Gao Mingcheng ran wildly in the mountains, feeling the taste of freedom.
Although long-distance drivers make money, their work is not easy. Not to mention the dangers they encounter on the road. Driving alone is tiring enough.
Once a person sits in the driver's seat, he or she can drive for several hours at least. However, people's energy is limited. Driving for a long time will cause visual fatigue. The longer you drive, the heavier the fatigue your body will feel.
Moreover, in recent years, the transportation company has received numerous orders. When he left, Xiao Jinfeng had to personally make a trip to Shandong to transport a cart of apples back.
Now he got rid of the position of driver and ran freely in the mountains and forests, with him in front and the two dogs chasing him behind.
The weeds in the mountains have long since withered and are not as lush as the other three seasons, and the leaves of deciduous trees have also turned yellow and fallen off. Only a few evergreen trees maintain the true character of the mountain forest.
In this case, conifers and cypresses were particularly conspicuous. Gao Mingcheng saw many cypress trees along the way, and some mature cypress seeds were more or less hanging on those cypress trees.
Cypress seeds are also a medicinal material with many functions. If they are picked to make pillows, they can be harvested in September. If you want to collect cypress kernels, you have to harvest them in late October. When the scales of the cypress cones change from green to yellow-green and the fruit scales are slightly cracked, the seeds will be of high quality.
When used as medicine, Bai Ziren is basically used. Because of this time issue, Gao Mingcheng did not collect Bai Ziren before participating in the drug fair.
After that, he got busy with other things and forgot about it.
At this time, the fruit scales of the cypress seeds hanging on the tree had completely cracked, and the cypress kernels inside had fallen to the ground.
Obviously, these overcooked Bai Ziren are of no use anymore.
Gao Mingcheng walked quickly through the trees, with various thoughts in his mind.
He had moved the beehives to the forest at the foot of the mountain before, and now he was going to take a look at the Poria cocos he had planted before. Those Poria cocos were planted in May. During the growth process, a small part died, but most of them died. Some survived.
Soon, he came to the hillside where Poria cocos was planted. The place was relatively empty, with only the Poria cocos seedlings standing out.
Poria cocos mainly absorbs nutrients from pine wood, so there is no need to fertilize during the planting process. You only need to keep the soil moist and remove insects and weeds.
Gao Mingcheng discovered that the remaining Poria cocos were not dead, but due to the weather, they were not growing well and were a little thin and wilted.
Living in the mountains, even if Gao Mingcheng has extraordinary physical strength, he cannot carry water for watering and can only let it grow naturally.
After going around all the Poria fields, it was already half past twelve.
Gao Mingcheng said to the two dogs: "Let's go home!"
"Woof!" the two dogs barked, excited.
For the two dogs, today's amount of exercise has already reached the standard, but because they haven't been in the mountains for a long time, they are very excited and don't feel tired at all.
So one person and two dogs started to go down the mountain. The noise made all kinds of small animals startled and fled in a hurry.
When Gao Mingcheng returned home from the mountain, Duo Mei had already prepared the food and was warming it in a large iron pot.
Duo Mei was bending down to pull radishes in the vegetable field. There was already a small pile of radishes at her feet.
The radish at this time is not very big, only as thick as a baby's arm, but very tender! This kind of tender radish is good when stir-fried with meat, while the kind of big radish is delicious when stewed in soup.
Seeing Gao Mingcheng coming down the mountain, Duo Mei straightened up and said, "I plan to bring more food with me and save the money to buy more."
They have planted most of the winter vegetables, and because they are diligent in watering and fertilizing, they are growing quite well.
Gao Mingcheng took a look and said, "You don't need to bring too much. I have to come back tomorrow to get some things. Then I will bring the food."
There were so many things today that I was afraid I couldn’t carry them in one car, so Gao Mingcheng thought he might have to come back tomorrow.
Although winter vegetables are not easy to spoil, it is better to eat fresh ones.
"Okay." Duo Mei stopped pulling radishes and walked out of the vegetable field.
Gao Mingcheng picked up the radish and they walked home side by side.
After having lunch and packing up my things, I was ready to go out without any further delay.
But when he saw the yellow cow, Gao Mingcheng frowned slightly and thought. He felt that the cow was a bit burdensome.
It’s been almost a year since I bought the cow. The cow has not been put to use yet, but it seems that it is about to be eliminated.
He only has one acre of land, so even if he plows it manually, it won't be very tiring, not to mention that he has bought a tractor now!
The front and body of the tractor can be disassembled, and then a plowing tool can be installed, and then you can drive the tractor to work in the fields. How easy it is!
Although they are in a hilly area, the fields are connected together and are relatively flat, so tractors can be used for work, but not in mountainous areas.
"What are you looking at? There is no grass outside now, so we don't take out the cattle and sheep much. Let my brother take the cattle out for a walk later." Duo Mei passed by Gao Mingcheng holding a bag of things.
There is little fodder in winter, so most of the cattle and sheep are given hay, such as dried sweet potato vines, dried straw, etc. Of course, they are also taken out for activities every day and eat a few mouthfuls of grass.
In addition to these, radish leaves, radish skins and old cabbage leaves that are not eaten by humans can also be fed to livestock.
"I'm wondering whether to sell the cattle." Gao Mingcheng didn't hide anything and said what he wanted to say.
This cow is of little use anymore, and I still have to take care of its food and drink every day, which is very tiring.
As for the sheep, it's different. These two sheep are raised until they are killed during the Chinese New Year. At that time, relatives and friends who are close to each other will give some to them, and they will keep the rest for themselves to eat slowly.
"Sell the cow? To whom?" Duo Mei had a candidate in mind, but she didn't say anything because she knew that her second sister's family might not have the money to buy the cow.
Gao Mingcheng also has a candidate in mind, and wants to sell it to his father. His father's family has a lot of land. Now the third and fourth sons are working outside. As for the eldest brother, he goes out to work when he has work, and stays at home when there is no work. Farm.
But even so, the fields and land at home are very tiring for people.
It's just that father and son have to settle the score. He plans to talk to his dad about this matter tomorrow to see if his dad is willing to buy it?
If you are willing to buy it, it can come in handy during spring plowing.
"Let's talk about it. Let's go to the county first. There are still a lot of things to do in the county." Gao Mingcheng vaguely walked out of the house.
The tractor's driving seat can only accommodate one person, so many beauties sit in the back compartment.
When the car drove to her second sister's house, Duomei got out of the car and asked her brother to help take care of her house, land and livestock.
Zhang Chengyuan was also familiar with this matter. After taking the key, he agreed immediately.
Relatives should take care of each other, not to mention Gao Mingcheng would not treat him badly if he worked for Gao Mingcheng, so Zhang Chengyuan was very happy.
He has no friends and no entertainment, so working is how he passes his time.
After explaining to Zhang Chengyuan, the tractor continued to move forward, and then came to the mouth of the pond in the old village.
This time Gao Mingcheng got out of the car. He wanted to call Gao Shufang at home.
In the past, I happened to meet Gao Zhuang walking in the village with He Xiuman. He Xiuman's belly was already very big, which was obvious even if he was wearing thick cotton clothes.
Grandma Xi and Gao Zhuang were willing to give her food and drink, so they ate meat every once in a while throughout her pregnancy. The food made her face become rounder and she looked in great shape.
"Brother Mingcheng." Gao Zhuang hadn't seen him for a long time, so he greeted him excitedly when they met.
"Hello everyone, we haven't seen each other for a long time. Let's have a meal together when I am free." Gao Mingcheng was also very emotional when he saw Gao Zhuang.
Once a person has a family, he has responsibilities.
Gao Zhuang used to follow him every day, but now he also takes on his responsibilities. Most of the work in the fields was done by Gao Zhuang. When he had free time, he would talk to Grandma Xii and He Xiuman and listen to the radio together.
In two months, Gao Zhuang's child will be born. By then, he will have more responsibilities, and Gao Zhuang, who is busy taking care of the family, will obviously no longer be able to follow Gao Mingcheng as before.
Gao Mingcheng was a little emotional, but he was more happy for Gao Zhuang.
Family is a kind of responsibility and a kind of happiness.
When Gao Mingcheng was talking to Gao Zhuang, Gao Shufang, who heard the commotion, had already walked out with a bag. She was jumping and walking, and her whole person was full of joy.
"Second brother, I've packed up and you can go!" Gao Shufang smiled brightly.
(End of chapter)
