Restarting life in Siheyuan

Chapter 112 Farewell and return to the city
The second uncle and the second aunt did not go to the cafeteria to eat today. The village chief spoke up and gave them some stick rice porridge, and a few people went home to entertain the guests. This was beyond the limit.

The key was that I took a huge piece of meat from someone else, and I felt a little guilty. It was not public property of the village, it was a gift from a relative, but in terms of hunger and face, the old village chief clearly chose pork.

In the morning, the whole family accompanied Zhu Xuefeng to burn incense on the graves of Zhu's father and mother. It was a [-]-day respite, and it was also the reason why the second uncle repeatedly asked Zhu Xuefeng to come back.

Father Zhu was cremated and laid to rest. The distance was too far, and the country had policy requirements a few years ago. The [-]th day was a critical time for his younger siblings to take their exams at the end of June, followed by Zhu Xuefeng’s exams. Didn't come back.

There are a few areas on the mountain not far from the village that have been cultivated. I heard from my second uncle that they planted some corn and sweet potatoes, but no one goes there anymore.

Zhu Xuefeng remembered that a few years later, there was a large-scale land reclamation operation, still to solve the food problem, but the superiors gave great support. From then on, there were basically no wild animals on these hills, and the land reclamation was unstoppable.

Going down the mountain along the mountain road, the humidity in the mountain is relatively heavy and the air is particularly fresh. You can see that there are indeed traces of digging on the side of the stream, and there are also some small soil bags piled up, which must have been planted.

Standing next to the stream, the water below is not big, about [-] centimeters at most. In some places, a small puddle is formed under the impact of the water flow, which can be as deep as one meter. The water and soil are washed away, and dense trees leak out. root.

When I took a closer look, I saw many small fish lurking under the tree roots. They were seven or eight centimeters long and a little chubby. Isn't this a willow root?

The price of this thing has skyrocketed for a while, but it tastes really good. Although the fish doesn't grow very big, it looks chubby and the meat is very tender. In later generations, it was indeed farmed in this area, but are there wild ones now?
The key is that they are easy to feed, they can eat anything, even without feeding, and they grow slowly. The only trouble is that after they die in the water, they will rot and deteriorate very quickly, making it difficult to transport them.

I quickly called my second uncle and pointed to the puddle and chatted for a while. The second uncle was silent for a long time, and finally nodded heavily.

The mountains on both sides of the path are covered with climbing vines. They are still green now. If you come back in September or October, they will be all red and beautiful.

Back in the village, Zhu Xuefeng went to look at the fields at his feet again. Autumn corn and sweet potatoes were planted in most of the fields, and some vegetables were planted in a few places. The growth was normal, and there were not many varieties. It was probably enough. The village uses it for its own use.

This should give up all the fields to food. After all, people will starve to death if they don't have enough to eat. If there is no vegetables to eat, wild vegetables and pickles can also be eaten.

Dinner at the canteen at noon was exactly what Zhu Xuefeng thought. It was stick rice porridge, steamed buns, several kinds of vegetables and pickles. Today I added marinated pork and stir-fried cabbage. There was very little meat, but the villagers all ate it very well. This was better than Xiguan Village is better, but the key is mountain spring water.

"Second uncle, why don't you order more vegetables? If you have a mountain to eat, how can the cafeteria lack such a large space in the vegetable mountain? You can just find a place to plant some."

It can't be compared to the plains. There is too little cultivated land here, and it has basically been given over to food crops. Now there are no vegetable gardens in every household. The family doesn't open the fire, and they grow some vegetables. Most of them are fed to the chickens, so I just hope that the chickens will eat more. Golden egg.

This place is different from Yanqing. You can still find a small area for planting on the mountain. The fertility is also better than that of Yanqing and Qianshan. Otherwise, if there is water, the mountain spring water in this valley will not stop. It adds a lot of vitality.

"It's not that I don't want to plant in the mountains. It's a long way to go. I only go to see it every few days, but it's noisy. It's not worth it if people look at it. If you don't look at it, you won't get anything."

There are still wild beasts in the mountains, but they don't go down the mountain. This situation should be better after the village goes into the mountain to clean up.

"Second uncle, it's only July now. After killing this wild beast, you should still have time to plant some. Luffa and beans should be fine. Just plant them on both sides of the creek."

"That's right!" The second uncle immediately told the village party secretary about the situation. The old party secretary really didn't expect that it was good. Not only did he kill wild animals, but he also had more places to grow food and vegetables. If he had more, he could also exchange money. .

In the afternoon, the third aunt Zhu Fengxia rushed over from the neighboring village, bringing with her a young boy, who was a little older than the fourth child. He was almost [-] years old. Zhao Xuejun was about to enter the first grade of junior high school. Children in the mountains still went to school late.This third aunt was so emotional that she kept holding Zhu Xuefeng's hand with tears in her eyes. The third aunt got married early, her conditions were average, and she didn't move around much. Now that her elder brother was gone, she couldn't control her emotions when she saw Zhu Xuefeng.

The family chatted for a long time before sending them off. Before leaving, Zhu Xuefeng secretly stuffed thirty aunts with him and explained for a long time, but she accepted it while wiping her tears.

Zhu Xuefeng was planning to return to the city tomorrow. He still had to run for a day. After returning, he had to rest for a day before reporting to work. There were only a few mountain goods in the village, so Zhu Xuefeng collected some mountain goods, about a dozen kilograms, to support the folks in his hometown.

In the first half of the night, the village was noisy and full of people, as if there were pigs howling. Looking at the time, it was only after ten o'clock. Someone was beating a gong, and I could vaguely hear someone shouting.

"Come out and see, come out and see."

At the door of the cafeteria, there was a wild boar lying, tied tightly and still howling.

As luck would have it, the village party secretary and village chief were pointing at the wild boar, with excited eyes illuminated by torches.

"Village chief, we need to send more people. Xiaocheng and Huamao are still guarding. We need to bring the remaining three heads back quickly."

After a while, the vast team entered the mountain with torches.

It turned out that before dawn, the militia captain led five militiamen into the mountain. The mountain was bigger than Qianshan, and a few of them did not go deep. They were equipped with guns and machetes, and they found a small pond in the afternoon.

I didn't know how to set up traps, so I used a stupid method to get people on several trees, manually, and I was lucky, and I caught four in this net.

But there were only six people there. Four of them spent a lot of effort and several hours before they were exhausted and paralyzed before carrying one back. The other two were guarding the prey in the tree.

Now the whole village is shouting and cheering. Many people have gone to carry the wild boar. There are also children following vaguely. They come to watch the excitement. There are a few torches at intervals, and the continuous procession is along the mountain. Well, it's quite spectacular.

The second uncle scratched his head, but under the pressure of the second aunt's murderous eyes, he finally stayed. Zhu Xuefeng was leaving tomorrow morning. The head of the house actually wanted to leave his nephew behind and go carry the wild boar. He was so brave. I really thought he was the head of the house. .

Zhu Xuefeng got up early the next morning, and it was quite easy to go back. There was nothing to prepare, and there was nothing to take with him in the mountains. He bought some mountain products and didn’t have much money. His second aunt prepared a big bag of plums yesterday. The plums are just ripe, so many are planted at the foot of the mountain. The village also organizes picking and selling in the district.

There are also many hawthorn trees in the mountains. Zhu Xuefeng remembered many kinds of products, which are simply reprocessed in cities and villages. But the main feature of hawthorn is to aid digestion, so forget it. You will still be hungry without aiding digestion.

Plums taste good. Although there seem to be many at the foot of the mountain, they are not large-scale. If you pick two baskets at a time, they are gone, which is less than [-] kilograms. It is not worth a trip. I suggest you plant them on a large scale in the mountains, although it is effective. It's slow, but you can benefit from it for many years. The key is that this variety is good.

Look at the plums in the bag. They are all plump and round, exquisite and translucent, with beautiful shapes. After eating two, they taste sweet. Besides, they are one of people’s favorite traditional fruits. They can be eaten fresh, canned, preserved, etc. Annual consumption.

During breakfast, Zhu Xuefeng gave his second uncle a good description and suggested planting plums on a large scale. Anyway, they are all planted on the mountain, which will not affect the farming and there will be no wild animals.

The second uncle knew that plums tasted good, and they had been making preserved fruits for many years, but they were not enough to fill the stomach. Besides, it would take several years before they would be harvested. The second uncle was not very interested and said that he would report it to the village, but Zhu Xuefeng could not persuade him any more.

(End of this chapter)