Return to the small mountain village in 1986

When Gao Mingcheng watched Aunt Liu peel peas, Aunt Liu offered to give Gao Mingcheng some pea pods.

However, Gao Mingcheng remembered that Zhang Chengyuan also planted a small patch of peas for him, and he should be able to pick pea pods by this time, so he declined.

Zhang Chengyuan helps grow the land in his family. His only requirement is that there should be a wide variety of vegetables to meet his family's needs.

When the sun was no longer so hot, Gao Mingcheng and Chen Jiasan and his son walked towards Xiaofu Mountain.

Chen Duofu is mainly responsible for taking care of the beehives. This job is not very tiring, but it is more tiring to chase the flowering season, move the beehives, and shake the honey. However, at this time, Chen Dasong and Chen Duoxi will also help out.

Chen Duofu also takes care of chicken coops and fruit trees in the mountains.

This time Chen Duofu went with him to Xiaofu Mountain to move the beehives placed in the orange grove.

From April to May, orange flowers will bloom, and orange flowers are also nectar flowers. The citrus honey brewed is sweet and slightly sour, with a citrus fragrance and is of very good quality.

Therefore, when the orange flowers bloomed, Chen Duofu moved ten boxes of bees and placed them randomly on the hillside.

Now that the orange blossoms are fading, he is preparing to move the beehives.

Gao Mingcheng saw that the orange flowers were indeed about to wither, but the grapefruit flowers next to them had just bloomed, so he asked Chen Duofu to move half of the beehives first, and the remaining half of the beehives remained here until the grapefruit flowers withered. Move away.

"Okay." Chen Duofu agreed, but he was not in a hurry to move it now, because he would have to wait until the bees who went out to collect honey returned to their hives in the evening before the hives could be moved.

Otherwise, when the honey bees fly back, they will find that their home is gone!

Xiaofushan is quite large, and until now, all the fruit trees have not been fully fertilized.

Gao Mingcheng looked around and said to Chen Dasong: "How many areas are there that have not been fertilized? If it is too busy, call a few people from the village to help."

Fertilization during the flowering and fruiting period is very important and will directly affect the fruiting rate.

Chen Dasong did the math and said, "There's not much left. I'll call two people to help tomorrow. We can work together and it can be done in one day."

"Okay." Gao Mingcheng nodded in agreement, and asked him to hire a few temporary workers to do the work when he was too busy in the future.

After talking about Xiao Fushan, Gao Mingcheng said again: "I will give you the tractor now. I may not come back for a long time in the future. If I have a lot of eggs saved at home, you can send someone to drive them to me." Go to the county.”

Last time when Xiao Xuxu had a birthday party, Gao Mingcheng picked up Chen Dasong to have a drink, so he knew the address of the clothing store.

Chen Dasong nodded, indicating that he understood.

Spring and autumn are the times when chickens love to lay eggs. There are currently about 130 chickens in the chicken coop, 40 of which were hatched this spring.

Gao Mingcheng does not plan to raise too many chickens. If there are more chickens, he will need to feed more food to be full, and the person responsible for feeding the chickens will be busier and tired.

He opened the barbed wire fence and walked into the chicken coop.

A row of nests were built against the wall of the chicken coop. They were all made of bamboo baskets made of bamboo strips, with some straw piled inside. When the chickens wanted to lay eggs, they would lay down here.

Now there are several eggs in each of these bamboo baskets, some are three or four, some are one or two.

Chen Dasong and Chen Duofu were fertilizing the fruit trees. Chen Duoxi, who was less energetic, followed Gao Mingcheng and prepared to help pick up the eggs.

Chen Duoxi said: "I usually pick them up once in the morning and evening. When there are many eggs every day, there can be a hundred, and when there are few, there are eight or ninety. Now there are seven to eight hundred eggs at home."

Eggs are easy to spoil in summer, so Gao Mingcheng said: "From now on, if there are 500 eggs, you can send them to the county. In addition, if there are any edible vegetables in my field, bring them with you."

Chen Duoxi smiled and said, "Okay!"

He saw that there was a lot of chicken manure in the chicken coop, so he asked Gao Mingcheng to pick up the eggs, and he picked up a big broom to clean up the chicken manure.

After sweeping up the chicken manure, Chen Duoxi brought another bag over. He tipped the bag and poured out part of the rice husks.

He spread these rice husks in a corner for the chickens to rest.

When rice is pounded, there will be three products. One is the outermost rice husk. This cannot be eaten and can only be used to make fires or make bedding.

After removing the rice husk and continuing to pound the rice, rice bran will be produced. After the rice bran is separated, it will be pure white rice.

Of course, today's rice pounding technology is mediocre. It is not like the rice sold in stores in later generations. The grains are white and crystal clear, as if they have been polished. They look good but have no nutritional value.

But one thing to say, the rice grains do taste good.

Gao Mingcheng watched Chen Duoxi working and felt that although the young man was young, he was still quite agile in doing things.

Just now, he picked up a total of more than fifty eggs. These eggs were first placed in the miscellaneous room next to the chicken coop. This miscellaneous room mainly stored some straw, rice husks and feed.

Gao Mingcheng walked out of the chicken coop, walked up the slope, and then walked towards the valley near Niuweiling. In a darker position, there was the bayberry forest.

The current bayberry trees are not big, but the spacing is quite wide. Because Gao Mingcheng knows that the bayberry trees will grow bigger and bigger as they age, so he opens the spacing in advance. After 20 or 30 years, these bayberry trees will grow bigger. It has grown into a towering tree.

These Dongkui bayberries are growing well, with green leaves like shades. The small green bayberries are hidden among the lush leaves. They can easily be overlooked if you don't look carefully.

It's only mid-May now, and it will take until the end of June to the beginning of July for the Dongkui bayberry to mature.

Gao Mingcheng took a look at this year's fruit bearing rate and took action to remove some fruits that were growing too densely.

Throughout the afternoon, he patrolled Xiaofu Mountain, either thinning the fruits or checking whether there were diseased branches to see whether he needed to buy medicine to treat them or cut them off directly.

For them, the weather is basically smooth in the first half of the year. If they are unlucky in the second half of the year, they will encounter drought.

Seeing that most of the fruit trees were fine, Gao Mingcheng felt relieved.

He saw that there was still a large area of ​​wasteland in the northeast corner of Xiaofu Mountain. He planned to use this land to grow oranges.

It's mid-May now, so naturally he can't grow oranges, so he decided to buy a batch of orange seedlings in September.

By then, the entire Xiaofu Mountain will be planted with fruit trees.

There are not too many types of these fruit trees, but there are quite a few, and they are all suitable for their local climate and soil.

At five o'clock in the afternoon, although it was still bright, Gao Mingcheng was ready to return to the county town.

He loaded eggs, fish and other things into the car, and went to the fields to get some vegetables. He picked baskets of pea pods and baskets of cucumbers.

As for vegetables such as cowpeas, luffa, eggplants, and peppers, they have just begun to bloom now, and it will take ten days and a half before they bear fruit. They should be ready for harvest when Gao Mingcheng comes back next time.

"I'm back to the county. If there's anything urgent for you, either go to Xing'anling and call me, or drive to the county to find me." Gao Mingcheng said to Chen Duoxi beside him, and then prepared to get in the car. . Chen Duoxi stood next to the car, looking at the brand-new car with envy. He waved to Gao Mingcheng and said obediently: "Okay!"

As soon as Gao Mingcheng's car left, Zhang Chengyuan came back from the reservoir with a group of goats.

The water plants on the other side of the reservoir are more abundant, and Zhang Chengyuan often goes there to herd sheep. It is said that there are people behind Gaojia Village who have raised sheep, but they don't raise many, and they can't keep them for a long time, because they find goats difficult to manage.

Goats are omnivores and will eat all kinds of vegetables, including leaves!

If you don't spend enough time taking care of your goats, the naughty goats will soon surprise you - from time to time, someone will come to your door and say that your goats have eaten their vegetables and gnawed their trees. !
Such trivial things often happen in small mountain villages.

The tired birds have returned to their nests, but the sound of cars driving by has startled them so much that they spread their wings and fly away. They will return to their nests one after another when the area becomes quiet again.

The car stopped by the pond in the old village.

This place is quite popular, and many people are chatting here. Some are women squatting by the pond washing vegetables, some are strong men returning from the fields carrying hoes, and there are also many elderly people. .

They were either sitting on stone pillars or tree pillars, and there were naughty children crawling around among the crowd.

Gao Shufang and Lou Xinyu were also among the crowd, chatting and laughing with others.

Gao Mingcheng took a closer look and found that Grandma Xi, Xiao Xuxu and Xiao Yuanyuan were also here, and Grandma Gao was also sitting on a tree stump, listening to others talking with a smile on her face.

The arrival of the car instantly attracted everyone's attention.

Gao Mingcheng got out of the car, greeted people generously, and called Grandma Gao and Grandma Xi.

"Dad!" Xiao Xuxu was playing well with Xiao Yuanyuan. After seeing Gao Mingcheng, he immediately abandoned the children playing with him and ran towards Gao Mingcheng.

"Hey! Good boy!" Gao Mingcheng smiled and bent down, picking up little Xuxu.

Little Yuanyuan didn't show up, and immediately followed Xiao Xuxu's example and ran towards Gao Mingcheng, calling her uncle sweetly.

"Hey, hello, Xiao Yuanyuan." Gao Mingcheng bent down again and picked up Xiao Yuanyuan with one hand. In this way, he held a child in one hand, making the two children laugh.

When Gao Shufang saw her second brother coming, she knew it was time to return to the county.

She walked to Grandma Gao and said softly: "Grandma, I have to leave. Do you want to sit here for a while, or should I help you go home now?"

Grandma Gao's legs and feet are inconvenient, and her memory is getting worse, so Gao Shufang is worried about her going back alone.

Naturally, Grandma Gao still remembered Gao Shufang. She looked at Gao Shufang with some reluctance, but still said with a smile: "You go back, I will walk back by myself later."

Gao Shufang was still hesitant. At this time, a person who lived next to Gao Mingpeng said, "Shufang, just feel free to go. I will help your grandma back later."

After hearing this, Gao Shufang was completely relieved and thanked her again.

"Haha, if you juniors are filial, it will be a blessing for the elderly. Go to the county and make more money. You don't need to worry about the family." An uncle who is also the eldest family member said this, and others also agreed.

In an era when everyone wants to make money, it is a great thing for children and younger generations to make money.

After greeting everyone, Gao Mingcheng took Xiao Xuxu, Gao Shufang and Lou Xinyu into the car and prepared to return to the county.

When he came, Gao Mingcheng drove slowly in order to take care of the speed of the tractor. Now he can drive faster when he goes back. Therefore, it took an hour when he came and only forty minutes when he went back.

In this regard, Gao Shufang felt that it was very fast.

But Gao Mingcheng knew that after the national highway was built in 97, it would only take half an hour to drive back to the village!

When they got home, there was a table of food waiting for them to enjoy.

Duo Mei was counting money and settling accounts, but as soon as Xiao Xuxu got out of the car, he pounced on her, causing Duo Mei to be unable to continue counting money.

She wasn't angry either. She put down the money and account books, hugged and kissed her precious son first, and then asked some questions to induce Xiao Xuxu to tell her what happened today.

Xiao Xuxu spoke very hard, but her voice was unclear and her words had no beginning or end. Gao Shufang needed to supplement them in time.

For example, if Xiao Xuxu said he had eaten, Gao Shufang would add what he had eaten.

Xiao Xuxu said bad things and stole my things. Gao Shufang added that it was Gao Mingpeng's eldest son who snatched a stick from Xiao Xuxu's hand.

Children like to fight over each other. When the stick is on the ground and no one is taking it, no one cares about it. Once someone takes it, others will try to grab it.

Xiao Xuxu squatted on the ground and picked up a stick to play with. When his cousin saw it, he took the stick away, which made Xiao Xuxu cry for a long time. Gao Shufang coaxed Xiao Xuxu for a while, and then took Xiao Xuxu with him. After finding another stick, Xiao Xuxu became happy.

Later, seeing that little Xuxu and her eldest nephew couldn't play together, Gao Shufang sent little Xuxu to grandma Xin.

Lou Xinyu returned to the village today and went to work again to gain favor. Now his trouser legs and shoes were covered with mud.

After dinner, Lou Xinyu was ready to go back to rest, but he said: "Shufang, please come with me for a walk."

At this time, it was already dark outside. Gao Mingcheng glanced at him and was about to refuse.

Lou Xinyu said again: "I will send Shufang back later."

Gao Mingcheng shut up, okay, you guys have been together for a day, you really are not tired of it, are you?

The two left the clothing store and walked towards the family courtyard of the police station. In front of the family, Gao Shufang was more reserved and did not hold hands with Lou Xinyu, but she left the family's sight and stretched out her hand to Lou Xinyu. She thought twice and stretched out her hand.

The big hand held the little hand, and the calloused fingers instantly became sensitive.

Gao Shufang's cheeks were flushed, and when she was about to say something, Lou Xinyu suddenly said: "Shufang, don't your parents like your second brother?"

Gao Shufang's heart skipped a beat and she raised her eyes to look at Lou Xinyu.

Lou Xinyu's tone was inquiring at first, but after seeing Gao Shufang's eyes, he immediately confirmed that he was not wrong.

He said: "Your eldest brother's son is older, and he was the first to grab the stick in Xiao Xuxu's hand, but I found that your parents prefer the eldest grandson, and are quite average to Xiao Xuxu."

These grandsons and grandsons are all grandsons!

Since they are treated differently, it must have something to do with the grandson’s father!

But since he had been in the village before, Lou Xinyu had no chance to ask Gao Shufang because there were so many people. (End of chapter)