man of oz

When the sun rose to the sky, the two walked to a small river. Many pine trees were planted near the river. They walked down the river and walked for more than half an hour to reach their destination.

This is the end of a branch of the small river ditch. The water has formed a large pond here, and a large group of white ducks are resting in the shade of the trees by the river.

On a higher ground, there are two colored striped plastic sheds, one large and one small, and a walk-behind tractor, which is rarely seen now, is parked next to it. The small shed is probably for people to rest, and the ground next to it is piled with stones I built a simple platform, put two pots and several buckets.There is a fence around the big shed, and a group of ducks are resting and pecking under it.

It was hot at noon, and the tall young man was resting in a hammock between two big trees with a straw hat covering his face, snoring undulatingly.

A big yellow dog saw the person coming, barked a few times, ran over and threw itself on Lu Yuege, very affectionately.

The man lying on the hammock lifted his hat, saw the person coming, and got up in surprise, "Yuege, you're back!"

"I just came back yesterday." Lu Yuege handed the things in the basket to Meng Renfeng, "This is Zijian, brother, do you remember?"

"Brother Feng, long time no see." Nongzijian greeted Meng Renfeng with a smile.

"It's been six years." Meng Renfeng grinned and showed his big teeth, "Every time Yuege came back, he mentioned you, but this time he finally brought you back."

"Yeah, I regret that I didn't come earlier. I really like the scenery here." Nongzijian missed the summer vacation of his freshman year. Traveling abroad... Lu Yuege was disappointed every time, and he felt very guilty.

Although they just met by chance at the beginning and haven't seen each other for a long time, they are originally cheerful people, and the two quickly became brothers.

When he was in school, Nong Zijian heard Lu Yuege mention this elder brother, he was also a poor man, his mother ran away with others when he was less than ten years old, and his father died of illness not long after.Their family is a migrant, and they have no relatives in the village. They only have a dilapidated house and a few acres of land bought in the early years.

Lu Baijing and his wife took pity on him, so they rented an acre of land near Montenegro to plant peanuts. One more person was just an extra pair of chopsticks. Later, they asked him to live with their family on the mountain and go to school with Lu Yuege.

Nongzijian looked at the large group of ducks and asked Meng Renfeng, "Brother Feng, how many ducks do you have in this large group?"

"More than 1000 two hundred." Meng Renfeng replied with a smile.

He opened the bag Lu Yuege gave him. In addition to a pair of shoes and a bottle of wine, there was also a bag full of candies and chocolate biscuits.Seeing that they were all his favorite food, he excitedly kissed Lu Yuege's face, "Yuege, you are so kind to brother, I love you so much!"

Nongzijian didn't understand what they were saying, seeing Meng Renfeng so happy to receive the things, he felt in his heart that June is really a good brother.Meng Renfeng is older than Mingming, but Lu Yuege behaves more like an older brother in words and deeds, going all the way to buy him shoes and delicious snacks.Unlike his elder brother and two cousins, he was beaten by his elder brother and bullied by his two cousins ​​since he was a child.

Lu Yuege unloaded the corn from the horse's back, "I picked two bags of corn by the way when I came here, is there enough corn and millet here?"

"No hurry, there are still a few bags." Meng Renfeng greeted Nongzijian, "Let's go pick watermelons, I planted some in the field over there."

In order to entertain this former "benefactor", Meng Renfeng took Nongzijian to pick watermelons in the field not far away. It was the season when watermelons were ripe. In the green vine field, there were oval watermelons the size of basketballs. In the meantime.

"Choose a few and bring them back to the mountain to eat later. This watermelon is very sweet."

Nongzijian has already eaten a lot of fruit today. In addition to the loquat and longan at home, he also ate a lot of wild berries and mangosteen on the way here. "You have quite a lot of fruit here."

Meng Renfeng picked a big emerald green watermelon and picked it. "The conditions in the mountains were harsh before, so we always wanted to eat more fruits to satisfy our hunger."

Although there are abundant resources in the mountains, there are wild fish in the river, mice and rabbits in the caves, wild vegetables in the fields, and wild fruits in the trees, but these animals are agile, most of the wild plants grow slowly, and there are many people picking and catching them. It is very difficult to eat.

Therefore, the improvement of living standards often depends on the development of science and technology.

Just like planting crops, instead of sowing seeds and fertilizing the land, you can harvest fruits. Many plants have to be selected at the beginning. For example, it is not recommended to keep the hybrid rice grown by farmers. Every time you plant, you have to go to the seed company to buy seeds. ; There are also some fruit trees, ungrafted and grafted, the fruits produced are also very different.

These are the development of science and technology, but also the accumulation of thousands of years of experience.

Coming here, Nongzijian learned a lot of things that he didn't know before.

Each of them carried two big watermelons back to the shed. Lu Yuege took a kitchen knife and cut a watermelon open. The watermelons were bright red and juicy, with few seeds. Nongzijian took a piece and ate it into his mouth. Sweet, thirst-quenching, really wonderful.

"Let's kill a duck for lunch, and I caught some fish in the morning. The meat quality of the ducks we raise in the wild here is very good. We usually eat aquatic plants, earthworms, snails and small fish. People in the city love to buy them from me. "Meng Renfeng said while eating watermelon.

"That's right, the feed raised in the mountains is not as good as the ones raised in the mountains. The quality of the meat is very different. During the holidays, my mother goes to the street to buy it from the villagers." Nongzijian nodded in agreement.

The three chatted while eating, and after eating the watermelon, Meng Renfeng got up to boil the water, "Yuege, I'll boil the water now, I haven't eaten your stir-fry for a long time."

"Well, there's no need to pick the greens. On the way here, I picked some wild peppers in the field." Lu Yuege said.

Wild peppers are actually white cauliflower and black nightshade. They taste slightly bitter and sweet. On the way here just now, Lu Yuege picked a lot of top young leaves in the field and used them to make soup. It is a very good wild vegetable.

Lu Yuege took Nongzijian to catch ducks, "When the millet in the field is harvested, then drive the ducks inside to eat the fallen ears of rice, insects, screws and small fish. The ducks will grow fatter. Fourteenth of July and the Mid-Autumn Festival can be sold at a good price."

"With so many ducks, it should be quite profitable." Nongzijian took advantage of his science major and began to calculate in his heart.

Lu Yuege smiled and said, "Sometimes it depends on luck. If there are more people to raise, the price will be low. If you encounter bird flu, you will lose everything. At that time, because my brother encountered bird flu, the ducks could not be sold. I went out and wanted to go out to work, but I was tricked into pyramid schemes.

Our place is remote, and the transportation cost will be higher. In fact, what we earn is hard money. "

"Hey, it's also..." Nongzijian heard from his mother that ducks in many farms usually go out of the market in more than 40 days. The growth cycle of these ducks raised in the wild is naturally much longer than that in farms. , the profit will be reduced a lot.

Nongzijian thought for a while and said, "Is it possible to open an online store to sell wild duck eggs? Duck eggs are too fishy. It might be better to make salted duck eggs and preserved eggs, and more people like to eat them."

Lu Yuege shook his head. They don't have internet here, and inconvenient transportation is also a big problem, "We have made some food for ourselves, and we will open a forum tomorrow for you to try and see how it tastes. I heard that the village has already applied for the construction of a base station, etc. In the future, when you have the Internet and buy a car, you can try to do what you said."

The two came under the short tree, and the big white ducks didn't foresee the danger coming, and they were still pecking leisurely.The ducks moved clumsily, Lu Yuege spotted one and caught it easily.

Brothers Meng Renfeng and Lu Yuege had experience in raising ducks, and they were also good at cooking ducks. After pouring some wine into the ducks, Lu Yuege could cut the duck's throat and let the blood out by himself, making the ducks die without much pain.Then soak the duck in cold water, then in hot water, and turn it with a spatula to make it evenly soaked, so that the duck feathers are easier to pull out.

Lu Yuege cooks ducks, Meng Renfeng cooks fish and seasonings, Nongzijian is not good at cooking, so he can only do simple tasks such as washing vegetables, washing rice and cooking.

The big iron pot was cleaned and set up on a simple platform built of several stones. Nongzijian lit the firewood, Lu Yuege took the spoon, poured oil into the hot pot, poured in chili, garlic leaves and minced ginger and sautéed until fragrant, then poured the duck meat Stir-fry in the pot. After the oil is released, add an appropriate amount of dark soy sauce and sugar and continue to stir-fry, then add water, cover the lid and simmer, and reduce the heat to collect the juice.

Half an hour later, a large plate of braised duck with delicious flavor and color came out of the pot, and several big dogs wagged their tails around the table and looked at them eagerly.

The second dish is stewed fish with soybeans. First fry the small fish with oil, put it in the pan, stir-fry garlic and ginger, pour the soaked soybeans with a small amount of water into the pan and stir-fry for a while, then pour in the small fish, Add soy sauce and stir-fry together, add a little sour vinegar at the end, and take it out of the pan.

Finally, boil a large bowl of water, add duck blood cut into small pieces, duck gizzards and duck intestines, add wild peppers after they are almost cooked, sprinkle salt, and a pot of light and nourishing duck offal soup is ready up.

There are no tables and chairs here, and the dishes can only be placed on a large uneven rock. The chairs are a few short wooden stakes, which are very picnic-like.

The rice was cooked in a large pot, each dish was filled with a large plate, and the porcelain bowl was also very large. The three of them chatted while eating, and a few big dogs gnawed on the duck bones at the table, and there was soup at the end Bibimbap also made my stomach round.

After eating, they repaired the fence of the duck shed. Lu Yuege also made a basket, and Nongzijian also learned to weave an ugly small fish basket, saying that they would take it back as a souvenir.

The weather in summer can change as soon as it is said. At around three o'clock in the afternoon, there were dark clouds billowing at the foot of the mountain in the far east, and it was overwhelming. Half an hour later, there was a heavy rain.

Hundreds of big white ducks swam down to the surface of the water from the shade of trees by the river ditch, and some of them were eating, pecking, and taking a nap by the river. Simply picturesque.

After the rain stopped, Meng Renfeng sprinkled corn kernels to the ducks, and a large flock of ducks rushed over to compete for food.

"Brother Feng, are these ducks ready to be sold?" Nongzi Jian asked.

"These are five or six catties, and we can sell a batch of them by July [-]th."

The rural areas of G Province attach great importance to the Ghost Festival on the [-]th day of the seventh lunar month, and burn incense and eat duck meat for three days before and after.Meng Renfeng's batch of ducks began to be raised after the Qingming Festival, and July [-]th to Mid-Autumn Festival are good seasons for selling.

After the rain, the three of them sat on the tree stump, ate watermelon and chatted. Lu Yuege graduated in one year, and Meng Renfeng was very happy. He always hoped that his brother would come back soon.

Meng Renfeng gave Nongzijian a few candies, and Nongzijian took a piece of chocolate. He didn't like to eat these sweet and greasy things, and vegetables, meat and fruits were more to his liking.

In this big mountain, it is quite difficult to eat fresh meat, so Lu Yuege came here not only to see her brother, but also to prepare meat for two months for the person she likes.

As the saying goes, the mountain eats the mountain, and there are many vegetarian foods such as wild vegetables and mushrooms that can be eaten in the mountains. Lu Yuege originally wanted to catch a few rabbits and raise them in captivity. Rabbits reproduce quickly, and two months is not a short time. It is also feasible to raise some rabbits as food reserves Yes, but I am still more used to eating chicken, duck and fish.

So Lu Yuege planned to ask Meng Renfeng for twelve ducks and six chickens, kill one every few days, and have fresh meat and vegetables.

Nongzijian is a little embarrassed, is it because he is too edible?According to the market price of these native chickens and ducks, it is estimated that the total cost is 1000 yuan, which must be a lot of money for their brothers.

"It's nothing, I'm not a person who swells my face to make me fat, and I can't afford it. Let me tell you, I'm working part-time at a pet hospital this semester. I've already saved up to this amount." Lu Yuege's eyes were full of pampering, He whispered a number in Nongzijian's ear.

"How about I give you some food expenses..." Nongzijian still felt a little embarrassed.

The little money Lu Yuege saved was still very little for him. His family was in a good condition. There was a lot of pocket money, part-time money for the family, and the New Year's money he got every year. His grades in professional courses were also very good. When he has time, he also takes some orders to make money by himself. He doesn’t smoke or drink, and he doesn’t have a girlfriend, so his deposit is not a small amount.

And Lu Yuege came from the mountains, was admitted to university, studied the major he wanted to study, and besides attending classes, he also had to work part-time. The tuition and living expenses were all earned by himself, so Nongzijian was always worried that he was working too hard, and always unconsciously thought about it. He is good.

"It's agreed that you will come and help me as a coolie, and I will provide food and shelter." Lu Yuege said with a smile, "You have to pay people to work, and I am obviously the one who earns it."

"Okay, then I can let go and eat, and then you can order me around, buddy has plenty of strength!" Nongzijian smiled and raised his arm and said, June is a big man anyway, and he can still eat poor If he fails, if he insists on giving him money, it will really hurt his self-esteem.

"Besides, it's the two of us eating together, not you alone." Lu Yuege reassured him.

"I think...you are very kind to me." Nongzijian lowered his head and said shyly.

Hey, talking like this between two men... why does it feel a bit weird...

Lu Yuege's kindness to him is different, of course he can sense it, after all, the other party is only such a good friend as himself.

"Why, are you thinking of how to repay me?"

"Why, do you want me to promise you with your body?" Nongzi Jian gave him a sideways look, and he had already guessed his trick.

Hey, you've become smart~ Lu Yuege hugged his shoulder and smiled, "Then would you like to?"

"I don't want to, because your dick is too big and Mimi is too small."

"It's good to have a big JJ. Throughout the ages, no one is proud of a big-JJ, only a big JJ is popular."

"Cut, it's very useful, good technology is the key."

"Did you know... I'm a very good job-good job."

"Oh, who can brag? Even a woman's voice can be heard as a dog barking, hahahaha..."