Age: Passionate youth, starting from graduation assignment

Chapter 10 Repairing the house and requesting to keep the private plot

After a while, Shunzi's mother brought up the prepared meals. There were five dishes in total, three delicacies from the ground, braised tofu, and some seasonal vegetables. Shunzi also brought up a bottle of sweet potatoes and cooked them up.

Looking at the current farmhouse, this is a very high standard of hospitality.

Shunzi's mother took some vegetables with her two daughters and went to eat.Of course, you can't pick too much, otherwise it will be fun when the guests don't have enough food.

Xu Jichang, Chen Dazhu, Shunzi and his son sat beside the kang table, chatting endlessly about his usual study, the position he worked this time, and the things in the team.

The three of them chatted while eating vegetables and drinking sweet potatoes.

The wine brewed by the farmer's family has a low alcohol content. After drinking a few bowls of wine, not only did everyone not get drunk, but the atmosphere became more and more lively.

Xu Jichang took the opportunity to bring up the matter of the private land: "Uncle Chen, I'm going to the city now. I want to keep the two points of the private land in my hands, do you think it will work?"

"You're talking about the private plot?"

After hearing this, Chen Dazhu fell into deep thought and didn't say anything more.

Xu Jichang didn't rush, just looked at Chen Dazhu and waited for his reply.

Still the same sentence, the land is the lifeblood of the farmers, and anything related to the land is by no means a trivial matter.

Shunzi, who was normally blushing, didn't speak at the moment, but just gave Chen Dazhu a wink, hoping that his father would agree to Xu Jichang's request.

Chen Dazhu still didn't speak, and he opened his mouth slowly when the dishes on the table stopped emitting heat.

"Regarding this, in the past, if members of the commune went to the city, they would return their private plots to the collective. This was the case in the whole brigade."

"However, there is actually no explicit regulation on this matter. As long as the team approves, it is also possible to keep it."

"Of course there is no problem on my side. The key is that you have to give me a reason to convince other managers in the team."

"Uncle Chen, it's easy. Don't I want to work in a chemical fertilizer factory? As long as you leave me these two private plots, I will definitely win the fertilizer quota for our village in the future, so that the crops in the village will increase, and the villagers in the Heixiazi village will have enough to eat."

Xu Jichang looked at Chen Dazhu seriously and said, with a firm tone.

Chen Dazhu's eyes widened unconsciously, and he unconsciously looked at the crop field outside the window.

The conditions of the Heixiazitun team were the last in the whole brigade and even the whole commune.Except for the crops on both sides of the small river, the harvest is acceptable, and the rest of the arable land is low-yielding fields.Here, the best strong laborers work hard for a year and get full work points, but they can't fill their stomachs.

If Xu Jichang can really win the fertilizer quota for the village in the future and help the villagers fill their stomachs, it will be a great fortune for the whole village.

"Okay, continue. I will tell the other managers in the team what you said, and your two points can be kept."

After Chen Dazhu turned his gaze back to Xu Jichang, he solemnly stated, "I'm waiting with the villagers for the day when you bring the fertilizer over."

Chen Dazhu watched Xu Jichang grow up, and knew that he would never lie and would do what he said, so he believed his promise.

If it were someone else, Chen Dazhu probably wouldn't agree.

Xu Jichang nodded: "Don't worry, Uncle Chen, I won't let you and the folks down."

It's not that Xu Jichang doesn't want to help people in the village, it just depends on who the other party is, and he can't give unilaterally.

Like when he was at the entrance of the village just now, he could clearly see that some people just wanted him to help for nothing, so he was in a hurry to get out.

But dealing with Chen Dazhu is different. Chen Dazhu is Xu Jichang's father and the captain of the team. The two have a relationship of trust and a basis for cooperation, so they can exchange with Chen Dazhu.

"Well, I'm sure you can do it. Let's have another bowl."

Chen Dazhu said with a laugh.

Shunzi quickly picked up the wine bottle and filled it up for Chen Dazhu and Xu Jichang.

"Goooooooooooo..."

The clear wine slanted down from the mouth of the bottle, filling the porcelain bowls in front of the two one after another, reflecting the faces of the two young and old.

As the leader of the first team, Chen Dazhu is much more particular than ordinary members. At least the sweet potatoes brewed at home have been filtered and there are no impurities in them.

"Uncle Chen, do it."

"Come on, it's done."

Xu Jichang and Chen Dazhu raised their bowls, lightly touched them, and then drank down their necks.

There is no set of toasts on the scene, only the trust between the two parties.

After drinking a bowl of wine, Xu Jichang talked with Chen Dazhu for a while, and then bid him farewell.

Under the starlight, Xu Jichang left the Chen family's house. Chen Dazhu wanted Shunzi to send him off, but Xu Jichang said no.

"Where is this?"

Xu Jichang said with a smile, his voice was not half drunk.

A few bowls of home-brewed sweet potatoes were nothing more than a big deal to him who spent his days in business in his previous life.

"Hey, you kid, you drink more than I do."

With a drunken face, Chen Dazhu said with a smile.

In the end, under Chen Dazhu's insistence, Shunzi accompanied Xu Jichang back home.

"I'm home, see you tomorrow."

"Alright Brother Chang."

The two waved to part.

After a day of running around, Xu Jichang didn't bother to tidy up after entering the house, he just took off the undershirt he was about to change, fetched a bucket of water from the well outside, wiped the mats on the kang and went to sleep.

Men, sometimes you don't have to be so particular.

……

When I woke up, it was still bright.

Xu Jichang dug out the towels at home, wiped his body with half a bucket of water left over from last night, changed into a set of clean clothes left at home, and went out to find a mason in the village.

I came back in a hurry yesterday and didn't take care of the renovation of the house. It's time to get busy today.

After explaining the purpose of his visit, Xu Jichang led the mason to his door and asked him to carefully inspect the condition of the house.

Lao Bashi first put the ladder and other tools on the ground, walked around the house twice, and then went into the house to check for a while.

After some inspection, Lao Bashi said that there was no problem with the structure of the house, and it was still intact and stable, but a few tiles needed to be added to the roof.

Xu Jichang knew the price of tile installation in the house, so he took out [-] cents and handed it to the old man Shi: "Uncle, this is your salary."

"How can this be used?"

Knowing that Xu Jichang is now recruiting workers into the city, he is a talented person in the village, so he quickly waved his hand and declined.

"No, I can't take advantage of it for nothing."

Xu Jichang insisted on handing over the money to old hands, he didn't like to lose favor on such trivial matters.

Old Man Shi had no choice but to take the money, and went home with Xu Jichang, carrying a pile of burnt tiles, and installed them for him when he came back.

The roof is no longer leaking, and the repair work is half done.

After Xu Jichang left in the usual way, he repaired the doors and windows by himself, and hired a few strong laborers who usually had a good relationship, including Shunzi, to smooth out the uneven muddy floor of the house.

After he was done, Xu Jichang bought a catty and a half of pork in the village, and with the unsold beans left yesterday, he borrowed Shunzi's stove to stir-fry a hard dish for everyone.

When Xu Ji used to stir-fry pork and beans, Shunzi picked a few Chinese cabbages, spinach, etc. from his private plot, and pulled a loofah, and served the dinner with vegetarian dishes and a soup.

The dinner party was held in the open space behind Xu Jichang's house, a few young people chattered about the mountains all over the place, their voices were so loud that half the village could hear them.

Xu Jichang deliberately made such a big show, in order to tell some people in the village that he is powerful, and don't think that he can miss his homestead by leaving.

The young people didn't leave until the afternoon, and at this moment, in the warehouse at the east end of the village, Chen Dazhu also called together the leading figures in Heixiazi Village, squatting on the ground to start a meeting.

"I called everyone here on a hot day because of an important matter."

"Everyone must know that Xu Jichang, the son of the old Xu family, is making a fortune now, recruiting workers and going to the city to eat food."

"Now he proposes to continue to keep two points of his private land after entering the city."

"This is not a small matter, I have to discuss it with everyone."

Chen Dazhu said unhurriedly, and after finishing speaking, he looked at the deputy team leader, women's director and other personnel in charge of the team beside him.

Everyone met Chen Dazhu's eyes with calm expressions and understanding in their hearts.

Having worked with Chen Dazhu for so many years, everyone has already understood his language habits. When he really wants to hear everyone's opinions, he will ask everyone to express their ideas.

When he said that I have to discuss with everyone, it means that he already has an idea in his heart, but he just needs to show respect for everyone before calling everyone together.

Combined with the fact that Chen Dazhu's son and Xu Jichang were young, everyone present knew that Chen Dazhu's attitude was in support of Xu Jichang's keeping the private land.

However, that doesn't mean they all have to agree.

As the captain, Chen Dazhu has prestige in the team, but it doesn't mean that everyone has to listen to him in everything.

Take the fact that Xu Jichang wanted to continue to have his own private land after entering the city. This was unprecedented in the entire team.

Thinking of this, some people felt a little unhappy: Xu Jichang is promising, but why should everyone follow him.

Even with the support of the captain, there is no such exception!
"Captain, I think this is the case..."

Vice-captain Lu Jinshui scratched his neck, and was about to express a different opinion.

"By the way, Lao Lu, I forgot to tell you one thing."

At this moment, Chen Dazhu spoke with a smile and interrupted Lu Jinshui.

(End of this chapter)