Walking from the regiment to the Seventh Company, although he did not encounter a carriage passing by the Seventh Company, he encountered a carriage going to the Sixth Company, which was also good. After all, although the Sixth Company was still quite far from the Seventh Company, it was still better than taking bus No. 11 for two hours, right?
Sitting in the carriage, the uncle glanced sideways at Chu Tian and asked with a smile, "Young man, are you from the Seventh Company?"
Chu Tian nodded, "Yes, but I'm not a young man anymore. I'm 24 years old this year and I have two children."
The uncle was surprised and glanced at Chu Tian in disbelief. "You are 24? You don't look like it..."
Chu Tianle laughed, "Why doesn't it look like that?"
The uncle glanced at Chu Tian again and said, "You look about eighteen or nineteen, no more than twenty..."
Chu Tian was so happy that he wondered if he was really that young. In fact, it was not the case. It was that most people in this era were not well-nourished, their complexion was generally not very good, and their energy and spirit were insufficient. In addition, they did a lot of hard labor, so they looked much older.
As for himself, he eats well every day and wears much better clothes than his teammates. In addition, he cares about his face very much. Although he doesn't use facial masks, he always uses cold cream and other things every morning and evening!
Also, he doesn't work hard.
"Uncle, I remember your Sixth Company planted a lot of peaches, right?"
The uncle waved his whip and nodded, "Yeah, I don't know what the regiment was thinking. There are seven companies, but they insisted that our Sixth Company plant a large field of peaches!"
"Not only were the harvests dismal in the past few years, but every year I have to bury the roots before winter, dig them out again before spring plowing, and then there are insects in the summer! I have to plant them, it's really annoying..."
Chu Tian raised his eyebrows when he heard this, and after thinking for a moment, he asked, "Then how does your team hand in the tasks?"
The uncle thought for a moment and said, "Because we planted peach trees in wasteland, there were no missions for the first five years. The peaches harvested each year were distributed among the team members. We only started handing in missions last year."
"Right now, each tree is required to bear five kilograms of weight, but I don't know what will happen in the future..."
Chu Tian was surprised. "Shouldn't it be based on the number of acres planted? Why is it based on the number of trees?"
The uncle waved his whip again, "Who knows what the regiment leaders are thinking! Last year, when the peaches were ripe, our entire team basically spent all their time in the peach orchard. Every day before dawn, we would start picking the best peaches. Once we had picked enough, we would send people back and forth to the regiment headquarters..."
Chu Tian nodded, smiled and said, "That's quite hard..."
After a pause, he continued, "Actually, it's quite good for you to have a sideline business of growing peaches. At least it can bring in extra income every year. For example, our sideline business in the Seventh Company is only weaving hemp ropes and sacks in the winter..."
The uncle smiled when he heard this, "That's right. Last year, after we started handing in our peach harvest quota, there were still quite a few left on each tree. Our team sent the excess peaches to the supply and marketing cooperative to sell, and every household earned an extra ten yuan last year..."
Chu Tian smiled, "Isn't this great?"
Soon they arrived at the intersection of the Sixth Company. Chu Tian jumped off the carriage and said, "Uncle, thank you..."
The uncle waved his hand, flicked the whip and drove towards the Sixth Company. Chu Tian continued to walk towards the Seventh Company with his things in his hand. When he was about to reach the Third Team, he took out from the space a pair of size 38 work shoes that he had bought in modern times, a brand new quilt, a set of pure cotton four-piece suits with the words "Flowers in Full Bloom and Fortune in Fortune" and a set of pure cotton four-piece suits with the words "Happiness for a Hundred Years" in the words.
It was not yet five o'clock in the afternoon. Yao Xiujuan and Old Mrs. Chu had just woken up from their nap and had not yet gone to work, so they were surprised to see Chu Tian coming back carrying large and small bags. They were especially surprised to see him take out a brand new quilt!
"Hey, my dear grandson, where did this come from?"
Old Mrs. Chu couldn't let go of the snow-white quilt, her eyes full of joy.
Chu Tian took the boiled water Yao Xiujuan poured for him and took two sips before explaining, "I bought it. We only have three quilts at home, and one of them is very thin. It's okay to use as a blanket in the summer, but it's not very useful in the winter..."
"Just now, grandma, didn't I hear you say that you don't have enough quilts at home? I found one today, and the price is right, so I bought it."
Mrs. Chu nodded and said, "Yes, yes. Grandma will put a quilt on you and Xiujuan when the time comes!"
Upon hearing this, Yao Xiujuan hurriedly said, "Grandma, the quilt that Brother Tian and I cover ourselves with was bought by Brother Tian after the Chinese New Year last year. You can just use this bed."
Mrs. Chu waved her hand and said, "No need. The one I'm building now is the one Chu Min brought at the beginning. He also said it was newly made at that time."
Watching Mrs. Chu and Yao Xiujuan refusing back and forth, Chu Tian took out four pairs of shoes from his pocket and said, "Don't refuse. I will buy another bed when I come back from this trip."
"First, look at the shoes I bought!"
As he spoke, he handed the work shoes he took out from the space to Mrs. Chu, "Grandma, I bought these for you. I bought them in the size you wear. Try them on and see if they fit!"
He picked up the leather shoes and handed them to Yao Xiujuan, "Xiujuan, these are the leather shoes I bought for you, try them on!"
Finally, she picked up two pairs of embroidered cloth shoes and said, "These two pairs are for Xinxin. When she wakes up, she can try them on to see if they fit. If not, we can exchange them tomorrow!"
Old Mrs. Chu looked at the army green work shoes in her hand and looked at Chu Tian in surprise, "My dear grandson, is this for grandma?"
Chu Tian smiled and nodded, "Well, actually I wanted to buy you some leather shoes, but I don't have your size. Next time I see them, I'll buy you some..."
Mrs. Chu put the shoes on her feet and tried them on, then waved her hands with satisfaction, "No, no, those leather shoes, grandma is not used to them, these are fine."
Seeing that Old Lady Chu liked it, Chu Tian just smiled and said nothing more. Instead, he turned his head to look at the dazed Yao Xiujuan and asked with a raised eyebrow, "Why? Don't you like it?"
"Yes, although these leather shoes are made of lambskin, the style does look quite old-fashioned. When I have the opportunity to drive to Kouli in the future, then..."
Before he finished speaking, he heard Yao Xiujuan exclaim, "No, no, Brother Tian, I like it very much, it looks very beautiful..."
Chu Tian was stunned for a moment, then looked at Yao Xiujuan who had come back to her senses with a look of surprise, and said hesitantly, "Ah? Do you really like it? It doesn't matter if you don't like it, I..."
Yao Xiujuan waved her hands quickly, "No, I like it very much. It's really beautiful."
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Looking at Yao Xiujuan's reluctant look, Chu Tianxin said, okay, as long as you like it!
At this time, Xinxin came out from the inner room, rubbing her eyes, "Grandma, Dad, Mom..."
Seeing this, Chu Tian waved towards her and said, "Xinxin, come quickly. Daddy bought you some nice shoes..."
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