Chu Tian stopped and stood face to face with Sun Weiguo. "I was thinking about how to tell you, but since you took the initiative to speak, I'll just say it..."
"I've done some business with someone and I'm in need of a delivery person. Do you want to work with me?"
Sun Weiguo was stunned. "Delivery? What are you delivering?"
Chu Tian, "It doesn't matter. Sometimes it's meat, sometimes it's grain, sometimes it's fruit. It's all uncertain..."
"You know, your sister-in-law is pregnant and Wu Ya is still young, so I can't go there often. But I don't want to miss this opportunity to make money. We have a good relationship, so I thought of asking you to go with me. When I don't have time to go, you can go. Each time you go, you will get three yuan for your hard work."
Sun Weiguo was shocked. "Three yuan per session? Is that so much?"
Chu Tian raised his eyebrows. "Brother, how could I lie to you? Otherwise, where do you think I got the money to buy rice, noodles, meat and so on? Don't say that I got it from the family division. Before the family division, I was really penniless..."
After a pause, he looked at Sun Weiguo again, "Just tell me whether you want to do it or not? If you do, you can earn at least 15 yuan before the New Year. If business is good in the future, I will talk to the other party and ask him to give you a raise..."
Sun Weiguo nodded without hesitation after hearing this, "I'll do it!"
"Brother Tian, how do you want to send it? When do you want to send it? I can send it anytime!"
Chu Tian touched his chin and said, "The brigade will distribute the money tomorrow morning, and it will probably be distributed before noon. Can I take you there at noon?"
After a pause, he continued, "It takes too long to walk. If only..."
Sun Weiguo understood what Chu Tian meant and waved his hand, saying, "Hey, our team doesn't just have those few horses. We also have two old horses. Although they can't pull heavy goods for long distances, they can still run around the regiment without pulling too much stuff..."
"When the horses that normally pull people are not available, I can use the old horse to pull..."
Chu Tian looked at Sun Weiguo's eager expression, smiled and patted his shoulder, "Okay, go back by yourself, brother is home..."
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Sun Weiguo thought, why did he leave before he even finished talking? And he was going to see me off, wasn't he? Why didn't he do that?
Early the next morning, the brigade's loudspeaker, which had not been sounded since the autumn harvest and grain distribution, finally sounded again.
"Team members, the brigade is distributing money today. Please send someone to the brigade headquarters to collect the money..."
"Team members, the brigade is distributing money today. Please send someone to the brigade headquarters to collect the money..."
"Team members, the brigade is distributing money today. Please send someone to the brigade headquarters to collect the money..."
Chu Tian sat at the table, drinking rice porridge and eating the pickles he brought back yesterday. He frowned as he listened to the horn and said, "This team leader is really something. Wouldn't he have heard it if he had just shouted once? Why did he shout it three times? Isn't it disturbing enough in the morning..."
Yao Xiujuan picked up a piece of pickled vegetable and put it in her mouth. She smiled and said, "Didn't you tell me that important things should be said three times to show importance? Collecting money is the most important thing for our team members in the year besides distributing food. Doesn't it have to be shouted three times to show importance?"
Chu Tian was amused when he heard this. "Yes, you're right. Getting paid is indeed a big deal, and it's worth shouting three times."
After saying that, he quickly finished the last mouthful of porridge at the bottom of the bowl, stood up, picked up the cotton-padded jacket beside the kang and put it on.
"I'm going to get the money. If you're bored with Wu Ya, you can go chat with Aunt Wu..."
Living next door to the educated youth's dugout were Aunt Wu, a martyr's family member, and her only grandson, Sun Guoan. The two of them rarely went out in the winter and didn't like dealing with gossipy women. However, the old lady liked Yao Xiujuan very much and liked to get together with her every time they worked!
In fact, Chu Tian could understand why Aunt Wu liked Yao Xiujuan. She liked people who were efficient and not picky about right and wrong, and Yao Xiujuan was just such a person, so it was understandable that she liked her!
Aunt Wu was a pitiful woman. She became a widow at a young age. Later, her son joined the army early for his career. Although they had not seen each other for a long time, they lived a comfortable life together for several years. While in the army, he married a like-minded female soldier and gave birth to Sun Guoan.
As luck would have it, the couple died heroically while saving others, leaving behind Sun Guoan and Aunt Wu, who were still young at the time. It is said that Aunt Wu was on the verge of collapse. Fortunately, the state arranged for the two to go to the production team of the Corps, and because they were relatives of the team leader, they were taken care of more often. Otherwise, if the two had been left in their hometown during those three years of disaster, I really don’t know whether they could have survived!
Yao Xiujuan was about to say something when she saw Wu Ya, who had been eating obediently, put down the spoon in her hand, ran to Chu Tian, hugged Chu Tian's thighs, and pleaded in a pitiful tone.
"Dad, Wu Ya wants to go too... Wu Ya wants to be with Dad..."
Chu Tian was stunned for a moment, then squatted down and looked Wu Ya in the eye, "Wu Ya, Dad is going to collect money, not to go out to play..."
Wu Ya shook her head, as if to say, "I won't listen, I won't listen." "I want to go out with Dad. Dad never takes Wu Ya with him when he goes out..."
Yao Xiujuan quickly reacted and stepped forward to pull Wu Ya, "Wu Ya, be obedient, your father is going to do some serious work..."
When Wu Ya saw Yao Xiujuan pulling her, she cried out "Wa" and said, "Daddy doesn't love Wu Ya anymore... My little brother is about to be born, so Daddy won't love Wu Ya anymore..."
What are you talking about? Chu Tian didn't know whether to laugh or cry, so he picked her up and wiped the tears from her face with one hand, while asking gently, "Wu Ya, how could Daddy not love you? Daddy loves you the most..."
Wu Ya cried and hiccuped repeatedly, her big eyes were red, and she looked very pitiful. "Sister San Ya said that since we have a younger brother, our parents will be partial to us..."
Chu Tian was stunned. He glanced at Yao Xiujuan and found that Yao Xiujuan also looked stunned, so he hurriedly explained.
"How could that be? Don't listen to what your sister San Ya says. Even if Wu Ya has a brother, she is still her parents' treasure!"
Wu Ya rubbed her eyes, feeling extremely depressed. "But, but Sister San Ya said that after she had brother Si Zhu, Uncle San and Auntie San didn't love her as much as before..."
Chu Tian rubbed her head and sighed, "That's because your Third Uncle and Third Aunt are confused, but in our family, there is no such thing as favoring boys over girls!"
"Dad has already told you before, no matter how old you are in the future, you will always be the most precious treasure in your parents' hearts..."
Wu Ya blinked her big eyes and asked uncertainly, "Really?"
Chu Tian nodded heavily, "Dad promises!"
He gestured to Yao Xiujuan to wash a towel, and he personally wiped her face with the wet towel, then smeared some vanishing cream on her face, and said softly, "Wu Ya, do you still want to eat?"
Seeing Wu Ya shook her head, he picked up her cotton-padded jacket and put it on her, saying as he put it on her, "Xiujuan, I'll take Wu Ya to collect the money later. At noon, Wu Ya and I will go to the regiment to have something to eat. You don't have to wait for us at noon. If you are hungry, you can cook for yourself!"
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