Chapter 339 Farewell, Warm House
Sweet times are always short-lived. The mask is packed, and it is time for Gu Sinian to leave.
Afraid that he would leave and Mingdai was not used to being alone at home, Gu Sinian started making preparations early in the morning.
The firewood in the yard was chopped enough to last for a month, and it was neatly stacked and covered. When Mingdai needed firewood when she lived outside, she could just take it as she needed it. It was very convenient.
A coal stove was installed in Mingdai's clinic, and a cart of coal was placed in the backyard, in case he was late to come back and Mingdai would not freeze while she was seeing patients.
He is very strong and the dough he kneads tastes better than that kneaded by a food processor. Gu Sinian specially kneaded two large bowls of dough, made all of them into noodles, boiled them in water, and put them in the warehouse for preservation as soon as they came out of the pot.
The same goes for the meat. Afraid that Mingdai wouldn't be able to chop it, Gu Sinian chopped the chicken, duck and goose in advance.
He cleaned up the space inside and out, collecting what needed to be collected and feeding what needed to be fed.
Finally, he had nothing to do, so he cut Mingdai's nails while she was lying on the sofa.
"Can you stay at home alone? If you don't want to trouble your mother, do you want Aunt Huang to come over and keep you company?"
"You have to eat in the morning, you know? Don't skip breakfast just because you want to sleep in."
"Also, if you feel cold, just light the stove. Don't complain."
"I have found my autumn pants and washed them. Wear them when your legs feel frozen. Don't think they look ugly."
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Mingdai listened quietly, responding from time to time, but her thoughts drifted to this time last year.
At that time, she had just gone to the countryside and met the crazy Gu Sinian.
The same nagging, but in less than two years, the person doing the nagging and the person being nagged to have been reversed.
Thinking of Gu Sinian's silly look before, Mingdai couldn't help laughing.
Perhaps because she had not replied for a long time, Gu Sinian stopped what he was doing and looked up at her. He saw Mingdai looking at him with a silly smile, her clear eyes full of twinkling stars.
Gu Sinian was so soft-hearted that he couldn't help but pinch her nose with his hand: "Why are you grinning like that? Did you hear me?"
Ming Dai quickly dodged: "You just touched my feet and didn't wash your hands!"
Gu Sinian laughed: "You also dislike your own feet!"
Ming Dai leaned on the sofa and nodded proudly: "My feet are also feet, don't you mind?"
Gu Sinian sat cross-legged on the ground, his slightly narrowed eyes full of tenderness: "I don't dislike you, I dislike you."
Ming Dai's face flushed immediately, and she quickly retracted her foot, saying stubbornly, "You are the only one who has a big mouth, right? I hate it! Go wash your hands quickly, I want to eat tomato egg noodles!"
Seeing that her face was about to turn red, Gu Sinian did not dare to provoke her any further. He tidied himself up and went to cook noodles.
After he left, Mingdai let out a breath and patted her still hot cheeks.
No way!
Gu Sinian with a long mouth is so scary!!
“Sizzle!”
In the kitchen, there was a sound of greasy oil. Mingdai looked in the direction of the sound and saw a tall man wearing an apron with small floral patterns. It was funny and inexplicably harmonious, especially with the background of the steaming kitchen.
Mingdai's hands were itchy, so she walked over with her camera and took pictures of him non-stop.
Gu Sinian, who was frying tomatoes with his back to Mingdai, sighed when he heard the familiar shutter sound.
Sure enough, Mingdai still likes to stick out her butt.
Stick it up!
Gu Sinian went out on a mission, and Mingdai also started to get busy.
The greenhouse planting in Liujiawan officially kicked off. Liu Dazhu attached great importance to it. When the construction started, he even set off a string of firecrackers to seek a good omen.
Mingdai led the villagers to work for half a month to plant winter vegetables.
This time, in addition to bok choy, leeks and leeks, Mingdai specially added cucumbers, tomatoes and strawberries.
Liu Dazhu looked at the strawberry seedlings from the previous year and was still a little hesitant: "Xiao Ming, educated youth, can this grass really be grown?"
Ming Dai nodded: "Yes, I have used pots to grow them before. If you grow them well, there will be no problem with the pots overflowing. Strawberries are expensive fruits in summer, not to mention in winter. The profit from growing them is definitely higher than that from vegetables.
Uncle, if you are worried, you can try to plant one piece first and see the yield. I plan to plant the rest myself."
Liu Dazhui and Secretary Liu discussed it and decided to plant a small piece as Mingdai suggested to see the effect.
Mingdai didn't say much. She divided the strawberry seedlings and handed them to the team leader, planning to take the rest home to plant herself.
Secretary Liu was so excited that he asked for a few, intending to go home and plant them to try.
The team leader personally oversees the greenhouse affairs, Mingdai is in charge of theoretical guidance, and as for farming experience, we still have to look to these old hands.
A month passed quickly, and the vegetables in the greenhouse grew well. They could be harvested next month. It happened to snow at that time, and there was no fresh vegetables to eat either in the city or in the village. It was a good time for the vegetables from Liujiawan to be on the market.
Ming Dai managed the time and specially asked the team leader to go to the city and the commune to invite the leaders to visit and take this year's vegetable order.
Everyone was shocked when they saw the shed full of fresh vegetable seedlings.
Although I knew that Liujiawan was going to grow fresh vegetables, I didn't expect it to be so troublesome. I suddenly felt that the price quoted by Liu Dazhu was not that expensive.
Last year, the municipal government had fresh winter vegetables. The first batch ordered 200 kilograms of fresh vegetables, especially cucumbers and tomatoes, and strongly requested that they must be supplied to the municipal government canteen.
When other units saw that the big unit had made an offer, they followed suit and placed orders, and soon bought up all the vegetables that could be produced in the first batch.
The captain was so happy that he almost went crazy. He had lived half his life and still didn't know that vegetables could be sold like this?
The vegetables haven’t even grown yet and they’re already sold out?
From then on, the team leader was more convinced of Mingdai's words. He no longer asked why he couldn't tell the leaders that strawberries were grown in the village. Instead, he honestly kept the fact that there were strawberries in the village a secret.
Soon, the city sent people from the provincial crop research institute to prepare for the popularization of winter fresh vegetable planting next year.
Mingdai found out that the two people who came were acquaintances, Ge Lao and Jia Cong.
She looked at Mr. Ge with concern, and was relieved when she found that he was not feeling unwell: "Mr. Ge, it's going to get cold soon, you shouldn't go out. Dry and cold weather is more likely to trigger asthma."
Old Ge smiled and waved his hands: "It's okay, I've been fine all the way here. Come on, take me to the greenhouse. I heard that we can harvest the first batch of vegetables now?"
Mingdai looked at the captain with a smile. The captain nodded quickly and personally led a few people to the greenhouse.
Mingdai and Jia Cong followed behind, listening to what Ge Lao and the team leader were saying as they walked.
Jia Cong looked uneasy and kept looking around for a while. Finally, he couldn't help but asked Mingdai.
"Aren't Ming Zhiqing and Zhou Zhiqing in the village?"
Ming Dai didn't expect that he still remembered Gu Sinian. She smiled and shook her head: "He works in the transport team of the commune now and is not often in the village."
Jia Cong was stunned when he heard this. Zhou Zhiqing actually knew how to drive!
Then he was relieved and relaxed, nodding his head repeatedly: "It's better not to be in the village, it's better not to be in the village, well, you guys go ahead, I'll drive the car from the village entrance over!"
After saying that, he said hello to Mr. Ge and ran towards the village entrance.
Ming Dai was surprised at first why he didn't drive the sedan in, but then she remembered the time when he "taught" Gu Sinian how to drive. She laughed to herself and guessed that he had some psychological trauma from the last time he "taught" someone, and she was afraid that Gu Sinian would see the sedan and want him to teach him again.