Chapter 348 Beginning

Chapter 348 Beginning

Chapter 348 Beginning

"Yeah, it's really hard to fall asleep since it started so early in the morning." Grandma nodded.

"It's okay grandma, I'm awake now and it's time to get up."

"Okay then! Wait a moment! Grandma will prepare breakfast soon."

"Okay grandma!"

Soon grandma brought in the food, and at that moment grandpa also came back from a walk outside.

"Hurry up and wash your hands and go eat." The old lady said to Li Laogen.

"Row."

Knowing that Li Jiayi liked to drink millet porridge, grandma specially made millet porridge. Usually, grandma made rice porridge in the morning.

Afraid that Li Jiayi wouldn’t enjoy the meal, I specially made big meat buns, especially big ones.

"Eat quickly."

"Ok!"

After finishing breakfast quickly, Li Jiayi strolled to the village.

The village is very lively now! People are slaughtering pigs and chickens everywhere.

"Has Jiayi eaten yet?"

"Ate."

After saying that, he looked at the pig on the door and asked, "Seventh Brother, are you slaughtering a pig today?"

"Yes! Kill two today." Brother Seven pointed at the pigs on the ground and the door panel and said.

"Sure! Seventh Brother."

"Hehehe, these are the only two that have grown up enough to be killed. I guess we'll have to wait until the New Year before we can kill them again."

"Okay! That's not bad!"

Two pigs can be sold for more than two hundred yuan at least. After deducting the costs, it is no problem to make a profit of a hundred or so yuan.

If I can kill two more pigs by the end of the year, I can make nearly two hundred dollars just from pigs.

Nowadays, every household raises chickens and ducks. If you make a little more money from chickens and ducks, it is not a problem to make more than 200 yuan a year.

More than two hundred yuan may not be a lot for a wage earner, but even an apprentice can earn that much in a year.

But don’t forget, if you live in the city, you have to buy everything!
Apart from food and daily necessities, there are also miscellaneous expenses, and there is not much money left at the end of the year.

It’s different in the countryside! You own your own food, and you can grow some vegetables at any time, so you don’t even have to pay for them.

Excluding some necessary expenses, a lot of money is spent in a year, so this money is equivalent to the total amount.

Time passed quickly and it was around nine o'clock in the morning. By this time, someone had already packed the pigs and started to send them to grandma's house.

Li Jiayi followed him back.

When we got back to grandma's house, my uncle and aunt had already come over and brought out the scale.

It took me about an hour to finish packing everything.

In total, we harvested more than 2,000 kilograms of pork, more than 130 chickens, and more than 50 ducks.

In addition, there are more than a thousand chicken eggs and about six hundred duck eggs. These are what we collected today.

No one slaughtered sheep today, so we didn't receive any mutton.

There are many sheep raised in the village, but not many are sold. The idea is to raise them without eating grain.

So everyone was reluctant to sell their sheep until winter came and there was no grass left. Only then did everyone feel willing to sell their sheep.

Li Jiayi didn't care. It was his no matter when he sold it, and he didn't like mutton.

So far, the only one that buys mutton from him is Hongye Iron and Steel Plant.

Basically all other factories want pork, only the third steel rolling mill wants something more diverse.

Of course, this is also because the food he gave to others was more mixed, otherwise they would only want pork.

Even if they want something else, I don't think they will ask for much.

Speaking of this, we have to blame Li Huaide. As a native of Lijia Village, he has been away for so many years and has never brought any benefits to Lijia Village.

It would be fine if you don’t have the ability, but you have the ability but don’t do it.

This is why Li Jiayi sent so many miscellaneous items to the Third Steel Rolling Mill.

For example, other factories don’t want fish, but they send them to the Third Steel Rolling Mill, and they won’t refuse them.

After all the villagers left, Li Jiayi went over and got a chicken and a piece of particularly good pork belly.

Then he handed it to the lady and said, "We're having braised pork for lunch today, so let's make soup with this chicken!"

"Okay, I'll make it for you in a minute. Do you want to eat anything else?"

Li Jiayi thought for a moment and said, "Auntie, you can do the rest! Everything is here."

"OK then."

"Uncle, let's load the things into the car first!"

"Row."

It looks like a lot of stuff, but actually there isn't much, especially when it's loaded onto a truck, it feels even less.

Despite this, Li Jiayi still left two chickens, two ducks, and a large piece of good pork belly for his grandparents.

These things are enough for grandparents and uncle and aunt to eat until he comes over next time.

After lunch, Li Jiayi chatted with his grandparents for a while, and then drove back to the city.

Although the weather is still cold now, it is still more than 10 degrees during the day! The meat will not be good if it is left for a long time.

Not far from Lijia Village, Li Jiayi packed up the things on the truck.

At least during this period of time on the road, things will not change in the static space.

More than two hours later, Li Jiayi returned to the city, thinking that it had only been a few days since he delivered something to the district bureau.

Moreover, there is still a lot of stock in the district bureau’s cold storage, so we won’t send these over.

Li Jiayi drove to the woolen mill. Although there were not many things, no one would refuse them.

It was not yet four o'clock and there was still some time before getting off work, so Li Jiayi drove the car to a canteen.

"Uncle Liao, come out and meet the guests." Li Jiayi shouted inside as soon as he parked the car.

"What are you yelling about, little brat?"

In this woolen mill, only Li Jiayi would shout like this, so I knew it was him without even thinking.

"Uncle Liao, I collected some things in the countryside today. It's not much, but it's not a small amount either. Ask someone to unload them."

"What are these things?" Liao Kai ran over and asked.

"It's nothing, just over 2,000 kilograms of pork, over 100 chickens, over 50 ducks, over 1,000 chicken eggs, and several hundred duck eggs."

"You are really good, this is not enough!"

"Is it much?"

"Uh! Not much?"

“Not much!”

"Okay!" Liao Kai was defeated. Compared with those usually sent over, it was indeed not much, even a little too little.

Soon Liao Kai called people out and started unloading things.

The chickens and ducks collected cannot be sold according to the chickens and ducks in his space!

These chickens are one dollar and fifty cents each, and the ducks are two dollars each.

"Aren't you going out now? Why did you want to collect supplies today?"

"You're not just staying at home with nothing to do, so go out and take a walk."

"All right!"

Soon everything was weighed, even the chickens, ducks, eggs and chickens were counted.

The cold storage issued a ticket and Li Jiayi left with the ticket.

Time passed day by day, and in the blink of an eye it was May, May of 1966.

In the past month, Li Jiayi has not left the house except for delivering things to a few factories.

The first thing is that the supply and marketing cooperative has one more item, which is the badge.

Now, no matter who you are, you must wear a badge on your chest when you go out.

The same goes for Li Jiayi, but what he wears is different from others. Others wear iron or aluminum badges, but he wears a ceramic badge.

It looks particularly tall and noble.

In addition to these, there is another big thing, that is, the school is closed. Fortunately, there are no students in their family now.

This is also Li Jiayi's foresight! He did not let his cousin continue to go to technical secondary school, otherwise who knows what would happen.

That night, Li Jiayi had just finished his meal and was about to go upstairs to sleep when he heard someone shouting and hurried out of the house.

"Who?"

"Add one, someone is looking for you outside."

"Oh! Aunt Cheng! Who's looking for me?"

"He didn't say, he said it was your classmate."

"my classmate."

Although Li Jiayi was very confused, he still planned to go out and take a look.

I have been studying for so many years and have many classmates! I just don't know who they are.

Soon Li Jiayi arrived outside the gate, and as soon as he came out, he saw a familiar figure.

"Fat man."

"Old... plus one."

"Why are you here?" Li Jiayi hurriedly went up and asked.

"Let's talk aside." The fat man looked around and said.

"Ok!"

Li Jiayi walked away with the fat man. Seeing that there was no one around, he stopped and asked, "What do you want to see me for?"

"Boss, do you still remember Teacher Liu?" asked the fat man.

"Teacher Liu? You are talking about Teacher Liu Huifang, right?" Li Jiayi asked.

"Yes! Yes, it's her." The fat man nodded.

"What's wrong with her?" Li Jiayi asked puzzledly.

"Alas!" said the fat man with a sigh.

"Uh! What's going on?"

"I don't know the details. I just heard it from others, so I came to you to see if there is any solution."

The fat man didn't know what was going on, but Li Jiayi knew it very well! But he could only pretend that he didn't know.

(Alas, I can’t write anything now. I have to spend a long time revising something after writing just a little bit. It’s really speechless.)
But Li Jiayi was also helpless. For the time being, he was powerless.

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

At this time, it would be good if you can protect yourself.

"Okay, I understand. You go back first! I'll ask someone about it."

"Ok!"

Liu Huifang is Li Jiayi's junior high school teacher. She is a very nice person and very gentle to others.

Watching the fat man leave, Li Jiayi turned around and walked back.

"Oh! It seems I won't be able to sleep today." Li Jiayi said with a sigh.

After returning home, Li Jiayi went upstairs, locked the door from the inside, and entered the space.

I went through my daily routine first, then took a shower and changed my clothes.

I made myself a pot of tea and sat in the living room of the space drinking tea and waiting.

As for what to wait for, of course, it’s time!
Time passed quickly, and in a blink of an eye it was already past eleven o'clock at night. Feeling that it was about time, Li Jiayi came out of the space.

It is a cloudy day today. The sky should be full of stars, but now there is nothing to see.

After opening the back door, Li Jiayi came out of the yard and went to Xinjiekou Middle School.

As for this wall of the school, he had no idea how many times he had climbed over it when he was studying here.

So Li Jiayi came to the school easily.

He studied here for three years! He wouldn't go wrong even with his eyes closed.

Li Jiayi looked for a place where someone was watching, and sure enough, he soon arrived at a classroom.

There are two red * signs standing at the door of the classroom. Everyone else is reading quotations from the emperor around the campfire. Why are these two people standing here?
There must be something wrong! No need to think about it.

Li Jiayi picked up a lump of earth from the ground and threw it in another direction.

The two men heard the noise, looked at each other, and walked over.

Li Jiayi quickly ran behind the two men and attacked their necks with two knife attacks.

The two red students fell to the ground without even being able to react.

Li Jiayi hurried to the front of the classroom, pushed open the door and walked in.

"Who?" someone asked.

Because there was no light in the house and it was cloudy today, you could almost see nothing.

"Excuse me, is Teacher Liu here?" Li Jiayi asked.

"Which Teacher Liu are you from?" someone asked.

"Teacher Liu Huifang."

"Looking for me, who are you?"

When Li Jiayi heard this voice, his eyes lit up, because that was exactly the voice of Teacher Liu!

"Teacher Liu, it's me, Li Jiayi."

"Li Jiayi, why are you here?" Teacher Liu asked excitedly.

Li Jiayi walked over to the sound and soon came to Teacher Liu and said, "I'll take you out."

"No, Li Jiayi, you better go!"

"Uh! Why?" Li Jiayi asked in confusion.

"I don't want to implicate others, and what will happen if I go out?"

"This……"

But Li Jiayi felt uneasy if he didn't take Teacher Liu away, because he knew a lot of things that others didn't know.

"Student Li Jiayi, please leave quickly! Otherwise you'll be discovered." Teacher Liu said.

After thinking for a while, Li Jiayi said, "Okay, teacher, you stay here first, I will think of a solution."

Li Jiayi came out of the classroom, closed the door, and left as if nothing had happened.

As for the two people lying on the ground, they probably didn't know what had happened.

After leaving school, Li Jiayi did not go home, but went directly to the street office.

Director Xu must have a solution! So Li Jiayi planned to go to Director Xu to ask about the situation.

Soon Li Jiayi arrived at the street office. The street office was brightly lit! It was obvious that someone was on duty, and there were quite a few people on duty.

After Li Jiayi entered, he walked towards Director Xu's office. Unfortunately, when he got there, he found that there was no one in the office.

In other words, Director Xu is not on duty today.

In that case, Li Jiayi went to find Secretary Niu.

Sure enough, a capable officer was on duty today.

"Knock knock knock." Li Jiayi went up and knocked on the door.

"Come in."

Hearing the sound, Li Jiayi quickly pushed the door open and went in.

"Uh! Li Jiayi, why are you here at this time?"

"Secretary Niu, I want to ask you for a favor." Li Jiayi scratched his head and said. "Oh! What do you want me to do for you?" Secretary Niu asked in confusion.

"It's like this, can you help bring the person out?"

Hearing what Li Jiayi said, Secretary Niu smiled bitterly, shook his head and said, "Jiayi! It's not that I don't want to help, I just can't do anything about this."

"Uh! Why?" Li Jiayi asked helplessly.

"There's really nothing we can do about this." Director Niu smiled bitterly and shook his head.

"Officer Niu, can the street committee find a way to send these people away?"

"Send away?"

"Yes! This seems to be under the jurisdiction of the street!"

"Yes! Yes, this is indeed under the jurisdiction of the Street Office, but have you ever thought that if it is sent to the countryside, it may be worse than it is now."

"It doesn't matter! As long as it can be delivered, it's fine. I just don't know where to send it?"

"That's not the case. It's up to the street office to make the arrangements."

Hearing what Secretary Niu said, Li Jiayi breathed a sigh of relief. There would be no problem if the people were arranged to live in Lijia Village.

"Then Secretary Niu, please write me a note: Xinjiekou Middle School, Ms. Liu Huifang, to send her to Lijia Village."

"Lijiacun?"

"Yes, it's my hometown, Changping Liu Village."

"Okay." Secretary Niu agreed, then opened the drawer and took out a stack of papers.

In fact, this was not paper, but a pile of forms. Li Jiayi hurried over to take a look.

"Secretary Niu, can you give me a few copies of this form?"

"Add one! That won't work. These are all stamped. And they are stamps from the city. They can't be used casually."

"Secretary Niu, I will never use it casually. The main reason is that the only one I know of is Teacher Liu, and I don't know who the other teachers are, so I am going to ask for a few more."

"Is that so? Then I'll give you two blanks! You can fill them in later."

"Secretary Niu, please give me a few more! Otherwise I will have to ask Director Xu for more later."

"Uh! This..."

Secretary Niu knew very well that if Li Jiayi asked Director Xu for it, he would definitely get it. It didn't matter how much he asked for. Ten or eight would definitely be no problem.

"Okay! I'll give you a few more, but remember, if you can't use them all, you have to return them. Don't use them recklessly."

Li Jiayi just took a look at it. This thing was issued by the Municipal Revolutionary Committee and was stamped with the Municipal Revolutionary Committee's seal. It really cannot be used indiscriminately.

This is only Li Jiayi. If you try someone else, I guess even Niu Ganshi won’t pay any attention to him.

In the street office, only Li Jiayi has this face.

Officer Niu counted out ten and handed them to Li Jiayi, saying, "Here are ten. Tell me how many you have used and return the unused ones."

"Don't worry, Director Niu, I will never cause you any trouble."

Secretary Niu shook his head and said, "It's nothing for me, I'm just worried that you'll get into trouble."

"Ok, I know."

With the transfer order, Li Jiayi left the street office and went straight home.

When he got home, he turned on the light in the main room, put the form on the table and started filling it out.

Silent all night.

The next morning at dawn, Li Jiayi left home, started the jeep, and drove to Xinjiekou Middle School.

Arriving at the school gate, Li Jiayi took out a list, handed it to a red student standing guard and said, "I'm here to pick someone up."

The red student on guard took the order, looked at it, nodded and said, "Okay, please come in."

After saying that, he returned the list to Li Jiayi.

Yes, these red students only recognize orders and not people.

Soon Li Jiayi drove the car to the exit of the classroom and stopped the car.

As soon as the car stopped, a red * ran over and asked, "Excuse me, what can I do for you?"

"I'll bring someone with me." Li Jia handed over the list.

Hong*Biao took it, looked at it and said, "Wait a moment, I'll bring the person over."

"Ok!"

A few minutes later, Teacher Liu came out. When he saw that it was Li Jiayi, he almost shouted out.

Fortunately, Li Jiayi quickly gave her a wink.

"The person has been brought here, you can take him away!" After saying that, he returned the list to Li Jiayi.

"Well! Then I'll go first."

Li Jiayi took Teacher Liu to the jeep, then got in, started the car, and drove out of the school.

"Li Jiayi, what's going on?" Teacher Liu asked hurriedly before leaving the school.

"Teacher Liu, you are going to the countryside now. I will take you there now."

"Ah! This..."

"Okay, teacher, don't worry. Once you get there, you don't need to worry about anything. Just stay there peacefully."

Hearing what Li Jiayi said, Teacher Liu smiled bitterly and said, "Do I have any other choice?"

"Uh! This..."

Actually! Teacher Liu really has no other choice now.

After leaving the school, Li Jiayi did not stop, but drove the jeep directly out of the city.

After leaving the city, Li Jiayi clearly felt that Teacher Liu was relieved. It seemed that she was not relaxed either!

Li Jiayi parked the car on the side of the road and took out an oil-paper bag and two cups with lids from his schoolbag.

"Teacher Liu, you must be very hungry! Eat something first, and then drink some soy milk."

Teacher Liu was more than just starving! She hadn't eaten for more than a day, and she hadn't even had a sip of water.

"Thank you, Li Jiayi." Teacher Liu took the cup of soy milk, opened it and quickly drank a few sips.

"Teacher Liu, why are you being so polite to me?"

"All right!"

Li Jiayi opened the oil-paper package, handed it to Teacher Liu and said, "Eat some buns first."

"Ok!"

"By the way, Mr. Liu, how many people are there in that classroom? Are they all from our school?"

"Yes, they are all from our school. There are five of us in total, including me."

"Then do you know their names?" Li Jiayi asked quickly.

"of course I know."

When Li Jiayi heard Teacher Liu say that he knew, he quickly took out four lists from his schoolbag and said, "Teacher Liu, fill in their names."

Li Jiayi is not a saint, he just helps to the best of his ability.

If it is beyond his ability, he will definitely not take action because he doesn't want to cause trouble.

No matter how powerful an individual is, he can never compare with the state machine.

Li Jiayi is not that stupid.

"Oh! Okay." Teacher Liu agreed and prepared to put the buns down to write.

"Teacher Liu, don't be in a hurry. Eat first and we'll talk after you finish eating."

"fine."

Teacher Liu quickly finished filling out the four forms. Li Jiayi took them and looked at them. There were exactly four teachers, two male and two female.

"Teacher Liu, would you like to come with me to pick him up, or would you like to wait here for a while until I pick him up, and then we can go together."

Hearing what Li Jiayi said, Teacher Liu shivered and said, "I'd better wait here!"

"Okay, just wait at the intersection of Pigeon City!" Li Jiayi said, pointing forward.

"it is good."

After Teacher Liu got off the car, Li Jiayi drove the jeep back.

We picked up the four teachers smoothly and then left the city this time.

When we arrived at the intersection of Gezishi, Teacher Liu was already waiting there.

Li Jiayi quickly stopped the car.

"Teacher Liu."

"Teacher Xu, Teacher Wu, Teacher Zhang, Teacher Chen." Teacher Liu shouted excitedly.

"Teacher Liu, get in the car!" said Li Jiayi.

"it is good."

After Teacher Liu got on the bus, the three female teachers hugged each other and cried bitterly.

Fortunately, people these days are relatively thin, otherwise there might not be enough space for four people to sit in the back.

"Teachers, please stop crying and eat something first!" Li Jiayi took out two oil paper bags and two bottles of soy milk.

"Thank you, Li Jiayi."

"You're welcome, teacher."

More than two hours later, Li Jiayi drove the jeep into Lijia Village and parked it directly in front of his grandmother's house.

Hearing the noise, grandma ran out of the house.

"Hey, grandson."

"grandmother!"

"Grandson, who are they..." Grandma asked when she saw Teacher Liu and others getting out of the car.

"Grandma, they are my teachers and they are having some difficulties now."

"Oh! So you are my eldest grandson's teacher! Please come in."

"Teacher Liu, please follow my grandmother in first. I'll go find the village party secretary and the team leader."

"Ok."

Li Jiayi did not drive, but ran straight to the village and first came to the party secretary's house.

"Uncle, are you there?"

"exist."

"Hey, why is it you?" The branch secretary asked in surprise when he saw it was Li Jiayi.

"Uncle, I have something to ask you."

"Oh! What is it?"

"It's like this..." Li Jiayi told the branch secretary about the situation of several teachers.

"Uncle, don't think so. I don't plan to let them help work in the fields."

"If they don't help work in the fields, what are they supposed to do?"

"Uncle! Asking them to help with the work in the fields is a waste of their talents! Have you forgotten what they are to me?"

"Isn't it just the teacher?"

"Yes! Teacher! There are so many children in our village, and classes are suspended everywhere. Don't you think it's better to let them teach the children in the village than to work?"

"Oh! It's true!"

"So, uncle, our village is not short of food for a few people. If they teach the children in the village, it will be much better than having more people working."

"Yes, yes, I know what to do."

"Also, uncle, with so many people leaving the village, there must be extra houses. You should arrange a place for them to live. As for teaching the children, you can do it over there by the stage."

"Hey, our village is so big, it's not easy to arrange for a few people to live there. You don't have to worry about it. Just leave it to me and your uncle."

"Ok!"

"Let's go find your uncle now and discuss the matter."

"it is good."

Li Jiayi followed the branch secretary and soon arrived at his uncle's house.

"Party Secretary."

"Are you busy?" asked the branch secretary.

"No, no, it's not the busy farming season now, what can we be busy about?" Li Aiguo shook his head and said.

"Uncle!"

"Hey, Jiayi, when did you come?" Li Aiguo asked in surprise.

"I just got here too. I'm here to look for the Party Secretary."

"That's it!"

"Okay, let's not talk about this for now, Aiguo, I came to talk to you about something." said the branch secretary.

"You said."

"It's like this..." The branch secretary repeated Li Jiayi's words.

"Sure! That's great. Whoever's child goes to school will give the teacher a portion of his food. This will benefit all the villagers."

"Hey, I didn't expect you to be so quick-witted! I didn't even think of that."

This is called vested interest. Whoever's children go to class will export grain. This is normal.

Lijia Village is different from other villages! Not only is it a wealthy village, but everyone in it knows the importance of knowledge.

"Secretary, this is a good thing. Of course you have to think quickly." Li Aiguo said.

"By the way, Jiayi, where are your teachers now?"

"There are five teachers in my grandmother's house, and there may be more in the future. And they are all middle school teachers! They are very knowledgeable."

"Hahaha, the kids in that village are so lucky to have such a good teacher to teach them."

"By the way, what did you mean by maybe a few more people?" asked the branch secretary.

"That's right, Uncle Party Secretary. They are only my junior high school teachers. I also have technical secondary school teachers!"

"Technical school teacher? Does that mean all the kids can learn technology?"

"That's right, but you have to have a solid foundation of knowledge. At least you have to finish junior high school courses before learning technology!"

"That's true."

"Come on, take us to meet your teachers."

"Yeah!" Li Jia nodded.

Then I followed the branch secretary and the team leader to my grandmother's house.

It wasn't far away, so we arrived there quickly.

When they came over, Teacher Liu and her friends were drinking tea and chatting with grandpa and grandma in the yard.

"Teacher Liu, I've brought the branch secretary and the team leader to see you."

Hearing what Li Jiayi said, Teacher Liu and the others quickly stood up from their chairs.

"Please sit down, don't be polite. Being here feels like being at home." The village chief said hurriedly.

"Thank you."

After everyone sat down, the branch secretary said, "Teachers, I have something to discuss with you."

"Please speak, Secretary."

"It's like this. Now all the schools in the commune have been suspended. In this case, the children in the village have no way to go to school, so I hope you can help teach the children."

"Secretary, that's no problem! That's what we do. Also, if there's anything you need us to do in the future, just let us know."

"Don't dare."

Anyway, they had a great conversation. Teacher Liu and the others didn't need to work in the fields, but they had to teach the children well.

It can be said that everyone is happy. The village needs their knowledge, and they need the village to protect them and provide them with food.

(End of this chapter)