Lin Yu's life of traveling through time

Chapter 119: The Old Times (1)

Time flies. It is already the coldest time of the year. The weather is freezing. Lin Yu is very warm wearing the cotton shoes with thousand-layer soles made by his mother.

His parents finally put on the cotton-padded clothes specially made for them by Lin Yu. The whole family had new clothes this winter. Originally, Lin's father wanted to wait until the Chinese New Year to wear them, but Lin Yu insisted on saying that the farm work in the fields was almost done, and he basically knitted things at home, and occasionally went to the brigade to attend classes and training. He had also finished cleaning the ditches a few days ago. The Chinese New Year was coming in a few days, and it would be a waste not to wear the new clothes now and wait until it was warmer.

Look, Father Lin wears new clothes and new shoes and goes out every day to show off silently. When someone asks him, he says that the clothes are made by his son and the shoes are made by his daughter-in-law, and he is very warm.

Everyone was envious, and now the entire team knew that Lin Yu could also do tailoring, and everyone was quite amazed. The five-pointed star and wheat ears embroidered on the clothes were particularly exquisite. At first, some people didn't believe that Lin Yu had embroidered them, and some even came up to him to ask, insisting that he embroider one for them on the spot.

Lin Yu still remembers that day when he was blocked in the clinic and spent half a day embroidering flowers with needle and thread. If someone hadn't asked him to see a doctor, he would probably have taken on a few tailoring jobs on the spot.

Father Lin was amused to see Lin Yu surrounded by people, looking hopeless. This made Mother Lin pinch the soft flesh around Father Lin's waist, making him, as a father, laugh at his son. Father Lin bared his teeth and begged for mercy.

Time flies quickly. When everything is on track, time seems to have pressed the accelerator, and in the blink of an eye, it is spring and flowers are blooming.

The rice seedlings that Lin Yu had been longing for also arrived in Dalin Village in early March.

"Brother? Why did you come here in person?"

"How could I not come in person to deliver the rice seedlings to you? I also came to see you. My master asked me to give you a few of his manuscripts. They are very useful."

"Hehe, thank you, Senior Brother. I haven't even met the Master yet, and I've already received a lot of good things."

"We'll have a chance to meet in person later. Let me introduce you. This is Technician Zhou from the Forestry Department, who manages medicinal herbs. He'll be here to guide you in planting. Once you're successful, you can apply for approval to plant on a large scale with the brigade. The government will then purchase the land as part of the collective economy."

"Hello, Comrade Lin."

"Okay, Comrade Zhou, Dalin Village welcomes you. Brother, I understand. You originally planted medicinal herbs to increase the village's income."

Several people came to Lin Yu's family's private plot. The team leader specially gave them a larger area, but everyone understood it tacitly.

They got to work right away. Several people listened to Zhou Aidan's explanation and transplanted the seedlings.

"Comrade Lin, the soil here is well maintained and very suitable for planting."

"Just call me Xiaolin. My parents have always taken care of this land."

"Well, if nothing else happens, we'll see results this year. However, if we want to harvest effective medicinal herbs, we'll have to wait two or three years. These are seedlings specially cultivated by our researchers. But we can use this year's planting results as an assessment, and we don't have to wait until the harvest."

"Okay, I'll take good care of it. Thank you, Brother Zhou."

"You're welcome. If the crops are well grown, it will also be a contribution to the medical field."

Perhaps it was a blessing from heaven, or perhaps it was the new climate changes of the 1970s, that made Lin Yu's medicinal herb cultivation process go very smoothly. However, as Zhou Aiguo said, if you want to harvest herbs with better medicinal properties, you have to wait at least two or three years.

With such special arrangements, a year later, seeing that the transplanted medicinal herbs were growing well, the higher-ups agreed to set aside the wasteland as a medicinal herb planting area.

Lin Yu quickly organized people to open up fertile land before the planting season was right. The brigade also explained the benefits to the villagers.

"Let Lin Yu explain it to everyone in detail."

"Fellow villagers, you've all heard about my medicinal herb planting over the past year. This year, I've received government approval to establish a Chinese medicinal herb planting base in our village. This will also be owned by our collective, so I plan to allocate a certain share to each household, and each household will send one person to work in the base. Let's take good care of these herbs, so that when they come to purchase them, we can also earn more money."

"Are you really going to give us a share?"

"Uncle Niu, of course it's true. This is our collective industry. If we all participate, the profits will belong to everyone."

"So, what you mean by each household sending one person to work on the farm, is that a stable job like working in the city?"

"Haha...Aunt Xianglan, your idea is good, but we're just starting out, and the planting base is still under planning. If it's profitable in the future, it's not impossible!"

“So we still have to work hard together to make it happen!”

"Yes, Uncle Dayou is right."

"Okay, we'll listen to you. You can decide how to divide it. We have no objection."

"Wait a minute, I have a question." Lin Mazi stood up and said with his hand raised.

Wow! Isn't this another lazy guy in the village? When Lin Yu saw him, he felt that the label of lazy guy he had previously carried was definitely the greatest injustice to him.

Lin Yu raised his eyebrows and asked with a smile: "Lin Mazi, what's your problem?"

Lin Mazi scratched his head and looked around before saying sheepishly, "Well, there's only me and my grandfather in my family. My grandfather is already sixty years old. How can he still work at that base?"

Lin Yu held his forehead with his hand. Everyone below said in a flurry of voices: "Lin Mazi, you also said that your grandfather is sixty years old, why don't you go and work yourself?"

"Exactly. You're so lazy you're almost rusty. How dare you ask that?"

"Hehe, I don't know how to do that! If I cause trouble to Lin Yu again, that would be bad."

Lin Yu twitched his lips. See, he said that the title of lazy man definitely didn't belong to him. This Lin Mazi was the one who deserved the title. Don't think that he didn't see the guilty expression. He was just too lazy to work.

"Lin Mazi, your grandfather is sixty years old, and you're already in your twenties. Yet, you've only earned a couple of cents a day by grinding away, relying entirely on your grandfather to support you. Don't you think about how long he can support you? What are you going to do if you keep being so lazy?"

The team leader felt a little disappointed. He had talked to Lin Mazi and scolded him, but he couldn't be driven out even with a stick. He would rather lie down than sit, and would never stand if he could sit. He was able to come to the meeting because he was dragged here by his grandfather.

Lin Yu said, "Lin Mazi, I checked your grandfather's health a few days ago. He needs to be well taken care of. He can't do heavy work in the future, otherwise..."

Lin Mazi understood what was not said, but he dared not say anything. He was lazy but not a bad person. At most, he was spoiled by his family when he was young. When he encountered an unexpected change, he was unable to gain enlightenment and take responsibility like others, and he has been decadent ever since then.

Lin Yu said that it was also Lin Mazi's grandfather's fault. He spoiled him all the time and didn't let him do any work. Spoiling is not a good thing. Fortunately, Lin Mazi was still a little filial and would give his grandfather any delicious food he got.

"Okay, Lin Mazi, look at Grandma Liang's house. Her grandson is still young, and everyone else is working. It's time for you to change. You should feel sorry for your grandfather. Look at your grandfather, his back is bent."

Lin Mazi's face flushed red, but Lin Yu saw that he still felt ashamed and thought there was still hope: "You should be the only one to work in your family. If you do a good job, you can also support the family."

"Oh! Got it. I'll go." Lin Yu caught the faint sound of mosquitoes and flies, smiled and said nothing.

"Everyone has no objection, right? Then let's start dividing it..."

Gu Lin stood up and asked, "Well, on behalf of the educated youth, I'd like to ask, we educated youth are now part of the village, can we join in?"

Lin Yu looked at the team leader, who thought for two seconds and said, "Yes! You have also made contributions to the village, so of course you can."

The educated youth suddenly felt their connection with Dalin Village became even deeper.