ryethenovel Chapter 130
Chapter 130
Chapter 130
After Chen Jun climbed up the river bank, he no longer felt the cold, and sat on the suitcase steaming all over and said, "I can't do it anymore, what should I do if I can't walk?"
"How about I carry you back?" Zhang Hua asked with a smile!
Chen Tao said with a smile: "Unless the elder sister doesn't come here in the future, it's almost the same, otherwise I'm afraid I will be laughed at once."
Zhang Hua looked around and saw that someone was cutting sugar cane not far away, so he said with a smile, "You guys take a rest here, I'll go find you two sugar canes!"
Zhang Hua and the others grow green-skinned sugarcane, which is almost as sweet as black arhat sugarcane. The difference is that the skin is soft and can be torn off with your mouth.
The ones cutting sugar cane were a pair of old men and women around 60 years old. Zhang Hua strode over and asked, "I used to cut sugar cane in my old life. What price will the sugar house charge this year?"
"When it started, it was nine yuan. Everyone thought it would go up a bit, but it turned out to be eight yuan and a half. After this year, it went back to two cents a hundred catties, and it became eight yuan and seven."
The old man was very talkative. After explaining a bit, he asked Zhang Hua cheerfully, "How long ago did you come back?"
"I couldn't buy a train ticket before the year, so I can only come back after the next year. I still have seats for the same money, but I can't join the New Year. Eighty-nine yuan and one hundred catties of sugar cane are okay, last year it was only more than six yuan! "Zhang Hua laughed, and handed a cigarette to the old man as he spoke.
The old man nodded, took a handful of sugarcane leaves and sat down on the sugarcane, lit the cigarette and took a deep breath, looked at the cigarette again, and said with a smile: "It's strong, it's a good smoke, the young man is outside Made money."
"I didn't make any money, so I bought it to save face!" Zhang Hua said with a smile: "It's only 500 yuan a month outside, and the expenses are too big to save any money!"
The old man smiled and said: "I heard that there is a man named Zhang Hua in the third team who has made a fortune outside, and many people hang out with him. I heard that his salary is not bad, at least more than 500, so much to say There are more than 1000, why don't you hang out with him?
However, it is better to spend three to five hundred yuan outside than at home. At the end of a year, two people can't save 1000 yuan. However, those who go out now can pick up a little more land and earn two yuan more. "
"That's true!" Zhang Hua nodded with a smile, and said, "But you can't do too much, you can't stand doing too much when you're older!"
"I can bear it!" The old man waved his hand and said, "It's unbearable to have nothing to eat. As long as there is food, you can eat better, and you can bear it all day long. Besides, I don't plan to grow sugar cane anymore. I plan to follow the example of Zhang Hua's family." Planting peppercorns is a lot of work, but it’s much easier.”
The old lady smiled and said, "You said that sugar cane is expensive this year by a few yuan or a hundred catties. Is it because everyone wants to grow peppercorns and those who open the sugar factory are in a hurry, so the price increase?"
"Haha, maybe it's really possible." Zhang Hua said with a smile: "Then you can stop busy growing peppercorns, and maybe the price of sugarcane will increase next year."
The old man thought about it, if the price goes up a bit, then the sugar cane will be done well again.
Zhang Hua said with a smile: "I'll break off two knots of sugar cane to quench my thirst!"
The old man waved his hand generously and said, "Just break it, there are a lot!"
Zhang Hua broke off the middle of the three sections, took it to the edge of the field to wash it, and then brought it back to Chen Jun and his brother, "Eat before leaving, or eat while leaving?"
"Let's go after eating, and rest for a while!" Chen Jun said.
Chen Tao looked at the old couple and said, "How cold is it to cut sugar cane in such a cold day?"
"It's actually not that cold when you're working!" Zhang Hua pointed to the distance and said, "Look at the terraced fields over there, there are still people plowing the fields!"
"It's really plowing the field!" Chen Jun looked in the direction of Zhang Hua's finger, and asked in surprise, "Didn't you say that you only grow rice for one season here? Why didn't he wait for it to get warmer before plowing?" Tian?"
"No time!" Zhang Hua explained: "Not only the fields, but also the firewood mountains are divided here. The total area per capita is less than one mu. It's very tense, so there is no place to graze cattle at all. .
People who raise cattle need to mow grass to feed them, so there are not many cattle raisers. People who raise cattle basically have work every day. In winter, as long as others call for it, they have to do it. "
"How much is the plowing a day?" Chen Tao asked.
"25!" Zhang Hua thought for a while and said, "Then I will get lunch and dinner, and a pack of cigarettes worth one yuan."
"People plus dried beef are only 25 in one day?" Chen Tao couldn't help but twitched the corners of his mouth!
Zhang Hua was speechless and could only smile wryly. The population density is too high, resulting in insufficient resources per capita, and all aspects are naturally introverted.
In contrast, Chen Tao's side not only has mountains and seas, but also has more land per capita, so life is naturally much better, and they can support a little more children.
A bicycle rode over in the distance, Zhang Hua took a closer look and found that it was his sister Zhang Qin.
"Brother, why did you come back so early?" Zhang Qin looked at Chen Jun and Chen Tao curiously after approaching.
Zhang Hua couldn't help but twitched the corners of his mouth, and said, "I said I'm coming back today, so you didn't know to come to the river to pick me up earlier?"
Vehicles and boats in this era are not so punctual, especially trains, it is possible to be late and early!
"This is my sister Zhang Qin, this is your sister-in-law Chen Jun, and this is your sister-in-law's younger brother Chen Tao!" Zhang Hua introduced.
"Hello sister-in-law, brother Tao!" Zhang Qin was still very sweet to others.
Chen Tao replied shyly, "Hello!"
Chen Jun smiled, took out a pair of earrings and handed them to Zhang Qin, saying, "For you!"
"Wow, it's actually gold, thank you sister-in-law!" Zhang Qin said happily.
In fact, Chen Jun and Zhang Hua bought these things after discussing. Chen Jun thought it was tacky at first, but Zhang Hua insisted that it would be better to be tacky. Now gold is only 80 yuan per gram, and the price of gold will increase the most in the next few years. Fast few years.
What better gift than one that keeps growing in value?
Zhang Hua put the suitcase on Zhang Qin's bicycle and said, "Let's go, let's talk about it when we go home!"
In this weather, not only people were plowing the fields, but also people were digging lotus roots. When passing by, Zhang Qin asked Zhang Hua to buy a pig's knuckle for stewing.
"Is there no food at home?" Zhang Hua didn't want to buy it, "It's not comfortable to hold it in such a cold day!"
"Just get some sugarcane leaves and carry them. We have vegetables at home but no lotus roots. Besides, how many vegetables can we have in winter?" Zhang Qin said, "There is a lot of meat. Our family killed pigs for the New Year."
Zhang Hua had no choice but to go over and buy one. Although digging lotus roots was hard work at this time, the price was also very expensive.
(End of this chapter)