Chapter 337 New Idea, Li Huaide’s Nickname

Chapter 337 New Idea, Li Huaide’s Nickname

Chapter 337 New Idea, Li Huaide’s Nickname
"Why would you be ashamed if you have wine to drink? Would you be ashamed if you have chocolate to eat?" Li Aimin asked back.

"Uh! This..."

The main reason why she couldn't speak was that she would do the same if there was chocolate.

After dinner that night, Li Jiayi went back upstairs, locked the door from the inside, and entered the space directly.

After going through the process, Li Jiayi took a shower and then lay down on the bed.

Silent all night.

The next morning, Li Jiayi came out of the space at seven o'clock as usual.

When we came downstairs, our eldest brother, second brother and eldest sister were putting food on the eight-immortal table.

It seems that I have to eat a little early today! Yes, I can’t ride a bicycle to work or school now. If I don’t want to be late, I have to leave early.

"Little brother, come here and have dinner." The eldest sister shouted when she saw him coming down.

"Oh! Got it sis."

At this time, my mother came in with steamed buns and boiled eggs. When she saw Li Jiayi, she said, "Hurry up and finish your meal and go to school."

"Okay." Li Jiayi said with a smile.

Then the family sat down to eat. The breakfast was quite rich and included meat and vegetables.

But for Li Jia's family, this is just an ordinary breakfast, but for others, they probably can't even eat this during the holidays.

After dinner, my parents and my older brothers all hurried off to work.

The eldest sister also followed out with her exaggerated schoolbag, leaving only the second sister, cousin and Li Jiayi at home.

"Come on, brother, let's go to school." The second sister patted Li Jiayi's shoulder and said.

"When did I say I was going to school?" Li Jiayi turned his head and asked his second sister.

"Ah! Didn't you tell mom that you were going to school today?"

"Second sister! I will definitely say it, but whether to do it or not is up to me to decide."

"Ah! Brother, you actually say one thing and do another. Aren't you afraid that mom will punish you?"

Li Jiayi curled his lips and looked at his second sister and said, "How would Mom know if you didn't tell me?"

"Uh! This..."

Li Jiayi’s meaning was very clear: I will not admit that I didn’t go to school today.

As for my cousin, I definitely won’t tell anyone. If mom knew about it, it would definitely be you who told it.

"Second sister! You better watch your mouth. If mom finds out, you won't even have any snacks, not to mention chocolate."

Hearing that there would be no snacks in the future, the second sister quickly covered her mouth, then released it and said, "Don't worry, brother, I will never tell mom."

"That's good."

"Then I'm going to school."

"Yeah! Go ahead!"

"Brother Jiayi, I'm going to school too."

"it is good."

After thinking for a while, Jiayi shouted, "Ah Sheng, Ah Cai, follow them."

When Asheng and Acai heard Li Jiayi's instructions, they hurried out to catch up with their second sister and cousin.

In this case, A Quan was the only dog ​​left at home, so Li Jiayi kept him to look after the house.

After putting the sled into the space, Li Jiayi closed the door and ran out through the back door.

However, he did not go to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy wine first, but went to his master's house. He had not been to his master's house for more than half a month, and his master's house was probably out of meat by then.

When Li Jiayi came, the master was the only one at home. This was normal, as the master's wife was at work, and the master's elder and younger sisters were at school.

Today is not Sunday and it is not a holiday, so how could they be at home?

"You little brat, shouldn't you be in school at this time? Why are you here?"

The first time he saw Li Jiayi, Li Shugen asked him a lot of questions.

"Master, I haven't seen you for a while. Don't you miss you?"

"Come on! I think you're skipping school?"

"Master! If you can see everything but don't say it, you are still a good master and disciple. Since you have seen it, why do you still say it?"

Li Shugen curled his lips and said, "I just said it out loud, what can you do about it? Do you want to teach me a lesson?"

"No, no, how can I dare to deal with you, Master? You are more likely to deal with me."

Hearing what Li Jiayi said, the corners of Li Shugen's mouth twitched.

You know, this brat has beaten me up a lot in the name of sparring! Now he can actually speak so righteously.

But he had no choice! Because he was no longer a match for his apprentice, he could only try his best not to compete with this kid.

"Master! We have nothing to do today, how about we warm up?"

"Get out! My waist is sprained. It's not a good time for me to do anything." Li Shugen said quickly.

"No way, Master, you are not young anymore, you must take it easy."

"roll!"

"Okay, I've put the things down, and I'll leave first." Li Jiayi hurried out.

He didn't bring much this time, just ten pounds of meat, five pounds of pork fat, a bottle of sesame paste and a bottle of sesame salt.

Of course, I also brought a few pounds of raw peanuts, which are an indispensable item when the master drinks.

It’s not that Li Jiayi doesn’t want to give more, but there is no need to give so much at this time.

Besides, he can just run a few more times.

As for wine, Li Jiayi did not bring any because he had already given his master a jar of wine he brewed himself.

Although it is only about 100 pounds, it is enough for the master to drink for a long time.

After leaving his master's house, Li Jiayi found an alley and went in.

In the alley, Li Jiayi took out the sled, then released three of the four greys and harnessed them to the sled.

Sihui has been living in the yard of the space, and the flow of time in the yard of the space is the same as that outside.

It’s a bit of a pity that the four-gray seems to be fixed in shape and will stop growing when it grows to a certain length.

Although they have been living in space all the time, their physical strength is not worse than that of Asheng and the other three, but they are still smaller in size.

Yes, whether it is Asheng or Sihui, they are all adult dogs now, so they will not grow up anymore.

But this is already scary. How many people have seen a dog about 1.3 meters tall crawling on all fours?
And these are just four grays. Asheng and the others are taller, more than 1.4 meters tall, and look particularly scary.

Soon Li Jiayi came out of the alley riding a sled, wearing a knitted hat on his head that covered his entire face, leaving only his eyes exposed.

Of course, Li Jiayi did this not to prevent others from recognizing him, but to protect himself from the wind.

You know, it was very cold in the two days after the snow, with the lowest temperature reaching minus ten degrees Celsius.

Even though it is daytime now, it is around minus ten degrees Celsius. I guess the temperature will rise a little in the morning, but it won't be too high.

As the saying goes, snow warms the body and melts the snow cools the body. This is what it means.

Soon Li Jiayi arrived at the door of a supply and marketing cooperative. There were many supply and marketing cooperatives throughout the imperial capital.

Even if Li Jiayi visits more than 20 supply and marketing cooperatives a day, he probably won't be able to finish them even in a month.

So there is no need to buy from just one supply and marketing cooperative; he just wants to buy from all of them.

Now the top ten famous liquors plus Moutai cost about ten yuan per bottle on average.

Even if he spent all the RMB in the space, he could only buy four or five hundred thousand bottles of wine.

Does it sound like a lot? Yes, it is a lot, but if these wines were to be released to later generations, they would probably not even make a splash.

In later generations, how much Moutai does the Moutai Distillery produce in a year? 60,000 tons a year, which is 120 million kilograms!

One bottle weighs one kilogram, which means 120 million bottles. And this is just Moutai. There are countless wineries in the future.

You should know that the output of most wineries is much greater than that of Moutai!

Therefore, his hundreds of thousands of bottles of wine are nothing at all, even if they are all old wines in the future.

There are many rich people in later generations. Even if he sells at a high price, it will probably take less than a few months if he wants to sell them all.

After parking the sled, Li Jiayi took off his knitted hat and walked straight in.

Just kidding, cover your face to avoid being mistaken for a robber, otherwise it would be a big joke.

"Hello! I want to buy some wine."

"What kind of wine would you like?" asked the salesperson.

"Give me ten bottles of the top ten famous liquors and Moutai."

"Uh!" The salesperson was stunned for a moment, looked at Li Jiayi and asked, "Are you sure?"

Li Jiayi didn't waste any words, he just took out a bundle of money and said, "Indeed."

"Okay, please wait a moment, I will issue you a ticket right away."

In fact, this little money of Li Jiayi is nothing at all. You have to know that in 1963, the total value of goods sold at a premium alone reached more than 37 billion!

Compared with tens of billions, his millions are nothing.

Of course, the 37 billion is for the whole country, and he is an individual, but he has no plan to buy it in one place!
Besides, don’t even mention that he only spent about a thousand dollars in one place.

Even if he spends more than 20,000 yuan a day, it is nothing compared to the entire imperial capital.

Moreover, Li Jiayi would buy ten bottles of the same kind of wine, which was nothing for the supply and marketing cooperative.

Because they sell a lot every day.

Li Jiayi, why doesn’t he need hundreds of bottles of one kind of wine?
Take Moutai liquor for example. If he buys 100 bottles from a supply and marketing cooperative, the cooperative may not be able to provide them.

It's not just Moutai, it's the same for the top ten famous liquors. Hundreds of bottles are needed at a time, and it is estimated that few supply and marketing cooperatives can produce them all at once.

But it’s different if they are separated. Any supply and marketing cooperative has ten bottles of each kind.

The ticket was issued quickly and Li Jiayi went to pay the money first.

The cashier was very enthusiastic, and yes, this is a premium sale!

You have to know that if this wine was not sold at a premium, the total value of this wine would not exceed two hundred.

This is about buying with tickets, but unfortunately Li Jiayi doesn't have a ticket! Even if he goes to collect it, how much can he get?

After bringing the payment receipt, the salesperson took someone to get the wine for Li Jiayi.

The efficiency of this supply and marketing cooperative is a bit low. You should know that many supply and marketing cooperatives have already arranged people to pick up the wine when issuing invoices.

But it doesn't matter, it just wastes some time, and what Li Jiayi has the most is time.

Seeing someone carrying wine out, Li Jiayi quickly said, "Please help me move it outside."

"Ok."

Li Jiayi took the staff member outside and opened the box on the back of the sled.

The staff let him in.

"Thank you!"

"You're welcome."

Soon all 110 bottles of wine were moved out and put into boxes.

Watching the staff leave, Li Jiayi put the wine into the space when he closed the box.

Then we went to the next supply and marketing cooperative.

Li Jiayi ran from street to street, mainly because he was afraid of missing out.

As soon as he arrived at the door of a supply and marketing cooperative, Li Jiayi met an acquaintance.

"Hey, Mr. Li, are you here to buy something too?" A little old man asked with a fist salute when he saw Li Jiayi.

"Uncle Tian." Li Jiayi quickly clasped his fists.

This Mr. Tian was the man that Mr. Wu brought with him to exchange meat and food from Li Jiayi.

Li Jiayi had met him several times, so he was quite familiar with him.

"Master Tian, ​​are you here to buy something?"

"Yes! I live nearby and I usually come here to buy things."

"I see." Li Jia nodded.

"Then Master Li, what are you doing..."

“I’m here to buy something, too.”

"Do you live nearby too?" asked Mr. Tian.

"That's not the case. I was just passing by and wanted to buy something."

"I see! If you lived nearby, I wouldn't be unaware of this!"

This Mr. Tian is also a wonderful person! His ancestor was a Beile, and he inherited the influence of his ancestors and left him amazing wealth.

And Mr. Tian is not interested in anything else. He just likes eating, drinking, walking his bird and listening to music.

"Let's go in and take a look." Li Jiayi said.

"Ok."

"Master Li, please."

"Mr. Tian, ​​please."

After being polite to each other, the two of them entered the store together.

Mr. Tian had a clear goal. He came in and said to the salesperson, "Give me five bottles of Moutai and a pound of jasmine tea."

Yes, wine and tea are now both premium-sold commodities.

Also, everyone in the imperial capital likes to drink jasmine tea, regardless of their status.

Of course, jasmine tea is not cheap. Although you can buy it without a ticket now, it is still mainly for rich people.

As for ordinary people, isn't Gao Su and Gao Mo fragrant? Why drink jasmine tea?

"Master Li, what are you planning to buy? I'll help you buy it."

"No need, Mr. Tian, ​​I can do it myself."

"Hey, Master Li, why are you being so polite to me?"

Li Jiayi smiled bitterly and said, "Uncle Tian! I'm not being polite, but I bought a little too much."

"Why worry so much? We, Old Tian, ​​don't need this little money."

Needless to say, Mr. Tian sold the things left by his ancestors, otherwise this would not have been possible.

You know, he was the one who loved to exchange meat for food! He would exchange a lot of meat every time, and he only wanted white flour, not rice.

Li Jiayi didn't want to argue with Mr. Tian anymore, so he said to the salesperson, "I want ten bottles of the top ten famous liquors and ten bottles of Moutai."

"Uh!" The salesperson was stunned.

Not to mention the salesperson, even Mr. Tian was the same and touched his nose awkwardly.

He finally understood what Li Jiayi meant by buying a lot.

He had some money in his pocket, but he really didn't have that much money.

But he couldn't help but sigh that Mr. Li was really rich.

Come to think of it! In such a difficult time, Master Li could still give out so much meat and food. This little money didn't seem to be a big deal to Master Li.

"Your ticket is ready." At this moment, the salesperson said to Mr. Tian.

"Oh! All right."

"Master Tian, ​​let's count together!"

"No, no, I can do it myself." Grandpa Tian said a little embarrassedly.

"OK then."

Mr. Tian went over to pay the money and then got the wine and tea.

"Master Li, I'll leave first."

"Ok."

After Mr. Tian left, Li Jiayi's ticket was also issued.

Li Jiayi went over and paid the money, and then the staff brought the wine out to him and helped him put it into a box.

This time Li Jiayi did not go to the next supply and marketing cooperative. Meeting an acquaintance this time also gave Li Jiayi a reminder.

There is no need to go buy wine by yourself! You can ask others to buy it for you. It just so happens that it is almost a holiday now, and my brothers are always idle! In this case, why not let them help.

Of course, he couldn't let his brothers help him for free, so he would definitely have to give them some compensation, but he still had to consider how much.

And having so many people helping to buy it is much better than him doing it alone, and most importantly, it won’t attract other people’s attention.

Since he decided not to buy the wine himself, Li Jiayi went straight home.

When they got home quickly, Li Jia drove the sled into an alley and took everything away, including the three dogs.

After returning home through the back door, Li Jiayi locked the door from the inside and went back into the house.

The first thing he did was to light the fireplace, then he took out some peanuts and melon seeds and made himself a pot of tea.

As soon as I lay down on the recliner, I heard a knock on the door.

"The door is not locked." Li Jiayi shouted.

Soon the door was pushed open and the deaf old lady walked in.

Seeing that it was the deaf old lady, Li Jiayi quickly got up from the recliner, went over to help the old lady and asked, "Why are you here?"

"I saw you just came in from outside. Are you skipping school again?"

Li Jiayi awkwardly helped the old lady sit down, scratched his head and said, "There was nothing to do at school, so I didn't go."

"You! If your mother finds out, she will blame you again." The old lady shook her head and said.

"It's okay, I'm used to it."

Li Jiayi quickly picked up a cup and poured a cup of tea for the old lady, then took out a bag of peach cakes and opened it and placed it in front of her. Seeing Li Jiayi like this, the old lady looked up at him and said, "You and Zhuzi are both good children."

"No, no, how can I compare with Brother Zhuzi!"

Li Jiayi had to admit this. If he was asked to take care of a non-relative for three or two years, it would be possible, but he really couldn't do it day after day for more than ten years.

He still has this self-awareness, of course, this is when he doesn't spend any money.

If spending money can be considered caring, then he can do it.

"Old lady, what brings you here for?" Li Jiayi asked after the old lady took a sip of tea.

"Well! There is something." After the old lady said that, she took out a cloth bag from her arms, opened the bag, and revealed a few things.

There was a pair of emerald green bracelets, two small yellow croakers, as well as a gold ring and gold earrings.

"Old lady, what are you doing..."

"Add one! Old lady, I know you are a capable person. I give you these things. I hope you can send us some food and meat from time to time. Also, Zhuzi's wife has been ill for several months now, but she doesn't look good. I guess she is not getting enough nutrition. It would be better if you can help her get some nutritious food."

"Oh, old lady, I can help you get the things, but you should take them back! How can I take your things?"

"Add one! I am also a worldly-wise person. You may be stupid, but I am not. The two cans of milk powder you brought over that day were obviously imported. Although I don't know the exact price, it was definitely not cheap."

"So don't refuse. I know these things are not worth much now, but this is all I can offer now."

The old lady was right. These things are indeed not very profitable at the moment, but they will be valuable in the future!
Of course, this is about that bracelet, the quality of which is glass-type! As for whether it is imperial green, Li Jiayi doesn't know.

Because he hasn't studied this in depth, but judging from the color, there should be no problem.

Regardless of whether this is imperial green or not, just this glass type would easily be priced at a sky-high price in later generations.

Li Jiayi did not expect that, forgetting He Yuzhu, the old lady would actually be willing to take out these things. It is estimated that even for her own grandson, few people could do this!
Li Jiayi shook his head and said, "Old lady, I really can't accept these things. How about this! I will do as you say and send some food and meat every month. I will also send some nutritious food. You should keep the things."

"That won't do." The old lady shook her head and said, "If you don't accept these things, just pretend I wasn't here."

"Ugh! Old lady, why are you doing this?"

The deaf old lady looked at him and said, "Add one! Although I am a lonely old lady, I still have some things in my hands, so you can accept these!"

"This……"

Li Jiayi hesitated for a moment, then nodded and said, "Okay, I'll take it."

"now it's right."

"Have some peach cakes and drink some tea. No one is home at noon, so I'll make you something delicious."

"Hahaha, that's a good feeling."

Li Jiayi's room is so warm! Since they are having lunch here, the old lady took off her cotton coat.

Otherwise I would sweat in a while, but it’s still early for noon!
So we had tea and chatted first.

From the conversation, Li Jiayi learned that the old lady did have a son, and he was a soldier, but not our army.

Despite this, the old lady's son also died in the war against the Japanese.

So after liberation, because she had no children, she was given the status of a five-guarantee household.

For our army and our party, anyone who sacrifices his life fighting the Japanese is a hero.

Although there was no way to find a martyr's relative for the old lady, she was still well taken care of, and people would come to visit her during the holidays.

"Jia Yi! Put these things away! Don't let others see them."

"Okay old lady."

Li Jiayi picked up his things and went upstairs, just to cover up.

When Li Jiayi came down, he saw the old lady eating peach cake.

The old lady is too old to chew anything else, but the peach cake is relatively soft and crispy. It melts in her mouth as she drinks some tea.

After eating two pieces, the old lady stopped eating.

"Here, have a piece of candy to sweeten your mouth." Li Jiayi took out a handful of White Rabbit milk candies from his pocket and placed them in front of the old lady.

The old lady smiled and said, "No, I'll just drink tea. This tea is pretty sweet."

Are you kidding? This is a magical tea made from magical spring water! Not only is it fragrant, but it is also very sweet.

"Okay, as long as you like it."

Drinking more of this tea is also good for the old lady. If she drinks more, she may live a few more years.

Of course, drinking more does not mean drinking more just once, but drinking more several times.

Li Jiayi found chatting with the old lady quite interesting, because there were many things he didn't understand before.

But the old lady knew it very well, because she was born in the Qing Dynasty!
In the old lady's words, she has seen all kinds of old witches.

As for who this old witch is, everyone should know her, whether now or decades later.

That’s right, it was the Old Buddha known to everyone in later generations, but I didn’t expect that the old lady would call her an old witch.

The old lady is almost eighty years old this year. This age is nothing in later generations, but in this era, it is definitely considered a long life.

At about 11 o'clock in the morning, Li Jiayi said to the old lady: "Please sit down and drink tea first. I will go and get some food."

"Hahaha, okay."

After coming out of the house, Li Jiayi went to the kitchen and pretended to cook something in the kitchen.

Actually, I just fried some peanuts in a pan and then fried some peanuts in oil.

Of course, after these two things were finished, he put them into the space.

It took more than half an hour to finish this.

I saw Li Jiayi take out a few plates from the cupboard and put the braised pork on them.

Stewed beef brisket with tomatoes, braised pork with preserved vegetables, and finally a pork rib soup.

These are all meats that are easy to chew, especially the pork with preserved vegetables and the braised pork, the ribs are also okay.

Li Jiayi carried the food into the main room on a tray and placed it on the eight-immortals table.

Li Jiayi handed a pair of chopsticks to the old lady and said, "Here, try it and see if you can chew it."

"Good good."

The old lady first picked up a piece of braised pork and put it in her mouth, then ate it without uttering a few words.

"Well! This braised pork is very bad." said the old lady.

"That's good, try something else."

Then the old lady ate pork with preserved vegetables and spare ribs, both of which were fine, and even the beef brisket stewed with tomatoes was fine.

This also made Li Jiayi feel relieved.

"Plus one! Is this all we're going to eat?"

Li Jiayi looked at the old lady in confusion and asked, "What else do you want to eat? I'll make it for you."

"No, I mean, there's no steamed buns or rice or something?"

"Hey, I thought it was something else! We don't eat staple food, just eating this meat should be enough."

Hearing what Li Jiayi said, the old lady smiled and said, "I have never been so extravagant before, so I will be extravagant today."

Vegetables can fill you up, who wants to eat staple food?
But the old lady felt that it was too luxurious for two people to eat so much meat, and they should eat less meat and more staple foods.

However, it seemed that Li Jiayi did not prepare any staple food at all. He wanted to eat only these dishes. What could the old lady say?

"Old lady, this is just the beginning! If you live a few more decades, you can eat everything you want."

"Hahaha, if I live a few more decades, I'll become immortal."

"Who dares to say anything to you!" Li Jiayi said with a smile.

Yes, with He Yuzhu's personality, if anyone dared to scold the old lady like that, that guy would probably get furious immediately.

After dinner, the old lady did not leave but stayed to drink tea.

This is not because the tea tastes good, but mainly because the room is warm! It is more comfortable than spring and autumn.

It was not until after four o'clock that the old lady put on her cotton coat and left because it was almost time to get off work.

As soon as the old lady left, Li Jiayi brought over a piece of meat and some peach cakes.

As for eggs, milk powder and other things, Li Jiayi did not send them over because they were just given a few days ago and it was impossible for them to finish drinking and eating them now.

In addition, Li Jiayi has already decided to prepare an extra bottle of goat milk every day.

Since the old lady has given the reward, goat milk must also be provided.

Anyway, it's nothing to him.

Time passed day by day, and in the blink of an eye it was Sunday again. I didn’t go back to my hometown last Sunday because it snowed.

But it didn't snow this week! Not only that, the snow on the road has almost melted.

Of course, this only refers to the roads. The snow on the ground hasn’t melted at all because it’s so cold now!
The snow on the road melted not only because people walked on it and cars ran over it, but also because the highway department did some work.

In this case, Li Jiayi's tricycle could be driven again. So early on Sunday morning, Li Jiayi set off on his tricycle without even having breakfast.

Despite this, when I returned home today, I was still about an hour later than usual.

Yes, I usually get back to my hometown around eight o'clock, but today when I arrived at my grandma's house, it was already past nine o'clock.

And there were already people waiting here, and when they saw Li Jiayi coming, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

They were really worried that Li Jiayi wouldn't be able to come today, but it didn't matter. Given the current weather conditions, the meat wouldn't go bad even if they kept it in the house.

It's minus ten degrees now! Even during the day, it's minus five or six degrees. In this weather, no matter whether it's pork or white-striped chicken, it's impossible for it to go bad.

But everyone still feels that it is safer to keep the money in their hands.

Li Jiayi didn't care. He could handle it regardless of whether it was frozen meat or not. Besides, the meat would also have to be frozen when it was sent to the district bureau.

Yes, because Li Jiayi sent them meat, the district bureau now has a cold storage, but it is relatively small.

But there is absolutely no problem in carrying 8,000 kilograms of meat.

The old man and uncle helped weigh the meat, while Li Jiayi was responsible for collecting the chickens and ducks and paying the money.

As for grandma and aunt, they didn't come to help because they were not needed. Of course, the cooking was left to them.

"Uncle Lao Gen, you still have two pigs at home, right? When do you plan to kill them? I'll come over to help you then."

"Come on! I'm afraid you'll get too tired and blackmail me." The old man said jokingly.

Even though the other person calls him grandpa or uncle, he is actually older than the old man! The old man is just of a higher generation.

"That's impossible. We are farmers. We can get tired from doing some work."

We finished the work while chatting and laughing. Although there was a lot of work today, everyone arrived at a relatively close time, so we finished it quite quickly.

It was not yet eleven o'clock.

Li Jiayi and his uncle followed the old man back into the house.

Uncle quickly made a pot of tea and everyone sat down to drink tea.

"Is Uncle Lao Gen home?"

Just at this moment, the captain's voice came from outside.

"Here, come in!"

The captain came in from outside, saw Li Jiayi, nodded and smiled, and said, "Jiayi is here too?"

Li Jiayi rolled his eyes at him and said, "Uncle, please stop asking questions when you already know the answer."

"Hey hey hey."

"What are you doing here?" the old man asked the captain.

Before 1958, Lijia Village was still a village committee. Starting from 1958, the village committee was changed to a brigade, and he, the village party secretary, became the brigade party secretary and concurrently the brigade leader.

The brigade lasted until 1984 and was changed into a village committee.

A brigade has many production teams under it. Above the production teams is the brigade, and above the brigade is the people's commune.

But the situation in Lijia Village is special, so there has never been a production team.

"Uncle Lao Gen, isn't our brigade required to report the situation of each production team? As you know, our village has never had a production team, so I want to ask Aiguo if he is willing to serve as the leader of a production team."

"What, you want me to be the captain? I don't want to do it." Before the old man could say anything, Li Aiguo jumped up.

Are you kidding? Being a captain is so hard! Today this, tomorrow that, how can you be comfortable now?

"Shut up and let your brother finish what he is saying." The old man waited for Li Aiguo to look at him and said.

"Uncle Lao Gen, I love you. I have no choice. The higher-ups require us to have at least five production teams. That means I need to find five people to serve as team leaders. But it's not that easy to find five people! If it's allowed, I'll serve as another team leader."

Of course he was joking, but it wasn't entirely a joke.

He is now the brigade secretary and brigade leader, how can he also serve as the production team leader?

"Brother, are you sure? There are so many people in our village, and we can't find five production team leaders?" Li Aiguo was a little bit unconvinced.

"Of course I can find the five production team leaders, but these five people must have a certain level of cultural knowledge and a certain level of prestige, which is difficult."

"Uh!"

At that time, apart from some children, there were not many educated people of the older generation.

Some have some culture but no prestige, while those who have prestige have no culture.

So after thinking about it, he thought of Li Aimin, because Li Aiguo was educated! As for prestige, he may not have had it before, but he has it now.

Also, as the brigade secretary, it is impossible for him to always serve as the brigade leader.

He had already made up his mind to train Li Aiguo and have him take over the position of captain when the time comes.

If it were in the past, there would definitely be many people who would not accept it, but now, Li Aiguo is going to take over as the captain, and no one will object at all.

It’s not because of anything else, it’s because Li Aiguo has a capable nephew.

In rural areas, people are like this. They will trust whoever can bring them benefits.

"Do you think being patriotic can be a good thing?" the old man asked the captain.

"Uncle Lao Gen, this is absolutely no problem."

"In that case, then take it!"

"Dad, I..." When Li Aiguo heard that the old man had made the decision for him, he was about to refuse.

Unfortunately, before he could finish his words, the old man interrupted him and said, "Shut up, just think of it as helping your brother, you also have to be the captain."

Since the old man had said so, what else could Li Aiguo say? Even if he was a hundred percent unhappy, he wouldn't dare to say it out loud.

"Patriotism! Actually, being a team leader is not that troublesome. Our village is different from other villages. We don't need to record work points, and there are not so many things to do."

It’s just that sometimes you have to deal with things and you need some materials. Don’t worry about them. When the time comes, you just do what others do.

"Well, I don't understand anyway, so I'll do whatever you tell me to do."

"That's right. Since you agree, you will be the leader of the first production team from now on."

"Ah! So you only found me?" Li Aiguo asked the captain.

Hearing what Li Aiguo said, the captain touched his nose and said, "Aren't you the first one I thought of?"

"Come on! The regulations here definitely don't say ten days or half a month. I don't believe you haven't looked for someone else in such a long time."

"Okay, since you've already agreed, stop talking nonsense." The old man glared at Li Aiguo and said.

Now that the matter was settled, the captain breathed a sigh of relief and accompanied the old man to drink tea for a while.

Then he stood up and said, "Uncle Lao Gen, I won't stay any longer. I have something else to do."

"You won't leave until you finish your meal."

"No."

"OK then."

Then the captain looked at Li Aiguo and Li Jiayi and said, "Aiguo, Jiayi, I'm leaving first."

"Ok!"

"Take care! Oh! By the way, the captain wants to ask you something."

"Oh! What is it?"

"Did a family leave our village more than ten years ago?"

"Yes! Why are you asking this?" the captain asked puzzledly.

"I want to ask, do you remember the name of this family?"

"You're asking that question, kid. His father and I are about the same age. Although he is much younger than me, we are of the same generation. We have been in touch less in recent years, but we were in contact in the past few years."

"Then what's his name?"

"My name used to be Li Goudan, but now I've changed it to Li Huaide."

"What! Li Huaide?"

"Yes! What's the matter?" The captain looked at Li Jiayi in confusion and asked.

"Nothing, uncle, are you and my dad the same generation?"

You have to know that in this era, there are seniority levels!
Take Li Jiayi for example! This is his nickname, and it is just his courtesy name. In fact, he should have another name.

His generation is called Cheng. If he was given a name, he would be called Li Cheng or something, with the character plus one.

For example, this is what his eldest brother and second brother are called, and both his eldest brother and second brother have nicknames.

Let me put it this way! If Li Jiayi had always lived in the countryside, he would definitely not have used this name.

In rural areas, children are usually called by nicknames until they are seven or eight years old. When they start going to school, they are given a full name and a name according to their generation.

When I was in school, I used my real name and I have been using it for the rest of my life.

Li Jiayi lives in the city and used a nickname when he was in school. Now there is no way to change it.

Even if you give yourself a big name, it's just another name and you can't use it anymore. After all, it would be very troublesome to change all of them.

For example, student status and household registration need to be changed.

"Your generation is not Huai's, why did he change it to this?"

The captain shook his head and said, "He has already moved out, so it is not our business. Besides, he also has a big name, but we didn't use it, so we created another one."

"Okay then! By the way, where does he work?" Li Jiayi asked.

(End of this chapter)