"Oh, that's true. Then tell me why you are unwilling to contribute."
Lai Hua was too disdainful to talk to him. Even if he did, it would just be his unrealistic thinking. Alas, no one in the village understood him.
Jiang Tang looked at his expression and suddenly understood something. She smiled and said, "Do you raise the rabbit in your house too?"
"Yes. Hey, don't tell me this anymore. Let's go. I know where Accountant Wang is. I need to get the money quickly."
Jiang Tang followed him in the direction he was going.
He continued, "You don't think you can't make money working in the commune. The vegetables and rabbits are your own, so you can make money on your own."
Jiang Tang's words immediately struck a chord with Lai Hua, but he refused to admit it. "I...I don't think that way, Secretary Jiang, that's not the right way to think."
Jiang Tang laughed but didn't expose him.
After finding Accountant Wang, Jiang Tang handed over the few cents from yesterday: "Accountant Wang, this is the balance left from this vegetable sale. Please count it carefully."
Accountant Wang took it with both hands, smiling until his eyes narrowed into slits, and his wrinkles on his face were full of joy: "Oh, Secretary Jiang, you did a good job. You don't know that when we divided the money yesterday, the villagers still had lights on until late at night.
Some villagers were so excited that they ran up the mountain to guard their vegetable plots, fearing that they would be destroyed by rabbits and pheasants.
Lai Hua, who was following nearby, added, "Accountant Wang, I slept late last night because I didn't get paid."
Accountant Wang glared at him and said, "It's your bad luck. Yours just happened to be undelivered."
Having said that, he quickly looked at the account book and settled the bill for his family.
After Lai Hua got the money, he ran away happily, and he was probably going to squander it again.
Jiang Tang was very worried about her little one because she hadn't seen him for a few days. As soon as she stepped into the yard, Xiaoye and Xiaotu rushed over like two little cannonballs.
Xiao Ye wagged his tail excitedly, circled around Jiang Tang, and made happy noises.
Wen Lan came over from the gate and saw Jiang Tang. She smiled and said, "Secretary Jiang, you're finally back! For the first two days, these two little guys were very stubborn and refused to eat. Xiao Tu would rather run and catch mice than eat the food. Later, he was so hungry that he could not bear it anymore and finally ate a little."
Jiang Tang squatted down, gently stroked Xiao Ye's head, and said with a smile: "If you don't want to eat, you're still not hungry."
In fact, they are both used to eating food. Every time she goes out, she will take dog food and cat food with her. They must not be able to adapt without dog food and cat food.
Jiang Tang told Wen Lan that she had to go back at noon and would have to trouble her to take care of the child for two more days.
Wen Lan told her to go back and celebrate the festival without worry, but when she heard that she was going to the mountains.
When they arrived at the tea mountain, they found that Grandma Huixian was there too. She was leading a group of young girls, carefully taking care of the tea leaves and preparing to transplant the tea trees in the spring of next year.
Grandma Huixian is patiently teaching them how to propagate tea trees.
Jiang Tang approached curiously, and Grandma Huixian enthusiastically explained, "There are several ways to propagate tea trees. One is by cutting, which involves cutting branches and sticking them into the soil. Another is by layering, which involves pressing branches into the soil and letting them take root. And yet another is by dividing the roots, which is risky and can ruin the original tree. I've scattered some tea seeds in the open space over there, and they've already grown five or six leaves. But it's getting cold soon, and I'm afraid these young seedlings won't survive."
We can sow more seeds next spring. Now is just an experiment. We will see which method works best next spring.
We are in the middle and low mountain areas here, and we can harvest tea five or six times a year, divided by season: first spring tea, second spring tea, summer tea, autumn tea, and winter snow tea. It's almost time to harvest autumn tea."
Jiang Tang listened attentively, nodded constantly, and learned a lot of practical knowledge from Grandma Huixian.
Before leaving, Jiang Tang turned to the vegetable mountain to learn about the villagers' vegetable situation and made a silent estimate in his mind.
When we came down and walked into the village, the old secretary was organizing a group of old ladies, two in a group, each responsible for taking care of the rabbits of ten farmers.
Jiang Tang walked up to the old secretary and asked with concern, "Old Secretary, is the arrangement for taking care of the rabbit going smoothly?"
The old secretary pointed to the busy figures not far away and said, "Look, now is the critical time for rabbits to give birth, and everyone is paying special attention. If they see that the rabbits' fur can be cut, they will help. Today is Mid-Autumn Festival, why did Secretary Jiang make another trip?
A few days later is fine."
"I don't have much to do anyway, so I'll send it over early so that the members can have a comfortable holiday."
It was a little after one o'clock when Jiangtang returned home.
When I ran to Si Ning, I saw she was still tinkering with the bread oven.
Seeing her come back, he said, "You're back so soon. Just in time to try my freshly baked bread!"
Jiang Tang took a bite, his eyes lit up instantly, and he nodded repeatedly: "Not bad, not bad, I finally succeeded."
Meng Si Ning raised his eyebrows and said with a hint of pride: "I'm good at baking bread. Don't forget, I came back from abroad and memorized several recipes from my grandmother and mother."
Jiang Tang asked with a smile: "Have you learned how to make mooncakes?"
Meng Si Ning shook his head helplessly: "No, it's too troublesome, why don't we go to the mall to buy it."
As the two were talking, Xia Qiu suddenly rushed in, carrying large and small bags of food, and said with a smile: "Si Ning, I'm here, look what good stuff I got." As she said that, she put the things on the table, there were five pounds of eggs, flour, red beans, peanuts, walnuts and so on.
Jiang Tang looked at the ingredients in surprise and asked curiously, "Xia Qiu, where did you get so many things? These are not cheap."
Xia Qiu raised his head proudly and said mysteriously, "I won't tell you."
"Tsk, who cares."
Xia Qiu ignored her and said to Meng Si Ning, "Si Ning, let's learn how to make mooncakes together."
"Can."
After Xia Qiu came, Jiang Tang stood by and watched, Meng Si Ning helped knead the dough, and Xia Qiu did the rest of the work.
But when the mooncakes were baked, everyone was dumbfounded.
The mooncakes were all cracked and looked horrible.
Jiang Tang picked up one and teased, "Xia Qiu, your mooncake is so hard that it can be used to pull out teeth without pliers. If you bite it, several of them will definitely fall out!"
Xia Qiu was so angry that his face turned red. He glared at Jiang Tang and said, "If you can do it, then go ahead! It's easy to talk without any pain in your waist!"
At this time, Grandma Li happened to pass by and saw them bickering. She thought they were quarreling again, so she took a look inside.
Seeing them making mooncakes and wasting so many ingredients, she felt so distressed: "How could you girls do this? You ruined such good things. Come, grandma will teach you how to make mooncakes."
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