Era: 1979 From mountain man to richest man

Chapter 2 The struggle in the small ravine

Song Chaoyang took the bowl handed over by his mother.

He swallowed when he saw two poached eggs floating inside, exuding a faint aroma of wine.

I didn't feel hungry just now, but now I suddenly felt an emptiness in my stomach.

Don't care about that much.

Song Chaoyang took the bowl and started eating.

He first ate a poached egg and then drank a few sips of the sweet glutinous rice syrup. He immediately felt more comfortable in his stomach.

At this time, he saw the little girl Lao Si looking at him eagerly.

He couldn't help but lick his lips.

Only then did I remember how precious my bowl of glutinous rice eggs was in these years.

Nowadays, whether it is eggs, fermented glutinous rice, or sugar, it is not so easy to get it. It can be said that it is a first-class good thing.

If you are not lying in bed, you will definitely not want to take these out to eat.

Eggs are usually exchanged for food.

The glutinous rice is also specially used to entertain guests.

White sugar is even more rare. You need money and food stamps to buy it from the supply and marketing cooperative.

The last time the family cooked fermented glutinous rice eggs, my eldest sister Song Xue took her nephew back to her parents' house. I was cruel and secretly made a bowl for my nephew.

Unexpectedly, my grandma found out about it later and scolded me for half a month for being a prodigal.

Even the eldest aunt has been angry for a long time, saying that I only care about her own family.

This kind of conflict between sisters-in-law, mother-in-law and daughter-in-law in the countryside could not be finished for three days and three nights.

Song Chaoyang took two more sips and felt his stomach was a little full.

So he handed the bowl to the little girl Song Yu and said to her:
"If you can't eat any more, help Third Brother eat."

As a result, before the fourth child could answer, my mother, Xu Cuiping, said:

"What nonsense are you talking about? The youngest has eaten every meal. You are not in good health and have been hungry all day and night. Now eat quickly."

"I really can't eat anymore." Song Chaoyang didn't lie. He felt like he had eaten something now. His stomach probably felt uncomfortable because he had been hungry for a long time, and he was not hungry anymore for a while.

As he said this, he handed the bowl to the little girl:

"Girl, eat quickly."

Song Yu glanced at her mother and nodded when she saw her, then she took the bowl and started eating.

After a while, I gave him the remaining egg and ate up half the bowl of fermented glutinous rice.

He even licked the bottom of the bowl with his tongue.

"Is it delicious?" Song Chaoyang asked his younger sister Song Yu.

"It's delicious!" Song Yu, the little girl, licked her lips and nodded after thinking.

In these days, this half bowl of fermented glutinous rice eggs is definitely the top delicacy in the countryside.

When Xu Cuiping saw the little girl finished eating, she quickly took the bowl and took it out to wash.

There is no separation of families these days, and the food and clothing expenses of the whole family are not decided by oneself.

The Song family doesn't have many things at its disposal.

After a while, Song Chaodong came over with the old Chinese medicine doctor from the village.

First, he checked the injury on Song Chaoyang's head, then took his pulse, and then said:
"This is a lucky person, so there is no problem anymore."

"Next, take a good rest and take some good supplements. There shouldn't be any sequelae."

After saying that, the old Chinese doctor quickly wrote a prescription and handed it to Song Chaodong:

"You can dig these herbs by going to the fields on the mountain."

"If you don't know him, go find him. Your father will know him."

People in rural areas are basically familiar with some Chinese herbal medicines. After the old Chinese medicine doctor explained it, he got up and left without even asking for a consultation fee.

He said that Song Chaoyang was injured because he was helping the village grab water, and he couldn't take it.

According to the memory of the original owner, Song Chaoyang probably learned about the process of grabbing water.

From July to August, there was no rain for a month. Seeing that the rice in the fields was about to dry up, the Qingsongwan brigade held a meeting and went to the Renmin Canal to buy water to irrigate the rice fields.

The cost of releasing water from Renmin Canal is more than ten yuan an hour.

It takes more than ten yuan an hour to open and release water from above and close the gate. No matter whether the water flows into your fields or not, the gate will be closed when the time is up.

It is said that as long as the rules are followed and the water is left for a few hours, the fields on the brigade can basically be fully irrigated.

But we can't stand up to people from other brigade stealing water.

At first, the secretary of the brigade also asked people from other nearby brigade.

He said he wanted to buy water and everyone bought it together.

As a result, they said they would not buy it. Waiting for the people's canals to release water, they intercepted them halfway and started stealing water.

This is all water bought by the brigade with real money, so there is no one here who is willing to do it.

So the young men in the brigade went to the people in Yangjiagou to reason.

But this person from Yangjiagou had stolen before.

Now that people are coming to his door, he is not afraid and just makes it clear that there is no way he can return the water.

As for losing money?
The original answer was:

Pay for your eggs! Hit me if you can!
They are the ones who have settled in Qingsong Bay.

No one can bear this attitude, let alone both sides are full of hot-blooded young men.

As he said this, he didn't know who made the first move, and people from the two villages started fighting in a swarm.

Song Chaoyang, who was originally called over by Song Chaodong to make up for his losses, was caught in the fight.

The person who beat him was Yang Shuai, who had fought with him several times in the early years.

The two of them had had a feud for a long time, and the boy just slapped Song Chaoyang hard on the head with a hoe.

The person was beaten unconscious on the spot.

Song Chaoyang went through the memory of the original owner and clarified the cause of the incident.

At this moment, the second brother Song Chaodong has gone to his father Song Shouyi with the prescription.

He burned incense in the cemetery at the back of the mountain and could dig up Chinese medicine on the way back.

Song Chaoyang checked other parts of his body and found nothing wrong except that he had lost a little weight.

Get up from the bed and take a few steps.

He was a little uncomfortable at first, but he soon got used to it.

When I walked out of the room and entered the main room, I saw a simple Eight Immortals table and a long bench, which were the only furniture in the room.

There are several yellowed calendars taped to the wall.

The latest one is from 1979, which is this year.

In the corner are agricultural tools such as baskets, hoes, poles, and baskets.

He left the main room and walked outside.

In front of you is a small flat yard, surrounded by a bamboo forest.

The Song family's house is on a small slope in the bamboo forest.

Behind their houses are towering mountains.

Bursts of cicada chirping came from the mountains and forests.

There are several adobe houses scattered under the hillside opposite the courtyard gate.

The setting sun in the distance has already sunk into the mountain col, casting a golden glow. Even though it's almost evening, you can still feel the steam rising.

The rice in the field is a little withered and yellow, drooping listlessly, and it looks like it will dry up if it is not watered.

It seems that water is an urgent matter.

Nowadays, people in rural areas rely on the ground to eat. If there is no food, it is possible for people to starve to death.

Although the reform and opening up began in 1978, it has not yet been fully rolled out across the country. It was targeted at a few specific regions.

In a small mountain village like Qingsongwan, there is almost no connection.

Even the rural household quota system started this year.

But it still takes time to roll it out across the country.

Nowadays, even going to a county town for business requires a letter of introduction, and it is even more impossible for Song Chaoyang to just walk out casually.

What's more, he doesn't have any money in his pocket now.

Now the financial power of the family is still in the hands of grandma.

His father didn't even say it.

If he wants to get out of this small mountain village, Song Chaoyang must either wait for the spring breeze of reform and opening up or take the college entrance examination.

Reform and opening up is just in its infancy now, and will gradually begin to roll out after the 1980s. Then it will be a good time to enter the market.

Right now, only the college entrance examination is more reliable.

Song Chaoyang also graduated from college in his previous life. He had checked the content of the college entrance examination in this era when he had nothing to do, and it was not too difficult.

But after calculating the time, this year's college entrance examination has just ended, and I can't catch up with this year's college entrance examination.

Just have to wait until next year.

You have to eat your meal one bite at a time, and you have to walk the road step by step. Now that you have just crossed over, you have to take your time in everything.

The problem before him was not only to grab water for the production team, but also the upcoming blind date.

(End of this chapter)