Return to 1983: Starting from hunting in the mountains

Chapter 21 Entering the City
  "Tangtang Xixi, what are you two doing up at midnight? Do you want to sleep with daddy?" Lu Jiansheng asked, looking at the two little guys under the bed.

"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu Dad, where have you been?"

"Dad, why are you back so late?"

They were obviously very happy to see Lu Jiansheng and the two little guys, and asked in a sweet voice.

"I haven't answered Dad yet. Why don't you two sleep at night? It's such a cold day and you two are almost naked. What should you do if you catch a cold?"

Lu Jiansheng said, and then he took the opportunity to carry the two little ones into his bed. Tangtang and Xixi had always slept with Bai Ruoxi. He did not expect that it would be really comfortable to lie on the bed with two breast dumplings in his arms.

"Woo! Mom said that Tangtang would be able to see her father when she woke up. Tangtang and Xixi woke up, but they didn't see their father. Tangtang wanted to see her father's bed, but her father's bed was too high. Tangtang went up Not going."

It took Tangtang a long time to finish the words in a milky voice. It was obvious that she had put in a lot of effort to climb up.

"Xixi can't climb up either!"

Xixi also nodded hard.

Tangtang and Xixi also woke up and joined in the fun, leaving Lu Jiansheng dumbfounded.

"Dad is not good!!"

"Humph! Neither is Xixi,"

"Not as good as Xixi!"

"Tangtang is not a fool,"

"Uh... Maybe dad also wants to sleep with mom in his arms."

"No, Tangtang wants to sleep with mom."

"These two fools~" Lu Jiansheng immediately understood why someone was snatching the quilt. Maybe the two little guys wanted to borrow the quilt to climb up on the bed to see if he was there. After that, to no avail, they thought of moving a wooden stool to climb up.

Bai Ruoxi asked with concern.

What else could Lu Jiansheng say besides being moved? Bai Ruoxi cared about him, and even the two children were so sensible. They still remembered to come to him in the middle of the night, but he had given them too little care...

Lu Jiansheng got up early in the morning.

Tangtang and Xixi were still a little arrogant at this time.

"Haha~"

The next day.

"Mom smells so good, Xixi wants to hold her mother to sleep,"

Seeing this, Lu Jiansheng couldn't laugh or cry. After carrying her down, the two little guys ran to find Bai Ruoxi to sleep.

But Xixi was miserable, her short legs couldn't reach her!
  "Woooooo~ Daddy can't go down to Xixi."

Lu Jiansheng: "..."

Tangtang didn't wait for Lu Jiansheng to take action. She stood on tiptoe and began to explore the path with her calves. She obviously wanted to find the wooden bench she just put on and follow the trend.

"Jiansheng, you were injured yesterday, why don't you get more sleep?"

"Okay, then go to sleep. You two will sleep with dad today."

"Ruoxi, I plan to go to the county town and sell the chipmunk skins I got these days, as well as those wild products."

Except for a dying hare that Lu Jiansheng sold to Wu Guofu, he kept the rest in a sack. Although he is not dead now, he is still dying.

Lu Jiansheng planned to take them with him to the county to check the price. Wu Guofu said these pheasants and hares were the highest price offered, but Lu Jiansheng didn't just believe it. As for agreeing to Wu Guofu, it was just a show of words.

"Ah~ you want to go to the county seat now? But it's too far and it will take a whole day to get back and forth!" Bai Ruoxi said in surprise.

"Well, the pheasants and rabbits caught two days ago will die if they are not sold, and those chipmunk skins are only accepted by the county purchasing station."

Lu Jiansheng nodded, "I won't go home at noon!"

When the two little guys heard that Lu Jiansheng was going to the county town, the county town was obviously very curious. Although he also wanted to go, the two little guys became obedient as soon as Bai Ruoxi opened his mouth.

Although Lu Jiansheng wanted to take Bai Ruoxi and the child out for a visit, it was too far.

"Then you eat first and pay attention to safety on the road."

Bai Ruoxi didn't say anything else, she just gave instructions.

After dinner!

"Dad, be careful and come back soon."

Under the watchful eyes of Bai Ruoxi and two little dumplings, Lu Jiansheng was carrying a bag, with two shabby sacks hanging on the back, one containing hare and pheasant, and the other containing chipmunk skins. Although the total weight was not heavy, it was still a long way to the county town. Far away, this saves a lot of effort than carrying it on your shoulders.

He also held a hard-boiled wild egg in his arms.
  Of the previous nests of wild eggs, only one was left. Bai Ruoxi originally planned to have egg soup for lunch, but she was worried that Lu Jiansheng would be hungry on the way, so she cooked it for him to take with him.

Lu Jiansheng came out of the earthen house and set off towards the county seat.

……

"Isn't this the boy Takesho Murao? I heard from my man that the trench digging team didn't see him for several days."

"I've heard about this too. This guy Jiansheng used to work very hard, but now he's not doing his job properly. He's neglecting his good work. I wonder what he's doing every day?"

"Hey! This child is indeed unlucky. His parents died early. When the land was divided, the child was not born, so the land was divided between two people. As a result, just after the land was divided, his woman gave birth to two daughters, with two mouths at once."

"If you're unlucky, you can't just eat for free at home! I saw his wife and her two children digging wild vegetables every day a few days ago."

As soon as Lu Jiansheng walked to the entrance of the village, he heard several women at the entrance talking about each other. There is no entertainment these days, and people in the village like to talk about others.

He couldn't help but smile when he heard this. In the past, the land was divided according to population. There were only so many fields in the village, and the land was distributed equally to each person in the family.

The more people in the family, the more fields will be allocated. One adult counts as one person's field. One less person's field in Liuligouzi is equivalent to one and a half acres. Of course, some villages have more land, so they will be allocated more.

A child counts as half a person's land. When the land was divided, Tangtang Xixi was not born yet, so only two people's fields were allocated. If one more person's land could be allocated, the situation would be much better.

But these are no longer important. He usually goes hunting in the mountains from behind. It's normal for them not to know what he is doing. Lu Jiansheng doesn't bother to explain. As long as his wife and children are well in his new life, it is more important than anything else.

Lu Jiansheng ran to the county seat quickly. He couldn't walk too slowly. The fifty-mile journey back and forth took more than ten hours, not to mention carrying pheasants and rabbits on his back.

At this moment, the villagers looked at Lu Jiansheng's back running away, thinking that he didn't do any work and had gone somewhere to hang out, and they suddenly shook their heads helplessly.

Lu Jiansheng carried the pole,

Walking all the way forward,

Unfortunately, he didn't even encounter an ox cart on the road, and it wasn't until about one o'clock in the afternoon that he reached Guangzhou County.

In the 1980s, the small county town was still a place full of life and simplicity, but it was many times more prosperous than the countryside. The streets in the county town were dominated by red brick houses, and there were also two- and three-story buildings from time to time.

From time to time there were people riding bicycles on the streets of the county town. Suddenly three tractors passed by Lu Jiansheng, catching his attention. In the small town of Guangzhou County, tractors were not common these days, let alone three tractors appearing at once.

These tractors are "Dongfanghong" brand, probably from the county agricultural machinery station.
  This made Lu Jiansheng feel moved. If there was a tractor and he came over to sell animal skins, the fifty miles would be much easier.

However, tractors are not cheap these days, and only those households with ten thousand yuan are willing to buy them.

Lu Jiansheng remembers that before the production team was disbanded, there was only one tractor in the entire township. It was manufactured in 1973 and cost about one thousand yuan at that time! At that time, he was almost the treasure of the entire township. He could only travel unless he handed in public food, bought fertilizer, and was super heavy.

(End of this chapter)