My village can't be like this

Chapter 632: Planting Vegetables in Spring

It was still quite early when I got back from picking up the bride, just before ten o'clock.

As soon as the wedding car entered the village, the women in the village came up and helped the bride get out of the car.

After completing the ceremony in the main hall, everyone couldn't wait to send the bride to the new house.

Especially the group of naughty kids in the village, no matter how old they are, they all follow the bride closely.

Because now it’s their favorite part, asking the bride for the veil.

All the children who could walk came rushing over. Even little Siqi from the Zhang An family followed closely behind his aunt Yan Zi and squeezed into the new house.

"Dad, a flowery handkerchief, a flowery handkerchief."

Half a while later, the little girl finally came out of the bridal chamber. When she saw Zhang An, she quickly waved the veil she had just asked for from the bride.

The chubby little face was filled with joy, as if he had picked up money.

He wasn't the only one like that; other kids, big and small, were like that too.

"Not bad, not bad. Put it in your pocket quickly, or someone will take it away later."

This floral handkerchief was prepared by Bai Xue from her mother's home in advance. The pattern looks pretty nice.

It’s not like the old-fashioned patterns that people asked for before, so the naughty kids who got it like it very much.

In addition to the children, some women in the village also went to ask for a piece, to share in the good fortune.

Soon after, the village loudspeaker began to shout, asking everyone to quickly take their seats and prepare to eat.

In fact, this loudspeaker was never used at banquets before.

But the last time Zhang An got married, most of the people in the village came, so there were quite a lot of people. When it was time to eat, they just used this big loudspeaker to shout and everyone would know.

From that time on, whenever anyone in the village held a banquet, no matter if it was a wedding or a funeral, the loudspeaker became the most important character that could not be absent.

When Zhang Ping got married this time, all the villagers, including the village chief Zhang Jianwen, came, and the loudspeaker was indispensable.

After all, once it opened its mouth and shouted in the upper village, the people in the lower village could hear it clearly.

"Let's go and have some drinks."

As soon as they heard the loud speaker, the naughty kids who were gathered at the door of the new house ran away and went to sit at the table outside.

Little Siqi also joined in waving flags and cheering, but he was short and had short legs, so he couldn't run as fast as the others.

"Wait for me, wait for me, there's me too."

In just a moment, he was separated from the main group and started shouting anxiously in the yard.

After hearing this, Li Yao, who was running in front, quickly ran back and carried him on his back.

Zhang An didn't call him either. Yan Zi and Li Yao were there anyway, so he could just enjoy some free time.

And the whole family thought it was a good thing to see the little guy being able to integrate with other children so quickly.

If a child cannot get along with other children and does not like to play with others, that is a very bad phenomenon.

Afterwards, Su Ying and others accompanied the bride Bai Xue, while Zhang An went out to accompany the group of people from the Forestry Bureau.

It's true, although Zhang Ping is just a small forest ranger, Bai Xue knows a lot of people in the Forestry Bureau. Today, many people came over specially and sat at two tables, even his immediate superior Zhu Yuliang came.

As for Zhang An, he would definitely have to accompany Zhu Yuliang at the table. Although he felt it was unnecessary, this was a task assigned to him by Zhang Jianwen himself.

"Zhang An, you bastard, if I didn't call you, you wouldn't go to the office."

During the meal, while waiting for the food to be served, Zhu Yuliang began to complain.

After hearing what Zhu Yuliang said, Zhang An remembered that he had not been to the Forestry Bureau for a long time and could not even remember when was the last time he went there.

"Hey, there's nothing to do. I'm too lazy to run around on the road. You know how much gas it takes to run back and forth."

But he didn't care. He had always been like this anyway. If the distance was closer, it would be fine. A round trip would take three or four hours. No normal person would go to the city for no reason.

"To be honest, I really envy Zhang An. He lives a more leisurely life than the retired old man in our family."

The person who said this was Zhuang Shuying. In the Forestry Bureau, she has the best relationship with Bai Xue, so she also came here today.

"Why should I be envious? Everyone has their own life. Besides, there are many people who envy you."

Zhang An shook his head and smiled, saying that as civil servants with iron rice bowls, Zhuang Shuying and others would be the envy of most people, both now and in the future.

This can be seen from the later saying that the end of the universe is the examination.

Just when everyone was chatting happily, the cold dishes were already being served.

"Grandpa Xiaoan, serve the dishes."

A young man of about fifteen or sixteen came over with a full plate of food and shouted at Zhang An.

"Okay, okay, you guys are going to have a hard time today."

Zhang An greeted him with a smile and took away the dishes on his table.

There are quite a few people responsible for serving the dishes today. Basically, all the young people in the village between the ages of 15 or 16 and 20 have been recruited by Huang Ming.

After all, Zhang Ping's family had set up a total of 120 tables today, filling up the road from the threshing ground to the village.

With such a big event, if we don’t get more people involved, the dishes might not be served by the time everyone else is full.

"Wow, Zhang An, I didn't realize that you are only in your twenties and you are already a grandfather."

At this moment, everyone in the Forestry Bureau looked at Zhang An in disbelief, including Zhu Yuliang.

"Yes, we are a few years older than you, but we are still other people's grandchildren, and you have grandchildren."

Especially those who were older than Zhang Anlue, they felt very uncomfortable.

"Hey, what's the big deal? Our family is big, and this branch of our family is not very prosperous, so the seniority is relatively high. This is not a good thing."

Seeing that everyone looked ignorant, Zhang An explained it again helplessly.

From the past to the present, he has explained countless things about this matter.

"Is Zhang Ping your relative?"

Suddenly, Zhuang Shuying asked.

"Yeah, although we are not from the same clan, he and I are related families that are not yet five generations apart, so what's wrong with that?"

Zhang An nodded in confusion.

"That means Zhang Ping is from the same generation as you. Doesn't that mean Xiaoxue will become a grandmother once she gets married?"

Zhuang Shuying really didn't expect that other people might become young wives after getting married, but Bai Xue became a grandmother directly, skipping the process in between.

"Haha, Sister Zhuang, you are so envious. I seem to have a brother from the same family. How about I introduce him to you?" Zhang An and Zhuang Shuying have known each other for several years and are very familiar with each other. He is not worried about making some jokes.

"Go, go, go, be careful that your brother-in-law will come to trouble you. It would have been better if it happened a few years earlier."

After hearing this, Zhuang Shuying glanced at Zhang An with all kinds of charm.

"Alright, alright, let's stop talking. Let's get started. Don't be polite, or else the table won't be able to accommodate the other dishes when they're served."

After all the cold dishes were served, it was time for the hot dishes. Zhang An poured a circle of wine for everyone and then asked everyone to start eating. This was his top priority today.

"Yes, yes, everyone, let's get started. We came here specially today, and it would be a loss if we don't make back our investment."

Hearing this, Zhu Yuliang also spoke.

There is no doubt that the others are waiting for him to move first. After all, he is the boss of everyone at this table.

When Zhu Yuliang spoke, everyone stopped being so reserved.

"Well, these cold dishes taste really good, not cold at all, unlike when I went to other places before the New Year, the cold dishes were completely untouched."

Although there were only a few cold dishes on the table, they were all well received by everyone.

"Hehe, the chef in charge of the kitchen today has learned it specially, and his skills are not bad at all. Old Zhu knows this."

Seeing that everyone liked it, Zhang An directly boasted to them about Zhang Jianzhong and Zhou Yang.

"Oh? Is this big banquet planned by the young man who runs a restaurant in your village?"

After hearing what Zhang An said, Zhu Yuliang immediately thought of Zhou Yang, because when they came here to investigate the giant salamander, they were dealing with it at Zhou Yang's house.

"Yes, it's him. Don't be fooled by his young age, he has real skills. Today, he and my uncle are in charge of the kitchen. In the nearby villages, when people want to hold banquets, they often come to them."

Zhang An nodded and brought two more hot dishes to the table.

"You really have to taste it. This big pot meal is the most challenging. Everyone should eat more. Otherwise, you will have to pay to eat it next time you come."

Zhu Yuliang was afraid that everyone would feel uncomfortable, so he added another sentence.

After the main meal, Zhu Yuliang and his party rested for a while at Zhang An’s house, then said hello to the two newlyweds and hurried back to the city.

But villagers like Zhang An still have a lot of things to do. They have to spend the afternoon finishing the work and try not to leave any work for the host family.

At night, because everyone knew Zhang Ping's temper, the young people in the village rarely came to the bridal chamber to make trouble.

In this way, until the Lantern Festival on the 15th day of the first lunar month, the tail end of the Chinese New Year is completely over, and everyone's life returns to normal.

On the bank of the river, Chen Ze’s hotel project is progressing in an orderly manner.

Li Hongbin's company is indeed professional. They only worked for a short time before the New Year, and in the few days after the New Year, the foundation was all completed and the preparatory work was completed.

Next, everyone will start from scratch.

The villagers are also not idle. The mountain roads that had already been under construction years ago are now being worked on by Zhang An's second uncle, who is trying to finish them as soon as possible.

In addition, there is a new project in Changqing Village this year, which is the development of the purple bamboo forest.

On the day after the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, several leaders of Hongyan Town brought a large group of people to inspect, and the process began within a few days.

It seems that Director Lin Hui had already discussed the matter with the town last time, otherwise the town would never have acted so quickly.

But this is undoubtedly a great thing for Changqing Village.

Because no matter whether it is financial or labor-intensive, it is Hongyan Town that is responsible, but in the end the place that will be able to enjoy the fruits of Zizhulin's development is definitely Changqing Village.

Now a new road has been built from the village, and some infrastructure has been built around the purple bamboo forest.

This will definitely be one of the few places in Changqing that is worth seeing.

In the morning, Zhang An got up and found that his parents were already working in the vegetable field with hoes on their shoulders. So he washed up and joined in with a hoe.

Before the Chinese New Year, Zhang An's vegetable garden was full of vegetables.

But after half a month of the Chinese New Year, there were not many vegetables left in this vegetable field that once looked lush and green.

The main reason is that there are too many tenants staying in Dongli Yard to celebrate the New Year this year, and too many people coming to buy vegetables.

In addition, Zhang Ping got married a few days ago and provided a lot of vegetables, so most of the vegetable garden was empty.

Wang Fang usually attaches great importance to the vegetable garden at home and cannot stand such a situation, so she put this matter on the agenda right after the New Year.

Zhang An and his parents spent the entire morning weeding the vegetable garden.

He usually uses space spring water to water the vegetables, so the vegetables grown in his family have always grown very well.

But at the same time, the weeds in the ground turned a disaster into a blessing, and got the space spring water, so they grew very vigorously.

This morning, Zhang An harvested several baskets of sheep and sent them to the sheep pen.

After removing the weeds, we have to start digging the soil to loosen the ground. Because there are other vegetables growing in the field, we can't just lead a horse in to plow the field, so we can only dig it one hoe at a time.

However, this kind of hard work is not a difficult task for Zhang An.

In addition, in early spring in February, there is still a little chill in the spring breeze, and the temperature is only around ten degrees Celsius, so digging the ground will not be too difficult, which is much better than in hot weather.

"Mom, what else do we need to plant this time?"

Zhang An came back from digging a ridge of land and asked his mother.

"For now, we will plant some sticky corn, cucumbers, eggplants and beans. When the temperature warms up a little bit, we will start planting peppers and Chinese cabbage."

The vegetable garden at home is very large. Even though there are still a lot of vegetables in the garden, the empty space is enough for Wang Fang to grow whatever she wants.

"Isn't it a bit too early to start planting corn these days? If there is a late spring cold snap, the corn won't grow at all."

On the other side, Zhang Jianguo was a little worried because these things are mostly planted around Qingming Festival.

"Dad, it's not a very cold place here. Even if there's a late spring cold snap, it'll be below ten degrees at most. I don't think we need to worry. We can plant them in advance so we can eat them in advance."

Zhang An smiled and told his father that he was not worried about this problem at all.

The local climate will not be too cold unless there is extreme weather, even if there is a late spring cold snap.

And after the seeds are planted, he will definitely use the space spring water to water them. At that time, even if extreme weather occurs, the seeds will not be affected.

"Grandma, I'm here to help you."

As he was talking, Xiao Siqi ran towards the field carrying Zhang An's small medicine hoe.

It's true, the small medicine hoe over there matches his small figure quite well.

"Okay, okay, our family will come together to help dig the ground, and grandma will grow delicious food for you."

Wang Fang is not afraid that her grandson will be overworked. After all, in the village, only children who are exposed to the environment can grow up healthily.

(End of this chapter)