Leisurely monastic life

Chapter 493 Free Rations
"It's a pity that it's too expensive, otherwise we would also buy some food from Tianwang. It costs 20 yuan a catty, and the whole family would have to spend over a hundred yuan a day just for food." Gao Fengxiang said regretfully.

"Yeah, I've been a farmer all my life, but I didn't expect this rice to be sold at this price. It's incredible." Luo Guangfu said.

"Guangfu, you are making a mistake. In fact, 20 yuan a catty is not expensive at all. If you say it is expensive, the little devil's rice is expensive. When I was in Huacheng, Zhengjiang bought it for me for 100 yuan. Two catties of money. Calculated to be 50 yuan per catty. It tastes similar to our late rice, not even as good as our late rice. It is even worse than Tianwang rice. But they sell it 50 yuan a catty. People in the city are still rushing to buy it, and the rich people in the city have always only bought expensive ones, not the right ones.” Luo Baolin said.

"That's called worshiping foreigners. But one thing is right, that is, the food we grow hard should not be sold so cheaply. People in the city can make a product in a few minutes and sell it to our rural areas. They are all expensive. We plant an acre of land for more than half a year, and the grain we produce can't sell a single product of others! Is this fair?" Luo Changqing said.

"Changqing is right. Good things are exported from factories in the city, bad things are sold in the city, and defective products are sold in the countryside. If we farmers are united, selling rice is like selling garlic, ten yuan One catty, let the people in the city buy it or not." Luo Guangfu said.

"It's useless. You can't buy rice in China, and people can buy it abroad. The Yankee's genetically modified rice is specially sold to China." Luo Changqing said.

"All farmers in the world are exploited! If only our rice could be as expensive as the little devil's rice." Gao Fengxiang said.

"Let's not think about it, but Tianwang's will definitely be able to. Everyone in the village will give Tianwang their fields to plant. If they can grow such good rice, they will definitely be able to sell Hemawan, which is more expensive than the little devil's rice. Rice." Luo Changqing said.

"Yes, in the future, we will plant all the fields to Tianwang. We will all work at Tianwang Farm. Tianwang will pay everyone's wages. It would be even better if we distribute rice." Luo Guangfu laughed.

Tianwang was at the side, quietly listening to everyone talking.Hearing this, Luo Tianwang stood up and said: "If everyone thinks my rice is delicious, I will provide the villagers with free rations. In this way, if you don't have any land in the future, you don't have to worry about not being able to buy good rice with money. "

"Tianwang, I'm just waiting for your words. As long as our rations can be guaranteed, we will plant all our fields for you. However, you don't need to pay for free, you should collect a little. After all, your food didn't fall from the sky. Just According to the current price of late rice in our village, it costs two yuan per catty. How about it?" Gao Fengxiang laughed.

"That's right, you give it for free. How can you be so mean? It's kind of mean. We Hemawan people don't have the habit of eating for free." Luo Guangfu said.

"Grandpa Guangfu, I have made it clear that only rations are provided for free, and the supply is based on the head. If it is not enough, I'm sorry, but I have to pay according to the market price. My rice sells for twenty. If you want to buy it, you have to pay two." Ten. Even if it is sold for one hundred, if you want to ask for more, you have to pay one hundred. As for the free ones, it is considered as a reward for transferring all your land to me." Luo Tianwang said.

"Your child is benevolence and righteousness. You are indeed a child taught by Zhengjiang Hongmei and his wife. Now that there are some old men in the village, this field can no longer be planted. But thinking about being a farmer for a lifetime, this field cannot be left uncultivated. I still have to eat the rice I planted myself. So I have been struggling to maintain it. It is really not easy. Now you come back to plant this field, and the planting is better than those of us who have been planting the field all our lives. What are you talking about? The fields will be planted for you in the future." Luo Guangfu said.

Luo Guangfu took the lead, and people in the village who still farmed fields expressed their willingness to transfer the rice fields and wasteland.Luo Tianwang still agreed to subcontract the rice fields of the villagers at the same price as Luo Zhigang's paddy fields.And, starting from this season of late rice, ecological rice will be supplied to people who have subcontracted their fields.

The quality of this rice is absolutely extraordinary, and the villagers feel their appetite greatly increased when they smell the aroma of this rice.It seems to have returned to the era of the production team.In those days, everyone was very good at eating.Take Luo Guangfu and Luo Baolin as examples. When they were in the production team, the two of them were in their prime. It was not a problem to eat two catties of rice per meal, and there were many people who could eat three or four catties of rice.There was no way, there was not much meat in the rice in those days, and every day was high-intensity physical labor, which consumed a lot of energy. All energy supply was almost entirely dependent on the starch in the rice.Therefore, in that era, although everyone was very good at eating, it was rare to see a few fat people.How is it like now, half of the children in the village are chubby.The grandparents who took care of the children all suffered hardships in the past. They were afraid that the children would be hungry and encouraged them to eat as hard as they could. It would be strange if they did not eat.

Now Luo Guangfu, who eats a small bowl of rice at most, even ate three full bowls of rice without feeling full.But he didn't dare to continue eating, and said to everyone with a smile: "The food at Tianwang's family is really delicious. Today's meal has made me full. I feel like I'm back in the production team."

"I think back then, when we were at the Hemawan Reservoir, every time I opened a meal, I would fill a small bowl first, finish the meal in two or three bites, and then fill another bowl. It means that I ate half a bowl of rice more than others. .At that time, meals were served in such a big earthen bowl. How can people be so refined like today?" Luo Baolin was also very emotional.

"That's right. It takes a lot of energy to eat, and it's easy to pick a Chinese character of one or two hundred catties. Now my grandson is crying for his father and mother when he picks up a load of tens of catties. Before going to the county, he always walked. Now, if you go to the street, you have to spend a few dollars to take a bus." Luo Guangfu laughed.

Children who are usually very picky eaters are rushing to eat, each with a round belly, and the extra rice that was originally prepared, but even the crispy rice is rolled up by the children as a snack.Several large pots of rice were eaten cleanly.

"Tianwang, this rice is so delicious, I'm not full yet." Li Shishi whispered in Luo Tianwang's ear, she was too embarrassed to let others hear that she was not full.

Luo Tianwang smiled and said, "Really? I'll make you something delicious later."

"No, no, let's eat after dinner. If I eat so much in one meal, my body will grow flesh." Li Shishi said hastily.

"What are you afraid of? Are we cultivators still worried about getting fat on our bodies? Just use your spiritual power to refine it. You can have whatever body you want." Luo Tianwang laughed.

Li Shishi grinned: "That's true. But don't worry, I'll eat some fruit to fill my stomach. It would be great if all the fruits were planted in that barren hill. Planting those miscellaneous trees is really a waste."

"No waste, no waste at all. If it weren't for the miscellaneous trees planted, where would such delicious rice and fruit come from?" Luo Tianwang laughed.

There are indeed a lot of fruits in this season. The early-ripe citrus is ripe, but slightly sour and very sweet.Persimmons can also be picked, and they will turn red after being covered with rice for a few days.The jujubes have also turned red and have a lot of water, and they taste very delicious.Originally, the dates here in Hemawan are generally not very tasty, with little water and not very sweet.Now dates from other places are on the market early, and there is almost no market for local dates, and children don't eat local dates much.But the jujubes from the jujube tree in Luo Tianwang's family are very delicious, and they are also big, as big as eggs.But it tastes really good.

The little sparrows stay on the tree every day, leading a large group of sparrows to harm the jujubes at home every day, and they are especially good at eating, especially those that are overripe.If it hadn't been for Luo Tianwang's serious warning to let the little sparrow stay and never move it, Luo Tianwang would have to eat the little sparrow to eat the rest if he wanted to taste it.

"Tianwang, will the little sparrow leave us one day like Lao Huang?" Li Shishi couldn't help asking as she watched the little sparrow happily looking for dates on the tree.

"Oh. I don't know. There is always a banquet in the world." Thinking of Lao Huang, Luo Tianwang felt a little sad.That guy was a playmate he grew up with.But now, I don't know where to go.

"The lifespan of a sparrow is about ten years. How old is this little sparrow?" Li Shishi asked.

"I'll do the math. Fourteen or five years." Luo Tianwang said.

The little sparrow seemed to have heard Luo Tianwang and Li Shishi talking about it, and flew over joyfully, on Luo Tianwang's body, and then on Li Shishi's body, put a piece of jujube meat in Li Shishi's hand in its mouth, and then flew towards Li Shishi Li Shishi chirped, as if to let Li Shishi taste it.

"Haha, Shishi, it's for you to taste it. Don't let it down, eat it quickly." Luo Tianwang laughed.

"Okay, just eat." Li Shishi moved the jujube meat in his hand to his mouth, and before he was halfway through, he suddenly turned around and stuffed it into Luo Tianwang's mouth.

Luo Tianwang didn't hide, he opened his mouth to catch the jujube meat in Li Shishi's hand, but he bit into his mouth together with Li Shishi's hand.

"Oh, you are so bad! Why do you really eat it?" Li Shishi originally thought that Luo Tianwang would avoid it, but she didn't expect this guy to eat the jujube meat in order to tease her.

"It's okay, the little sparrow goes to the pond to wash his face and mouth every day. It's very clean, and its mouth is very picky, and it picks the best food. It's rare for you to be able to eat from its mouth. This guy usually doesn't give it to you. Others eat." Luo Tianwang laughed.

Although Luo Tianwang was joking with Li Shishi, it was not nonsense. The little sparrow used to only get close to Luo Tianwang, and even Luo Tianci was unwilling to touch him.Now it has regarded Li Shishi as its hostess, and is willing to get close to Li Shishi, and it just gave Li Shishi the most delicious food in its mouth to prove it.

"Tianwang, in fact, when I first came to Hemawan, I was still a little worried that I would not be able to adapt to the life here. But now I think life here is very suitable for me. There is no intrigue here, and daily life is simple. Especially with the children every day From the original summer class to the current primary school teaching, I don’t feel that what I learned in college is in vain. I can also realize my life value here. And cultivating Taoism makes me understand the meaning of life.” Li Shishi Said.

"Shishi, your current state of mind is higher than mine. If you keep up with your cultivation, you will surpass me sooner or later. Don't you know that you will put pressure on me?" Luo Tianwang joked.

"Liar. I'm too lazy to talk to you. I'm telling you the truth." Li Shishi gave Luo Tianwang a blank look.

"I'm also very serious. By the way, when you came here, you were not afraid to be like a woman who was kidnapped to the countryside, giving birth to children in the countryside, chopping firewood, cooking, feeding pigs and cattle every day?" Luo Tianwang laughed. .

"If you dare to let me do this, I'll tell Aunt Zeng." Li Shishi giggled.

"Then I don't dare. If my mother knows that I made you suffer in Hemawan, she will definitely come back and clean me up, and then rescue you to Huacheng." Luo Tianwang lay on the grass in the barren mountain, with a mouth in his mouth. A thatch root.This kind of thatch root is the most plump in this season. It is dug out from the soil, and the wrapped withered grass is removed by hand, revealing the white and tender grass root, which is chewed in the mouth, with a touch of sweetness.When Luo Tianwang was a child, when he was herding cattle, he liked to look for the best thatched grass in the mountains and dig the grass roots from the ground to eat.

"Why do you dare to stuff anything into your mouth? You are not afraid of spoiling your stomach." Li Shishi said.

"You don't know about that. This is actually a delicacy buried in the ground. Here, I have chosen the best one for you, and you can try it too." Luo Tianwang stuffed a very fat grass root into Li Shishi's hands.The thatch grass on this barren mountain grows more vigorously than anywhere else, and when the soil is turned up, the grass roots inside are much thicker than those in ordinary places, and the internodes are also longer.Especially the color of the grass root is as transparent as it is.This grass root is not only sweet, but also has a refreshing fragrance.It tastes much better than ordinary grass roots.

Li Shishi was skeptical, but seeing that Luo Tianwang also ate it, she didn't reject it very much, and let Luo Tianwang stuff the grass root into her mouth.After chewing it a little bit, I immediately tasted a sweet taste. How come this grass root has a sweetness of sugarcane?The sugar content is not as much as sugar cane, but the sweetness of grass roots is not quite the same as that of sugar cane.In comparison, the taste of this grass root seems to be even better.

"Huh?" Li Shishi's eyes lit up, obviously a little surprised by the smell of grass roots.

"Is it delicious? If you don't try boldly, you don't have the spirit of eating crabs. You will waste a lot of opportunities to taste delicious food." Luo Tianwang laughed.I found some good-looking grass roots for Li Shishi.

"How do you know this grass root is so delicious?" Li Shishi asked puzzled.

"I didn't have much to eat when I was young. When I was herding cattle, I would dig up some grass roots and chew them. But the grass roots in the mountains are not as delicious as the grass roots here." Luo Tianwang said.

(End of this chapter)