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The area of ​​the reservoir contracted by Lao Du and his family is not too large, but the renovation is not bad. There are two wooden houses on the edge of the reservoir, and a corridor is built in front of the house. There are big trees for shade, and it looks like a paradise.

From a distance, Luo Meng and Xiao Shulin saw a group of half-grown chickens begging for food around a woman in the open space next to them.

"Fifth Aunt, isn't Old Uncle Du here?" Old Du's wife is a taciturn woman with a relatively independent personality. When she lived in Dawan Village, she didn't go out very often. Although Luo Meng could recognize her, she didn't know her. unfamiliar.

"Oh, here comes Romon, you wait, I'll go and call him." The fifth aunt could recognize Romon, and now Romon is considered a celebrity in Buffalo Town, especially the people from Dawan Village , there is no one who doesn't know him.As the fifth aunt said, she scattered the chicken food in the shed in twos and twos, then wiped her hands on the apron, and hurried up the ridge.

After Lao Du came back, Luo Meng and Xiao Shulin naturally received a warm reception.

"What's wrong, Uncle Du? Are you busy today?" Luo Meng vaguely felt that he came at a bit of an untimely time.

"It's nothing. An old man in Shangkanna Village passed away. He asked me to help. There are still many people up there, so I'm not missing." Old Uncle Du waved his hand and said casually.

"I heard from Wenying that all the crayfish in your family are almost grown. I don't have anything to do today, so I'll come and have a look." Luo Meng explained the purpose of coming here.

"It's almost there, do you want to take a few catties back and try it?" Lao Du said, and was about to go into the house to get something.

"No hurry, we'll go fishing by ourselves in a while."

"Okay, hehe, today is also a coincidence. Wenying, an old classmate of his, came back to the town and asked him to go out to get together. He usually stays here. This kid is more caring than me." Speaking of his son , Old Uncle Du also had a look of relief, young people nowadays are much more ignorant, and his son can be like this, Old Du is also very satisfied.

"How are the crayfish? Have you fished them?" Compared to Du Wenying, Luo Meng was more interested in the crayfish in their reservoir.

"I have tasted it a few times, but I haven't fished it seriously. It's not worth selling now. I might as well wait another 20 days, around the New Year's Eve, when the price will be better." Old Uncle Du rubbed his hands and said.

"Yes, the price will definitely be better during the Chinese New Year than it is now." Romon said the same.

"I heard from Wenying that you still grow strawberries in Niuwang Village?" Strawberries around the Spring Festival are not cheap.

"Hey, my niece likes to eat. There are a lot of varieties." Romon didn't lie.

"Do you eat sweet potatoes, crayfish?" At this moment, Xiao Shulin, who was squatting on the edge of the reservoir and gnawing on roasted sweet potatoes, suddenly asked.

"You can eat anything, but you can't catch crayfish with your roasted sweet potatoes. You should be crushed by them after a few strokes. You two wait, I'll go into the house and cut a piece of meat for you?" Old Uncle Du After talking, Dian Dian went into the house to cut meat for them.

"Co-author, you bought the roasted sweet potatoes for shrimp fishing?" Luo Meng smiled and looked at Xiao Shulin who was gnawing on the roasted sweet potatoes.

"Just asking, do you think I'm stupid?" If he didn't ask, how would people know that he was anxious to catch shrimp at the moment?

After a while, Lao Du came out with two pieces of meat. He took the lean meat from his own refrigerator, cut two pieces of meat into finger-thin strips, tied them with a rope, and served them with his hands. When fishing for crayfish in the reservoir, there is no need for a fishing rod.

"You'd better go busy, old Uncle Du. I promised him that it's not good to go away temporarily. Let's play casually by ourselves and call you when we want to go back later." Luo Meng knew that on their side, who It is not appropriate to ask people to help with funerals at home. At this moment, Lao Du left halfway through his work, which is not appropriate.

"Can you two know how to fish? Do you want me to teach you first?"

"It's okay, I'm fishing for fun. If I really can't catch anything, I'll call you to come back and help us catch a few catties." To be honest, Old Uncle Du was too enthusiastic, and they felt uncomfortable.

"Well, before you go back later, you must call me." Old Uncle Du told Luo Meng and the others, and then explained to his wife that when Luo Meng and the others are going back later, they must remember to call him back.

Old Uncle Du left, Fifth Aunt greeted Luo Meng and the others, and Luo Meng said that they fished by themselves and asked her to do her own work, and she really went to do her own work.

"Do you know how to catch crayfish?" Luo Meng had already checked the information on the Internet, and now he intends to show off in front of Xiao Shulin.

"Let's see who catches more?" Xiao Shulin grinned without showing any timidity.

"Have you ever fished?" Romon said in disbelief.

"Having never fished can't stop us from being talented." Xiao Shulin said, and then he took a red bucket from the porch and went directly to the reservoir.

A lot of field ridges were built in a haphazard manner in the reservoir, probably to minimize dead angles and allow crayfish to move unimpeded in the pond. Field ridges are often disconnected, and the tops are only built with wooden planks. Xiao Shulin's legs and feet are flexible. After two turns, I turned to the middle of the reservoir.

Luo Meng squinted to see Xiao Shulin squatting on the ridge of the field, lowering the rope with the pieces of meat down along the water's edge, then gnawed on roasted sweet potatoes while waiting for the crayfish to get the bait, and soon followed.

The crayfish is also a stick, stupid and domineering. When the food is caught, it will not let go of the pincers. It is quite relaxed, happy and fulfilling. A few hours later, Luo Meng and Xiao Shulin are belching I went back with more than ten catties of crayfish.

Of the more than ten catties of crayfish, five catties were samples for Jiweilou. Luo Meng promised Old Uncle Du that he would match him with Jiweilou.The remaining few kilograms of Luo Meng said that he would give money, but Old Uncle Du refused to give it up. In the end, he pushed back and forth, but he still couldn't give it. He said that when the strawberries in Niuwangzhuang were ripe, he would pick a few kilograms for them.

As for the burp, it was purely from roasted sweet potatoes. Old Uncle Du asked the two of them to stay for dinner, but Luo Meng refused.

On the way back, Xiao Shulin said that he would share a few catties of crayfish and ask Sun Linmu to help him bring them to Boss Xiao. After thinking about it, Luo Meng decided to forget it. Sun Linmu will be late to go home, so he might as well go back to Niu Wang later. Zhuang, let his aunt Liu Caiyun bring him there.

The five catties given to Jiweilou were packaged separately and placed in the kitchen, so that the fat man could watch over them, and don’t tell them to die, and then gave out a few catties, and let Liu Caiyun take them back later, saying that they were raised by a person in the same village. Crayfish, let everyone at the blacksmith shop follow suit.

That night, after the fat chef Hou Jun finished cooking the meals in the courtyard, he went to the house deep in the valley at the request of Luo Meng. Luo Quangui and his son, Bian Dajun's family, Lin Kuo, Luo Zhifang and Liu Ruhua also went with him. .During this period of time, Bu Yigua happened to be away on business and he was not at Niuwangzhuang, so he was not invited tonight, and even though Bu Yigua lived in Niuwangzhuang, in fact he and Luo Meng and the others did not go far away. close.

In addition to the ready-made meals from the courtyard, they also killed a chicken, hugged a watermelon, and the crayfish that Luo Meng and the others brought back today.In front of the delicious food, Hou Jun is naturally full of energy, and within a short time, he prepared a table of good dishes, especially the big pot of spicy crayfish, the color, fragrance and taste, which make people's index fingers move.

Satisfied with food and drink, Romon let Bian Dajun's two children play games on his computer, while the adults still sat around the dinner table and talked about serious business.

"Everyone has worked hard this year, and they all said that everything is difficult at the beginning. You have all made great efforts for our Niuwangzhuang." The few sitting here are the main cadres of Niuwangzhuang, although Luo Meng doesn't like some Business organizations hold meetings every three days, but sometimes it is necessary for everyone to get together to sort out past work and plan for the future.

"To be polite, we are all paid to work, and we should work hard." Among these people, only Bian Dajun could say a few words like this.

"I won't say too many polite words. Anyway, I have seen and remembered how much you have done for Niuwangzhuang. At this time last year, I was still empty-handed. I just came back from the outside. At this time this year, let's see , Niuwangzhuang has such a large industry, of course everyone has contributed to it." Although these words are disgusting, it is still necessary to express one's attitude.

"Don't say that, Luo Meng, if it weren't for you, how would our father and son's life be uncertain now?" Luo Quangui said this sincerely.

"Hey, don't talk about Uncle Quangui like that. I didn't give you money for nothing. I have to thank you father and son. Let's talk about what to do next year while everyone is full today. There are more and more, let's deal with it together." Luo Meng felt that it was time to divide the work in Niuwangzhuang.

"Everyone knows about planting herbs. Lin Kuo is in charge. There are fat people in the cafeteria, and the calves are put into Xiguan. Over the cowshed, the most important big buffaloes in our Niuwangzhuang are Uncle Quangui. Watching with the army, there is Fengxiang's sister-in-law over the chicken coop."

"Your Fengxiang sister-in-law is afraid that she can't manage those chickens. She can't do it alone. If you send her a manpower, she might not be able to command it." Bian Dajun heard that Luo Meng wanted his wife Chai Fengxiang to take care of the chicken coop. While happy, I also feel a little worried.

"Usually when Ruhua is free, I will help our sister-in-law Fengxiang. In addition, when there is a lot of work, you can also come to the courtyard to find someone to help. If you have any difficulties, you can directly talk to me when the time comes, our Niu Wang Zhuangshang, don't want those who bully the weak and fear the hard."

"As for Ru Hua, look at the amount of pickles and sauerkraut we pickled on the mountain this year, and it's a mess when we're busy. I'll leave it to you to direct the pickles and how many vegetables to pickle in the future, how about it?"

This job requires leadership skills, and Luo Meng looked at Liu Ruhua as good, he can do it softly, he can do it hard, he has a loud voice and a quick mind, and he is not afraid to direct those who work.

"Boss, will you raise your salary?" Liu Ruhua took the opportunity to ask.

"As your manager, can I not give you a salary increase?" Romon laughed.

"That's right, I agree." To be honest, she also likes the job of directing other people's work.

"Since you have agreed, let's find out how many pickles we have in Niuwang Village, how much we ship every day, how many are grown in the greenhouse, how many will be planted in the later period, and the jars of pickles. Procurement and maintenance, you have to know the bottom line in your heart." This is a big account, and Romon has been thinking about it recently.

"...Leader, will you be assigned an accountant?"

"The leader hasn't accounted yet, just wait."

After talking about the work assigned to Liu Ruhua, it was Luo Zhifang's turn next: "We have opened a lot of terraced fields on the mountain since autumn this year, and I asked my father to save rice for planting, next year these fields will be planted with rice Yes, I was thinking about raising some fish in the rice fields, but the area of ​​our terraced fields is still a bit small after all.”

"Leave this to Zhifang. Didn't you just say you wanted to dig a pond? Although our paddy field is still a bit far from the pond, you should treat it as an internship. When we have more people on the mountain next year, you can find Dig a pond in this place, and when the time comes, whether you want to grow lotus roots or something else, it’s up to you, will it work?”

"Success." Luo Zhifang was very simple, and agreed with one sentence.