Father's Land Mother's River

Chapter 154
On National Day, Liu Xiaonan drove a pickup truck, and his family of four returned to Liuzi Street for the festival.The pickup truck drove straight into the yard, opened the door, and the two children ran into the house yelling "grandparents".

Liu Zhixin had just returned from the field, and was not too surprised to see his son driving back in a car.But when he heard his son say that he resigned and went to sea, he couldn't help being shocked: "You are taking a big step, are you sure?"

The father and father stood in the yard talking, deliberately avoiding women and children.Liu Xiaonan smiled at her father: "Dad, you escaped from Liuzi Street on a cold night and walked more than 70 miles. Are you sure?"

"Can it be the same? You have a wife and children now, so you can't take risks."

"Because I have a wife and children, every step I take is steady."

"Aren't you afraid of someone blackmailing you?"

"Don't be afraid, it was Gu Yu's father who helped a lot this time. The old man still remembers that when he was sent to our village, you gave him a few baskets of anthracite during the coldest winter, which relieved his high blood pressure. Gu Yu and I Didn't know about it."

"At that time, you and Gu Yu were inseparable all day long, so how could you pay attention to these things. Unexpectedly, that old man still has a conscience."

Liu Xiaonan recalled the conflicts she had with her father when she graduated from high school and went home to farm.He said: "I'm a fisherman now. If you have time to visit my place? Or just move there with my mother. There are mountains, waters and seas. You can do whatever you want."

Liu Zhixin said: "My father and I are doing our own things. This winter there are a few more vegetable greenhouses, and I am a free technician, and I am busy. After you have made some achievements, your mother and I will visit again. .”

Liu Xiaonan thought to himself that his father had found the value of his life, so he didn't force it.

Speaking of breeding river crabs, Liu Zhixin thinks it can be done.This year, some people bought river crabs in the village. They cost more than two taels and ten yuan each, which is 50 yuan a catty.There are fewer and fewer wild river crabs in the river, and artificial breeding should have a good development prospect.

Therefore, it is suggested that my son use the autumn and winter to buy books to study, or go to other places to learn Buddhist scriptures.First of all, master the technology and rules, and don't invest blindly.

Her father's support and advice gave Liu Xiaonan spiritual strength.

When eating lunch, Jiang Changling sat with her grandchildren on one left and one on the right. She was content to add vegetables to the grandchildren.

Her son and daughter-in-law took her to check her body every year, and there was no recurrence. Now it has been five years, and her physical condition is improving year by year.

She couldn't help talking to her grandchildren: "Now that grandma is dead, she can close her eyes."

Meng Xiangxiang said, "Auntie, don't you want to see your grandchildren get married?"

Jiang Changling said: "I want to, but I'm afraid I won't be able to wait for that day."

Meng Xiangxiang said: "If you want to wait, you can wait. If you say that, you don't want to wait."

Jiang Changling said, "Okay, I'll listen to you, and I won't say such things in the future."

Liu Zhixin and Liu Xiaonan looked at each other.This is exactly what the saying goes, what kind of people should be governed by what kind of people.

In the afternoon, the family worked in the yard, packing ears of corn into bins.The two children were playing in the yard, Xiaoyu rolled the pumpkin around like a ball, and Mengmeng was catching butterflies in the vegetable field.While playing, Mengmeng suddenly screamed, and then burst into tears.

Meng Xiangxiang was very close, so he hurried over to have a look, only to see that his daughter was holding a big green praying mantis, and the two big arms of the mantis were tightly clamped around her fingers.

Meng Xiangxiang hurriedly took the mantis from his daughter's hand, blood oozing from her daughter's fingers.She asked distressedly: "Mengmeng, why don't you let go?"

Meng Meng cried: "I want to play with the mantis, it cut me with a big knife."

Meng Xiangxiang rubbed her fingers for her daughter and said, "Mengmeng, small animals have the instinct to protect themselves, so you can't just grab them with your hands in the future."

Liu Xiaonan stopped working, walked over and picked up her daughter and said, "Mengmeng has loved observing small animals since she was a child, and she will definitely become a writer in the future."

Mengmeng asked her father: "Being a writer, small animals will be my good friends, and they won't cut off my hands again, right?"

Liu Xiaonan said: "That's right, Mengmeng is really smart. Becoming a writer, flowers, plants, birds, animals, mountains, rivers, and seas will all become Mengmeng's good friends."

Meng Xiangxiang watched the father and daughter ask and answer, and couldn't help secretly laughing.She kept saying that she couldn't spoil her children, but she loved her more than anyone else, especially her daughter.

Because of so many things going on, they could only stay at home for one night.Knowing that Liu Xiaonan resigned and went to sea, Liu Zhitai sent 2 yuan to his nephew that night.

Liu Xiaonan would accept it, but Liu Zhitai said that she could only help you so much, no matter how hard she tried, she must accept it.Liu Zhixin also gave his son 3 yuan, a penny would be hard for a hero, so be prepared.

Liu Xiaonan thought that he would have to order cherry saplings now, and he would have to buy crab seedlings and bait in the spring of next year, so he could only accept them.Although both Yu Zhiyong and Brother Li and Wang have expressed their willingness to help the brothers.But he felt that among brothers and friends, it is better to talk less about money unless it is absolutely necessary.

At the end of October, the weather gradually turned cold, and the fish, shrimp and crabs all swam back to the deep sea. They could not catch anything in the ground cages, so they had to collect them all.So far, Liu Xiaonan has completely cut off her source of income.

Although there are some shellfish on the beach, they have been caught indiscriminately over the years, and the number is not large, which can only be used for further reproduction and recovery.

Meng Xiangxiang's two sister-in-laws also rushed to help after finishing the autumn harvest. In addition to Sha Wanli and his wife, even if they don't need wages for the time being, the daily food and drink for the six of them is still a lot of money.

There was no income but only expenditure, Liu Xiaonan felt that his pockets were gradually shrinking.

However, some things still have to be done.Liu Xiaonan asked Sha Wanli if he had any clues to find his son?Sha Wanli said that he had been looking for it for many years, but he had no clue at all, and only left the address here in his hometown.I just hope that when my son grows up, he knows how to go back to his hometown to find his biological father.

Liu Xiaonan installed a telephone in the guard room, firstly for business needs, and secondly to facilitate Sha Wanli's search for his son.He told Sha Wanli not to think about those phone bills.

Meng Xiangxiang collected and sorted out some river crab breeding techniques and methods on the Internet, but Liu Xiaonan didn't believe in the things on the Internet.He took water samples from the two ponds, came to Bincheng Fisheries School, and asked fisheries experts to test the water quality.

As a result of the test, the water quality is not polluted at all. Although the salinity is slightly higher than that of ordinary fresh water, there is no problem in breeding river crabs.On the contrary, river crabs are not easy to get sick, and the earthy smell will be greatly reduced.

The aquatic expert expressed that he was willing to provide technical support with paid services, and Liu Xiaonan accepted the expert's conditions.In view of Liu Xiaonan's reputation as a writer, experts got into Liu Xiaonan's pickup truck and made a field trip.

Aquatic experts inspected the natural environment of the two ponds on the spot and said that it was completely feasible. He suggested that Liu Xiaonan should use the dry season in winter to deepen and strengthen the two ponds.

The techniques and methods disclosed by aquatic experts are not much different from those on the Internet, except that they are adapted to local conditions.Liu Xiaonan didn't say anything, but she thought in her heart that it was time for her to change her mind.

Sha Wanli suggested to Liu Xiaonan that when there was nothing to do in the sea, it was time to dig tree pits.The tree pit is dug in advance, and cherry saplings will be planted in the first spring of next year. After three years of management, they can bear fruit.

Sha Liu guarded the gate and was in charge of cooking, and the rest of the people, under Sha Wanli's guidance, went to dig tree pits on the dirt hill.

Liu Xiaonan also participated in it.I haven't done farm work for many years, and when I picked up the shovel and pick again, I felt extremely heavy and couldn't keep up with the speed.He only dug one hole when others dug two holes, not even as good as two uncles and sisters-in-law.And after working for a while, you have to take a break to catch your breath.

Sha Wanli said to Liu Xiaonan's uncle and sister-in-law: "My brother is a pen holder, how can he do such rough work? It's not easy to do something!"

The two uncles and sister-in-laws often joked with Liu Xiaonan: "Just be your big boss. You're exhausted, and my sister wants someone from us, saying that we don't understand my brother-in-law, and we can't afford it."

Liu Xiaonan said: "I'm not that noble, it's just that I haven't exercised these years, and I'll get used to it after getting through this stage."

Back home at night, Liu Xiaonan's appetite increased greatly, and Meng Xiangxiang secretly felt distressed in his eyes.

Over the past two months, exposed to the wind and sun by the sea, his face has already turned dark, and he is no longer that white-faced scholar.

Compared with the changes in appearance, I don't know how much pressure I have inside, and it's hard for me not to feel it myself.She only told him interesting stories about the children in the kindergarten, and only a pair of children could relieve his pressure.

After dinner, Liu Xiaonan played wildly with the two children, lying on the floor as a horse for the two children to ride.The two children were tired from playing, and put them to sleep one by one.

After the child fell asleep, Liu Xiaonan was also drowsy in bed.My whole body is sore, I don't want to read books, let alone conceive, so naturally I no longer stay up late.He is sober, he is no longer a writer, but a hard entrepreneur.

After Meng Xiangxiang finished grading the students' homework, he went to bed and looked at Liu Xiaonan's two palms. There were several blisters of different sizes on them.She said with a smile: "It seems that going from being a writer to being a farmer is also a sharpening process."

Liu Xiaonan opened her eyes and said, "From a little girl in a mountain village, to a mother of two children, and then to a class teacher in a key middle school, it is also a process of constant tempering."

"On Sunday, I took my children to dig tree pits to find out how I felt back then. In the past, I spent a whole winter vacation at [-] cents per tree pit in order to save tuition fees."

"Heroes don't mention being brave back then, do you think you're still that hard-working little girl from the mountain village?"

On Sunday, Meng Xiangxiang took his two children and came to the farm with Liu Xiaonan.The two children played freely on the ridge of the terraced fields. Meng Xiangxiang shoveled the soil with a pickaxe. Although he looked decent, his physical strength and endurance were not as good as when he was a girl.

After working for a day, my waist and legs were also sore. I have to admit that the environment has changed people.

On the next Sunday, Meng Xiangxiang still brought his children to dig tree pits, one more person would give him more strength.Everyone is doing their part, and Meng Duoduo knew it, and he also used the rest day to help dig tree pits.

Nearly a thousand tree pits were dug before the frost.In order to reduce Liu Xiaonan's financial burden, the two uncles and sisters-in-law returned to their hometown early.

Liu Xiaonan hired a bulldozer to deepen and strengthen the two ponds according to the requirements of the experts.The preparations to be done have been done in advance, just waiting for the arrival of spring.

The school was on winter vacation, and Liu Xiaonan planned to let Meng Xiangxiang take her two children and go back to live with her two brothers for a while.Meng Xiangxiang didn't plan to go back to her natal home. In this critical period, how could she leave her husband and go back to her natal home to hide?

Liu Xiaonan gave two uncles 2000 yuan each, which was not much money, and took them home for the New Year.The two uncles refused to accept what they said, and the eldest brother Sha Wanli refused to ask for wages from an outsider. How could his relatives have the nerve to ask for money?That's too unreasonable.

Returning to my hometown with only the gifts I bought for my parents, and making an appointment to come back on time next spring.

Meng Xiangxiang took the two children and took a long-distance bus back to Liuzi Street.It was time for the vegetable greenhouse to employ people, and she was worried that her parents-in-law would be too busy.She didn't ask Liu Xiaonan to drive her and the child, so she could save a little bit.

Liu Xiaonan began to use this relatively free time to study.My father was able to change from a mine worker to an amateur agricultural technician by self-study and engage in farming by himself, and he could not completely rely on aquatic experts.

During the day, I brought books and materials to study in the farm, and at the same time investigated the tidal laws and environmental changes in the bay.Back home at night, check the relevant farming techniques on the computer.

It was not until the 27th of the twelfth lunar month that Liu Xiaonan handed over the farm to Sha Wanli and drove back to Liuzi Street.He did not forget the agreement with Uncle Guan Deyu to return to the village every Spring Festival to write Spring Festival couplets for the villagers.

The vegetables in the vegetable greenhouse have been sold out, and my parents and Meng Xiangxiang are preparing new year's goods for the New Year.As soon as Liu Xiaonan got home, she spread out the table and wrote Spring Festival couplets for the villagers who came to get the news.

When he was writing the Spring Festival couplets with a pen, his daughter had been sitting by the side watching, her two bright little eyes unblinking.The son has long been disinterested in writing with a brush dipped in water, and now he is skating on the ice in the pond with his grandfather.

In her spare time, Liu Xiaonan handed the brush to her daughter, and taught her how to write big characters.His daughter is only three years old, so naturally he doesn't understand anything, but he has already started to cultivate her interest.

The son is hopeless, and he can go to heaven with a ladder, and he is going to pass on the mantle to his daughter.

On the first day of the new year, a family of four went out to pay New Year's greetings.When she came back at noon, Liu Xiaonan told her parents about Liu Yunqi and Magus.

One has a waist and leg disease and can't do heavy work, and the other has a cerebral thrombosis and hemiplegia. The house is as cold as an icehouse.Ma Gesi lay on the kang covered with a thick quilt, took Liu Xiaonan's hand and sighed, shedding a few turbid tears.

It goes without saying that Liu Qishun and his wife don't care about the old couple.

Liu Zhixin said to his son: "That's a tradition in their family. Even your aunt Liu Erya seldom visits her elder brother and sister-in-law. It's your uncle who continues to buy some medicine for the two of them."

Liu Xiaonan said: "Unexpectedly, the second sister-in-law of Magus has been powerful all her life, but in her later years, she will fall into the hands of her son and daughter-in-law. Liu Qishun is also good enough. A son doesn't care about his parents, but a daughter-in-law won't care?"

Liu Zhixin said: "When people are old and sick, they are useless. I have seen through it. If I get to that day, I will die happily. I must not be like them, lying on the kang and being rejected by others. "

Liu Xiaonan glanced at Meng Xiangxiang.It means that it's hard for me to talk as a son, and it will only make my father talk more and more vigorously. It's up to you, the daughter-in-law, to step in.

Meng Xiangxiang understood it, and she said to Liu Zhixin, "Dad, you are celebrating Chinese New Year, are you telling me this?"

Liu Zhixin hurriedly explained to his daughter-in-law: "I saw too many old people like that, so I just said it casually when I felt something, and it was definitely not for you. Your mother and I have seen clearly what kind of child you are. in vain."

(End of this chapter)