After breakfast the next day, Li Jianguo hitched a carriage and took Liang Yuemei, Li Juan and Li Qiang to Liang's house. At this time, Liang Wenyu was most likely preparing ingredients for lunch.
On the carriage were moon cakes, apples, pot helmets, fish and meat - and a pheasant.
After the wild eggs that Li Long brought back at first hatched, they were too lively. In desperation, Li Long had to cut off the large feathers on their wings when they were growing. Even so, these pheasants are restless, flying around and still not gaining weight. By this time, Li Long couldn't bear it anymore and simply killed a few chickens.
Keep two for your own food and give the rest away.
Li Long didn't wait for a while before carrying his things to Gu Xiaoxia's house.
The yard has been cleaned cleanly, and some corn and oil sunflowers that were piled randomly have been placed in the vacant house. There is a table and several wooden stools under the grape trellis - Li Long helped make these things.
Very practical.
On the table were a plate of grapes, a plate of tomatoes, a plate of apples - this should have been bought by Gu Xiaoxia, as well as a plate of watermelon and a plate of mooncakes.
"Little Dragon is here." Gu Boyuan was sitting under the grape trellis, wearing a shirt and trousers. His hair was neatly combed, and his originally messy beard was shaved off, giving him a somewhat elegant feel.
Seeing Li Long staring at him, Gu Boyuan felt a little uncomfortable, touched his chin and said:
"When Xiaoxia came back yesterday, she insisted on asking me to clean it up. What's so good about it? I usually just blame myself for it - this time, I feel a little uncomfortable."
"It's better to clean it up." Li Long smiled and said, "You are in good spirits."
Gu Boyuan breathed a sigh of relief after hearing what Li Long said.
Gu Xiaoxia, who had been listening with ears pricked up in the room, also breathed a sigh of relief.
She was afraid that Li Long would say something like "This is in line with the temperament of a college student."
In fact, although Gu Boyuan is a legitimate college student, he is quite taboo about others mentioning this identity. Li Jianguo mentioned this, and Li Long could understand it as a human being.
"Uncle Gu, I brought a lot of things today. I will stew a pheasant for you later."
"You don't need to do anything today, you are a guest." Gu Boyuan said, "Just eat the melons here and stay with me." You can play chess, and leave the cooking to Xiaoxia. "
Traditional people have this problem. Women are responsible for cooking. At least today, Xiaoxia will do it. After all, it will be done in the future. How can a person who marries into the Li family do it if he doesn't know how to cook?
This is normal, just like Li Jianguo and Gu Boyuan were division chiefs and cooking squad leaders of the Corps. They were both good at cooking, but Li Jianguo rarely cooked.
Gu Xiaoxia pouted, a little dissatisfied. But thinking about how she usually went to work and Li Long was there, she felt balanced when she came back at noon and the meal was already on the table.
I’m even a little worried. What if I don’t perform well today, my cooking doesn’t taste good, or it’s not as delicious as Li Long’s?
Li Long didn't know that Gu Xiaoxia had so many thoughts. He listened to Gu Boyuan's words, put the things in the kitchen, said hello to Gu Xiaoxia, and then came out and sat there chatting with Gu Boyuan.
"Xiaolong, when are you going to ask the village director for a homestead?"
"It is estimated that once the autumn harvest is over, the team will allocate land again before sowing winter wheat." Li Long asked Gu Boyuan This big question came out not unexpectedly, he explained:
"After the land is divided, I want the homestead."
"You really don't plan to go to the city to eat commercial grain?" Gu Boyuan still didn't understand.
He has some reasons for not "going out". Why doesn't Li Long want to go to the city at such a young age?
"Plan it, now I have a salary, even though I am a temporary worker." Li Long said half-jokingly, "The main thing is that I can't bear to part with the land here. The land seems worthless now, but in the future there will be land All are landowners, that is the real guarantee of harvest due to drought and floods.”
"Impossible," Gu Boyuan shook his head, "In all dynasties, it has been impossible for farmers to get rich. If farmers are such a large group, if they want to get rich, the land will be targeted by big capital... At that time, farmers There is a high probability that the land in your hand will be taken away..."
Although Li Long has no culture, he is a man of two generations. In his last life, he also touched on many major domestic and foreign events in short videos. He smiled and said:
"What you are talking about is possible abroad. In China, there are still basic guarantees for farmers. Uncle Gu, let me tell you this, as long as the farmers don’t commit suicide, no one can take away these acres of grain fields.”
The situation in foreign countries will be verified later. Got this. One is known as the granary of Europe, and the other is a South American country with the largest arable land in the world, which can be regarded as the place with the largest grain output. What about the end? It's true that farmers are hungry...
But look at China, this year everyone will be allocated three acres of ration land, so that each person's ration land is five acres. The land management fees, agricultural taxes, and public grains paid for these five acres of land only account for a small part. As long as these land-owning farmers do not commit suicide, there is no problem in living on this land.
And the first round of land contracting will begin in two years. At this time, all the land in the village will be contracted to individuals. If you are able, you will be contracted more, and if you are not, you will be contracted less.
By 1998-99, after the fifteen-year land contract expires, it will be extended to another thirty years, that is, the land policy will remain unchanged until 2027... The previous life, Li Long, did not live until then, no I know what will happen next.
But the old farmers in the village are optimistic that it will remain unchanged for 30 years. The increase of people will not increase the land, and the decrease of people will not decrease the land - because the population growth has begun to slow down, and the land will be relatively small. Say, more and more.
For example, the land in the village now is one or two thousand acres. By the time of the second round of land contracting, many alkaline beaches had been opened up, and the team's land had grown to four to five thousand acres. And when the price of cotton rose sharply for the second time after the new century, the wasteland in the team suddenly became valuable, and the cultivated land in the whole village suddenly became 7,000 to 8,000 acres.
Of course, as soon as the price of cotton rose, agricultural inputs skyrocketed. Gu Boyuan's words did make sense to a certain extent.
"If we really want to divide the grain fields, then there is no problem in eating." Gu Boyuan nodded, "As long as you work hard, you will have no problem taking care of the whole family. No matter how flexible your mind is, it will not be easy to get rich. Big things.”
"That's right, Uncle Gu, you can actually do something else with your brain work."
"I'm too lazy to bother with that." Gu Boyuan waved his hand, "When Xiaoxia has a formal job, I will Nothing to worry about. It’s up to you next. Get married and have a few babies. It would be nice if you can come and see me often. It doesn’t matter if you don’t go to the city. It’s convenient for the babies to come and see me in the village.”
Gu Xiaoxia listened from time to time in the kitchen. Talking here, my face turned red when I heard this.
"Then we have family planning." Li Long smiled bitterly, "How many more babies will be born..."
"At the worst, I will be fined a little, what money do you still need?" Gu Boyuan glared at him One glance said, "At least two - your eldest brother's house is fine. A few more are fine. Anyway, I can help take care of your eldest brother and sister-in-law."
Okay, the older generation’s concept of “there is strength in numbers” must not be left behind.
Li Long changed the topic decisively, but thinking about it, it would be good if he had two dolls.
But he remembered that there seemed to be a policy in the countryside. If the first child was a girl, he could have a second child four years later. I just don’t know if having two children will affect Gu Xiaoxia’s work.
Okay, okay, let’s think ahead.
The family planning policy here is far less strict than in the mainland. In the previous life, Li Long had seen many cases of overly strict implementation in short videos, which he had never seen in his village or even his hometown. Of course, it may also be because the execution here is better.
The two chatted for a while, and Gu Xiaoxia called out in the room:
"Dad, Li Long, please clear the table and prepare to eat."
"Is it time to eat?" Gu Boyuan looked at the sky with some doubts, "We haven't talked for a while."
Li Long looked at his watch. It was past twelve o'clock, so it was a bit late for dinner. Morning, but since Gu Xiaoxia said it, let's clear the table.
Putting the fruit on the table to a small table on one side, Gu Boyuan wiped the table with a towel hanging on the wire under the shed, leaving all the leftovers on the ground.
Li Long was about to take the broom to sweep, Gu Boyuan waved his hand:
"Don't worry about it, let's clean it up together in the afternoon. Go carry things."
Li Long washed his hands and went When the dishes are served, the cold dishes are served first.
"Dad, Li Long, you eat first, do you want to drink something? Hot food goes very quickly."
Gu Xiaoxia knew that Gu Boyuan was actually holding a lot of things in his heart. I didn't feel it before, but now that I'm at work, I feel it very strongly. But Gu Boyuan would not tell her. I might have talked to Li Jianguo before, but I wouldn't have said much.
Now Li Long is the prospective son-in-law. It was quite nice to hear the two of them chatting just now. What Gu Xiaoxia meant was that she wanted Li Long to drink some wine with Gu Boyuan. After drinking, Gu Boyuan could talk more and not be so depressed.
"Okay, I'm happy today, let's have a drink." Gu Boyuan said, "Xiaolong, are you okay this afternoon?"
"Today is a holiday, what can happen?" Li Long smiled Smile, "Let's drink slowly."
A bottle of old wine was opened and both glasses were poured. At this time it was a small porcelain wine cup - in a few years it would be gone. Li Long remembered that Mr. Liang Donglou still used the old-fashioned wine flask, and he had to warm the wine when drinking.
He didn't understand it before, but one time when he returned to his hometown, his cousins took him to the county to eat and drink. Before the food was served, each person poured a cup - a 150-gram disposable paper cup. Take half a cup in one sip and drink it. It felt like the wine was cold rather than spicy, and Li Long fell unconscious that night.
Then he understood that some wines really need to be drunk warm, otherwise they will be broken into pieces.
Maybe it’s also because the quality of the wine is different.
“Come on, now that we can talk, let’s have a drink together.” Gu Boyuan picked up the cup first and raised it to Li Long, “Xiaoxia will leave it to you.”
“Gu Uncle, why are you so pretentious?" Li Long didn't want to make the atmosphere sad, so he joked, "Then I want to. Isn’t the homestead just on the team? After the baby is born, isn’t it just a matter of running around and playing in the team? Even if it’s in the county, it’s only an hour or two away by bicycle, not hundreds of kilometers away. If Xiaoxia really has any grievances, run here and you can pass by without grabbing a stick..."
"Hehe, that's the truth." Gu Boyuan smiled, touched Li Long, drank the ten grams of wine in one go, put down the glass, wiped his mouth and said, "This wine is good."
< br>Li Long looked at the blush on his face and smiled. Said:
"Uncle Gu, don't be in a hurry to drink. Eat something first. Don't wait until the hot dishes are served. It's not good if you pour them first."
"Nonsense, I can't drink enough." How can it be so bad? Drink it quickly, drink it up!" Gu Boyuan was naturally not happy.
The two were talking and laughing, and Gu Xiaoxia was listening in the kitchen and laughing.
The bottle of wine was not finished. Although Gu Xiaoxia finally joined in and had a drink, there was still some bottom left in the bottle.
After Gu Boyuan drank, he started to talk a lot, from when he went to college to when he came to XJ. From the hardships of building the village, to the joy of pulling Xiaoxia from her home in the ground to building a house and moving to a new home.
Although Li Long was very curious, Gu Boyuan was still very strict, and he simply skipped some of the more critical points.
For example, Xiaoxia’s mother.
Like why you are here.
After eating, Gu Boyuan went to the back room and lay down on the bed. After Li Long and Gu Xiaoxia cleared the table together, he said:
"When the team divides the space in a few days, I will Just apply for a homestead."
"Yes." Gu Xiaoxia actually heard that Li Long was the one who made the decision, and she was actually quite happy to hear that.
The relationship between the two people does not progress as quickly as most people in the team who are talking about partners, but for Gu Xiaoxia, this speed is just right, and she can learn more about Li Long. , and can also slowly adjust the way he gets along with Li Long to ensure a better understanding between the two.
When Li Long returned to Li's house, the sun had already set. Li Jianguo and the others had returned. Li Juan went to play with friends, and Li Qiang was playing with a nighthawk in the yard.
Liang Yuemei scraped the cooled pig food into a bucket and prepared to feed the pigs.
“The blind eagle scurried in front of the carriage, and then Qiangqiang got out of the car and chased for a while. The eagle flew up and hit a tree, so Qiangqiang picked it up.” Li Jianguo sat on the wall. The person on the small bench in front of me said, "This eagle is so weird. It’s so fierce, it’s so bloody when it’s picked up in both mouths.”
Children are usually in awe of birds like hawks, so even the nighthawks are a bit stupid and have congenital physical defects. The bird has a strong tolerance.
Li Long sat next to Li Jianguo and listened to him.
"Qiangqiang's grandpa said that they will start dividing the land tomorrow and allocate the second ration field. In total, each person will need five acres. It seems that our team will be up soon."
"Well, we must divide it before planting wheat, otherwise we can't let everyone eat the corn." Li Long also said the same.
The village where the Liang family is located has less land than the village here, but the grain fields still need to be guaranteed, because the village is surrounded by villages on all sides, the land boundaries will not change, and there is little wasteland.
So Li Long felt that the conditions in his village were really unique.
For myself, I just need to wait slowly.
There are really many opportunities. (End of chapter)