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Zhang Taiping did not expect that the old village chief had hesitated for such a long time, but it was such a matter. He could feel that Zhang Taiping's prosperity was imminent, but he came to plead for the whole village.This is not for his own private interest but for the collective interest.But he still felt that he didn't take care of Zhang Taiping at that time, and he was really ashamed to come to ask now.

Zhang Taiping said without hesitation: "Uncle Hanmin, you can rest assured. If I can become prosperous, I will naturally take care of the village so that everyone can become prosperous together." Zhang Taiping said this because the village did treat Cai Yazhi's mother a few years ago. The girl took good care of her, otherwise she wouldn't have allocated the valley near the backyard as her own orchard.

The other is that I am somewhat overwhelmed by the quality of the old village head. It is not easy for the old village head to wipe his face and ask a junior, not to mention that the old village head also takes it as his responsibility to lead the whole village to become rich, and for the people in the village. Feeling uneasy that life has not improved under one's own leadership.

Hearing Zhang Taiping's words, the old village head relaxed his chrysanthemum-wrinkled face. He drank another cup and said, "You don't need to make a lot of effort, as long as you can give some pointers or pull the villagers together Just put it on."

"Uncle Han Min's words are very strange. I am also a member of the village. My wealth is the wealth of the village. The wealth of the village is also my wealth. They are inseparable from each other. But Uncle Han Min today You called me over to say this alone, you treated me like an outsider."

"It's not that I treat you as an outsider."

"Then what else is there to worry about, Uncle Han Min?"

"Then the old man just said the last thing on his laurels." He pursed his lips and sorted out his thoughts, "Marshal, to be honest, you were really ineffective a few years ago." After a pause, seeing that Zhang Taiping didn't respond, he continued, "The people in the village The opinion of you is indeed bad. I am not afraid that you will leave some unresolved knots in your heart. Now everyone in the village can see that you have changed a lot, and their views on you are gradually changing. Don’t take things to heart.”

Only then did Zhang Taiping understand that the most important thing today is this sentence.The old village chief was still afraid of what Zhang Taiping would think of the villagers' previous attitudes, so he came here today to clarify and ask for a guarantee.Said funny.

"Uncle Han Min, don't worry, I'm not so stingy yet, I'm angry with the whole village. Besides, it was not a thing before, and no one can blame others. Let him go about the past, as long as he can get along well in the future. OK."

"Okay, the handsome man is magnificent, with the demeanor of your father back then. Let's go!"

Zhang Taiping raised his wine glass and clinked a glass with the village chief, and then clinked a glass with Wang Gui who was beside him who had not spoken.

The village head was obviously a little drunk, "Young man, just let go and do it. If you need anything, just say it. If you can satisfy the old uncle, do your best. If you need the old uncle to move that day, the old uncle can let the village chief go at any time." Here you go, if you can bring the village out of poverty."

"If there is something to do at that time, I will definitely come to trouble the old man."

Then the village chief's tongue became a little bit big, "Marshal, do you think there is any good way to lead the village to become rich?"

"This can't be done overnight, it has to be considered in the long run."

"Then you. Then you. What do you think next? Thoughts?" The old village chief's tongue was no longer in control.

"Let's fix the orchard first, and I'm not sure about the rest. Uncle, stop drinking if you drink too much."

"Not much, I'm happy today, again. A few more." Before he finished speaking, he got down on the ground.

Wang Gui smiled wryly at Zhang Taiping.Zhang Taiping got up to say goodbye, Wang Gui sent him to the gate of the courtyard.It was past three o'clock in the afternoon when we got home, and there was still rice in the pot. Zhang Taiping just drank at the village head's house, and now he was a little hungry, so he ate two bowls.

After dinner, they came to the back room, and Yaya was writing in the room alone, so Zhang Taiping didn't bother her.If there is no sign of Cai Yazhi in the backyard, it must be in the orchard in the back valley.

When I came to the back valley, I saw Cai Yazhi cleaning up the weeds between the fruit trees.No amount of land can withstand such hardworking people. Five or six acres of flat land have been tidied up. Except for the thriving strawberries, there are almost no other plants to be seen.

Zhang Taiping spent the whole afternoon helping Cai Yazhi clean up the weeds under the peach trees on the slopes on both sides.After dinner, Zhang Taiping didn't sit in the yard anymore. It's already the 24th of October in the lunar calendar, and it will be November in a few days, and it's winter.

Sitting on the kang, I watched the water-filled TV with Yaya for a while, but my mind was not on the TV, but thinking about the things in the yard.

Said to Cai Yazhi: "Except for the few fruit trees planted a few days ago in the orchard, the other fruit trees will bear fruit next year, but the surrounding area of ​​the orchard is too open, so we need to plant other things that can block people."

Cai Yazhi suggested to plant some wild jujube trees, which are a kind of thorn trees that grow naturally in the mountains.They are of different heights, the short ones can be crossed with a single step, while the tall ones can grow up to two or three meters high.This kind of thing is covered with thorns ranging from centimeters to inches long, which can effectively prevent people and animals from passing through, and in autumn, wild jujubes will be full of trees. After red, it tastes sour and sweet. Children's favorite when breaking corn.

"Well, wild jujube trees are one kind, but we can't plant all of them, it's too single."

Cai Yazhi asked, what else?Can the pepper tree work?Most of the orchards in the countryside are surrounded by pepper trees. It can grow thorns to block people and produce peppercorns, which is also a kind of harvest.

"Forget about pepper, it will be too tiring to pick at that time, and the ripening time of pepper and grapes are in tandem. When the time comes, will you manage the grapes or the pepper?"

Cai Yazhi thinks about it too. Grapes must be important, but she can’t do this kind of thing if she leaves the peppercorns alone and let them fall to the ground one by one, so she decided not to plant the peppercorns at all. Time can be distressing.

So she made another suggestion, is bamboo okay?

"Bamboo? Although bamboo can't stop people, it is a good plant. It doesn't hurt to plant some. Is there anything else?"

Cai Yazhi shook her head, unable to think.

"Then do you know where there are bamboos nearby?"

This time Cai Yazhi gestured for a long time and Zhang Taiping didn't understand what it meant, so he finally got a pen and wrote it down to understand.What she said was that the old man who was about the same age as the old man in the easternmost part of the village was allocated a bamboo forest, which was on a small hill to the east of Yizhi Mountain.

I still have some impressions of Zhang Taiping, an old man who is about the same age as the old man.So Zhang Taiping got up and put on his shoes and said, "It's not too late now, I'll go and ask if I can dig some. If I can, I can dig some early tomorrow morning."

There is no need to bring a flashlight, and Zhang Taiping's eyes will not be affected much even at night.The night near November was still very cold, but Zhang Taiping, who was only wearing a single shirt, didn't feel much. It is not an exaggeration to say that he has reached the realm of being invulnerable to cold and heat.

Zhang Taiping didn't go inside the village, but walked half a circle from outside the village to the east of the village, so as not to startle the dogs barking along the way.

This old man is not the village's surname "Wang", but Zhao Mingsanduo, and he is also an outsider who moved into the village from outside before, and his situation is similar to that of Grandpa Zhang Taiping.

The house is not small, and it is modeled on the courtyard house in Beijing. Zhang Taiping roughly estimated that it might be bigger than his own courtyard.But most of the house was dark, only the front house was lit.Rumor has it that the old man has always been the only one living in such a large courtyard, and it is normal for only one light to be on.

Zhang Taiping knocked on the door, the first thing he welcomed was the barking of a dog, either a rare breed of dog, or the most common stupid dog in the area.After a while, the door squeaked open a crack but not fully opened, a sixteen or seventeen year old girl with bright eyes and white teeth poked half of her head out of the crack and asked Zhang Taiping, "Who are you looking for?"

Zhang Taiping was stunned for a moment, not understanding how there could be such a beautiful little girl here.

In fact, this is due to Mr. Zhao's weird temper. In fact, there are quite a few of his children and grandchildren, but they were all driven out by him to make a living on their own. It is only after he agrees that he is allowed to live in this house for a period of time.He usually lives alone.As for how his descendants are doing outside, the villagers don't know. Every year when they come back during the Chinese New Year, a group of people hike into the mountains, and there is nothing to show their status.

And this girl is his youngest granddaughter, who happened to be here to take care of him during this time.

"Is Mr. Zhao at home?"

"What are you looking for with Grandpa?" The little girl was very wary of Zhang Taiping, and she didn't intend to open the door to let him in.

This is the voice of an old man full of spirit from the house: "Xiaoshu, who is it?"

"It's a big guy, he didn't say who it was."

The old man said: "Let people come in first."

The little girl who was turned into a little tree by the old man reluctantly opened the door, and after Zhang Taiping entered, the old man was sitting in front of the TV watching the news.Although TV is not the best brand at the moment, it is many times better than Zhang Taiping's.

"It's Taiping, what's the matter?" The old man was one of the few people in the village who didn't call Zhang Taiping the "Marshal".

"Well, I heard that there is a bamboo forest on the mountain behind you. I want to dig some bamboo and plant it around the orchard."

"Bamboo, you can dig whatever you want, as long as you want." The old man waved his hand and said.

"Then thank you old man."

"Thank you, isn't it just some bamboo. Is your grandfather okay?"

"Thanks to you, grandpa is in good health and can live for decades."

"Well, that's right, old brother Zhang has a good health regimen, and a long life is not a problem." After finishing speaking, the old man closed his eyes and stopped talking.