Chapter 113: A lot of attention
"Hello, Sister Xiaoan, Hello, Aunt Hongye, Hello, Aunt Fei," several little guys from the Fang family rushed to them like loaches.
Niu Wang also wiped his sweat, ran over with his friends and greeted them.
Fang Hongye wiped the sweat off her nephews and nieces with a handkerchief and asked the Fang children with amusement, "How do you address people? I am only two years older than your sister Xiao An, so how come I am a generation older? The same goes for sister Zheng, but with a difference of a few years, how come she is an aunt?"
Fang Gexin raised her little hand and quickly continued: "Aunt Hongye is brother Niuwang's aunt. If we call you sister, will brother Niuwang be happy to call us uncle and aunt?
As for Aunt Fei, we always call her Aunt Fei."
Fang Lixi smiled and handed the package in his arms to An Zhixia. Fang Songyan leaned over and whispered, "This was given to me by my father. We all ate it."
An Zhixia curiously opened it. Under the man's thick coat was a blue cloth that had been washed white. When she opened the cloth, she saw a half-worn aluminum lunch box. She looked at the group of children who were staring at the lunch box in her hand with amusement. When they urged her to open it, she found four popsicles wrapped in paper lying side by side inside!
"Is there anyone selling popsicles here?" Although she didn't eat any, she felt comfortable and cool all over. She took out one and handed it to the little girl.
Fang Gexin took two steps back with her hands behind her back, shook her head firmly and said, "Sister Xiaoan, this is what Dad left for you. We each ate one, and if we eat more, we'll have stomach upset."
Niu Wang and the others nodded, "Yes, Uncle Fang is so nice. He bought popsicles for each of us. They are sweet, cool and delicious."
Since they had already eaten, An Zhixia took out the popsicles and shared them among the four of them.
Popsicles are made of the simplest boiled water with rock sugar, but they are very thirst-quenching and heat-relief. She couldn't help but squint her eyes with a smile on her face. She glanced forward and saw Fang Yuan, who was half a head taller than the others and was looking at this side. She waved her paw at him and made a thank you gesture with her mouth.
Fang Yuan had a cold expression on his face. He nodded and went forward to check the situation.
An Zhixia shrugged lightly, the boss was so cool, and continued to enjoy the coolness in his hands.
There are also ice creams in the supermarket, but the things in the supermarket are not replenished after use, and she is reluctant to use some of them. For example, there are ice creams with various flavors. There are only a few freezers to support her for twenty or thirty hot summer days.
This is only her first summer, if she is not careful, many things may be used up quickly. It is easy to go from simplicity to luxury, but it is difficult to go from luxury to frugality!
The supermarket was the material foundation that supported her optimistic life in the 1970s and was her confidence.
Not long after eating the ice cream, the heat was still unbearable and I had no appetite for lunch. Fang Lixi brought jelly topped with sesame paste, crushed peanuts, various condiments and seasonal vegetables, plus a spoonful of chili sauce.
Thanks to the An brothers and sisters, Fei Zheng and Fang Hongye also had a share. The four of them devoured the food happily under everyone's jealous gazes.
After dinner, Fang Hongye leaned close to An Zhixia's ear and asked in a very low voice: "Xia Xia, your family is a little too close to the Fang family, right? On the surface, your brother has a good relationship with him, but why do I feel that he pays too much attention to you?"
An Zhixia's heart skipped a beat, and her already red face became even hotter.
Her expression was normal, and she nodded Fang Hongye's head with a smile: "I think your aunt has to marry you off quickly, otherwise the girl will keep staying and become enemies. This is crazy!"
"Okay, I'm talking to you seriously, but you're teasing me," Fang Hongye's face turned red, and her eyes subconsciously glanced at An Zhiqiu who was leaning against a tree with his head in his arms.
Fei Zheng smiled and said, "You two shameless girls, why don't you stay here quickly? If people hear about it, the entrance to the village might be blocked by marriage proposals tomorrow."
The three of them were joking with each other in low voices, when they heard the village head and the village party secretary shouting, "People from Hetang Village, hurry up and pick up the grain to pay the tax!"
Everyone was suddenly delighted. There were still many large teams ahead, so how come it was their turn so soon?
People from other brigades were also dissatisfied. On the one hand, they were worried that their brigades were not paying the public grain smoothly. On the other hand, they were irritated by the heat and said in a rather aggressive tone: "Do you think you, Hetang Village, can get special treatment?"
"Everyone is waiting here, and you just want to cut in line. Aren't you too arrogant? Don't take advantage of the fact that there is a factory manager named Xiao An in the village and it is a chicken farm base and you want to be the first in everything! They all belong to the commune, and everyone is equal. We have to follow the rules of first come first served!"
When one person says something, others start shouting too. Since there are so many people around, who knows who said it?
"What are you yelling about? Do you think we are just decorations?" A staff member shouted with a stern face. The crowd immediately quieted down and the elderly and children did not dare to move.
The man hummed with satisfaction, "We colleagues all follow the rules. Whoever arrives earlier gets to eat first. People in Hetang Village have lined up, but the main group was separated by you. Don't feel like others owe you something all day long. Instead of complaining about the world, why not work hard on your own?"
They all waited quietly. It was such a hot day, and the noise was annoying. "
Everyone was speechless, and the man forced a smile, "Hurry up, people from Hetang Village, why are you dawdling?"
The villagers hurriedly carried, shouldered or pushed food, and squeezed forward through the crowd with difficulty.
An Zhiqiu rode his bike and followed the crowd. When he arrived at the entrance of the grain station, the road was suddenly open. He got the girl's eye contact and smiled as he stepped forward to take down a basket of watermelons. "Comrades, these are the watermelons that we planted in the wheat fields in Hetang Village. Please try them and see how they taste. If they are good, we still have 150 tons. I wonder if the grain station will accept them?"
Looking at the four large baskets of watermelons stacked on one side, the staff member smiled a little. "Okay, bring the watermelons in first, and we'll taste them. If they're sweet and refreshing, we'll ask our colleagues from the supply and marketing cooperative to buy them. It looks like the comrades in the city are in for a treat this year!"
The delivery of grain went particularly smoothly afterwards. The staff carefully checked a few bags of grain according to the rules, rummaged inside, and when they saw that they were clean and dry, they waved them to be weighed.
The weight of the grain was the same as estimated by the dedicated staff before the harvest, so the team members carried the grain into the warehouse and poured the grain into the granary according to different categories.
"No way? You have a really good rice harvest this year, so you're so quick to hand over the grain?" Seeing the joy on the faces of the Hetang villagers, it didn't look like a bad harvest at all.
The big guy asked anxiously.
"That's not bad. We only used 500 mu of rice fields to raise fish this year, and we harvested an extra 60,000 kilograms of rice! What does 60,000 kilograms mean? That's 60,000 kilograms after paying the public grain tax. There are more than 800 people in our village, and each person can get more than 70 kilograms of food."
(End of this chapter)
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