our chicken coop. I can catch as many chickens as I want. It all depends on luck."
He Xiuyun also smiled, "Okay, catch as many as you can. Next time your father comes back, go to the village and exchange some old hens for Qinghe to make soup."
After dinner, Jiang Chunlin rode his bicycle back home.
When he got home, it was just getting dark. He saw Yuyang and Yuping sitting on the steps at the door, looking very worried.
"What's wrong?" Jiang Chunlin parked his bicycle in the yard and asked casually, "Where's your father?"
"In the house." Jiang Yuyang seemed to be hesitant to speak.
Jiang Chunlin didn't care. He reached out and touched his two nephews' heads, then strode into the house. He stopped when he saw a woman sitting in the main room.
Jiang Chunming didn't expect Jiang Chunlin to come back suddenly. He stood up hurriedly, glanced at the woman quickly, and pulled Jiang Chunlin out.
"Who is she?" Jiang Chunlin asked Jiang Chunming while standing in the yard.
Jiang Chunming, "I picked it up on the road."
"Picked it up?" Jiang Chunlin was surprised. "Why did you pick up a woman for no reason?"
Thinking of something, Jiang Chunlin frowned and said, "If you want a wife, ask your mother to ask a matchmaker to find one for you. Why do you just pick up a woman of unknown origin and take her home?"
"Don't talk nonsense." Jiang Chunming's face flushed, "I was out doing business and saw her fainting from hunger on the side of the road, so I carried her back.
There is nothing wrong with us, don't think of me with your dirty thoughts."
"Why am I so dirty in my thoughts?" Jiang Chunlin was so angry that he folded his arms and glanced at Jiang Chunming.
Jiang Chunming glanced at the fourth brother and whispered, "Qinghe was kidnapped by her mother, and you slept with her the first time, and you still have the nerve to blame me.
I have nothing to do with her."
Jiang Chunlin, "..."
If both he and Shen Qinghe had not been drugged, he would definitely not have slept with her on the first day.
Jiang Chunming didn't know about this, and Jiang Chunlin didn't intend to let anyone else know.
Jiang Chunlin felt a little guilty, "That's the wife her mother used to pay for me. What's wrong with me sleeping with my wife?"
Jiang Chunming pursed his lips and said after a long while, "Anyway, it's not what you think. I picked up that woman today. I'll let her go when she recovers."
"How are you going to sleep tonight, a single man and a single woman?" Jiang Chunlin asked.
Jiang Chunming was stunned. He had never thought about this question.
There was a kang for the woman to sleep on, but after all, a single man and a single woman in the same room would always cause gossip.
Many people in the village saw him carrying the woman back today.
"It's almost dark now, we can't just chase them out."
Jiang Chunlin scratched his head, walked into the room and asked the woman, "Comrade, what's your name?"
"Li Juan." The woman's voice was very low. If Jiang Chunlin didn't have good hearing, he might not be able to hear clearly what she said.
Jiang Chunlin asked again, "Where are you from?"
Li Juan lowered her head and picked at her fingers without saying anything.
"Where are your parents?"
Li Juan still didn't speak.
After that, no matter what Jiang Chunlin asked, Li Juan didn't say a word.
Jiang Chunlin was so angry that he lost his temper. This was a female comrade and he couldn't beat her and make her talk even if she didn't say anything.
Coming out of the house, he said to Jiang Chunming, "How about this, you and the two boys go back to the county with me, let this woman stay at home for a day, and let her leave tomorrow morning."
Jiang Chunming thought about it and thought this was a good idea.
He went into the house and put all the money he had at home into his pocket. After thinking for a while, he took out five dollars and gave it to Li Juan.
"I'm taking the two children to live at my brother's house. You'll be staying in the house alone today. When we leave, please close the door. Don't open it if anyone knocks. Go home when it's daybreak."
Li Juan shook her head, "I don't want money."
Jiang Chunming didn't say anything else. He put the money on the table, took the two boys and followed Jiang Chunlin directly to the county.
"Didn't you say you were going to the mountains to catch some pheasants? Why are you back now?" He Xiuyun kissed her two grandsons first and asked Jiang Chunlin in confusion.
Jiang Chunlin said unhappily, "Ask your eldest son."
He Xiuyun looked at Jiang Chunming in confusion, "What's wrong?"
Jiang Chunming was unable to speak and his face turned purple.
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