Return to the small mountain village in 1986

Chapter 474 The joy of harvest
Early in the morning, Gao Mingcheng took Fan Licheng, said goodbye to Fan Chengyao, and returned to Jiangxi with a load of goods.

The journey was fairly smooth. Gao Mingcheng was an experienced driver and was able to resolve some troublesome problems. By the time he arrived in the county, it was already noon the next day.

When passing through the county last year, Fan Licheng followed Gao Mingcheng to Gaojiacun.

This time, Fan Licheng offered to stay one night in Gaojiacun.

Gao Mingcheng naturally agreed. He left his clothes and shopping with Xiao Jinfeng and asked Gao Mingwan, who was resting, to take him back to the clothing store. He also informed Duo Mei that he was going back to Gaojiacun.

Immediately afterwards, he drove Xiao Jinfeng's second-hand jeep and took Fan Licheng back to the village.

Fan Licheng likes this small mountain village because people are always interested in things they don't have.

Just like people from small mountain villages who go to a big city, they will be shocked by the prosperity of the big city and yearn for the big city from the bottom of their hearts.

This time when I returned to Niuweiling, there were actually three dogs who came out to greet Gao Mingcheng.

The black tiger and the elf rushed at the front, and there was a big yellow dog standing a few meters away from him, standing not far away but staring at him.

Gao Mingcheng only glanced at the big yellow dog for a few times and then looked away. He thought it was someone else's dog in the village and it just came here to play.

After interacting with the two dogs, Gao Mingcheng introduced Fan Licheng to Black Tiger and Elf again.Both dogs have a strong sense of territory and are wary of unfamiliar people.

Fan Licheng looked at the two strong wolfdogs in front of him with gleaming eyes, and stretched out his hands towards them. The two dogs sniffed his scent, smelling a faint familiarity.

The black tiger's eyes were free of vigilance, and he lay leisurely in the shade of the tree, his tail occasionally moving.

Gao Mingcheng led Fan Licheng into the house and said, "The sun is too hot now. Let's go back to the house and take a rest. Later I will take you to the vegetable field to pick vegetables. You can pick whatever you want to eat!"

"Okay." Fan Licheng responded obediently, his eyes constantly looking at this small farmyard.

To be honest, Gao Mingcheng's yard is not very good. After all, when he first built the house, Gao Mingcheng didn't have much money, and it was hard to spend all of it on building the house. Therefore, the room area was small and the decoration was ordinary, but The advantage is that the yard is big enough.

However, because Gao Mingcheng has lived in the county for a long time, this small courtyard lacks maintenance, and weeds have grown in the cement gaps in the yard.

Especially for that well, the outside of the wellhead was made of cement, but the inside was made of pure soil instead of bricks and cement. Therefore, many ferns grew at the wellhead.

This fern also has medicinal value and is harmless to the body.

Since pulling out the soil from the wellhead would fall into the well, and new soil would grow out, Gao Mingcheng simply didn't pull it out, as long as it didn't delay the water extraction.

After resting indoors for a while, Gao Mingcheng led Fan Licheng to Xiaofu Mountain.

Last year's Xiaofushan didn't have much fruit, but this year's Xiaofushan is considered to be fruitful, but unfortunately they haven't matured yet.

In the area where citrus is planted, the branches are covered with green fruits, but they are still a few months away from ripening.

The persimmon tree is also bearing fruit this year. The tree does not look big, but the fruits are relatively dense. There are more than ten fruits growing on a small tree, and each fruit is as big as a child's fist.

Gao Mingcheng didn't like to eat persimmons, so he only planted one persimmon tree.

Eating too much of this stuff is not good for your health. If you don’t cook it properly, it will taste very astringent. Although it is delicious when made into persimmons, in rainy weather, all the persimmons will grow mold and everything will be in vain. .

On the top of Xiaofu Mountain, there are some camellia trees planted.

Camellia oleifera seeds are also hanging on the trees at this time. After the frost falls, the camellia oleifera seeds can be picked, dried and pressed for oil.

Fan Licheng was walking in the fruit forest of Xiaofu Mountain. Although the fruits were not ready for picking, he still had a look of joy on his face.

Chinese people are full of expectations and love for a good harvest.

Fan Licheng picked a small handful of diced nuts, and now he could only eat them.After coming down from Xiaofu Mountain, Fan Licheng visited the chicken coop again. There were not many chickens left in the chicken coop. Most of the chickens stayed in twos and threes under the fruit trees. Some were pecking at bugs, and some were standing on the branches.

"Come, let's experience picking up eggs." Gao Mingcheng handed Fan Licheng a small bamboo basket and led him to pick up eggs.

Chickens are poultry. Even if they are raised free-range all over the mountains and plains, their movement locations are limited. They can move more than a hundred meters away from the chicken house as the center. Only a few roosters will go farther.

These roosters have not been castrated, so they are very territorial and often fight. Originally, the roosters were covered with shiny colorful feathers, as if they were wearing a brocade dress. However, after the fight, the feathers were messy and fell off. Signs of baldness.

Sure enough, for farmers, only castrated roosters are good roosters!

The two of them are now picking eggs from the chicken coops in the chicken house. They have built a row of more than a dozen chicken coops. There are eggs in each chicken coop, some have only one or two, and some have four or five.

Gao Mingcheng told Fan Licheng not to pick up all the eggs, otherwise the chickens would run outside to lay eggs.

Fan Licheng said with some confusion: "But all the eggs in my chicken coop have to be picked up."

Gao Mingcheng recalled the situation at Fan Licheng's grandparents' house and said: "Your chickens are raised in captivity and their range of activities is limited. Even if all the eggs are picked up, the chickens can only lay eggs in the henhouse. But here I am The difference is that since I raise chickens free-range, I have more choices.”

Fan Licheng suddenly understood after hearing this.

Collecting eggs is also a very interesting thing. This mood is similar to the mood of a good harvest. After picking up a basket of eggs, I feel a little proud and accomplished.

After picking up the eggs in the chicken coop, it’s time to go to the mountains to pick them up.

Since many of the fruit trees in Xiaofushan are small and the bushes have been cleared, it is not very difficult to pick up eggs.

Gao Mingcheng directed Fan Licheng to look for eggs in the haystacks under the shade of some trees.

In addition to these haystacks, some chickens are particularly smart and have found several suitable holes in the soil and laid eggs in them.

However, after Gao Mingcheng discovered this, he simply dug some holes in the soil at suitable locations to make it easier for chickens to lay eggs and for people to pick up eggs.

After working for half an hour, the two of them picked up all the eggs.

"Uncle Gao, how much can we sell for so many eggs?" Fan Licheng asked excitedly, looking at the two baskets full of eggs.

Gao Mingcheng smiled and said: "Haven't you ever bought eggs? In terms of pounds, it's one dollar and a half per pound. Large eggs cost about [-] cents, and smaller ones are cheaper. Have you counted how many eggs you just picked up? ?"

Fan Licheng thought about the number he picked up. Although he didn't count it carefully, he had a rough impression in his mind.

He calculated it in his mind, and a disappointed expression appeared on his face: "Ah, that's not much money in total!"

Gao Mingcheng smiled and said: "Why don't you eat minced meat? It's two cents a piece. For you, the price is cheap, but for many people, it is no longer cheap. Prices have increased a bit in the past two years. Before, it only cost a few cents! This is also an important source of income for many villagers’ household expenses in the first half of the year.”

"Have you ever heard of a chicken butt bank? If there were no eggs to exchange for money, many people in the village would not be able to afford salt at that time!"

Fan Licheng was young and had not experienced those difficult years. When he could remember, his family was already very wealthy.

His grandparents re-opened the kiln and sold porcelain, his father went to Yangcheng to do business, and his mother went to Xiangjiang to develop.

Therefore, his understanding of money must be different from ordinary people.

　I really couldn’t bear it, so I only wrote this little.

　　I went to practice driving today. The driving school is far away. I thought it would not be easy to go there, so I practiced more. I touched the car for the first time. I practiced S route and backing up. I found a little feel for it. The cars in the county driving school are really rubbish. It was like a scrapped car, shaking non-stop, and the sun was scorching. When I came back, I felt completely exhausted.

　　To this day, I still feel the throbbing pain in my head and the urge to vomit when I smell the smell of gasoline.

　　Come on, a friend who has practiced driving can tell me, am I weak, or is this a relatively normal reaction?
　　I'm going to sleep and get enough energy to work again tomorrow!I don’t plan to practice driving recently because I feel like my body can’t bear it, (灁灁)
　　
　
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