Good mountains, good water, good people

310121-04-0400: 06

Fortunately, the sun is not too hot this month, and the morning sun is not too hot.

But after less than a morning's work, Gu Changning felt that his waist was going to be so tired that he could barely straighten up. How could he be so tired after only doing such a little work!Seeing other people working and talking with ease, and comparing himself to the fact that he was so tired that he was about to raise his hands, he suddenly felt that his physical strength was seriously lagging behind the average level of young people in their class.

But no one else complained that he was tired and wanted to rest. How could he, a young man who rented the land and said he wanted to farm, say he was tired so easily!Wouldn't that make people laugh for nothing, this kind of thing is absolutely not allowed!

Gritting his teeth, he continued on.

Seeing his son's appearance, Gu's mother knew that he was tired from work. Although she had many complaints about what her son had done, Gu's mother still felt sorry for her son, knowing that his son was a person who wanted to save face. She moved to her son's side and whispered, "Brother, if you are tired, go to the side and drink some water to rest."

"It's okay, I'm not tired yet, and I can still persevere. If you're tired, Mom, go and have a rest. Let's do it here." Gu Changning wiped the sweat from his forehead with the back of his hand, pretending to be relaxed said with a smile.

"Grandma isn't tired, I'm just afraid that you will be tired. This is our first day of work, so don't get tired." They are used to these tasks, and it is not a problem to do them all day. Gu's mother was just worried that her son, who hadn't done much farm work, would be tired. It was only the first day, and she didn't know how long it would take.

"No, I still have a lot of strength." Gu Changning was smiling, only he knew that he was gnashing his teeth in his heart.

Seeing his son's appearance, Gu's mother knew that he was desperate for face, so she didn't say anything, and could only work with her son.

Drinking water is indispensable for work. There are many people here, and you drink a glass for each other. The little water they brought earlier was quickly used up.When Gu Changning went to drink water, he found that there was no water left. After pouring out the last little water in the pot and drinking it, he turned his head and shouted to his mother: "Grandma, you are here, I will go back and decorate Bring the water."

"Hey, okay, you go." Hearing her son calling him, Gu's mother raised her head and answered.

Gu Changning carried the water jug ​​and was about to go home to fetch water. There were several motorcycles parked nearby, and one of them belonged to his family. However, the front of their motorcycles was not easy to put things on, so he asked others I borrowed a motorcycle and asked for the keys, and drove someone else's car home to fetch water.

When he got home, he boiled the hot water first, then took out a large pot from the stove, scooped rice and filled it with water, went to dig out their sausages, and cut a large bowl of sausages together with carrots and beans install.There were also the biscuits and candies he brought back specially when he came back, and a stick of cigarettes, which he packed into the car and took away.

Just at this time, the water in the pot boiled, and he poured it in with the pot of water.

"I almost forgot, and my bowls and chopsticks!" I almost forgot to bring my bowls and chopsticks when I went out, otherwise I would have to grab the rice with my hands when eating, Gu Changning hurriedly went back to get the bowls and chopsticks.

When I came back, I brought a pot of water, and when I left, there were pots, bowls, and big bags of snacks, which filled the space in front of the car, mainly because the pot took up space and made him There is almost no place to put my feet.

Afraid that the pot ashes at the bottom of the pot would stain other people's cars, he also put an old newspaper under it.

"Why did you bring so many things here?"

"It happened to be going back, so I brought it along...Come give me a hand and help me take it down."

"Hey, good."

After parking the car, he called two people to help him get the things. Gu Changning also carried a bag himself. After taking the things down, he returned the car and keys that he had borrowed from others, and took out a handful of cigarettes and handed them over. "Come on, have a cigarette."

"Hey, you are so polite." Seeing the double happiness characters on the big red cigarette box, the man said so, and he still reached out to pick up the cigarette. Such a pack of cigarettes costs more than ten and twenty yuan. They themselves were reluctant to buy it for smoking. Now that someone is treating someone, they are naturally not welcome.

Gu Changning distributed cigarettes to the men who worked for him, and several old men also distributed a pack of cigarettes to each of them, while the other old people and children gave candy and biscuits.Ask an older child to help distribute, one for each person, he grabbed a handful of candies and sent them to Tai Nai and other old ladies, "Tai Nai eats candy, third grandma, you also have a candy."

"Hey, good."

The children were very happy to take the food, and everyone got two candies and a biscuit in their hands, regardless of their age.Most of the old people took candy, and the toothless old ladies ate it with candy in their mouths, smiling until the wrinkles on their faces piled up, "This candy is delicious and sweet."

Everyone helped to do the work for a whole morning, and now all of them were tired of working and drinking water and resting by the side, and the men just lit cigarettes and smoked.

Lingxi water was put in the water of their house, and the physical strength recovered very quickly after drinking this water.It's just that other than himself, no one in his family knew about it, let alone outsiders.

The thirsty people who went to drink water just felt that today's water was really delicious, and each of them drank two extra sips, but thinking that there were still people queuing up to drink water, and they had to give it to others, it was not good to finish it all.

Seeing a lot of people smoking, Gu Changning reminded: "Everyone remember to snuff out the cigarette butts after smoking." There is little rain in this season, and the grass and trees in the field are all withered. Another big piece of dry grass, although he also wanted to set a fire to burn all the dry grass, so as to save the trouble of manual weeding.But if the fire is not well controlled, it is very likely that several hills on their side will be burned one after another. At that time, they will not only lose money, but also go to prison.

"I know, I know, we will stomp on the cigarette butts after a while." The men who were smoking beside nodded their heads.The people living in these mountains don't know the danger of accidentally lighting a fire. No one would dare to throw unextinguished cigarette butts, for fear of accidentally causing a mountain fire.

At the moment, Old Village Chief Gu and Village Chief Gu are also smoking and chatting with everyone there.

Seeing that his grandpa and grandpa were also smoking there, Gu Changning believed that his grandpa and grandpa would supervise everyone not to throw cigarette butts around, so he went to call for someone to help dig a pit and build a stove, and planned to cook here at noon , Said to everyone: "Uncles and aunts, we will cook sausage rice here at noon, everyone, don't go home to eat later, just stay with us for dinner."

"Well, this is good. Don't go back to eat at noon, everyone, stay here to eat." Village head Gu was still smoking with half a cigarette in his finger, and also told the helpers to stay here for dinner .

"How embarrassing that is."

"Yeah, no need, we'll go back to eat later, we have lunch at home."

Everyone else said things like no need.

Gu Changning turned around and said to everyone: "It's all right, just stay here and eat. I brought a lot of rice and meat over here."

"How do you guys know how to cook with firewood? Don't burn it. I'll do it. I'll do it. Go and find some dry firewood for me to use as firewood." Mother Gu saw that her son took the two boys to dig it up. I got out of the pit and prepared to cook, came over to take a look, and drove away the boys, so she could light the fire and cook.

Seeing his mother and grandma come to help cook, Gu Changning smiled and directed the boys to help pick up firewood.

It takes more than half an hour to cook a pot of rice, and it is not so fast to eat.

The men continued to work after smoking, and the women and children did not leave either. Only the group of old people who sat on the sidelines and watched the fun and did not work felt that they were not helpful, so they were ashamed to stay and eat , When they smelled the aroma of rice, they said they were going home for lunch.

Gu Changning didn't keep anyone, so he could only watch the group of old people leave.

Their grandma was going home too, so he had to ask his grandma to take the old lady home for lunch before coming back.

As for other adults and children who help with work, they ate at the back mountain at noon.

A large pot of sausage rice, with sausages, radish and beans on it, he was not stingy when cutting the sausages, he cut several sausages, the sausages they made at home were long and thick, such a big bowl of sausages Spread it on the rice surface, you can still see that there is a lot of meat.

Wait until the rice is almost cooked, then pour the big bowl of meat and vegetables into it, cover the lid and simmer for a while, open it to see the red and green vegetables and meat on the top, and the fragrant rice on the bottom, mixed together The taste is delicious.

Gu's mother shouted, "Everyone, come and get a bowl to eat."

"Hey, is it really cooked? It smells really good."

"Everyone come to me to get a bowl to eat."

Seeing that the rice is cooked, the adults couldn’t shirk it, so they went to get the bowls and chopsticks one by one. The children had eaten sugar and biscuits just now, and they were not interested in eating. The children eat a few bites, and the adults finish the rest.

It's just that there wasn't enough water to drink after eating, so Gu Changning went home and brought water for everyone.

There are not as many people working in the afternoon than in the morning. After working for half a day, the children are basically tired, so he asked some adults to take the children home to rest, and there are still seven or eight people who stay behind to help with work. .

They worked until the sun was about to go down, and they were going home to eat.

When he was about to go home, he said that he would calculate the wages for several people, but they all shied away, and no one was willing to ask for it, "Let's help out with some small jobs, what kind of wages do we want, we eat and get what we need today.

"Yeah, it's all my own. I don't care about what I'm doing so clearly. When there's nothing else to do tomorrow, we'll come to help you."

Seeing that a few people really refused to ask for wages, Gu Changning had no choice but to keep this feeling in his heart, and thanked everyone.

The group of people went back to the village together while talking.