Xu Xiangyang's words stunned Liu Zhuang, "Still spending money? That's just like the life of a landlord."
How could this be possible? He had been to the city before and had never seen anything excessive.
Could it be that it is hidden quite deeply?
Xu Xiangyang smiled and said, "That's not the case. You can go and have a look when you have a chance."
After saying that, he changed the subject and asked, "Uncle Liu, how is the ginseng growing?"
When Liu Zhuang heard about this, he was quite interested and replied, "That's great. The soil here is especially suitable for growing medicinal herbs. If you have any connections, you can plant some Ganoderma lucidum next year."
The soil in the mountains and forests here is fertile. Although growing crops may be a little difficult, it is particularly suitable for growing medicinal herbs.
Xu Xiangyang nodded, neither refuting nor ignoring his suggestion.
If the ginseng grows well next year, he will plant some other medicinal herbs.
I don’t know what the plant is yet, I’ll see when the time comes.
It took more than two hours to transport the food, and Xu Xiangyang was so tired that he couldn't move anymore.
"We have stewed rabbit at home. Let's go have some together?" Liu Zhuang saw that he had been busy all day and was yawning again.
Originally, he was going to send the two rabbits to the recycling station to exchange for money and then buy something else, but his father told him to stew them, so he kept them.
Xu Xiangyang waved his hand, knowing that it was not easy for them, "No need, here is half a pulled pork, you can take it back and have a good New Year."
As long as they worked hard and grew the ginseng well, other things really didn't matter. Food and drink didn't cost much, but 20,000 kilograms of corn only cost a little over 10,000 yuan, enough for them to eat until next autumn's harvest.
There was so much food just now that no one noticed the meat next to it. But when they heard there was meat, everyone looked around.
Liu Zhuang was stunned. This pork? Half a pig?
Everyone saw the meat on the ground and was immediately in an uproar. They hadn't eaten meat in a long time, mainly because there was too little food. How could they raise livestock when people couldn't even get enough to eat?
So apart from game, they haven't eaten poultry for a long time, and even the game they hunt has to be exchanged for money.
"This..." Liu Zhuang didn't know what to say when he saw this. This was too expensive.
If you calculate the time, they haven’t eaten pork for many years, right?
This is not nonsense. At the beginning, the land was not enough to feed people, let alone raise poultry.
Now I can barely get a meal, and I am satisfied as long as I don’t starve to death.
Xu Xiangyang could probably guess what they were doing by looking at where they lived: houses made of yellow mud mixed with straw.
Look at them, they are all pale and skinny. It is difficult for them to feed themselves, let alone poultry.
"Uncle Liu, please move the things back." He called two people and asked them to move the meat away.
Everyone else looked at Liu Zhuang, not knowing what he meant, so no one moved.
Xu Xiangyang was stunned for a moment. He didn't expect that they could still hold on and ask Liu Zhuang for his opinion.
Liu Zhuang opened his mouth, wanting to refuse, but seeing how pale and thin everyone looked, he gritted his teeth and said, "Move back!"
At worst, they can do their best to grow medicinal herbs and repay them in the best way they can. This is the best way.
Xu Xiangyang smiled and said, "Uncle Liu, you guys go back first. I have to go too. I don't know when I will come again, but this food will be enough to last until next autumn."
He was also worried about what would happen if he didn't have time and the people in Liujia Village no longer gave him the opportunity to grow medicinal herbs.
After all, the relationship between everyone is one of employment. It is unacceptable to ask people to work without giving them food.
How could Liu Zhuang agree when he saw that he was leaving just after arriving?
"No, the rabbit is already stewed at home, you have to go!" He looked determined. He had to let Xu Xiangyang go to his house for dinner today, he had to go.
Xu Xiangyang felt helpless and had no choice but to agree.
He was walking at the back, and the others were walking in front. As for the truck that was coming, it was parked here.
Anyway, there was nothing in the car, not even the car keys, so even if someone wanted to steal the car, they couldn't take it away.
Besides, it is snowing heavily in the deep mountains and forests, who would come out for no reason?
Xu Xiangyang followed everyone to Liujia Village. It was still the same as before, but the houses were all dressed in snow-white silver.
Looking at everyone moving food with satisfied smiles on their faces, being able to eat their fill is the greatest satisfaction.
"Daqiang is here!" Liu Fusheng was very happy when he saw him coming.
Although Xu Xiangyang hasn't been here for two months, he believes that he will definitely come.
That's why he asked everyone to take good care of the ginseng to protect themselves from the cold and to take good care of the medicinal materials.
Even if people don't come, these things can be exchanged for money at the recycling station, of course you have to wait for two years.
Xu Xiangyang naturally didn't know that everyone had prepared for the worst. He greeted Liu Fusheng and then sat down on the kang.
I'm almost freezing to death now. I'm sleepy, tired and cold.
"Grandpa Liu, you guys go ahead and do your work. I'm going to take a nap." He really couldn't hold on any longer, so he fell asleep on the kang.
Liu Fusheng sighed and covered him with a ragged quilt. He probably hadn't slept during the bumpy ride.
When Xu Xiangyang woke up again, it was pitch black outside.
He rubbed his dry eyes and looked at his watch. It was seven o'clock in the evening.
I slept from noon to night.
"Are you awake?" Liu Fusheng's voice came under the dim light.
Xu Xiangyang sat up and saw Liu Fusheng sitting next to the kang table with a kerosene lamp lit on it.
They don't have electricity here, so they light kerosene lamps. Even so, not every family is willing to do this.
This thing costs money, and people usually go to bed when it gets dark, so no one wants to waste a light.
Xu Xiangyang felt a little embarrassed and fell into a deep sleep as soon as he arrived.
"Grandpa Liu, I'm so sorry that I slept until this time." He noticed that there was only a quilt on the kang, and it was covering himself.
Liu Fusheng waved his hand. "It's okay. Are you hungry? There's food in the pot. I'll bring it to you."
He lives alone in this small house, so there are only the two of them in the room now.
Xu Xiangyang quickly said: "No need, I can do it myself."
They are not relatives, so he doesn't want others to serve him, and it's not a restaurant or anything.
The lid of the pot was opened, and a burst of hot steam spread out. In the pot there was a small bowl of barley porridge and a small bowl of meat and vegetables.
It looks like the rabbit meat we made today. The meat is very tough and not very tasty.
But he hadn't eaten properly in the past two days, so he was already hungry and ate everything immediately.
Seeing that he didn't mind, Liu Fusheng smiled and said, "I'll stew the half of pork you gave us tomorrow and make you a delicious meal then."
He knew that Xu Xiangyang didn't need this little bit of food, but whether to do it or not was up to them.
Xu Xiangyang waved his hand, wiped his mouth and said, "Don't bother, I have to rush back soon. I have things to do at home, so I don't have time."
It's not that he dislikes it, but time is really running out and he can't stay here any longer.
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