Yipin Farmer

Ting Shuang suppressed her surprise, and asked the godfather of the child to sit at home and serve tea according to the village rules, and the honored guest readily agreed.

After the host and guest were seated, Ting Shuang personally brought tea and asked the guest's name, the guest replied: "My surname is Long, and I rank third in the family."

"So it's Mr. Long San..." Ting Shuang was about to speak when Huanhuan jumped up to express her welcome. The guest's servant was startled and nervously guarded her master, but Long San had no fear at all. Step back from the crowd, and hug Huanhuan generously.The big parrot at home also flew over and called people: "Hello, hello..."

Long San laughed again: "It's amazing that your bird can speak English."

Ting Shuang was even more startled, who is this person, who actually knows that "Hello" is an English and Barbarian language, could it be that he can also speak foreign languages?

Huanhuan stretched out her chubby bear paws no matter who the guest was.The guest seemed to be prepared, the servant next to him immediately took out the prepared candy, Huanhuan stuffed the candy in his mouth and left satisfied.

Seeing that the guests even prepared candy, Ting Shuang probably came to visit his house out of admiration, so she took the initiative to invite: "Master Long is willing to play in the lower part of the house, and I will lead the way."

"Okay." Long San got up quickly and followed him around the courtyard.

The Meng family’s yard is different from other homes. The front yard is the same as that of ordinary farmhouses, with a flat drying field, a stone mill for grinding, and golden corn sticks and red peppers hanging from the eaves of the side room.The backyard is full of flowers, with vegetable and bean stands all over the floor, emerald green loofahs hanging down to the ground, pink pea flowers dotted around, and yellow pumpkin flowers are tender and lovely, full of the unique vitality of the farmhouse.

There are also all kinds of flowers mixed in, especially a few peonies that are as big as a plate and brightly colored. These are the dying flower branches that Ting Hui picked up from the city that year. They were planted by the pool, and they may have been moistened by the water in the pool, so they actually came alive. When it came, it also branched, and it grew more luxuriantly than other plants, but it still bloomed gorgeously after the flowering season.

Not to mention that there are cineraria, rhododendron, camellia, hydrangea, marigold, morning glory, gold and silver, baoxiang, rose and other flowers of various colors, such as a piece of colorful brocade, which is too beautiful to be absorbed.

There is also a hammock hanging under the jujube tree. It must be very pleasant to rest on the hammock while enjoying the cool air after finishing the farm work.There is also a swing frame on the other side, and two fairy-like little girls are playing happily.

What is even more surprising is that a winding ditch was dug on the ground, and the ditch was full of dense eels, some of which had grown very fat, and some were still very small. A flying insect flew over the vegetable leaves, and the eels jumped up. He swallowed the flying insect in one gulp.

Long San was amazed by everything he saw, and praised again and again, and then watched the Ganoderma lucidum "growing" on the big peach tree, which heralded auspiciousness.

The Zhou family had already bought a house in the city, and the yard next door was completely sold to the Meng family. The two yards were connected and filled with flowers, fruits and vegetables, full of vitality. Ting Shuang said that the yard next door was full of flowers, because his family There is a powder shop in the city, which needs a lot of flowers to make materials, so the yard and the open space outside are all full of flowers, the whole island is like a sea of ​​flowers, especially roses and jasmines are the most, and those few peonies bloom every year From time to time, it attracts many people to come to watch it, and even people from the city come here to enjoy the flowers.

Around ten mu of land has been opened up to grow vegetables and fruits, and all the restaurants run by the family are supplied from it. They also opened a pickle garden, and the pickles they make also rely on their own vegetable fields to provide raw materials.

Long San nodded appreciatively: "You really know how to run a business. Seeing your family is so prosperous, people are very happy to see it, but don't you find it annoying that many people come to your house to enjoy the flowers?"

Ting Shuang laughed: "Isn't it a joy to have friends coming from afar? He made a special trip to enjoy the flowers, so it can be seen that he is also a refined person. How can he be bothered? If he meets someone who is close to his eyes, he can make friends."

Long San was more appreciative, and went to visit his family's fields. Rice paddies had been planted in the depressions under the hillside, and lotus roots, lotuses, and reeds were planted in ponds dug into ponds at the lowest depressions.There is also a large piece of medicine field planted with various medicinal materials, ephedra, bellflower, Bupleurum and astragalus are the most, and there is a strong medicinal fragrance from a distance.There is an orchard on the slope full of peach, pear, and jujube trees. There are hundreds of pheasants scattered in the orchard. These were caught on the mountain in the past few years, and they have bred into flocks. They are looking for grass seeds in the garden. Gorgeous light shone below.

To the west is the mule and horse farm, with hundreds of acres of land planted with good pasture. Now his family has more than [-] mules, horses and donkeys, and dozens of cows.He also raised hundreds of sheep and dozens of pigs, supplying restaurants in the city.

To the east is the chicken and duck farm, which raises 1000 chickens, more than [-] ducks and dozens of geese, and lays countless eggs every day.

Long San looked at everything carefully, and asked about the income and some farmland water conservancy matters, and asked about such a large-scale breeding of chickens, ducks, mules, horses, sheep and pigs, what should we do if there is plague?

Ting Shuang was very surprised. Judging from his demeanor and moves, he was suspected to be a nobleman of the royal family, but judging from his understanding of farming, he was not like a young master from a wealthy background. He has a good understanding of the crop work, which is completely different from those pampered sons and brothers who don't care about the grain, so who is this person?

Ting Shuang's mind was full of thoughts and she couldn't understand it, so she just took the guests around the village at home.

On the small stone bridge, a group of little children lined up to shoot the target against the wind, and they all shot the water against the wind, which can shoot farther and last longer than anyone else's chickens in the headwind. The guests and followers looked at it and laughed, Ting Shuang A little embarrassed, he went up to disperse the brats, cursing: "Boys who don't care about life and death, there are guests, and you are still playing around like this."

The little kids scattered with a bang, Long San held back a smile: "It's okay."

"The children in the village are so naughty that the guests laughed at them. In fact, they are very sensible. They have long known to work for their parents, and they also like to study." Ting Shuang was afraid that the guests would think that the children in the village were rough, so she couldn't help distinguishing them, and said When the gangsters attacked back then, the wild boys were responsible for scouting the enemy, and they shot a hundred shots with slingshots, and even threw a big honeycomb on the gangsters' heads on a whim, and some even wrapped shit in mud and threw them over.

"These smart ghosts." Long San laughed up and down when he heard this, and the followers suffocated their laughter at first, and then burst out laughing uncontrollably.

Another group of older children were playing ball. They were divided into two teams to see who could kick the ball to the opponent's goal.

Long San watched silently by the side of the court with a smile on his face, a trace of regret flashed in his eyes, and sighed: "I really envy these children, who can play and make trouble to their heart's content, but it's a pity that I spent my childhood under the pressure of studying, and it's always because of this barrier." The persuasion, I always hear people saying that we must abide by the rules and observe etiquette..."

Ting Shuang expressed sympathy, everyone has a lot of rules, children can't even play around, they will be reprimanded as unruly, they are not as wild as these country children.Persuading: "Everything has two sides. Although these children can play wild, but the poor children have long been in charge of the family, and they have to help their parents bear the burden of the family business."

Long San smiled wryly: "Do you think that children from rich families can enjoy freedom and happiness to the fullest, and don't have to bear the burden of revitalizing the family business?"

"It's so sad. It's rare for distinguished guests to play here. Let's relax and have a taste of the local flavor." Ting Shuang changed the topic, took the guests home, and cooked a few home-cooked dishes by himself.

Xixi and Chengcheng ran over with a hare in their mouths, wagging their tails and waiting for compliments. Ting Shuang touched their heads and said, "Look, they listen to guests for dinner, and they know how to add vegetables."

Long San squatted down to play with Xixi Chengcheng lovingly.

Ting Shuang made lunch quickly, and made a few dishes with ready-made food at home. Simple rural food, fried eel in oil, fried wild vegetables, loach tofu, and fried hare. They are not high-end, but they are Very rural.

"The food in the village is not as good as high-end restaurants, but it is also clean. Master Long can try it casually." Ting Shuang spread the bowls and chopsticks and enthusiastically persuaded them to eat.

Long San's entourage looked at the rustic food and simple dishes in front of them, and couldn't hide their disdain, and whispered: "Master, let's go back and eat."

But Long San took his seat boldly: "The master is so kind, I'd like to bother you, and I just happen to have a taste of the food in the village."

Seeing that he was straightforward and easy-going, Ting Shuang also liked him very much. She served the rice and scooped up the soup and vegetables herself, and then gave his entourage a disdainful look.

Then he was surprised to see Long San's attendant take out a long silver needle from his arms, and poke all the dishes in front of him.

It is extremely rude to go to someone's house for a meal, and poke the food of the master's house with a silver needle in front of the master, but the master and servants are doing it for granted, as if it should be so.

Ting Shuang saw that Long San and his party had done such a disrespectful thing so confidently, and when it was related to the aura of these attendants and the accessories of the distinguished guests, Ting Shuang also guessed something in his heart.However, for a modern person from the 21st century who has read all kinds of violent blockbusters, he may not be surprised even if he sees an alien, let alone a normal earth creature with a very high status.

While guessing the other party's identity, Ting Shuang pretended not to know, and still enthusiastically persuaded her to eat.

They are all home-cooked dishes in mountain villages, the same is chicken stewed with mountain delicacies, three-month-old chicken, stewed with bamboo fungus, hazel mushrooms, Pleurotus eryngii, tea tree mushrooms and Hericium erinaceus. Among them, all the mountain mushrooms are full of oil, water and meat, and can slide directly into the belly after taking a bite. It has both the delicious fragrance of chicken soup and the mellowness of the mountains.

Long San tasted a piece of monkey head and was full of praise.I looked at another dish and didn't know what it was. It was thin and thin, with soft brittle bones sandwiched between the two layers of skin. It tasted crisp and chewy.

"What is this?"

"This is a pig's ear. The family of the distinguished guests has never eaten this kind of food that is not on the table. In fact, the rough vegetables have a unique flavor, and it is better to eat this." Ting Shuang pushed the garlic and vinegar dipping material over.

"Okay." Long San sighed in admiration, and looked at the loach tofu, black and white matched, the soup was bright, and there were a few slices of red pepper, a sip of the soup was mellow and long-lasting, and the tofu was soft and tender, extraordinarily delicious.

"This tofu is different and better than what I've had before."

Ting Shuang explained: "The most important thing to make tofu is good water and beans. The soybeans in this place are famous far and wide, and the tofu in my family uses the well water in the yard, which is from the same source as the water in the pond. The water is so unusual that it even feeds the dying peony, and the fruits and vegetables are better than other people's.

You try this loach again, although the old saying in the country says that loach is not a fish, but this cheap thing tastes very fat, a nobleman once said that 'you can fart for three days after eating', you will know that what you say is true after you taste it up. "

The entourage next to him frowned when he heard his vulgar words.

Long San tasted a loach, imitating him, poached it from the beginning to the end, leaving only the head and a long thorn, very refreshing, the meat was tender and smooth, with a long aftertaste.

There is also fried eel in oil, which is fragrant and tender, frozen fish scales, cold buckwheat, big stewed fish, and wild vegetables, all of which have unique flavors.

Huanhuan came over with the food bowl in her arms and poked her head around the dining table, stretching out her claws towards the stewed fish on the table. Ting Shuang slapped its claws and reprimanded: "Go away, believe it or not, I'll chop off your bear claws and eat them."

Hearing this, Ping An from the next room came over drooling: "Do you want a bear's paw?"

Xiaolan cried out, "Don't, don't, don't eat Huanhuan's paws."

"Hey, if it is obedient, it won't eat the bear's paw." Ting Shuang coaxed Xiaolan away, Huanhuan was naughty, but obediently followed Xiaolan's words, and when she left, she looked at the fish bowl on the table with sad eyes At a glance, Long San felt guilty for being looked at by it, and he felt ashamed to extend his chopsticks to the fish bowl again.However, all kinds of wild vegetables are also delicious, with a touch of bitterness and fragrance, not inferior to fish.

Ting Shuang picked up another lettuce leaf, wrapped it with rice, and served it with wild garlic and shredded pork with chili sauce. It tasted very special.

Seeing that he ate deliciously, Long San imitated his example and wrapped a piece of food, praising him again and again.

Ting Shuang talked about the origin of this hot sauce, which he invented when he was running a food platform for Baoqi, because Baoqi paid attention to the speed of soldiers when he used soldiers, sometimes they did not bring luggage and grain carts when marching, and only asked the soldiers to bring dry food for a few days. journey.So in addition to making a non-perishable dry food suitable for the itinerary, he also made a spicy sauce, dehydrated and fried raw materials such as diced meat, chicken gizzards, dried beans and mushrooms, and added cardamom, cinnamon, cumin, etc. The prepared spice powder, these hot sauces are sterilized at high temperature and then bottled and transported to the front line to supply army meals. They are very popular with soldiers, especially eating chili in Hunan is very good for dehumidification.

"Well, it's really delicious." Long San sighed and asked again: "After the war, your family's hot sauce made a fortune, right?"

Ting Shuang put up a thumbs up and said with a smile: "Your guest is really smart. Travelers always bring some things that are not easy to perish when they go out. They are convenient to eat and increase appetite. My hot sauce has been tasted in the military camp. Now it is indeed very popular and sold all over the place. .”

"Since there are eight ingredients in this hot sauce, it's better to call it Eight Treasures Hot Sauce." Long San named the hot sauce.

After eating, Ting Shuang picked another basket of golden pears, wild raspberries, gooseberries and other wild fruits picked from the mountains, and set a table full for the guests to eat.Kong Kong came over with a plate of melon seeds, shaking and shaking, making the guests laugh, and the big parrot squatted on the table unceremoniously to eat with the guests.

Long San took a mouthful of a pear, a pack of cold and sweet water refreshed his heart and lungs, and took a mouthful of refreshment.

The guests and host chatted while eating, and Long San seemed to have no intention of chatting: "Seeing that Xiongtai is quite capable in doing things, and has made great contributions to the imperial court, do you plan to farm and raise chickens in the countryside in the future?"

Ting Shuang smiled: "I don't like to be in the officialdom, I just like to work in the countryside. Now that the world is peaceful, there is nothing to do. Recovering Taiwan has its own navy, and I don't need to contribute."

Long San's eyes froze, and his expression turned sharp: "How did you guess that the court's next move would be to attack Taiwan, and you are working in the village and talking about state affairs?"

"Cut, don't always say that people discuss state affairs indiscriminately." Ting Shuang glanced at him, "National unification is the trend of the times, the direction of the people, and what is obvious. How can there be any need to guess?"

Long San looked at him for a long time, and his expression gradually softened: "You are right, national unification is the trend of the times and the direction of the people, no matter how many people oppose it, it cannot be changed."

Although Ting Shuang lives in the country, she also pays attention to the affairs of the court. She learned that the emperor intends to recover Taiwan, but there are many difficulties. Many ministers suggested to abandon Taiwan.Immediately seize the opportunity to say: "Counting from the surname of the country, Taiwan has been isolated overseas for 30 years. If it is taken by a wolf-minded country, it will be a threat to national security and become a springboard for other countries to invade our interior. Therefore, it must be taken back. of."

"That's right," Long San nodded appreciatively, "I can't lose an inch of land in China."

One believes that Taiwan must be recovered from the perspective of national security, and the other believes that Taiwan must be recovered from the standpoint of national dignity. Although the starting points of the two are different, their attitudes are very consistent, that is, Taiwan is an inalienable part of China.

The two agree with each other, and the more they talk, the more speculative they become, and they seem to hate seeing each other later.Then the guests visited the tunnels in the village. Seeing that the tunnels extending in all directions and equipped with both offensive and defensive mechanisms were made by farmers, Long San couldn't help admiring. He also visited the old birthday star Wei Xian in person and talked with the farmers Very happy.

Unknowingly, at sunset, Long San's entourage hinted that it was time to go back. Before leaving, Ting Shuang asked the distinguished guest to name his goddaughter.

Looking at the quiet mountain village shrouded in the setting sun, Long San felt extremely calm and peaceful, and sang a poem: "The mountain air is like a beautiful sunset, and the birds return each other. There is a true meaning in this, and I have forgotten the words if I want to distinguish it."

"Just name my goddaughter Xijia."

"Xijia, what a good name." Ting Shuang thanked her and said goodbye to Long San. The two made an appointment to see each other tomorrow.

In the dead of night, a round of bright white light hangs in the night sky, shedding a clear glow, and the peaceful small mountain village has fallen asleep. In the yard of the Meng family, amidst the elegant fragrance of flowers, Ting Shuang sleeps drenchedly on the kang in the main room with her pillow in her arms. saliva.

A figure flipped in from the wall lightly, touched the east room of the main house by familiar means, jumped in through the window, looked at someone sleeping soundly on the kang, stretched out his finger to wipe the drool from the corner of his mouth, and smiled slightly .