Portable space

It was a fine weather again, with no clouds in the sky, and the blue sky was washed like water, which expanded people's hearts.

Zhang Taiping first found a place to release the black dragon from the space. This guy was enjoying himself in the space, but he was a little unhappy after being transferred out by Zhang Taiping.

Zhang Taiping ignored its petty temper, patted its neck and made it look for food by itself at the foot of the mountain.I don't want this guy to go straight into the lavender field to chew on the lavender leaves in the center of the lavender.Fortunately, it was quite sensible and didn't trample on it carelessly, so Zhang Taiping let it go. Anyway, these lavenders need to be cleaned up after a while.

I moved my body a little and went back to the yard.

Autumn is really everywhere. The yard is covered with withered and yellow leaves. With the early morning wind rolling and rustling on the ground, people can really feel the strong sense of autumn.

Zhang Taiping picked up the broom leaning against the eaves, swept the leaves in the yard into a corner, and left them untreated. After a period of air-drying, these leaves were used to burn kangs in winter, which can be regarded as waste utilization.

When I put the broom, I heard a few chirping sounds.Looking up, it was a swallow sticking its head out of the nest.Most of the birds in the north have flown to the south this season, but due to various reasons, Zhang Taiping’s yard still maintains a part of the scene of midsummer or some kind of atmosphere that is inexplicably attractive to animals, and some migratory birds with spirituality are not Without leaving, these nests of swallows are part of it.

It is a good thing that the swallow can stay, at least it shows that this yard is a blessed residence.But for these swallows, it is not a good thing. The climate in the north is extremely cold in winter. The survival ability of swallows in such a cold environment is probably not as good as that of sparrows. Once it snows, it will definitely freeze to death.

Zhang Taiping tapped his brows, he must support these little guys this winter.

He entered the room and called out Fan Ming.

"Brother, what's the matter? I'm combing my hair!" Fan Ming said angrily, holding the comb in one hand and persuading Xiufa with the other.

Zhang Taiping smiled and said, "I've given you a task, do you dare to accept it?"

However, Fan Ming didn't directly take care of everything. This time he learned to be smart, rolled his eyes and asked with a smile: "Brother, what's the task first?"

Zhang Taiping pointed to the swallow's nests under the eaves and said: "Did you see those bird's nests? The swallows in them didn't migrate to the south, and there's nothing to do now, but if the weather suddenly drops in winter, they will die." It’s hard to get used to it, especially when it’s snowing. It’s up to you to save these swallows from their dire straits, do you dare to accept it?”

Fan Ming's sympathy is quite strong. Hearing Zhang Taiping's love for that little swallow's situation is so miserable, he agreed without thinking: "It's a small matter, no problem. But it can't be done in vain. What's the matter?" award?"

Zhang Taiping asked with a smile: "What kind of reward do you want?"

Fan Ming tilted his head and thought for a while and said, "I haven't figured it out yet, I'll tell my brother when I figure it out."

"what ever."

"Don't play tricks when the time comes." Fan Ming ran away with a smile.

No children go to school on Sunday, breakfast becomes eight or nine o'clock.Before breakfast was ready, Zhang Taiping rode a motorcycle to the outside village to have a look.

In the past few days, the road construction team has started construction. First of all, a dozen large excavators have dug the road a little wider, and the places on the mountainside inside have been dug out in advance to avoid sudden accidents. A landslide caused casualties.

Although this is still early in the morning, it is not too early in the eyes of rural people, especially for mountain people who have already done one or two jobs that have disappeared.Now the people who volunteered to participate in the road construction are busy in full swing, the sound of chant and yelling can be heard endlessly, and some men are even shirtless, so they can't feel the cold in this clear autumn morning.

Of course, this kind of hard work is not without remuneration. The construction team picks up people on the spot and pays a wage of 50 yuan a day. Although it is not a big wage in the city, it is quite a lot for people in the mountains, so the labor is sufficient. .

The old village head was also here, but he didn't do any work, but instead helped direct the staff or poured a glass of water for everyone to smoke and so on.He was picking up a sledgehammer to smash rocks at his age, not to mention whether his body could bear it, Wang Gui would not agree in the first place.

Wherever Zhang Taiping passed by, people he knew stopped to say hello, this is his current prestige in the village.

Anyone who can talk, Zhang Taiping is not stingy to give out a cigarette for a few words.

The old village head was standing and talking with a foreman-like figure wearing a steel helmet, and when he saw Zhang Taiping coming over, he planned to pour him a glass of water.

Zhang Taiping quickly stopped and said: "Don't bother me, old man."

The old village head also stopped the movement of his hands and asked, "What are you doing here?"

Zhang Taiping shook his head and said: "Nothing, just come here to take a look."

The old village chief nodded and said: "Come and have a look." Obviously he is quite satisfied with Zhang Taiping's actions, which shows that Zhang Taiping is still very concerned about the affairs of the village, but the smoke that Zhang Taiping handed over asked, " How is the matter with the pig farm, do you have any clues?" Although it was said that the matter of love would be handled by the juniors, he couldn't help but ask.

"The address has been selected. It's on the wasteland east of the threshing field. The experts have already contacted us. The ground can be broken in two days." Zhang Taiping nodded and said.

He didn't stay long, lit cigarettes for the old village chief and the foreman, and left.

It wasn't until Zhang Taiping left that the foreman exhaled a puff of blue smoke and asked, "Brother Wang, who is this?"

The old village chief felt a little unaccustomed to smoking this kind of cigarette, but he was still reluctant to throw it away. He held it in his hand and said, "It is under his leadership that the younger generation in the village can change from the small ditch to what it is today. .”

"One person's credit?"

The old village chief thought for a while and said, "It's really the credit of one person, and the others didn't put much effort into it."

"That's really amazing, the younger generation is awesome. There are talented people there!" The foreman sighed.

After Zhang Taiping went back, a young man driving an excavator was resting and talking with a fellow villager.

"Who is this? He's so good, he's even better than your village head. What kind of leader is he in the village?" The young man driving the excavator asked curiously.

The young man in the village said: "It's not a leader, it's called Dashuai Zhang."

"Isn't it the leader? I thought it was the village party secretary in your village. Then we will have so many people meeting and saying hello? It's almost like meeting your own God of Wealth."

The young man in the village smiled and didn't say much, but muttered in his heart, this is really the God of Wealth in the village.

When she got home, Yaya had already woken up. Since she went to school, the little girl always slept in bed in the morning during the holidays. This is a common problem among children. Zhang Taiping didn't set any rules for getting up on Sunday.

In his view, educating children only needs to grasp the general direction of thinking, and there are no excessive requirements on some minor details.Besides, a five-year-old child should still be pampered.

After breakfast, Cai Yazhi asked Zhang Taiping, "Should we pick the persimmons off the tree?"

Zhang Taiping thought about it for a while.Persimmons can’t be taken off after they are all softened on the tree. That way, they can’t be eaten all at once, and they will be broken after a little touch after they are mature, which is not durable.

In the mountains, most of the persimmons are broken off with the branches when they are still hard, interspersed with each other, and hung in groups with ropes under the eaves or on the beams of the house.These persimmons will slowly become soft and mature, and they will not ripen in a crowd like on trees. The most important thing is that this method is durable.

I am anxious that when I was a child, I folded the persimmons at home and hung them on the roof like this. Then I stood on the bench and squeezed all the persimmons every day, eating one by one when they were soft, and eating them when they were all ripe and soft.

However, this is the way of eating for those who do not plan to sell it. If they plan to sell persimmons, they should leave the persimmons on the tree for a longer time, but it does not mean that they are not easy to pick until they are all soft.Instead, pick them off when they are about to ripen and bury them in sawdust. After two days, they will all become soft. This is a local method for ripening persimmons.

"Well, then pick it off, or the birds will be cheaper in two days." Zhang Taiping said.

In fact, that's all he didn't say, with Xiao Jin and Xiao Feng around, there wouldn't be that closed-eyed bird going to the garden to steal things.

During this period of time, the persimmons on these trees have become soft again. These persimmons cannot be shaken, so they can only be picked gently and then handled with care.Zhang Taiping is too heavy, Yaya is too small, Fan Ming and Zhang Taiping are not at ease, the best person to pick the persimmon tree height should be Wukong, but this guy is careless, soft persimmons will always be picked break.

There was no other way, so Zhang Taiping had to ask Ye Ling to go to the village to find a sturdy boy to climb a tree.

I don't want Ye Ling to say: "Master, let me come. I used to climb trees when I was in the mountains. I can climb trees, and I am not afraid of heights."

Zhang Taiping recalled that the first time he saw Ye Ling was on a tree, he thought he had a good ability to climb trees, and his body was also light. Although he hadn't learned any real skills after learning Kung Fu for so long, his physical strength was still strong. But the coordination has been greatly improved, and there should be no problem climbing trees to pick persimmons.

Then he nodded and said: "Okay, then you go up." Zhang Taiping stood below and was really ready at any time just in case.

Cai Yazhi said to Zhang Taiping worriedly: "Let's forget it, I don't feel at ease when Linger goes up. Let Wukong pick it up, it's better than shaking it down before."

In the past, there was no way to pick the soft persimmons that were on the top of the persimmon tree, so four people could only pull a piece of cloth underneath and then shake the tree, and the ripe soft persimmons fell from the tree one after another.This method is a last resort, and most of them fall directly into a pool; only a few can keep the round shape, but the cover at the back remains on the tree and cannot be preserved.

Ye Ling comforted: "Auntie, I'm fine."

Zhang Taiping also said: "Ling'er also grew up in the mountains, and his tree-climbing skills are no worse than Wukong's. Besides, isn't there me greeting you?"

Cai Yazhi was still a little worried, and said, "Then ask Linger to tie a rope around her waist and tie it to a tree, so that nothing will happen."

Although he didn't believe what would happen, it was undoubtedly a more appropriate way, so Zhang Taiping went back and fetched a rope.

Seeing Ye Ling walking nimbly like a monkey on the slender branches in the high places, even though he knew he was tied with a rope, he was still worried.

After picking all the persimmons and putting them in a pile, there are surprisingly many soft persimmons. The main reason is that the environment and watering here are a bit special, which makes these persimmons ripen early.

It’s not easy to store, I can’t finish it at home, and I’m too lazy to put it in the space. You must know that there is a persimmon tree in the space full of soft persimmons that are bigger than this.So he waved his big hand and said: "See if someone doesn't have it, send some to someone."

Almost every family in the village has persimmon trees, and even Lu Feng's house has a lantern persimmon tree.The lion on this kind of persimmon tree is very small, only half the size of an egg, and it is called Huogulu in the mountain.

But not all of them have persimmon trees. At least Mr. Zhao, who can compete with the old man's age, does not have persimmon trees in his house. There are also two new people who live in the opposite door, Mr. Li and Mr. Tang.

At that time, the bamboo was dug on the hillside of Mr. Zhao, and it is reasonable to send some persimmons over now.

After the old man knew about this, he even asked Zhang Taiping to bring a bottle of medicinal wine that he brewed by the way. It seems that the relationship between the two old men is good.

Zhang Taiping personally delivered it, which seemed a little more sincere, and he also put a bottle of his own brewed wine inside.It is brewed with space spring water and high-grade honey, and a piece of ginseng is put in it. This kind of wine has great benefits for the elderly.Leaving aside the relationship between the two old men, just Zhao Qingsi's relationship and this bottle of top-quality wine should be given away.

Mr. Zhao was basking in the sun in the yard, and the girl who took care of Mr. Zhao, Zhao Qingsi's younger sister was holding a laptop computer and playing games on the stone table next to him.The door is open, no need to knock this time.

Zhang Taiping went into the yard and disturbed the puppy, barking twice as a wake-up call to the owner.

Mr. Zhao opened his eyes and saw that it was Zhang Taiping, so he stretched out his arms and asked him to sit on the bench beside him.

Zhang Taiping put the things he brought on the stone table and said: "I just picked some persimmons from the tree, bring them here for Grandpa Zhao to taste."

"That crystal persimmon tree in your orchard?" Mr. Zhao asked, stroking his beard.

Zhang Taiping nodded: "In the past few years, it has ripened a little earlier than in previous years, and most of them are soft when they are picked, and they cannot be stored."

The girl playing with the computer took one out of the basket and handed it to the old man first, and then took another one for herself without any hesitation.

This kind of persimmon is not only big in size but also good in taste, and its skin is thin and easy to peel. It is translucent in the sun, and you can directly see the fuzzy seeds inside. It is worthy of the name of "crystal".

After Mr. Zhao finished eating the persimmons, Zhang Taiping took out two more bottles of wine and introduced: "My grandfather asked me to bring this bottle to Grandpa Zhao, and this bottle was brewed by myself."

"Brother Zhang has a heart." Mr. Zhao picked up two wine jars and said, "You are also good."

Zhang Taiping smiled and said: "My wine has a very strong aroma, and there are some great tonics in it, which are of great benefit to the body, but the strength is a bit strong, so Grandpa Zhao should drink less each time." Zhang Taiping What Taiping said was not to make Mr. Zhao stop drinking, but because any tonic should not be used too much at one time, especially the physical fitness and young people should not be better than the elderly. If the dosage is excessive, the tonic will become a life-threatening poison.

Mr. Zhao must have understood this truth, so he nodded.He casually uncovered the gourd sent by Zhang Taiping.

"Huh? Good wine!" Mr. Zhao's eyes lit up immediately.

The girl eating persimmons sniffed Qiong's nose and said, "It smells so good!"

Immediately, Mr. Zhao asked the girl to go into the house to fetch three cups, and each of them drank a cup.After eating, Mr. Zhao put the lid on decisively. One cup a day is enough. If you drink too much, it will be really poisonous for an old man.

After chatting for a while, Zhang Taiping got up and left.

Before leaving, Zhang Taiping asked the girl, "Do you know your sister's phone number?" The reason why Zhang Taiping asked this was because the phone was turned off when he called Zhao Qingsi last time.

The little girl asked vigilantly like a thief: "Why are you asking this?"

Zhang Taiping understood from her expression that she should know Zhao Qingsi's phone number, and she is still in regular contact.

Although I don't know why Zhao Qingsi cut off contact with him during this time, but as long as she is safe, it will be fine.Without further questioning, he left with the basket in hand.