Mountain Village Chicken Tycoon

Chapter 253

The hare roasting on the stove sizzled, and the oil dripping into the mouth of the stove kept burning smoke and dust.

"An Qingliang, go get some wood."

Gong Kepeng had already taken care of all the four hares. The first snow of this year brought a great drop in temperature outside.

Liu Liang gave an order, and then An Qingliang ran out to get wood, and the other three followed.

Gong Kepeng didn't go out with him. He used a lot of strength to handle the rabbit just now, and now he was watching Liu Liang roast the hare meat with his hips on his hips.

"I said just now that the conditions here are not good. Now it seems, Liu Liang, you are very emotional."

Liu Liang stared at the fire, poked it with a hook, and the fire became more intense.

There is no need to buy coal at all on Nanshan, the firewood everywhere is enough for Liu Liang and the others to burn for a whole winter.

Now the common people are rich and can afford coal, and in winter, stoves can be fired in the countryside for heating.In the early 80s, the rural areas were generally poor, and there were many people who could not afford coal in winter, so many people were forced to go to the mountains to collect firewood.Before the early 80s, there was not a single tree on the entire Nanshan Mountain, and all of them were chopped down by the common people and used as firewood.Not to mention the small trees, even the jujube trees, the grass on the ground, and even the moss on the ground were all picked up and brought home for fire.

Later, with the reform and opening up, everyone became rich, and after the 80s, everyone bought coal one after another, and they could afford coal stoves.Then the vegetation on the mountain gradually became less and less people cut it.

In the 90s, the intuitive description of the poor was that they couldn't afford a stove in winter.Generally, during Chinese New Year every year, the government organizes people to go to poor households’ homes to condolences. The meeting is to see if they can burn coal stoves every day, eat enough, and dress warmly.

And after the new century, gradually, the common people have solved these problems, and gradually it has become a question of how many flat houses they live in, how many dishes are on the dining table, and so on.

In 2004, most of the pine and cypress trees on Nanshan were about 20 years old. Every year on the Arbor Day, junior high and high schools would organize people to come here to plant trees.

Seeing that the Nanshan side has been fully planted, everyone began to shift their attention to those smaller hills.

After only 5 minutes, An Qingliang and the others came in with a bag of firewood. Everyone carried jujube branches, saying that they had brought down a jujube tree.

When Liu Liang heard it, he blinked, looked down, and was very surprised: "You cut down the jujube tree that is No. 30 steps to the east behind our house?"

An Qingliang was at a loss: "Ah, brother Liang, there is a jujube tree over there."

When Gong Kepeng heard this, he slapped his thigh straight: "Oh my god, why did you cut down that tree? There are so many pines and cypresses on the mountain, why don't you cut it down? You, it looks like you cut down the whole tree?"

"That's right, it's all cut down, so there are so many firewood."

Zhao Qingshan looked at Liu Liang with a gloomy expression on his face, and asked, "What's wrong?"

"The jujubes on that jujube tree are big and sweet. Alas, they were chopped off."

Zhao Qingshan understood now, and said nonchalantly: "What did I do at the time, it turned out to be this, it's okay, it might sprout next year, and when it grows up in three to five years, won't it start to bear dates again?"

When Liu Liang heard this, he forced a smile and said, "That's right. Come on, boss, take the first bite first."

While speaking, Liu Liang removed a piece of roasted rabbit leg and handed it to Zhao Qingshan.

Zhao Qingshan took the rabbit's leg, smiled and smelled it, and said, "It smells so good."

Then he looked at everyone, finally looked at Gong Kepeng, and said, "You have contributed the most today, and this rabbit leg is for you."

However, when Gong Kepeng heard this, he waved his hands again and again in fright, and hurriedly said: "No, no, this is not allowed. Boss, you eat first, you eat first."

It can be seen that everyone still respects Zhao Qingshan. After all, the wages offered to everyone are not low. Fresh graduates from high school earn 600 yuan a month, which is comparable to the salary of their father in construction.

"Take it! I won't be happy if I don't take it!" Zhao Qingshan looked at Gong Kepeng with a stern face, making Gong Kopeng a little uncomfortable.

Liu Liang turned around and said, "The boss rewarded you, so you can take it."

When Gong Kepeng heard it, he took it with a smile, and took a big bite: "Mmm, it smells good."

Zhao Qingshan took the second rabbit leg that Liu Liang tore off, took a bite, and said to Liu Liang: "Brother Liang, you are good at cooking. Let's eat it when it is cooked."

Then Liu Liang tore off another piece of the front leg and gave it to Liu Zhao, and then handed the rest to An Qingliang and the others. Everyone gathered around the stove and started to eat it while it was hot.

Zhao Qingshan wiped his hands, tore off a piece of meat, and handed it to Liu Liang: "Take a bite."

Liu Liang's hands were busy roasting the rabbit, and then he freed his hand to take it, and ate it with a smile.

"There's only meat, and I forgot to bring wine."

Only then did Liu Liang remember, and hurriedly said, "Wine? Where's Gong Kepeng's wine?"

"There's still a bottle of Erguotou, I'll look for it."

Then, with rabbit meat in his mouth, Gong Kepeng rummaged through the box to find a bottle of Erguotou and two teacups that didn't look very clean.

Zhao Qingshan glanced at the tea bowl, shook his head and said, "Use that trouble, let's blow on the bottle directly, I will go first."

Gong Kepeng wiped his hands, unscrewed the bottle and handed it to Zhao Qingshan, and then Zhao Qingshan took a sip, then passed the bottle to Liu Zhao who was next to him, Liu Zhao also took a sip, and then passed on.

After one round of drinking, the wine was half gone.

"If you have wine and meat, what more can you ask for, hahaha." Zhao Qingshan was in a good mood.

While continuing to barbecue, Liu Liang freed his hand to take a sip, and said, "Boss, I have a bad reputation in the village because I spend all day running up the mountains for nothing, and I don't want to make money to support my family, nor do I want to marry a wife." After giving birth, people in the village regard me as a different kind, if you hadn't taken me in, I'm afraid they would all look down on me now."

Zhao Qingshan quickly shook his head and said: "Hey, everyone has their own life, and it's normal if others don't understand it. Isn't it fine for you now?"

After hearing Zhao Qingshan's words, Liu Liang shook his head bitterly, and didn't answer anything.

And at this moment, Zhao Qingshan's cell phone rang suddenly.

He took out his mobile phone and looked at it. Seeing the weak mobile phone signal, he hurriedly connected the phone.

"Mom, oh, I'm on the Nanshan side...Okay, okay, I'll go back later...No need, I ate with brother Liangzi...Yes, there is something to eat on the mountain, don't worry."

After hanging up the phone, Zhao Qingshan said to Liu Liang and Liu Zhao: "My mother asked me to go back, she didn't say anything."

"Go back when you're full, Qingshan, I'll ask Gong Kepeng to take you back."

Zhao Qingshan gnawed the last bite of rabbit meat, waved his hand and said, "What are you giving? I still don't know the way?"

(End of this chapter)