My village can't be like this

Chapter 110
Zhang An saw that it was still early, so he thought about going to his second uncle's house.

"Mom, I'll go to my second uncle's house."

Before Zhang An went out, he said hello to his mother. If anyone wanted to find him, there would be a place to find him.

When writing the package before, Zhang An heard from his second uncle that Zhang Bin started school in September, and it is estimated that he will report to the school on the 31st.

So Zhang An took some time to ask them when they would leave, and when the time came, he would help him there by himself, and it would be convenient to bring things.

The county middle school is a boarding school, so you have to bring your own bedding.

It is quite far from Changqing Village to the county, and it takes a long time to take a car, and there is still a distance from the school to the county.

If the second uncle's family has a pile of bedding, quilts and clothes, it will be quite troublesome.

When I came to my second uncle's house, my second aunt was ordering a quilt in the yard. It looked like it was for Zhang Bin and asked him to take it to school.

"Second aunt ordered the bed."

"Zhang An is here, isn't Binzi going to start school now, I'll quickly order him a bed so that he can take it there."

Hearing Zhang An's arrival, the second uncle in the room also came out to talk.

"Second Uncle and Second Aunt, I'm here to ask when Binzi will go to school, and I'll take you there."

Seeing that his second uncle and aunt were there, Zhang An explained why he came.

"We're leaving the morning after tomorrow. I'm afraid we won't be able to catch the bus. You don't need to bother. We can just take the minibus."

"I have nothing to do anyway. It will be more convenient for me to send you there. When my parents sent me to school before, they had to carry a pile of quilts and bedding. It was too troublesome. If I send you there, I can leave later , don’t rush so early.”

They are all from his own family, and Zhang An is also willing to help the two uncles' families.

If it were the sons of grandma's family, Zhang An would not even look at them.

There are two high schools in the county, but only the county middle school admits local students.

The other school was run by the city's Mining Bureau, and they only recruited children from within the Mining Bureau's system, not outsiders.

But I have to say that the quality of teaching in that school is much better than that of the county middle school, and the admission rate is much higher every year.

Coming out of my second uncle's house, I met Carpenter Lin on the way.

"Where is Uncle Carpenter coming from?"

Zhang An greeted Carpenter Lin with a smile.

Hearing Zhang An greeting him, Carpenter Lin raised his pocket.

"Today, the family who sells noodles in the town brought noodles to the village to exchange. I went to him to exchange some noodles."

Nowadays, noodles are an indispensable convenience food in everyone's home, and every family will have some prepared.

"I didn't make noodles this year."

"I haven't made it since last year. If I make too much, I will let the worms out. Anyway, their family often comes to the village to make noodles. If you run out of food, just ask him to make some more."

Every family in Changqing Village used to grow some wheat, which could be used to make noodles and grind flour.

Even if some people don't grow wheat anymore, they will buy some from the people who have already grown it, and take it to the town to make noodles by themselves, so that they only need to pay some fees, which is more cost-effective.

But now because of the old noodle maker in the town, after his family has a tricycle, he will take the noodles to the village from Monday to Friday to shout, and use the finished noodles to exchange millet and wheat with everyone.

In the past, everyone made noodles by themselves. That was because no one would bring them to the village to redeem them. It would be better to make them by yourself than to buy them in the town.

Therefore, every household will make a pile of noodles and keep them at home. Although this is convenient, insects will appear in the noodles if they are left for a long time, so they often have to be taken out to bask in the sun.

Now the old man often comes to the village, so that everyone is reluctant to make noodles, and there are even fewer people who grow wheat.

The noodles in Hongyan Town are alkaline water noodles, which can be divided into wide knife noodles, medium knife noodles and thin knife noodles according to the width of the noodles.

The water after cooking the noodles is generally not poured out directly by everyone, and will be kept for washing dishes.

Dishwashing with noodle water is still relatively clean. There is no such thing as dishwashing liquid. Everyone uses saponin powder to wash dishes, or some people directly put the bowls in the pig food pot to wash them, and then take them out. Wash with water.

Don't think it looks disgusting, but it is actually the cleanest.

In fact, the pot for cooking pig food will not be in contact with the pig pot or pigs, and when the temperature is high, the oily bowl can be washed clean, and the oil and water in the bowl can also be used to feed the pigs, so there is no waste at all.

As long as you wash it twice with clean water later, it is guaranteed to be cleaner than detergent.

And it is because everyone's living standard has not been improved, so there will not be too much oil and water in the bowl after the meal, unlike later generations, after the meal, the bowl is covered with oil.

"By the way, Uncle Carpenter, can you make beehives?"

Zhang An thought of the bees in the space, and then remembered that he was going to find Carpenter Lin to make some bee buckets.

"Air barrel? What air barrel?"

"It's the hives used to hold the scumblebees."

The carpenter is not very familiar with the beehive forest, but he knows when it comes to beehives.

"You said beehives, this thing is simple, what are you doing with it? Are you going to feed the bees?"

For carpenter Lin, building a beehive is simply a matter of convenience and does not require any technical content.

"I found two colonies of soil bees some time ago, and I plan to take them home and raise them, so I plan to ask Uncle Carpenter to help me make some beehives."

"Okay, how many do you want, I have nothing to do in the afternoon, I will make it for you when I get back."

"Let's make four or five. If there is not enough, we will do it later. How much is one, Uncle Carpenter."

"What kind of money do you charge? Last time you asked me to make doors and windows, there are still some scraps left. I'll make some for you when I go back."

Carpenter Lin didn't intend to collect money from Zhang An. The last time Zhang An asked him to make doors and windows worth more than 1000 yuan, he could earn hundreds of dollars.

Moreover, he also introduced Li Hongbin's family to ask him to make doors and windows, which can make him a lot of money.

He felt that if Zhang An had business, he would take care of him. At this time, he wanted to repay him.

Zhang An originally wanted to give the money, but Carpenter Lin said that a few beehives would not take much effort and would be ready in a while, so to accept this money was to look down on him.

Lin Carpenter also said that Zhang An would not help if he gave money.

Zhang An was not polite either, anyway, if he needed to do carpentry work in the future, he just had to find more people.

"Then I won't be polite to Uncle Carpenter. When the bees come out and produce honey, I will send some to Uncle Carpenter to taste."

"This is fine. This bee sugar is a good thing. By the way, the wooden sign you asked me to make for you is ready."

Zhang An said that he would not give money, but if he would give him honey bee sugar, Carpenter Lin would be happier.

One is because people treat you as themselves and are not polite to you.

The other reason is that the current Bumble Bee Candy is a good thing for everyone. Both the elderly and children like it, but it is expensive.

"Alright, I'll pick it up in the afternoon or tomorrow. Uncle Carpenter is at home."

"Yes, you can pick it up anytime you have time."

When Zhang An's house was built, he asked Carpenter Lin to make a large wooden sign.

He planned to get it to the side of the road at Shiyakou, and set it up at the intersection of the county road and follow the village.

For this reason, Zhang An also named his yard "Family by the River".

Zhang An came up with this name based on the location of his yard, which is next to the big river and a small bridge.

Although the name is not elegant, it sounds quite appropriate.

And it's just a farmyard, why come up with such an elegant name.

When Zhang An returned home, he saw his father, who had gone out in the morning to look for his husband to read the book and read the day, had returned.

"Dad is back, it depends on the day."

"Look, it's only July 26, the days before and the days after are not good, and it will save trouble if you pass it earlier."

Zhang An didn't really care, anyway, let his parents handle this aspect.

Zhang An checked the calendar. There are still about ten days left on the 26th of the seventh month of the lunar calendar. If he doesn't plan to hold a banquet, he doesn't need much time to prepare. He moved early to facilitate the harvesting of food.

This year, the millet and corn in Zhang An's family seem to be ripening ahead of schedule.

When the millet in everyone's field has not flowered, the rice planted in Zhang An's field has already begun to flower and pollinate.

According to this speed, it is estimated that the rice will mature one or two weeks earlier than other people's rice.

"Zhang An, Zhang An, are you at home?"

Not long after Zhang An got home, he heard the old uncle calling himself outside the yard.

"I'm at home, uncle, what's the matter?"

Zhang An went out to take a look, and found that the old uncle had arrived at the gate of his yard with a group of three or four people.

Among the group, there was an old man in his 50s, a young man and a woman in their 20s.

Next to him was a tall, thin man in his forties with a square shaved head. Zhang An knew this man. He was from the forestry station in the town. His name was Zhang Yuan. He had often come to nearby villages before.

When building houses in the village, they go to the woods allocated to them to cut down trees, so every year the forestry station will come to urge everyone to plant trees.

All in all, Zhang Yuan and the old village head are considered to be in the same family.

"Zhang An, these are the staff from the town and the county. They are here for the four-legged snake we found yesterday."

The old uncle of the village head told Zhang An about the situation, and then introduced it to Zhang An.

The older one in the lead is Zhu Yuliang, who is the director of the county forestry bureau in charge of this area, while the other two young people, a woman named Bai Xue and a man named Wang Tao, are both staff members of Zhu Yuliang's staff.

Why are they so active? Isn't it just a salamander.

This is really the case, because a few years ago, the upper management issued a red-headed document to protect the salamander, and their pressure came up.

Why, in the mountainous area of ​​the county in the past, salamanders could be seen everywhere, but there were definitely a lot of them.

But later, due to people's capture, of course, a bigger reason is the excavation of a large number of small coal mines and black coal mines in the local area, and most of the water quality in the mountains has been polluted.

As a result, salamanders can be seen everywhere in the mountains as before.

So at that time, their department was already named by the above, and it was not just creatures like salamanders, but also other protected animals.

And for another reason, they found protected animals in the local area. For them, protecting them was their political achievements, and they could use this to ask for money from the higher authorities.

Who can be inactive in such things, and those who are inactive have brain problems.

"Hi brother Zhang An, when is it convenient for you to take us to see the situation?"

The leader, the old man Zhu Yuliang, greeted Zhang An with a smile, expressing kindness.

"Welcome everyone, it's getting late now, everyone has come from afar, why don't you have a cup of tea in the yard first, take a rest, let's go and see that salamander later."

Seeing that it was getting late, Zhang An suggested.

It takes about two hours to come here from the county, and the road is really not that close.

"That's fine, then we'll disturb your house."

Then he followed Zhang An into the yard.

"Well, this sweet-scented osmanthus smells so fragrant, much better than those in our courtyard."

As soon as Bai Xue and the others entered the village, they smelled a faint scent of sweet-scented osmanthus. She was no stranger to this smell, because there were several trees planted in their yard.

This meeting entered Zhang An's yard, only to find such a big old osmanthus tree.

August and September were the time when the old tree at home was blooming, and after Zhang An watered it with space spring water, its flowering period was even longer.

The arrival of Bai Xue and his party now coincides with the season when Lao Gui is in full bloom.

"It is indeed better than the one in our yard. This tree should be the August golden osmanthus. It doesn't look young. It should be five or sixty years old."

Zhu Yuliang was born in the provincial university majoring in agriculture and forestry, so he is no stranger to these things.

Looking at the thick and lush osmanthus trees in Zhang An's yard, he couldn't help sighing.

"You always guessed right. It is indeed August Golden Osmanthus, but it is not yet five or sixty years old. This tree was planted by my grandfather when my father was young.

Later, after my parents got married and built a new house, they transplanted it to this yard, about thirty years ago. "

Zhang An smiled and explained to them.

This tree is growing well, probably because the yard of Zhang An’s house is in a good place. The tree has been growing very well since it was transplanted, and there has been no insect damage. Later, Zhang An went to the village to water it. Can you please okay.

"Oh? Then your house is really a treasure land of geomantic omen. This tree is not suitable for growing anywhere, and the tree in your house grows so well."

"Hahaha, I accept your good words."

When Zhang An returned home, he made a pot of tea and brought it out. He set up a small table in the yard that he had recently made with Carpenter Lin. The tea was immediately conquered by Lao Zhu.

"This tea is not bad. It's not an ordinary tea. I've had this taste from an acquaintance before. Zhang An, do you know Dong Jingzhi?"

As soon as the old man drank the tea and tasted it, he felt a little familiar, and immediately asked Zhang An.

"Oh? Director Zhu knows Big Brother Dong, they have come to play with me before."

Zhang An never thought that this old man knew Dong Jingzhi.

"I just said how this tea is so familiar. I have known his father since I was a child. I drank this tea at his place before. I can't forget it. What kind of tea is this?"

"It turned out to be like this. I did send them some tea leaves before. These are all camellias I picked on the mountain myself, and they are local varieties."

After the little old man Zhu Yuliang knew that Zhang An and Dong Jingzhi knew each other, he became closer and more acquainted with Zhang An when they chatted.

"This is not common. I often drink tea from Bendu. The tea from yours is much more fragrant than those on the brand."

The old man often drinks tea. Although he doesn't drink those expensive teas often, he has had them before.

So drinking the tea from Zhang An's family means that the tea from Zhang An's family is different.

(End of this chapter)