Ba Zong's rural life [farming]

Two days later, the villagers will go to Zhushan to pick bamboo leaves and pick reed leaves to make zongzi. Zongzi is a must for the Spring Festival. I have to wrap some during the Spring Festival, so the supply of zongzi leaves in Zhushan is almost in short supply.

The shorter bamboo leaves have been cut off by the villagers. Fortunately, Lu Ze is here. Lu Ze grows tall and can easily reach the taller bamboo leaves. The pieces are taken off and bundled into bundles.

This period of time is approaching the beginning of spring, everything is revived, and even some bamboo tips are secretly appearing in the fields of the bamboo mountains, which are spring bamboo shoots.Ruan Xishi dug up the surrounding soil, revealing the plump and tender bamboo shoots in the soil. He dug out the bamboo shoots with joy, put them at the bottom of the bamboo basket, and said to Lu Ze: "Dig these bamboo shoots home, peel them and soak them , Wait until New Year’s Eve, you can fry it in the pan, the fried chicken with bamboo shoots is delicious.”

Lu Ze hadn't eaten fresh bamboo shoots for a long time. The crispy and tender bamboo shoots smelled like chicken, and it was delicious just thinking about it.

Take the zongzi leaves home and let them dry first, so you can cook them the day before making rice dumplings. When Pan Yao heard Ruan Xishi said that she wanted to make zongzi by herself, she felt very novel and volunteered to learn how to make zongzi with Ruan Xishi.

During this time, Pan Yao and his wife lived in Ruan Xishi's house. Pan Yao and Ruan Xishi often went to the vegetable field to pick vegetables. They learned a lot, such as how to water and how to pick vegetables.

Ruan Xishi's potatoes that were planted in the field after winter can also be harvested. He plans to dig some and eat them first. Anyway, he has planted so many potatoes. If he doesn't eat them now, they will sprout and stop eating, which is also a waste.

He carried a basket to the field, and Lu Ze followed. The land where potatoes were grown was mainly cultivated by Lu Ze. When planting potatoes, Lu Ze also had a share. When harvesting, he naturally wanted to join in the fun and experience the joy of the fruits of labor. .

Pan Yao fell in love with life in the countryside. Every time she went to the fields, she felt that she was integrated with nature, breathing the same air as the plants, which made her feel refreshed, so Ruan Xishi said that she was going to dig potatoes, and she followed suit.

Almost all the fields in the village are planted with potatoes and chard. Potatoes are farmers’ cash crops in winter. Farmers who make a living by farming can’t grow peanuts, corn and rice in the long winter. The next harvest of peanuts, corn and rice will have to wait at least seven or eight years later The period is almost nine months long. If they have no food to sell during this period, they may lose their source of income, so growing potatoes for sale is a good choice.

Generally, the farmers who grow cowhide are the farmers who raise pigs at home. The cowhide is suitable for planting in winter, which is not conducive to the growth of potato vines. It can be used to feed pigs alternately with potato vines. Good nutrition is also high, and it is easy to grow, and the cost is not high, it is the best choice for large pig farmers.People who raise pigs at home will plant cowhide in their fields after the rice harvest in the second season. Some of them have a few acres of land, which is green from the road, which is very spectacular.

In a large piece of chard, there are several fields of potatoes in the middle. The potato seedlings are also green, but they are shorter than the chard, which looks a bit abrupt.Ruan Xishi took Lu Ze and Pan Yao to their field. The potato seedlings were lying on the stalks. Ruan Xishi followed the seedlings to the roots, and then gently pushed aside the layer of stalks, and there were nests of potatoes , Just pick them up one by one into the basket like picking up eggs.

Pan Yao sighed while picking it up: "This is like the soilless cultivation shown on TV."

Ruan Xishi smiled and said, "It's planted according to the method I learned on TV. Many people in the village grow potatoes in this way. It's very convenient. You don't need to dig, and you're not afraid of spoiling the potatoes."

They picked up a basket of potatoes and went home. Ruan Xishi discussed with Lu Ze on the way home and said, "Tomorrow we will get up early and come and dig two baskets of potatoes and bring them home when we go to the town to buy New Year's goods and couplets on the 28th." Go to the town and sell them, the price of vegetables is quite high during the Chinese New Year, and you should be able to earn back the money for the New Year’s goods.”

Lu Ze nodded and said yes.

Pan Yao felt distressed when she heard that Ruan Xishi was so familiar with calculating the family. Ruan Xishi saw that she was used to living a poor life since she was a child, so she learned to live on a budget, just like those children in the city who grew up in good clothes and well-fed, like Ruan Xishi. Most of them will only spend money lavishly.

But Ruan Xishi didn't notice Pan Yao's distress at all, he was still happy because he was able to make money again, he didn't feel that his life was hard at all, earning money from his own labor was full of satisfaction for him.

On the way home, I passed the Zhang family’s old house. The old house was quite lively. In addition to the Zhang family’s repairing and cleaning the ancestral house, there were also many people with foreign surnames lining up in the courtyard. They all came to borrow the Zhang family’s stone mill to grind rice milk back Homemade hair cakes.

Ruan Xishi felt that Pan Yao might be interested in the stone mill, so she took her in to have a look. The village women who were chatting saw them come in and asked one after another: "Shizai, this year you also come to grind rice milk to make Hair cake?"

Ruan Xishi shook her head with a smile and said, "No, I came in to say hello to my aunts and sisters-in-law just passing by, and I brought my mother to see something new."

The village women covered their mouths and laughed, "What's so interesting about this, it's just rough work."

Pan Yao approached the stone mill and watched people push the millstone. Rice and water flowed in through the small holes on the top, and then was ground into thick rice milk, which flowed into the barrel along the channel and turned into a bucket of white rice. pulp, she exclaimed: "Such primitive craftsmanship is rarely seen in big cities nowadays. In cities, machines are generally used instead, and the things that are ground have less natural taste, but those that are ground by stone mills, It must be delicious."

One of the village women said: "Isn't that right? We use stone mills to grind the rice milk, which is also mixed with stone powder. In the words of your urbanites, what minerals are added? Anyway, it is said to be good for the body." .”

Pan Yao nodded again and again: "That's right, that's right, this is a pure natural microelement product."

Seeing that she was so happy, the village women said to her generously: "Hey, Shi Zai's mother, if you like this, when the time comes, we will steam it at home and send you a tray to try it."

Pan Yao smiled happily and rolled her eyes: "The relationship is good, I will thank you first."

The next day, Ruan Xishi and Lu Ze went to the field to dig potatoes early in the morning, and when Pan Yao woke up naturally after sleeping, they had already dug a basketful of potatoes.

Pan Yao complained and joined the ranks of digging potatoes: "You two children really don't tell mom when you go out to work, so that mom can come out to help."

Ruan Xishi smiled and said: "Isn't it because I didn't call you because I was afraid that I would make you rest. You should rest more. Brother Lu Ze and I will do these things."

Pan Yao looked at the potatoes in the basket, and couldn't help asking: "How much can you sell so many potatoes? Can they really be sold out?"

Ruan Xishi replied: "It's not certain, if the market is good, it can be sold for three yuan or more per catty, but if the market is not good, it may not be sold out, and I have to bring it back when the time comes, so I can only stay at home and eat by myself. "

Pan Yao didn't expect that being a farmer would be risky, and for a while she lamented that Ruan Xishi's life was not easy.

On the 29th day of the twelfth lunar month, two days before the Spring Festival, it was the busiest days of the year. Ruan Xi got up before dawn, cooked breakfast and fed the chickens and ducks, then packed up and prepared to ride a motorcycle with Lu Ze for two days. The basket of potatoes went to the town to sell, and then came back to buy new year's goods.

Pan Yao gained experience, so she got up early today, Ruan Xishi woke up before they left the house, and she would follow them to the town no matter what.

Ruan Xishi wondered: "But brother Lu Ze's motorcycle can't fit so many people, mother, you and father will wait for us to come back at home, we will be back soon, if you have anything you want to buy, you can tell me, I will buy it for you Yes. There must be a lot of people in the town today, I’m afraid it’s not easy for you to leave.”

Pan Yao said, "You can take mother's car and put the potatoes in the trunk of the car."

Ruan Xishi felt a little embarrassed when she thought of the Mercedes-Benz outside his house, and it was too funny to drive a Mercedes-Benz to sell potatoes.

Seeing that Ruan Xishi was not happy, Pan Yao began to pretend to be pitiful as a mother, and begged: "You can let mom go with you. Mom hasn't celebrated the New Year in China for many years. This year it is rare to celebrate the New Year with you baby. Mom also wants to participate in the preparations for the New Year. If you feel inconvenient, mother can drive behind you, and it will definitely not hinder you when you go to the town, and you don’t have to worry about me if you want to buy anything. "

Ruan Xishi couldn't bear to see her humble appearance in front of her, so her heart softened as expected, and she asked Pan Yao, "Then you know the way, will you get lost and find us or something? There are so many people in the town during this time, thieves There are too many, it’s very unsafe, I don’t think it’s possible for you to go alone, but it’s not too bad if Dad goes there too.”

Pan Yao immediately said, "Your father will definitely be there too. In fact, he also wants to see small businesses. Last night he kept talking to me about how people in the village make money."

Xu Lixin who just got up and had breakfast: "...?"

Wasn't she the one who was feeling sorry for Ruan Xishi last night before going to bed and working hard to earn money to support his family?

Ruan Xishi also felt that his father could not do such a thing, but he didn't point out Pan Yao's little lie, and shook his head with a smile and said, "Okay, then you and father will walk behind us, and if there is anything to do, just call the phone gone."

After everyone had breakfast, Ruan Xishi and Lu Ze put two baskets of potatoes in the car and went out. Pan Yao and Xu Lixin walked behind, responsible for closing the house, and then Yuxi followed them to the town in a big Benz.

The town was really crowded, not to mention cars, even motorcycles were difficult to get around. In the end, Ruan Xishi didn't force her into the big market to sell potatoes, and asked Lu Ze to park on the side of the road, setting up a stall on the side of the road like many temporary vendors.

Just as Ruan Xishi thought, before the Spring Festival, many people chose to store food, meat and vegetables during the Spring Festival because they were worried that no one would sell vegetables during the Spring Festival.The skin of the potatoes Ruan Xishi sells looks very new. It looks like they have just been dug out of the ground. Who doesn’t like such fresh potatoes? You can put them away for a long time and eat them slowly when you buy them home, which is convenient and affordable.

There were a lot of people who came to ask the price, Ruan Xishi knew it well, and set the price of potatoes at two yuan per catty. The two baskets of potatoes totaled 140 catties, and they could be sold for more than 200 yuan.

Pan Yao and Xu Lixin stood opposite them and watched. Ruan Xishi was sweating while weighing the potatoes and collecting money. The sun was shining on his face, and the sweat was shining, but he didn't look tired at all. Instead, enjoy it.

Every time Ruan Xishi received a sum of money, even if it was only a few yuan, he was very happy to thank the customers and let them go slowly. His good attitude attracted more and more customers, and soon he was completely immersed in the transaction , Occasionally raised his head and wiped his sweat with his sleeves, and then greeted new customers.

Pan Yao felt sore when she saw it. She couldn't imagine how much Ruan Xishi had suffered before this. She was exposed to the sun and earned a few cents to maintain her daily life. As a mother, she didn't need to take care of Ruan Xishi. Time to take care of him, so that now Ruan Xishi doesn't need her protection anymore.

Xu Lixin admired Ruan Xishi's practical ability to have enough food and clothing. As a father, his mentality was completely different from that of Pan Yao as a mother. Rather than caring for the child, he was more willing to encourage the child to become an independent person. I have suffered a lot in my career before I can achieve what I am today.He felt that if Ruan Xishi could continue to be self-reliant and self-improving like this, sooner or later he would be able to start his own business, even if he could only be a vegetable farmer, he would still be a vegetable farmer with dreams and motivation.

Pan Yao watched from the side and couldn't stop crying. When Xu Lixin saw it, he hugged her shoulder comfortingly and coaxed her, saying, "Why are you crying? Children and grandchildren have their own blessings. It's a pity that we can grow up like this in the face of adversity." It is the greatest luck to face life positively. Have you seen that even without us, he can live a good life, so we don't have to worry about him too much, and don't force him, let him develop naturally Bar."

The two baskets of potatoes were quickly sold out, Lu Ze cleaned up the stall, and Ruan Xishi sat on the stone steps and counted the money. Today's business was so good that he was surprised, all the potatoes were sold out, and he made a profit of 300 yuan.

Ruan Xishi was very happy, he planned to use the money to treat his parents to a piece of cake, so after packing up, he and Lu Ze went to find Pan Yao and the others.

When Pan Yao saw Ruan Xishi wiped his sweat and came towards them, she quickly grabbed him distressedly, took out a tissue to wipe his sweat, and nagged while wiping, "Is the baby hot, do you want some water?"

Ruan Xishi shook her head and proudly said to Pan Yao: "Mom, I earned 300 yuan today, what do you want to eat, I'll treat you to eat."

Pan Yao was moved to tears by his words. When her son made money, her first reaction was to ask herself what she wanted to eat. Like many mothers in the world, she was overwhelmed by her son's filial piety, so she choked up and said : "You can eat anything, mothers don't choose, as long as they are bought by babies, mothers like to eat."

So Ruan Xishi took them to the best cake shop in the town, bought a box of egg tarts, ordered four glasses of juice, sat under the sun umbrella in front of the cake shop, and had a leisurely late morning tea.

It was the first time for Ruan Xishi to eat egg tarts. He thought about it for a long time, but he was reluctant to buy it because it was too expensive. But today, with both parents here, he made up his mind and bought a box, which cost more than [-] yuan with juice.Although he knew that it might not be as expensive as the price of a snack his mother bought him at the hotel, he still felt very proud that he bought it for his parents with the money he earned.

Pan Yao was also very relieved. Although the egg tart was not very delicate and the juice was not so thick, she still had a good time eating it.

Ruan Xishi ate two egg tarts, and the corners of his mouth were covered with crumbs. He liked the sweetness of the egg tarts, and after eating his share, he still licked the corners of his mouth unsatisfied. When Lu Ze saw it, he gave him the one left. Ruan Xishi widened his eyes Asked: "Brother Lu Ze, don't you want to eat?"

Lu Ze said, "It's a bit sweet, I don't really like it."

It seems normal for a big man not to like sweets, Ruan Xishi believed it, so she ate the egg tart for him.

Pan Yao and Xu Lixin don't really like to eat high-sweet and high-calorie food, but these are bought by their son to honor them. They are very precious, and they chew slowly as if tasting his son's heart.

After morning tea, Ruan Xishi took them to the old market to buy couplets. The old market was very lively, filled with flourishing Spring Festival couplets, stickers and lanterns.Ruan Xishi walked to a stall with a lot of variety, and discussed with Lu Ze and his parents what kind of products to buy.

He is a child at heart, he likes fancy Spring Festival couplets, he thinks they look good, but fancy Spring Festival couplets are more expensive, in the past, grandpa would not buy this kind of couplets, but bought simple couplets with red paper and black characters at home, and pasted them on occasion Well, this year he can make his own decisions, so he plans to buy better looking ones.

"Buy this one. It's written in gold. It looks so rich. There are lotus leaves and carps on it. It must be very auspicious."

Lu Ze originally wanted to buy black brush calligraphy, which looked simple and elegant. He is so informal as a man, but seeing that Ruan Xishi liked the lotus koi couplet so much, he put down what he was holding and took Ruan Xishi's hand. The one in hand.

Then Ruan Xishi chose two more lucky characters, and he planned to paste one on the doors of the two bedrooms, and discussed with Pan Yao which lucky character was better.

After they bought the Spring Festival couplets, they passed by a stall selling lanterns. Pan Yao was childlike and generous, took a lantern and called Ruan Xi, and asked, "Do you want to buy two lanterns for my baby to hang in front of the house? It looks very festive."

Seeing that she liked it, Ruan Xi responded, "Okay."

Put these things in Pan Yao's car, and then they went to the big market to buy vegetables and fruits, and then went to the small street to buy incense candles and firecrackers. During the festival, I don't know how many more varieties, Ruan Xishi was overwhelmed.

Lu Ze didn't quite understand the effects of these fireworks, but since he promised Ruan Xishi that he would show him fireworks, he bought some of each, and when he finally paid for it, he spent about 1000 yuan. Ruan Xishi felt distressed He had to ask Lu Ze not to buy it, but Lu Ze took out a few hundred yuan bills from his wallet and handed them to the boss.

Afterwards, Ruan Xishi still felt pain when thinking about it. Although it was not his money, but when he thought that it was earned by Lu Ze hard, he couldn't help but feel distressed, and would complain to Lu Ze at night.

Lu Ze hugged him, smiled and listened to his thoughts, and then comforted him and said, "It's okay, I have a lot of money, enough for you to set off many, many fireworks, and let you have enough fun every year in the future."

Ruan Xishi hummed twice, buried herself in his arms and fell asleep.

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