Chapter 132 The Whitewashed Dragon and Tiger Gang
Kaizi and his gang were also celebrities in the island city.
Notorious.
When they came, everyone in the village closed their doors.
As soon as they left, the neighbor's door opened. The neighbor, Aunt Hua, first opened the crack of the door and looked out. After making sure that they were far away, she walked out of the room.
She called out to Lin Wanxia who was about to enter the house: "Xia Xia."
Lin Wanxia turned around.
"Your chickens have started laying eggs. I saw them yesterday morning and was afraid that they would be crushed, so I picked them up and brought them to my house. Here, I'll give them to you." Aunt Hua spread out her palm, and there was a small egg in her palm.
Lin Wanxia hesitated and still accepted the egg.
In the island city in 1983, there were no chicken farms, so all the eggs, whether they required tickets or not, were so-called stupid eggs.
With Lin Wanxia's current financial situation, she was not so stingy with an egg.
But this egg was the first egg laid by the chick she and Xingxing raised.
She accepted the egg and gave some candies to Aunt Hua'er's grandson.
Most of the people in the fishing village in the island city lived in poverty, but they were honest and down-to-earth.
Before Lin Wanxia traveled through the book, the social atmosphere was not good.
Not to mention the deputy old lady crossing the road, even if the old lady fainted at your feet, you had to walk around, and before calling 120, you had to take out your mobile phone to record and prove your innocence.
The island city in 1983 was different.
Not only would they help old ladies cross the road, the water tanks in front of the widowed old ladies in the village were never empty.
And most of them were the kind who did good deeds without leaving their names.
The neighbors around would bring a bucket of water for the old lady whenever they went to fetch water.
Just like Auntie Hua's family was not well off, but they were not greedy for even one egg from her.
Lin Wanxia liked such friendly neighbors, so she was willing to maintain them with her heart.
Neighborhood relationships start with personal relationships.
Auntie Hua's grandson was called Yangyang. He couldn't eat candy on weekdays except during the Chinese New Year, so he loved it very much.
After holding it for a long time, he finally gave one to Auntie Hua.
Auntie Hua smiled so hard that her teeth were not visible, and the look she gave Lin Wanxia was full of gratitude and embarrassment.
"Xia Xia, I want to ask you something. Does the militia here accept female soldiers?"
Lin Wanxia nodded, "Yes. But they need to be assessed."
"I understand. My little girl also wants to sign up. Do you think it's okay?"
The little girl in Aunt Hua's family is not young. She should be 28 years old. Her name is Erya.
Erya lost her husband less than two years after her marriage. She was pregnant at the time.
Her parents-in-law wanted to have a posthumous child and begged Erya to give birth to the child.
They said that as long as Erya was willing to give birth to the child, she would remarry in the future, and they would give her another dowry like marrying a daughter.
Erya agreed, but she has not remarried until now.
On weekdays, she either goes out with the boat as a boat girl or weaves nets at home to supplement the family income and take care of her children and parents-in-law.
Lin Wanxia was a little surprised, "Why does Sister Erya want to be a militia?"
Aunt Hua sighed and shook her head, "Why else? You know she has always been both a father and a mother. She said she was afraid that children raised by women would lack masculinity. You don't know that my grandson cries when something happens. He is indeed a bit sissy. I am annoyed sometimes. But, there is no way. Her in-laws are the only child in her family. How can she not be spoiled? In
fact, as a mother, I understand her daughter. It's not just my daughter. All the girls and wives in our village take you as a role model! They all want to learn from you."
Lin Wanxia turned her index finger and pointed at herself, "Me?"
Since she came back, she didn't interact much with the villagers except for Grandpa Sun's family.
The original owner had one or two little sisters before, but they were quite plastic.
They were not living well either, and they played with the original owner just to find a sense of existence in the original owner's presence.
The two sisters also contributed to the original owner's courage to snatch Lin Yaoyao's fiancé.
They often encouraged the original owner to fight with Lin Yaoyao.
Later, they also came to find Lin Wanxia, but Lin Wanxia was too busy to deal with them.
Aunt Hua nodded, "If I were not older, I would have to learn from you. You let us know that as long as we dare to fight and dare to do, women can hold up more than half the sky."
In the village, there were not many people who lived worse than Lin Wanxia in the past, and there are not many who live better than Lin Wanxia now, or even none.
Lin Wanxia's heart moved slightly when she heard this, and she had a new idea.
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Lin Wanxia thought that after returning home, she would not be able to adapt to the empty house alone, but she was so busy that she had no time to feel sad.
First, she went to Chen Bin to discuss the militia.
The militia is a private volunteer group organized by the government.
If you want to increase everyone's enthusiasm, there must be rewards.
Lin Wanxia meant that if the fishing boats made money, one-tenth of it would be used to give everyone bonuses.
The more you make, the more you get.
There is no gender restriction for joining the militia, as long as you are of the right age and in good health, you can join.
In addition, Lin Wanxia and Chen Bin went to their respective villages to do work, hoping that the captains could be classified.
Although everyone's boats are of different sizes now, they all go out to catch seafood.
The catch is very diverse, whatever is available is caught.
There are fish, shrimp, seaweed, lobster, etc.
Lin Wanxia suggested that everyone should specialize in their profession.
For example, some fishing boats specialize in fishing, and some specialize in catching shrimp.
In this way, not only can everyone form a complementary relationship on the high seas, but even after landing, there will be no competition between each other.
For this reason, Lin Wanxia and Chen Bin organized a national interaction in their respective villages.
Each village has a special yard for the village committee to work.
Often this yard is the face of the village.
The yard is the largest, and the house in the yard is the best brick and tile house.
Lin Wanxia borrowed the courtyard of the village committee to host a banquet for the whole village.
The village is not short of seafood, but it lacks delicious seafood.
Lin Wanxia spent 300 yuan to buy a pig from the villagers, and asked the villagers to slaughter it directly.
In 1983, there was no feed for raising pigs in the countryside, and the adult pigs would not be too big, only about 300 kilograms.
That morning, Hongguang Fishing Village was surprisingly lively.
The pig's trotters were tied to a wooden stick as thick as a bowl, and four strong men carried them from the villagers' homes to the village committee courtyard.
The pigs screamed all the way, attracting all the neighbors to come out and watch.
Fat Auntie was among them and asked the pig-carrying man, "Shuanzi, why kill a pig if it's not New Year or a festival?"
"Lin Wanxia is inviting the whole village to dinner! The village chief will use the village loudspeaker to announce it soon. He said that all the women in the village should help to skewer the meat." Shuanzi, who was walking at the end, said with a smile.
Grandpa Zhang, who was leaning on a cane, shook his head in disbelief, "Why would he invite the whole village to dinner for no reason? Maybe he needs your help with something!" It's probably not easy to help.
The fat auntie retorted: "Don't judge people through the cracks! Xia Xia is kind-hearted, and there is nothing wrong with her inviting the whole village to dinner. Even if there is something wrong, it must be something good for everyone."
"Do you need to invite her to dinner for something good for everyone?" Grandpa Zhang shook his head, "Fatty, everyone knows that you work for her, you don't have to speak against your conscience." The
fat auntie was so angry that she put her hands on her hips: "Don't go to dinner at that time."
After saying that, she felt something was wrong, "No! You must go! If you don't go, how do you know if what Xia Xia said is a good thing?!"