Happy Farm Ranch

Chapter 49

Although the speed of the wasteland reclamation team was slower than yesterday, overall it has gradually started to fully start, which is much better than Su Mu expected.

The little fish that had been caught for a long time had already been stripped and cleaned by the boy scouts, salted and dried in the sun for a long time.In the afternoon, the group of children yelled and carried wicker baskets and climbed a few big trees to fetch money; I heard that Su Mu wanted to eat some pure country food, and Mrs. Hei brought a few people to dig a lot for him during the rest. wild vegetables.

At dusk, there was a basket of dried fish in the yard of Su Mu's house; three baskets of fresh elm coins and a basket of various wild vegetables.

"I got so much, I was thinking about making some other dishes. This will save a lot of trouble." My mother rummaged through the basket a few times, and she was very fond of wild vegetables that she hadn't tasted for many years. Make a table of delicious food. "Hurry up and invite Mr. Zhang and his wife over here. They must also really want to try the old meals."

"Mom, let me go and call the village chief. You cook more food. We have to discuss something tonight." Su Mu greeted in advance, and took out a few pieces of frozen beef and mutton from the refrigerator, and washed them with cold water. Soak up, "Later, I'll make stewed beef with potatoes and sautéed mutton with green onions. The village chief likes to drink a few sips so he has a few appetizers."

People in the village eat early.Because there are no entertainment activities at night, at most, a few people play cards and go to bed early, so if Su Mu wants to treat guests, he has to call them as soon as possible, so as to save others from cooking more.

"Brother Muzi, when can we eat fried fish?"

"Is it fried? I'm hungry!"

"Brother Muzi, you haven't given us candy yet!"

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As soon as he went out, the boy scouts gathered around him.Some asked for candy; some clamored for fried small fish, and the noisy local dogs from several nearby houses kept barking.

"Where's Xiaoqiang? Come on, you're the king of kids, you have to distribute the sugar evenly and don't be biased." Seeing this, Su Mu had no choice but to call for the little leader of the boy scouts to come over.

All the children looked up at the empty sumac in their hands, and Baba waited for the candies to be shared.

"I'll do a magic trick for you, who will contribute a piece of clothing?" Su Mu became playful and wanted to tease these children.

Kid King hurriedly took off his coat and handed it over.

He took it in his hands and covered his hands.Imitating the magic tricks on TV, he fiddled with his hands under his clothes for a moment, and then suddenly revealed a bag of candy that he took out from the space, which was the same bag that he opened when he distributed the candy to them in the morning.

A group of brats were stunned for a few seconds, and a moment later there was an earth-shattering applause, and even Kid King jumped up excitedly, "Brother Muzi is a fairy! Brother Muzi can change things! Make us a big car Ok?"

"I want tanks, planes, cannons!"

Seeing that the boy scouts were going crazy with excitement, Su Mu hurriedly stuffed the candy bag to Kid King, "Okay, okay, I can only change once a day, and I will share the candy quietly! I will share it with you when I come back." Fried small fish, as long as the number of fish is right between the two of you today, if you can share ten more fried small fish, everyone else will share equally."

The Boy Scouts sighed and cheered, but they were quickly distracted by the candy.

After finally "breaking the siege", Su Mu hummed a song and went to the village head's house to invite him to dinner.

Smoke was everywhere in the village, and when night fell, the Su family's yard also wafted a strong aroma of food.

The small dried fish fried out of the pot was evenly distributed by Su Mu to a group of children, and the remaining large plate was placed on the kang table.Grandpa, Mr. Zhang, the village head, the owner of the car and Su Mu gathered around the kang table and tasted grain and wine.

Dad ate in the next room with a few strong laborers who were in charge of the meal. They were tired and devoured all day, and they didn't have the mood to drink and chat slowly like them.

"Come, try the wild vegetable feast specially made today." My mother wore an apron and served the dishes from the wooden tray.

Cold broom seedlings, cold purslane, roasted pork with weed cabbage, scrambled eggs with shepherd's purse, served cold and hot first.The four dishes are all fresh in color, which makes people appetite at first sight.

The village chief was eating crispy fried small river fish. Seeing that the plates were full of wild vegetables, he said with a smile: "A few years ago, I was afraid of eating these wild vegetables. At that time, it was either a severe drought or a severe drought." Waterlogging, when there is no food to eat, I go to the mountains to dig wild vegetables. I still don’t dare to eat it, and my stomach hurts just thinking about it.”

Su Mu picked up a chopstick of weed cabbage and roasted the pork. The oil and water were big enough to cook the weed cabbage thoroughly. There was a special fragrance in the mouth. It was better than the big restaurants in the city!
He hurriedly tasted several other dishes, each with its own characteristics.The cold dishes are cool and refreshing; the hot dishes are delicious, plus I secretly changed the eggs in the kitchen, so soft and delicious, I can't get enough of them!

"Don't be afraid to eat wild vegetables, try my mother's handicrafts, you must eat two bites!" Su Mu picked up some chopsticks dishes for grandpa, and told them to try them quickly.

The village chief was a little embarrassed. He used to eat wild vegetables and felt sick to his stomach, so he really didn't want to eat them; but now that people are treating guests to dinner, he can't let his kindness go.

After struggling for a while, he had no choice but to pick up a piece of egg and chew it in his mouth.

"Is this shovel grass? Why doesn't it taste like it used to?" The village chief chewed carefully, and the soft and delicious egg was indeed the scent of shepherd's purse, but it was completely different from the previous taste!He was a little strange. Could it be that the taste of this thing changed when it was in the hands of people in the city?

"Well, it's delicious!" Mr. Zhang picked up a chopstick of horse teeth vegetables, and felt that the taste was really good, so he asked, "Muzi, how do you make this? If you have time, let your aunt follow suit, even wild vegetables It's so delicious, I won't get tired of eating it every day!"

The village head still had doubts in his heart, so he hurriedly picked up the remaining dishes and tasted them, and they were all fresh and delicious.

He also hurriedly asked: "How did you get this dish? I used to eat it every day, and I never knew that wild vegetables can be so delicious!"

"These dishes are all made by my mother using simple home cooking methods." Seeing that the goal was achieved, Su Mu smiled and toasted them.Drinking a cup whetted the appetite, and then continued with a smile: "Why were you afraid of eating wild vegetables in the past; now that the wild vegetables are on the table, they are so delicious? In fact, it is still a matter of ingredients."

"What materials are you using? What's new in the city?" The village chief wanted to know what was going on.

Su Mu replied slowly: "Actually, there is a lot of oil and water. I think people in our village are still reluctant to put oil and water in their meals and stir-fries. No matter how delicious something is, it will not be delicious if it is boiled like this. Therefore, I want to make the villagers' dining table rich. Wake up, just growing vegetables is not enough, there must be oil and water!"

These few words of his made the village chief figure out some meaning.It seems that this meal has a lot of meaning, but I don't know what he wants to do?

"In our poor mountain valley, no matter how hard we struggle, we can't earn much money. Every year, every family is well fed and clothed. Where do we get the oil?" The village chief took a sip of his wine and sighed.

Seeing this, Grandpa put down his chopsticks and persuaded him: "We can't just look at the immediate future, we have to think about the long-term. Originally, Muzi wanted to come back and contract a piece of land, and do a good job in farming, but our living conditions in the cave are really bad. Don't say it." Compared with those developed cities, even compared with the county town, Huatanao lags behind by ten or even decades!
The children in the village have never heard or seen anything, this is not acceptable.There is an old saying that people rely on mountains to eat mountains, but if they continue to eat like this, one day they will eat up the mountains. What will happen then? "

"This... what do you want to say?" The village chief asked with a little doubt after taking a sip of the wine in his glass.

"After these two days of land reclamation, I have some ideas. The land in our village is fertile and good land. A little bit of care will definitely make a lot of money. Now we only land on the flattest small piece of land. Our Huatan There is still plenty of room in the concave area around the top of the mountain, so they have to be cleaned up to make them useful.

So I thought, let you discuss with everyone whether it is a joint-stock system or a sole proprietorship system.

The joint-stock system means that our Huatanao is the unit.I will provide technical support, and the people in our village will collectively go to battle to open up wasteland and work, and then the money will be divided according to the shares they occupy.When the village has money, it can build schools, improve the living conditions of the villagers, install street lights, pave roads and so on;

Sole proprietorship means that I pay for it myself and other people work for me.In this way, although my investment in the early stage will be more, but after I see it, all the benefits will be my own.

Even if we spend money to build schools and pave roads in our village in the future, that is still a personal act, and it is not counted as the welfare of our village.

If everyone still agrees that they should work hard to get the money, then I will first hand over part of the money for the contracted land to the village, and continue to recruit labor to start full-scale work.

The reason why I bring this up again is mainly because I am worried that everyone will only look at the present and regret it later.At that time, it will be too much trouble if someone rises up to stir up trouble. "

The main reason is that Su Mu has stayed in the city for a long time, and he has seen too many things turned against him for money.Now let's talk about everything that needs to be said, and then re-sign the agreement, so as not to be unclear in the future.

"Okay, get people together tomorrow and have another meeting. Once it's settled, we'll re-sign the contract to avoid future troubles. There are quite a few people who are open to money. What if I see you making a lot of money in a few years? I want to go back and make trouble, but the one we signed was not written in detail." The village head nodded in response.

After Su Mu finished talking about the most important thing, he poured wine for the village chief and said with a smile: "For the rest of the matter, I still have to ask you to do it. I plan to build a reservoir in the middle of the farm and dig out so many It is a waste of good soil to throw away. I want you to take the lead in beating it into adobe, which will be used for building chicken coops, cowsheds, and sheep pens in the future.

It is estimated that the time for this hard work will not be short, so the wages are also paid according to the standard of the road repair team.You pick someone to help, and I will pay you. "

"It's easy to talk about! When will you start working? We'll recruit people after the meeting tomorrow. Are you in a hurry?"

"Hurry up!" Su Mu also learned to answer in dialect, making several people laugh.

While talking and laughing, my mother brought up a large plate of fried lamb with green onions, followed by a large pot of stewed beef and potatoes that was so fragrant and mushy.

"Come, try today's finale yuqian rice." Mom smiled and put several large bowls of yuqian rice on the Kang table, and then put the specially prepared seasoning in the middle of the Kang table, "I haven't eaten such delicious yuqian for many years Yes, it’s delicious and sweet mixed with seasonings, so don’t hesitate to eat more!”

(End of this chapter)