Return to the small mountain village in 1986

Although Xiao Xuxu and Xiao Yuanyuan hadn't seen each other for a while, they quickly became intimate after meeting each other. Xiao Yuanyuan took out some of her toys and shared them generously with Xiao Xuxu.

It's a pity that little Xuxu is still at an age where he doesn't understand anything. He grabs something with his little hands and bites it into his mouth.

"Brother, this is a toy and cannot be eaten." Xiao Yuanyuan said seriously, reaching out and taking the toy away from Xiao Xuxu's mouth.

"Ah ah..." Xiao Xuxu, who could only call his parents, could only use ah ah to express his doubts.

Little Yuanyuan played with the toy in her hand, which was a bamboo toy. Children in rural areas are naturally not like city people who can go to the store to buy fashionable toys to play with, but they are not short of toys, as long as they pick up A straighter stick can be used as a sword for most of the day.

In addition, people with good craftsmanship can also weave various small animals from grass to play with, while girls can use wicker and flowers to weave garlands to wear and play with.

The bamboo man in Xiao Yuanyuan’s hand is also a common memory of many rural children. It is an image of a person made of small bamboo and rope. When the rope is swung, the bamboo man will follow, thus creating Fun.

The bamboo man in Xiao Yuanyuan's hand was made by Gao Zhuang for her to play with in his spare time. It is a toy that Xiao Yuanyuan likes very much. At this time, she fiddled with the rope and controlled the bamboo man to make corresponding movements. Come.

"Ah ah..." Xiao Xuxu's eyes lit up, and he pointed at the bamboo man excitedly, and kept saying ah ah, and his mouth watered with excitement.

"It seems that Xiao Xuxu also likes it very much. Come on, uncle will make one for you right away." Upon seeing this, Gao Zhuang immediately started to take action.

There were some bamboo branches piled up in the corner. Gao Zhuang picked them up and started to make them. First, he cut the bamboo branches into appropriate sizes with a knife, and then arranged the bamboo branches into the image of a person.

After making sure it can be placed properly, pass a rope through the bamboo branches to secure it.

In the past year or two, Gao Zhuang had been thinking a lot about making these things, so it was easy and fast to make them. In a short time, a new bamboo man was ready.

"Here!" Gao Zhuang handed the newly made bamboo man to Xiao Xuxu. Xiao Xuxu, who got the new toy, grinned with joy on his face.

Gao Mingcheng kept observing Gao Zhuang's movements and felt a little emotional in his heart.

These things were what he often played with when he was a child. Unfortunately, he was reborn and had more life experiences in later generations, but he also forgot many things.

For example, the practice of bamboo people, and weaving grasshoppers out of thatch, etc.These things seemed to be very far away in his memory.

In the kitchen, Grandma Xin lost the opportunity to cook and could only sit on a low stool to light the fire. The new cook was He Xiuman. Her movements were crisp and neat, and the dishes she cooked were all delicious and delicious.

Duo Mei also stayed in the kitchen, chatting with Grandma Xi and He Xiuman, leaving the two men to take care of the baby in the yard.

"Have you visited Grandma Mingcheng? She seems to be recovering well these days. I sometimes see her walking around the village on crutches." Grandma Xi said, and then added specifically: "That cane is from Mingcheng." Dad Cheng went into the mountains to cut down trees and made it, and he did a pretty good job. I heard Grandma Ming Cheng praise her several times."

Before, Gao Mingcheng had accidentally asked Luo Xiaohua why he didn't prepare a wheelchair for Grandma Gao and let her lie in bed for more than 40 days. Now that Grandma Gao had removed the plaster, Gao Yuanyuan neatly prepared a crutch.

A walking stick is not a rare thing for the villagers. It is enough to go into the mountains to choose a suitable tree, cut it down, peel it and trim it.

Except that it is not as exquisite as the one sold in the store, the functions are almost the same.

"After dinner, Mingcheng and I will take the children to see grandma." Duo Mei said.

Everyone has come to the old village. It would be unreasonable not to come and take a look.

"It's time to go and take a look. She was in good spirits, but after this fall, she looks several years older." Grandma Xi said with emotion.

She is a few years younger than Grandma Gao, but in the past few years, she has gradually felt a little tired when working in the fields.

Fortunately, Gao Zhuang grew up, successfully married a good wife, and gave her a lovely great-granddaughter!
The happy life makes Grandma Xin feel extremely satisfied and she also cherishes her body.

She used to touch the dark when she could, but now she doesn't dare to touch the dark anymore. Now there is a light bulb installed in her room. When she gets up at night, she pulls the light cord before getting up, so as to avoid accidentally falling.

This is what my grandma did, and she also said the same thing when chatting with her peers, advising everyone not to save, but to take care of themselves.

Unfortunately, some people always think she is exaggerating.

"The last dish is ready, everyone can eat!" He Xiuman's clear voice sounded, and Gao Zhuang from the yard immediately walked into the kitchen and brought the fried dishes to the table in the main room.

Usually when they eat at home, they sometimes eat in the kitchen for convenience, but today they have distinguished guests, so naturally they have to be more formal.

The dishes are quite rich, including a large plate of stir-fried rabbit, a plate of scrambled eggs with chili, a plate of fried eggplant with chili, a plate of water spinach and a bowl of loofah soup.

He Xiuman's cooking skills are pretty good. Although the cooking method is not fancy, the taste is very good.

At the dinner table, everyone praised He Xiuman's cooking skills, which made her feel embarrassed.

After a full meal, it was natural to chat. In the chat, Gao Mingcheng learned some things about the village.

For example, someone passed away, but because it was far away from the third room, Gao Mingcheng did not need to attend the funeral, but after hearing about it, he felt a little emotional about the impermanence of the world.

The torrent of history is unstoppable, and the impermanence of life is also lamentable.

When someone dies, new life is naturally born. In this way, a rich and colorful world is formed.

Gao Mingcheng heard another quite familiar name from Grandma Xi's mouth.

"Two days ago, someone came to report the good news that Gao Feifei had given birth to a son. He told Gao Feifei's parents that it was time to go have a full-moon wine."

"Gao Feifei's parents were willing to give up this time. They went to buy some soft muslin and asked Dong Feixia to help make some children's clothes, saying they were for their grandson."

Grandma Xiao smiled and talked about the gossip in the village.

There is a custom here that grandma wants to buy new clothes for her children.If the mother-in-law loves her daughter, then buy more. Otherwise, if she doesn’t love her, just buy one.

Some people even use a few old clothes to top up the balance.

Gao Feifei's family is very patriarchal, and they don't pay much attention to Gao Feifei's daughter.

When Gao Feifei became pregnant and was domestically abused by her husband, resulting in a miscarriage, when she returned to the village, none of her natal family came forward to support her. Instead, Gao Mingcheng gathered a group of people to come forward and calm down the arrogance of Gao Feifei's husband.

From then on, Gao Feifei straightened her back and gained a status in her husband's family. This time, she got a man, and her status was naturally more stable.

Perhaps this was the reason why Gao Feifei's mother-in-law was willing to show her kindness and specially made new clothes for the child.

The time for gossiping always flies by, and while everyone is still lingering on about it, the time has already reached 02:30 in the afternoon.

Gao Mingcheng stood up and said to the many beauties around him: "Let's go see grandma."

"Okay." Duo Mei also stood up and walked towards his parents-in-law's house with Gao Mingcheng.

As for Xiao Xuxu, Xiao Xuxu, who is under one year old, is already lying on the bed and taking a nap with Xiao Yuanyuan!

After seeing Grandma Gao, Gao Mingcheng said to Dumei: "You stay with Grandma Xi and watch over Xiao Xuxu. I'll go home and do some work. I'll pick you up and take you to the county in an hour."

Children need to take a nap, but they cannot sleep for too long. About two hours is enough. Gao Mingcheng estimated the time. When he went back to Niuweiling to finish his work, little Xuxu was about to get up.

"Yeah, okay." Duomei agreed. Xiao Xuxu was sleeping here, so naturally she couldn't leave.So the couple split into two groups, and Gao Mingcheng returned to Niuweiling alone.

As the day for picking herbs approached, he decided to go into the mountains to see how the herbs were growing. When he was alone, he climbed the mountain very fast. It would take an ordinary person a day to walk a round trip, but it only took him an hour or two.

Due to time constraints, he didn't plan to go into the mountains, so he just walked away on the mountainside of Niuweiling.

As a result, as soon as we reached the dark part of the forest, we saw traces of many snakes.

In line with the principle that if the enemy does not move, I will not move, Gao Mingcheng did not attack those snakes. He could eat the snake meat, but many Meis would not eat it, and Gao Shufang and the others would not eat it, so there was no need to catch the snakes.

Of course, if there are snakes in Xiaofu Mountain, they still have to be caught.

Who said Xiao Fushan was his territory?
Ignoring the snakes hanging upside down on the branches, Gao Mingcheng continued to walk forward, looking left and right along the way to observe the vegetation in the mountains.

The plants in this mountain are all treasures if you recognize them, and they are just grass if you don't recognize them.

Fortunately, Gao Mingcheng has two lifetimes of experience and knows quite a few types of vegetation.

If short videos were popular at the moment, Gao Mingcheng could make a few videos about going into the mountains and learning about herbs.

Gao Mingcheng walked quickly, and then heard the sound of gurgling water. It turned out that there was a ditch nearby.

The water resources here are not abundant, there are no big rivers at all, and the only creeks and reservoirs cannot breed a rich variety of aquatic animals.

But fortunately, they still have common varieties here.

For example, in the mountain water source areas, there are wild small fish and shrimps as well as bullfrogs, stone frogs and other creatures.

And you can occasionally see creatures like wild ducks, but the number is extremely small.

As Gao Mingcheng walked, he looked at the bullfrogs staying in the ditch and felt a little itchy.

Bullfrogs don't like to move and often lie on rocks. They are big and have delicious meat, so you really don't want to miss them.

Even though he didn't bring a bag, Gao Mingcheng thought for a moment and decided to catch a few bullfrogs. Then he could tie their feet with weeds and carry them in a bunch.

If ordinary people are catching bullfrogs, it is best to come at night and shine a light on the bullfrog. The bullfrog will not move and can be caught by others.

And there is another way to catch it. It is said that bullfrogs can eat snakes, so you take a taro pole with the leaves removed and place it by the water, and then simulate the snake's swimming movements. When the bullfrog finds it, it will pounce on it and hug it tightly. Live on the taro pole and never let go.

Snakes can strangle their prey, and bullfrogs can also strangle snakes. At this time, even if you hold the taro pole and shake it up and down, the bullfrog will not fall off.

And not only one bullfrog will cling to the taro pole, but all nearby bullfrogs will cling to it.

So, you can harvest several bullfrogs with one taro pole.

The efficiency of this kind of capture is not bad.

Of course, Gao Mingcheng doesn't need either of these methods. He relies on speed, accuracy and ruthlessness to catch the bullfrog!

With lightning speed, Gao Mingcheng grabbed two bullfrogs with his bare hands and threw them to the ground. The two bullfrogs were killed at first, but at this time, he started to catch new bullfrogs.

But by now, the bullfrogs had noticed something was wrong and started to make a commotion.

Before the chaos completely broke out, Gao Mingcheng caught a few more bullfrogs. When the bullfrogs jumped around, he couldn't shoot left and right. He could only focus on one of the bullfrogs, and then took the opportunity to catch it.

Once you catch it and throw it to the ground, the bullfrog will faint.

It only took a total of five or six minutes to get a dozen bullfrogs.

After peeling and removing the entrails, there was enough for a plate, so he gave up.

I pulled some bullfrog from nearby and tied the bullfrog's legs to make it easier to carry.

Speaking of which, he has not eaten bullfrog this year. No wonder he couldn't walk after seeing the bullfrog.

Gao Mingcheng looked at the group of bullfrogs that were gradually returning to calm, and thought to himself, next time he goes into the mountains, he still has to bring a bag, so he might as well catch more at once.

There are few people in this mountain, and animals reproduce in an orderly manner. Although it is not as good as "beating a roe deer with a stick and scooping out fish with a gourd, or pheasants flying into the rice pot," as long as you go hunting in the mountains, you will always get something.

Carrying a dozen bullfrogs and looking at the Lushan watch on my wrist, it was already past three in the afternoon.

After Gao Mingcheng made money, he bought two Rolexes, one for Huang Dazhi and one for himself. However, these two watches are currently in the collection stage and are not used much on a daily basis.

The watch on Gao Mingcheng's wrist is the first watch he bought after his rebirth, and the Lushan brand watch is also the first self-produced watch in Jiangxi, so it is still of great commemorative value.

At this time, the Nanchang Watch Factory, which produces Lushan brand watches, is still a major tax collector in the province. Unfortunately, after the 90s, imported watches can be seen everywhere, and after the watch function has changed from a chronograph function to a decorative function, the watch factory is in decline, and it is difficult to maintained.

By 98, the watch factory had completely ceased production, and Lushan watches had become a memory of the times.

"It's almost time, it's time to go down the mountain." Gao Mingcheng muttered, carrying a dozen bullfrogs and running quickly.

It is said that it is easier to go up a mountain than it is to go down, especially when encountering steep sections, so one has to be extremely careful.

But this didn't bother Gao Mingcheng. If he encountered a steep slope, he would jump down directly, land firmly, and then continue running down the mountain.

So for him, the descent was like a gust of wind, arriving in an instant.

As soon as they reached the foot of the mountain, the three dogs came forward to meet them smelling the scent.

Gao Mingcheng saw that Rhubarb seemed to be curious about the bullfrog in his hand, so he smiled and said, "You can't eat this!"

Bullfrogs have many parasites, so they must be eaten cooked, not raw, and if dogs eat bullfrog bones, it will not be easy to digest.

Gao Mingcheng was going to the county soon, so he naturally didn't have time to feed Sangou the cooked bullfrog.

He could only say: "Next time, I'll get more next time, and then I'll cook a pot for you too!"

When it comes to food, the three dogs are very smart and bark at Gao Mingcheng one after another.

Gao Mingcheng processed the bullfrog first, removed the head, skin and internal organs, and the remaining meat was edible.

After taking care of the bullfrog, he took the vegetable basket and went to the ground to pick vegetables.

Another busy half hour passed. After he loaded everything he wanted to take into the car, he headed towards the old village, preparing to pick up Duo Mei and Xiao Xuxu.

The afternoon sun was just right and fell on his body, coating him with a layer of golden light. (End of chapter)