"What can I do?" Li Siyan asked with a confused expression.
"Just do what you can and do what you can." Jiang Xiaobai said casually and turned his gaze away, Wang Xiaojun and Liu Aiguo had already returned with wine.
"Two and a half pounds of sweet potato shochu. Brother Xiaobai, do you taste authentic? Wang Xiaojun handed a bottle in his hand to Jiang Xiaobai as if offering a treasure.
"Okay, you've tasted it, I won't taste it, go and help Liu Feng and them." Jiang Xiaobai smelled the smell of wine on Wang Xiaojun's body.
Wang Xiaojun smiled, didn't speak, turned around and put two bottles of wine on the table, and then went to help Liu Feng and them.
The sky gradually darkened, and the electric lights in the courtyard were lit for the first time since Jiang Xiaobai and the others moved in.
It turned out that kerosene lamps were lit every day, and the countryside could not even afford candles.
At this time, although some rural areas have been electrified, the price of one kilowatt-hour of electricity has remained at 5 cents, and even the price of one yuan and a half yuan in some places.
That's it, and often pull the power rationing, so in the countryside at this time the lights are basically furnishings, until the end of the 80s, the early 90s when the electricity price returned to normal, the countryside is basically electrified.
Fortunately, tonight, the electricity boss was still saving face, and there was no power rationing. The smell of food came from the courtyard, which made many people secretly swallow a mouthful of saliva.
Several female intellectuals were busy with the last dish in the kitchen, and the male intellectuals had already sat down around the table.
Soon the dishes were all ready, the four Eight Immortal Tables were put together, and in a few years it was also an antique table, no one cherished it at this time, and even some of the Eight Immortal Tables were chopped wood and burned the fire.
Large slices of meat are constantly floating with stewed pork vermicelli, emerald green salad, golden scrambled eggs, hot and sour shredded potatoes, and corn flour tortillas.
This is a sumptuous dinner, and needless to say, in this place, even before the queue, such a meal is not often eaten.
Of course, Jiang Xiaobai is an exception, although he was not a rich second generation before he was reborn, he did not worry about eating and drinking.
Many people looked at the table full of food, and they were already swallowing their saliva, staring directly at the food on the table, waiting for an order to start eating.
Wang Xiaojun quickly poured a glass of wine for everyone, Jiang Xiaobai slowly stood up from his seat with a wine glass, looked at the 14 educated youths, and said: "Comrades, brothers and sisters, we come from all over the world to get together today because of fate, come and have a drink." "
After Jiang Xiaobai finished speaking, he drank it all with the white porcelain jar, and everyone else also drank a cup. Putting down the wine glass, Jiang Xiaobai's eyes swept over everyone.
"What happened today, I believe everyone knows that this Jianhua brigade is very poor, and the poor can't open the pot anymore, a worker is a dime, have you heard of it? In other wealthy villages, a worker can earn 5 cents, or even 8 cents. "
Jiang Xiaobai paused slowly and continued: "I believe that everyone knows the situation we are facing now, the food is out, it is summer and everyone is fine, if you really wait until next spring, when the green and yellow are not harvested, everyone may not be able to survive." "
Jiang Xiaobai said, everyone fell silent, even the most lively Liu Feng lowered his head and kept silent, this is a fact, everyone can't avoid it.
Because everyone came here like this in the previous month, I heard from the people in the village that March and April were even more terrible.
"The food on the table is very fragrant, but how did today's meal come about, I think everyone knows it in their hearts, so I will ask everyone, do you want to starve or drink wine and eat meat in the future?" Jiang Xiaobai looked at everyone and asked loudly.
"Drink wine and eat meat." The 14 educated youths roared angrily, and even Li Siyan's face was flushed.
"Okay, since you want to drink wine and eat meat, you must take a risk, I'll tell you about our next plan in a moment, if you don't want to do it, you can quit, but if you decide to do it, then you can't betray everyone."
Jiang Xiaobai said in a deep voice, there is no way, if you want to do something in this era, you must be careful, the household contract system in Xiaogang Village is also a bloody handprint.
"Little white brother, what do you say? No matter how bad it is, how bad can it be? The big guy said yes? Liu Feng stood up and said excitedly.
"That's right, Brother Xiaobai, you can do whatever you say, I've had enough days like this." Wang Xiaojun slammed the white porcelain jar in his hand on the table, and the already dilapidated white porcelain jar fell off several pieces of lacquer.
"Xiaobai, you say, we listen to you."
"Comrade Liu Feng is right, these days are already like this, no matter how bad it is, how bad can it be?"
"We're going to change, we're going to drink and eat meat."
Jiang Xiaobai looked at everyone's reactions and continued: "It's the end of June, and the yellow peaches all over the back mountain are our precious wealth, so my plan is to make canned yellow peaches. "
After Jiang Xiaobai finished speaking, everyone exploded and talked about it one by one.
"It's easy to make canned yellow peaches, but what about the glass bottles for yellow peaches?"
"Yes, if you want glass bottles, you have to go to those state-run factories, but how can those state-run factories sell glass bottles to us."
"yes, it's not something that can be solved with money at all, and we don't have any money."
Jiang Xiaobai listened to everyone's discussions, and showed a relieved smile on his face, there must be difficulties, but what Jiang Xiaobai is most afraid of is that when it comes to making canned yellow peaches, everyone is not discussing the difficulty of making canned yellow peaches, but not daring to make canned yellow peaches.
"Quiet, everyone listen to Brother Xiaobai." Wang Xiaojun looked at Jiang Xiaobai's expression and spoke.
When everyone quieted down, Jiang Xiaobai spoke: "I know that there are difficulties, and what is not difficult is to go to work and earn work, but can I eat enough?"
In this way, everyone listens to my arrangement, and tomorrow Zhang Yanmei will lead people to vacate two of the houses we live in, and prepare to use them as a factory for making canned yellow peaches. "
"Okay," Zhang Yanmei nodded in response, this is the least difficult.
"Wang Xiaojun, Liu Aiguo, you two and I will go to the county seat tomorrow to see if we can buy glass bottles."
"Okay, little white brother." Wang Xiaojun and Liu Aiguo agreed in unison, and Wang Xiaojun and Liu Aiguo were among these educated youths.
"Liu Feng, you take the rest of the people to the back mountain, and roughly clear the way up the mountain."
"Okay, Xiaobai."
"It's the end of June now, and the yellow peaches have begun to ripen, we must hurry up, whether we eat meat and drink wine this winter, or starve depends on this time."
Jiang Xiaobai looked at everyone and said solemnly.
"Don't worry, Xiaobai, as long as it is the task you assigned, we will definitely complete it seriously."
"That's right, Brother Xiaobai, don't worry."
"Don't worry, Xiaobai." When it came to eating meat and drinking wine, everyone was suddenly full of enthusiasm again.
"Okay, drink wine and eat meat." The white porcelain jars collided together with a crisp sound, and the lights in the courtyard did not go out until very late.