Chapter 48: A Man

Before the exploration team and Hu Jianjun came back, Zhong Yuemin and Zheng Tong came first. They were bored in Shichuan Village, so they walked here for a day to play with Shen Long.

As soon as I got here, I looked for food everywhere, "Kui Yong, is there anything to eat? After walking for a day, every time I eat, I am really starving to death."

"Wait a minute, the village party secretary just happened to bring some flour, and I'll make dumplings for you." In the past two days, Bai Mingchuan came again and brought them some food. Leadership, enough for him to boast for several years.

"Hey, why is the party secretary of your village so good? He also sent you food? Chang Gui in our village withheld half of the food we gave us, so that we are almost out of food now." Zheng Tong and Zhong Yuemin Not envious.

Shen Long didn't talk about the coal mine, not because he wanted to hide it from Zhong Yuemin, but because he didn't like to brag about himself, he looked at Zhong Yuemin, "I'll bring you some when I go back later; As for the general, I looked from afar today and almost didn’t recognize you, why are you dressed as an old farmer from northern Shaanxi?” Wearing tattered clothes, with a dirty white towel wrapped around his head, it was exactly the same as Bai Mingchuan’s usual attire .

"What do you look like? Aren't we farmers?" Zhong Yuemin still looked indifferent. The suffering in northern Shaanxi has not completely wiped out his cynical attitude, but the way he swallowed his saliva while looking at the white face revealed something. .

He looked left and right at the entrance of the cave, "I've been learning to sing Xintianyou from old man Du in our village recently. What about Qinling here? She can sing well."

These days, the two educated youth spots held gatherings on both sides of the ditch from time to time. Qin Ling sang a few times, which left a deep impression on Zhong Yuemin. This time he came here not entirely to see old friends.

"I went to school to teach the children in the village. I should be back when the meal is ready." Shen Long wasn't worried at all. Now Qin Ling might not like Zhong Yuemin anymore.

While cooking, these two guys who had been hungry for a long time kept drooling by the side of the pot, which made Shen Long couldn't help complaining, "I said how long have you two been hungry, no matter how you look at it, you look like devils entering the village of?"

"Don't mention it, I only have two cornmeal pancakes every day, which is not enough for my stomach, and this food will not last until the spring wheat harvest. If this continues, I will have to go to the county town to beg for food!" Zhong Yuemin complained again and again.

"We are still a little rich here. Before you leave, you carry two bags back." Zhong Yuemin saved his life after all, and Shen Long didn't want to see him suffer.

"No, please don't, I appreciate your kindness, but you are not rich in food." Zhong Yuemin became serious. He knew that in places like northern Shaanxi, every family regards food as life, and asks others to borrow money. It's better to ask him to borrow his wife for food, maybe the latter can be better discussed.

While talking, the dumplings had already been cooked, and Qin Ling and the others came back from get out of class. Zhong Yuemin saw Qin Ling's eyes light up, "Yo, you educated youths are doing so well, you even became teachers."

"It's all thanks to Kui Yong. We can't just cause trouble for the village here, can we? There are no teachers in the village, and the children can't go to school if they want to. It just so happens that we know a little bit about culture, so it's okay to teach the children; in Kui Yong's words That is, since we are here, we have to leave something for the village." Qin Ling didn't like this man's glib tone very much.

Women are like this. When they like you, they are talkative, knowledgeable and witty. When they don't like you, they are glib. This made Zhong Yuemin hit a nail that is neither hard nor soft.

"That makes sense, Zheng Tong, do you think we should talk to Secretary Chang when we go back? We and Jiang Biyun can also teach students?" Fortunately, Zhong Yuemin is used to being hit, and he recovers quickly.

"I think, being a teacher counts as work, right? It's better than working in the fields." Zheng Tong thought more realistically. For him, it is always good to do less farm work, and he can read books between classes.

He saw a few books by Shen Long on the kang just now, and he planned to borrow them and take them back to read when he left.

Bowls of dumplings were brought out and placed on the kang table. Zhong Yuemin held back his chopsticks, "Are there not ten of you here? How many of you have gone there? It's shameful to be so inactive in eating!"

"Those guys went home to go to school to recruit workers, and they won't come back." Liu Weihong said with a bit of sourness, although Shen Long had told them before, but the coal mine is still gone now, the future is illusory Yes, it is true that Hu Jianjun, Jiang Shaoan, and Liu Ying are gone.

"What? Recruitment? For us educated youths? Why haven't I heard of it?" Zheng Tong and Zhong Yuemin exploded. They didn't have much interest in being workers, but they felt uncomfortable being treated differently.

"It's not a special recruitment, but it's thanks to Kui Yong..." Wang Liping rambled on about Shen Long's discovery of coal, drawing a map, writing a speech and going to Xi'an to report to the provincial leaders, "...they A few of them were taken by the leaders, and they were specially recruited to study at the Coal Mine Technical Institute."

"Kui Yong, why didn't you go? Didn't you always want to be a worker?" How could Li Kuiyong do such a big thing? Moreover, he gave up the opportunity to study and become a worker. Zhong Yuemin felt that he didn't know this old friend a little bit.

Shen Long repeated what he said to Hu Jianjun and the others, "Now our educated youths are missing three mouths. After a while, we can help eat their food when the exploration team arrives, so there will be a lot of food. For you These do not affect our meal."

In addition, Hu Jianjun and Jiang Shaoan also said that they would bring some food back when they came back, so Shen Long didn't have to worry about going to the city to beg for food in the spring.

"Are you stupid? You don't owe Baidian Village? Even if you eat their food, build a big coal mine for them, teach them, and return all these, what are you doing here?" Zheng Zheng Tong is angry that he can't fight.

"Zheng Tong, don't talk nonsense, a man must be responsible." Zhong Yuemin gave a thumbs up, "Kui Yong, I just found out today that you are a man, pure!"

"What do you mean I just found out today? It's not like we didn't go to the toilet together, your thing is not as big as mine!" Shen Long said nasty words, the female educated youths spit a few times, Qin Ling lowered his head shyly , she has experienced this.

"No nonsense, if you want to say that I can't beat you in a fight, I won't say anything. If you want to say that my thing is not as big as yours, it's pure slander. Don't you believe that we took off our pants for a comparison?" Zhong Yuemin was about to pull his belt, I didn't even bother to eat the dumplings, and the cave dwelling was full of joy.