Raising a family through the 1970s

But no matter what, after Chu Tian's words, Chu Jie's mood was much better, and his tone of voice was relaxed.

"Ah, in fact, I am still very unaccustomed to coming to Xinjiang, too dry, you must know that when I was in my hometown, June and July were the rainy season, and it was cloudy for half a month, but not here, it didn't rain once for ten days and a half months, and occasionally it rained either at night and in the morning, or it was raining rapidly, and it rained for a while, and it didn't take long to stop, and the ground couldn't keep the rain, and it dried up quickly..."

Chu Tian took his son from Chu Jie's arms, raised his eyebrows and glanced at Chu Jie, "Isn't there a better place than

my hometown?" Chu Jie grinned, "There are still some fruits, the fruits here are sweet, the autumn watermelons planted in our courtyard were all put into the cellar some time ago, I cut one yesterday, it was so sweet, and some time ago, Brother Jun gave me some grapes in their yard, which are also so sweet, there are few grapes and watermelons in my hometown, even if there is, it is not delicious~".

"Also, there are not as many mosquitoes here as in my hometown, and the best thing is that the temperature difference between day and night is large, even if it is hot during the day, it is very comfortable to sleep at night, unlike my hometown, which is hot during the day and more difficult at night..."

Chu Tian listened to the various advantages of Chu Jie's list, and said with a smile, "Brother Jie, I don't know if you have heard a word

?" Chu Jie was puzzled, "What?"

"Wear a cotton jacket in the morning, wear yarn in the afternoon, and eat watermelon around the stove

!" "This metaphor is our Xinjiang!"

When the words fell, Chu Tian saw Captain Sun and greeted him with a smile.

"Captain. Captain

Sun met the two Chu Tiantian brothers, "Well, what are you two doing here?"

Chu Tian, "Pingping's mother and my grandmother are busy making tomato sauce, and he doesn't want to stay in the yard, so I'll take him out for a walk!"

Captain Sun bowed his head, "Well, you guys turn around."

After finishing speaking, he continued to walk forward, and after just a few steps, he turned to look at Chu Tian and Chu Jie again, and under the puzzled gaze of the two of them, he thought for a moment and then said, "This year, it is our turn to send a total of 400 strong laborers to dig the canal, and the 400 people are divided into 200 people in each company, and then divided into 4 brigades, one brigade needs 50 people, and it will probably work until the end of November, how do you say these 50 people are selected?"

Captain Sun nodded, "Yes, not only is there one person with ten points of work per day, but the regiment headquarters also has a ration subsidy of one pound per person a day and five cents!"

Chu Jie blinked, "Such good conditions, it is also work, rations and money, I think as long as I inform everyone, many people must sign up, right?" It is estimated that by then, these fifty places will not be enough to be divided, right?"

Chu Jie thought to himself, with such good conditions, his brothers must want to go, not to mention the other members of the team, you must know that their hometown will also organize team members to dig ditches after the autumn harvest ends every year, so there is not so much subsidy, one person will give two nests per meal, or two taels of dried sweet potatoes...

Captain Sun just glanced at him when he heard this, and did not say anything.

Chu Tian frowned slightly, he glanced at Chu Jie, "Brother Jie, it's not as easy as you think, do you know how the canal is dug here in Xinjiang?" Chu Jie didn't know

why, "How else can you dig?"

Chu Tian's brows furrowed even deeper when he heard this, he knew why the captain was worried about how to choose people.

Chu Jie looked left and right, he felt that after the captain said that it was dug deep, Xiao Shi's face was not very good, and after thinking about it, he asked hesitantly, "Captain, just now my Xiao Shi said that digging a canal here in Xinjiang is different from our hometown, what is the difference?"

Captain Sun tugged at the corners of his mouth, "You have also been here for a while, and you should also feel that many places in Xinjiang are different from your hometown, for example, the water in your hometown is well water and river water, and the water in the canal in Xinjiang is basically glacier snow water, which is very cold, not to mention this late autumn, that is, in summer, when you go to the canal to wash things, the water is cold and biting, let alone this ·····time."

"And to remove the silt at the bottom of the canal, it is necessary to go down to the canal, although the valve must be closed on the top of the canal at that time, and the water in the canal is not as much water as in the summer, but there will still be some water, even if people step on the mud, they can't stand it..."

"So, at this time of year, when the regiment headquarters asks the regiment to dig a canal, everyone wants to widen, extend or remove the silt."

"If it's really mud removal, I basically don't want to go..."

Chu Jie, "·····

". After thinking for a moment, Chu Tian said, "Captain, you can try to let everyone sign up by themselves first, if there is really no one to sign up, let's come according to the work score! Whoever has the least work will be sent! Or, it will be decided by lot, whoever is drawn will go!"

Captain Sun was worried, he rubbed his temples and nodded, "That's the only way... Okay, let's go shopping."

After saying that, he really left.

Chu Jie looked at the back of Captain Sun, and after a moment of silence, he spoke, "Is it really that bad?"

Chu Tian sighed, and then reacted to what he asked, and explained, "It's not good, Brother Jie, you should know that if you soak in ice water for a long time, you will fall ill in the future, and no one will spoil your body because of this small profit..."

After a pause, he continued, "However, there are still people who will covet those supplementary rations, work points and those five cents, after all, five cents a day, forty days or so will have twenty yuan, saving a little money, enough for the family to spend a year and a half..."

Chu Tian thought that the last time it was his company's turn to dig a canal, Liu Zhaodi signed himself up, just for the daily subsidized rations and work, as well as the five cents...

However, Chu Tian's luck that time was good, he just asked to extend the canal, and the dry silt under the canal was transported away, although it was tiring, but there was no need for people to step on the thin mud...

Chu Jie nodded thoughtfully, "Hmm..."

Chu Tian glanced at Chu Jie, thinking of Uncle Chu, Second Uncle Chu and those cousins, so he kindly reminded, "If the food at home is enough, I think it's best not to go, there is really no need to ruin your body because of that twenty yuan salary..."

"You have to think clearly, you are earning more than 20 yuan now, and after a decade or 20, you will have to spend a hundred times, a thousand times the amount for treatment, which is not cost-effective!"

After speaking, Chu Tian didn't continue to say anything, after all, what he thought was not good, people didn't necessarily think it was bad, he said too much, he was afraid that others would think that he was blocking others from earning money, food, and work...

Anyway, he won't go, and even if he draws him, he will find a way to spend money to let people go to !! for him