Return to 1981 and start from breaking off the engagement

Chapter 24
"Persevere for a few more days, wait until the family is divided, build a few brick houses, and go to the city to buy a safe. It's safest to keep the money at home."

Yao Weijun murmured, carefully hid the two wallets of money again, locked the door, and walked towards the village.

Two thieves who stole corn were caught last night. Chen Shoushan asked him to go to the village headquarters during the day when he was free to talk about the village's reward for him.

The autumn harvest is now coming to an end. In addition to calculating the work points of the villagers, the village is also discussing the planning of land allocation. The village party secretary, production team leader and clerks have been studying and meeting at the village headquarters all day long.

"Haha... Weijun, you came just in time. I was discussing you with the branch secretary just now. Come on, sit down and talk."

After Yao Weijun walked in, Chen Shoushan stood up first and personally pulled out a chair for him to sit down.

"Guard, you did a great job this time!"

Village party secretary Li Qiming also smiled and praised.

Li Qiming is over 60 years old and his health is not very good. Recently there are rumors in the village that he may resign after the land is divided, and Jianchang Village will re-elect the village party secretary.

"This is what I should do. Since I have taken over the vigil, I must not let outsiders steal our village's collective food."

Yao Weijun said matter-of-factly.

"I heard from Shoushan what happened last night. The two thieves were taken to the police station overnight.

Early this morning, Captain Qu from the police station called and said that the two thieves were habitual criminals and had stolen from more than one village. The police station had wanted to catch them for a long time, but these two guys were very cunning and never caught them.

Guard, if you can catch them this time, Captain Qu asked me to convey his gratitude to him. Just now I was discussing with Morishan and decided to establish you as a model for our village and reward you for this! "

Li Qiming picked up the cigarette case, took out two cigarettes, threw one to Yao Weijun, and lit one himself. After taking a puff, he continued:
"In view of your heroic performance, the village decided to reward you with ten yuan. In addition, I have reported your deeds to the commune. If you do good deeds, you should be commended, haha...

By the way, if you have any other ideas, you can tell us and let’s discuss them together. "

Li Qiming gestured with a smile.

"First of all, I would like to thank the village leaders for their encouragement. I don't have any ideas, but if I have to say something, well..."

Yao Weijun pondered for a while.

"Tell me, what's the matter?"

Li Qiming saw that he was hesitant to speak and asked curiously.

"Our family is taking advantage of the juncture of land division and may have to split up. A large family is crowded into one courtyard and there is no room for it. Therefore, I would like to ask the leaders to grant a piece of land for housing in our village and plan to build it in the autumn. house."

"Hey, this is a big deal. Okay, Wei Jun. You haven't even married a wife yet, and you're planning to build a new house? It seems like your father, Lao Yao, has saved money over the years, haha..."

Li Qiming laughed, mistakenly thinking that building a house was Yao Weijun's father's idea, and couldn't help but joke with a smile.

Yao Weijun was noncommittal and laughed.

"That's no problem. There aren't many villages in our village, but there are a lot of open spaces. Where do you plan to build your family? Have you chosen the land?"

Li Qiming flicked the ash from his cigarette and asked again.

"I see a fairly flat piece of land at the east end of the village. I plan to put it there and build a few rooms."

Yao Weijun said truthfully.

"Sure, in two days the village will send someone to re-measure the land and lay lime nails. Then you contact them and mark the place where the house is to be built with lime. I will register it here."

Li Qiming nodded readily and agreed.

In this era, the village party secretary usually has the final say in rural areas' approval. As long as the village party secretary nods, the matter is settled.

Yao Weijun expressed his gratitude in person, and then changed the topic and mentioned the motorcycle. "Shoushan told me about this, but Junzi, are you sure you want to spend so much money to buy it?"

Li Qiming kindly confirmed.

"Well, I've almost collected the money these days." Yao Weijun nodded seriously.

"Okay, anyway, after the land is divided, everyone will live their own lives, and the village has no right to interfere with anyone's daily life. If you really want to buy it, the village will transfer it to you cheaper."

Li Qiming continued: "Let's wait until the village divides the land. The money from selling the motorcycles will be included in the collective income."

After Yao Weijun finished talking about the two things he cared about, he sat and chatted at the village headquarters for a while, then went out and left.

As a result, as soon as he walked out of the door, he ran into Chuntao, who was coming with his head lowered.

"Sister Chuntao is back?"

He said hello with a smile. Last time Chuntao said she was going back for a divorce, but she didn't expect to come back to the village so soon. She probably had another quarrel at her husband's house.

"Well, I have something to do to find the branch secretary. Junzi, you are busy first and we can chat when you have time."

Chuntao seemed to be in a bad mood, her eyes were red and swollen, and she looked lonely. She forced a smile at Yao Weimin, then lowered her head and entered the village headquarters.

Yao Weijun was not interested in knowing what exactly she wanted to do with the village party secretary, so he strode away from the village headquarters.

In the next few days, after he sold out all the melon seeds and peanuts on hand, he did not continue to fry, but took some time off.

Without him.

Now all the corn cobs in the field have been taken back to the threshing floor, and villagers have begun to come to the threshing floor to work.

There are two autumn harvests a year in the north, one is the Wheat Autumn in June, which is the wheat harvest, and the other is the Great Autumn, which is the corn harvest in September.

After the corn is transported back from the field, it has to go through peeling, drying, threshing, drying again, packing, and warehousing. In this era of shortage of mechanical equipment, all these tasks need to be done manually.

Therefore, in the last few days of the autumn harvest, the threshing floor is where the villagers work. It is not so convenient for Yao Weijun if he wants to speculate.

Although the business has temporarily stopped, he still has a lot to do.

First of all, tomorrow is Sunday, and the fourth brother Yao Weitao from the city will come back. According to his father's wishes, the whole family will sit together to discuss the separation of the family.

Then, when I get the motorcycle, I need to go to Xinggezhuang on the outskirts of the county to inquire about the supply of raw melon seeds, and meet with Xu Wenyuan to ensure a stable supply of shelled peanuts in the future.

Finally, there are some chores, such as hiring people to help him roast goods, and he has to talk to his sister-in-law in advance, and she will take care of it for him.

And when building a house, you need to find a decent decoration team.

In addition, Yu Xiunan can't stay indifferent all the time. Find time to see each other more often to enhance our relationship.

"Let's do one thing at a time. There's no need to be in such a hurry. Today, let's go to Uncle Guang Sheng, who measured the land in the village, and the others to circle the foundation for building the house."

Yao Weijun was in a relaxed mood and strolled all the way to the fields outside the village.

Soon I saw Ma Guangsheng and a few people from a distance, measuring the fields with a tape measure. After calculating the number of acres, they hammered nails into the fields at both ends.

Ash nail is a local name. Simply put, after measuring the number of acres of the field, mark it with lime mortar at both ends of the field.

Generally, the wooden sticks are first smashed into the designated position at the edge of the field to a depth of more than half a meter, then the wooden sticks are taken out, and then the mortar is poured in.

Such gray nail marks are difficult to change, and will not allow villagers who love to take advantage of them to secretly move their locations and invade other people's land.

(End of this chapter)