Chapter 241 Pen Pal Wudi Cog
“Chuangzi, are you at home?”
The morning after selling the wine, Chen Ling drove Wang Zhenzhen to Huangni Town on a tractor , come and find Han Chuang.
"I'm at home, I'm at home, Brother Ling is here, come in quickly."
Hearing the shouting outside, Jiang Xiaoqing trotted out, opened the big iron gate of the yard, and asked him to put the tractor in Drive into the yard.
"Zhenzhen is here too, come down quickly, the watermelon is frozen for you."
"Thank you, sister-in-law Xiaoqing."
Wang Zhenzhen jumped off the tractor and walked to Jiang Xiaoqing with a smile. , the two watched Chen Ling drive the tractor into the house.
After Han Chuang got married, the new home he got was quite big. It was built outside the town and had few neighbors. It was surrounded by orchards planted by several families, and further outside was the famous Tubao outside Huangni Town. Ridge, there are not many people, so the yard is very spacious here, and parking a tractor is not a problem at all.
“Where’s Chuangzi? Why are you acting like a big girl and haven’t seen anyone for a long time.”
Chen Ling parked the tractor under a tree on the south side of the yard, and when he got off, Han Chuang could not be seen.
He agreed to come and sit with Han Chuang today and take back the sunflower seeder.
The so-called sunflower seeder is not a new thing. It is a columbine used locally for sowing food (jiang, three tones, pronounced the same as "speak") and has been modified to make it suitable. Just plant sunflowers.
After all, sunflowers are a rare crop locally, so sowing can only be done manually.
You can’t grow a columbine.
After talking about the situation at his house last time, Han Chuang reassured him, saying that his elder brother Han Chao would handle this.
And Han Chuang is also very talented in this area. He learned a few tricks from his brother when he was a child. He knew what this thing was about. When he went back and told his elder brother Han Chao, he gave it to him. I gave Chen Ling the letter and asked him to pick it up after ten days.
Chen Ling said he would come over if it didn't rain today, so the date was set.
"He went to buy donkey meat. There is a factory owner in the south of the town who is having a wedding. Yesterday morning he slaughtered a donkey. Chuangzi said that you will definitely come over in the next two days, so he went over and bought some donkey meat. It’s also good as a snack.”
Jiang Xiaoqing said with a smile, and then asked Wang Zhenzhen: “Have you ever eaten donkey meat?”
Wang Zhenzhen shook his head: "I haven't eaten it before. We can't afford it, and we can't bear to eat it."
In Fenglei Town, we rely on pack horses and donkeys to drive the mountain roads. Donkeys are very expensive, so how can we be willing to kill them and sell them for meat? , even if they are killed, they are old donkeys and sick donkeys that cannot be cured, and they are very expensive to sell.
While he was talking, Han Chuang came back, pushing a small cart with a big donkey head and assorted donkey meat on it. Behind him was a half-sized green man with his tongue sticking out. When the dog saw two strangers, Chen Ling and Wang Zhenzhen, coming to the house, it pricked up its ears and rushed forward to bark.
When Han Chuang saw this, he kicked it and scolded it, then walked forward with a smile and talked to Chen Ling.
The two of them were talking and unloading the donkey meat.
"I didn't buy any good meat, and I didn't even get a donkey whip, so I just bought some meat from the hooves and the neck."
Han Chuang said regretfully.
"Okay, that's a lot. Just this donkey head, even if it doesn't look like there's any meat, you won't be able to finish it in two or three days."
Chen Ling said, "Call your uncles, aunts, and brother Han Chao over at noon. If there are too few people, we won't be able to finish the meal, and it won't last long in the hot weather."
Han Chuang bought a big donkey head. There was a donkey tail with a big tail bone, a donkey intestine, and donkey neck meat with bones. It didn't look like much, but in fact it couldn't be stewed in two pots.
As he spoke, he sighed again: "You said there was no good meat, but the donkey's mouth is also there, as well as its intestines. The key is that the meat on the neck is given to you, so that's good."
"Hey, I don't know as much as you do. Just do what you think is good." Han Chuang smiled naively, "How about, let's start cleaning up now?"
"What to clean up, Brother Ling and Zhenzhen have just arrived, You didn't even sit down, so you just yelled for people to work."
At this time, Jiang Xiaoqing brought Wang Zhenzhen over with two watermelons, scolded Han Chuang, and asked Chen Ling to sit down and eat the melons.
“Come on, Brother Ling, Zhenzhen, sit down and let’s eat watermelon first.”
Han Chuang still chuckled, saying that he didn't want Chen Ling to do the work, but wanted to get the food and wine ready quickly.
Chen Ling smiled and sat down when he heard this, "These things are indeed difficult to clean up. It's almost half past nine, so we'd better boil the water first and let's clean up first."
"Okay. , I’ll boil the water right now. Chuangzi and I always eat and drink a lot when we go to your house, keeping you and your sister-in-law busy. We can’t keep you busy here today, Brother Ling.”
< br>Jiang Xiaoqing said seriously.
"Well, you're right. I'll call my parents over right now. If they can clean up this thing, just let Lingzi cook again at noon. We'll do the rest for him."< br>
Han Chuang clapped his hands, stopped stumbling, and got on his motorcycle to call his parents.
Chen Ling couldn't stop him. After a while, Han Chuang brought an old couple into the courtyard. When he came, he enthusiastically asked Chen Ling to sit down and told him not to worry about anything. He went into the kitchen to boil water and collect the donkey meat.
Han Chuang's father and mother are similar to Jiang Xiaoqing's father. They are also not good-looking and slightly vicious, but they are extremely warm and kind when they talk and laugh, making people feel friendly.
"You haven't been here since the last temple fair. How is the yard of our house being tidied? Xiaoqing and I have been working on it for more than ten days, and most of it is based on the layout of your house. Look at this fish pond, grape trellis, and small vegetable garden. Now the things planted are growing, and they are much better than the bare ones before.” While chatting, Han Chuang pointed to the yard and showed it to Chen Ling.
Chen Ling nodded while looking at it: "It's pretty good, but your yard is still a bit big, and it looks empty without things. I will send you some flower seeds and tree seeds in a while. You can plant whatever you want. Well, there are many kinds of flowers in the yard, which not only look good but also smell good in the summer evening.”
“Okay, that’s good.”
Han Chuang said: “Actually, Xiaoqing’s company. I was given some tree seeds, which are those planted outside. I don’t have any shortage of tree seeds. I just need to plant some flower seeds like those in your yard. If you plant them, they will cover half of the yard, and the flowers will not grow long. It’s big, but it blooms a lot. It looks pretty good like that.”
“Oh, yes, I’ve seen the kind of flower at Brother Ling’s house, too. It seems to be meadowsweet, right?” Jiang Xiaoqing gnawed on the watermelon. road.
“Well, it’s meadowsweet. This kind of chrysanthemum grows fast and is easy to live. It will grow when you put it in and water it. It smells very fragrant at night, but the flower is too small. When I get there, I’ll bring you a few more and try them together,” Chen Ling said.
The three of them chatted and quickly ate most of the watermelon.
At this time Wang Zhenzhen said that she was going to the teacher's house and wanted Chen Ling to send her there.
Actually, she came here today to play with her teacher’s little daughter.
This wild girl is not idle at home. She even writes letters to the teacher and her daughter from time to time. The teacher’s daughter is two grades above her and will soon be in junior high school. I don’t know how to play with her. He replies to letters more frequently than Wang Zhenzhen, and his family often receives letters.
“Oh, it’s really amazing. I can also write letters. I’m going to meet my pen pal.”
Jiang Xiaoqing laughed, feeling surprised and amused that such an older child could write letters to others.
Don't talk about her, even the two old men who came out of the kitchen and walked to the well to clean the donkey's water heard this and laughed loudly and said a few words.
This girl is amazing and will definitely have a future.
"Teacher Zhenzhen is in town, right? Let's go, then I'll follow you, and let's go to the brewery to buy a barrel of beer and come back."
Han Chuang washed his face, wiped After wiping the sweat on his body, he happily followed Chen Ling and walked out.
As a result, Wang Zhenzhen was sent to her teacher's house and she found that Han Chuang's cannery was nearby. Han Chuang said: "My cannery is very close. Let me take you to my cannery first. You haven't seen it yet." I've been there before."
Chen Ling naturally had no objection and followed him to the cannery.
As soon as I entered the factory gate, I heard the sound of running water.
In the spacious factory yard is a large pond. Two faucets far apart are slowly draining water into the pond. When the two of them approached, they were surprised to see a layer of colorful fish on the water. Dispersed.
Chen Ling leaned over and looked at it for a while, then smiled and said: "No wonder it can support mullet fish, this pond is big enough."
"It's quite big. Do you still catch fish? My brother put a lot of fish in it."
"No more, no more fish. There are better fish on my farm."
While the two were talking, Han Chuang's eldest brother Han Chao came out. Chen Ling had met him once during the last temple fair. There were many relatives in their family who came to attend the temple fair, so they only exchanged a few words last time. , can only be regarded as acquaintance.
"I have fixed it for you, come and take a look." Han Chao is nearly forty years old. Although he is not as tall and strong as Han Chuang, he is still tall and strong, with a With a mustache and a much more stable personality than Han Chuang, after saying hello with a smile, he took Chen Ling to see the coward.
What he improved was a three-legged columbine.
This thing is a relatively primitive agricultural tool for sowing, and it existed in the Han Dynasty.
This kind of agricultural tool is mainly used to grow wheat, millet, soybeans, sorghum, sesame and other crops.
If you are growing corn, it is almost meaningless.
After all, corn was introduced to China relatively late, and traditional farm tools were not designed for corn.
But it’s not completely impossible to plant.
The three-legged columbine blocks the grain outlet in the middle, and it can barely be planted. However, it is very easy to get stuck during the sowing process, and you always have to stop and repair it, which is very time-consuming and patient.
Of course, this is talking about the mountains here.
The use of farm tools depends on the area. If the plot of land is small, most of them are done manually.
“Has this been changed to one leg?”
When Chen Ling walked in, he saw a one-legged columbine.
“No, this was modified into a single-legged one for my family last year. The corn seedlings I planted still didn’t work well. Either there were leaks in some places and the seedlings didn’t grow, or the seedlings were thick and thick in some places. Thinning the seedlings is an old problem, it’s very laborious, and it’s really not as accurate as if we went to ‘Dian Baogu’ ourselves.”
Han Chao smacked his lips and said helplessly.
Chen Ling touched two handfuls, nodded and said: "This is actually very good. The seeders on the market now can't plant corn. The machine is very easy to break if you try to plant it. It's not as good as our columbine. , it is difficult to be lazy in farming, and in most places people still have to go to the fields to 'point the corn', also called 'planting the corn', which sounds like a job that requires hard work and intensive cultivation.
This method is also artificial sowing in traditional farming.
When planting, people hold a shovel and a schoolbag full of corn seeds hanging around their necks. They shovel and shovel in the field, and then push up the wooden handle of the shovel with one hand. The shovel is in the land in front of them. After prying up a pit, he picked up two or three seeds with his other hand and sprinkled them into the pit. He removed the shovel and walked straight forward. As he walked, he stepped on the pit in front of him.
The skilled old farmer works very quickly when "pointing the corn", shoveling, pushing, and scattering, which makes people dazzled. Before others can react, the old farmer is already more than ten steps away. .
However, this traditional method is labor-intensive and hard work, and is less labor-intensive than cultivating columbine.
Unfortunately, there is no way. Columbine planting at this time is not very good, and the accuracy of the seeder is far less than ten or twenty years later. As Han Chao said, the seeds are often missed. Seedlings were replanted in the fields and thinned out.
To put it bluntly, it means you save energy when planting, but you still have more time to exert energy after planting.
It’s very troublesome to think about it on this hot day.
“You are right, let’s take a look at this modification for you.”
“Your request is simple, easy to modify, and it will not be useless when using it, no It was half-planted and rotted in the ground like corn."
Han Chao said, walking to the improved three-legged columbine: "My cannery's business has been good in the past two years. It's been busy. There is a lot of time, otherwise if I have time to think about it, I can change it better than this, no matter whether I am planting corn or anything else.”
"It's a pity that tinkering with this stuff can't support the family. It's just a fool around and can't interfere with the serious business of the family."
Chen Ling has seen a lot of such people, some with great skills, and they can also be called " It is a pity that most of the civilian farmer scientists are not recognized.
After watching Wudi Qiu, Chen Ling stuffed him with two packs of good cigarettes to express his gratitude and said that he would only come to get the cog after dinner. The two of them were polite.
While walking out, Han Chuang asked his brother to go back for lunch at noon, saying that his parents were also there.
Han Chao did not refuse after hearing this and said that since he was here, don’t leave in a hurry and take Chen Ling to visit the canning production room first.
Entering the production workshop, Chen Ling's eyes were opened to the various canned fruits and meats.
"Lingzi, try this canned yellow peach. Take it back and chill it with well water later. It will be more refreshing than popsicles."
Han Chao opened a canned yellow peach and gave it to him , this is also canned fruit in season.
Chen Ling took two mouthfuls of the canned juice and poured two pieces of yellow peach into his mouth, "Well, it's delicious. This fresh can just tastes different."
" It's delicious. I'll get some more later." Han Chao said with a smile. There used to be several canneries in Huangni Town, but now they are the only ones who can do it. Naturally, they still have some skills.
After the three of them laughed and walked around the production room of the cannery and chatted for a while, Han Chuang took Chen Ling to the brewery to buy beer.
"Brother, you should go there early at noon."
"I understand, you go buy a bar first, I'll go back and call your sister-in-law and she'll be there."
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Huangni Town is truly a place where factories gather together. Chen Ling followed Han Chuang around. Flour mills, instant noodle factories, breweries, biscuit factories, brick factories, and textile factories were all open. .
"In a while, the biscuit factory will be the busiest. Before August 15th, moon cakes will be made day and night. It will not stop all night long, and people will come and go from work in the evening and morning."
“Further on, when winter comes, brick factories are busy, and more houses are built in winter.”
“Instant noodle factories are not doing well this year.”
Han Chuang introduced it to him.
We kept talking all the way, and when we arrived at the brewery, we picked up a bucket of draft beer and headed home.
"Come to our brewery to buy wine. On a hot day in summer, it's best to drink draft beer, and drink less bottled beer."
Han Chuang still kept talking while walking on the road. .
Chen Ling has heard about the benefits of draft beer. This thing is fresh beer or draft beer, which has higher nutritional value than ordinary beer.
He thought Han Chuang wanted to say this too.
Unexpectedly, Han Chuang said next: "Because we have a lot of bottled beer here, which is not wine, but urine."
"What? Pee?" Chen Ling was shocked.
“Yeah, I’m not fooling you. There are a lot of factories in our town. It’s hot now. Those damn young workers in the factory go to the brewery after work in the evening and wait for the weather. Do you know how they stole the beer?" Han Chuang raised his eyebrows in a thief manner.
“I don’t know, how did you steal it?”
“Hey, my brother told me this. He said that the brewery produces a lot of beer in the summer, and that guy piles the beer against the wall. There were a lot of them, and those young workers tied a hook with a rope, threw the hook over the wall like fishing, put the beer bottle on it and slowly hooked it up, then opened it and drank outside the wall. "
“After drinking, they were afraid that the brewery would stop putting beer on the wall if they knew about it, so they came up with an idea. Yes, they peed into the wine bottle. After the urine was full, the color would be the same. The beer is almost the same, pretend it’s beer, put the lid on, and put all the beer back with a rope.”
"Holy shit, can you still do this?"
Chen Ling was stunned when he heard this, "Wouldn't the brewery find out if you do this?"
"Well, in most cases, we do find out. No, because these bastards have learned how to use nails to open the bottle cap, and open it along the mouth of the bottle. In this way, after opening the bottle and drinking the wine, the bottle can be put back intact, and the beer will not be finished. I only drank half the bottle, and if I didn’t drink the rest, I mixed it with urine.”
When Han Chuang said this, his face was filled with admiration.
“Good guy, after listening to what you said, I won’t dare to drink bottled beer in the future.”
Chen Ling felt uncomfortable in his stomach when he thought about half of the beer bottle being filled with urine.
Han Chuang patted him on the shoulder carelessly: "Hey, don't be nervous, Lingzi, you can still drink this. Beer with urine in it tastes like spoiled beer and smells very bad. ”
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(End of this chapter)