Return to the small mountain village in 1986

A table of steaming meals, warm rice wine, and the host's warm greeting are the atmosphere of a lunch.

At the dinner table, Gao Shouwang said: "Originally, I planned to let my two sons go into the mountains to hunt a wild boar for me. Unfortunately, the weather was bad. It's snowing and icy, making the mountain road difficult to walk. After thinking about it, I decided to forget it."

In the past, Gao Shouwang always saw Gao Mingcheng go into the mountains and hunt wild boars, so he hoped that his son would also hunt a wild boar for him, which would increase his reputation.

It's a pity that God is not kind to us.

Gao Mingcheng smiled and said: "The weather is indeed bad, and I haven't gone hunting in the mountains for a while. But if it's snowing and there is little food in the mountains, I'm afraid the wild boars will come down from the mountains to eat vegetables in the middle of the night."

Gao Shouwang immediately said: "Don't be afraid! I didn't plant any vegetables this year. I only planted some near the house. I asked my elder brother to plant the wasteland that was too far away before."

Dong Feixia also said: "Based on the experience of the year before last, the villagers brought home the vegetables grown at the foot of the mountain early, and most of the other vegetable fields were protected by fences."

Hearing Dong Feixia talk about the fence, Gao Mingcheng only smiled.

Most of the fences are made of wooden sticks or bamboo branches inserted around the land and then tied up with ropes. This kind of fence can only stop chickens at most.

Want to stop a wild boar? Dreaming.

Gao Shouwang felt that Gao Mingcheng needed to worry about this, so he asked: "Mingcheng, you live in Niuweiling. There are more wild boars on the mountain side. Have you brought back all the vegetables in your vegetable field?"

Gao Mingcheng said: "Most of them have been brought back, some are too small and have to continue to grow."

At this time, Gao Shouwang's eldest son said: "Mingcheng, I haven't been back to the village for a long time. This time I went back to the village and I haven't gone to Niuweiling for a walk. In the afternoon, I will go there for a walk. I'll stop by your house to sit there." ."

His brother immediately said he would go with him.

Gao Mingcheng naturally agreed and invited Gao Shouwang and his wife to come with him.

Niuweiling is located in a remote area. Before he went to build a house there, people in the village rarely went there except to collect firewood. Even if there were houses to be built, they would be built around the old village instead of going to such a remote place. place to build.

But Gao Mingcheng had just obtained the gold foil paper at that time and needed a quiet environment. After much deliberation, he finally chose Niuweiling.

Later it turned out that the place he chose was good, because the Xiaofushan he contracted was not far in front of the house. Standing at the door of the house, he could see the fruit trees all over Xiaofushan.

For him, the herbs and game in Niuweiling are as convenient as taking them from a bag.

After the meal, everyone chatted for a few more words and then walked towards Gao Mingcheng's home. Not only Gao Shouwang's family, but also his daughter and son-in-law's family also went there to have a look.

Gao Mingcheng came here in a tractor, which was just enough to take them there. They sat in the shed. Except for the dim light, everything else was fine.

Not long after, we arrived at Gao Mingcheng's home.

As soon as the tractor stopped, two brothers who had joined the army jumped out of the tractor neatly.

They looked around, looking at the scenery in front of them, feeling both familiar and unfamiliar.

There is an extra house here and a road has been repaired. Not far away, Xiaofushan has undergone earth-shaking changes.

The once chaotic barren hills have now become orchards!

At the foot of the mountain, on one side is a pond of several acres, and on the other side is a chicken coop made of bricks.

Although it is winter, the cold-resistant chickens are still active outdoors, occasionally pecking at the ice water.

"Eh? Why does this chicken coop still have a chimney?" Gao Shouwang's eldest son exclaimed, quite surprised.

Gao Mingcheng took them to see the floor of the chicken coop.

There were no sparks on the stove, but it was clear that the ashes had just burned. This was because Chen Dasong would light a fire when he got up in the morning and pile up firewood before returning to his home.

If the entire stove is filled with firewood, it can burn for about two hours, which is enough to raise the temperature of the chicken coop. In the evening, Chen Dasong will light the fire again, and people will feel very warm when staying in the chicken coop.

Gao Mingcheng briefly explained the structural principle, and then said: "When the temperature of the chicken house rises, the hens are willing to lay more eggs. You see, although there are chickens outside during the day, most of them are roosters and individual hens. "

Those hens who are preparing to lay eggs will never go outdoors in the cold weather.

After seeing the situation of the chicken coop, several people followed the mountain road to Xiaofu Mountain.

However, there is nothing to see in the orchard at the moment. Although the bayberry, orange and other trees are still green, they have no flowers or fruits and are not interesting.

The pear trees, peach trees, persimmon trees, chestnut trees, etc. all lost their leaves early, leaving only bare trunks.

There are also piles of white snow on the bare branches.

The trunk of each tree has been coated with white lime water, and even the ground at the roots of the trees has some traces of white.

Gao Mingcheng introduced the plan of his orchard to everyone, and said that he planned to introduce orange trees in the future.

Xiaofu Mountain has a total of 300 acres, and now only 200 acres are used. In addition to the fruit trees he planted, there are also some native tree species in the mountain, such as fir trees, twisters, tea trees, etc., especially on the top of the mountain. Niuweiling transplanted some tea trees.

Everyone just walked around the foot of the mountain, and then returned to Gao Mingcheng's home.

It's so cold today that if you stay outside for a long time, your hands and feet will become stiff from the cold.

When I got home, Duomei had already prepared a fruit plate for guests, filled with all kinds of melon seeds and candies.

Seeing people entering the house, Duo Mei brought a thermos and poured tea for everyone.

Gao Shouwang looked around and sighed: "I have been too busy this year and haven't been to your side much. Now it seems that you are living a good life, better than I imagined."

Gao Mingcheng smiled and said: "Uncle, being busy is a good thing! We are not afraid of being busy, we are afraid of being idle. Only by being busy can our days be prosperous."

These words touched Dong Feixia's heart. She nodded with a smile and said, "Ming Cheng is right. Although he has been busy this year, he has also been very busy! After this year, the money he earned is more than the money he made in previous years! I plan to keep doing this for a few more years and then take a break when I have to take care of my grandchildren.”

Gao Shouwang also nodded in agreement with his wife's words, looked at his two sons and gave them a look.

The two sons were promising and had a good marriage, but it was precisely because of the good marriage that Gao Shouwang decided to open a clothing workshop, so that at least in terms of financial resources, he would not lose too badly.

Otherwise, if the woman is strong, her son will definitely be angry and unable to do anything straight.

It can be seen that parents are worried about their children.

After talking and laughing for a while, Gao Shouwang and the others did not stay long, but decided to go back.

Gao Mingcheng asked them to stay at home for dinner, but Gao Shouwang refused. Gao Shouwang said: "We have to go to my uncle's house in Dongjiacun for dinner in the evening. My two sons don't have a long vacation. The journey back and forth will take several days. They will leave early on the fourth day of the Lunar New Year. I can’t come to visit you on the third day of the Lunar New Year to say New Year greetings, so I can only go there tonight.”

When Gao Mingcheng heard this, he immediately said: "Would you like to borrow my tractor to go there? It's not convenient to walk or ride a bicycle in this snowy day."

Gao Shouwang looked at everyone and then stepped forward to borrow Gao Mingcheng's tractor.

As for the candidate to drive a tractor, both of his sons can naturally do it.

So a group of them drove the tractor and went directly to Dongjiacun.

After they left, Xiao Xuxu also woke up. Duo Mei put on Xiao Xuxu's coat and said to Gao Mingcheng: "My second sister came here just now and said that if we have nothing to do tonight, we will go to her house for dinner. .”

"Okay." Gao Mingcheng agreed.

Duo Mei said: "Then let's go there later, otherwise we may not be able to eat this dinner until nine o'clock in the evening."

They can be hungry, but the children cannot be hungry!

So Duo Mei decided to go there early and help her second sister cook.

Gao Mingcheng just smiled when he heard this.

Eating at eight or nine in the evening is something that many jade people often do.

Seeing that there was nothing going on at home, he might as well go there early. Duomei would help with the cooking, and he could chat with Zhang Chengyuan or Chen Dasong next door.

When they passed by, Gao Mingcheng saw Maozi and his younger brother Yangyang at Chen Dasong's house. It turned out that when Maozi and Yangyang were walking outside, Chen Dasong saw him, so Chen Dasong simply told them to have dinner at his house at noon. After the meal, we stayed here to chat.

Mao Zi had long noticed that Gao Mingcheng was leading a group of people back. He was afraid of disturbing Gao Mingcheng's hospitality, so he simply continued to stay at Chen Dasong's house.

Now that Gao Mingcheng is here, everyone is excited again.

The big topic in Chen Dasong's family right now is building a house and getting married!

Chen Duofu had met the woman several times and had a good impression of each other, so he invited a matchmaker to come to ask about the bride price and wedding date. Finally, he settled on a bride price of 680, plus gifts such as tea, cigarettes, and wine, as well as gifts. The woman buys new clothes and so on.

As for the wedding date, it is after the spring plowing is over.

After the spring plowing was over, Chen Dasong also decided to build a house!

Regarding building a house, Chen Dasong had already planned to rent a kiln to bake bricks by himself. It was indeed cheaper, but it was also very tiring. Now the two of them had wages, and Gao Mingcheng also said that he would ask Chen Duoxi to do some work later this year, so that is All three people are paid.

Aunt Liu has to take care of the food and clothing of the family, as well as the rice and vegetables in the fields. Therefore, their family has no energy to spend time and energy on making bricks, so they might as well spend some money to buy bricks.

Although after marrying the eldest son, the family has little money, but it doesn't matter, Gao Mingcheng said that he can lend them money.

Chen Dasong plans to build a two-story building, with three rooms on the upper and lower floors, for a total of six rooms. In addition, he will also build a kitchen, pigsty, toilet, and shower room.

Lin Lin finally came down and asked for about five thousand.

Gao Mingcheng said cheerfully: "When we are about to build a house, uncle, please do the math first to see how much you need to borrow. This money will be deducted from your salary. You think it will be deducted in full every month until it is deducted. Or will it only be deducted half every month?”

Chen Dasong and Chen Duofu, father and son, looked at each other and chose the latter without hesitation!

If you can only deduct half, then you must only deduct half. After all, the family members still have to live!

Although the cost of living in the village is not high, it is inevitable that there will always be headaches and new clothes after a year.

Gao Mingcheng was indeed a good and humane boss, and he agreed with a smile.

While the men were chatting happily, Duo Mei and Duo Jade sisters were busy in the kitchen.

Duo Mei hadn't worked in this kitchen for a long time, and she was shivering from the cold.

The kitchen was in disrepair, some of the tiles on the roof beams were broken, and there were some small holes in the walls, allowing air leakage.

Duo Mei rubbed her hands and stamped her feet, trying to dispel the chill in her body, and said quickly: "Second sister, what are you going to cook? You wash the vegetables, I'll cut and fry them, and you can light the fire later. Hey... ...There is no more firewood, you have to go get some firewood later.”

"The water is almost gone!"

The eyes of many beauties widened slightly. Why are water and firewood not prepared for this Chinese New Year?

Duo Yuze complained: "In the morning, Xiao Shitou ran to the yard to play in the snow. Not to mention his hands were so cold that they turned red, and he actually wet his pants! He was wearing crotchless pants, and he actually wet his pants!"

Many Yu became more and more angry as he spoke, and his voice gradually became louder, and he continued: "There is no other way but to boil water to wash his butt and change his pants. I also washed his hair by the way. That water used up a lot - Cheng Far away, there’s no water in the kitchen, hurry up and fetch water!”

Zhang Chengyuan was looking after the children. When he heard Duoyu calling him, he didn't say anything, but he walked to the kitchen silently, took the bucket and pole, and walked outside the house.

In the past, the water they drank was fetched from the well in the old village, which required a long walk, but now they fetch water from the well in Gao Mingcheng's yard, which is more convenient.

But as soon as he left, he heard Xiao Xuxu's cry. After Duo Mei heard it, he immediately put down what he was doing and hurriedly ran towards the place where the cry came from.

In the main room, Xiao Xuxu sat on the ground, crying profusely.

Little Shitou was standing next to him, holding a piece of candy in his hand and eating it. His mouth and hands were full of saliva and sticky candy.

Duo Mei picked up little Xuxu first, and then asked what was wrong. Unfortunately, little Xuxu couldn't speak clearly, but he pointed at the small stone and cried: "Push me!"

Duo Mei looked at Xiao Shitou and asked, "Little Shitou, did you push your brother?"

Little Shitou was eating the candy and refused to speak at first, but later he said that it was Xiao Xuxu who snatched his candy and pushed him away.

After hearing this, Duomei felt a little uncomfortable, but Xiaoshi was still young, so it didn't make sense, so she might as well separate the two children first.

So she found Gao Mingcheng with Xiao Xuxu in her arms, and handed Xiao Xuxu to Gao Mingcheng to take with him.

Aunt Liu saw that her eldest son was about to get married and might have grandchildren soon, so she fell in love with little Xuxu. She hugged little Xuxu and never let go. Fortunately, little Xuxu also didn't recognize children. As long as she It didn't hurt him, no matter who hugged him.

Aunt Liu coaxed Xiao Xuxu with sweets and said: "Xiao Xuxu, come and eat sweets! Or do you want to eat mushrooms? By the way, Mingcheng, do you have mushrooms at home? A relative of mine gave me ten pounds. As of now, I still have seven or eight kilograms left.”

Gao Mingcheng asked Duo Mei if he wanted to eat it. He didn't like mushrooms. They were small and had to be peeled to eat. Eating mushrooms in the winter would make your hands very cold.

Duo Mei was about to speak, but when he saw that Xiao Xuxu refused to accept the candy, he said seriously: "I know how to push!"

Others couldn't understand these words, but Duo Mei did. A trace of embarrassment flashed across her face, but it was a common thing for children to protect their food. (End of chapter)