Chapter 4 Big Brother

  Even in the most turbulent period, both houses still had a considerable number of overseas inspection activities. In terms of funding, there was almost no reduction.

  During the three difficult years, although they also reduced supplies like the rest of the country. However, after the difficulties passed, supplies were immediately restored. This was to ensure that this strategic material would not be in short supply.

  After the purchase was completed, Xiao Chen and Xia Zhendong drove Liang Sanping to the Bao Ting Bus Station. This is already the highest courtesy, you know that the cars of the two hospitals are almost never used to send people.

  Even if it's just a few experts from the hospital, most of the time they're just taking public transportation. Being able to send Liang Sanping off and even sending him all the way to the station is an extremely grand gesture.

  "Xiao Liang! I'll see you off here, if you have any difficulties when you get back, just give me a call at the Hot Works!" Xia Zhendong tightly grasped Liang Sanping's hand, then took out several books and a diary from his bag and handed them to Liang Sanping.

  "Xiao Liang, I can tell you're also a young man who loves to learn. These are some books I've read, and there's also a set of notes I made myself. If you don't mind, take them back with you and have a look..."

  Liang Sanping was taken aback at first, but immediately became extremely excited and took over the books and notebooks with gratitude, saying: "Old Xia! You... I will definitely study hard!"

  Xia Zhendong did not know that the Liang Sanping standing in front of him was no longer the young man he had just met a day ago. The current Liang Sanping is a soul who has traveled through time and space from the future after struggling for many years.

  If it weren't for fear of shocking the world, Liang Sanping would have even wanted to hug his elder brother and tell him: I know your future path, you will eventually become one of the top experts in both houses...

  The minibus rattled along the way, and Liang Sanping looked at the familiar yet strange dirt road with endless emotions. This was a familiar yet strange road.

  He had walked here countless times, and even knew where the fertilizer holes were, which tree stump was planted when. He was very clear about how many rubber trees were blown down in each piece of forest during which typhoon.

  He was crystal clear in his heart.

  "Jianghai Farm has arrived! Those who need to get off, please get off..." A shout awakened Liang Sanping, who was immersed in his own world. He shouted "I'm getting off!" and carried his luggage bag down from the car.

  This road is currently the only national highway that runs through the entire island of Hainan, and even now it doesn't have cement or asphalt. It's just a base made of yellow earth with river sand on top.

  In the afternoon when it's not so hot, the road maintenance team will use a cow cart to pull half a load of river sand to fill and flatten the uneven road surface that was pressed down during the day.

  Looking at the familiar four giant characters "Jiang Hai Farm", Liang Sanping was dazed for a moment. Jiang Hai Farm, I'm back again...

  "Third Brother! Third Brother!!" At this time, a man in his forties wearing a blue patched farmer's clothes happily walked towards Liang Sanping, looking at the big brother who had supported him and allowed him to take root in Jianghai Farm before sending him up the mountain with his own hands.

  At this moment, Liang Sanping couldn't help but get a little choked up: "Big brother! Big brother!!"

  He suddenly hugged his older brother tightly, but this time he was stunned by the older brother Liang Daping. His own third younger brother had never been so enthusiastic before!

  "It's been just a few years since we last met, do you need to use so much strength?!" Liang Daping laughed and hugged his younger brother, smiling: "Let's go! Follow big brother home, your sister-in-law has already cooked dinner!"

  Liang Sanping nodded and together with his elder brother, carried their luggage towards the bicycle. In this era, having a bicycle was already something remarkable.

  The three big things for getting married are just a bicycle, a radio and a sewing machine. Of course, Liang Daping, who had four children, didn't have the spare money to buy a bicycle.

  He borrowed a bicycle from his comrades in the regiment. The farm station is still some distance away from his regiment, and he has to ride back on the bike.

  "Brother! I'm here to pull you." Liang Sanping smiled and let his big brother sit on the rear rack, then pedaled this old bicycle without saying a word.

  Liang Daping happily sat in the back seat of the second-hand car, smiling at his younger brother who was pedaling hard.

  "Sanping ah, how's the family?! Are Dad and Mom doing well?! And what about Erge?! Is teaching going smoothly?!" Liang Daping asked with a smile in his hometown dialect.

  Liang Sanping looked around at the familiar yet strange scenery and couldn't help but sigh. At this time, the farm had not yet developed.

  The national highway through the Heisha area has only short streets on both sides, with low and small tile-roofed houses, a few supply and marketing cooperatives, restaurants, revolutionary committees, police stations, etc.

  "Everything is fine at home, my parents are all doing well. It's just my second brother..." Liang Sanping said, pausing for a moment: "My second sister-in-law is pregnant now, I guess she'll give birth in a few months..."

  Liang Daping sighed, his second brother was aware of it. He always looked down on others and was never satisfied with the status quo. He always thought he was more capable than others and couldn't tolerate anyone saying a word against him.

  Yes, Liang Daping had to admit that his second brother was indeed capable. When doing things in the brigade, he could indeed handle the affairs of several village groups in an orderly manner.

  The whole team was dissatisfied, but this temper is a big problem. After being reprimanded by the captain, he refused to work and wanted to leave.

  If it weren't for his personality, Liang Sanping might have passed the political review and joined the army long ago. But it was his character that offended people, causing them to record a demerit in his file. As a result, Liang Sanping had no problem joining the militia, but when he tried to join the army, he was rejected.

  "Let's go back and have dinner first, tomorrow I'll discuss your matter with the team leader and instructor." Liang Daping was silent for a moment, then said to his younger brother: "Coming over here means having food to eat, but don't mess around. Working hard is the right thing to do."

  "Hmm!" Liang Sanping didn't say much, smiling and nodding as he rode his bike. He understood the personality of this older brother of his. Not many words, only action. This made it so that this older brother of his didn't get any good positions, but at the same time also made him very popular.

  Bicycles in this era, ordinary people are not willing to lend out. Even many people don't even want to ride their own more than once. Every time they return home from a long trip, the bicycle must be washed clean and hung up.

  "I've asked the captain, and now the 19th team is still short of a few construction workers. You can go over there to start with breaking stones, work for a year or two, and then we'll find a way to transfer you to a formal position."

  Pausing for a moment, Liang Daping said to his younger brother: "The old captain is doing this because I'm an old worker, so don't embarrass me and don't bring shame to our family."

  "Alright, brother! Don't worry!" Liang Sanping replied with a smile, while Liang Daping sighed and said: "If I could be at ease, that would be a lie. Your temperament is not something I'm unfamiliar with. Remember, when things can be endured, endure them. Do you understand?"

  "Uh, I'm here to work, not to cause trouble. Brother, you don't have to worry." A bunch of nagging words, but not a single one made Liang Sanping feel annoyed. On the contrary, it warmed his heart.

  Liang Daping is in Jianghai Farm Zone 1 Team 13, which is only two or three kilometers away from the national highway where the Jianghai Farm headquarters is located.

  Liang Sanping was young and vigorous, and after pedaling for a while, he arrived at the company. Along the way, Liang Sanping chatted with his elder brother and asked about the road conditions in a casual tone.

  In fact, he was already very familiar with this road. Liang Daping did not notice that his brother would deliberately avoid some bumpy sections of the road and at the same time would not slow down when approaching intersections.

  The bicycle quickly entered the 13th team's camp, with people constantly greeting Liang Daping on the road. At the same time, they curiously looked at Liang Sanping, who was staring at the bicycle in front of him.

  Everyone knew but didn't ask, it was clear that they were relatives who had come to rely on them. But what kind of relative, only a small number of friends who were closer to Liang Daping knew.

  Everything here is so familiar, Liang Sanping looked at those low bungalows and the tile-roofed houses behind them. This was a privilege that only District One had, in many other districts, only some district cadres could live in bungalows.

  Most of the remaining workers basically live in triangular tile houses. At this time, the farm is a completely self-sufficient small society.

  Small-scale breeding farms, small-scale planting bases, brick factories, and sideline production teams. Small construction teams, small agricultural machinery teams, and repair plants. Small hydropower stations and thermal power plants, their own supply and marketing cooperatives, as well as hospitals transferred from the troops to the farm.

  Even farms have their own police stations distinct from those of local governments, and everything on the farm is managed by the South China Agricultural Reclamation Administration. Local governments are even unable to interfere with any operations of the reclamation administration.

  Agriculture is extremely rich compared to local conditions. Almost everything that is self-sufficient for farmers can be eaten more fully than ordinary people.

  The farm can also provide some benefits for the staff. For example, the livestock team raises cows, pigs, geese and so on, which can be distributed to everyone during Chinese New Year so that they have at least a bite of meat. The staff of the farm all have some private land, which can be opened up for personal vegetable cultivation.

  Workers' families can raise a few chickens on their own. Of course, not too many. Otherwise, they would have to face the "cutting off of capitalist tails". Raising two or three chickens and eating eggs themselves is still acceptable.

  At this time, Liang Daping and Liang Sanping had already gotten off the car and were pushing it towards their home. The two brothers chatted and laughed as they walked, with Liang Daping occasionally greeting passing colleagues.

  They went up the small slope of Lian Dui, turned left past two tile-roofed houses. Under the contrast of the blue mountains in the distance and the green rubber trees nearby, the Liang brothers walked to the door of a tile-roofed house with longan trees, chatting and laughing.

  "Ah Qing! Ah Qing! Come out quickly, San Ping has arrived!" Liang Da Ping laughed and shouted towards the open door of the house, and following his shout, a woman's soft voice responded.

  "Here!" The voice fell and the person arrived, but saw a woman in her thirties with short hair and a slightly plump figure, wearing a blue cotton robe, smiling as she reached the door.

  "Has Sanping arrived?! Hurry up, hurry up...... The meal is all ready, just waiting for you! Come quickly!" However, the woman was seen smiling and pulling Liang Sanping into the house.

  After entering the house is the living room, simply placed a few wooden chairs and a table. This is the living room. And this living room is also a dining room, now on the square table are dishes of food.

  Four big-eyed children stared at the small plate of stir-fried eggs on the simple wooden table, their eyes fixed and mouths watering.

  "Big peak! What are you looking at?! Hurry up and get the wine......" But then Liang Daping smiled and handed a larger child a banknote, saying: "Here's some extra money, go buy some candy for your younger siblings..."

  Liang Sanping saw this, directly grabbed his brother's hand and took off his own bag. He pulled out various fabrics, wine, and cigarettes from inside, and said to his brother and sister-in-law who were staring at him with wide eyes:

  "This...this..." Liang Daping and his wife had never seen anyone carrying so many things back home, except at the supply and marketing cooperative. For a moment, their eyes were wide with wonder.

  Liang Daping, after all, was a veteran, and he immediately came to his senses. He grabbed his brother's wrist with one hand and shouted angrily: "Old Three! Tell me the truth, have you done something that can't be seen?!"