In the evening, Geng Changqing came over, carrying a large piece of mutton and two bottles of wine.
He has been busy for so many days and finally finished all the backlog of work. He has time to come over tonight to get together.
Su Mo took the things and saw that Geng Changqing had brought wine. She guessed that he and Su Yichen were going to talk all night tonight, so she thought of cooking more dishes to prevent them from getting hungry in the middle of the night.
There was mutton, so Su Mo thought of making a chestnut mutton stew. When the time comes, it will be simmered in the small stove, and when you want to eat, you can put a bowl in it and it will be hot at any time.
Then make braised pork, braised fish with radish, stir-fry green vegetables with the lard residue that was boiled in meat oil just now, and eat rice as the staple food.
The dinner was quite sumptuous.
It was getting late, so Su Mo started to get ready.
Chop the mutton into pieces, wash them, put them in a casserole and stew them on a small stove, then wash and stew the rice.
After several people helped Su Mo peel chestnuts, Su Mo sent her to the west room to chat.
They hadn't seen each other for a few years, so they definitely had a lot to talk about. Although we usually communicate by phone, the phone bill is exorbitantly expensive. Whenever we dare to talk more, we always hang up in a hurry after talking about the matter.
While Su Mo was cooking, Lu Changzheng also came back, carrying a pheasant in his hand.
Su Mo took a look and realized that everyone was here now.
Lu Changzheng went inside first to see Fu Manhua and Su Yichen, and then went out to kill the pheasant and bring it in to Su Mo.
Su Mo quickly went to get hazelnut mushrooms and vermicelli, and stewed the chicken.
Seeing that everyone was here and the food was plentiful, they asked Lu Changzheng to go to Lu's house and call the three old people over for dinner.
When Lu Changzheng went to the Lu family, Fu Manhua hurriedly put away almost 70% of the wild ginseng in Westinghouse.
This wild ginseng was placed in the corner by Fu Manhua, so he couldn't find it unless he paid attention. Geng Changqing only discovered it when Fu Manhua took it.
"Sister-in-law, where did you get the wild ginseng?"
"It was given by Xiao Mo. She bumped into it on the mountain some time ago. She kept it specially for us to take back when we come." Fu Manhua said.
Geng Changqing smiled, "This girl, she has found all the good things in this mountain." Wild ginseng and gold mines were discovered somewhere without great luck.
Fu Manhua also laughed, "No, this place could possibly raise this girl."
Because the living room was occupied by Su Mo to grow vegetables, dinner had to be eaten on the Kang. There were too many people to sit down, so we divided the table into two tables. The five men ate on the kang in the west room, and Su Mo and the three women ate on the kang in Su Mo's room.
The Kang table is small, and the dishes are also served in small bowls. The rest are simmered in a pot over low heat. After eating, they are served again, which is quite warm.
A group of people chatted while eating. It was around nine o'clock in the evening before the three old people went home.
After the others left, Lu Changzheng talked about the gold mine.
That day, they returned to Qingxi County to rest for a night, and early the next morning, they took people up the mountain.
First, we searched for the source along the stream, and found many gold-containing stones along the way. After searching for more than a day, we finally discovered the mineral deposit halfway up the mountainside of a mountain in the deep mountains.
According to the preliminary survey by the survey team, the gold resource reserves of this gold vein are at least tens of tons, which is of great mining value. The specific reserves will have to be investigated in detail after the winter and the snow melts.
Although there is only a rough estimate, this reserve is sufficient. Everything they plan in Beijing should be realized.
Now we just have to wait for the results to be reported before the state appoints them.
"Now that the situation is confirmed, the troops will send more troops over in two days. We will first seal off the mountain, and then open the road leading there in the winter. When the engineers come next spring, we can start It’s mined,” Lu Changzheng said.
Geng Changqing nodded and said: "If necessary, we can mobilize our members to open the road."
It is not free to open roads for mining like this, and recruit local people to help. After all, it is a job that requires a lot of effort, and it only costs 50 cents a day at least.
The winter here is long, and the agricultural production of the new year does not start until April. It is a good idea to take advantage of the opportunity to let the members earn some extra money.
Lu Changzheng nodded. If he had the opportunity to benefit the villagers, he would naturally strive for it.
Afterwards, several people chatted about other things. After Su Mo listened for a while, he was ready to go back to his room to sleep.
The house is warm, and it’s not easy to feel sleepy after eating.
After Su Mo and Fu Manhua went to bed, Su Yichen began to look at Lu Changzheng with sharp eyes.
Lu Changzheng sat upright and let him look at him.
"I don't care what your purpose is in marrying Xiao Mo, but if you dare to betray her, our Su family will not forgive you."
"I married her for no purpose, purely because I fell in love with her at first sight." Lu Changzheng said seriously, "I will never let her down in this life."
Su Yichen looked at Lu Changzheng inquiringly for a while and said: "She is the only girl in the third generation of my Su family, and everyone dotes on her. She grew up in a honey pot for the past eighteen years, and the family was not very happy. , she didn’t even suffer it.”
"The family has undergone tremendous changes in the past six months. She has suffered a lot, and she has endured too much by herself. Seeing how outstanding she is now, as the eldest brother, I feel both proud and distressed."
"It's not easy for her. You should take more care of her and help her."
"If one day you feel that she is a burden, don't bully her or make her suffer. Call me and I will come and take her away."
Lu Changzheng's eyes were sharp and he said solemnly: "That day will never happen."
The wife he finally married was too late to feel pain, so how could he be willing to bully her and make her suffer?
The two men looked at each other and drank a drink. Geng Changqing smiled and drank too.
"There's no need for Yi Chen. I'm close. Just talk to me. I'll take her far away."
Su Yichen toasted Geng Changqing and said, "Uncle Geng, I'll leave it to you."
Because Su Yichen and Geng Changqing are only 5 years apart, they usually call him Brother Changqing. This is the first time that he is called uncle so seriously.
Geng Changqing smiled and said, "You kid." Then he also filled up the wine and drank it down.
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Su Mo didn't know what time the three of them had eaten. She only vaguely seemed to hear someone going out.
When Su Mo woke up early in the morning, she found that there were some vegetables left, so she planned to make a big porridge and just eat the remaining vegetables.
While Su Mo was lighting the fire, she heard the door opening in the west room. She turned around and saw that it was Geng Changqing.
Geng Changqing saw Su Mo's eyes seemed disappointed when she saw him, so he said, "He left two hours ago. He has something to arrange when he returns to the mountain."
That group of soldiers is still camping in the snow on the mountain. As the main commander, Lu Changzheng cannot leave for too long.
"Oh." Su Mo responded, "Uncle Geng, what time did you talk last night? Why did you get up so early?"
"One or two o'clock." Geng Changqing didn't pay much attention to the time, "I've always been a light sleeper."
After saying that, Geng Changqing looked at the vegetables grown by Su Mo with great interest and asked, "Xiao Mo, how did you come up with the idea of growing vegetables in the house?"
"I saw it in the book my uncle sent back before," Su Mo said. Then he briefly talked to Geng Changqing about the principles of greenhouse vegetable cultivation that he learned during this period of time while replenishing his agricultural knowledge.
Anyway, the books that the uncle sent back had been confiscated by the group of people who ransacked the house, and they had no way of verifying them.
Geng Changqing listened with interest. This was indeed a very advanced planting concept.
If it can be popularized, the problem of northern people eating vegetables in winter will be greatly improved.
It seems that this girl's desire to get a position as an agricultural researcher is not without purpose. She has something on her hands.
As the leader of the commune, he thought further. When the gold mine is mined, the flow of people in Hongqi Commune will definitely double. I can't say what food those people eat, but vegetables will definitely be provided nearby.
Then the brigade in this area can add a side business of growing vegetables.
