Chapter 3

The next morning, Feng Yiping said that he would cut down thatch and those small shrubs piece by piece like Er Uncle and Brother Dongming, and his parents were obviously relieved.

When he got to the mountain, Er Bo taught him how to do it. Go to a place, cut a long branch, and beat it first, so that there are no snakes and worms in it.

When chopping, don’t rush first, take it slow, and be careful to cut your hands; remember that the edge of the knife is slanted downward, so that it saves effort, and it is not easy to dull the knife; also pay attention to whether there are stones on the ground, and don’t hit the stones with the hatchet... In short , is learned.

When chopping, other problems were fine, but there were two uncomfortable points. One was the heat, the heat from below was steaming up, and the sun was shining on the top. Another was the waist, because it was really uncomfortable to bend over.

However, there was no progress left and right, and when he was tired, Feng Yiping just stood there and rested, cutting and resting like this. At ten o'clock, the sun was very strong, and the second uncle and the others also stopped. He also stopped and found a shady place to sit.

He sweated profusely and felt very thirsty. Remembering that the cows also need to drink water, he led the cows to the pond in the middle of the mountain. Above the pond, there is a clear spring, which is cold and sweet. He ran to a tung tree not far away, picked a large tung leaf, made a nest in the middle, filled some water first, swayed it a few times, and then scooped it to drink. .

It's still the same taste in my memory, it feels much better than those mineral waters!

After drinking the water, Feng Yiping led the cow to the col, where it could be left for a while. There is a lot of shade there, and when I go home for lunch at noon, I will tie it there.

Feng Yiping sat under the shade of a tree, but his mind couldn't stop. Bizarre rebirth, good or bad, but there is also a big problem in front of me, that is, money!

This year, 1992, was a year to go down in history.

This is a turbulent era. At the end of last year, the Soviet Union, once a pole of the world, disintegrated tragically.

More than a month later, our chief designer made a series of speeches during the southern tour at the beginning of the year, which was later known as the "Southern Tour Speech". Timely and once again pointed out the direction for the development of the country, opened a new era of reform and opening up for our country, and provided a strong theoretical basis for our development of the socialist market economy with Chinese characteristics.

That is, starting this year, we have embraced the advent of a new era, and our country has begun to rise peacefully.

Although what happened will profoundly affect the direction of the entire world, and ultimately directly affect Feng Yiping, however, for now, these are still relatively far away from Feng Yiping.

All he can think about right now is, "Money, money, money!"

At least in Feng Yiping's generation, the food and clothing problem has been solved. From childhood to adulthood, eating well is less, but definitely full.

However, money is scarce. In the school, in addition to two working in the town and county, there is also a private teacher, three salaries, a carpenter, a lacquer, a blacksmith, and the one who runs a workshop, a total of six or seven families. outside. Others are not worrying about eating, but it is just not worrying about eating!

The situation of Feng Yiping's family is even more difficult. Up to now, his family still owes more than 3,000 foreign debts.

At this time, in the countryside, some money could only be realized by raising pigs, silkworms, and economic forests, but there were also many places to spend money.

Adults and children, as well as pigs and cows, always have three diseases and two pains; chemical fertilizers and pesticides in spring and autumn; children's tuition fees; If you are a guest, you have to buy new clothes for your child; in addition, it is a relationship between people.

In the past, when there was a wedding or a wedding, it was enough to mention something, but now it's all about giving money, at least three yuan to five yuan.

Most of the villagers are surnamed Feng, and they are all related to each other. There are always a few relatives in each family. When something happens, the whole village almost has to follow the ceremony. Moreover, Feng Zhenchang and the others are of high rank and age. When something happens, those people will make a special trip to invite you. No matter how difficult it is, you will not be able to save face.

After such a year, it will take a lot of money, and it is really not enough to count on those few outputs.

The key is that Feng Yiping's family has a very thin foundation.

Not long after giving birth to her daughter, Mei Qiuping contracted tuberculosis. In 1980, tuberculosis was still a serious illness. In order to cure the disease, I spent all my money, not to mention, I owed a lot of foreign debts. The money for treatment has not been repaid, and a new house has been built, and a lot of debt has been incurred. It is mainly the wages of the helpers, and the wages of the craftsmen, such as Feng Chuntang, the wages of building the house still owe more than seventy yuan.

There are also several hundred yuan loans from credit unions for medical treatment, money from processing workshops in the village, money from oil mills, money from tailors, money from barefoot doctors, money from veterinarians... In addition, when they are urgently needed, they are scattered and scattered. The loan from this house and that house adds up to more than 3,000.

What's the point of lack of money? When Feng Yiping was studying, in the first and second grades, he didn't charge any money, and in the third grade, he charged three yuan. Since the fourth grade, the tuition fee has risen to more than ten yuan, which is difficult to make up and owed every year. At the beginning of the school year, those students who paid their tuition fees in full would receive the new book on the same day, while those who did not pay it would not receive the book until two days later. Every month, on the weekends at the end of the month, during the holidays, the head teacher keeps them and holds a small meeting to ask when the tuition fees will be paid. In my impression, it turns out that this situation has continued, as long as I go to school, it has always been like this.

As for pocket money, well, for Feng Yiping, it has always been a legendary thing! Never seen it with my own eyes.

At that time, the new house was built for more than a year. Because there was no money to buy wires, lights, switches, and a telephone pole, the house was always without electricity, and kerosene lamps were still used.

Most people, during the Chinese New Year, always buy new clothes for their family members, or buy ready-made clothes, or go to the town department store to pull some cloth and ask the tailors in the village to make them. But Feng Yiping remembered that in the past three years, there have been no new clothes. Until now, some of the clothes he wears have been changed by his sister wearing small clothes.

He still remembered that when he was in fifth grade, he wore the trousers his sister wore, those with side openings, to go to the toilet. After being laughed at by his classmates, his parents stopped letting him wear the trousers that his sister wore smaller.

On the first few days of the Chinese New Year every year, there is an endless stream of people in the family who want to pay. Feng Zhenchang is busy saying good things every day. In addition, he always prepares the best meals at home and accompanies others to have meals.

Of course, they all belong to the same village, and everyone knows the situation at home. They all know that it is really difficult, and it is not that the money cannot be repaid, but at the end of the year, this account must be checked.

For example, people like Feng Chuntang, who have not repaid their old debts, have added new debts, and there are also processing workshops, doctors, and loans. In rural credit cooperatives, if the interest is not paid off in the current year, it will be transferred to the cost in the second year, and the repayment will be more, and the reconciliation will naturally be required at the end of the year.

Feng Yiping happens to be next door to the two families who have one of the best days in the village. Feng Jiasheng works in the canteen of the town government, and Feng Weidong is a temporary worker in the county winery. Although the salary is not high, he can save at least a few hundred dollars a year. .

In rural areas, with an extra salary of several hundred yuan a year, life is easy. Feng Jiachong currently has three TV sets, one was bought by the one who opened the workshop, and the other two were bought by them.

In this comparison, their family seems even more difficult. However, Feng Yiping has always been very sensible and never asked for anything. The only time, probably in the fourth grade, was when a photographer led a red horse in the village, and his parents wouldn't let him take a photo. He cried once, and this was the only time.

He is still a 12-year-old boy on the surface, but he has memories of more than 20 years after that, and it is his duty to change the status quo.

So, what exactly is there to make money now? Especially as soon as possible to make money! Not to mention, the school will start in less than a month, and the tuition and miscellaneous fees for the first grade of junior high school have turned around again, and it will cost 45 yuan! As usual, there is still no money at home.

Clothes, not to mention. The pants are okay, they can be worn in winter, and they are hot when they are hot. But shirts, whether long-sleeved or short-sleeved, are not available. As for undershirts, not only did they turn yellow after washing, but the key point was that they had holes on them.

Money, money, how to make money? The multi-millionaires more than 20 years later are at a loss at this time.

Feng Yiping had been chopping wood while herding cattle for ten days when he had to stop for some reason - he injured his right foot.

He was hacking and hacking that day, and a snake slipped out of the grass. Of course, the snake was also startled by him and fled in a hurry, and did nothing to him.

The problem is that what he is most afraid of is this thing. He always feels that even in the face of a tiger, he may dare to touch its butt, but he is afraid of snakes when he thinks about it.

He was startled and stepped back subconsciously. His right foot just stepped on the stubble he had just cut down. The back of the old Jiefang shoe was torn, and the sloping stubble pierced directly into the stubble, almost to the ankle. The long stubble was broken inside, and the blood flowed suddenly.

He endured the pain, pulled out the stubble, tore off the hem of his undershirt and wrapped it around a few times, and handed the cow to Dongming. Dongming was going to carry him home when he saw this, but he said no, and walked slowly back on tiptoe. .

Feng Zhenchang was still in the field, and Mei Qiuping hurriedly used an earth formula to help him stop the bleeding, that is, put the ash from the stove on the wound. Then hurriedly ran to the village to find a barefoot doctor. The doctor saw a doctor in another school. When Mei Qiuping and the doctor arrived home, it was already night. Feng Yiping had already cooked the rice and fed the pigs.

Washed with alcohol, then applied Yunnan Baiyao, and then a bag of gauze, done.

Of course, the doctor stayed home again for dinner.

After staying at home for two more days and changing the medicine twice, Feng Yiping went up the mountain with a lame to herd the cattle, but Chai was unable to continue chopping.

Finally, when there were still ten days before he left school, Feng Yiping finally found a way to make money.

That night, Feng Weidong's son Feng Hongbing invited him to watch TV. Feng Hongbing is three years older than him, and he is about to start the third year of junior high.

At this time, there was no such pot-shaped antenna, and it was still the old-fashioned one with many branches, and the number of receivers was limited. However, in addition to the county and city TV stations, the Central One can receive it anyway, and he also wanted to see the news at this time, so he went.

It is a 14-inch black and white TV, and a tall TV cabinet is specially made, which is placed next to the table in the middle of the hall, and the picture is still clear. However, Feng Yiping, who was used to watching HD on the big screen, still felt tired after watching it for a while. He turned his head and saw a book on the table where he was eating. .

This is a very powerful magazine, because until 2014, it was still published vigorously, of course, he rarely read it. He also vaguely felt that when he saw this book, he seemed to have some thoughts, but it was not so clear.

When he was about to leave, he asked Feng Hongbing to borrow this storytelling book. Herding cattle on the mountain was boring, and a book would always pass the time.

In the evening, as soon as he read the humorous stories at the beginning, he understood what those unclear thoughts were, and he could submit articles to the Story Club and other magazines!

A humorous story, isn't it just a joke, he has this! After more than 20 years, the society has made great progress, and the pressure on everyone has also increased greatly. In order to reduce stress, various jokes have emerged in an endless stream. In the mailbox, in the QQ group, and in the circle of friends, people often send jokes to share. Generally, he can't remember it for a while, but he still remembers a lot of classic and widely circulated ones. Isn't this just a way to make money?

Excitedly, he pulled out a pen and paper and wrote down the mailing address on the back cover.

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