Father's Land Mother's River

Chapter 157 Oval Reef

Spring ebbs.Liu Xiaonan hired more than a dozen people, used all kinds of tools, and spent a lot of effort to lift the movable oval rock ashore and put it in the back of his pickup truck.

He pulled the rock to the cliff, fixed it with cement, and stood it in the pine forest opposite the second floor.

The brown reefs are covered with seaweed and oysters. After a few days of wind and sun, the seaweed withers and the shells of dead oysters come out.Everyone can smell a stench when entering and leaving the second floor. Fortunately, the weather is still cold and there are no flies.

Liu Xiaonan didn't let anyone clean it up, which made everyone feel incredible.If you want to set up a stone tablet and write the name of the farm, you don’t need to spend money to hire someone to fish it from the sea. Isn’t it the same to just go to the mountain to get a big bluestone?

Only Sha Liu, Sha Wanli, thought of it, maybe it had something to do with Xiao Nan's former beautiful partner, this secret must not be revealed.

On Sunday, Meng Xiangxiang took the child and followed Liu Xiaonan to the farm. After getting off the car, he smelled an unpleasant smell, and immediately noticed the reef full of oysters.

Liu Xiaonan didn't hide anything from her about the past.She guessed that this might be the reef where Liu Xiaonan was lifted by the waves and fell on it.

But why stand there?Is it like the little book in the wooden box and the sweetheart neck sweater with mohair white scarf, as a memorial of love?

impossible!Meng Xiangxiang thought optimistically from another angle.The reef almost broke his waist, and the oyster shells on the reef cut him bloody.He put the reef within sight, reminding himself that his heart was also cut to pieces.

She thought, if she told Yue Xuelian about this interesting incident by email, what would Yue Xuelian's reaction be?But reason told her that no matter what purpose Liu Xiaonan had, she couldn't tell Yue Xuelian about it.

Once you figure it out, you don't have to think about it anymore, let alone ask too much. Xiaonan will tell herself what she wants to tell, and she will naturally have various excuses for what she doesn't want to tell.

Meng Xiangxiang took the two children and walked into Liu Xiaonan's office.

Liu Xiaonan has transformed the room on the west side of the corridor on the first floor of the second floor into his exclusive office.The outer room is used as a reception room, with three long wooden sofas and coffee tables placed along the wall; a single bed, a desk, and a safe are placed in the inner room; a telephone and a safe are placed on the desk. computer.

Meng Xiangxiang took a tour and said with a smile: "It's not a good thing, why is it on the table?"

Liu Xiaonan said: "I use the computer to look up information and study statistical accounts, and I will never use a computer to type and write."

Another thing he didn't say is that you can trade stocks on the computer without having to go to the stock exchange hall in person.He also used part of the funds to speculate in stocks. He felt that everyone had a gambling mentality to a greater or lesser extent.Properly speculating in stocks can also adjust your mood.

Besides, if you hadn't entered the stock market bravely at the beginning, you wouldn't have dug your first pot of gold.

Meng Xiangxiang sat on the chair in front of the desk and casually glanced out the window, only to realize that the oval rock in the pine forest was facing Liu Xiaonan's desk.Got it, he really wanted to remind himself of something.

She said, "The rock you brought up didn't remove the oyster shells, and it smelled awful."

Liu Xiaonan hugged her son who had climbed onto the window sill and said, "I fell on that rock back then. If I hadn't fallen that way, I might have missed the Dragon King Pond, and I wouldn't have the courage to contract this sea area. Then The reef gave me a force in the dark, and standing there reminds me of the stele that Mr. Guan left me."

Diligence, self-denial, courtesy and law-abiding. I hope this is not an excuse.Meng Xiangxiang took out the old clothes from his bag, changed them for himself and the two children, and followed Liu Xiaonan into the sea.

According to the conclusions drawn from diving observations in sand, stone and sand mountains, the number of sea cucumbers in the sea area is considerable.However, the number of finished sea cucumbers is not large, and the medium-sized sea cucumber seedlings are very dense. This should be the result of more than a year of recuperation and natural reproduction.

Liu Xiaonan decided not to fish this year and to breed for another year.

Clams and clams on the beach can be caught in a planned way.Liu Xiaonan himself did not expect that the humble flower clam would bring him good income.

Two to three thousand catties of flower clams and four to five hundred catties of Meretrix meretrix have been caught on the beach every day for a week.According to the area on the beach, less than half of them have not been harvested.

Like everyone else, Liu Xiaonan was busy on the beach with an iron rake in hand, sifting out the small ones and keeping the big ones.

Holding a shovel and a plastic bucket, Meng Xiangxiang took his two children to dig sea intestines.Everyone is very tired these days, and she wants to use the afternoon to make dumplings filled with three delicacies for everyone.

Meng Xiangxiang has already learned how to dig sea intestines from Liu Xiaonan, the method is similar to digging razor clams, except that no one needs to jump around on the beach.

There are many small shells in the hole of the sea intestine, glued together, standing upright on the beach like a thin tube.Dig down from the side with a shovel, and you will dig out a wriggling red sausage.

She gave the plastic bucket to her son, and she just dug, and let the two children pick up the sea sausage.

The daughter didn't dare to grab the soft sea sausage with her hands, so she ran to the side to dig a sandpit and pile sandbags.The son lost interest after picking it up for a while, so he helped his sister dig a sandpit.

When the tide was high, Meng Xiangxiang had already dug out a plastic bucket of sea sausage.He took the two children ashore and handed the children to Liu Xiaonan, who stayed at the beach to deal with the sea sausage.

Use scissors to cut off the head and tail of the sea sausage, and squeeze out the guts of the sea sausage.There is only a thin layer of skin left on the sea sausage, but the dumplings made with leek and pork are extremely delicious.

After finishing the sea sausage, Meng Xiangxiang walked up the cliff along the gentle slope, carrying a plastic bucket and a shovel.She stopped and looked around, and saw Liu Xiaonan leading the two children towards the pond deep in the bay, and there was faint laughter.

The sea breeze blew her long hair and lifted her mood.Xiaonan has determined his goal in life, he has come out of the most difficult period, what about his dream?
Meng Xiangxiang walked back to the office building of the farm, and once again glanced at the oval reef standing in the pine forest.

The aquatic plants and oysters clinging to the reef will die immediately if they change the environment.And the reef, whether it is standing or lying down, is an existence of image and weight that cannot be ignored.

After the clam and clam fishing came to an end, Liu Xiaonan organized people to catch conch and sea urchins to make room for sea cucumbers to grow wider and more suitable.

In June, the seedlings of river crabs released have adapted to the new growth environment and entered a period of rapid growth.The three ponds for cultivating river crabs have been repaired with drainage gates and blocked with fine-meshed barbed wire, so they are no longer afraid of storms.

Liu Xiaonan is very relaxed these days, as long as there is nothing wrong with the farm, he will drive home early.First drive the pickup truck into the garage, and then go to the kindergarten to pick up the children, carrying a child on each shoulder, laughing and laughing along the way.

On this day, he received a call from Meng Xiangxiang in advance, and she would pick up the child and let him go home directly.

When Liu Xiaonan returned home, he was quite surprised to see that Meng Xiangxiang had prepared dinner early: "Going home so early, are you okay at school today?"

Meng Xiangxiang was arranging meals on the table, and said with a smile, "I resigned."

"Impossible!" How can I resign if I seriously correct students' homework every night and regard education as my life's work?Liu Xiaonan guessed: "Going to study?"

Meng Xiangxiang replied with a smile: "Why is it impossible? You are tired of working hard outside alone. It's fine for me to be a good wife and mother at home."

From Meng Xiangxiang's smile, Liu Xiaonan caught an uncontrollable excitement. What could make her so happy?Could it be that she has never relaxed in her studies, and she is fully capable of doing it.

He deliberately said: "If you resign, you can resign. Anyway, I can support you three. It is also very tiring to teach and take care of children."

"What!" Meng Xiangxiang couldn't bear it anymore, if the child wasn't present, she would jump on Liu Xiaonan's body.She spoke very quickly: "I have been admitted to our alma mater as a graduate student, and I am going back to campus again."

as expected!Liu Xiaonan hugged her son and daughter to the chairs, and said to the children: "Your mother is as good as she is, let alone a graduate student, a Ph.D. is no problem, the gap between me and your mother is getting bigger and bigger. By the way." He raised his head and said to Meng Xiangxiang seriously: "Do you have any plans to study for a Ph. D? Now that you have the conditions, I fully support it."

Meng Xiangxiang sat down and said, "I don't want to study for a Ph. I can take care of the children. Leave the doctorate to the children, I can't take everything."

Liu Xiaonan said: "Since there is no teaching task, you took the children back to grandma's house to stay longer, and you haven't gone back for more than a year."

Meng Xiangxiang said, "I want to take the children back after the kindergarten is on vacation."

Liu Xiaonan said: "It's better to let the children run all over the mountains than to put them in the kindergarten. Bring more clothes and shoes, so that the children can absorb the essence of the world from nature like you did when you were young."

When the two children heard what their father said, they clamored to go to grandma's house to pick mountain flowers and ride lambs.Meng Xiangxiang agreed with a smile.

After dinner, Liu Xiaonan called the farm and said to Sha Wanli, "Brother, go and buy a sheep tomorrow morning, and we'll have lamb soup and grilled lamb chops wrapped with lamb buns."

Sha Wanli paused before saying: "I asked your sister-in-law, tomorrow is not a holiday, why kill the sheep?"

Liu Xiaonan said: "Your younger brother and sister have been admitted to graduate school and are going back to university to study. Let's celebrate collectively."

After the two children were sound asleep in their respective rooms, Liu Xiaonan hugged Meng Xiangxiang, and said with emotion: "You didn't study for the postgraduate insurance at the school, but you chose to take the exam again based on your strength, that is, you have this confidence and perseverance."

Meng Xiangxiang was overjoyed: "How wonderful! With a family and children, I have everything I need, and I can go to graduate school without distraction."

"Unfortunately, there are family planning restrictions, otherwise, I would like to have more children."

"Is one pair of children not enough? How many more children do you want?"

"The more the better. My dad told me before that one generation of good daughters-in-law and three generations of virtuous descendants. I didn't pay much attention to it, but now I have a real experience. When your son grows up, you should be more energetic and find a son like him. Like my mother, she is a virtuous, intelligent, considerate, happy and lively daughter-in-law who is not afraid of difficulties."

"You also have to be more energetic and find a good husband for your daughter who is as responsible and responsible as her father."

"My daughter will definitely be as good as you when she grows up, but I don't know which bastard will be cheaper."

"Who is the bastard?"

"Whoever marries our daughter is a bastard."

Meng Xiangxiang punched Liu Xiaonan, and said with a smile, "How can you be such a father and start scolding your future son-in-law right now?"

Liu Xiaonan said: "In the future, my daughter won't be able to scold her after she gets married. Now, she will curse a few more words to relieve her hatred in advance."

The next morning, Liu Xiaonan moved four boxes of beer to the car, and the family of four came to the farm.Sha Wanli had already slaughtered the sheep, and several women helped him cook the mutton and mutton soup. The kitchen was steaming and the smell of meat was overflowing.

The two children played with the two black backs, Liu Xiaonan was busy carrying beer, Meng Xiangxiang took a look at the oval reef in the pine forest.

It's only been one spring and one summer, and the dry aquatic plants on the reef have long since disappeared, and the open oyster shells have also turned gray and white, no longer having the color of life.

The farm was lively all day long. Everyone drank beer, drank mutton soup, and ate grilled lamb chops and mutton buns with finger meat.The mother of two children, with such a big family business, is still going to graduate school, so it's no wonder that she can be a boss.

Before Meng Xiangxiang took the child back to her natal home, Liu Xiaonan said to her: "Go home and ask your parents, the children are all here, and the old couple are quite lonely staying in their hometown. If you want to come to Bincheng, you don't have to live there. place."

Meng Xiangxiang said: "I'm afraid I won't be able to come. My parents have to stay in their hometown to take care of their grandchildren going to school."

Liu Xiaonan said: "I forgot this. In this way, you can ask your two elder brothers if they want to settle here. Longwangtang Town has also developed a real estate, and the existing houses are sold after autumn. The price is not expensive. If you want to move to Come here, let's buy a house for your brother alone, and the children can also go to school here."

Meng Xiangxiang's expression was a bit unnatural: "Xiaonan, I really don't want to let you do this. You have paid a lot for our family, and you will soon become a professional household for poverty alleviation."

Liu Xiaonan supported Meng Xiangxiang's shoulders with both hands, and comforted him: "You think too much. Leaving aside the level of relatives, it's not like you haven't seen how much your brother and sister-in-law have helped us. They, like Brother Sha, are all The hero of my business. I contracted this farm not only to make money, but to create an ideal paradise full of love."

Meng Xiangxiang nodded.Yue Xuelian told her that Liu Xiaonan is an idealist, he has a bold side and a naive side.In the eyes of some people, he may be a man who will never mature and never grow up.

Meng Xiangxiang brought the child back to Bincheng after only staying at her mother's house for half a month. Liu Xiaonan asked her why she didn't stay longer, and she said that she hadn't learned how to swim yet.

After autumn, Liu Xiaonan's farm made huge profits, and he bought five houses in Longwangtang Town in one go.As cities continue to expand outwards, populations become denser, and pollution continues to increase, the suburbs of cities will surely become livable hotspots.

He handed over two real estate certificates to Meng Xiangxiang and asked her to pass them on to her two brothers.

In front of Shashan, Shashi and Shaliu, Liu Xiaonan handed over a piece of real estate certificate to Sha Wanli: "Let's not say anything about my brother, this is what the elder brother deserves, and I will leave it to my son when he finds him." Shashan Shashi said: "I have worked for five years and I want to settle down here. I am responsible for providing the house."

(End of this chapter)