Fruit Tycoon [Farming]

The weather is getting hotter and hotter, and the small river in front of Xu's house emits a bad smell. This river is near the house. There are a lot of garbage thrown by farmers in the river. The town spends money on river cleaning every year. Trash bins have also been installed. The environment is better, but there are still many people who have the habit of littering, and it will not be corrected in a short time.

Especially after the weather was hot, the smell of fermented stinky ditches wafted in his nose. When the door was opened, the smell of the river rushed straight into the house. Xu Yi could only close the door tightly all day long.Tantou was too lazy to go out this day, lying lazily on the floor of the living room, his tail dangling from side to side like a wall clock.

The uncle came in the evening, bringing the dishes cooked by the aunt, and a pot of wine. After Xu Ma's work was taken over by him, the nephew and uncle often drank and chatted. It was summer vacation, Liu Mingcheng He will also join the conversation between the two. Now that life at home is getting better and better, Liu Mingcheng doesn't have to stay at school to work during the summer vacation. He occasionally comes to help in the orchard, but most of the time he spends his graduation thesis at home, which is quite hard.

"The smell of your house..." Uncle waved his hand, "Drink some wine to get rid of the stench."

When the family conditions were not good, my uncle drank wine filled in plastic bottles, which cost only a few yuan a catty. Even if the conditions improved recently, my uncle couldn't change this habit. The wine brought to Xu's family was still cheap and low-quality Fortunately, he was not addicted to alcohol, so my aunt only said a few words occasionally, and my uncle was not happy when he talked too much.

Xu Yi brought two bottles of Wuliangye to his uncle during the festival, but his uncle kept saying no: "We drink this stuff, isn't it a waste?"

Wuliangye is a liquor from Yibin, Sichuan. The locals in Xiyun County used to drink baijiu produced by the local winery. In the past two years, their consumption has improved, and they drink a lot of products from Yanghe Winery. Most of them are the X-Blue series. But Wuliangye and Moutai are luxury products in baijiu. Even if someone accidentally gets a few bottles, they are displayed in the display cabinet, and not many are actually taken out to drink.

Xu Yi originally preferred cola. After the fruits such as watermelon and strawberry were produced at home, he bought a juicer, squeezed them together, and put them in the refrigerator to chill. The taste is refreshing and unique, except that it is more expensive , with no other disadvantages.

It can be said that when it comes to fruit and juice consumption, Xu Yi is absolutely extravagant to the extreme. Others can only see it with envy and jealousy. After all, it is not someone who can spend hundreds of yuan a day to drink juice.

"There are more and more people growing strawberries in our village and yours." The uncle picked up peanuts with chopsticks, "Those who didn't plan to grow strawberries have been busy with strawberry fields recently. I don't know what will change in the future What will it be like?"

Farmers have a habit of swarming together to grow grain.More than ten years ago, there was a mint plant in Xuyi Village. Every household set up a large iron stove and boiled mint oil in a large iron pot. Not to mention that one acre of mint field could not cook much oil. The village was surrounded by smoke all day long. Menthol smoke is choking and tastes kind.Xu Yi remembered that the mint stem was extremely hard and difficult to pull out. If he accidentally rubbed his mint-stained hands on his eyes, his eyes would be hot all afternoon.

Under the old wooden bed where Xu Yi used to sleep, there were several large pots of peppermint oil, which were filled to the brim with petrol cans. The price of peppermint was already low when it was harvested, so Dad Xu specially stored it until Xu Yi went to junior high school before planning to sell it. , but even after a few years, the price of peppermint oil has not satisfied Xu's parents and Xu's mother.

After the mint was planted, the villagers slowly planted cotton and mulberry leaves. Xu Yi remembered that the neighbor’s house next door was full of mulberry trees. When the mulberries were ripe, the greedy children would pick them from the trees. At that time, some mulberry trees had ginkgo disease. The adults in the village told the children that the fruit had been crawled by snakes and they could not eat it.For Xu Yi at that time, snakes were the most terrifying animals in the world. Every time he encountered a white mulberry, he would back away and keep his eyes firmly fixed on the ground, lest a snake suddenly dangle in front of him.

But later, the benefits of silkworm farming were not high, and the mulberry trees were also cut down to grow other plants.After going to college, Xu Yi was very surprised when he saw the mulberries in the school fruit shop with a high price tag. They were things that no one would pick when they dropped all over the ground when they were young. Two-year fertilizer.

Uncle Xu Yi used to help on sea ships, and he often brought some seafood to his cousin, such as shrimps, crabs and so on. Surprised: "Isn't that just a shrimp crawler? It's still expensive, and it tastes like a mouthful, and no one eats it!"

As for cotton, it took too much time and energy to grow cotton after the rise of cash crops, and the people in Yuntou Town gradually gave up on it.

The uncle took a sip of wine, and the chatterbox slowly opened up: "Farming is too hard, and I don't worry about Chengcheng's future. Don't be like him and me. Do you recognize Qin Cunsheng from the third team? Son The one who bought a house in Haishi."

Xu Yi nodded: "Yes, his son called me to play at home when I was in college."

"His wife died this morning." The uncle sighed, "Both he and his wife are good people, and the son they raised is not bad, but... hasn't they been collecting stevia lately? His wife used to help his son take care of the children in Haishi. She came here specially to help harvest stevia, she had high blood pressure, and she forgot to take antihypertensive medicine when she was busy cutting stevia, and fell in the field.

The pain of the peasants can’t be understood without personal experience, especially the elderly. Most of the elderly have worked hard for their children all their lives. example of.

These examples are undoubtedly sad, but they are also extremely real.

As soon as the alcohol came up, my uncle's face turned red: "I just thought, we old guys should treat ourselves better in the future. We should eat and drink. No one knows what life will be like tomorrow."

Xu Yi poured a glass of wine for his uncle, and clinked glasses with him: "Uncle, let's live our life well now, and think about it later."

"Yes, yes, yes!" The uncle gave Xu Yi a thumbs up, "Thanks to you, your uncle has suffered all his life, and when he grows old, he can still enjoy the blessings of his nephew."

After chatting with his uncle, Xu Yi called Secretary Han and said that he would pay to widen the roads in the village and clear the river.However, Xu Yi also showed his stingy side when he paid for the widening of the road. The roads in front of other people's houses were all widened, only the section in front of Uncle Xu's house remained the same.

Because of the five-meter-wide road, Second Aunt Xu went to the village committee to make a fuss for a while, but no matter how bitter she was, the whole village remained unmoved. Naturally, what he said was what he said.

But even if he pays, Xu Yi only pays for the public facilities and the environment in the village. If someone else asks for money, he will not pay a penny, especially those who rely on the old to sell the old, often before they reach the door. He was yelled at by the grinning Tantou, for which Xu Yi specially rewarded Tantou with several ham sausages, which made the dog happy. At the door of the house, Tantou stood guard at the door like a guard, no matter who shouted, he would not let in.

Once, the most arrogant old man in Xu Yi Village finally came.

The old man's achievements are well-known throughout the village. It doesn't matter who hosts weddings and funerals, as long as he is entertaining guests, he must occupy a seat. If anyone wants to drive him out, he will plop down on the ground, his body hurts here and there, He clamored to go to the hospital, insisting on mixing up other people's happy events into funerals.

If it's a funeral, this old man is not afraid, he just lay down next to the crystal coffin, as if refusing to leave, so the villagers are very polite to him, not only dare not drive him away, but also entertain him with good wine and cigarettes. Sometimes asking for red envelopes can also be successful.

One day, when the old man came, Tantou immediately felt like he was facing a formidable enemy, and yelled "Wow, woof" several times.

The old man walked to the left, Tantou also went to the left, the old man walked to the right, and Tantou also went to the right, but he was not allowed to enter the door.

The old man shouted through the window: "Boy surnamed Xu, the old man's old man is the sworn brother of your grandfather's grandfather. According to the rules, you should call me Grandpa Zeng. When Grandpa Zeng arrives at the door, you will pretend to be deaf and dumb as if you can't hear? Now that you are prosperous, the roads in the village have money to repair, and the poor relatives in the family don’t care. If I meet your grandfather’s father someday, I must talk to him, how can a young guy be rich and unkind? "

Xu Yi was speechless. To put it bluntly, this old man's grandsons are all over the village. If anyone's family organizes a wedding or funeral, the protagonist must be his relatives or grandchildren.

He is just like the one who emerged from the cracks in the rocks, without ancestors, and grandsons are everywhere.

"You dog..." The old man murmured for a long time, the door of Xu Yi's house was still closed tightly, and there was no sign of anyone coming out. After walking around for a long time, the old man's patience was exhausted, and when he was dealing with Tantou, The old man kept doing nothing, his body was leaning forward, and he was about to have an intimate contact with the ground.

At this critical moment, Tantou didn't know what to think, but ran under the old man in a flash, and when the old man fell lightly, Tantou was just pressed under him, not too tightly, and Tantou was not at all. He was a little injured, but the dog still let out a shrill howl, which completely overwhelmed the old man's voice.

"My leg hurts, I'm afraid my leg is broken... Hiss, it hurts to death..."

"Woooooooooooooooooooooooo..."

People are barking, and dogs are barking, like a harmonious sonata.

The old man who fell on the ground: "You dead beast, what's your name?"

But Tantou curled up the crushed leg, the dog's face was full of pain, and the heart-piercing roar was so sad that anyone who saw it would cry when he heard it, and he even staggered when he walked.

It just walked up to the old man, sobbing and crying.

Coincidentally, the owner of the chopsticks next door to Xu Yi passed by, and seeing Tantou in such a miserable state, he couldn't help saying, "Tantou, your leg was crushed?"

Tantou's sobs suddenly became louder.

"Uncle X, you crushed his dog's leg, I'm afraid you have to pay him some money." The neighbor said, staring at the old man lying on the ground.

Old man: "..."

He has run amuck in the village for decades, and he stumbled on a dog?