Chapter 54 Bicycles and Cans
I ate this meal for more than an hour in the afternoon, and it was already past 5 o'clock after the meal.
Li Wen handed over the money and tickets to the village and pushed back the production team's old bicycle.
Along the way, the young people in the village were envious of Li Wen's pushing the bicycle, although it was old.
"Wow, third brother, you have a bicycle."
Li Yong and Li Tao, who were playing at the door, saw Li Wen pushing the bicycle. They were so excited that they kept touching the children.
"Brother, can I ride it?" Li Tao looked at the bicycle as tall as him and said in his longing.
"Get out of here, you can't even support your bicycle, and you still ride it? What should I do if it breaks," Uncle Er walked out of the door and cursed.
"We finally have a decent guy," said the second uncle Li Dezhong, patted the back seat of the bicycle and smiled.
"Let's go, I'll carry it in," said Uncle Er, lifting the bicycle from outside the threshold.
"Brother, Awen pushed back the bicycle from the production team. Look, it's very straight." Uncle Er patted the bicycle seat and said excitedly.
For a moment, the whole family stepped forward to watch.
This bicycle was used to be only used by the production team leader and the old branch secretary, and no one in the village allowed it to let anyone else. Of course, whoever gets married can borrow it and use it.
Every time I go to the commune or county to come back after a meeting, the branch secretary and the production team leader wipe the car clean and then hang it up.
So although this bicycle has been used for several years and is of high quality, it is still 70% to 80% new.
"We finally have a bicycle in our family, it's great!"
Second aunt touched the back seat of the car and thought to herself, it would be so cool if she took this bicycle to her parents' home.
Bicycles in this era are indeed the same as those in later generations of Daben and Baodu. Those who can ride bicycles are definitely the most beautiful boys in the village.
"Yes, with this bicycle, our boys said it would be much easier to get along with." Wang Chunmei was also full of joy when she looked at the Phoenix bicycle.
"It's a pity that I replaced the new one with the village, otherwise it would be better," Li Quan sighed.
"You know, Awen did this trick so well." Uncle Second mentioned Li Quan's butt and said.
"Well, Awen's change today is really great," his father Li Deyou also nodded with a smile.
"The new ones don't matter, as long as they are a bicycle, we will make a profit," Li Wen smiled.
"Yes, as long as it is a bicycle, our family will make a profit," everyone said happily.
It was still an hour before dark, and the old and young men at home started learning to ride bicycles in the yard. They were having fun helping me ride.
"This bicycle is not difficult to learn, you will learn it in a while," Li Quan, who was sitting at the dinner table at night, said excitedly.
"Dad practices more at home these days, and take you to school in a few days," Uncle Second touched the heads of his two twin sons and said with a smile.
"Oh, take a bicycle to school," a few little guys were so happy that they were jumping around the yard.
"Okay, calm down, hurry up and go to bed after dinner," Aunt Er held the rice plate and yelled softly at her son playing in the yard.
After dinner, everyone who was excited for the afternoon went back to their room to rest.
Li Wen slings the door bolt and returns to the space.
The corn in the space was ripe again, and Li Wen chopped the straw into silage with a hatchet and stored it in a large tank. Then he moved out the hand-cranked corn threshing machine left by the landlord to start threshing the corn.
In half an hour, half a sack of corn kernels had been threshed, and Li Wen had saved up a bag of corn kernels and a bag of wheat in the past few months.
Li Wen was also full of a sense of accomplishment when he looked at his gains over the past few months.
"Not bad, not bad, it's another good harvest day. In a few days, I went to the county's vermicelli to grind them all into powder," Li Wen smiled and patted the sack.
I picked all the ripe watermelons and big pumpkins in the yard and placed them in the constant area during the warehouse.
There are dozens of large pumpkins piled up on the shelves, and there are also many watermelons. Li Wen is planning to take action when he goes to the county to grind noodles in a few days.
When he arrived at the front door room, Li Wen carried a basket and put away all the eggs and duck eggs for today.
The chicken seedlings I bought later have grown up and have started laying eggs in the past two days. Li Wen has recently picked up hundreds of kilograms of eggs and piled them in the warehouse.
When I arrived at the second floor, I started to use a water pipe to water the fruits and vegetables on the platform, and then rinsed the goat pen.
The piglets in the backyard aisle were very smart, and the feces were pulled in one corner. Li Wen shoveled the feces into the sewer and then washed them with water.
Strangely enough, this warehouse space is very magical.
Not to mention the unlimited use of water and electricity, the sewer can rush around casually. The land in the garden is like the mythical and legendary Xilan, which can increase the growth rate of crops. The warehouse space also has the function of storage space, and time and space seem to be stagnant.
Li Wen doesn't understand and is too lazy to think about it anymore. Let's just follow the situation. It can't turn modern life into a fantasy world. ωωw..net
After settling down everything about the space, Li Wen returned to the room and began to write a complimentary manuscript for the acquisition station.
Until midnight, an article with more than 2,000 words like "workers, peasants, fish and water" was successfully completed.
When Li Wen woke up in the morning, he saw that his family was getting up very early today.
The adults were practicing riding bikes in the yard, while the children were running along the side, making playful sounds from time to time.
"Awen is up!" Uncle Er rode his bicycle and took Li Tao around the yard, walked to Li Wen and stopped.
"Uncle Second, you are skilled now. You can take people with me now. And you can stop as soon as you say it, old driver," Li Wen smiled and gave a thumbs up.
"Haha, okay, okay!"
"By the way, Awen, are you using a car today? If you don't, the second uncle will ride away. Your aunt said she wants to go back to her parents' home. It's faster to ride a bicycle. Uncle will take your aunt to a trip," Li Dezhong said with a smile.
"I don't need it, you can ride it second uncle," Li Wen waved his hand with a smile.
After breakfast, Li Wen walked out leisurely!
"Awen, what are you doing in Taoyuan? Do you want to eat peaches? The village committee didn't want a lot of peaches yesterday. You can get it yourself," said Li Decai, who was working in Taoyuan with a smile.
"Yesterday Uncle Junli gave me a basket of food. No, I'll check if there are any peaches in Taoyuan. Take a look, "Li Wen said with a smile.
"Also, how could it not be there? Yesterday, all the good ones sold were average and small. I didn't ask everyone to pick them. They hang them on the trees for a few days," Li Decai said with a smile.
"Uncle Jiu, how many more are there?" Li Wen turned around the ground and saw a few peaches hanging on some trees. He asked with a smile.
"It's always a thousand jin, right? What's wrong? You asked me yesterday what these bad peaches are." Li Decai asked in confusion.
"Can, I want to use these average-quality peaches to make canned food," Li Wen opened his mouth.
"What! Can we make canned peaches, really?" Li Decai said in shock.
"Why can't it work? When our peaches are sold, most of the first-grade products are eaten by retail. Second-grade products must be sold to the factory and made into canned food," Li Wen said calmly.
"It's really possible, we can't do it either?" Li Decai said in surprise.
"Uncle, canned food is very easy to make. Since there are so many peaches of average quality, we can make canned food. Let's go to the village committee to find my fourth master and the others," Li Wen said with a smile.
"Zhong, since you are so confident, I will accompany you," Li Decai put down the tools in his hand and said.
"Lao Jiu, what are you doing with Awen in the village committee?" The old branch secretary who was reading the newspaper looked up at the two of them and asked.
"Fourth Grandpa, this is the case," Li Wen told his plan to the old branch secretary.
After listening to Li Wendi's explanation, Li Juncai lowered his head and thought for a while.
"Decai, go and call all the cadres of the village committee. Let's listen together. I feel that what Awen said should be a try." Li Juncai looked up at Li Decai and said.
After a while, several cadres of the village committee came to the office, and Li Wen told everyone about his thoughts.
"I agree, you can try it! Awen is so smart that he doesn't sell the remaining peaches. In the end, he will share them with the members. If it succeeds, what kind of peaches will be sold in our village? Let's sell canned food directly and run a village factory," Li Junli said excitedly after hearing this.
After hearing Li Junli's words, everyone nodded one after another.
"Does Awen need any materials? Write a list for the village. I will go to the commune to apply at that time?" Li Junli looked at Li Wen with passion.
Li Wen was also very excited when he knew that the production captain was a real person.
"Fourth Grandpa, uncles and aunts, I know that everyone agrees to me to make canned food and will bear certain responsibilities at that time. But I will talk about a method, and the success rate will be greatly improved at that time, and the villagers will agree to try it. Li Wen stood up and smiled.
"The village first provides a few glass bottles and some rock candy. Let's try making a few canned bottles. This one is very fast. After it is done, it will be eaten tomorrow. Then we can speak with the results, which will be more intuitive," Li Wen said confidently.
"If so, it would be even better," everyone agreed.
"In this way, I'll go to the village supply and marketing store to buy materials. Sister-in-law, you can help Awen, let's do it now." Li Junli was also decisive in his work.
"First pick a harder peach and scrape the skin clean. Then soak it in salt water for five or six minutes, and don't soak it for too long, otherwise the sweetness of the fruit will be gone."
Li Wen was instructing the aunt in the village canteen at this time how to make canned food.
"I bought it back, twenty bottles, three kilograms of rock candy, Awen, look at it," Li Junli hurriedly walked into the village canteen and said.
"Okay, boil water and clean these bottles and disinfect them," Li Wen directed several people to start making them.
"Look, take out the peaches that have been soaked for a few minutes and bottle them, then put rock sugar on them, pour in cold boiled water, and finally cover them with a lid." Li Wen guided.
"Is this over?" Li Junli and his uncle Gao Aiqin asked.
"Not yet! Now add cold water to the pot, put the can and start cooking. After the water boils, the heat will be reduced and cook for ten to fifteen minutes.
After a long wait, the time finally came.
"It's a good time. Take it out and twist the lid and put it upside down. When it gets cold, it's canned," Li Wen said with a smile at the results of the people.
The red peaches looked very beautiful in the glass bottle, and everyone was very happy.
Chapter completed!