Chapter 173: Bo Bing in Summer
After chatting politely with Zhao Yuntao for a few words, Xu Boan hung up the phone.
Xu Jiancheng and Tang Rongzhi and his wife have gone to the village brigade headquarters to discuss matters related to demolition compensation.
Because he was answering the phone, Xu Boan hadn't gotten off the car yet.
Looking at the quiet old village in front of him, Xu Boan was filled with thoughts.
People often say that when people reach middle age, they tend to be nostalgic. When they are old, they spend most of the day nostalgic.
Xu Bo'an also discovered that since he got older, he did have a lot of nostalgia.
Either you miss people when you see things, or you miss things when you see people.
The village where Xu Bo'an's grandmother lives is called Tangjiaping. When she was a child, because her parents were busy, Xu Bo'an lived in her maternal grandparents' house for a long time.
When Xu Boan was a primary school student, every winter and summer vacation he spent was closely related to this place.
Go up the mountain to catch grasshoppers, climb trees to dig out bird's nests, go down to the river to catch small fish, dig pits to bake potatoes...
In Xu Bo'an's childhood memories, half of his happy time stayed here.
The village at that time was very lively, especially when there was a temple fair, and the whole family, old and young, would go out together. They didn’t necessarily have to buy anything, but they had to feel the atmosphere. It was so lively.
While reminiscing about old times, Xu Boan heard something strange coming from the car window.
Xu Bo'an frowned slightly, turned around and saw a big head leaning close to the car window, covering his eyes with his hand, and looking into the car with a smile.
After seeing the other person's face clearly, Xu Bo'an's expression softened and he greeted: "Brother Baozi!"
The man giggled "hehehe" and waved his hands vigorously, but Didn't say anything either.
Xu Boan casually took out a box of cigarettes from the armrest box, then got out of the car and walked over.
Brother Baozi's name is roughly Tang Xiaobao. Generally speaking, he is the "village guard" of Tangjiaping Village.
Tang Xiaobao is an orphan. From the time Xu Boan met him, he lived in a dilapidated old home.
Although the courtyard is not small, the walls of the courtyard have almost collapsed. Even the doors and windows of the cave house were covered with oil paper to protect them from the wind with help from the village.
As for meals, most of them are home-cooked meals delivered to your door by people in the village.
I just don’t know what Tang Xiaobao will do after the village is demolished.
Tang Xiaobao should be five or six years older than Xu Boan. Although he has intellectual problems, he is a kind person.
Xu Boan remembers that when he was a child in Tangjiaping Village, Tang Xiaobao often played behind a group of their friends.
Although he does things slower, he protects these friends very much.
No matter what the job is, do it quickly.
Xu Bo'an remembers that when he was playing in the mountains once when he was a child, he had a dispute with the children from another village over grabbing a cicada. Faced with the overwhelming number of people on the other side, Tang Xiaobao stubbornly protected his own. My little friend, even if he bore the brunt of the beating, he never took a step back.
"Brother Baozi, take it!" As Xu Boan spoke, he threw a box of cigarettes to Tang Xiaobao.
Tang Xiaobao does not smoke, but when Xu Boan came back a few years ago, he saw that Tang Xiaobao always had a pack of cigarettes in his pocket.
My mother, Tang Rongzhi, told me that it was given to me by a friend from the past, so that Tang Xiaobao could use it in exchange for food at the canteen in the village.
The sales department in the village is not as formal as outside. In the village, you can not only buy whole packs of cigarettes, but also sell loose cigarettes.
Xu Boan happened to bring peach cakes and other pastries at that time, so he gave some to Tang Xiaobao.
Xu Bo'an didn't bring anything to eat when he came back this time, so he thought of giving Tang Xiaobao some food in exchange for a box of cigarettes.
Tang Xiaobao awkwardly stretched out his hands and followed in a panic. In the end, he couldn't catch it. He hurriedly squatted down, picked up the cigarette case and wiped it carefully.
When Xu Boan saw this, he immediately regretted that he should have handed it over personally.
Tang Xiaobao wiped the cigarette clean, handed it back with a smile, and said: "I dropped it...here!"
Xu Bo'an reached out and grabbed Tang Xiaobao's hand and said: "Here Yours, let’s eat the cake instead.”
The cakes in the village are not the exquisite and beautiful cream birthday cakes, but the pure cakes without cream about the size of a small fist, which are also called Caozi cakes in some places.
Tang Xiaobao still smiled and said: "You can eat cigarettes, you can eat them, I have them!"
While talking, he patted the small pocket on his clothes.
Xu Boan observed Tang Xiaobao carefully and finally sighed.
If it is a physical disease, Xu Boyan can still treat it, but there is no solution for Tang Xiaobao's situation!
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After staying in the countryside for two days, Xu Boan returned to Dongjiang.
My parents still wanted to stay in the village to continue confirming matters related to the demolition and filling in information, so they did not leave with Xu Boan.
Because he had been resting on the big kang with everyone in the village for the past two days, Xu Boan did not have any special time to pay attention to the world of bonsai.
I just took the time to take a look at the situation around Kaoshan Village. Everything was going on in an orderly manner, and there was nothing to worry about.
Early on Monday morning, Xu Boan did not go home because he had to hold a group video conference, and went directly to Dongjiang Second Construction.
At the meeting, Su Tai read out the news in the industry, read out the latest requirements for safe and civilized construction, and warned all cadres and workers to strictly implement relevant rules and regulations, and to think in one place and work hard. We work together to ensure that the projects we undertake will become benchmark projects in the construction field in the province.
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After the meeting, Xu Boan returned to the office and waited for the heads of departments to report on their work, then locked the door and called out the bonsai.
In the bonsai, on the platform halfway up the mountain where the mountain temple is located, Jin Dajian and his people are still building the temple in an orderly manner.
Chen Shishi concentrated on painting on the doors and windows.
In the Kaoshan Village at the foot of the mountain, the villagers, under the leadership of Li Kanshan, have cultivated a large area of fields.
The fields, ridge after ridge, are neat and uniform and look particularly spectacular.
In the courtyard in the middle of the earth building, some women were spinning and spinning with the cotton gloves that Xu Boan had given before.
In the mountain forest on the side, Li Wufu and some people were training the wild wolves.
More people are chopping firewood in the woods. For villagers, firewood is an essential and fastest-consuming daily necessity in life.
On the city wall in the distance, a group of small people guarding the city were also responsible, pacing in a decent manner, patrolling the city wall.
Xu Bo'an nodded with satisfaction and focused his attention on Li Wufu and the others who were training wild wolves in the forest. Under Li Wufu's training, those wolves were able to understand simple instructions.
Especially the leader of the wolf pack, which was the size of a calf. At this time, he was actually able to carry Li Wufu through the mountains and forests quickly, like a horse or a cheetah.
Xu Boan saw it and was filled with envy.
Look at this mount, how majestic and domineering it is. My own Ford Raptor pales in comparison to this giant wolf.
After staring at the giant wolf for a while, Xu Boan reluctantly focused his attention on the construction progress of the mountain temple.
Although the technological civilization of the Great Jing Dynasty was relatively backward, Xu Boan could not help but be impressed by their woodworking skills.
Xu Boan saw with his own eyes that Jin Dajian tightly assembled the pieces of wood together without using a nail or rope. The fit was as if they were grown in the original ecology and had never been cross-sectionally processed. .
The two young men who followed Jin Dajian on the side also looked at Jin Dajian's actions with emotion, and said with envy: "Brother Dajian, your skills are great, when can we learn from you? What a skill.”
“Yes, Brother Jin, if I can have this skill, my mother will definitely not worry about me getting a wife.”
Jin Dajian looked up at the two of them with a smile, and joked: "What are you thinking? It's impossible to get a wife in this age with such skills, otherwise I wouldn't work as a miner in a black gold mine."
The young man next to him stuck out his tongue and said: "Brother Jin, if you say so, I will go directly to work as a miner, and I will save several years of detours!"
Jin Dajian He sighed and said: "What nonsense are you talking about? If you are not desperate, don't go to the mines to suffer. When the time comes, be careful that you have a life to make money and not a life to spend! If it weren't for the fact that I couldn't raise two children at home, I wouldn't say anything. Go and take risks there. "
The young man from before also said: "Brother Dajian, there is no shortage of food and drink in Kaoshan Village now. We brothers can definitely support our families by following you. "
Another young man who said he was going to the mine also said: "Yes, Brother Jin, I was just joking. I still want to learn the craft from you. My mother said that last night. , follow you and work hard for Grandpa Mountain God, Grandpa Mountain God will definitely not treat us badly."
Jin Dajian wiped the sweat from his forehead and said, "That's right! It's good to be blessed by Grandpa Mountain God. How many lifetimes of good deeds have brought us blessings? Go and help us get another bucket of water. The weather is too hot and we don’t know when it will rain again.”
The two young men got up immediately. , and ran towards the wooden barrel not far away.
Jin Dajian smiled and scolded: "You two, don't be reckless, lest you scare the saint girl."
The so-called saint girl is naturally Chen Shishi.
Ever since Xu Boan admitted this identity by following Li Kanshan's misunderstanding, whether intentionally or unintentionally, Chen Shishi's status as a transcendent and outstanding saint has been faked.
Only Chen Shishi is present in the courtyard of the Shanshen Temple.
Because men and women were different, Jin Dajian asked people to let the yard out directly.
All the finished door, window and wall panels will be brought here for Chen Shishi to paint as appropriate.
But the small pool in the yard is the only source of water here.
Therefore, every time people come to fetch water, they cannot avoid meeting Chen Shishi.
This has also become a tacit agreement among several young men.
Let alone courtesans, these people have never even been seen looking fair and slightly dressed.
Country women are not like women in the city who are raised in a boudoir and unknown to others, nor are they like Miss Qianjin who is proficient in music, chess, calligraphy and painting, nor is she as professional as a girl from Lefang. Touching.
Women in the countryside pay attention to having a thick waist and round hips, so that they can work, have children, and take care of their children.
Therefore, seeing the beautiful courtesans, these people feel as if they are all buzzing, which is called a sense of comfort.
So after two days, going to the mountain temple yard to fetch water has become a fat job in the eyes of these young men.
Soon, in the eyes of another young man who ran slowly, a man who successfully grabbed the bucket happily ran towards the yard with the bucket.
After taking a few deep breaths outside the temple gate to calm down his excitement for a while, the young man entered the courtyard with a blushing face. He greeted Chen Shishi unnaturally: "Miss Saint, Brother Jin asked me to Come and get a bucket of water."
Chen Shishi looked sideways, smiled sweetly, and said softly to the young man: "You can just get it for yourself, you don't need to tell me."
You're not that old. The young man couldn't bear the expression of the oiran beauty, and he immediately became even more cautious. He smiled and thanked Chen Shishi. He was about to go forward to fetch water, but he didn't notice a raised stone at his feet, and immediately fell it. He somersaulted and rolled around awkwardly before standing up.
Chen Shishi hurriedly stood up and walked over, stretched out a piece of silk in her hand and handed it over, saying: "Brother, wipe the blood on your knees quickly!"
The young man saw it then. His knees were already bruised, but when he saw Chen Shishi's silk, he didn't dare to reach out and pick it up.
Waving his hand, he said with a blushing face: "It's okay, holy girl, it's a small problem, don't dirty your handkerchief."
As he spoke, the young man shrank hurriedly, He gritted his teeth and stood up, limpingly picked up the bucket and walked towards the pool.
In today's social situation, men and women are not close to each other.
Seeing the young man acting like this, Chen Shishi couldn't say anything else, so she had to turn back and continue painting.
The young man gritted his teeth and forced himself to fetch a bucket of water. When he limped out of the gate of the Shanshen Temple, he couldn't bear it anymore and hurriedly squatted down.
Looking at his ankle, he saw a big blue bulge, which was obviously a sprain.
In comparison, the scratch on my knee is not a big deal.
The young man who had not grabbed the bucket was still waiting not far away. Seeing his companion's abnormality, he hurriedly came over, helped carry the bucket, and helped his companion back to Jin Dajian.
"What's going on?" Jin Dajian asked and saw the young man's swollen ankle.
"Ah! This is troublesome. It's going to hurt your muscles and bones all day long. It would be better if you put some ice cubes on it." Jin Dajian said with a worried look.
He also knew that in this damn weather, the ground was peeling from the sun, and even water was scarce. How could he find ice cubes?
After paying attention to this place, Xu Boan's eyes lit up.
Ice cubes?
This is easy to say. I have a refrigerator here, so I can’t get as much ice cubes as I want?
Thinking of this, Xu Boan went to the suite to open the refrigerator and took out a silicone ice tray that had already frozen ice cubes.
The ice cubes frozen in this way are not only regular in shape, but most importantly, very thin and crisp, which is easy for people to bite and can be used with drinks to melt and cool down early.
Now in Xu Bo'an's eyes, thin ice cubes are more convenient for little people to use in bonsai.
With a slight twist, six hollow ice cubes the size of thumb knuckles were squeezed out and poured into a disposable paper cup.
Just as he was about to close the refrigerator, Xu Boan saw another can of beer placed aside.
Hey guys, it’s hot in the summer, how does it feel to take a sip of cold beer while working!
Absolutely cool!
Thinking of this, Xu Boan took out the beer again and then closed the refrigerator.
(End of this chapter)