Back home to start a farm

After finishing their work in the morning, Qu Deyun and Zhang Yun drove to the town. There is also an oil mill in the town where they have invested countless efforts over the years.

During the time they lived in the village, the two of them also visited the town from time to time, in case the staff in charge of management didn't take good care of them when they were gone.

In fact, they lived in the village in summer. Both Qu Deyun and Zhang Yun experienced the changes in the village. Living in the village, they ate well and slept well. Their waists were no longer sore and their legs were no longer hurting. Their son could see them every day. All the acquaintances in the village said what they had to say.

Thinking about the days when the two lived in the oil mill, I don't want to go back.

However, a few years ago, the two of them never expected that such a big change would take place in the village. After spending years of savings, they finally moved the oil mill to the town. Now that they want to move back, they always feel a little unwilling.

The husband and wife have discussed it several times in private, but they have lost the decisiveness they used to have. They are still hesitating and dragging on until now.

Qu Chi didn't notice his parents' troubles. After he received the farm machinery rented by the village and entered the village, he ran to the field with Qin Shi.

Although the summer sun was fierce, there were several torrential rains throughout the summer vacation. The stream flowing down from the mountain has never dried up, and it has been moisturizing the fields in the farm, so that Qu Chi doesn't have to worry about irrigation.

The most recent fields are planted with corn. When the corn was still tender, Qu Chi broke a lot of corn cobs and sold a lot of them in the online shop. Now the corn has not been harvested, and the corn cobs are almost sold. a fifth.

The current corn is not as moist as it was when it was tender, but it has accumulated more starch, which should taste sweeter than before.

The crops planted by other villagers in the village can be harvested. A few days ago, someone came to ask Qu Chi when he planned to rent a harvester this year. It would be more cost-effective to rent a harvester with Qu Chi.

Last year, the villagers saw Qu Chi's benefits, and this year, almost every household's fields were full.With money in hand, everyone was going to rent a harvester, not just Qu Chi's family, so Qu Chi chose to be lazy and told the village committee about it. In the future, the village committee will organize all harvesters that can be harvested by machine.

The village's work efficiency is much higher than before. Qu Chi only discussed with the village committee two days ago. Yesterday the village committee counted the specific number of acres that need to be harvested, and today they rented agricultural machinery.

Qu Chi has been busy for two days for this, and those who planned to buy a boat with Qin Shi didn't have the time.

Different agricultural machines were busy in different fields. The villagers stood under the shade of the trees and watched. Lin Yuan and the other five also joined in the fun, and Qiao Yang even broadcast live.

Qu Chi crossed the corn field and came to the vicinity of the peanut field. The surrounding fields are also planted with soybeans. These two are very important oil crops, and almost every family in the village grows them.

Even though he didn't hear his parents mention his troubles, Qu Chi still thought of the oil press.Now the land in the village is basically not abandoned, and it is inconvenient to transport it to the town. It seems a good idea to start an oil mill in the village again.

As for the oil mill in the town, there is no need to close its doors. The customers there are mainly from other villages. It is enough to hire someone to continue to open it. It is just a matter of buying an extra set of oil extraction equipment.

Qu Chi plans to wait for his parents to come back, and find time to talk to them. After all, the environment in Xishan Village is much better than the environment in the town, and it is also good for their health to live in the village.

The sound of the machinery roaring was a bit noisy, the birds that usually like to fly around disappeared, even the courageous cats and dogs didn't run this way very much, and there was still a lot of dust flying in the sky.

When the weather got hot, Qu Chi didn't plan to watch around in the village anymore, so he took Qin Shi and drove out of the village to watch the boats.

The two went to the town first according to the address and contact information given by Qu He. Some shops were closed, and the two that opened sold inflatable boats, plastic boats, and pedals for tourists to play in the park. Boat.

None of these boats satisfied them, and in the end Qu Chi and Qin Shi ran to the house of the craftsman who made the boats.

Handmade boats are not only a lot of movement, but also require a lot of movement, so the shop is not open in the town, and if you want to buy it, you have to go to the village where the craftsman lives, not far from Bijiang.

Just by looking at the name of Bijiang Town, one can tell the status of the river Bijiang in their town.The village that Qu Chi was going to depended on Bijiang for food decades ago. At that time, there were no or could not afford expensive boats, and most people in that village used wooden boats to get out of the water for fishing.

There are those who need to go fishing by boat, and of course there are those who make boats. The family they are looking for has been making boats for generations, and one has been handed down to this day.

After inquiring all the way, they finally came to the entrance of the village. As soon as Qu Chi entered the village, he was surrounded by many cats in the village.This village may have caught too much fishy smell, which attracted many cats to settle in the village.

As soon as Qu Chi arrived, he was caught by the cat's sensitive radar. Before he reached the boat house, he was touched by several kittens, causing many children to look at him enviously.

Followed by several cats, Qu Chi struggled to come to the door of the boat house. The door was wide open, and there were several boats made of wood or bamboo in the yard. The price of the ship, as well as the materials and specific specifications.

After entering the yard, they saw that the door to the next room was also open, and an uncle who seemed to be in his 50s was holding a saw and a half-formed wooden boat under him.

Hearing someone coming in, the uncle didn't even lift his head: "All the ones in the yard are sold. If you want to customize, write down the requirements and contact information in the book next to it." After finishing speaking, he completely ignored it.

Qu Chi and Qin Shi had no choice but to look at it by themselves first. The wooden boat looked more charming. After carefully observing the differences between these boats, they finally stopped in front of a wooden boat made of walnut wood at the same time.

This wooden boat is a small boat for two people. It is a bit like a black awning boat. The single canopy standing in the center of the boat is made of bamboo strips. The whole is arched, which can block the sunlight from the top of the head. The black awning boat is taller, and the color of the hull is dyed a beautiful maroon.

The hull under the canopy is carved with two rows of seats facing each other, and there is a small table integrated with the hull in the middle, and the pattern of a chessboard is also carved.

"How about it?"

"I want this one."

The two happily reached an agreement, and were able to accept the price marked above. Although they said they were not going to bargain, it was not easy to bring such a boat back. If not, they had to borrow Quhe's truck.

As if knowing what the two of them were thinking, the uncle who was on a boat in the house said again: "There is a QR code on the back, transfer the price and note the address and contact information, it will be delivered the next day in this town at the latest, and three days later in this city." Delivered within days."

Okay, just transfer the money as he said, Qu Chi finally got rid of those cats, and then returned to the village with Qin Shi in the car.

Back in the village, the corn field was basically harvested. When the sun was not so strong at five o’clock, Quchi’s peanut field began to be harvested. The peanut seedlings were pulled up one by one, and the roots were full of peanuts. Some of them entered the harvester. There are also some scattered in the farmland, and they are all plump peanuts.

Qu Chi personally supervised the work beside the peanut field, with a basket of figs at his feet, and told the boy scouts standing on the ridge of the field not to run behind these agricultural machines, lest they would not understand the seriousness of the situation and would Take out your phone and play the video on the reverse side.

The frightened children carried small baskets and stood obediently on the ridge of the field. When the farm machine had harvested all the acre of land and moved it to another field, some children immediately raised their hands: "Brother Qu Chi, the harvester Already gone, shall we begin?"

Qu Chi nodded: "Okay, everyone pay attention to safety, don't fight and be careful not to trip."

These children ran to the ground quickly, staring at the peanuts falling in the ground, picking them up one by one and putting them in the basket.

If a child is serious, the efficiency of picking up peanuts is higher than that of adults. His little hands are very accurate in pinching the ground, and sometimes he grabs several peanuts and puts them in the basket.

Qu Chi planted a lot of peanuts, and many fell on the ground. The small baskets these children carried were not very big. As they were very serious, soon some children came to Qu Chi with small baskets full of them. .

"Should I eat the figs now or let me remember them for you." Qu Chi checked roughly, and if there was no major problem, he held up the sack and asked the child to pour the peanuts into it.

"Remember, I have to go back and continue picking."

Soon, the children who had picked up a basket full of them ran to Qu Chi one after another. Some of them caught a lot of dirt when they were catching peanuts. Qu Chi shook the basket, and a lot of dust fell from the bamboo chips. The gap between them fell down, and a portion of the basket full of peanuts suddenly disappeared.

The boy standing in front of Qu Chi looked at the basket, pursed his lips in fear, Qu Chi smiled and rubbed his hair, and handed him the basket: "There are still so many peanuts on the ground, just fill up the basket again." Now, be careful not to grab too much soil this time."

"Yeah." The boy nodded and joined the peanut-picking team again.

The speed of mechanical harvesting is much faster than that of children. This mu of land has not been harvested yet, and another mu of land will be harvested.

A group of high school students who were still on summer vacation ran over, and ran up to Qu Chi with their shoulders crossed, "Brother Qu Chi, can we do the job of picking peanuts for figs?"

Qu Chi estimated the time, these children would definitely not be able to pick them up before dark, so he nodded and agreed, "Yes."

"We can rest assured when you say that."

The high school students with their shoulders hooked let go of their hands and distanced themselves. A few people standing behind showed the tools they had prepared, and ran to the peanut field next door that had just been harvested, shouting as they ran, "It's done!" Don't go back on your word."

No matter what you use, I will count as one fig per basket, so there is nothing to regret.

The high school students who came here were really prepared. Each of them had a small rake that was as long as an arm. It was very rough, and they should have made it themselves.Four long nails were fixed to the wood as thick as three fingers, and the ends of the nails were smashed and bent into a format. Thin iron wires were wrapped around the nails to form a grid shape.

Holding a wooden stick in his hand, he pulled the rake on the ground. Small pieces of soil were exposed from the gaps in the grid, leaving only peanuts and relatively large stones. Sweeping lightly with his hands, the stones shook off, and the peanuts All fell into the basket.

I have to say that the efficiency of using tools is much higher than that of children. It seems that all the peanuts in these acres of land can be picked up before dark.

Qu Chi hadn't realized the seriousness of the problem at this time. When the children ran over with the full bamboo baskets, saw the tools in the hands of the older children, and looked at the speed at which they were picking up peanuts, he immediately howled: "It's not fair. , they are cheating."

The older children also ran over with baskets full of peanuts, and proudly raised the rakes in their hands and said, "Why are you cheating? We made these rakes ourselves. We almost hurt our hands."

"It's just not fair."

"It's just cheating."

"Anyway, we pick it up faster than you."

Seeing that the two sides quarreled without giving in at all, and the child was almost crying, Qu Chi stood up and organized: "Okay, I'm tired after picking peanuts for so long, let's rest first Have something to eat later, and whoever quarrels will be disqualified from participating in the event."

Give a sweet date and make a stick, and the effect will be immediate.

"What are you eating?"

"I want to save the figs for tomorrow."

"Could it be eating peanuts?"

A group of big foodies and snacks are all focused on eating.

Qu Chi said angrily: "It's not figs or peanuts. Let's go, follow me to wash your hands, and you'll have something to eat when you come back."

The two groups of children followed Qu Chi and came back after washing their hands. Instead of walking between the two peanut fields just now, Qu Chi led them to the slope next to the field. At this time, Qin Shi was sitting on the slope with Snowball, on the left There is a big bamboo basket, and on the right is a hill of chopped corn stalks.

"It's the big rabbit raised by Brother Qu Chi!"

"The big rabbit has a name. I remember it's called Snowball. It's really as white as snow."

"Is the basket next to Brother Qin Shi just food?"

"Snowball is so big, it must eat a lot every day."

"Hush, Xueqiu is afraid of strangers. You will frighten him by talking loudly, let alone quarreling in front of him, or you will frighten him too much to go out." Qu Chi probably exaggerated his words, and would dare to go out and talk to him under normal circumstances. It would be more courageous for the big white goose to fight with Qin Shi and him, but this kind of argument is obviously very effective.

The younger children covered their mouths and spoke softly. The older children also lowered their voices, looking at Xueqiu with eyes full of curiosity, and the two groups of children quickened their pace and walked over.

This small gentle slope was sprinkled with alfalfa seeds by Quchi, and now it is full of alfalfa, with beautiful purple flowers blooming.

Xueqiu lay beside Qin Shi, not caring about the little hand that touched him gently.Qu Chi beckoned the children to come down, and the thick alfalfa grass became the best blanket, allowing the children to sit in a row.

The child who was more fond of small animals couldn't wait to run over and try to get in touch with Snowball. Under Qin Shi's guidance, he held the hay that Qin Shi brought over and tried to feed Snowball.

Children who just can't squeeze in or prefer to eat focus on eating. Compared with the corn stalks that can be seen by the eyes, they are more curious about what is in the basket. open.

The basket is divided into two layers. The upper plate is filled with hawthorn flowers sprinkled with sugar. The hawthorn is removed and boiled in a pot until it becomes thick. When ready, put it on a flat-bottomed dish to dry.

The boiled hawthorn will become solidified during the drying process. At this time, it will be cut into the shape of flowers and sprinkled with sugar, just like snow falling on the branches of plum blossoms. It is really beautiful.

Human beings have a preference for beautiful things, whether it is an older child or a child, first pick up a plum blossom with snow with clean fingers, put it in your mouth and taste it.

The boiled hawthorn pulp should be soft and rotten, but after a few days of drying, it loses moisture, making it a little more tough, and it tastes a bit chewy.The taste of hawthorn is very strong, but when it is boiled, rock sugar is added, and white sugar is sprinkled on the surface, so it tastes sweet and sour.

Take out the rest of the hawthorn flowers covered with lotus leaves and a layer of green wild fruit underneath.

"I know, this is Lao Guapiao."

Yes, the picked wild fruit is commonly called Lao Gua Piao, because when it gets old, it splits and looks like a ladle for water, and it tastes like a kind of melon, so it got this name.

The old melon scoop is fusiform when it is not split, thick in the middle and pointed at both ends.This thing must be eaten when it is immature and the outer skin is still green.It will mature in September, and the pulp inside will become flocculent like cotton, and it will not be edible at that time.

As the saying goes, if you don't pick it in September, it will fly away, which is the old melon.

Break off the outer layer of peel, the inner pulp is white, with a faint cyan color similar to the outer skin, if you don't dig out the inner pulp, you will always feel that it is reflected by the outer skin.

The pulp tastes as crisp as a melon, and the juice inside is also quite rich, which is sweet in the mouth.

Qu Chi used to eat this stuff when he was a child. When the crops are all harvested, the melon ladle will crack open to reveal the white fluffy flesh inside. Take the white fluff out of it and blow it away like a dandelion. Let's see who blows it better. Far, is the game they play when they are bored.

Needless to say, the corn stalks are freshly harvested from the field today, and the chewing is not much different from sugarcane.

Because the things were placed on both sides of Qin Shi, Qu Chi sat next to Qin Shi. At first, the children on both sides sat on both sides, continuing to maintain a state of not wanting to talk to each other.

When they are having fun eating and having fun, they feed the snowball with hay, or run from one side to the other to get food, and then shout directly to ask the other party to hand over what they need.

It was as if the quarrel in the peanut field had never happened.

In the end, everyone held corn stalks in their hands and lay back on the soft grass. In the sky, the sunset turned orange, and the clouds dyed by the sun slowly drifted.

Both Qu Chi and Qin Shi joined this formation, but they were more comfortable. In addition to the alfalfa mat under their bodies, there was also a big soft pillow called Snowball.

Parents who were busy in the farmland happened to pass by here and saw this scene. They didn't feel that the children were lying on the ground and dirty their clothes, and no one asked curiously.Perhaps this picture looks too harmonious, and I just want to make people smile warmly. They all came here quietly and left quietly. This is a silent passing by.

Lying quietly until the sun was about to set and smoke was rising from the village, Qu Chi got up from the ground first, called the children, distributed figs to the children according to the recorded data, and told them to go home and eat quickly , otherwise parents are anxious.

This day's peanut-picking activity ended like this, but in the next few days, two groups of children of different ages came early every afternoon, whether it was Qu Chi or other villagers' fields, whether picking peanuts or soybeans Work together extremely well and try to get work done before the sun goes down.

Then carry the figs that they worked hard for, or the small snacks that other villagers rewarded them, and carry them all to the small slope.

They did not allow the parents to participate, but sent representatives to discuss with Qu Chi. In the future, they will definitely help Qu Chi with similar work, and they are willing to share the food in exchange with Qu Chi and Qin Shi. I hope they can bring snowballs Come for the nightly activities.

At the end of this busy summer, this group of children had a special activity, full of laughter every time, and lay on the grass to enjoy the beautiful dusk.

And this activity gradually became a tradition in Xishan Village for many years to come.

During the busy days of farming, Qu Chi and Qin Shi were mainly responsible for farmland related matters, but various coincidences led to the addition of participating in children's activities, which aroused the envy of many parents.

Although Qu Chi felt that these children invited them as if they were asking them to bring out the snowball.

It may also be because they will bring home-made snacks every time.

Anyway, in these days, the two of them only stay at home during the hottest noon and night time, and the rest of the time is spent on matters related to the farmland in the village. The harvester has harvested everything, but whether it is corn, peanuts, soybeans, etc. If you want to dry it, take out the things in the morning and spread them out to dry, and store them in the newly built warehouse in the evening.

So about the farmer's market and the online store, I handed over to Qu Dewang, Zhang Yun, and Lin Yuan and other five.

As a result, Qu Chi and Qin Shi paid less attention to Qu's father, Zhang's mother, or to the five people.I usually see the two elders happily every day, Lin Yuan and the others are helping by the side,

Zhang's mother changed into a more friendly address in her mouth. She usually calls for help very casually, and these five uncles and aunts shouted very happily.

Even if strangers met and mistakenly thought that the two parties were related, it would not be surprising.

Qu Chi and Qin Shi were happy with the final result, and left the matter to them with more confidence.

So when Qu Chi and Qin Shi were completely kept in the dark, these five people started making trouble behind their backs.

Zhang Yun, who was originally nervous, encountered similar scenes by coincidences one after another, and had to pay attention to it. He had something hidden in his heart and didn't know who to tell.

Tell Qu Deyun, this person will definitely say that he knows what to think, he might as well ask his son to say it is reliable, after all, it is also related to Qin Shi's friend.

Qu Chi was busy every day, Zhang Yun finally ran into Qu Chi at home looking for something, and asked if there was nothing urgent to do immediately, she stretched out her arm and pulled Qu Chi into the main room.

After entering, Zhang Yun also checked to see if there were other people inside or outside the house.

Seeing his mother like this, Qu Chi dragged Zhang Yun to sit on the sofa in the living room, and asked soothingly, "Mom, what happened?"

There are only her and her son in the room, and she is not afraid of being heard by others.

Zhang Yun picked up the teapot on the table and poured a glass of water. The warm boiled water moistened his thirsty throat and calmed his nervousness.

Under the gaze of his son, Zhang Yun said with some hesitation: "Xiao Chi, the friends who came over from Qin Shi, Lin Qi and Zhang Geqi, do they have girlfriends?"

Qu Chi relaxed.

Seeing his mother's nervous appearance, he was still thinking about what happened. In the past few minutes, he had been thinking about everything in his mind, which made his heart ache.

It turned out that they were just asking if they had girlfriends. I guess their mother was trying to hook someone up.

In the past, Zhang Yun received a request from relatives to help introduce a partner to his children. Zhang Yun thought about a match with similar conditions, and helped people on both sides to connect, spending a lot of time and energy.

As a result, the young man and the young girl did not like each other, and Zhang Yun did not receive any thanks.

The experience of being an introducer made Zhang Yun decide not to get involved in such things again, so he suddenly became interested again.

Qu Chi shook his head and said, "None of them mentioned it, but their family backgrounds are not simple, so finding a partner is not so easy."

"How can I not know this!" Zhang Yun knew that his son was thinking wrong after hearing what his son said.

As soon as she put the cup on the table, the table vibrated a few times.

Although Qin Shi's friends didn't say anything clearly, their gestures and daily chats revealed a lot.

All she knew were girls from the neighborhood, and if she introduced them to these people, it wasn't a red line at all, it was clearly harming someone.

"You take your mother for a fool?" Zhang Yun rolled his eyes at his son.

Qu Chi was a little puzzled at the moment: "I didn't want to introduce someone, so why did you ask them if they have a girlfriend?"

Zhang Yun, who was originally nervous because he found out about that incident, was interrupted by the episode just now, and his nervousness dissipated a lot.

She waved her hand directly to let her son approach.

Qu Chi moved over very cooperatively.

Zhang Yun said to his son in a low voice: "Lin Yuan and Zhang Geqi! They are two boys! They seem to be a couple!"

Just listening to the exclamation-like tone, I knew how surprised Zhang Yun was by this matter.

Telling the big discovery that was in his heart, Zhang Yun relaxed, leaned back on the back of the chair, poured another glass of water and drank slowly.

After hearing the news, Qu Chi still kept his original movements, repeating the fucking sentence in his mind.

Lynch and Zhang Geqi are a couple?

Also found out by the fuck?

Who is making a joke!

After giving his son 2 minutes to accept the information, Zhang Yun continued in a low voice: "Son, listen to what Mom told you first. This is definitely not a misunderstanding. I didn't take it seriously when I saw that the two of them were relatively close. Qin Shi is close. But what I saw last time was different, they are definitely a couple."

Qu Chi's mind was in such a mess, his first thought was to ask his mother.

What the hell are these two doing in front of you?

Make you mistakenly think they are a couple relationship.

But he still thinks that he and Qin Shi are good brothers.