Traveling through mountains and rivers

Is it this kind of person? I knew it from Ningze carrying the bowl on the way to Tao’s house. He really couldn’t hold it back. After eating one, he took the next one. I don’t know if he thinks it’s too delicious, or this kind of feeling Long time no see.

The bowl that was originally a sharp one was only mediocre when it arrived at Tao's house. Fortunately, Tao Qing dressed up a lot at that time, otherwise, if he ate like this, there would only be half a bowl left when he arrived at Tao's house.

Ning Ze was a little embarrassed when he reached the door, he really couldn't control the prehistoric power in his body.

So after arriving at Tao's house, Ning Ze was very guilty, he just put the bowl in Tao's house, said what it was by the way, and then didn't explain anything more, and then hurried home.

The three children were still lying on the table, holding chopsticks in their hands, and a small wooden bowl in front of them. They watched eagerly at the lotus root with meat on the table, and occasionally turned their heads to look at the door. Obviously, Tao Qing didn't let them go first. Eat, waiting for Ning Ze to come back together.

And the moment Lin Yao appeared, the eyes of the three children lit up, and they all ran down from the stool and hugged Ning Ze's thigh, "Daddy, you are back."

"Yeah, no one will let us eat first, Daddy, we are so hungry."

This was a complaint from a group of foodies. Ning Ze looked up at Tao Qing, Tao Qing looked at him with a helpless smile, "If I knew it earlier, I would have asked you to deliver it tomorrow. The little guys looked at the meat in the bowl, drooling It’s almost pouring out, if I hadn’t told you not to eat until you come back, they would have moved their chopsticks a long time ago.”

Ning Ze dragged the three children to the edge of the table, "Why don't you eat first when I'm waiting for you?"

Tao Qing didn't explain anything, it's not that Ning Ze didn't come back for dinner, so naturally he wanted to wait for him to join him.

Ning Ze first put a lotus root in a bowl for each of the children before washing their hands and eating. Although the family often eats meat in winter, it is the first time to eat something like this. The three children are particularly obvious, usually using chopsticks by themselves It's not very neat, but I didn't even shake my hands when I picked up the lotus root tonight, and I picked one by one!

Although this food was deep-fried, it wasn't easy to get angry in the weather, and they didn't eat every meal, so Ning Ze and Tao Qing didn't stop them from eating less.

Ning Ze asked Tao Qing only when there was only half of the lotus root meat in the bowl, "What do you think? Is it delicious?"

Tao Qing nodded, "It's delicious. Although I made the food, I've never eaten such a delicious food. Ze, you are amazing."

Ning Ze smiled, "I just opened my mouth, you did everything, so there's no question of whether it's great or not."

Tao Qing followed suit with a smile, "I never imagined a day like this before. Every day I eat meat when I want to, work when I want to work, and if I'm tired, no one will sit down and rest for a while." What do you say, your life is like a fairy."

Ning Ze laughed at him, "Are you satisfied with this?"

Tao Qing said seriously, "I'm satisfied, that's pretty good."

In fact, Ning Ze also thought it was pretty good, and it would be even better if he had another child.

It's a pity that he has worked hard for so long, but there has been no news.

Instead of talking about this topic, Ning Ze discussed with Tao Qing, "Tomorrow we will plant lotus roots, and now everyone is busy planting potatoes, so we have to do the work ourselves. Fortunately, there are not many, two days It should be done."

Tao Qing said, "Well, let's plant it yourself. It's not good if the pond is always empty. Now there is something to grow."

Ning Ze nodded, "Yeah, it's not easy. After we plant the lotus root, we will go out to find some fruit trees and plant them. I'm afraid we will have to send the three children to Dad and the others."

Tao Qing frowned, obviously reluctant to part with the three children, "How long will it be?"

"It's hard to say, it will probably take ten days and a half months, because there are so many fruit tree seedlings, it will take several days to dig them, let alone the journey back and forth."

Ten days and half a month is a long time, Tao Qing looked at the three children, "They have been with us since they were young, I'm really afraid they won't get used to it."

When the three children heard Tao Qing and Ning Ze mentioning them, they stopped eating, raised their greasy faces and asked, "Ah, do you want us?"

Tao Qing quickly shook his head, "How could it be, Ah Mo and Daddy just went out to buy some things."

"Oh!"

Hearing this, he was relieved, and then continued to cook rice, his mouth was full of oil, rice was all over his face, and the chopsticks never stopped, either cooking rice or picking up vegetables.

Ning Ze looked funny, and wanted to stretch out his hand to pinch his face, but it was too oily, so he resisted his urge and didn't do it.

Then Ning Ze looked at the dishes in the bowl, almost all of them were gone, and the three children didn't seem to want to stop, so Ning Ze stopped talking and knocked on the table in front of Tao Qing, "Hurry up and eat!" , it’s gone when it’s too late.”

When the three children heard this, they quickly put vegetables in their own bowls, and the family staged a battle for food at the dinner table...

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The next day, Ning Ze got up early and went up the mountain to walk his dog and children, and then came back to have breakfast. After breakfast, he went to plant lotus roots in the pond.

There is some water in the pond, but not much, and there is mud under it, which is just right for planting lotus roots.

The three children were playing with a group of puppies on the bank, while Ning Ze and Tao Qing were working below.

When I got out of the pond, I got drenched without any precautions, and then my body was covered with mud. That's fine. It's still winter, and the weather hasn't warmed up at all. As soon as I went down, I felt my whole body was frozen.

Ning Ze misses all kinds of waterproof tools now, such as boots and so on. Although they are not very warm, at least they will not let the pants get wet!

Tao Qing also felt cold, but he didn't say anything and kept his head buried in his work.

Ning Ze also knew that there was nothing he could do about it now, and he could only make a quick decision. The two of them kept busy in the pond, and they worked for a long time before planting a quarter of it.

Go back to cook at noon, take a break by the way, and then continue in the afternoon.

When it was getting dark, Ning Ze told Tao Qing to call it a day. After dark, it would be even colder. Not to mention the feet, even the body couldn't bear it, because the wind would still blow.

After two full days of tossing around like this, they finally planted all the lotus roots, and then Ning Ze went to bring in some water.

He planned to use this side to raise shrimps, and add some fish to the crab side, but he didn't know if they would all be caught by the crabs.

But getting along in the river is quite harmonious, there should be no major problems, Ning Ze guessed.

As soon as he said it, Ning Ze went to the river to fish for fish after planting the lotus root, and put all the fish in the pond. After several days of continuous fishing, he barely had a small amount.

After that, he would go to see if there was any overturned fish every day. Although this fish can live well by itself without any care in the river, it is not so easy to talk about after changing the place, so he went to see At that time, I really saw a lot of belly-ups, and he fished them all out.

Ning Ze didn't dare to eat it either, and threw it all away, fearing that something might be wrong. Tao Qing wanted to take it home to eat, but Ning Ze refused to let him. can eat.

After the fish and lotus root were done, the pond was full of shrimps, but there was no news from Mo Qi, so they could only wait.

At the same time, Ning Ze also heard another piece of good news, that is, there is a place to buy fruit trees.

This fruit tree is also a fruit tree specially planted by others. Many small trees are not needed. In the past, they were directly pulled out and used as firewood. This year Ning Ze went to the town to inquire about it, and he really got it. There are still many fruit trees in Ze's village that have not been uprooted. You can take him to have a look.

This village is not very far from theirs, just a day's journey. As soon as Ning Ze heard that there was hope, he hurried back and told Tao Qing, and arranged for the three children in the family, he, Tao Qing, and The three brothers Ning Dong and Tao An went out together to dig fruit trees.

Ning Ze felt that it was okay to spend a little more money, as long as he could find a suitable and satisfactory one.

And he heard that there are many kinds of fruit trees in this village. Although they are small seedlings, they can be grown after digging them back for a few years.

And there are so many peach trees in the mountains, next year you may not see any other fruit trees, but there will definitely be peaches.

They also have some spare cash in their hands, so they are not in such a hurry.

What's more, in autumn, when the river crabs are plump, there are so many crabs in the pond, and they must be sold for a lot of money at that time.

In the village, Ning Ze did see a lot of fruit trees, but the saplings that could be sold to them were too small. Yes, but I didn’t bring many fruit saplings with me when I left, only a hundred or so, and they didn’t have much effect on the mountain.

So Ning Ze had no choice but to inquire again. Coincidentally, when he went to the town again, Mo Qi told him two good news. One was that the bandits by the sea were repelled. There was no way for him to report this matter, so the First Prince gave him a reward in private, 100 taels of silver. For him, it was an absolute windfall. In short, Ning Ze was very satisfied.

And another thing is that there are shrimp seedlings, which can be delivered in two days.

Both things are good things, Ning Ze immediately burst into joy, "Dr. Mo, thank you so much, and trouble you for making such a fuss."

Mo Qi waved his hand and said, "It's nothing, anyway, I have a share of the money."

Ning Ze asked again curiously, "Doctor Mo, what do you want so much money for? No matter how I see it, you don't want to be a money lover!"

Mo Qi looked at Ning Ze, and didn't answer him directly, but asked, "Do you think the treasury will be short of money?"

The national treasury is tight. This sentence must appear frequently in costume TV dramas. Although it is TV, there will definitely be a shortage of money in the national treasury, so Ning Ze said, "Of course there will be, but this one will save money with you. Does it matter?"

"Because I want to do my best!" These words were full of melancholy, and there seemed to be a trace of nostalgia.

Ning Ze suddenly thought of the person he met earlier, maybe it was related to that person?

The emperor will always grow old and die, and then a new emperor will succeed him.

Ning Ze didn't know if he had guessed correctly or not, and it was probably about the same.

So he stopped asking this question, and instead talked about the fruit tree he was looking for.

Mo Qi smiled, "Old rules, I'll find it for you, how about it?"

It was too late for Ning Ze to be happy, so how could he refuse, he said, "I wish for it!"

"So, then we're done."

The two reached a second agreement. By the way, they agreed to pick up the shrimp seedlings two days later, and Ning Ze left with the 100 taels of silver.

After returning home, Ning Ze handed over the money to Tao Qing, jokingly said, "If our current money can be saved, we will have no worries in this life."

Tao Qing ignored him, turned around and walked away. How could this guy who wanted to eat meat all the time save money.

Two days later, Ning Ze brought people back to the town to pull shrimp seedlings, borrowed a bullock cart, and prepared a lot of wooden barrels.

Shrimp seedlings are really shrimp seedlings. I didn’t see any meat, and I don’t know how much a bucket can hold.

The only thing Ning Ze could comfort himself was that something was better than nothing, and then he took everything back.

They didn't put them in the pond right away, but kept them in buckets with river water for a few days, and put them down after seeing that there were no problems.

In this way, everything in the pond was gathered together, Tao Ping finally had something to do, and Ning Ze completely handed over the pond to him.

Tao Ping was also very responsible, and asked the old people in the village how to raise fish, which reassured Ning Ze and the others.

Then the last ones left were fruit trees. This time Ning Ze himself was also inquiring about it, and gathered around a hundred more scattered, but the number was still far from enough.

However, there was no news from Mo Qi's side. It was not until the spring of March, when all things were revived and a hundred flowers bloomed, that the fruit seedlings that Mo Qi asked people to look for were long overdue.

What satisfied Ning Ze was that the fruit seedlings were larger than the ones he had found, and the quantity was enough. After this batch was planted, almost all the fruit trees on the mountain.

Then the orchard was handed over to Ning Dong. What Ning Ze did every day was to run around the mountain with his children and dogs.

Children grow slowly, and this speed is still not up to speed. Dogs are different. After a few months, they have become half-grown dogs. They run wild all over the mountains. Now Ning Ze has to whistle to call them back. .

Then divide the dogs into four groups, one on the mountain during the day and one at night, and one at the pond during the day and night. There is almost nothing to rest during the day, because nothing has come out yet, so no one covets it, but it needs to be guarded at night Just a little bit.

With everything set up, Ning Ze has no worries and feels that he can retire.

By the way, recreate people or something.

But Tao Qing disagreed, and insisted that Ning Ze invite a master to teach the three children how to read and write, and then he would follow suit.

Ning Ze opened his mouth and didn't know what to say for a long time. He agreed with it earlier, but why did he add him? He actually knows how to read, but he didn't dare to say it because he was afraid of revealing his secrets.

But he couldn't say this to Tao Qing, so he had to resign himself to his fate and find a teacher to accompany him to read. When Tao Qing himself had nothing to do, he would follow along to learn how to read, and he was quite serious. That's it, Ning Ze I don't even know what to say.

In August, osmanthus is fragrant, crab roe and crab are fat. It may be that I am too serious about reading, so I didn't notice that the time slipped away a little bit, and it was August.

The crabs in the pond were ready to be sold, so Ning Ze began to discuss with Mo Qi how to sell them.

He has dishes for crabs, which can be sold together. This year, there are not many sold, so they are all sold to Laiyue Restaurant. Next year, they will be sold elsewhere.

There are also fish and shrimp, some can walk, and there are also a lot of lotus roots. The pond is considered a small bumper harvest.

And the orchard doesn't produce any other fruits except peaches. Mr. Wu, who got the sweetness last year, rounded up the peaches, and he doesn't have to worry about selling them.

Everything seems to be going smoothly.

The only thing that happened to me was that Tao Qing vomited while eating meat at home...

It looks like this, either you have it or you are sick.

Finally, when Mo Qi saw it, it was true.

Ning Ze rolled his eyes at the sky, he really couldn't ask for it when he asked for it, now he doesn't pay so much attention to this matter, instead he came by himself.

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