My village can't be like this

Chapter 426 Zhang Ping and Bai Xue

At noon, some relatives from Zhou Yang's family had already arrived, the children at school had finished school, and it was time for the feast.

The task of serving food was left to the young people who were not yet married and had a family, and they really performed their duties.

In the past, Zhang An was also one of the people responsible for serving food. At that time, he was carrying the dishes on the square plate and wanted to eat them just looking at them.

Especially the freshly steamed hot dishes, when they are served, the aroma penetrates into the nose, making it hard not to be greedy.

When he went to the woman's house to pick up the bride the next morning, Zhang An would definitely go with him.

This was Huang Ming's firm request. When Zhou Yang accepted his bride, the scene scared him, so without Zhang An accompanying him, he would feel very insecure.

The woman's family is not from an ethnic minority and does not have any special customs, so everything just goes with the flow.

However, the woman's family didn't seem to be prepared to embarrass Huang Ming, the son-in-law, and the process was carried out in a strict manner.

Therefore, Zhang An followed and was not put to any use, and completely acted as a driver.

After Huang Ming's marriage was over, the people in the village became completely busy.

Some of the early-maturing rapeseed in the field are already harvesting time, and even the late-maturing varieties cannot wait more than a few days.

The rapeseed in Zhang An's house are all early-maturing varieties, so they have to be taken back in the past few days.

Whether it is rapeseed in May or rice in October, they are all crops that need to be harvested.

When it's time to harvest, you have to harvest it. You don't even need hail from the sky. All it takes is a heavy rain to knock all the rapeseeds to the ground, leaving you with no harvest.

Zhang Jianguo got up early in the morning, carrying the whetstone he dug out in the yard, polishing the sickle he would use at home today.

"Dad, don't miss out on sharpening the sickle today."

If a worker wants to do his job well, he must first sharpen his tools. This saying makes perfect sense.

Last year when Zhang An's family was harvesting rice, there was a sickle that he forgot to touch.

At that time, Zhang An was assigned the sickle, and the rice that was originally cut into a nest had to withstand several scythes before it was cut.

Not only is the efficiency several times slower, but the key is that using the sickle like that hurts the palm of the hand.

That time, even though Zhang An kept spitting into his palm, several big blisters appeared on his hand after cutting for a long time.

So when Zhang Jianguo touched the sickle today, Zhang An quickly spoke up and warned him.

After all, he was the victim, and he didn't want to have the experience he had last year again.

"Don't worry, it doesn't matter if you forget to grind it. When you leave later, just take the small piece of grindstone left at home with you."

The whetstones used in rural households are basically dug from the mountains, and no one would go to the street to buy them.

This stone is red in color. Zhang An doesn't know its specific name, but the knives ground with it are very sharp, so everyone calls this stone a grindstone.

This kind of grinding stone is generally relatively large, and one piece can be used for decades.

Zhang An's family used to have a piece of it, but it was dug up by his grandfather when he was young and used for decades.

However, it was later ground too small and was not very convenient to use, so Zhang Jianguo dug up another piece.

As for the remaining pieces of the grindstone that have been passed down for three generations at home, they are very useful for sharpening kitchen knives, so I have never been willing to throw them away, maybe out of emotion.

After breakfast, and after Su Ying had packed up and left for school, the family of three went to the fields with sickles in hand.

After the rapeseed is cut, it cannot be threshed immediately. It needs to be exposed to the sun for at least a day before threshing is easier.

So Zhang An's family also looked at the good weather in the past two days and hurriedly cut it first.

It should be noted that on a June day, a child’s face can cry whenever he wants and laugh whenever he wants.

After all, it’s only May now, and it’s not yet June when God is capricious.

"Zhang An, your family is going to the fields to cut rapeseed."

I met many villagers on the road and everyone greeted each other.

"Yeah, taking advantage of the good weather these two days, my family is planting early-maturing varieties this year, so I'll go and cut them quickly."

Before Zhang An could speak, Wang Fang started chatting with them.

"Then I'll go cut it for your family too. Anyway, I can't cut the rapeseed at my house yet, so I'm just going to your house to find a meal."

After saying a few words, several maids took the initiative to help Zhang An's family cut rapeseeds.

"You can come anytime you want to eat. I won't let you get hungry any time. But my family only has a few acres of rapeseed and it was harvested in two days. I can't trouble you."

This kind of person who came to help was not motivated by money, and the Zhang An family had no intention of spending money to hire people, because their family only had a few acres of crops in total, so they didn't need to rush so much.

When people take the initiative to speak, it is because they are doing it as a favor. Generally, only people with whom the relationship is okay will say this.

However, Wang Fang did not intend to accept it. After all, a favor is the most difficult thing to repay, and it is not worthwhile to spend it on such a non-urgent matter.

"Anyway, we have nothing to do. Let's finish cutting your rapeseeds today and wait for your rapeseeds to be threshed tomorrow so that your family, Zhang An, can teach us how to get pollen."

It turned out that these maids wanted to help Zhang An collect the rapeseeds quickly so that Zhang An could teach them how to pollinate kiwi fruits.

Because they are all families who grow kiwi fruits at home, and they are the ones who grow a lot of them.

In the past two days, the kiwi fruit has gradually bloomed, and it is time to pollinate.

Even if they didn't tell them about this, Zhang An would still find time to teach them.

After all, Zhang An still pays attention to reputation when it comes to after-sales service.

However, they don't think so, because they plant a lot at home, and they are worried that Zhang An will be late and they will not have time to pollinate them all, which will affect the yield.

But they would be embarrassed to talk to Zhang An now, because Zhang An's family was busy harvesting crops.

So they planned to make an appointment to help Zhang An's family cut the rapeseed, and Zhang An could go there in advance to teach them.

Moreover, they felt that since they had a favor to help cut rapeseeds, Zhang An must be more careful than others when teaching.

Now that the words have reached this point, Wang Fang must not be able to refuse anymore, otherwise people will think you are trying to shirk, and you must have something in mind.

As a result, Zhang An's family originally had three people cutting rapeseed, but eventually it became seven or eight people.

According to this number of people, the rapeseed that originally took two days to be harvested can be harvested before evening today, and all can be harvested and taken home tomorrow.

But that's okay. If you cut it early, you can get more sun.

After harvesting the rapeseeds, Zhang Jianguo and Wang Fang were responsible for drying them, while Zhang An went to teach other people how to pollinate kiwis.

Originally, he planned to wait until he was done with his work at home, and then take time to call everyone together and teach them uniformly, which would be more convenient.

But the families who came to help cut rapeseed obviously wanted Zhang An to open a small stove for them.

Since you have already shown your sincerity to others, you have to give them some attitude.

Although Zhang An believes that unified teaching and separate classes have the same effect, they will be much happier if they teach alone.

So Zhang Anzhen spent two days teaching them step by step.

It may be because of the small class teaching and the high quality of one-to-one teaching, so they all learn faster.

However, Zhang An did not mention the fact that bees can pollinate.

Because Zhang An discovered that although the kiwi flowers planted outside have nectaries inside the flowers, the smell that can attract bees is too weak, so few bees will fly over.

However, this method is not impossible, it just needs to take the beehive to the orchard. But the problem is that Zhang An’s family doesn’t have that many bees now. There are only a dozen boxes in total, which have been given to the second uncle and third uncle’s family.

If you tell people this, they will definitely feel resentful if they want to borrow Beezi but fail to do so.

So Zhang An plans to tell everyone next year, because by next year, the bee swarms of the beekeepers in the village will definitely increase in size.

When the time comes to talk about this matter, people who like kiwi fruit will definitely find those who keep bees in order to save some time.

In this way, a win-win situation can be achieved. People who grow kiwis save the need for artificial pollination, and people who keep bees can also produce more honey.

In the evening, Zhang An came to Zhang Ping's house before it got dark.

Those families have been taken care of, but there are still many families left in the village.

So Zhang An planned to come to Zhang Jianwen and ask him to use the loudspeaker to notify everyone and gather everyone together tomorrow.

Teach them the process of artificial pollination and explain why it is necessary.

"Hey, Bai Xue, why are you here? Are you alone?"

However, Zhang An seemed to have arrived at the wrong time. There seemed to be someone at Zhang Ping's home at the moment.

Moreover, Zhang An also knew this person, Bai Xue from the Forestry Bureau.

Zhang Ping was also at home, and the two of them were talking and laughing, but Zhang An didn't see his uncle and aunt.

Zhang An was sure that Bai Xue only came here this afternoon, because Zhang Ping happened to go to the city at noon.

"I...I just came here to play, just me."

Bai Xue, who was still talking to Zhang Ping, became a little nervous and stopped talking after seeing Zhang An.

As a result, Zhang An's words made the girl blush.

Zhang Ping next to him also looked shy, not as calm as usual.

"Something's wrong. There's something wrong with you two. Tell me honestly when it started."

Zhang An is someone who has been here before. When he saw the situation at the scene, he still didn't understand what was going on.

However, one was his friend and the other was his colleague, so Zhang An had the idea of ​​teasing them both.

"I...I...I...you...you...how do you know?"

Bai Xue's face was already blushing with embarrassment, and her head was buried on the ground.

In the end, it was Zhang Ping who answered. After all, he was a man and he had to be a little responsible at this time, but he still stammered and looked shy.

"It's no need to ask. If you look at you like this, anyone with eyes can see it. But why are you two so shy? This is such a normal thing."

Zhang An was speechless, brother, you are just interacting with girls normally, why do you feel as guilty as if you have done something wrong? He was really convinced by Zhang Ping.

"And Bai Xue, if you keep your head buried like this, you don't plan to talk to me anymore."

After hearing Zhang An's words, Bai Xue became angry, but the blush on her face still did not fade at all.

But at this time, the old uncle and the old aunt came out of the kitchen in the back room, which could be regarded as a relief for these two people.

Zhang An could tell that the uncle and aunt were very happy now, with happy smiles on their faces.

The old couple were not in the main room just now, presumably because they wanted to make some space for Zhang Ping and Bai Xue.

Later, I heard Zhang An coming and came out of the kitchen.

"Anzi is here, let's have a drink together."

It seems that Bai Xue has been here for a while, and now the old aunt has prepared dinner.

Zhang Jianwen didn't care about the situation and pulled Zhang An to the table.

"Uncle, just eat. My family has already had dinner. I came here just to ask you something."

Zhang An didn't know whether to laugh or cry. He had already eaten at home, so he refused.

"You can have some more after you've eaten. Come hold the bowl and I'll pour you some wine."

If in the past, Zhang An said that he had eaten, Zhang Jianwen would definitely not persuade him again.

But it was different today. Zhang Jianwen didn't care what Zhang An said, he picked up the wine and poured it for him.

He guessed that he was too happy today, so Zhang An had to drink this meal even if he didn't, because he couldn't run away.

After a meal, the two of them finally got used to it. They were not as shy as before and were able to talk to Zhang An normally.

The two are indeed in a relationship, but it only started recently.

In fact, although Zhang Ping and Bai Xue have known each other for a long time, they are just acquaintances and not too familiar.

But when Zhang Ping was training and studying in the city at the beginning of the year, Bai Xue got off work late one time and met some gangsters on his way home.

The security on the streets in this era was not good, and there were young people everywhere who came out to join the society before finishing school.

Bai Xue went home that night and met a group of gangsters on the street.

If he were a man, he would probably be laundered and robbed by them, but Bai Xue was a girl and pretty good-looking, so they teased her in the street.

To put it bluntly, Zhang Ping happened to be passing by just as they were preparing to play tricks on Bai Xue.

Ever since, Zhang Ping, who had been in the army for so many years, performed a live drama of a hero saving a beauty.

Bai Xue was also very grateful to Zhang Ping, who appeared in time and saved her, and even had a good impression.

But if the two of them started to come into contact because of this, then Zhang Ping would not be the Zhang Ping he knew.

From then on, Zhang Ping only became familiar with Bai Xue.

As for how the two started, it had to do with Huang Ming's marriage.

In the past, the four of them were jokingly called the Four Heavenly Kings in the village.

But not now. Zhang An and Zhou Yang have gotten married one after another, and even the youngest Huang Ming has a partner and got married a few days ago.

He is the only one left among the four kings who is single and is the oldest.

The uncle and aunt were really anxious. During that time, the two old men had been doing ideological work for him with sincerity, and it did work in the end.

But when the old aunt wanted to find someone to introduce him to a blind date, he rejected her.

When it comes to finding a partner, the first thing he thinks of is Bai Xue.

Instead of getting to know some unknown people, it would be better to try to get in touch with Bai Xue.

The two of them were relatively familiar with each other. The most important thing was that Bai Xue was pretty. What man wouldn't like a beautiful girl?

So some time ago, Zhang Ping found an opportunity and stammered to Bai Xue that he wanted to have sex with her.

Bai Xue had a good impression of him in her heart, but seeing this stone suddenly enlightened her, she shyly agreed.

Although Zhang Ping doesn't like to talk much, Bai Xue's parents like his honest manner very much and feel that their daughter will definitely not suffer when the two of them get together.

So when everything came together, Zhang Ping brought Bai Xue back.

(End of this chapter)