My village can't be like this

Chapter 412

After running around with the elderly all afternoon, I finally came back from the mountain after hanging the paper.

In fact, if it was just Zhang An's family, it wouldn't take much time at all.

But there are some tombs that are relatively distant and no one is taking care of them. Mr. Zhang also took the younger members of the family to visit them.

Most of these barren graves belong to people whose families have been separated, so no one has taken care of them for many years.

There are also cases where special things happen at home, and no one comes to visit the grave for a while.

Tomb Sweeping Day is a big day for the deceased ancestors. The two old people thought about the reason why they were related to each other and could not bear to see those tombs become lonely graves, so they took Zhang An and the others to repair them.

After all, it's just a matter of weeding, lifting a few handfuls of mud, and inserting a grave marker.

If no one really cares about it, within a few years, first it will become overgrown with weeds, then the graveyard will slowly collapse and weather, and finally it will be razed to the ground.

When everyone returned home, the second grandmother was working in the kitchen with her daughter-in-law and niece-in-law.

In such a big house, there are usually only four members of Zhang An's family, so it seems a bit quiet.

There were dozens of people today, it was much livelier than usual, and the kitchen was also in full swing.

By the time we finished dinner, it was already evening, and the light rain outside didn't know when it stopped.

"Xiao An, go and get the camera. This year our family will take a good photo."

Before everyone went back to their homes, Zhang Jianguo started talking.

In this day and age, no one carries a camera and goes from village to village to take pictures.

If you want to take pictures, you have to go to a photo studio in the city, not anywhere else.

Moreover, smaller photo studios generally do not accept family portraits with dozens of people like theirs.

Besides, it is very impossible for such a big family to rush to the city together.

So taking a family photo of so many people is really not easy in today's rural areas.

It just so happened that today was Xiao Zong's grave visit, and all the people were from his family lineage.

Zhang Jianguo thought of the camera his son brought back a few days ago, and he had this idea in mind.

The only bad thing is that it rained today and we couldn't go to the mountain, otherwise it would have been better to take photos on the mountain.

"Okay, then let's go to the backyard of our house to take pictures. The place is relatively spacious and can definitely accommodate a big family like us."

Zhang An readily agreed and immediately returned to the room to find the camera.

Zhang Jianguo started to organize everyone to go to the yard, and even the aunts who were busy clearing away the dishes in the kitchen were told to stop.

When everyone arrived in the backyard, Zhang An went home and brought out a few chairs, letting the second grandfather, second grandma and fourth grandfather sit in the middle.

Then the children at home squatted in the first row, and the remaining adults lined up as a family unit behind the three elderly people and the children.

But after arranging the people, Zhang An discovered the problem, because this camera did not have the function of taking time-lapse photos.

I can't deal with him now. I was just planning to take a picture for everyone instead of taking the photo myself, when the savior appeared.

"Zhang An, if you don't have any at home, I'll come to your house to buy some rice."

As soon as Zhang An heard this voice, he recognized it as Wang Hua himself.

God is so kind. He even gives me a pillow when I feel sleepy.

Zhang An was worried that he didn't have a photographer here, so Wang Hua, a senior photographer, came to his door.

"Yes, yes, you came just in time. I really have something for you to help me with."

He ran to the front yard and pulled Wang Hua into the backyard.

"Our family is going to take a family photo, but there happens to be no photographer. You came just in time, so I will leave this matter to you."

Regardless of Sanqi 21, after Zhang An took Wang Hua to the backyard, he threw the camera into his hand.

Zhang An himself ran back to Wang Fang and Su Ying, so that the whole family was in order.

"Hey, I thought it was too big of a deal to take pictures."

Zhang An spoke so urgently just now, Wang Hua thought it was something more urgent.

In the end, it was just a photo, which was his special skill.

Wang Hua took the camera and started tinkering quickly. He was very skilled.

"Hey, this camera is good. It's an imported product that just came out this year. I'm planning to get one, but I don't have time to go to the provincial capital. When did you go to the provincial capital?"

More expensive things like cameras, especially newly launched products, are not available in small towns, so you have to go to the provincial capital.

"Hey, this was given by my work unit. I stay in the village all day, so I don't have time to go to the provincial capital."

"Come on, come on, everyone, look at me. After I count one, two, three, don't blink."

Wang Hua adjusted the camera, then stepped back and chose a position where he could take pictures of everyone.

Finally, he raised the lens of the camera and said to everyone, getting ready to start taking pictures.

"Come on, one, two, three, bang..."

As the electronic flash lights up, a photo has been taken.

"No, no, we need to reshoot. The eyes of the little guys here are closed."

Wang Hua flipped through the film and found that there were two children in the crowd with their eyes closed.

Generally, photos like this are not acceptable, because it makes you look like a blind person, and everyone is very concerned about it.

However, this digital camera is very convenient for taking pictures, and you don’t have to worry about wasting film.

Then another picture was taken. Zhang An's two cousins, who had their eyes closed just now, after being spoken to by their parents, now kept their eyes wide open and did not dare to blink at all.

"Okay, okay, the photo is taken. This expensive camera is different. The photo is very clear."

Looking at the camera in his hand, Wang Hua was a little jealous. It was much more advanced than his old camera that he had been using for many years.

Just the photos taken here are a lot brighter in color.

After taking the family portrait, we also need to take a separate photo of each family.

But this time, Su Ying could handle it herself without bothering Wang Hua.

So after handing the camera to Su Ying, Zhang An accompanied Wang Hua into the room to talk.

"Why did you come here today? Your family doesn't sweep graves anymore?"

Zhang An made a pot of hot tea and poured a cup each for Wang Hua and himself to drive away the cold.

Although it is not raining now, it is the coldest time in the mountains after the rain.

"Our family just goes to pay homage and just insert blazoning paper. Unlike your big family with a large number of people, my parents and I go to burn the paper at noon and then come back."

Wang Hua's family is from the city and has moved to the city since his grandfather's generation.

Coupled with the turbulent era in the past, I have long been separated from my hometown over the years.

"I didn't bring anything with me when I came back. I was just talking about how delicious your blood rice is. I came here to buy dozens of kilograms and prepare some other vegetables for me. I don't plan to go back in the next two months." It’s a small problem, but my family hasn’t pounded rice for a long time, and I guess there isn’t much left in the rice vat, so I’ll put fifty kilograms in it for you first, since they are so close together anyway, it won’t take much effort for you to come back after you finish eating.”

Zhang An looked at the rice vat and saw that there was not much rice left.

The last time the family threshed rice was when he was making wine, but after making wine, there wasn't much left.

"Anything is fine. Anyway, I can't eat much by myself. If I buy too much, it will be easy to grow grain cows."

Grain cattle are rice insects, also known as rice elephants. Local people like to call them grain cattle.

No matter how dry the rice is, it will show its traces over time.

When loading rice, Zhang An was still waiting for the man to take out his bag.

It turned out that this guy came empty-handed and brought nothing.

I have no choice but to find one for him at home.

"Give me twenty eggs and duck eggs, and ten goose eggs too."

After packing the blood rice, Wang Hua did not buy chickens or ducks, but ordered chickens, ducks and goose eggs, fifty in total.

Because others are lazy and not good at cooking tough dishes, I chose something simple to make like eggs.

Originally he asked for twenty goose eggs, but when he remembered that the goose eggs in Zhang An's house looked like a big bowl, he changed the number to ten.

"You really want duck eggs or goose eggs. In fact, eggs are the most delicious when fried. Duck eggs taste worse."

The flavor of fried duck eggs is not as fragrant as that of eggs, so most people like to buy eggs. Duck eggs are bought back for pickling.

But goose eggs are different. There are not many people choosing this thing because it is relatively expensive, so if there is nothing wrong, most people will not buy this thing.

"It's okay, you can just get it for me. No matter what kind of eggs you have, I think they are all very delicious. At worst, I can just boil the duck eggs and goose eggs and eat them."

Last time Wang Hua returned from Changqing, Zhang An gave some things, including chicken, duck and goose eggs.

After he brought it home, he asked his mother to fry it and found that they were quite delicious, so he bought some this time.

Fifty eggs were not a lot. Zhang An originally found a bamboo basket that couldn't contain them at all, so he finally replaced them with a small bamboo basket.

After loading these eggs, Wang Hua ran to Zhang An's vegetable garden and wanted everything he saw like a follower.

Especially when I saw the taller pepper tree, the green peppers hanging on it, and the short cucumbers on the cucumber vine next to it.

Wang Hua said nothing and let nothing go.

"Okay, okay, pick less. You can't eat much by yourself. If you pick too much, it will go bad. You can pick it again after you finish eating."

It's not that Zhang An is reluctant to part with it, it's mainly because these things tend to lose water easily if left for two days.

By then it will taste dry and taste bad.

Anyway, Wang Hua lives in Qiaotou, not too far apart, so you can eat and pick them here every day.

Finally, Wang Hua asked Zhang An for thirty kilograms of potatoes and sweet potatoes. Originally, these items could be bought from other houses in the village.

But Wang Hua is very superstitious about Zhang An's food. He always feels that no matter what it is, as long as it comes from Zhang An's family, it will taste better than other people's food.

"Here, here's food money."

After the purchase was completed, there was nothing he wanted, so Wang Hua took out 200 yuan and handed it to Zhang An.

"Not so much."

It's not that Zhang An didn't accept it, but he just took a hundred-dollar bill from Wang Hua's hand.

"No, don't let me go. I plan to stay here from now on and I will definitely come to your house often. If you do this, I will be embarrassed to come here in the future."

Wang Hua ignored Zhang An and directly put the other card into Zhang An's hand.

He is not an ignorant person. He has lived alone for several years, so he still knows the prices of some things.

If nothing else, just talking about this bag of rice, their family usually eats more than one kilogram of rice per piece.

Zhang An's blood rice is more delicious than the so-called japonica rice, and it must be more than this price.

If you buy such rice for two yuan, there will definitely be people rushing to buy it.

Not to mention the basket of eggs, he has been to Zhang An's house several times. Eggs and duck eggs cost one yuan each, and goose eggs are more expensive.

Coupled with the bag of potatoes and fresh vegetables, the 200 yuan he gave Zhang An was really not expensive.

"It's up to you. Anyway, you are a rich landlord, so you will treat it as a landlord today."

With Wang Hua like this, Zhang An didn't refuse. Anyway, the days to come were still long, and there would always be other places to look for compensation.

"You have the nerve to say this. When it comes to landlords and old wealth, you are much more like me than me. Come on, I can't take all these things by myself. You have to help me get them back."

The total weight of this pile of things is estimated to be more than 100 kilograms.

If it's all rice, you can carry it back with a little effort.

But it was all scattered, and Wang Hua really couldn't handle it himself, so he asked Zhang An, the store owner, to help deliver the goods to his door.

"Simple, I just happened to go to your place to have a look."

Zhang An picked up the rice bag with his left hand and grabbed the pile of potatoes with his right hand.

Leave the rest to Wang Hua himself.

"I don't know how you got so strong. Holding something that weighs fifty pounds feels like five pounds."

Wang Hua himself was holding the basket of eggs in one hand and the vegetable basket in the other.

It turned out that Zhang An was even more relaxed than him, and the fifty kilogram rice bag was like play in his hands.

"As for strength, just eat a few more bowls of rice every meal. You see, I have to eat so much in one meal. If I don't have much strength, I will really become a loser."

"Forget it, I can't bear to eat like you, or I will be starved to death within two meals."

Wang Hua had no doubt at all. After all, he was really shocked when he had dinner with Zhang An for the first time.

Therefore, it is not strange for him to think that Zhang An is very powerful.

When he came to Wang Hua's house, he turned the most spacious main room on the first floor and the two rooms next to it into a photo venue.

The remaining two rooms on the other side are his bedroom and a storage room for storing things.

But it doesn’t look like the layout is complete yet, because in addition to the background, other props are still piled together.

However, Zhang An felt that these were just things that could be solved in a short time. After all, he had moved everything here from the city.

After looking at Wang Hua, Zhang An went home.

Wang Hua just arrived today and must have a lot of things to deal with.

He hadn't lived here before, and it would take some time just to clean up the room, so Zhang An didn't waste his time here.

Back home, Su Ying had already finished taking photos of her uncles' homes.

At this moment, except for my aunt who was clearing away the dishes in the kitchen, everyone else was gathered around, staring at the camera and looking at the photos they had just taken.

(End of this chapter)