Era: Retired from the army at the beginning and returned home - Chapter 17 Skills

Melon seeds are rare among non-staple foods, and peanuts can be grown in many places. In previous years, rural people would organize some planting sites in the brigade or in the village, so non-staple food such as peanuts is still scarce even if they don’t have enough food.

But melon seeds are even more scarce. Although melon seeds are also non-staple foods, under normal circumstances, the only non-staple foods that ordinary people can buy are some condiments, oil, salt, sesame paste and the like.

These peanuts, melon seeds, and even more expensive candies can only be purchased with special tickets. In other words, peanuts have peanut tickets, and melon seeds have melon seed tickets. There are also candy tickets, tofu tickets, pastry tickets, etc.

Therefore, even if you are a commercial grain eater in the city and do not have a certain status, at most you will be given some peanut coupons during the New Year and holidays. Tickets for melon seeds are also given out, but less.

Rural people also eat melon seeds, but they are all pumpkin seeds and pumpkins grown at home, because there is no private land in this era. The vegetable plots are all collective, and even if someone grows pumpkins privately, they won’t be able to grow much. Put them together, one or two at most. You also need to have time to dry and fry them.

Luo Cheng opened the melon seeds and tasted them. They tasted good, they were also five-flavored, and the particles were relatively large. Most people in the south like to eat salty or spiced things, and eat less sweet things. Of course, this is not absolute. At least Luo Cheng knows that Jiangsu Province likes to eat more sweet things.

The peanuts originally given to their sister have been handed over by them and are now placed on the table in a small plate. No one who saw it went to take it. This is the rule. You have to wait until everyone arrives, and then just give a few pills to each person and taste them. I really want to chat while eating peanuts and melon seeds, but it would be like a big leader’s house.

“Shishi, come here and bring some melon seeds for your younger brothers and sisters to eat. Sister-in-law, you can also have some.”

Luo Cheng’s bag, last time Luo Shishi only opened the surface out of curiosity and did not rummage around unruly. After all, he is still fourteen years old, so he cannot rummage through his elder brother’s bag like a child. She didn’t expect that in addition to peanuts, her elder brother also had melon seeds in his bag.

When Luo Shishi heard that her eldest brother asked her to bring melon seeds to entertain the cousins ​​brought by her sister-in-law, she was at a loss for a moment. The melon seeds are just a small package like this. Because the melon seeds are not heavy, it looks like there are many, but in fact there are not many, not even half a catty. We can’t just divide them all at once. Later, the aunt and uncle’s children are coming too, so we can’t just leave them alone.

In fact, Luo Cheng just knew that there were many people so he gave it to Shishi to divide the melon seeds. After all, he was a grown man in his twenties, so it was difficult for him to share the melon seeds with others.

“If you don’t want to eat it, you young people and children can eat it, and I will talk to you.”

Seeing that her nephew Luo Cheng had gone to get melon seeds, and even let her eat them, my sister-in-law saw that the melon seeds were only a small bag. She refused and said that there would be many people coming later, and her children could just eat some of these melon seeds, so she might as well forget about it.

Luo Shishi took the melon seeds, thought about it for a while, and then started to share the melon seeds with her younger brothers and sisters. The melon seeds are light and don’t take up a lot, so each person should share ten seeds first.

And when my sister-in-law’s children heard that there was something wrong, even her eldest daughter was eleven years old, they all stood beside Shishi obediently.

After receiving the melon seeds, I would chew each melon seed for a long time before I was willing to eat it. The taste was so fragrant that I would wait until the taste was gone before eating another melon seed.

“Nariko, what are your plans after coming back? Are you going to work?”

As for Luo Cheng, this is what my sister-in-law is most curious about right now. Luo Cheng is currently the most promising person in their Luo family. If such people can only stay in the town and go to the brigade to work in the fields, then she won’t know how to brag in her husband’s family in the future.

“Well, I gave you a letter of recommendation when I joined the army, but I was a signal corpsman in the army and could drive and repair cars. There may not be a suitable job for me in this town. I plan to go to the revolutionary committee in the town in the afternoon. “

If it were a big city, people like Luo Cheng would just go to the street office, but Longyang Town is too small and there is no street office at all. The town revolutionary committee has a similar role. However, the town revolutionary committee is more responsible for receiving and arranging the work of people coming from above, which means that when someone is transferred here, they are responsible for receiving and arranging work.

But Luo Cheng is looking for a job, and the town committee may not be able to do it. They have no power in the government departments, but local units do, but they are just a carrot and a pit, such as schools, grain stations, police stations, etc. The town committee can only coordinate at most, and there are not many working positions, so it cannot be arranged.

The most important thing is Luo Cheng’s professional issues. Generally, when arranging work, he will try his best to match his major.

“Cars, Nariko, you can also drive and repair cars.”

After hearing Luo Cheng’s words, let’s not talk about working or not. Many people these days have never touched a bicycle. Whoever owns a bicycle is considered extraordinary, but Luo Cheng can actually drive a car and repair it. In the future, if you mention your nephew to others and say that my nephew has driven a car, there is really no one who can compare.

“Well, cars, trucks and vans can do it. Actually, it doesn’t matter.”

Seeing the shocked look on his sister-in-law’s face, Luo Cheng still spoke modestly. Yes, I can indeed drive, and I can also drive an excavator. But except for cars, trucks, etc., I have never really been on the road. As for repairs, most of them are currently entry-level.

This means that faults will be checked and parts replaced. But if some parts are broken, it will be difficult for him to repair them. Some things can be repaired instead, but they are prone to problems. Even if some things are broken, Luo Cheng has no way to repair them except to replace them with new ones. .

But some real experts who are into modification and repair can dismantle the engine for you if it breaks down, and then repair it for you.

Luo Cheng was originally interested in car repair, but his real goal was to modify the car himself. But after I went to study, I discovered that modification is not that simple. Various parameter issues and mismatch of any parts may cause problems.

The field of modification does not mean just assembling something with good performance. If it does not match, it is very likely that it will not move, causing many parts to be damaged.

Therefore, Luo Cheng’s skills are only for beginners and are enough for ordinary repair shops, but for high-end car repair shops that require modifications, he still can’t do it.

“You are really promising. Cars are only available in Ngee Ann City. In Longyang Town, even shuttle buses don’t come in.”

My sister-in-law said with a smile that there are indeed many people in this era who have never seen cars before. There are even many people who have been dealing with the land all their lives and have never even been to the city once.

Even if it is a shuttle bus, the ticket to go to the city will cost a few cents. Longyang Town is relatively close to Ngee Ann city, and it only costs 2 cents. But even with this little money, some people still choose to walk to the city.

Regarding what his sister-in-law said, Luo Cheng could only laugh along with her. With his little ability, he will be nothing in future generations, and it will be hard to find a job.