Siheyuan: Yan Jiekuang's carefree life

Yan Jiekuang replied, "She is fine. She gave birth to twins, a boy and a girl." Then Yan Jiekuang took out a photo taken when the baby was one month old, handed it over, and said, "This is a family photo of our family of four taken when the baby was one month old."

Gu Ruoxue took the photo and started looking at it. Ding Huawei also leaned over to the side and said as he looked at it, "The boy looks similar to Zihao and his brothers."

"Yes!" Gu Ruoxue echoed, saying, "But these two children's mouths are like Xiaohui's, and their ears are like Jiekuang's."

After a while, Gu Ruoxue came back to her senses and asked, "Jie Kuang, have you had dinner?!"

Yan Jiekuang smiled and shook the food in his hand, saying, "I haven't eaten yet! I brought some wine and food, and I want to eat with you."

Ding Huawei said, "Old lady, please prepare a few more dishes. I will go call Lao Luo and the others over."

"Okay!" Gu Ruoxue agreed and wanted to return the photo to Yan Jiekuang. Yan Jiekuang said, "Grandma, you and Grandpa can keep this photo! I have another one on me."

"Then I'll stay." Gu Ruoxue put the photo into her pocket, then took the things from Yan Jiekuang's hand and asked while busying herself: "Jiekuang, you'll be here alone from now on. How are you going to eat?!"

Yan Jiekuang replied: "Grandma, don't worry about eating. I can take care of it myself."

Gu Ruoxue sighed and said, "If it weren't for us, you two wouldn't have to live apart."

Yan Jiekuang said, "Grandma, I've said it before, separation is only temporary. One day we will be reunited. And I have a feeling that this day will not be too far away. Maybe it will come true in a year or two."

A little after seven in the evening, Yan Jiekuang left the cowshed and returned to his home. Yan Jiekuang put a handful of firewood into the dying furnace, and when the fire was burning, he threw a few coal balls into it. When the temperature in the room rose, Yan Jiekuang began to wash up. Although it was already mid-March, the land in the northeast had not yet thawed. The weather was still very cold.

After washing up, Yan Jiekuang lay down on the kang, took out a rechargeable desk lamp from the space, put it on the kang, and then took out a book about planting from the space and started reading. After about half an hour, Yan Jiekuang finally found the method of planting ginseng in the book. Yan Jiekuang immediately took out a notebook and a pen and copied down all the planting methods and precautions.

After finishing his work, Yan Jiekuang put the book into his space, then took out a mobile phone full of novels and started reading novels to kill time. When he saw a novel about a trader, Yan Jiekuang's eyes lit up instantly: "Other traders rely on trucks to transport their goods. I can just put all the goods into my space and take them directly, which saves the fare." Then a flash of inspiration flashed through Yan Jiekuang's mind, and Yan Jiekuang muttered: "It's better to buy for free than to save the fare."

The next morning, after having breakfast, Yan Jiekuang went out with the ginseng planting method he had copied the night before.

"Little Yan!" Yan Jiekuang just walked to the entrance of the brigade and met Tian Dazhuang. Yan Jiekuang smiled and called out, "Uncle Party Secretary!"

Tian Dazhuang asked: "Xiao Yan, when did you come back?!"

Yan Jiekuang replied, "I came back yesterday afternoon. When I met the captain yesterday, he said that the sugar factory might be closed in the future. He asked me if I had any other ideas. I told him that I could sell wine and grow ginseng. I looked up information last night and found out how to grow ginseng."

"Grow ginseng?!" Tian Dazhuang muttered, and asked, "Can it survive?!"

Yan Jiekuang replied: "You will know if you can try it!"

"Hey?! You two are here?!" Just then Gao Junsong walked over from a distance.

Yan Jiekuang said, "Uncle Captain, you're here at the right time. Here is the ginseng planting method I found." After that, Yan Jiekuang handed the notebook in his hand to Gao Junsong.

Gao Junsong took the notebook with the ginseng planting method and said, "I just went to see Dalinzi. That guy does know a little about how to plant medicinal herbs. But he only knows how to plant them, but has never actually planted them. With the thing you gave me, this thing will most likely succeed."

Yan Jiekuang said, "Uncle Captain! Uncle Secretary! I have done what I should do. There is nothing else for me to do." Then Yan Jiekuang took out two packs of Peony cigarettes and handed them to Tian Dazhuang, saying, "Uncle Secretary, these are your wedding cigarettes."

Tian Dazhuang was stunned for a moment and asked, "Did your wife give birth to a boy or a girl?!"

Yan Jiekuang replied: "Both boys and girls."

"Okay! Okay! Okay! I'll take this cigarette!" Tian Dazhuang took the cigarette from Yan Jiekuang and said, "Peony is a good cigarette! You are so generous!"

Yan Jiekuang smiled and said nothing more. When he turned around and was about to leave, he saw Wu Haiwang coming over. When Wu Haiwang approached, Yan Jiekuang took out two packs of Peony cigarettes and handed them over, repeating to Wu Haiwang what he had just said to Tian Dazhuang. Wu Haiwang happily accepted the cigarettes.

After Yan Jiekuang left, Gao Junsong and the other two walked into the brigade. Gao Junsong first talked about selling wine. Soon he got the consent of Tian Dazhuang and Wu Haiwang. Then Gao Junsong talked about growing ginseng. Tian Dazhuang and Wu Haiwang thought about it for a while and agreed to give it a try. If it is feasible, they will promote it. As for the wine bottle, the brigade originally had one. It was just stopped when the capitalist tail was cut off. Now it is no problem to repair it and burn some earthenware.

Gao Junsong and his two companions were quite quick to act. After discussing, Tian Dazhuang immediately found someone to repair the kiln. Wu Haiwang went to find someone in the village who knew how to make wine to discuss setting up a wine workshop. Gao Junsong took the ginseng planting method written by Yan Jiekuang to find Dalinzi.

Around 2 o'clock in the afternoon, Gao Junsong and the other two returned to the brigade headquarters. Gao Junsong asked, "How are you two doing?"

Tian Dazhuang said: "When we sealed the kiln, we were careful not to damage it. It will take two days at most to repair the kiln. When the spring ploughing is over, we can start firing the kiln. But there are not many old craftsmen left."

Gao Junsong thought for a moment and said, "Find some young men from our team and let them teach us. No matter what, we can always teach them something."

Wu Haiwang said: "This morning I visited all the families in our brigade who are good at brewing wine. I talked to them about the winemaking workshop. They were all willing to participate. But they had one concern, which was that they were afraid they would not be able to take care of the farm work."

Gao Junsong said: "Our brigade has tractors. We have machines for plowing and harvesting. We don't need many people for other things. As long as the manpower is properly arranged, there will basically be no problem. Besides, they get paid for working in the winemaking workshop. Can't they buy rice with money?!"

Tian Dazhuang asked: "How is the ginseng planting going?!"

Gao Junsong said, "That kid Dalinzi fooled me. He has been secretly growing ginseng for a long time. But he just can't grow it well. He saw the method of growing ginseng given by Yan Jiekuang and told me directly that it is feasible. I plan to go to the town supply and marketing cooperative to find Meng Yongsheng tomorrow morning and ask him to find a way to get me some ginseng seeds."