After Funiu digested the food, the two of them took a nap.
At around two o'clock in the afternoon, Xu Jianguo was awakened by shouting in the yard. When he opened the door, he found that it was Li Mancang.
He quickly welcomed Li Mancang into the house. The two of them came to the east side of the house where Xu Jianguo's parents used to live. After pouring him a cup of hot water, Xu Jianguo asked, "Uncle, have the president and the others left?"
"Well, he just left. I came here to tell you that yesterday afternoon, Li Jinhu took advantage of my meeting to go to the commune to find the president to complain about us. You destroyed grain production, and I failed to supervise properly. Do you have any thoughts on this matter?" Li Mancang said in a calm tone, as if this matter had nothing to do with him.
"Any ideas?" Xu Jianguo shook his head and said, "No ideas! As the saying goes, a man with a clear conscience fears no slander. The test results haven't come out yet, so nothing I say will matter. Once Researcher Lin and Researcher Zhao come back with their results, the rumors will surely be refuted. I have confidence in the composting method described in the book."
"Good! Uncle was right about you. Your grandfather Dashan was worried that you would be impulsive at such a young age. He was afraid that you would go directly to Li Jinhu and Li Hai to settle the score. If you get beaten by them, your politeness would become impolite." Li Mancang said.
"Uncle, don't worry, I won't act impulsively! By the way, uncle, I want to discuss something with you. The fertilizer I fermented on the mountain will be ready in a while. Can you grant me the land where I weeded yesterday as an experimental field?" Xu Jianguo said. The main reason why he wanted that piece of land was because he irrigated it with space well water. If he could take it over as an experimental field, there would be no need to explain.
"Why do you have to take that piece of land from yesterday?" Li Mancang asked in confusion.
"The location of that piece of land is the highest in the vicinity, which can provide a certain degree of confidentiality," said Xu Jianguo.
Li Mancang thought for a moment and said, "Okay, I'll grant you that piece of land as a test field. Just be careful!"
"Just wait and see, you can trust me to do the job!" Xu Jianguo promised, patting his chest.
Li Mancang nodded, stood up and was about to leave, but was unexpectedly stopped by Xu Jianguo.
Xu Jianguo asked him to wait for a while, then went to the main room and secretly took out two grass carps weighing seven or eight kilograms from the space. He did not dare to take a bigger one for fear of causing trouble.
He took some hay and spread it under the backpack, then knocked the two grass carps unconscious and put them in, covered them with some more hay, and then carried the backpack back to the east room.
When Li Mancang saw him coming in with a backpack, he knew what he was going to do. He immediately frowned and wanted to teach Xu Jianguo a lesson, but before he could open his mouth, Xu Jianguo spoke first.
"Uncle Mancang, these are the fish I caught in the pond last night. I didn't send them to you because it was too late. It's a good thing that you came here today. There are two left, one for you and one for Grandpa Dashan." Xu Jianguo said.
Li Mancang's expression brightened considerably after hearing what Xu Jianguo said, but he still said, "Since you caught this fish yourself, I'll take it. But don't send me anything else in the future. You can visit your grandfather Dashan more often. He has no children, so you can take care of him more often."
"Okay, uncle! I will visit Grandpa Dashan often in the future, so don't worry!" Xu Jianguo said.
"Okay, I'll go back first. Remember, don't bother Li Jinhu these few days, or the other people in the village will gossip about him."
"Okay, uncle, I'll remember it!" After seeing Li Mancang off, Xu Jianguo returned to the west room, looked at Funiu who was still sleeping soundly, and shook his head helplessly.
I cleaned up the pork elbows and side dishes left over from lunch, and then heated up the braised pork ribs left over from yesterday.
Then I made a fish ball soup and spread a few egg pancakes with the batter.
After finishing everything, Xu Jianguo heard Funiu's voice coming from the house.
“Quack, quack!”
"I'm coming!" Xu Jianguo pushed open the door and walked in. Funiu was lying on the kang, her arms folded together to support her little head, her big eyes blinking, and she was interacting with Xiaohei on the ground.
"Little lazy pig, are you awake?" Xu Jianguo said with a smile.
"Haha, you're bad, I'm not a lazy pig!"
Xu Jianguo took out a small tomato from behind him, placed it in front of Funiu, and asked, "Little lazy pig, do you want to eat tomatoes?"
"Yeah, I want to eat tomatoes!" This time, Funiu seemed to have completely ignored the three words "lazy pig". All her attention seemed to be attracted by the tomato in Xu Jianguo's hand, which was as crystal clear as a gem.
"Here, eat it!"
"Thank you, haha!" Funiu couldn't wait to take the tomato, and then took a bite of it with her little mouth. Suddenly, a crunchy and sweet taste came, and the little girl immediately liked the taste.
In the evening, the brother and sister cleaned up the leftover rice and dishes. There was still quite a bit of fish ball soup and egg pancakes left, and Xu Jianguo planned to save them for cooking noodles the next morning.
For the following period of time, Xu Jianguo lived a life that went back and forth between home and the fields, and the originally young wheat seedlings grew a lot.
That day, Xu Jianguo brought Funniu to the brigade headquarters and entrusted her to Li Mancang's care. Then he went to the farm tool warehouse to borrow a shoulder pole and a wooden barrel, and then went straight to the back mountain.
He first used his mind to dig out an identical pit in the space farm, and then transferred the fermented fertilizer into it. Some was left in the pit on the mountain, which was used for testing by the two researchers from the County Agricultural Bureau.
Then he used his mind to put some of the fertilizer into a wooden barrel, and then carried it on a shoulder pole and walked towards the fields on the mountain.
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