Rebirth in 1984, starting from beekeeping in the mountains

Chapter 54: Meet Aunt Diao again!
"What's the matter? Hongan, just tell me!"

When Fang Hongan came to discuss something with him, Fang Chengtao nodded readily.

"It's like this!" Fang Hongan pretended to be serious and pondered for a while before slowly saying, "Wenxiu has been pregnant for more than four months! As for me, I don't have any talent for farming! I'm afraid I won't be able to grow crops well like I did last year! I think Uncle Hongjiang and Aunt Juan are both good at farming! Why don't I lend the land to your family to farm!"

It has only been less than two years since the land was distributed to the people in Xiaonan area.

From the era of the big pot to the current era of contracting land to households, every household that has been allocated land is very motivated.

It is not common to rent out land to others for farming.

Even if they do exist, they are generally not considered to be rented.

Because renting has the flavor of landlords in the old society.

Generally speaking, it means renting the land to others for farming.

Of course, in reality, this borrowing also requires paying the original owner.

If you lend this kind of paddy field to someone else for farming, you usually have to wait until the rice is harvested and then give a certain amount of rice to the original owner of the field.

In fact, its nature is very similar to the rented land in later generations.

"Ah!" Fang Chengtao looked at Fang Hongan in surprise and tried to persuade him, "Hongan! That's not necessary! If you are too busy, just tell me and I will call my brother and we can help together!"

Fang Chengtao also knew everything about Fang Hongan's family situation.

I just came back last night and heard from my mother that Fang Hongan's family is in financial difficulty and is borrowing food from everywhere.

Fang Chengtao was thinking that after he finished planting the fields, he would get 20 kilograms of rice and go to Fang Hongan's house in the evening.

He has already discussed this matter with his parents.

Unexpectedly, Fang Hongan would come up with such an idea at this time.

Lending land to people for farming, although the borrowers will eventually return the crops and it saves trouble, but in the eyes of rural people in the mountains, it is ultimately an unprofitable deal.

He is not the lazy person who does not care about the next meal. Most people would not be willing to lend out their land unless it is absolutely necessary.

"No!" Fang Hongan knew that Fang Chengtao was thinking about him, so he smiled and explained again.

"I will be going to the mountains more often from now on, so I really won't be able to take care of the farmland. It's okay to ask you to help plant the fields occasionally, but I can't ask you to do everything! If you guys are too busy to handle the double harvest, what will I do?"

"That's true!" Fang Chengtao nodded when he heard that it was indeed true.

But then, he thought about Fang Hongan's words, and suddenly thought of something, and couldn't help but shouted excitedly:

"Hongan! You just said that you would go into the mountains more often in the future, right? What's the matter? Are you planning to go hiking?"

In this Tianmang Mountain, decades ago, almost every village had mountain hunters who went into the mountains to hunt.

In the entire area around Shiwan Village, the most famous mountain runner is undoubtedly Fang Hongan’s grandfather Fang Mingyuan.

Fang Chengtao also knew that Fang Hongan grew up with his grandfather. When he was very young, he followed the old man to run in the mountains. When he was in his teens, he could chase dogs with a gun. When they were playing together at that time, he always looked forward to the opportunity to run in the mountains and hunt together in the future.

Later, Fang Hongan did secretly take him into the mountains.

Unfortunately, after entering the mountain, Fang Chengtao discovered that mountain running was not at all what he had imagined.

After going there twice, I lost interest.

As for Fang Hongan, he later fell seriously ill. His grandfather listened to a fortune teller, who said that he had killed too many lives and that this had brought disaster to his descendants.

The old man thought about how his son and daughter-in-law had both died tragically in an accident, and his grandson had fallen seriously ill.

He believed the fortune teller's words, put away his gun immediately, ended his decades-long career in mountain running, and no longer allowed Fang Hongan to enter the mountains.

At this moment, Fang Hongan suddenly said that he would often go to the mountains in the future. Fang Chengtao naturally thought that Fang Hongan should resume his grandfather's old business and become a mountain runner. Mountain runners are busy all day long, and the farming work at home is usually done by women.

But Fang Hongan's wife Lan Wenxiu is pregnant again, so there is obviously nothing he can do. So it is no wonder that Fang Hongan has to lend out the land.

Thinking about it this way, Fang Chengtao felt that he understood everything.

Seeing that Fang Chengtao naturally turned the matter to Pao Shan, Fang Hongan smiled and did not explain any more, just taking it as his tacit agreement.

After all, going to the mountains to lure bees, collect bees, dig honey, and set up beehives...

Strictly speaking, this can also be considered mountain running!
Seeing Fang Hongan nod, Fang Chengtao also nodded immediately: "If that's the case, then it's fine! Hongan, you have been good at shooting since you were a child! Going into the mountains to make a living may be more suitable for you!"

"You are like this. My father is lying at home now, and my mother has gone to the neighboring Shanmuling Village to find the old village doctor to get medicine. I will discuss it with them when they come back! I will come to find you in the evening!"

"Okay!" Fang Hongan nodded.

"That's it for now! I have to quickly finish planting the remaining rice seedlings with my brother! See you in the evening!"

"it is good!"

……

I watched Fang Chengtao stepping on the mud and running into the field to continue his work.

Fang Hongan shook his hand and turned around to continue walking forward.

Now that he was here, Fang Hongan decided to take a look at the acre of land in Niujiao Bay.

Walking quickly forward and turning a corner along the winding hill, the view in front of me suddenly became open.

A large area of ​​paddy fields appeared in the field of vision.

Looking around, it is a busy scene.

Fang Hongan walked a few steps and many people who were busy planting rice stood up and greeted him!

"Yo! Hongan! You are finally ready to plant rice!"

"That's rare! Aren't you going into the mountains to dig kudzu?"

"Hongan! Do you need help with your rice planting? If you do, just let me know!"

……

That's how people in the mountains are.

Some are teasing, some are mocking, and some are genuinely concerned...

Fang Hongan responded to the teasing and concern with a smile, and as for the ridicule and sarcasm, he just pretended not to hear them.

He walked straight to the edge of his own field. The field had indeed been plowed and watered just as he remembered. All he had to do was plow it again and then he could start planting rice.

Fang Hongan walked along the ridge of the field twice, confirmed the basic situation, turned around and prepared to leave.

But just as he turned around, a familiar figure came into Fang Hongan's sight.

The short and fat man, with a scarf wrapped around his head and two dustpans of soil and fertilizer on his back, took small steps and hurried forward at great speed. In just a few breaths, he came straight to Fang Hongan from the entrance of the bay.

It was none other than Fang Hongan’s aunt, Xie Liucui.

Xie Liucui also spotted Fang Hongan very quickly, and slowed down her pace. She turned her face away, rolled her eyes at Fang Hongan, and snorted coldly, "Humph! You don't know what's good for you! Let's see what kind of monsters you can grow this year!"

(End of this chapter)