My village can't be like this

Chapter 391 Dongli Courtyard
"Hey, you're back."

When I left at around four o'clock in the afternoon, Su Ying had already gotten off work and was back from school.

As usual, when I got home, I threw all the textbooks and preparation materials in my hand to Zhang An.

"Well, I'll be back right after class. What's wrong?"

Hearing Zhang An's question, Su Ying looked at him with some confusion.

"I saw you were leaving in such a hurry at noon, so I thought you had to work overtime today."

She left in such a hurry at noon that she didn't even take a break after lunch before returning to school.

Zhang An thought there was something important going on in their school today, that's why they were so busy. ,

I originally thought that she might have to work overtime at school tonight and come back late, but I didn't expect that she would come back just after two classes.

"It's nothing big. I just went to the town to hold a teaching seminar at noon, so I went there in a hurry."

Changqing Middle School is the second middle school in Hongyan Town and the only rural middle school among all nearby village-level units.

Therefore, every time there is a teaching seminar or final summary meeting, I have to go to Hongyan Town.

Speaking of which, although this is an independent junior high school, it is an affiliated unit of the town at the administrative level.

There are also some larger meetings that have to go to the county or the education bureau.

"Then you didn't sleep at noon. Did you fall asleep during the meeting?"

With Su Ying's level of lethargy, this is really possible.

Although teachers today do not have as many teaching activities and teaching inspections as later generations, their salaries and benefits are too low in comparison.

And every meeting is during break time, so you will basically not be delayed in class time.

In later generations, these meetings would basically be held during working hours, and then people would take time off to travel at public expense.

"I'm a little sleepy. I squinted for a while. I didn't feel energetic during class all afternoon, but now the drowsiness is gone."

Su Ying was still the same as usual. When she got home, she threw all the textbooks in her hands to Zhang An.

Then he ran straight to the big fish tank at home, preparing to feed the two carp inside.

"Zhang An, where are the two fish in the fish tank? Where did you catch them?"

Not seeing the two cuties in the tank, Su Ying frowned and asked Zhang An.

She didn't doubt that Zhang An would kill these two big guys and steam them, but she was just worried that Zhang An would put them in the fish pond.

Although these two carp are not small, it is not easy to encounter those carnivorous fish in the fish pond.

Although because of its large size, it will not be eaten by those carnivorous fish, it is possible that it will be bruised and bruised every day.

"They, I fished them out and found a separate bucket to put them in."

Zhang An pointed to the large bucket with a lid next to him and explained to his wife.

"They have started laying eggs today, and now the fish tank is full of fish eggs. I didn't put them in."

Although carp is a herbivorous fish, these guys sometimes use their own eggs, especially the ferocious big guy Jin Jia.

Although the number of eggs spawned by carp is not small, Zhang An is not willing to waste a single fertilized fish egg.

After all, he was still looking forward to seeing if there were a few mutated fish eggs when they hatched.

From a probability theory perspective, the greater the number, the greater the possibility, so Zhang An wanted to preserve this batch of fish eggs.

Although Xiaohong will continue to lay eggs in the past two days, Zhang An wants to pour the fish eggs in the bucket into the fish tank.

Anyway, let these fertilized fish eggs hatch safely in the bathtub.

Therefore, during the period of hatching and the following days when the fish need to grow, Jin Jia and Xiao Hong had to temporarily move out of their mansion.

Stay in the dark, narrow bucket for several days.

Although the bucket in Zhang An's house is not small, it is the big bucket used to hold water, not the small bucket used to carry water.

It was more suitable for Xiaohong to stay inside, but Jin Jia was too big, so it seemed a bit cramped.

This large bucket was purchased before. The material is made of raw rubber plastic, so it is not transparent.

Especially after the bucket lid is closed, it looks even darker.

If it were the past two years, you could still buy white and translucent cooked rubber plastic buckets.

Of course, this raw rubber plastic bucket will be easier to break than the cooked rubber material.

Moreover, it is difficult to repair once it is broken, and ordinary tinkers do not like raw rubber plastic buckets.

However, this thing has some advantages. The water contained in it cannot be exposed to sunlight, and it is not easy to breed green sunlight. It is a good thing for household water storage.

If you change it to one that transmits light, algae will start to grow on the wall of the barrel after being exposed to light for a few days, and it will need to be cleaned frequently.

So in order to compensate them, Zhang An will make some compensation to them in the past few days.

The compensation is to replace them with their favorite space spring water every day, so that they can be happy in it.

"But with this lid on, it's too dark inside. Will they feel uncomfortable?"

Su Ying didn't care that Zhang An fished out the fish. After all, Zhang An told Su Ying about this when the fish spawned last year.

But she felt that the barrel was too dark for them to stay comfortably.

"It's okay. I just close them when no one is around or at night. I open them when someone is around."

After putting the fish in, you don't actually need to close the lid.

But there is a naughty king Mimi in Zhang An's family. This guy likes to tease fish very much.

After going out to hook up with the three wives and four concubines in his harem every day, when he got home and got bored, he would lie down by the fish pond and tease the fish.

Even if Jinjia is as big as Xiaohong, and several times bigger than Mimi, it still likes to tease it.

Last year Zhang An fished out Xiao Hong, but was not harassed by it.

This kind of temperament is probably engraved in the cat's blood and cannot be changed.

The most serious thing is that this naughty king will also call friends, and often call the concubines and younger brothers in his harem to tease him together.

So this year Zhang An had gained experience. In order to prevent Jin Jia and Xiao Hong from being harassed, Zhang An had no choice but to humiliate them and close the lid of the bucket.

"Okay, it's almost time. You go change your clothes. When godfather comes, we have to go to Uncle Li's house."

Since Li Mingwu came to invite Zhang An and his family, Zhang and his party from Sanqing Temple must be the indispensable host and guest.

Today, Zhang and his party asked Heizi to bring a letter, saying that he would not go down the mountain until late in the afternoon.

Ask Zhang An to wait for him at home, and then everyone will go there together.

After all, when people cook the bottom of a pot, the more people there, the better the luck.

But sometimes human beings just can't stand nagging.

Talking about Cao Cao, Cao Cao arrived, Zhang An just mentioned Zhang and his party a second ago.

As soon as he finished speaking, Zhang and his party came over with Heizi, carrying a bundle of cut dry firewood on their shoulders.

"Oh, I forgot to tell you that I have prepared the firewood. You don't need to bring it from the mountain."

When Zhang An was preparing to dry firewood, he obviously prepared several bundles, including Zhang and his party.

But when Heizi came to deliver the letter in the morning, he had forgotten about this incident.Now Zhang and his party brought the firewood themselves. They must have brought it down from the mountain. Such a long journey was really troublesome.

"It's not a big deal. This bundle of firewood isn't heavy, so there's no trouble in lifting it."

This bundle of firewood is similar to the one Zhang An chopped, with a length of about 1.7 meters.

Although the bundle of firewood is not big and is all dry firewood, due to the length, it may weigh more than 20 kilograms.

For ordinary people, it is not easy to carry it on such a mountainous road.

However, Zhang Yixing has skills, so this is not a big deal to him.

Although he is already in his sixties, ordinary young people can't compare to him.

"Are you ready here? Let's go over there when we are ready, so as not to have others come and yell later."

Li Mingwu had already come to invite him once yesterday, so naturally he would not let anyone do this kind of thing again.

"Xiaoying went upstairs to change clothes. Just wait until she comes down. I'll call my parents."

Zhang Jianguo and Wang Fang were still in the orchard, but they knew they were going to Li Mingwu's house in the afternoon, so they didn't dig plantains with everyone else.

"Fat man, Lao Xie, a friend of the family is moving house today, so we're going to help make some fun. You two will fish here for a while, and I'll cook for you when I get back."

Before calling his parents, Zhang An first said hello to Fatty Lu and Xie Wentian.

Although there are guests at home, it is indeed rude to go out with the whole family.

But others still come to invite me when they are moving to a new house. If they can go, of course they all go.

Moreover, Fatty Lu and the two of them are just getting into fishing right now, so it doesn't matter whether anyone is at home or not.

Even though there are two more people, it’s okay to go together.

But only Zhang An's family was invited, so Zhang An would not take the two of them there.

It's impolite to drag people into other people's circles.

Anyway, going there is just a matter of having a meal, and it probably won’t take much time.

"It's okay, you can go ahead. Lao Xie and I will fish here for a while, and this guy actually got into trouble with me. He's a little swollen. I have to teach him how to behave today."

It turned out that the two of them were catching fish. No wonder the fat man looked serious. It is estimated that today's round will not be too short.

But in the end, it all depends on who is lucky. In their fish pond, the most important thing to catch fish is luck, and technology is not too critical.

"Okay, then you have fun. If someone comes down the mountain early, you can help them weigh themselves."

Although Zhang An probably knew that no one in the village would go down the mountain until dark.

After all, if you dig a little longer, you can get more money, and they will definitely not miss this opportunity.

No, after school in the afternoon, many families called their children after school to help in the orchards.

After all, they definitely don’t want to leave work early.

But this work is not tiring. Even if they work until night, it is much easier than going to the fields to plant crops.

But just in case, Zhang An said hello to the two of them because someone might be in a hurry to leave.

"Sure, don't worry since we are here."

Xie Wentian agreed very readily. This was originally his acquisition.

I wanted the goods urgently, so I naturally took over the job.

Then Zhang An went to the orchard and called Wang Fang and Zhang Jianguo down.

Before leaving the house, Zhang An thought it would be better to bring something else.

I didn't have much to bring at home, so I went to the cellar to get a jar of blood rice brew.

Although Li Mingwu has just recovered from a stroke and needs to stop smoking and drinking, he can still smoke some in the future.

Of course, Zhang An is not encouraging others to drink.

Although drinking too much wine is not a good thing, it is still good for the body to drink a little of the medicinal wine after making a prescription.

"Is this wine? The jar looks good."

The Kowloon bottle is very beautiful, even Zhang Yixing liked it a little.

It was because of this that Zhang An didn't take any of the other slightly cheaper wine jars at Hou Liang's place.

He fell in love with the good-looking Kowloon bottle at first glance. Even though the price was a little more expensive, Zhang Security Department bought the Kowloon bottle.

"It's wine, made from the recipe that the second master gave me. You can take a jar with you when you go back later."

On the day of making wine, Zhang and his party went into the mountains to collect herbs, so they didn't come over.

But it doesn't matter. I'll make a jar for him later and take it home, which will be enough for him to drink for a long time.

"Row."

Naturally, Zhang Yi Xing would not refuse, and Zhang An had become accustomed to giving him things.

What's more, this wine is still a rare treasure in his eyes, so naturally he can't refuse it.

Zhang Jianguo held the wine, Zhang Yixin and Zhang An carried firewood, Su Ying and Wang Fang followed, and soon they arrived at the bridge.

As a result, Zhang An discovered that compared to yesterday, there was a large irregular round stone at the intersection today.

The characters "Dongli Courtyard" are engraved on it, and they are also painted with red paint.

At this glance, Zhang An knew that it was Zhang Jianwen's handiwork, and the preparation time was not short.

Because he had always stood at the door of Zhang An's house and looked around a long time ago. Zhang An thought something was wrong with him, but it turned out that he was looking at the house stone.

I guess I thought it looked good, so I made a piece here.

This stone was probably dug back from the mountain. There are too many strange-shaped stones in the mountain.

It's not bad to say the least, and the name Dongli Courtyard is okay.

After all, picking chrysanthemums under the eastern fence and leisurely seeing Nanshan is the leisure life that many people dream of.

It just so happens that this courtyard is located due east of the village entrance. Regardless of the direction or scene, it is very appropriate to call it Dongli Courtyard.

It seems that my uncle has made a lot of progress recently, otherwise he wouldn't be able to come up with these good ideas.

If it were in the past, he would definitely come over to discuss this kind of matter with young people like Zhang An.

Now Zhang An doesn't know. It is the greatest progress to prove that he decided this matter on his own or discussed it with several people in the village.

Although he was a little surprised, Zhang An did not stay here. He carried the dry firewood tied with red cloth and headed to Li Mingwu's house.

They didn't stop until they reached the door of their house.

Although the door was open, Zhang An and his party did not go in directly.

Instead, Zhang Yixing straightened his clothes and started shouting inside.

"It's auspicious to enter the house, and the master will come out to welcome the God of Wealth."

The God of Wealth is the firewood tied with red cloth they brought.

Chai Tongcai means blessing the owner's family with good fortune in the future.

(End of this chapter)