Chapter 362 A year’s plan lies in spring
The reappearance of the giant turtle in the reservoir has once again aroused considerable heated discussion.
Especially many leaders in the township and county were very excited. In the past two years, the local "Turtle Prince" appeared many times, proving that Chenwangzhuang is a treasure.
I look forward to Guan Tou and the others appearing more often in the future, becoming famous in the local area, and officials like them will have a bright face.
In addition, on the afternoon when the giant turtle appeared in the reservoir, Tian Hongli shouted through the brigade’s loudspeaker and announced that he would collect ornamental fish.
The ornamental fish in every household in the village were raised by the villagers when they saw that Chen Ling was making a lot of money raising fish, so they followed Chen Ling's lead and followed suit.
As for whether they can sell them and make money after raising them, they are really unsure.
Now Tian Hongli said he is willing to accept it and will pay a deposit in advance.
Can the villagers be unhappy when they hear this?
Everyone was very happy and praised Lord Turtle for his miraculous effects, saying that the family would be rich just after paying homage.
Not just one family, but the whole village is getting rich.
This is so powerful.
So every household rushed to the brigade and gathered together to have a lively meeting, which lasted from afternoon to evening.
Tian Hongli signed the contract happily and said that he would bring the deposit over next week and give it to the villagers.
The villagers knew about the deposit payment. Last year, Sun Yanhong came to the village to collect pigs.
Moreover, the person who drove the fish delivery was the prospective son-in-law of Wang Lixian's family.
He drove Chen Ling to deliver fish to the city before. An acquaintance was responsible for the transportation, and Chen Ling had sold it once before. The villagers were completely reassured by this.
Tian Hongli was warmly entertained that evening.
Even calling Chen Ling, Chen Ling was very considerate and went to have a glass of wine and said a few words, but after not staying long, he took Zhou Weijun and three others to let the dogs out at night. The little hunter went.
Yu Qian had heard about letting dogs out for hunting from Zhou Weijun before he came here, so he had been thinking about it for a long time.
Nothing else. Thinking about that late at night, riding a motorcycle through the wheat fields with headlights on, chasing prey, I felt free and unrestrained and very happy.
So I mentioned it from time to time, while eating, and while drinking tea and chatting. I didn’t say much, just said: ‘Let’s go hunting outside in the evening. ’
I kept saying it over and over again, for fear that Chen Ling would forget.
Chen Ling originally wanted to go to the reservoir to check out what was going on with the water monster in the evening. Seeing that Old Yu was worried about this matter, he simply took him to play there first, and then went to the reservoir to see when he came back in the middle of the night. Not too late.
Maybe we can even block that thing in its lair.
He got on the tractor, asked Zhou Weijun, Yu Qian and a bunch of little dogs to sit on the back of the tractor, and drove to the county town.
Go to the forest farm first, then go north along the Dumb River to the wilderness of Dumb Lake.
As soon as spring arrives in March, the wheat joints start to grow. We can no longer just go to the wheat fields and mess around.
It's better to go out and have fun in the unattended wilderness. Besides, there are plenty of prey.
At seven or eight o'clock in the night, as soon as he arrived at the forest farm, Chen Ling stopped the tractor, and several people lowered all the baffles on the rear truck body and started letting the dogs hunt.
The tractor was slowly advancing on the dirt road outside the forest farm. Once movement was detected, the little dogs on the back of the truck, led by Erhei, jumped down and rushed into the forest to hunt for prey.
After finishing the hunt, come back and jump on the car, put the prey away, and then sit firmly on the back of the car again, waiting for the opportunity.
From the forest farm to the river and lake, playing until late at night, Yu Qian and Ma Wei had their eyes opened.
The two of them played very hard with Zhou Weijun.
When they get interested, they will follow the dog and chase the prey while shouting.
Sometimes we encountered cunning prey, such as the mountain raccoon, which jumped up and was chased by humans and dogs. Once, the mountain raccoon had nowhere to escape and almost jumped into the face of Chen Ling who was driving a tractor. .
This fun and exciting night hunting made a few fun-loving gentlemen happy.
That is to say that a person comes to enjoy the fun and returns home happily, which can be regarded as a happy time.
There are also a lot of prey piled in the rear compartment.
Unfortunately, after returning home, Chen Ling went to the reservoir to search for water monsters, but found nothing useful.
Around the soil hole, I could only see some feces and paw prints, but I still couldn't tell what kind of creature it was.
I called Guan Tou out to look for him, but he disappeared early.
Let Chen Ling secretly scold this thing for being slippery, maybe it is really a small beast like a badger.
……
In the warm spring day, Chenwangzhuang became lively again.
Even if the giant turtle in the reservoir does not appear again, it cannot stop people's enthusiasm.
People from all over the country who got the news came to pay homage one after another, and a bunch of people set up stalls to sell things.
After hearing the news, Yu Qian and others happily wandered around the dam early in the morning to join in the fun.
Unfortunately, these stalls did not sell the local specialties they wanted most. After walking around for a while, they found nothing, so they reluctantly asked Chen Ling and Wang Jusheng to take them to the villagers' homes.
Yu Qian, like Zhou Weijun, both like to eat.
Zhou Weijun claimed that he could kill two big elbows in one meal.
Yu Qian said that if donkey meat is cooked on fire, you can eat it completely with three kilograms of donkey meat and fire. You can eat twenty or thirty meatloaf in one go.
Hearing that Zhou Weijun was happily collecting bacon, fish, dried fruits, pickles and other items in Chen Wangzhuang, Yu Qian could not sit still.
The crew hadn't arrived yet, and they didn't have much money with them. The two greedy people wanted to search the villagers' houses.
It's a pity that Chen Ling has to help his wife collect herbs and grow vegetables at home, so he doesn't have time to mess around with them.
Let Wang Jusheng take them there.
In March, mountain flowers are everywhere and spring is in full bloom. It is a good time for a spring outing.
The young couple Chen Ling ignored the hustle and bustle over the reservoir and walked leisurely in the fields, holding sickles, medicine hoes, and small bamboo baskets on their backs, leisurely collecting herbs.
After having a son, it was rare for the young couple to go out like this.
Now, Wang Susu’s pharmacy can support people.
Although he doesn't make much money, and it's nowhere near as fast as Chen Ling's, it's no problem to support two people in the countryside.
So you have to be diligent in collecting and drying herbs, otherwise these common herbs for treating headaches and brain fever will not be enough.
"Uncle Fugui, Aunt Susu..."
The two little girls Xizi and Niuniu held hands and carried a basket of bamboo slices. When they saw the two of them, they waved from a distance.
Chen Ling and Wang Susu stopped quickly and asked them with smiles what they were doing.
Xizi said: "Uncle is setting up a stall selling paper kites at the reservoir, and we will go over and deliver bamboo pieces."
Thanks to Chen Baoshuan's conscience, the poor little girl and Chen Sangui's life became easier, little man. She is still a little thin, but her spirits are much brighter and there are more smiles on her rosy face.
"Oh, your uncle is very handy, he can do this."
Chen Ling smiled and touched the little girl's head.
Niuniu next to her also shouted quickly: "Yes, yes, Uncle Baoshuan can tie up paper kites and umbrellas, he is even better than Uncle Dazhi."
"Oh, this is really awesome. Another day I will ask your Uncle Baoshuan to tie up two umbrellas and play with them."
Oil-paper umbrellas, how fun it is.
At this time, Wang Lishan came from behind and said with a smile: "If you are rich and noble, you will tease the doll. If you want an umbrella, Baoshuan will not send it to your door." In the eyes of the villagers, Chen Baoshuan will be the best this year. But Chen Ling got a lot of credit. Chen Ling vaccinated the chickens, ducks and livestock, and the fish fry were also caught from Chen Ling's house.
Everyone thought that Chen Ling was so generous because of Chen Sangui’s reputation.
In fact, it was Chen Baoshuan who tipped off the news, which saved Chen Ling a lot of effort.
But outsiders don’t know, Chen Ling didn’t say much about this, he just smiled and said: “Brother Lishan, what are you doing here? Are you holding a basket of eggs?”
Photographed by Wang Lishan Patting the basket, he said cheerfully: "What eggs? These are tobacco leaves. I dried the tobacco leaves years ago and went to the reservoir to sell the tobacco leaves." The little girl staggered away.
Chen Ling felt happy for a while and said to Wang Susu: "Good guy, this turtle prince has created income for our village in disguise."
Isn't it? Not only did Tian Hongli purchase ornamental fish under the influence of Lao Turtle, but the villagers also enjoyed the convenience of setting up stalls to sell things.
Wang Susu smiled softly: "Yes, such a big old turtle, even if it is not a turtle prince, it is just like the auspiciousness mentioned in the book, blessing our village."
That’s actually okay.
For outsiders like Tian Hongli, when they first saw Guan Tou’s physique, they were really shocked by such a big old turtle, which led to subsequent business.
Yesterday I went around asking people to take photos, and I didn’t hide it from the villagers, saying that I wanted to take more photos and take them back to publish in the newspaper.
This is naturally a gimmick for selling fish.
But for the villagers, as long as they can make money, this is nothing.
"Hey, Fugui, we went out to play with Jusheng."
When we arrived at the edge of the village in the southwest corner and walked to the river beach, Yu Qian drove his car from the village Come out and sound the horn loudly.
"What are you doing? Have you finished collecting everything in the village?" Chen Ling asked.
Guarding the mountains, dried sweet potatoes, persimmons, etc. are not valuable in the countryside. Every household gets a lot of thieves every year. It is said that they are enough to cause harm to them.
"I haven't finished it yet. I'm greedy for the cured fish. Your village chief, let's go out for a walk first."
Yu Qian put on his sunglasses and smiled, "Let's go."
As he spoke, he waved to Chen Ling, and the three people in the car, Zhou Weijun, also smiled and waved to him.
“Let’s go, let’s go.”
Chen Ling couldn't laugh or cry and waved her hands in cooperation. These guys are really awesome.
Then he and his wife wandered around the fields, riverbanks, and Nanshan Mountains, digging for herbs and picking up wild animal feces that could be used as medicine.
For example, the bat guano in the cracks of the stone cliff is called luminous sand.
There are also some medicinal products such as geckos and four-legged snakes, as well as the shed skins of scorpions and toads.
This kind of stuff is very common in the mountains. Even if people don’t care, little kids just play with it and throw it away.
It’s not that everyone doesn’t know these things are medicinal materials.
The key is that the quantity of these things is too small, there is no need to pick them up.
“The fruit trees in our orchard have begun to bloom this year. I will sow some flowers and grass seeds in the next two days. The flowers on the fruit trees have fallen, but there are still flowers blooming on the ground, making our farm beautiful all year round. "
After wandering in the mountains for a long time, Wang Susu looked at the wild flowers all over the mountains and took two deep breaths, with an intoxicated expression on her face.
Women all like flowers and plants. At this time, Wang Susu was already imagining the scene of a garden full of flowers blooming outside the farm.
"Then you have to plant some plum blossoms. It's not easy to have flowers blooming all year round. It's okay to say that in autumn, only plum blossoms bloom in winter."
Chen Ling smiled, he had long wanted to Plum blossoms, orchids, bamboos and chrysanthemums have been gathered together, and now only plum blossoms are missing.
"Yes, we must plant plum blossoms. I have thought about it. We will attend sister Du Juan's wedding in a while and buy some plum blossoms when we get to the city."
Wang Susu is serious. He nodded, looking at her little expression of looking around at the flowers. If the bamboo baskets of the two of them hadn't been filled with medicinal materials, they would have to dig up a few wild flowers before they gave up.
"Okay, if you don't show your pregnancy by then, I will definitely take you and Ruirui to stay in the city for a few more days. I have packed up the house."
Chen Ling shook his wife's white and tender hands and gently stroked her flat belly twice with one hand.
Wang Susu hurriedly slapped his hand away and said dissatisfiedly: "It's outside, don't move your hands or feet."
Then he smiled and said confidently: "Don't worry. Well, I'm sure I'll be fine. You didn't let me do this or that last year. In fact, I can do any job, and I can also travel far away. Haven't you seen that it doesn't take any effort to give birth to Ruirui? I have a strong body. But she is very strong, even the doctors praise her.”
Looking at her proud appearance, Chen Ling couldn’t help but feel a little proud in her heart. Her daughter-in-law is in such good health, thanks to her hard work in nourishing her body. .
The two of them talked, laughed, and walked down the mountain.
It was almost noon at this time, and there was still no shortage of people at the reservoir.
Some people from other villages set up stalls, and some villagers from the village set up stalls.
But after all, it is not as lively and crowded as before, and you have to wait for most of the day to drive out.
Smoke is already rising from the chimneys of many houses, and they are preparing to cook lunch.
"Fugui, Susu, you two don't leave yet..."
When passing by the wheat field, Xiuying's sister-in-law called them to stop from a distance.
“What’s wrong, sister-in-law.”
The two of them thought something was wrong, but when they saw that Xiuying’s sister-in-law didn’t care, they hurried back home and followed her to the door of her house. Go away.
Before they arrived, sister-in-law Xiuying came out with a bunch of vegetables and said with a smile: "I just got up early and dug some vegetables with your brother Dazhi. They are very fresh. You can take them back and eat them." .
Every year on March 3rd, boiled eggs with local vegetables are delicious. ”
Di Di Cai is actually shepherd’s purse.
In their local dialect, it is local food.
This thing of boiled eggs has the same effect as three root soup. It can enhance people's immunity and reduce the probability of getting sick during the change of seasons.
According to legend, the local people have lived in the mountains for a long time and often suffer from headaches due to wind and rain.
On the third day of March of a certain year, Shennong passed by here and saw that the mountain people had a headache, so he found eggs and local vegetables and cooked them together for the mountain people to eat. Everyone's heads suddenly stopped hurting.
Since then, the custom of "boiling eggs with local vegetables on March 3rd and 3rd March will keep you from having headaches for a whole year" has slowly spread in the local area.
“Hey, sister-in-law, you and Brother Dazhi can eat. If we want to eat, we’ll dig it in the fields.”
“Haha, there’s so much for both of us to eat. , dig too much, it won’t taste good if it becomes wilted. The local vegetables are still fresh and delicious. You boil the eggs for Ruirui and Zhenzhen, and make dumplings for the rest.”
Xiu. Sister-in-law Ying is very enthusiastic.
Chen Ling and the other two had no choice but to accept it.
As a result, before taking two steps, Wang Lishan's mother and the Wang family's third aunt heard their voices and came out. They gave Chen Ling and Wang Cunye a large pack of tobacco leaves and left them free to smoke.
At this moment, Chen Ling and Wang Susu understood that they were all thinking about their own fry.
If it weren't for Chen Ling, they wouldn't be able to make any money this time. After all, Tian Hongli came here for Chen Ling. Chen Ling took this person aside and asked Little Sheep to take people to their home to see them. of fish.
After a while, Chen Baoliang's mother-in-law also came out and gave her two large pieces of tofu, saying that Chen Ling was famous for loving tofu...
This guy is so good, he did it in a short time. Both of them could hardly hold the things in their hands.
(End of this chapter)