In the 60s of the last century, there was a person named Liu Xinlin in Quyang Town.
This year, Liu Xinlin saw that the jar containing grain at home was about to be empty, and his heart felt like he was being cooked in oil. If no one lends a helping hand, the family will definitely go hungry. He took a look at the people in the production team who had good conditions and had a good relationship with him, and went around one by one, but in the end, he was stunned that he didn't lend a grain of grain.
The roof leak happened to rain overnight, and the team began to apportionment tolerances again. The work assigned by others is to dig the river berm during the day, and then go home at night to rest, but Liu Xinlin was assigned a job of driving livestock, and he has to work on the river embankment during the day and serve the animals used to pull soil at night.
Liu Xinlin was really angry, so he went to find Ma Dazui, the captain of the production team. Ma Dazui and Liu Xinlin are the same age, and the relationship between the two is not bad. When Liu Xinlin borrowed grain, the first thing he looked for was Ma Dazui, but Ma Dazui said that his family had no surplus food, and politely rejected Liu Xinlin. This time looking for Ma Dazui, Liu Xinlin held his breath and asked straight to the point: "Brother Dazui, you look at this work, you can't play tricks on people like this, right?"”
Ma asked puzzledly, "Tricking?."Are you saying it's unfair for me to send out work?”
Liu Xinlin said coldly: "You know it in your own heart!."”
Ma Dazui was also angry: "What do you know?."To tell you the truth, I'm not the master of watching the dishes from the guests, and my heart is open!Tell me which job is lighter, pulling soil or digging?People also put forward opinions, saying that I am biased towards you!Otherwise, you can not work, but pay for it, what about it?”
Liu Xinlin was robbed of his mouth by Ma Dazui, and he was so angry that he didn't say anything for a long time. At the end of the day, Ma said with a big mouth: "Since you are unkind, don't blame me for being unjust." After the water in the forage tank is cleared, you can pour it into the vegetable field, remember, find an open space to put the mud inside, don't pour it into the vegetable field with feces and urine. ”
This is good, the work has not been reduced, but it has increased. Liu Xinlin walked out of Ma Dazui's house, and as soon as he got home, he didn't even take off his clothes, so he threw himself on the bed and hummed non-stop.
The daughter-in-law Zhuye came over and asked softly: "The head of the house, I will feed the livestock when I see it, there is nothing bad about this." ”
Liu Xinlin sat up and scolded sharply: "You know a fart!."”
Zhuye was scolded for no reason, but he didn't seem to care at all, and said: "There is forage for feeding the livestock, but there are also bran and bean cakes, if you can put a handful or two in your pocket every day, we will not pass this difficulty!" ”
Liu Xinlin sighed and said, "You really have long hair and short knowledge, do you think that the people above who don't know how to feed the animals will play this trick?" People have rules, and they have been guarding against this for a long time, so I scooped up the forage, and arranged for other people to mix the bran and bean cake into it. If not, I'd give my opinion? ”
When Zhu Ye heard this, his eyes widened at that time, and he said hatefully: "Isn't Ma Dazui deliberately bullying people?" This one is a thousand cuts! ”
The two of them were not convinced, but the work had to be done the same. Liu Xinlin scooped up the hay and said hello, and another person came over with half a basket of bran and bean cakes, sprinkled them on the wet hay carefully, and then stirred them well with a stick. After doing it, the man clapped his hands and smiled at Liu Xinlin: "Okay, I can go back to sleep, so I won't help you pour water!" ”
Liu Xinlin couldn't afford to be angry with this person, so he didn't even reply, so he found a basin, carefully pressed it into the jar, and when the water was full, he pulled the basin up and poured it into the vegetable field not far away. After a few trips, there was less water in the tank, so he simply grabbed the edge of the tank, turned the tank over on its side, rolled to the side of the vegetable patch, and when the water inside was almost clear, he lifted the tank and let the water flow out. Just as he was about to dig out the mud that had settled at the bottom of the vat and put it on the ground, his eyes suddenly lit up - he saw that in the middle of the black and yellow soil, there were actually shining grains of wheat.
Liu Xinlin pricked up his ears and listened, except for the sound of cattle eating forage, the surroundings were quiet. He found a snakeskin bag, dug out the dirt from the bottom of the jar with his hands, and pocketed it in the snakeskin bag and set it aside. After moving the cylinder to its original position and closing the door, Liu Xinlin picked up the snakeskin bag and quietly returned home.
After arriving home, Liu Xinlin called up the bamboo leaves, put the soil in the snakeskin bag into a sieve and rubbed it with his hands, and then gently sifted it, and what was left in the sieve was golden wheat grains, and there were as many as a small handful. Looking at the small handful of wheat grains in front of them, the two of them couldn't be happier.
In this way, relying on the wheat grains obtained after washing the hay every day, Liu Xinlin's family spent a difficult time. Later, as the fields returned to green, they gradually ate more. At this time, the digging of the river berm has also come to an end, and Liu Xinlin no longer has to work hard during the day to drive the car, and at night to wash the forage and feed the livestock. Although he was able to get a handful of life-saving wheat grains after hard work, Liu Xinlin was still angry when he thought of Ma Dazui's domineering face.
This year's year is really good, after the wheat is beaten, Liu Xinlin and Zhuye put the wheat in the jar and stock it up. It was okay that night, Liu Xinlin was strolling down the street, and when he passed by the door of Ma Dazui's house, he suddenly heard a sharp female voice from inside. Liu Xinlin listened carefully, and he heard that it was Ma Dazui who was arguing: "Okay, you Ma Dazui, Xinmai has been defeated, you have to return it to others first, you tell me, when did you borrow it?" ”
Ma Da pouted and said, "I've borrowed it for a while, and you have a lot of things to do, so you forgot about it." ”
The daughter-in-law said, "I forgot? What have I forgotten about our family? Tell you the truth, did you borrow wheat to take care of your good friend? ”
Ma Dazui said: "Daughter-in-law, we have to keep some virtue in our mouths, I have never had anything good." ”
The daughter-in-law said, "Just let me tell you nonsense, where did the borrowed wheat go?" ”
Ma Dazui seemed to have made up his mind and said, "Okay, I'll be honest with you." Some time ago, when I was digging a river berm, I saw that a few animals were bargaining, so I secretly sprinkled borrowed wheat into the hay. ”
The daughter-in-law didn't believe it at all, and still interrogated unrelentingly.
At this moment, the door was pushed open, and Liu Xinlin walked in from the outside, and said seriously: "Brother and sister, what the big-mouthed brother said is true, and I will testify to him about this." ”
Ma Dazui looked at Liu Xinlin, first stunned, and then laughed. And Liu Xinlin walked over and held his hand tightly, without saying a word, just tears rolling in his eyes.
Author: Xu Jiaqing.