Chapter 1799: Times Have Changed (Part 10)
Although Cheng Baoguo has retired, he is still concerned about the lives of the common people. Unable to wait until tomorrow, he pulled Xibao along to take him around for a look, to see the pig farms, chicken farms, and the reservoir, arriving just as the ducks and white geese were marching in a row towards the pens.
The chickens, ducks, and geese all know the way and don't need anyone to guide them.
Of course, to prevent some chicken-stealing people and weasels from eyeing these collective properties, the Wanglou Brigade assigned some members who are good at raising chickens, ducks, and geese to focus on guarding the chickens at the farms and the ducks and geese at the reservoir. They drive the ducks and geese to the water every morning and back to the pen in the evening, and they have to count carefully to avoid explaining to the brigade if there are any missing.
Meanwhile, Wang Dachun is leading people in rowing wooden boats to cast a large net into the reservoir.
Lu Erxiong watched with great interest, feeling that everything at the hometown was fascinating, but Fubao was thinking about Jin Ruochu and Wen Ruyu, tugged at him, but did not move him, and couldn't help but frown.
"Erxiong, we should go see Grandpa Wen now!" It's not convenient to visit during the day, but at night it should be fine, right?
Lu Erxiong listened to his sister's words and unhappily said, "I want to watch the rowing and fishing."
Fubao sternly said, "No, you can watch anytime, but today we must first go see Grandpa Wen and Grandpa Jin. Didn't mom remind us to greet the grandpas when we came? Didn't Uncle say there will be fishing tomorrow? That sight must be more beautiful than now, why not save your energy and join in the fun tomorrow?"
Cheng Baoguo and Wang Cuilan let the two children go back and forth, smiling without saying anything.
Besides eating, Lu Erxiong was not as good as his intelligent and clever sister in other aspects. Eventually, he waved his hand in defeat, "Alright, alright, you're my sister, after all. We'll go greet the grandpas, but you can't let the grandpas make me read books or write or draw, I'm fed up with school, it's no fun at all."
Xibao stood with arms folded to the side, hearing this, said, "Grandpa Zhou, who lives with Grandpa Wen and Grandpa Jin, has been to the battlefield and fought the Japs, his belly is filled with many stories of the Anti-Japanese War."
He's the one who knows this lively little brother better, the little guy happily said, "The Great General?"
"Yes, the Great General!" Before the military ranks were canceled, Zhou Fengchun's rank was Lieutenant General.
Lu Erxiong dragged him down the embankment, "Hurry, hurry, I want to see Grandpa Zhou, I want to be a Great General too!"
Cheng Baoguo and his wife pulled Fubao, Ye Yan, and Dundun Zhuangzhuang, following behind, and said curiously, "Wasn't Old Zhou living in the cowshed? How come he's living with those cultured people now?"
Xibao turned back with a smile, "Several grandparents and grandmas have been reinstated at work and left here, they didn't stop sending stuff over during this time, who in their right mind would make things difficult for the remaining grandparents? Who knows when they'll be back at work being big officials again, isn't it better to make ties now? Therefore, after discussions, the treatment of several grandparents has improved more than a bit, Grandpa Zhou also moved out from the cowshed, luckily there were a few grandparents who left before, and the space was enough for Grandpa to live in."
"Living together, can they talk together?" Cheng Baoguo teased.
Wen Ruyu carried a bundle of firewood passing under the embankment, heard their words, couldn't help but say, "The civil and military complement each other, suffering from the same thing, how could they not talk together?"
Xibao happily said, "Grandpa Wen, I was just about to take my younger brother and sister to visit you!"