Where are our two pigs?
The young men in the village finished eating the big rice porridge, holding bowls and chopsticks under their arms, talking in low voices as they walked out.
This is the happiest thing today.
Aunt Xu said she would use those two pigs to give birth to a litter of piglets named "Erdaohe". Then you have to go to Wangjiagou to kill pigs and sell the meat. Where did you get it from and where do you go to sell it for money?
Just imagining it makes me feel so happy.
"Sent to your master Naozi's house." Guan Ertu suddenly appeared and replied.
Naoziye was the lonely old man who originally came up with the idea of what to fill the dam with.
He also had an older brother named Zhuzi, who has long since passed away.
If you think about it, Naozi is over seventy years old, and he has no children around fifty, and he is currently living alone in a big empty house and two acres of land. Considering this, there is no public place to raise pigs or a place to store exchanged goods in the village, so all the goods are kept at Naozi's house.
For example, if the pigs are to be fed and cooked pig food in the future, they will also need to be fed by Naozi and Lao Zhaitou. When the pigs are slaughtered later, the village will provide some subsidies. Everyone will also help with the tiring work of farming in the spring.
Outside the dark gate, Guan Ertu didn't even light a torch, but suddenly said something that startled the young men.
"Grandpa Guan, weren't you the first one to finish eating? Why are you back again? Go home and sleep quickly."
As soon as the porridge was served tonight, Guan Ertu shouted out of character: "Let me come first, let me come first."
At that time, the people from other villages, as well as Li Zheng and Mrs. Xu, didn't sit down, so Guan Ertu had to eat first.
Although everyone found it strange, they still let Guan Ertuo eat first.
At this time, Guan Ertu took out a few moxa velvet sticks from the torn pocket where he practiced medicine, handed them to the boys and said: "Don't be lazy. When you go back, soak your feet in hot water first, and then use this to smoke your knees."
Only then did the boys understand why Grandpa Guan was fighting to be the first to finish the meal.
"I got it." The boys smelled it and realized it was made from mugwort. Every family has this stuff and it's worthless. But I felt that it didn’t matter whether it was worth the money or not. In line with Grandpa Guan’s wishes, he went home and returned to wait for them, and they would not be lazy.
It seems you still don’t understand, this is the AI that your Grandpa Guan has been saving for three years.
There is a saying in the prescription:
A seven-year illness requires three years of moxa. If you don't save it, you won't get it for life.
The earthen walls of the Guan family are covered with moxa leaves, which have been collected for many years.
Not to mention, if you want to make moxa velvet from these mugworts, you have to dry them little by little and pound them whenever you have free time in spring, summer, autumn and winter.
In the words of his grandson Mao Gang, if his grandfather didn't bang the wooden pestle and stone mortar any day, he wouldn't be able to sleep.
Only now can we knead and pound it like cotton, which is called cooked moxa and used for moxibustion.
Made using purely ancient methods, these mugworts are not artificially grown and fertilized with pesticides, but wild mugwort that can only be harvested once a year.
Only wild mugwort leaves can accumulate effective ingredients. It is conceivable that this medicinal property can be made into velvet.
That's why Mrs. Xu and Xu Tianxin understood better that every piece of moxa was filled with Guan Langzhong's hard work.
Seeing that Guan Ertu was so sleepy that he was still standing at the door handing out moxibustion sticks to everyone, I thought: I am touched by this simplicity again.
Do you think Guan Ertu is so poor? Give everyone something for their gray hair.
They are still doing big things every day, sometimes family planning and sometimes health care, all of which are centuries-old plans.
He also exudes the temperament of hoping that the whole village will be healthy, so why not be poor alone.
Xu Tianxin whispered a few words to her grandma and left.
Mrs. Xu shouted: "Two bald men? Come here."
Guan Ertu was a little unhappy because so many people from other villages didn't leave and called him nicknames.
Ever since the Xu family girl became the village steward, her relationship with him has no longer been the same since they came back from the grave.
What did you call him then? He is respectfully called Langzhong, or Brother Guan.
Now there are two bald men and two bald men.
Forget it, don’t argue with people who are capable.
"What's going on?"
"After you've been busy for a while, you can continue to take the pills later."
What kind of pills, he also wants to make condoms and fish scale jelly.
"I don't believe you don't have any pills for headaches and fever."
"But my sworn brother won't accept me..."
"Who said you have to sell it in the town or county? I'll sell it for you, and you can make balls with peace of mind."
When Mrs. Xu was talking, she glanced up and down at Guan Erbald, thinking: Can this wet-crotch diaper look give him the kind of brand image that her granddaughter mentioned?
When the time comes, Guan Ertuo will be dragged out to introduce it to the merchants. Aren't you afraid of getting a headache on the way? Buy some meatballs and prepare them. You won't suffer any loss or be cheated. This is our famous old Chinese doctor, famous in every village in the world.
She also wanted her granddaughter to work with Guan Ertu, rubbing pills together this year and picking flowers and herbs together in the spring next year.
Mrs. Xu planned to pay the drug store tax and give a counter to the drug store, and use the profit from the drug store as pocket money for her granddaughter.
Moreover, it was made and done. According to my granddaughter, they had a plan.
When she came back from town that day, she talked about how she wanted to make toothbrushes, toothpaste, small wooden combs, etc. with her Grandpa Guan, her Aunt Yingzi from Grandpa Guan's family, and her aunt, and promote them to better inns in the city, so that the inns could be sold to those who were not bad. No money for a toiletry bag.
Who knows if it can be sold, let’s try it.
And just now her granddaughter told her that she was going to sell foot bath bags to inns in the city, saying that rich people on the road should soak their feet in plain water? That's inconsistent with the status.
"You use this moxa and keep some for foot soaking. I can use it."
Guan Ertu never expected that he would distribute moxibustion sticks to the villagers, but then the Xu family's sister would help him sell medicine and moxa.
He quickly picked out three more moxa sticks from the bag and handed them over.
"Didn't you just give it to me?"
"I just wanted to give you six, but then you called me a nickname. I got angry and stuffed it back. I'm not nameless."
Mrs. Xu said with a smile: "What's your name?" She really didn't know.
"His name is Guan Baoxian." Liu Laozhu walked over limping and said.
Liu Laozhu had just finished speaking to the people from other villages and asked his helpers to go back to each village to publicize it. Those who didn't dare to give their village things on credit last time were ready for this.
He will soon bring fish to various villages and exchange goods for goods on the spot.
If you don't have any, you can buy fish if you want to save it for winter. It costs three cents per catty, which is cheaper than what's sold in town. Besides, aren’t we allowed to go to the town? He provides door-to-door delivery.
Catching too much fish is also a worry. There is no fishing salt. I have finished receiving it this month, so I will try my best to exchange it.
I thought that after the conversation, I would be the last one to go home and sleep. Unexpectedly, when I came out, I saw Guan Ertuo handing out AIDS to everyone, and the Xu family girls were also there.
Mrs. Xu laughed after hearing the name: No wonder she is poor, she finally closed the treasure chest after calling it.
"Let's go?"
The Guan family and the Xu family were on their way, but Guan Ertu waved his hand and said, "Sister, you go first, Li Zheng and I have something to talk about."
Tell some things about their men’s family.
Virtue.
Old Mrs. Xu thought to herself: Wasn't it just about stealing pants?
In fact, these old sisters all saw it.
When Da Hongzi was fishing in Wangjiagou, he would say "bleached" as he fished, and they all started laughing. They almost burst out laughing in the heavy rain, but they knew in their hearts who they were talking about.
I really didn’t expect it to be so white.
The main reason is that the bald man on the back of his head is so recognizable that they can't even pretend they don't recognize him.
Mrs. Xu was helped away by Meizhuang. Her daughter-in-law and granddaughter had already left.
When the daughter-in-law asked for the torn sleeves back, she went home to pack up the fish. She also said that she had to make noodles, otherwise there would be no noodles and dry food to eat tomorrow morning.
My granddaughter came home early to boil hot water for her, soak her feet and burn her waist.
After Mrs. Xu left, it turned out that what Guan Ertuo wanted to talk to Liu Laozhu was about stealing pants.
However, Guan Ertu first suggested to Li Zheng: "Let's take this time to visit the dam."
You will feel at ease when you go fishing outside tomorrow morning.
Liu Laozhu looked back at Guan Ertuo with a sincere face: "..."
Why don't you exhaust me to death? It's already late at night.
But he still went there with a stick to see what Wangjiagou was doing in the middle of the night.
"...Later, when I was carrying a load, someone's pants were scratched and leaked. I couldn't wash them and pay for them. I couldn't pay for a pair with new patches."
"Okay, I get it." It's not a big deal.
Liu Laozhu and Guan Ertu came to the dam while talking.
Only when we arrived did we find out that the eldest brother of the Wan family, his two sons, a few boys from the Sun family, Wang Yusheng and Mingzi, and some boys in the village who couldn't see who they were were all on the dam.
The group of people were also asking each other: "Why are you here?"
The boys from the Sun family said, "My grandpa asked us to come." They changed out of their wet clothes and were not allowed to come to inspect the dam, and were not allowed to sleep.
They say that men don’t shed tears easily.
If a village wants to change for the better, every brick and tile, every flower and tree must have people like Guan Ertu who distributes moxibustion to everyone, and there must be unknown people like these silently dedicated people on the dam.
No one orders them, so they do it on their own initiative.
Liu Laozhu was glad that he came to see this scene, so he cried on this rainy night.
I don’t know why, but the more I cry, the more evil I get.
Maybe it’s because I’ve been under too much pressure recently, or maybe it’s okay to cry because all men are present.
Guan Ertu's claws were numb, so he hurriedly took out four moxa sticks from his pocket and put them in Liu Laozhu's arms, comforting him: "Li Zheng, this is the best thing." Stop crying.
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I don’t know whether it was the moxa blessing related to Erbaldness, or the scene last night that moved Liu Laozhu so much.
On the second day, the people in Erdaohe Village got up on time and went from house to house beating the gong to announce: "Let's go."
The rain finally subsided this morning.
And when everyone was about to turn to Wangjiagou at the intersection, they saw another group of boys carrying luggage rolling in the distance.
Da Hongzi ran past Mrs. Xu: "Oh, it's the third child in our family."
Then several women ran past Mrs. Xu, calling for their son.
"My family is back tied, tied, kept, stopped, kept!"
This group of migrant workers was relatively lucky. They were called to collect honey in the deep mountains and old forests of the county. Although it was very dangerous and hard, at least the dry food I ate was not mixed with soil or sawdust. I heard that I even drank egg drop soup twice in this month.
It was raining heavily and the honey-gathering period was over before I returned home.
Mrs. Xu stood among a group of villagers who recognized their relatives, listening to the mothers-in-law scolding their sons: "You are so careless that you rush home on a rainy day."
"Isn't it drizzling?"
"You're just kidding me. If you can come back at this hour, it means that you are on your way to resisting the rain. What can you do if you are struck by lightning?"
When the boys were exposed, they coaxed the old lady: "I'm not afraid that you will miss me."
Liu Laozhu asked them what was going on in the county and town, and then he learned that it was also raining heavily and there were dams bursting there. It could be said that the entire county was busy building dams.
There was a mother-in-law who wanted to do something, so she dragged a few boys from the family to come and say hello to Mrs. Xu.
Mrs. Xu was a little uninterested, thinking that her "five residents" had all come back, while her family had "three".
Take a look, you can't wait to get home before stuffing your wages into your mother's pockets.
