A leisurely life reborn in the fiery age

Chapter 309: The elder...

The next morning, Li Yuan got up early to make fragrant shredded pork noodles and fried two eggs before going to wake up his wife and children.

After entering the living room, I heard the sound of washing in the bathroom.

Looking over, I saw Qin Daxue brushing his teeth vigorously and wiping his face with a towel...

Li Yuan looked proud, but said dissatisfiedly: "As for...as for...?"

"roll!"

Qin Daxue glared at him and wished he could kick this bastard away!
Li Yuan chuckled and said, "Okay, okay, at worst, I'll ask you to come back tonight..."

"To shut up!"

Qin Daxue took a towel and threw it over, then glared and said, "Go and see if your son is awake!"

Li Yuan was reluctant to leave and said: "I woke up early. I got up on time at six o'clock to study."

As he spoke, he stepped forward and hugged his wife from behind.

Qin Daxue lost his temper, raised the corner of his mouth, and said angrily: "We are already an old married couple, why are you... getting more and more bored?"

Li Yuan held his hands and said, "What can I do? I just like you."

Such childish love words sound more beautiful to a 40-year-old woman.

Qin Daxue looked at himself in the mirror, lifted up the hair on his temples with his fingers, and said, "The most beautiful thing in the world is that it cannot be kept in the world. Look, I already have white hair."

Li Yuan smiled and said: "Just a few scattered ones! It doesn't matter, I prepared Ginseng Yangrong Pills for you. They are not artificially grown ginseng, but century-old ginseng harvested a few years ago. The other auxiliary medicines are also genuine and good medicine. , as long as you take it on time, it is guaranteed to make you ten years younger! If I give you some massage and acupuncture more often, you will still look like this when you are 60 years old. The two of us will still look like last night...oh!"

Qin Daxue was so moved that she almost cried, but she didn't expect that this guy would become obscene again as he spoke.

After playing for a while, Li Yuan went to his son's bedroom, knocked on the door, and said, "Zhi Guo, it's time for breakfast."

"I know dad, come right now."

Li Zhiguo replied.

When Li Yuan returned, Qin Daxue smiled and said, "It's hard to say whether you are qualified as a husband or not, but you are such a good father."

These days, I can't say that this is the only father who knocks on the door before entering his son's room, but he is really rare.

Li Yuan chuckled and said: "Several children are the same. I usually treat them like adults, and they rarely disappoint me, except for Xiaosi who occasionally gives me a headache."

Li Zhiguo came over, his hair had been cut into a crew cut, and he suddenly changed from a property-style to a proletarian-style, and it was obvious that he was a little uncomfortable with it.

Li Yuan smiled and said: "Son, do you know why the female goblin always wants to marry Tang Monk in Journey to the West?"

Li Zhiguo was stunned when he heard this and shook his head subconsciously.

Qin Daxue looked sideways at her husband, but did not interrupt. She also wanted to hear what he had to say.

Li Yuan smiled and said, "Is it because Tang Monk is so good-looking?"

Li Zhiguo thought for a while and said, "It's possible."

Qin Daxue was very satisfied with this rigorous attitude.

Li Yuan said dissatisfied: "How is it still possible? It's for sure! If they want to live forever, they can just eat him. What's the use of getting married?"

Li Zhiguo thought it made sense and nodded: "Dad is right. But I think humans may not really know what goblins think, so it's not necessarily true."

Qin Daxue almost burst out laughing. She hugged her son, kissed him, gave a thumbs up and said, "Yes!"

Li Yuan smiled weakly and nodded: "Okay, maybe, maybe, even if it is possible, it also means that Tang Seng's bald head does not affect his handsomeness. You are not bald yet, and you still have hair, so you are not. It affects you as a handsome boy."

Li Zhiguo was really embarrassed. He smiled shyly and touched his hair.

"Ding dong."

The doorbell rang. Li Yuan looked at Qin Daxue. Qin Daxue was also surprised and said: "Secretary Sun will have to wait a while to pick me up. It is scheduled to be at eight o'clock. I want to see my son off today. Later, he will pick me up by himself." go."

Li Zhiguo opened the door and said, "Mom, I just go to school by myself."

After opening the door, the couple in the restaurant heard their son's surprised voice: "Xiaoyue?"

Qin Daxue suddenly realized, with a slightly strange look on his face, and said to Li Yuan: "Minister Qiao's daughter, Mr. Qiao's granddaughter... the one I saw when I signed up yesterday is named... Qiao Yue."

Li Yuan thought of the girl with twin ponytails and said, "Is she already in sixth grade?"

While he was talking, Li Zhiguo led a tall girl in with eyes somewhat similar to Nie Yu's, with the corners of her eyes naturally raised, giving her a naturally charming aura.

"Hello Uncle Li, hello Aunt Qin, I'll come find Zhiguo and go to school with you."

Girls are on the right path.

What else could the old couple say, they could only nod...

Li Zhiguo acted very calmly, pointed to the sofa and said, "Sister Xiaoyue, please sit down and wait for a while. I haven't had breakfast yet."

After Qiao Yue sat down with a smile, she praised: "Aunt Qin, the breakfast you made is so delicious. I have never smelled such a fragrant breakfast."

Qin Daxue looked at the noodles in his bowl and said, "Auntie's is for you."

Without waiting for Qiao Yue to respond, Li Zhiguo shook his head and said, "No. Mom, you eat it, you work very hard. Sister Xiaoyue wants to eat, I can give her some."

Qiao Yue said hurriedly: "No, no, no, I've had breakfast."

Li Zhiguo said "hmm" and said, "If you want to eat, you can come early tomorrow and I'll ask my dad to make an extra bowl."

Qiao Yue said "Oh" and agreed.

The old couple looked at each other, said nothing, let's eat...

……

After sending the two children into the school, Qin Daxue chuckled and said: "I didn't like this girl very much before, she was so loud and flamboyant. Because of Mr. Qiao, no one in the courtyard said anything. Unexpectedly, Let my son be cured. However, the two of them must not think of getting along with each other. Forty-nine City is not Hong Kong Island, and I will not agree to it."

Li Yuan suddenly laughed, and Qin Daxue asked, "What are you laughing at?"

Li Yuandao: "I remembered a joke. It was said that one day, a boy... Of course, he was already in college. He invited a group of classmates home to play, and then the boy's sister told her mother that one of those girls was his brother's. Ask her to guess which one it is. The mother guessed it right at once. The girl was surprised and asked her mother, how did you know? Her mother sneered, because I didn’t like her at the first sight of her. !”

Qin Daxue burst into laughter, but soon stopped laughing and glared: "What do you mean?"

Li Yuan stood on the side of the road and adjusted the collar of his wife's coat. This intimate gesture in broad daylight made Qin Daxue blush with embarrassment and whispered: "What are you doing..."

Li Yuan said warmly: "My son is much more mature than other children of the same age. Since he has this talent, we shouldn't interfere too much. Give him a relaxed environment and let him grow up freely. If he is like Xiao Si, you are like E If you hit the board with a wooden board every day like that, I will only cheer you up. But Xiaoliu has a stable nature, so we don’t have to be too restrictive. Taking good care of yourself is the most important thing."

Qin Daxue rolled her eyes at him and said, "You'll talk sweet words into me." He looked back at the car coming by the roadside, then looked at his watch, and said, "The car is coming to pick me up. I have to leave. I'll be here soon." I have to show up for next year’s work meeting. What are you going to do today?”

Li Yuan smiled and said: "Visiting some relatives and old friends, and going home to cook dinner in the evening."

Qin Daxue looked at them again with some reluctance, and then the couple said goodbye.

After watching his wife's car drive away, Li Yuan got on a bus on the side of the road with no purpose, just to drive around the capital.

He wanted to see what the city looked like before the reform and opening up.

That fiery era is about to fade away...

……

Beixincang No. [-] Courtyard.

Li Yuan was sitting in the seemingly unchanged courtyard. A thin layer of winter snow could not even cover the old mountain cannon.I met Zhang Dongya, who was much older, and said, "Looking at the situation this year, next year will be a drought year again, and it won't be much better than [-]."

Li Yuan nodded. This was a severe drought that was rarely mentioned in later generations.

During the six-year drought from [-] to [-], the south was fine, but the north suffered severely.

He smiled and said: "Don't worry, the tragic situation of those three years will never happen again. Now we exchange supplies with the outside world. We can't get the sophisticated ones back. As long as we have money, we can get as much food as we want. We may not be full. , but I will definitely not starve to death.”

Zhang Dongya squinted his eyes, looked at the sky, and asked: "Do you also think that the present is better than the past? Old man, are you really wrong?"

Li Yuan smiled and said: "I'm the oldest one, so I can't judge right or wrong. Maybe it's like what was said above, [-]% success and [-]% failure. I still respect the elderly very much. Many young people nowadays don't know that when the People's Republic of China was first founded, How difficult it is for us. To say it is in ruins may be an exaggeration, but it is not much better. Looking at it now, at least there is a preliminary and complete industrial foundation. This is very rare. Even now, there is such a complete industry as ours in the world. There are not many countries with basic foundations.”

Not to mention that many of the advanced equipment introduced in 21 can be used into the 30st century. Even the equipment left by the old man will be used for another [-] or [-] years.

Zhang Dongya lowered his gaze and said: "Yes! There are also atomic bombs and hydrogen bombs. Without these two big guys, how could there be peace now? What a good foundation the old man has left us!"

Li Yuan said softly: "Actually, after June [-], June [-], and June [-], things will be much more stable later. By [-], things have started to get better. If the third front had not spent too much money and food, the economy would have been It’s not like my hips are stretched like this.”

During those ten years, the average growth rate of China's total industrial and agricultural output value was [-]%, and the annual growth rate of China's total social output value was [-]%.

If calculated from [-], this growth rate can even exceed double digits.

Although it is related to the poor foundation and artificial modification of some data, in general, the development is not slow.

It is really terrifying that the money and food that the Third Front has swallowed up is almost a bottomless pit.

However, if the third frontier is not developed, then regardless of strategic considerations, the huge difference in development between the east and the west will be intolerable to the elderly.

It can be said that the old man's merits to the people of the entire western region are indescribable.

No one else would be able to make such a decision again.

Many people found the movie "Into the Dust" very sad, but in fact, the vast majority of rural areas have already escaped that kind of suffering.

If the people in the northwest, southwest and even the central region say unpleasant things, it really makes no sense.

After the master and apprentice chatted for a while, Zhang Dongya suddenly said: "Yuanzi, do you have any money in your hand?"

Li Yuan was surprised when he heard this. This was the first time Zhang Dongya asked him about money. He nodded and said: "Yes, there is money! Master, do you want money?"

Zhang Dongya nodded and sighed: "There was an old comrade in Yu Province who couldn't live any longer. He wrote a letter to me and asked me to lend him 20 yuan and some food stamps. He was also a hero on the battlefield back then. Now...how many do you have?"

Li Yuan said: "Then let's give him [-], a lump sum first, and then [-] next year. If you give too much at one time, he may not want it, and it may not be a good thing."

Zhang Dongya sighed and said, "It's too difficult there."

Of course Li Yuan knew the difficulties there. In later generations, Yu Province was ridiculed by countless people because of the theft incident.

In fact, it is unnecessary.

Before large-scale agricultural machinery and equipment were used in agriculture, Yu Province had always been China's largest grain production base.

Since the founding of New China, every big boss of the Government Affairs Council has to go to Henan Province first before taking office.

Only when the food supply in Henan Province is stable can we feel confident.

For this reason, even after the reform and opening up, other provinces have vigorously developed industry and commerce, but Henan Province must strictly guard the cultivated land and not allow any rash action.

Farmers must grow food on the land they are allocated. If they want to leave it and go out to work, they will be severely punished. Government offices at all levels strictly prohibit leaving farmland unused...

It is too difficult for a province as big as Henan Province with a large population to live on such a small amount of cultivated land, even if you want to leave.

Just a small amount of land, and after one year of planting, after deducting the money for seeds and fertilizers, we only end up with a thousand yuan, which is not enough for someone to earn half a month's work...

After the reform, the national economy has developed rapidly, and Henan Province has made certain sacrifices.

Stealing is certainly wrong, but ridicule is unnecessary.

Li Yuandao: "Give me your address and I'll go handle this matter. Master, when you go back after the New Year, you, Sister Xuefang, and National Day can go with me. I'll handle the procedures for you..."

Zhang Dongya shook his head and said with a smile: "You really care about this...I forgot what you said a few years ago. I'm old, I always pay attention to fallen leaves returning to their roots. How can I run away at this time? I'm not going anywhere."

Li Yuandao: "You have to think about it. If you don't go now, Sister Xuefang and Guo Qing will not go either. Sister Xuefang's lungs are not very good. She coughs when the cold comes in winter. Driving here on National Day is also a painful job." . It’s not that he won’t be allowed to endure hardship, but the effort and reward are not proportional. I am indeed short of manpower there, and I just need to form a team, so I will ask him to help me during the National Day. After a few years, it will develop, and I will let him come here to form it. A fleet of vehicles for long-distance transportation.”

This has not happened in the past few years. This is not what happened in 80. Throughout the 90s and even into the [-]s, long-distance running was more dangerous than imagined.

Pushing a big rock to block the road or knocking the driver off with an iron rod is nothing new.

Some entire villages were engaged in this kind of business. Until 108, there was a major case on National Highway [-], in which four villagers massacred dozens of passing drivers.

After the reform, the economic boom is naturally a good thing, but the management's loosening of control will inevitably lead to a certain degree of chaos.

If something really happened to Zhang Guoqing, Li Yuan felt that both Zhang Dongya and Liu Xuefang would collapse immediately...

Zhang Dongya hesitated and said, "I'll think about it some more and discuss it with Xuefang."

Li Yuan smiled and said: "Don't discuss it, you have to make up your mind! Sister Xuefang is such a strong person. As long as she can survive, she doesn't want to take advantage of others. But I want to take advantage of her. Go over there and help me. Taking care of the children, there are more and more children, it’s too difficult for Sister Xiu to do it alone, and I can’t trust outsiders..."

Zhang Dongya laughed and said: "You can pull them down, you four wives!"

Li Yuan squeaked and said, "Don't mention it! The four wives are all ancestors. Sister Xiu is the gentler one and will raise the children for me. The rest will run away at dawn because they are busy with their careers!"

Zhang Dongya laughed again.

……

Two o'clock in the afternoon, Red Star Rolling Mill.

There was a new group of people at the doorman's office.

However, Li Yuan had a work permit issued by Cao, so he was able to get through without any hindrance.

He went straight to the Steel Rolling Mill Workers' Hospital and to the Traditional Chinese Medicine Department to see Zhao Yehong.

Zhao Yehong's hair was already gray. He looked at his disciples who had not changed much, became a little troubled and said, "Get Jianguo back quickly!"

Li Yuan laughed and said: "Chengchengcheng, I will do it, I will do it. I will definitely bring it back to you as I promised you." After thinking for a while, he said: "I'll ask Daxue to send a letter over there...I'm afraid it won't work. Both sides Don’t be close to each other, Daxue is a selfless person..."

Seeing Zhao Yehong's face darken, he laughed and said: "Yes, yes, I have business dealings with China Resources Company, so let China Resources Company send a work letter. Master, are you going to Hong Kong Island? If you go, I might as well transfer Jianguo to Hong Kong Island. Together with Master, you and Master will go to Longhu Hall to take charge. You usually drink tea, look at the scenery, and take action when you encounter difficult and complicated diseases. I also arranged for Jianguo. It’s safe and sound, and you’re guaranteed to be satisfied.”

Zhao Yehong sighed: "We are all old and burdensome, why bother you in the past? Jianguo doesn't have to go there, just arrange a job here and get a salary. There is also a yard over there in Dongxin Temple Alley, waiting for him to take it After he comes with his family, he will have a place to stay. With his virtue, even going there will cause trouble for you."

Li Yuan said "Ouch" and complained: "What kind words are you saying? What is the difference between Jianguo and my biological brother?"

Zhao Yehong had a very serious idea, shook his head and said: "Just leave it like this, just get the person back to me."

Li Yuan had no choice but to say: "Okay, just wait for a week to see your children and grandchildren. First, find a job for him to do. Later, I will invest in and build some companies here, and he will be a manager. In short, Jianguo doesn't need you and Uncle Sun to take care of him in this life.

Master, without you, I wouldn’t be where I am today.People say that once you are a teacher, you will always be a father. You are once a teacher and always a mother.Besides, I am my disciple, and I am also my son. My son was before my disciple, so you are still being polite..."

"Okay, okay, stop rambling! I'm still busy here. You can go back first and bring Zhiguo to see me in a few days."

Zhao Yehong lowered her head as she looked at the cases and rushed people away, looking as cold as ever.

Li Yuan chuckled and said: "Master, I'll leave first."

After Li Yuan left, Zhao Yehong raised her head again, took out her handkerchief, and wiped her eyes...

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(End of this chapter)