Chapter 523 New Changes in Taoyuan Village 1
This is a man in his thirties, with a rectangular face, dark skin, short thick hair, thick and bold eyebrows, and eyes that are not very big, but reveal an alert and intelligent look.
The man's left hand was missing, and his bare wrist was visible from his sleeve, which did not diminish his majestic appearance in the slightest. Yike and Ziyi both guessed that this should be a retired soldier recruited by the military dog patrol guide Haojun.
Their guess was completely correct. This person was the retired soldier called by the good army. He was specifically responsible for the safety of the river.
He patrols near the dam several times every day. He came here before the New Year, so he basically knows everyone in the village, even the sales managers who are away all year round.
However, he has been here for so long, but the only people he has not met are the general manager and the chief designer. I heard that they are two very capable handsome men and beautiful women.
At this moment, when he saw these two people with extraordinary temperament, he had some guesses in his mind. But he still asked: "Hello! Where are you from? Who are you looking for here?"
Ziyi also replied politely: "Hello! My name is Ziyi, my wife is Yike, we came from Yixiantian and are going back to Taoyuan Village."
The rectangular-faced man immediately gave a standard military salute: "Reporting to the General Manager, Chief Designer, I am Patrolman Xiao Shijun, welcome home."
Ziyi also returned a military salute, but Yike asked curiously: "Brother Xiao, which ten is yours? Isn't the stone number ten?"
Xiao Shijun touched his short hair and said awkwardly, "The number ten, my mother gave birth to twelve children in total. She was illiterate, so she named them all according to numbers."
Yike's mouth opened into an egg shape, and when he saw the other person looking a little embarrassed, he reluctantly closed his upper and lower lips.
Yike secretly called out "Mom" in his heart, this is really amazing, twelve people, even if they give birth to one child every year, that would take twelve years. Doesn't that mean they do nothing and just give birth to babies every year.
How to feed so many people?
As soon as I thought of it, I asked, "Brother Xiao Shijun, can I ask, do you need several tables for dinner at home now?"
I didn't dare ask whether all twelve were fed, so I asked the person who was eating instead.
Xiao Shijun didn't guess what Yi Ke meant by the question, but answered honestly, "The older brothers got married and separated to live on their own. Now it's just me, Eleven, Twelve, and my parents living together. After the Chinese New Year, Eleven and Twelve also came to the factory, and my parents lived with my ninth brother."
Yi Ke became even more curious and couldn't help asking again: "Are all twelve of you brothers?"
Xiao Shijun touched his crew cut again and said a little embarrassedly, "My parents have always wanted to have a daughter, but when my twelfth brother was born, it was still a boy. My parents had to accept their fate. They are not destined to have a daughter in this life."
Yi Ke exclaimed, "Oh my God, other people want sons but they don't have any. Your parents are amazing. They have twelve sons. That's what other families dream of. But they are all boys. How much food do they need to eat? Your parents are really capable. Not only did they raise them, but they also married them off."
Xiao Shijun nodded in agreement and said, "Yes, that's what the villagers say. It may be because everyone in our family knows how to hunt. I remember when I was young, my father followed my grandfather to the mountains to hunt, sold the prey and bought food to feed us. My mother gave birth to children every year and couldn't work at all. Even now, my mother has never gone to work. The housework at home is enough for her to do. Later, my brothers grew up and were able to work in the fields. Before liberation, they helped the landlords to work, and after liberation, they earned work points. Anyway, since I was sensible, I have nine brothers in front of me, and my younger brother and I have not suffered much. But it is true that I have never had a full meal. I didn't starve to death even if I didn't have enough, so later in order to have enough food, I joined the army. If it weren't for my hand injury, I would like to be in the army, so that I can have enough food and defend my country."
Yi Ke agreed and said, "Your family is full of strong laborers, and they should all earn ten work points. Plus, you can hunt, so other families won't starve if they are hungry."
Xiao Shijun was a little proud, "All the men in my family know how to hunt. Let's go to the deep forests and have food when we come back."
Yi Ke was just curiously talking about the twelve sons of Xiao Shijun's family when an ox cart drove up to the dock.
The one driving the ox cart was Chen Dawang, and sitting on the cart was Youcai.
The two recognized Ziyi and Yike at the dock from afar.
"Ah, brother, you're finally back." Ma Youcai jumped down without waiting for the ox cart to stop, and rushed towards Ziyi quickly, ready to give Ziyi a big hug.
Yike picked up a stick and waved it. Ma Youcai immediately stopped rushing over and complained to Yike aggrievedly: "Sister Yike, I haven't seen you for half a year. Can't you even give me a hug?"
Yike raised the stick in his hand and said, "No, you can't hug him even if we haven't seen each other for half a year, a year, ten years, or even a lifetime. He is my man, and no one else can hug him except me."
Ma Youcai complained unconvincedly: "Brother, your wife is too overbearing and you don't care about it."
Ziyi smiled and said, "Being domineering is good, I like it."
Chen Dawang parked the ox cart to one side, walked over happily and shouted, "Brother Ziyi, Yike, you're back."
Yike and Ziyi no longer paid attention to Ma Youcai, who loved to show off, and started talking to Chen Dawang.
Ma Youcai had to unload the things from the ox cart reluctantly.
Chen Dawang and Xiao Shijun went to help unload the goods, and Ziyi also went to help. Yike asked, "Brother-in-law, what's in here?"
Ma Youcai replied: "Canned fish. We bought the fish from the fishermen outside."
Yike said happily, "Now the village has one more way to make money." Chen Dawang also interrupted, "Yike, you don't know that Brother Ma buys a lot of fish from outside every day. Our production department is short of staff, so we transferred some staff from the planting department."
Yi Ke said, "Planting is the top priority. If the people in the planting department are transferred over, won't there be a shortage of manpower for planting this year?"
Chen Dawang: "Enough, absolutely enough, we have all the extra. Also, Mr. Su and his team have developed an excavator, so we don't need many people to open up wasteland now."
Ziyi: "Has the excavator been produced?"
Chen Dawang: "Yes, there are three excavators in total. If it weren't for the lack of materials, Uncle Du would have said that it would be enough. Not to mention three, five or six would not be a problem."
Yi Ke said excitedly: "That's great, I really want to go back and take a look soon."
Ma Youcai laughed and said, "Sister, you haven't been back for half a year. You will be surprised when you go back."
"Really? Then I want to see what surprises there are."
Yike and Ziyi really didn't expect the surprise to come so quickly, so quickly that they thought they had traveled back to modern society.
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