"The captain is probably the biggest headache right now. In previous years, when the commune had a task, he would organize a meeting for the villagers, and Professor Liu and the others would be pulled out to have a hard time. But this happens rarely, so the old people are not too worried. Suffer.
But there was Du Taohua, who was still registered in the county. How dare he just do it perfunctory? "
Ning Yue nodded, expressing deep agreement.
She didn't take Du Taohua seriously in the past, and she wouldn't take her seriously now.
After the two of them rode bicycles, Du Taohua looked at Bai Yafang and said, "Afang, considering our good relationship before, you help me once, and I will repay you in the future."
Bai Yafang was a little impatient. This woman was really shameless. How bad was her reputation? How dare she come to school to block her and lend her money? What would she pay back if I lent her money?
"Taohua, it's not that I don't want to help you. We just built a house and we have no money. I am a teacher, but my monthly salary is only ten yuan. What can I do with ten yuan? Buy some pocket money. The odds and ends were spent.
You just asked to borrow fifty yuan. Where can I find it for you? "
Du Taohua's face suddenly became ugly again, "Avon, I really don't know who to turn to. You are my only friend. You have to help me no matter what I say this time. I will never forget your kindness in the future." of."
She had no milk, and seeing her child screaming all day long because of hunger, she really had no choice.
The two stood there for a long time, and finally, Bai Yafang took out five yuan and gave it to her.
The person who borrowed the money was angry, and the person who was borrowed the money was also uncomfortable. In the end, the two broke up on bad terms.
When the autumn harvest was over, all the men of the Du family went up to the mountains to get firewood. Zhang Damei took the female soldiers at home to clear out the private land, and ran to his daughter's house.
After finally catching up on Sunday, Ning Yue and the two also wanted to harvest the cabbage. They originally planted some lentils, carrots, eggplants and pumpkins on the side next to the wall. They had already planted the seedlings a few days ago, and now they have all been cleared out. Now The vegetables in the courtyard are cabbage, radish, potatoes and dozens of pepper seedlings that don't take up much space.
Ning Yue watered frequently, and the pepper seedlings were full of red peppers. She had already picked a lot of the red ones, but there were still a lot left on the pepper seedlings.
After putting down what she was doing, Ning Yue was about to pull her mother into the house: "Mom, why are you here today?"
"I'm done with the free stuff at home, I'll come over and help you."
"Your uncle can do this little work all by himself, so why do you need me?"
Xu Yansheng, who was busy putting cabbage away, echoed: "Mom, I can do it myself. You and Ning Yue can rest."
Zhang Damei couldn't stop after saying a few words. She was here to work, not to chat. Ning Yue didn't stop her and she went into the vegetable field to get busy.
There was no way, Ning Yue could only rely on her. In fact, the vegetable patch in the yard was not very big, and there was almost enough cabbage. Zhang Damei started to pull out the radish, twist the radish tassels, wash the radish and then pickle it. The pickles are gone, and the rest are stored in the cellar.
Xu Yansheng simply took a pickaxe and went outside the courtyard to collect the vegetables he had planted casually.
I originally thought that since there was no river mud added to the ground outside, nothing would grow. But it turned out that the big radishes were only a small circle smaller than the ones in the yard. They collected two large baskets of radishes and a large basket of potatoes. come out.
"How do you take care of the vegetables in your house? It's obvious that you are late in planting vegetables. Each cabbage grows weighs more than ten kilograms, and the radishes are also very big. Even the ones in our field can't compare. You two have no worries about having no food to eat this winter, is it possible that river mud farming is so good?"
Ning Yue: ...I'm really afraid that her mother's next sentence will be to ask the men in the family to dig river mud.
What needs to be harvested is collected, what needs to be dried is left to dry in the yard, what needs to be pickled must also be pickled, and half a day has passed in a blink of an eye.
Zhang Damei ran home after finishing her work. Ning Yue tried to keep her for dinner but failed.
On the last weekend before winter, Ning Yue took Xu Yansheng up the mountain with her.
"Our food is enough to eat, so you should go less into the mountains in the future."
There may be many large animals in such a big mountain. What if we encounter one?
"Hmm, I came here just once a year ago, and I will definitely not come here again.
Isn’t it to prepare gifts for your family? "
The two of them had agreed long ago to leave for the capital as soon as the holiday came. The new wife couldn't come empty-handed.
"The gift you mentioned is on the mountain?"
Ning Yue answered as she walked: "Except for the inner area, I have walked almost all the areas near our village. I know where there are good things. At the beginning of spring, I found an old tree on the mountain. I haven’t picked the ginseng yet, winter is coming soon, it’s the right time to pick it, so we can have a gift when we return to the capital.”
Xu Yansheng: ...This woman can really hold things in her belly. They have been married for such a long time, and he has never heard her mention anything about ginseng. She is really good at it!
"The ginseng is for grandpa, where are the others?"
"I'll have to discuss the rest with you. After all, you know your family's preferences better, so of course you have to give them what you want."
Xu Yansheng really didn't hide anything, "My father only has work and no hobbies in his heart. My mother loves beauty the most. My brother likes guns. My sister cares about her son the most. As for my little nephew, he loves playing the most."
He wanted to see how she would prepare this gift.
After hearing this, Ning Yue nodded to indicate that she had received it.
Before winter comes, villagers who are busy with the autumn harvest will go into the mountains to work for a few days, preparing firewood for the winter, picking wild fruits, etc. They are afraid that they will encounter villagers not long after entering the mountains.
"Ning Yue, you two are also going into the mountains to chop firewood. Why don't you take my bundle back to you first, and then I'll go chop it down."
Ning Yue hurriedly waved her hand to refuse, "No need, Third Uncle. Let's go up the mountain to see if there are any wild fruits we can pick. We have plenty of firewood at home. Come down the mountain quickly. How early did you go into the mountain? It's so fast. Got such a big bundle of firewood?"
"Hey, we came here before dawn. This is because the village has regulations not to allow random logging, otherwise we would have gone down the mountain early."
You have to rely on the mountains to eat the mountains, but you must also protect the mountains, otherwise there will be no resources to use in the future.
Because he understands this truth, the village has regulations for many things, such as building a house and logging. That requires the village to take people up the mountain to mark out the trees that can be cut. After marking them, you can cut them down. Next year, you have to replenish the saplings. , cutting firewood cannot damage the tree, you can only cut off excess branches, which is equivalent to pruning the tree.
Then we met several more groups. Three of them took the initiative to give Ning Yue the things they had worked so hard to get down the mountain. Two of them were students in Ning Yue's class, and one was in Xu Yansheng's class.
It can be seen that the two of them still have a high status in the minds of the students' parents. At least they will not offend many people like Du Qiaoyu did by teaching back.
