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The final referee of the rose fruit peeling competition is Romon himself. As soon as the competition is over, Chen Jianhua arranges for people to weigh the thorn roses peeled by each contestant. Romon is responsible for scoring their quality, followed by several people , is responsible for calculating the total score and statistics.

Romon's eyes are really good. At the beginning, a few people with low scores raised objections, but they were dumbfounded by the unqualified products that Romon picked out from their baskets. In the end, everyone To be honest, what Lao Zhou said was just what he said, without any bargaining.

When the final results are counted, it will be the climax of this competition. Lao Zhou stands on the table and announces his name one by one. The person who puts the POSS is called a high-spirited person.

Among them was a girl from the sixth grade of Buffalo Town Central Primary School. Because of her high speed and good quality, she even beat hundreds of uncles and aunts. Come back next week.

In response to the strong request of the general public, Romon decided to hold such a competition every Saturday afternoon in the future. The National Day will be held for three consecutive days. The competition time will be October 03st, 30nd and [-]rd. The clock strikes [-]:[-].

Everyone thinks this kind of competition is very interesting, especially the people in the town. It is not too hard to peel the fruit for an hour and a half. Even if you take the children out on weekends to relax, it is not a loss, not to mention that if you do it well, you can earn a basket. Good things go back.

As for the results of everyone's labor after this game, if the quality is good, they will pass the test directly. Some of them will be sold to Ma Congrong, and some will be packaged and left in the cold storage of Niuwangzhuang. If they are stored for three to five days a week, they are not afraid of being damaged. .

For the poor quality, let the old people in the yard pick and process it again, which is faster than peeling the thorny rose fruit one by one, and the few remaining ones are too low in quality, so they have to be fed to chickens .

In the end, Lao Zhou calculated the total expenditure and income, and he still made a steady profit without losing money, especially after solving the problem that the supply of thorn rose pulp was in short supply. Boss Ma was happy, and Chen Chongquan from Yongqing was also happy. Every day in Buffalo Town There are also more people who drink thorn rose juice, and everyone is really happy.

Because the thorn rose is really promising, it can sell flower buds in spring, gather nectar in summer, pick off the petals to extract essential oils, and pick thorn rose fruit to sell juice in autumn. Plant a long belt of rose berries.

Hey, the group of monkeys on the mountain is also a good thing. In the future, the work of picking flowers and fruits, Luo Meng doesn’t know how much labor costs can be saved, that is, the corn on Niuwangzhuang will be more diverse next year. If the monkeys are willing to work hard Romon didn't mind giving them extra meals once in a while.

In the twinkling of an eye, it was October [-]st, when autumn was approaching. On this day, because the schools and units were on holiday, most of the young people studying and working in nearby towns also came back. The streets of Buffalo Town were particularly lively.

An Lijun dragged a big suitcase and walked on the familiar street. She hadn't come back for three years. She remembered that the last time she left was also in autumn, with the same dry and refreshing air, and the same high and blue sky.

An Lijun is the daughter of an ordinary family in Buffalo Town. She grew up ordinary and went to an ordinary university. In the first few years after graduation, she often went home, especially during the Chinese New Year. During the holidays.

But the two words "ordinary" don't always mean plainness and warmth. These two things are precisely what her ordinary family can't give her, because there is a younger brother below, whose parents treat boys differently and treat them differently for a long time. No matter how hot the heart of a child is, it will be cold.

Every time she came back full of hope, and then left disheartened, the time interval was longer each time. This time she stayed outside for three years. In fact, no one knows that she wants to go home more than anyone else, but she knows in her heart that that home is not her destination, nor can it be a harbor for her to rest occasionally.

When she was young, facing the partiality of her parents, she also thought that she would leave this place forever when she grew up, and find a small home of her own in the world outside of Buffalo Town, but when she grew up, she did not want to leave this place forever. She knows what it means to leave her homeland. She was born and grew up here, and this land has left an indelible mark on her soul.

"Drip..."

"Eternal Green, Evergreen, are you going to Evergreen?"

"How much is a catty of grapes?"

"..."

"Mom, I want to eat a big buffalo."

"It's gone by now."

"Well... I want to eat a big buffalo..."

"Why didn't you get up when I called you in the morning?"

"Ahh! I want to eat a big buffalo!"

"Let your father beat you up again!"

"..."

Crossing the noisy street, An Lijun walked into an alley familiarly. After a while, he came to a three-story brick house. There were several women in the yard who were weaving baskets. Among them was her mother.

"Oh, look! Your daughter is back!" one of the women said to her mother.

"You're back?" Her mother smiled nicely at her, and some genuine joy could be seen in her eyes.

"Yeah." An Lijun greeted the people in the yard, and entered the house with a big suitcase.

The old house was a bit shady, and the light wasn't particularly good, but it made people feel at ease. It's a pity that this house has no possibility of becoming her house until death.

A few years ago, her younger brother had already started to worry that she would divide the family property with him in the future. Of course, she had no such plan. The house was earned by her parents when they were young. Of course, they have the right to decide who will leave it to , In this matter, she is very self-aware, and she has never had extravagant expectations.

"Your father and others went to Niuwangzhuang to join in the fun. Liming's work is on holiday today, so he went to Yongqing with his friends." Her mother said to her outside the house.

"Oh, I see." An Lijun replied loudly.

"Have you eaten? There are shrimps and meatballs in the refrigerator. You can cook a bowl of noodles yourself. You cook better than me."

"I'll go out to eat." If An Lijun used to go home and hear his mother say this to her after a few years, he would definitely be sad and angry again, but now he can deal with it calmly. It's just that I have other plans, and I don't plan to live at home for a long time.

"Hey, Mr. Li, go to the newly opened food stall at Qiaotou. Today, our town is busy, and their food stall is open at noon. You go to their house to eat a sweet potato soup and boiled rice noodles. It tastes good. ” An aunt who worked with her mother in the yard said that she has been an old neighbor for more than ten years, and there is nothing she doesn’t know about the affairs of each household, but it’s useless to talk too much, it’s better to be kind gas.

"Oh, I'll try it later." An Lijun replied with a smile.

"Would you like to know the one with the most people? The boss's name is Luo Jingliang, and his wife's name is Chen Saili. You will know it after a while."

"Don't bring less money, their things are not cheap."

Several aunts in the yard reminded her that An Lijun washed his face, came out to say hello to them, and went out again.

I haven't been back for several years, and Buffalo Town is indeed much more lively than before. There are more cars on the street, and there are bustling crowds, including many young and beautiful young people, even on October [-]st. It was rare to see such a big day in the past.

Sure enough, there were many people at the food stall at Qiaotou. From a distance, An Lijun could smell the scent of sweet potato soup. This way of eating sweet potato soup with boiled rice noodles is relatively rare in other places. The former Buffalo Town was very closed, with high mountains and far away traffic. Inconvenience, apart from rice, sweet potatoes are the most produced in mountainous areas, so people here eat different ways, such as fried rice noodles with sweet potato vines, boiled rice noodles with sweet potato soup, and so on.

It was just past three o'clock in the afternoon, and it was not meal time, but the business of the two food stalls was very good, and one of them was even full of people, including men, women and children, and there were many stalls of various kinds parked by the creek. Various types of vehicles.

An Lijun ordered a sweet potato soup and boiled rice noodles, and found a seat to sit down. There was no empty table, so he had to share a table with others. This kind of situation is very common outside, but it was the first time she encountered it in Buffalo Town. .

Luo Jingliang and the others have even hired helpers now. There is a woman peeling sweet potatoes in the open space on one side, and there is a vegetable washer on the other side. Luo Jingliang's wife Chen Saili tied a money bag around her waist, and greeted Luo Jingliang while helping her. Guests and collect money.

Peeled and washed sweet potatoes are cut into strips as thick as a little finger, put a little chopped onion in the oil pan, fry the sweet potatoes until they are fragrant, add water and cook until the sweet potatoes are cooked thoroughly. Put the rice flour seasoning down, wait until it is cooked and pour it into a soup bowl, sprinkle with a handful of chopped green onion and a little pepper, and let it smell fragrant.

Luo Jingliang can cook four or five bowls in this big pot, which is supposed to be quite efficient, but he is still pushed by the guests, mainly because the smell is too craving, and he didn’t get his share, so if he just watched others eat it, It was really hard.

"Hey, your rice noodles." After waiting for about 20 minutes, it was finally An Lijun's turn.

"Hey, good." An Lijun smiled, and reached for the chopsticks. Just now, she was too greedy for the scent wafting over someone else's table, and she couldn't wait any longer.

The sweet potato soup boiled rice noodles at this stall does not look very good, but the taste is really excellent. First of all, the sweet potato is good, and the soup has a strong sweet potato aroma. After adding rice noodles and cooking, it is mixed with a touch This rice noodle is also very good, soft but not mushy, not only delicious, but also has a natural rice fragrance, eating delicious rice noodle soup, the faint shadow in An Lijun's heart seems to be caught by the afternoon sun After the sun melted, the whole mood became lighter. Sure enough, food is easy to make people feel happy.

"I've never seen you before, did you just come back from outside?" After the two young lovers opposite An Lijun left, Chen Saili took a handful of green onions, sat on the seat where they were just now, and beat her back twice. waist, and then talking to An Lijun while peeling the onions.

"Ah, just now."

"Where do you work? It's far away, right? If it's close, I should be back on weekends. This is the first time I've seen you."

"Don't go to work, do some small business by yourself."

"Oh, you also run your own business? Haha, I really can't tell. I see you as gentle and gentle, but I think you are in an office. If you want me to say, doing business is much more free than going to work, but it's tiring. Hey, hey, like these two days, everyone is on holiday, and we have to risk our lives to work."

"Your business is doing very well."

"It's okay, hehe."

"This rice noodle is also delicious."

"Hey, the ingredients are so good, it's hard to think whether it's delicious or not."

"Hey, hurry up, why are you sneaking off now?" Luo Jingliang, who was too busy over there, urged his wife again.

"Look, it's starting to urge you to die again." Chen Saili joked with An Lijun, and quickly responded to the other side, then took the peeled shallots to wash under the faucet, cut them into chopped green onions and gave them to Luo Jingliang supply over there.

The food at this food stall is delicious, but it is quite expensive. A bowl of sweet potato soup boiled rice noodles does not see any meaty smell, and the bowl is not too big. It costs ten yuan. I heard many people complain during the meeting. The proprietress It is said that their rice noodles are bought for more than ten yuan a catty, and the sweet potatoes are three and five yuan a catty. They are authentic Niuwangzhuang.

Hearing the words Niuwangzhuang, An Lijun also felt a little curious. Although she has been staying in other places these years, she has not paid less attention to their local forum posts. She often sees people mentioning Niuwangzhuang, which seems very strange. Usually, this time she plans to rent the blacksmith's house. I heard that the landlord is Luo Meng, the owner of Niuwangzhuang.

An Lijun had a full stomach and was not in a hurry. He walked slowly up the mountain along the road. On the road, he met a few groups of people coming down from the mountain. Some were driving, and some were walking together. With one or two tea eggs, there are also a few people carrying baskets.

"No, there are too many people today, it is too difficult to win the prize."

"Are you still coming tomorrow?"

"Come on, why don't you come? Anyway, if you are idle at home, you are idle, maybe you can win a basket back."

"Wow! Did you see the big basket for the special prize just now? There is also a jar of loquat wine in it. I heard that the jar of wine alone costs several hundred yuan!"

"I can't buy it for several hundred yuan. A while ago, someone heard Wang Dasheng and the others say when they were drinking that they all wanted to buy some kind of loquat wine and bayberry wine from Luo Meng, but he just refused to sell it."

"What is loquat wine and bayberry wine? Have you heard of wolfberry wine?"

"What's so great about goji berry wine? Our family has made it too. It's the goji berries we bought from Luo Meng's shop."

"Come on, people don't use goji berries to soak, they use fresh goji berries. The old man next door to our house dried goji berries for Romon. I heard that the first batch of goji berries were picked this year, but he didn't expose them to the sun. sold, all made into goji berry wine, and buried in the ground of Niuwangzhuang.”

"Where is it buried?"

"What's the use of asking about this? I haven't heard of the monkey stealing incident last time. Those poachers were chased by them until they lost their shoes. It's still on the mountain. How dare you go down the mountain to steal one?" try?"

"Who said it was going to be stolen, I just asked."

"Hey, you don't want to eat that egg? Give it to me!"

"It's a beautiful idea, and I leave it to my old sister."

"Yo, you really deserve to be the 24 filial brother."

"I didn't bring her here today because I was afraid that there would be too many people. I was so hoarse from crying."

"Do you think that Romon is a bit stingy? He worked for him for an hour and a half and only gave him two eggs."

"He also worked for an hour and a half, and got a basket of treasures."

"Oh, there is nothing you can do if you are slow."

"It's okay, we're close, come and practice more in the future, and your level will gradually improve."

"I heard that he will hold this competition every weekend in the future. Shall we come every weekend?"

"Come on, why don't you come?"

When An Lijun arrived at the blacksmith shop, it was already past five o'clock in the afternoon. The families who raised pigeons were all serving the pigeons in the backyard. Sun Linmu and his wife went to the town to set up a stall to sell roasted sweet potatoes. I won't be back at eight or nine o'clock.Boss Xiao took Aunt Ayun and their three girls to Niuwangzhuang that day. Only Lin Bo and the old man of the Ma family sat in the yard.

The two old men were talking, when they saw a gentle girl coming in from the yard, saying that they wanted to rent a house in a blacksmith shop, the old man of the Ma family immediately took out his mobile phone and called Romon, calculating the time, now and then The side game should have ended long ago.

Within half an hour, Luo Meng and Xiao Shulin brought Houwazi and Boss Xiao's family over.

Although Houwazi is a little different from ordinary children, Luo Meng and Xiao Shulin are still willing to let him have more contact with people outside. If there are any messy rumors that spread, the worst thing is that he just refuses to admit it. Anyway, the household registration has been completed, and the baby is already theirs, so how can others manage it so leniently?

"Who wants to rent a house?" Romon asked as soon as he entered the yard.

"That's the girl, from Buffalo Town, she's a silversmith even though she's just a girl." Lin Bo and the old man of the Ma family have already talked a lot to An Lijun at this moment.

"Hello." An Lijun stood up and greeted Romon.

"Hello, are you from our town?" Romon asked her.

"Yes."

"Why come out to rent a house by yourself?"

"You're getting older, besides, it's time for the brothers in the family to talk about marriage." An Lijun said with a smile.

"Oh." When she said that, Romon understood that in their mountainous area, patriarchy is a common phenomenon, and the young parents are better now. In the previous generation, this situation was relatively serious.

Then Luo Meng opened up the remaining vacant houses for her to choose. An Lijun originally chose a house with a persimmon tree in the back, but Cui old man discussed with her that he was a pigeon fancier and would move here soon. The one with trees is more suitable for them to raise pigeons, and asked her if she could choose another one, An Lijun readily agreed and found another hut.

Then it was to pay the rent and sign the contract. It was not the first time for Romon to be a landlord, and he did these tasks with ease.Xiao Shulin carried the monkey child to someone's backyard to watch the pigeons, and the child watched the pigeons seriously.

"Beep...beep..." While registering the ID number, the cell phone in Romon's pocket rang.

"Hey, what's the matter?"

"What? Land? Where is it?"

"Up the creek, oh, I know there's a wilderness there."

"Yes, why not."

"how much is it?"

"Success, help me get it down, and I'll give you two hundred catties of bayberry wine then."

"Goji berry wine? That won't work, I didn't get much in total."

"Okay, two hundred catties of red bayberry wine, and two jars of wolfberry wine for you."

"How much money you put on the back first, and I will give it to you later."

"What's the matter?" Boss Xiao came out with a large basin of washed grapes at this time, calling everyone to eat grapes.

"Ma Congrong said he would help me get a piece of land." Luo Meng hung up the phone and said.

"Where is the location?" Boss Xiao asked him.

"Just go down here. Just arrived at the roadside of Buffalo Town, which is also by the stream. When I was studying in the past, everyone piled up building materials there. Now it's empty, with a lot of weeds growing." After registering An Lijun's ID card information, he said to Boss Xiao.

"I know that piece of land. I wanted to try my best to get it down. Since you want it, then forget it." Boss Xiao said while eating grapes.

"You can take it if you want, and I don't have to." Luo Meng said and handed a contract, a deposit note and her ID card to An Lijun, and the renting procedure was considered completed.

"I don't necessarily have to. Tell me, what are you going to do with this land?"

"Build a house." Luo Meng leaned back in his chair as he spoke, and began to eat grapes, calling An Lijun to eat too.

"What do you want to build?" Boss Xiao asked him.

"Let's build a small-area commercial house." Luo Meng actually had this idea a long time ago, but he was always short on money before, and he was earning money very smoothly recently, and it happened that Ma Congrong told him that there was a suitable piece of land , so he thought about doing this.

"Small area? I don't think it's easy to sell in our place." In big cities, there are many single men and women, and they also have a relatively strong economic foundation. Small-area commercial houses are more popular. In Buffalo Town, most people buy houses at If you want to live with a family, it is not suitable for a small area.

"Not for sale, let's rent it first." Romon said.

"You don't find it troublesome to collect rent every month?" Boss Xiao bared.

"No trouble, I'm in a very happy mood." Luo Meng laughed, and said to Old Man Cui and the others: "Today is just the first day, and you can catch me this month's pigeons later."

"I think your small area still won't work." Boss Xiao thinks that Luo Meng's plan is not going to work.

"You'll see when the time comes." Romon said confidently.

"If you have any other tricks, tell me." Boss Xiao became impatient.

"The monthly rent is about 20 yuan. After [-] years of renting, the house will be given to them."

"What do you mean? How is that different from paying in installments?"

"We don't need a down payment, and we only sign contracts with people who don't have real estate in their names. It's mainly for young people who don't have much savings. Those who rent a house and can't live will all terminate the contract."

"When will the house be built?" An Lijun on the side couldn't help asking.

"The construction will start after the land is approved. If it goes well, you will be able to move in by this time next year." Luo Meng laughed.

"Okay!" An Lijun's eyes were brighter than ever before. Having a nest of his own, such a simple wish, has become a luxury and unattainable dream of many young people in this era.