Time: 2010-12- 28 21:16:50 Words: 4997
18. family
When I got home in the morning, the main room was full of wood, shavings, and sawdust. My mother was making a loud noise in the kitchen. I walked over and saw that the kitchen was full of smoke, choking people until tears fell. Mother saw me and said,
"The carpenter will be here soon. I have to cook for them. Help me sweep the central room."
I found a broom and began to clean the sawdust and shavings. I poured them into the kitchen's dregs one by one. The shavings were the best to ignite and were much easier to ignite than the straw. The sawdust was the best to ignite and could last for a long time. I remembered that when I was young, my mother asked me and my sister to sweep the floor. My sister divided the dojo into two parts and the two of us competed to see who could sweep the floor the cleanest and the first to finish. So I asked my mother,
"Where's sister?"
His mother said while cooking,
"In the morning, I asked her to go to the flour factory to pick a load of flour water to feed the pigs. Your father left so early every day, saying that if he wanted to work, he would rush to work early, so Su Mei followed him.”
Last time, I was prepared to ask:
"Where's Fangfang? And Zhang Ping?"
His mother put it into the wok twice, then went to the stove to add firewood. She used the fire shears to poke the stove a few times, and the fire started to heat up. His mother then turned to the wok.
"Your sister-in-law has already taken Fangfang to the factory and brought Zhang Ping to lure the child for her. Go and wake Zhang Bing up."
I walked to the room on the left. Zhang Bing had already gotten up and was reading a language book. I was very happy. After all, it was not bad to study so consciously on Sunday. I saw a lot of chicken droppings and leaves at the door, so I picked up the broom to sweep the floor. As soon as I swept it into the garbage pit, Master Yu from the opposite side of the river came over. I quickly sifted tea and handed cigarettes. I've heard the adults say that these masters can't be offended. If you offend them, you will suffer losses. I remember when my family was building a house when we were young, a few carpenters would work on the chisel. Master Yu of Team Eight and Master Yu of Team Nine would fight for the master. My father seemed to be more inclined to Master Yu of Team Nine. Who knew that Master Yu of Team Eight was more skilled and did something to the chisel. Then, he said that he had something to do at home and left. In the afternoon, he moved the chisel to the wall, but he could not do it. Seeing that the sun was about to set, my father was anxious. Master Yu of Team Nine was more honest. He suggested that his father invite Master Yu from Team Eight over. Hence, his father ran over and said a lot of good things. Finally, he invited Master Yu back. Master Yu only went up and moved a few knives before it was flat. From then on, father knew the power of an advanced master. I also understood from a young age that you have to respect every master.
Master Cai, who was next door, saw that Master had come and hurried over. I quickly sifted tea, handed cigarettes, and carried a chair again. I knew that Master Cai had once learned from Master, so they should be master and disciple. If Father invited these two people, they wouldn't cause any problems because of fighting over the master. Mother called me from the kitchen,
"Jianguo, serve the dishes!"
I knew that my mother's fire was already burning. I set up the table and chairs, served the dishes one by one, and took the bowls and chopsticks. Then, I invited the two masters to sit at the top table. Master Cai didn't go up, but chose the side against the wall. His mother took out a wine glass and wanted to sift the wine for the two masters, but Master Yu stopped her and said,
"I don't drink during the day if I have to work."
My sister came back with the pink water and rested at the door to catch her breath. I went over to take the carrying pole and went around to the pig house from outside. When the two pigs heard that someone was coming, they immediately became excited. They stood up and walked to the railing to look at me, their mouths raised high. I scooped a ladle from the pig vegetable jar and poured it into the pig basin. Then, I scooped a ladle of powder water and poured it in. The two pigs began to eat in big mouthfuls. I remembered when I was feeding pigs when I was young. The pigs never grew up and always ate vegetables. My mother said,
"If you have burnt teeth, you have to knock them off.”
She asked me to press the pig to the ground. She used a knife to knock the pig's burnt teeth until they were bloody. Really, pigs would eat vegetables in the future. Thinking of this, I added a few more spoons to them. Looking at the broad backs of the two pigs and their tall airs, I knew that I could kill a big year pig this year.
When I was young, I especially liked the vegetable garden. I always went to the vegetable garden to help my mother touch it. When I saw the vegetables grow, I was indescribably happy. I pushed open the door of the vegetable garden. The rows of radishes and cabbages were growing very happily. I bent down and peeled the leaves of the cabbages. They were very fresh and tender. I looked over there. Dong Sheng's vegetable garden was also growing very well. I never understood why the vegetables in the family garden and the team didn't grow so well during those years.
I was thinking about it in the vegetable garden when my sister came out from the back door with a bowl and called out to me,
"Su Ning, let's eat."
I then walked back. Just as I reached the table and picked up the bowl, a person rode a bicycle to the door and stopped abruptly. He was holding a knife of meat in his hand and was sitting on the bicycle. Mother went out to welcome him.
"It's Chen Jinzhong. Why are you buying meat?”
The person called Chen Jinzhong said,"
"I heard from Uncle that you were making furniture, so I got someone to buy a few pounds of meat and send it over.”
Sister also walked to the door, holding a bowl, her face full of happiness. I knew that sister must be very satisfied. From my younger brother's point of view, Chen Jinzhong was really handsome and talented. He walked in and said to the two masters,"
"Master Yu, Master Cai, sorry to trouble you!”
Master Cai had already finished eating. He stood up and waved his hand in return. Master Yu waved his hand and said,
"Let's eat like this. There are still many dishes.”
Chen Jinzhong also waved his hand.
"No, I still have to go back to work. I might be late! Aunt, I'm leaving!"
Chen Jinzhong glanced at his sister, got on his bicycle, and left.
His mother went to the table to clear the dishes. Master Cai said while picking his teeth,
"Big Sister Tu, this son-in-law is really good. He looks decent and is polite. At such a young age, I heard that he is already a fifth-grade master in the Yangchang Construction Team.”
Master Yu, who was still seated at the table, had a change in expression. Master Cai quickly changed the topic.
"Su Gui, when are you getting married?"
Her sister blushed, but her mother answered for her,"
"Our mother-in-law chose a date for them. It's the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month.”
Master Yu stood up and said,
"In that case, we still have to hurry up. It will take some time for the paint to finish.”
Master Yu picked up the saw and cut the board. Master Cai also started to move. His mother said to his sister,
"Xi 'er, my mother-in-law and the others are planting wheat today. Go and see if they need help. Jianguo, go to the flour factory and take a look. Bring back another load of flour water.”
I jumped up from the bucket and walked towards Douhuang Road. I thought of my mother-in-law, that short old woman, the person my mother respected the most. Mother's own mother, my mother-in-law, died early. After she married my father, she became my mother-in-law's godmother. We call her mother-in-law. Every year during the New Year, Mother would personally bring something to pay her respects to her mother-in-law. We call my mother-in-law's son 'Yours Truly' and my mother-in-law's daughter-in-law 'Yours Truly's Mother. Yours Truly is a tailor and often does manual labor for others. He is richer than us, who have no skills. His family has a small population. He is the first family in our team to build a red brick house. He remembered that his father and mother had a heart-to-heart talk that night. They said,"If only our family was like my parents-in-law. My father, my parents-in-law, my grandfather, and my youngest mother. We have four laborers and three children. If only we had implemented family planning earlier. We would have three children. We wouldn't have any more when we reach Jianguo. No, if Erxiu doesn't drown, we wouldn't have any more children when we reach Xier. Isn't our life very good?"
When I arrived at the flour factory, they were busy pulling out a lot of vermicelli from the rotating machine. When they passed through the water, they were still steaming. The person next to the machine spoke in Hunan dialect. He was probably the chef my father had hired. The person blew his nose and went to scoop the vermicelli without washing his hands. I felt a wave of nausea. I saw Su Mei fishing out vermicelli, hanging them on a stick, and then taking them out. I followed her outside, and there were many fans hanging outside. I walked around the fan area and saw a lot of fans on the ground. I picked up some but felt that there were too many. I couldn't finish picking them up in a short time. When I heard the machine stop, I walked into the factory. My father said to a big guy,
"Bring Su Ning around and let him know about our powder factory.”
I took a closer look. It was Brother Fabing. I knew that he was the same age as my brother and often played together. He was my aunt's son. I pointed at the equipment and asked him about it. He explained to me one by one what the first process was, what the second process was, and what the third process was. Then, he brought me to see the place where the fans were shown again. I said,
"It's too much of a waste to drop so much on the ground.”
Brother Soldier said,
"We all picked it up."
I was a little suspicious. How could I pick up so many?
"If it rains immediately, won't these vermicelli that fell on the ground be wasted?”
Brother Soldier said,
"Master said that the waste in the flour factory is nothing.”
I choked and couldn't speak. The action of blowing my nose flashed in front of my eyes again. Running a factory like this was too careless. His sister shouted at the door,
"Brother Fabing, it's time to eat."
I followed him into the factory. There was an inner room in the factory, which was the kitchen of the flour factory. My father asked me if I had eaten, and I said I had. I wandered around the factory alone, worried about my father's flour factory. I heard my father cough and spit, and he came over. I approached him and said,
"You need to strengthen the management of this factory. I saw that the chef blew his nose and directly made noodles. I went to the powder drying area at the back twice and a layer of powder fell on the ground. It was too much of a waste.”
Brother Fabing and his sister are all relatives. How can we do that? It's not private. Father went outside and lit a cigarette. I followed him and he said,
"Our factory just opened not long ago and hasn't been on the right track yet. I know what you said. You have to pay attention to hygiene and be thrifty. I've already thought about it. The workers in the powder factory can pick it for free and feed it to the pigs. It's a waste to let it flow into the river. The powder residue had to be sold at a fixed price. Every penny sold would reduce the cost by a penny. When the money came, the powder drying area at the back had to be made into a cement floor. That way, the fans that fell on the ground could be easily picked up. Now that they had fallen on the grass, it was very troublesome to pick them up one by one. Do you have any other suggestions?"
This was the first time my father had spoken to me in this tone, as if he were a factory leader asking for advice from his employees. I suddenly thought of another question.
"What if Master is sick?”
Father was stunned. He understood what I meant. At this moment, Brother Soldier came over and asked,"
"Uncle, do you have any other arrangements for today?”
His father walked into the factory and gathered everyone.
"Fabing and I will borrow the hand-guided tractor to drag the fans to the streets to sell. You guys will pick up the fans that have fallen to the ground under the guidance of the master and discuss how to further increase the fan rate. Master He, I'll leave the house to you.”
I picked up a load of flour water and walked back. My father listened to my suggestion. I was really happy. I hoped that my father's flour factory could be opened well and earn more money for the brigade. My life would be better. I haven't done farm work for a few years, but I've already changed my cultivation. After carrying a load of powder water for less than a mile, I felt that my shoulders couldn't bear it, so I had to rest. I actually had to rest five times before I reached home. I poured the powdered water into the pig vegetable tank and went to the river to wash the bucket. Then I picked up a load of water and went to the kitchen. I saw Wang Yulan sitting by the stove and talking to my mother.
"Big sister, I can't take it anymore. That slut comes every day, saying that she's here to see her mother-in-law, but she doesn't do anything to her mother-in-law. She only pretended to ask a few questions and then came to talk to us.”
I couldn't listen to it anymore, so I went back to the main room. Master Cai was telling a joke in the main room.
"…My beard is long and long. I will be the king of the world! The short-bearded man thought, If you are the king, then what am I? He took a sip of tea and said,"My beard is short and short. I've traveled all over the world and no one cares!" The third person thought to himself,'It's my turn to pay for the tea. No, I have to suppress them.' He had an idea and said, This old man's beard is thin and sparse, and no one can bully me when I travel the world! The three of them fought to a draw. They were bragging in the teahouse and didn't want to be heard by the county government's paparazzo. The paparazzo hadn't beaten anyone for a few days, and his hands were itching. He felt that the opportunity had come, so he walked up to them and said, Alright, you guys are lawless. Bring them back to the yamen! The poor dog repeated this to the magistrate. The magistrate slapped the gavel and said, This was even worse! Confess! The long-bearded man told the truth, and the magistrate was furious. You have no respect for the law, give me forty strokes! The poor dog happily beat the man forty times. It was the second person's turn, the short bearded man thought. If I told the truth, wouldn't my ass be smashed? He had an idea and said,"I mean, my beard is short and short, so that I can make eggs for the master!" If the old master was happy, he would be exempted from the beating. When the third person saw that the second person was exempted, he also imitated him and said, This is what I said. My beard is thin and sparse, so that I can be a ** for Master and Mistress! When the poor dog heard this, wasn't he getting exempted from beating again? No, the poor dog had an idea and said, Old Master, if he made love to Old Master and Madam, wouldn't he bite Old Master's **? The old master was furious and gave him forty heavy strokes!……”
His mother came in and said,
"Master Cai, you shouldn't tell these stories in front of children! Look, your son and my son are in the room!”
I looked inside and saw Zhang Bing and Cai Mingyi writing something in the room. I was about to go in when the bicycle bell outside rang. I went out and saw that it was Dong Sheng. I followed him to the next room. Aunt was breaking cotton fruits.
"You still have cotton fruits?"
Aunt pointed at the chair and said,
"And a little tail."
I asked Dong Sheng,
"Where's Yuanlan? Why don't I see her?”
His aunt said,
"Her father found her a job in the flour mill and went to work there.”
His family is different from ours. His father is from Yidu. They all call him father, but we all call him father and grandfather. It seems that his father is a live-in son-in-law. Logically speaking, he should take his mother's surname. However, it seems that he takes Uncle Mingyi's surname, Xu. Aunt Cai Xiu got up and went to cook while we talked in the room. Before we could say a few words, Zhang Bing came over and called me,
"Little brother, let's eat."
I invited Dong Sheng over, but Dong Sheng said that Master is here, so he won't go. I went over to take a look. The bicycle rack was at the door. My father and brother had returned. The two masters sat at the banquet, and my father and brother accompanied them on both sides. My brother toasted the two masters. Master Cai was the one who was the joker. He picked up a piece of rotten lotus root and fed it to his mouth. As he chewed, he said,
"There was a Mr. Huang who visited an old rich man's house. The old rich man was very stingy and only stir-fried two vegetables and boiled a pot of rotten lotus roots. Mr. Huang, I heard that you like rotten lotus roots the most. I specially bought a hoof and cooked a pot for you. Mr. Huang scooped the pot with his chopsticks and threw himself on the table to cry. He cried very sadly and said, I bought a pig trotter and it fell into the lake. I fished and fished, but I couldn't get it out…"
His mother smiled and said,"
"Master Cai, our dishes aren't good, but there's still meat in the rotten lotus roots!”
Master Cai quickly said,
"What a joke! What a joke!"
His father raised his glass and said to his master,
"How about we do it together?"
Master Yu picked up his cup and said,
"It's better to add two to five."
His father said,
"Look, we're starting to talk about alcohol!”
I finished eating with a few chopsticks and quickly went next door to talk to Dong Sheng. His family was also eating. There were only Dong Sheng, Aunt, and Dong Mei. I asked Dong Sheng,
"Where's uncle?"
Dong Sheng said,
"I found him another task. This time, I have to hammer a dozen words.”
So, we started talking about the police mall.
After a long time, the wine at home was finally finished. After sending off the two masters, my brother and Dong Sheng rode their bicycles to send me to school. It was very dark, but fortunately, riding a bicycle was very fast. Unexpectedly, I bumped into someone on the way. That person was very fierce and seemed to be about to hit someone. I said,
"We're walking on the right side, so you should walk that way too.”
The man grabbed his brother's head and said,
"As long as I shout, many people will come!”
The older brother got out of the car and grabbed the man, saying,
"Take a whiff. I drank wine today. Who am I afraid of?”
He pulled out a dagger from his waist and pointed it at the man. The man was scared. Dong Sheng pulled the man away and said,
"I'm from the Grain Machinery Factory. If you want to fight, I'll fight with you. Bring your brothers to find us one day, as many as you can. Today, there are three of us and you're alone.”
The man softened and we rode forward again. They sent me all the way and left after taking a sip of tea.
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