Leftover Girl's Neverland

Chapter 61 Planting Trees ([-])

"Hey, I said Xiaojian, if I don't take pictures of you, you can't retaliate!"

Zheng Jian hit it with all his strength, several walnuts flew around, one of them just hit Meng Zhen's neck, it hurt but it didn't hurt, it scared her a lot.

"Well, sister, I didn't mean it!" Zheng Jian explained embarrassingly, why he watched the walnut cracking on TV, and when he went down with a bamboo pole, the walnuts fell like raindrops. ?
"Zhen Nier, are you home?" Second Aunt Meng came in from the outside with a small bag, and looked at the siblings, the younger brother was holding a bamboo pole, and the older sister was holding a camera: "What are you two siblings doing?! "

Meng Zhen saw that it was the second aunt who hurried over: "Hehe, isn't it that the walnuts on the tree are ripe? It just so happens that the vegetable garden is fine these days, and the house on the mountain has not yet found a worker, so I want to beat the walnuts... ..."

"Well, the things in your house are much better than others'. The persimmons ripen earlier, the wheat ripens earlier, and even the walnuts ripen so early." Second Aunt Meng was only surprised at the beginning, and now only envy and admiration remain. Yes, people are more popular than people.

"Zheng Jian, you can't hit walnuts indiscriminately. Come here, give me the pole, and I will teach you!" Second Aunt Meng tucked the small bag in her trousers pocket, and asked Zheng Jian for a bamboo pole.

"Okay, thank you, Second Aunt!" Zheng Jian hurriedly handed it to her, hiding under the tree.

Second Aunt Meng first looked up, and found a branch with a lot of walnuts, stood in a good position, and hit it hard.The walnuts and leaves fell all over the ground, but the second aunt was not hit.

Looking at the fallen leaves, Meng Zhen felt a little distressed: "Second Aunt, the leaves are all gone, is the walnut tree okay?!"

"It's okay, this walnut tree is 'splashing' (not squeamish), it will lose some leaves, and it will still grow next year. Zheng Jian, have you seen it? We need to find the right place and look for places with a lot of walnuts! "

"Well, let me try!"

Zheng Jian saw that the second aunt was so proficient in the operation, so he thought about trying it, took the bamboo pole from her, and followed her example to find branches with many fruits.

"Here, this is the 'old noodle' you asked for last time," Second Aunt Meng watched as Zheng Jian followed suit, then left the walnut tree and took out the small bag from her pocket, which contained a small piece of dough: "Knead it with warm water, put it into the basin and mix it with flour. The noodles for steamed buns must be kneaded, so that the steamed buns are layered and chewy."

"Hey, thank you, Second Aunt. When I steam it, I'll give it to you!" Meng Zhen watched his grandma knead steamed buns when he was a child, so he wondered if he would do it now.

"Okay, you guys are busy. If you are too busy, call me in the backyard. We just planted rice in our field, and there is nothing wrong now."

The wheat harvest in Zhoujiazhuang was basically finished. In the vacated fields, some were planted with corn like Meng Zhen, some with rice, and some with vegetables.

Zheng Jian hit a few poles, and finally found the feeling. The more he worked, the more vigorous he was. In a short time, the yard was covered with green walnuts.

Meng Zhen put the "old noodles" in the refrigerator, took a few big bamboo baskets from the kitchen and went to the yard, put on gloves and started picking walnuts.Meng Zhen suffered a lot when she was a child, and her uncle also planted walnut trees in the countryside, and gave them to Meng Zhen's family when they were ripe.

At that time, Meng Zhen didn't know that the green walnuts could only be eaten without the skin, so he secretly took one and smashed it with a hammer.As a result, the green juice splashed all over the body, and my hands were also green, and I couldn't wash it off until it turned black and then gradually faded.

"Sister, it's almost there!" Zheng Jian was sweating a little, the day was getting hotter and hotter.I sweated when I moved a little, and several trees fell down, and the vest was soaked with sweat again.

Meng Zhen moved the basket full of walnuts to the side with great difficulty, and wiped his sweat with a towel: "Okay, that's all. I think there are three or four baskets left on the ground, and one basket is reserved for giving away to us. Eat it yourself, sell the rest. Huh, it’s really hot today!”

"That's right, sister Xiaoxue said that when she came that day. The temperature here is lower than that in the urban area. The ground temperature in the urban area at noon is almost 40 degrees. I guess it can cook eggs."

"That is, when the house on the mountain is built, let's go to the mountain to escape the summer heat. The temperature above is lower than below. Come quickly, give me a hand, I can't lift it!"

While talking, he picked up another basket, and Meng Zhen asked his younger brother to carry it together.

"Okay!" Zheng Jian erected the bamboo pole to the corner of the wall, and then came to help.

In one afternoon, Meng Zhen finished harvesting all the walnut trees and filled five large baskets.She covered the walnuts and placed them in the north corner, and retting the skins first. After the green skins were soft, she prepared to put them on the roof to dry.When the walnut skin is hardened, it is the cooked walnut that is usually eaten.

Dinner is cold noodles. The weather is too hot and the food looks hot, so I have no appetite at all.Meng Zhen bought new garlic at the market that day, so he smashed some garlic, poured sesame sauce on it, and added some vinegar, mixed them together and added them to cold noodles, sour and appetizing.

"Sister, the saplings are ready!" Zheng Jian now stays in the vegetable garden and lotus pond all day, and doesn't know much about the barren mountain.

"It's been ordered. I ordered it in a private nursery. We bought the fruit trees by the lotus pond from there. I think the fruit is quite good. However, this time the order is relatively large, and the nursery will take a few days." Only then can it be delivered."

"Okay, when it's delivered, let's plant trees!"

After Zheng Jian finished his meal, he helped put away the dishes and went back to sit in the yard.Although there is an air conditioner in the house, it blows all the time and makes me feel uncomfortable. The natural wind in the yard is cool.

"It's definitely not enough just the two of us. This time I ordered more than 8000 trees. With the two of us, we can't finish planting even if we are exhausted."

Not having manpower is a big problem, but now it is difficult to hire people, Meng is really depressed.

"Hey, why are you depressed, let me give you an idea."

On weekends, Chen Xue came to Meng Zhen's house to escape the heat.The two of them nestled in the fruit grove by the lotus pond, each in a hammock, shaking.

When Meng Zhen saw his friend, he complained to her about his troubles.

Unexpectedly, what I thought was a laborious job was so easy in Chen Xue's eyes.

"What? You asked me to go to the university to recruit students and part-time workers? This is a fruit tree. It's not a promotion in a supermarket or an advertisement on the street, but working in the sun?! How can these children do it! "

Chen Xue's idea was to recruit summer student workers and tell the students how much it would cost to plant a tree.Quancheng is the provincial capital, there are several public universities, and there are many other vocational schools of various kinds.

"You don't understand. Children nowadays are not as squeamish as you imagine. Take our company as an example. The regular part-time workers are all college students from nearby universities. Do you think that doing street visits, road visits, 'sweeping buildings' 'It's easy? Last time I went back to visit a few 'samples', I only went to three communities, and I was exhausted, but these students have to visit a dozen or even dozens. Who's money is easy to earn? ah?"

"In addition, I heard from the students in our company that some of their classmates went to work in some housekeeping company. Teenagers went to clean the glass of the 20-storey building. They couldn't bear to look at the employer's house, but these students didn't I’m sticking to it. It’s not that the family lacks a share of his money to spend, but that he wants to earn money to buy things he likes.”

"Planting trees is tiring, but at least it's safer than working at heights. If you don't believe me, print out a few job advertisements and post them on the school bulletin board to see if there is any response!"

Chen Xue saw that Meng Zhen was still hesitating, so she said: "Besides, planting trees is also a very meaningful thing. Now it is popular to play a farm game, but that is just a dry addiction. Now you give money, And let them experience the fun of planting trees, those children must be willing to come."

"But……"

"Hey, if you're worried that the students won't be able to plant, the Agricultural University of Province S is in the west of the city. You can go there first. They are professionals, and their agricultural knowledge is much better than that of you, a half-way monk!"

"...Okay, I can't hire a suitable person now, so I'll try!"

Meng Zhen was lectured by Chen Xue, and felt that this was also a solution.

"Hey, by the way, do you have enough money to buy the tree?" Chen Xue picked the apple from the tree, it was still a little green, wiped it with a paper towel, opened her mouth and took a bite, um, it was quite sweet.

"That's enough, what, you want to help me?!" Meng Zhen jokingly said knowing that Chen Xue probably had no money now.

"It's not me, it's my mother-in-law!" After Chen Xue finished speaking, she bit the apple and took out a big envelope from the satchel hanging on the tree: "Here, here, here is [-]. My mother-in-law heard that you want to contract the mountain , let me bring it to you. Take it, why are you so dazed?!"

"Your mother-in-law? Zhao Kai's mother?" Meng Zhen was a little dumbfounded. She didn't know him well. She met Chen Xue once when she got married, and then several times at Chen Xue's house.

"It's her, I still have a few mother-in-laws! You take it, she eats your vegetables and fruits every day for a few months, and even has her share of the freshly ground flour. The old lady understands in her heart. I heard that you When encountering difficulties, I will take out my private money and say that I want you to work hard, and her family's fruits will depend on you in the future!"

Chen Xue is a bit tasteful, and speaking of it, her mother-in-law hasn't given her any money yet.Except for the [-] yuan given when they got engaged, they are the ones who pay the old man now.Even when buying a house, the elderly did not support them much.

As a result, Meng Zhen didn't talk to her mother-in-law much. When she was chatting with her mother-in-law, she mentioned that Meng Zhen contracted the barren mountain. Maybe the contract fee was not enough. Give Meng Zhen vegetable money and fruit money.

"Well, Xiaoxue, I have enough money. A few days ago, Wang Zhihang taught me to trade in stocks, and I was lucky, and I made money the first time. Besides, it's not easy for the old lady to save money. I don't have any relationship with her. , how can I ask for money from others! I have received the old man's wishes, so forget about the money!"

Meng Zhen was very touched. She just prepared an extra copy when she was giving something to Xiaoxue, and she just asked her to return it like this.I've accepted it, but I can't accept the money!

(End of this chapter)