My 1995 Small Farm

   Chapter 19 Mountain People

   "Susu, you cut the meat, wash the vegetables and choose one, I'll go to Wushu's house, and I'll cook when I get back."

  Chen Ling put two bundles of greens and a bag of peanuts into a urea bag and said.

"what?"

   "You're going to Uncle Fifth to return the donkey cart? The backyard is locked, I'll get you the key."

   When Wang Susu heard this, she got up and went into the house to get the key.

   was stopped by Chen Ling, "You don't need to take the key. I'm not going to return the donkey cart. The donkey cart will be used tomorrow. I'll go and say hello to Uncle Fifth."

"oh, I see."

   "Then I'll get you a flashlight, it's getting dark."

   Wang Susu didn't ask why she was using the donkey cart tomorrow, she turned around and went into the house to help Chen Ling get a flashlight.

  Chen Ling smiled upon seeing this.

   It is nice to have such a little daughter-in-law.

  Waiting for Wang Susu to bring the flashlight, Chen Ling took it and left the house.

   I have to say that the night in the mountain village is really dark in this era.

   Not to mention the street lights, not many even have electric lights on.

  Black can't see his fingers.

   First, the current power supply is not very good, otherwise we will not decide to erect high-voltage power lines this year.

  The other is that the mountain people are very frugal. How they came here before, they continue to live as they do now.

   I can't afford to install a TV, and I don't use electric lights very much. The monthly electricity bill is a few cents.

   The word "black light blind fire", used in the current situation, is more appropriate.

  Chen Ling went to Wang Laishun's house with a flashlight, and as soon as he entered the door, several members of the family were there.

  In the courtyard, kerosene lamps are lit, and meals are gathered around a round stone table.

   "Yo, Uncle Fifth, Aunt Guizhen is eating!"

  Chen Ling turned off the flashlight and walked in with peanuts and vegetables.

   "Wealth is coming! Have you bought everything?"

   Wang Laishun saw that it was Chen Ling, so he put down the bowl and got up to get him a masa.

   "Bought it!"

  Chen Ling nodded, then said: "But Uncle Fifth, I have to use the donkey cart for another two days..."

   The words came out.

  Wang Laishun's daughter-in-law, who didn't say hello to Chen Ling at first, frowned, and Wang Laishun's two daughters-in-law rolled her eyes.

   "Huh? Donkey cart?"

  Wang Laishun was stunned for a while, but he didn't have any other reaction. He said while eating: "You can use it. Anyway, I haven't been busy for a while, so you can use it if you want."

   "Are you going to plow?"

   "It's not plowing, I still have to run back and forth to the county town a few times to pull something."

  Chen Ling waved his hand and explained.

   When he said this, even Wang Laishun couldn't help frowning:

   "Rich, what are your plans?"

   "I don't have any plans. I'm going to buy what I need to buy, and I'll start flipping the land."

  Chen Ling smiled, what are his plans, how could he tell outsiders.

   Hearing what he said, except Wang Laishun, several people in his family secretly laughed, this big fool is afraid that his brain is flooded.

  Is there anything to be tossed about at Erzhu's house?

   Even going to the county to spend money to buy this and that, can you make a fuss?

  Look how he cried at the end!

   "Okay, you can measure it yourself."

  Wang Laishun sighed, and in front of his own family, he couldn't say anything.

   "By the way, Uncle Fifth, I brought you something from the city."

  Chen Ling opened the urea bag and took out a bunch of beans and a bunch of eggplant first.

   And finally the peanuts.

  Wang Laishun's family was surprised to see that what Chen Ling brought out was actually fresh vegetables.

   This season, vegetables are not cheap.

   And they read it right? Is this eggplant and beans?

   "Beans? Eggplant? Peanuts?"

   "It's all fresh?"

  Wang Laishun picked it up and looked at it, his eyes widened and he was very surprised.

   "Yeah, fresh."

   "These are all grown in greenhouses. I just picked them off. I bought some when I came back from the county seat."

  Chen Ling smiled and nodded.

   "What? Produced in a greenhouse?"

  Wang Laishun was even more surprised.

   "Is that the greenhouse that the top has been supporting for the past two years? The one that Erzhu built a few days ago?"

  Chen Ling continued to nod.

   Now, everyone else on the table put down their chopsticks and looked over.

   Wang Laishun's daughter-in-law, Liang Guizhen, didn't bother to talk to Chen Ling just now, but now she came over to pick up the beans and eggplant, and took the initiative to talk to him:

   "Fugui, the vegetables in this greenhouse will cost a lot of money to buy a pound."

   "Well, it's okay."

  Chen Ling responded lightly.

   Seeing Liang Guizhen holding two bundles of vegetables and not letting go, I don't know what she was thinking.

  These vegetables are different from those in his house.

   was born before he returned to the village, found a hidden place and temporarily spawned it in the outside world.

  Like peanuts, it is just a little bit better than ordinary vegetables.

  Otherwise he would be reluctant to give it to others.

   "Aunt Guizhen, these peanuts are also fresh. They just came from the greenhouse."

   "It's good to get up early tomorrow to cook porridge for a few babies."

  Chen Ling reminded.

  Liang Guizhen said with a smile that he understood, but he still just held two bundles of greens and didn't let go, without giving the peanut a second look.

why?

   The beans and eggplants in this season are generally not seen at all.

   Can it be cheap?

   Peanuts are not cheap, but compared with greenhouse vegetables, it is not immediately obvious that they are expensive.

  Chen Ling felt amused when he saw this, and said, "Uncle Fifth, then I'll go first, and I'll bring the donkey cart back to you when it runs out."

   "I'll send it to you!"

  The greenhouse vegetables were all delivered, and Wang Laishun was embarrassed to sit still.

  Chen Ling hurriedly said no, but Wang Laishun still sent him to the gate of the courtyard.

   After watching Chen Ling walk away, he returned to the yard with his hands behind his back.

   suddenly frowned, and said, "Fugui was beaten, I'm afraid he's holding back his thoughts. Maybe this time, he can really make some noise for him."

   "He can make a fuss, a lazy prodigal."

  Liang Guizhen snorted and walked into the house with two bundles of green vegetables.

   The two daughters-in-law looked at each other and dared not say anything.

  …

   When I got home, Wang Susu had already washed and cut the vegetables and cut the meat and put them in two bowls.

   After Chen Ling came back, she couldn't help but ask the origin of this green vegetable.

  After all, in this era, it is quite curious to see out-of-season vegetables.

   Unlike later generations, a child is used to it.

   "This is something produced in a greenhouse. You know what a greenhouse is, just the thing Erzhu will build this year."

   "After it's covered, it's like spring in all seasons."

   "You can also grow watermelons and vegetables in winter..."

   "You can only eat things in spring and summer. With a greenhouse, you can eat them whenever you want."

  Chen Ling explained with a smile.

"what?"

   "Speaking of which, can planting greenhouses really make a fortune?"

  Wang Susu opened her mouth in surprise.

   Then he suddenly thought of something, and asked hesitantly, "Then, does it cost a lot of money to buy such green vegetables?"

   "It didn't cost anything, my little housekeeper."

  Chen Ling saw her small appearance and thought it was very cute, so she reached out and pinched her little nose.

  Wang Susu has a thin skin, how can he bear this.

  All of a sudden, his face flushed and his heart beat, and he gave him a shy and annoyed look. He lowered his head to wash the iron pot for cooking, and didn't dare to look up at him again.

   (end of this chapter)