Chapter 136: Warning from the Brother-in-Law

In the evening, Geng Changqing came over, carrying a large piece of mutton and two bottles of wine.

He had been busy for so many days, and finally finished all the backlog of work. He finally had time to come over tonight to get together.

Su Mo took the things and saw that Geng Changqing also brought wine. She guessed that he was going to have a long talk with Su Yichen tonight, so she thought of making more dishes to prevent them from being hungry in the middle of the night. Since

there was mutton, Su Mo thought of making a chestnut mutton stew. When the time comes, stew it in the small stove, and fill a bowl when you want to eat it, it will always be hot.

Then make a braised pork, a braised fish with radish, and stir-fry some vegetables with the pig fat residue that was just used to boil the pig fat, and eat rice as the staple food.

The dinner was quite sumptuous.

It was getting late, so Su Mo started to prepare.

She chopped the mutton into pieces, washed it, and put it in a clay pot on a small stove to stew it first, then washed the rice and simmered it.

After a few people helped Su Mo peel the chestnuts, Su Mo sent them to the west room to chat.

They hadn't seen each other for a few years, so they must have a lot to talk about. Although they usually kept in touch by phone, the phone bills were so expensive that they didn't dare to say much. They always hung up in a hurry after talking.

While Su Mo was cooking, Lu Changzheng also came back with a pheasant in his hand.

Su Mo looked and thought, well, everyone is here now.

Lu Changzheng first went into the house to meet Fu Manhua and Su Yichen, then went out to kill the pheasant and brought it in for Su Mo.

Su Mo then quickly went to get some hazel mushrooms and vermicelli, and stewed the chicken.

Seeing so many people and so many dishes, everyone asked Lu Changzheng to go to Lu's house and call the three old people to come for dinner.

When Lu Changzheng went to Lu's house, Fu Manhua quickly put away the wild ginseng in the west room that was almost 70% dried. Fu

Manhua put the wild ginseng in a corner, and it would not be found if you didn't pay attention. Geng Changqing only found it when Fu Manhua took it.

"Sister-in-law, where did you get the wild ginseng?"

"Xiaomo gave it to me. She saw it in the mountains some time ago, and she kept it for us to take back when we came." Fu Manhua said.

Geng Changqing smiled, "This girl has encountered all the good things in this mountain." Wild ginseng and gold mines, without great luck, how could they be found.

Fu Manhua also smiled, "Yes, this place may be able to support this girl."

Because the living room was occupied by Su Mo to grow vegetables, dinner had to be eaten on the kang. There was no room for many people, so they divided into two tables. The five men ate on the kang in the west room, and the three women, including Su Mo, ate on the kang in Su Mo's room.

The kang table was small, and the dishes were also served in small bowls. The rest were stewed in the pot over a low fire. They were served after eating, which was quite warm.

The group of people ate and chatted, and it was after nine o'clock in the evening when the three old people went home.

After everyone 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, they searched along the stream all the way to the source, and found many gold-containing stones along the way. After searching for more than a day, they finally found the mineral deposits halfway up a mountain in the deep mountains.

According to the preliminary survey of the survey team, the gold resource reserves of this gold vein are at least tens of tons, which is extremely valuable for mining. The specific reserves will have to wait until winter is over and the snow melts before a detailed survey can be conducted.

Although it is only a rough estimate, this reserve is sufficient. Everything they planned in Beijing should be realized.

Now they just have to wait for the results to be reported and the appointment and dispatch from the country.

"Now the situation is confirmed. The army will send more troops in two days. We will first block the mountain, and then build a road leading there in winter. When the engineers come in the spring of next year, we can start mining." Lu Changzheng said.

Geng Changqing nodded and said, "If there is a need to build a road, we can mobilize members of our cooperative."

For mining roads like this, local people are recruited to help. There is no free service. After all, it is a hard job, and at least 50 cents a day.

The winter here is long, and the agricultural production of the new year will not start until April. It would be good to take the opportunity to let the members earn some extra money.

Lu Changzheng nodded. If there is an opportunity to seek welfare for the villagers, he will naturally strive for it.

Afterwards, they talked about other things. Su Mo listened for a while and then prepared to go back to her room to sleep.

It was warm at home, and it was easy to feel sleepy after eating.

After Su Mo and Fu Manhua went to sleep, Su Yichen's eyes on Lu Changzheng began to become sharper.

Lu Changzheng sat upright and let him look at him.

"I don't care what your purpose is in marrying Xiaomo, but if you dare to let her down, my Su family will not forgive you."

"I didn't marry her for any purpose, it was purely because I fell in love with her at first sight." Lu Changzheng said solemnly, "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 my Su family for three generations, and everyone dotes on her. She grew up in a honey pot for the first 18 years. She never suffered any hardship at home."

"The family has undergone tremendous changes in the past six months. She has suffered a lot, and she has endured too much alone. Seeing how outstanding she is now, I, as the eldest brother, am both proud and distressed."

"It's not easy for her. You have to take care of her more and help her."

"If one day, you feel that she is a burden, don't bully her or make her suffer. Give me a call and I will come and take her away."

Lu Changzheng's eyes dimmed, and he said solemnly: "There will never be such a day."

He finally married his wife, and he loved her so much that he couldn't bear to bully her and let her suffer.

The two men looked at each other and drank a glass. Geng Changqing smiled and drank a glass as well.

"No need for Yichen, I'm close, just tell me, I promise to take her far away."

Su Yichen toasted Geng Changqing and said: "Uncle Geng, I'll leave this to you."

Su Yichen usually called Geng Changqing brother Changqing because he was only 5 years younger than Geng Changqing. This was the first time he called him uncle so seriously.

Geng Changqing smiled, "You kid." Then he filled his glass and drank it in one gulp.

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Su Mo didn't know what time the three of them finished eating. She just seemed to hear someone go out in a daze.

When she woke up early in the morning, Su Mo found that there were still some dishes left, so she prepared to make some corn porridge and eat it with the remaining dishes.

When Su Mo was making a fire, she heard the sound of the door opening in the west room. She turned around and saw that it was Geng Changqing.

Geng Changqing saw that Su Mo saw him and seemed to be disappointed, so he said, "He left two hours ago and hurried back to the mountain to arrange things."

The group of soldiers are still camping in the snow on the mountain. As the main commander, Lu Changzheng cannot leave for too long.

"Oh." Su Mo replied, "Uncle Geng, what time did you chat 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 have always been a light sleeper."

After that, Geng Changqing looked at the vegetables planted by Su Mo with interest and asked, "Xiao Mo, how did you think of growing vegetables in the house?"

"I saw it in the book that my uncle sent back before." Su Mo said. Then he briefly told Geng Changqing about the principles of greenhouse vegetable cultivation that he had learned from the agricultural knowledge he had acquired during this period.

Anyway, the books that the uncle had sent back had long been confiscated by the group of people who had raided the house, so they had no way to verify it.

Geng Changqing listened with interest. This was indeed a very advanced planting concept.

If it could be promoted, the problem of eating vegetables in winter for the people in the north would be greatly improved.

It seemed that this girl wanted a position as an agricultural researcher for a reason, and she had some knowledge in her hands.

As the head of the commune, he thought further. When the gold mine was mined, the flow of people in Hongqi Commune would definitely increase. I dare not say about the food for those people, but vegetables would definitely be solved nearby.

Then the brigades in this area could add another sideline of growing vegetables.