Chapter 276 A Cheerful Breath
Gao Mingcheng ran wildly in the mountains, feeling the taste of freedom.
Although long-distance drivers make money, the job is not easy. Not to mention the dangers they encounter on the road, just driving is tiring enough.
Once a person sits in the driver's seat, he or she has to drive for several hours at least. However, human energy is limited. Driving for a long time will cause visual fatigue. The longer the driving time, the more tired the body will feel.
Moreover, as it was the end of the year, the transportation company received countless orders. When he left, Xiao Jinfeng had to go to Shandong in person to transport a truckload of apples.
Now that he had gotten rid of his position as driver, he was running freely in the mountains and forests, with him in front and the two dogs chasing him from behind.
The weeds in the mountains have long since withered and are not as lush as in the other three seasons, and the leaves of the deciduous trees have turned yellow and fallen off. Only a few evergreen trees still maintain the original color of the mountains and forests.
In this situation, conifers and cypresses are particularly conspicuous. Gao Mingcheng saw quite a few cypress trees along the way, and those cypress trees had more or less mature cypress seeds hanging on them.
Cypress seeds are also a kind of medicinal material, which has many functions. If you want to pick them to make pillows, you can harvest them in September. If you want to collect cypress kernels, you have to harvest them in late October. Pick them when the scales of the cypress cones change from green to yellow-green and the scales are slightly cracked, so that the quality of the seeds is high.
As for medicine, cypress seeds are basically used. Because of the time problem, Gao Mingcheng did not specially collect cypress seeds before attending the medicine trade fair.
Later, he became busy with other things and forgot about it.
At this time, the scales of the cypress seeds hanging on the tree have completely cracked, and the cypress kernels inside have fallen to the ground.
Obviously, these overripe pine nuts are of no use.
Gao Mingcheng walked quickly through the bushes, with all kinds of thoughts running through his mind.
He had already moved the beehives to the woods at the foot of the mountain. Now he was going to check on the Poria cocos he had planted earlier. Those Poria cocos were planted in May. During the growth process, a small part of them died, but most of them survived.
Soon, he came to the hillside where Poria cocos was planted. It was relatively empty here, and only the Poria cocos seedlings were particularly conspicuous.
Poria cocos mainly absorbs nutrients from pine wood, so during the planting process, no fertilizer is needed. You only need to keep the soil moist and remove insects and weeds.
Gao Mingcheng discovered that the remaining Poria cocos were not dead, but due to the weather conditions, they did not grow well and some of them looked thin and wilted.
Being in the mountains, even though Gao Mingcheng was very strong, he was unable to fetch water for the plants and could only let them grow naturally.
After going around all the Poria cocos fields, it was already half past twelve.
Gao Mingcheng said to the two dogs, "Let's go home!"
"Woof woof!" the two dogs barked, very excited.
For the two dogs, today’s exercise volume has already reached the standard, but because they haven’t been out in the mountains to run wild for a long time, they are all very excited and don’t feel tired at all.
So the man and two dogs started to go down the mountain. The noise they made scared all kinds of small animals and made them flee in haste.
When Gao Mingcheng came down the mountain and returned home, Xuanyue had already prepared the meal and was warming it in a large iron pot.
Xuanyuemei was bending over to pick radishes in the vegetable garden. There was already a small pile of radishes at her feet.
The radishes at this time are not very big, only as thick as a baby's arm, but very tender! This kind of tender radish is good for stir-frying with meat, while the big radish is better for stewing in soup.
Seeing Gao Mingcheng coming down the mountain, Xuanyuemei straightened up and said, "I plan to bring more food with me so I don't have to buy more."
They planted most of the winter vegetables, and because they were diligent in watering and fertilizing, they grew quite well.
Gao Mingcheng took a look and said, "You don't need to bring too much. I have to come back tomorrow to get some things. I'll bring more food then."
There are too many things today and I’m afraid one car can’t carry them all, so Gao Mingcheng thinks he may have to come back again tomorrow.
Although vegetables don’t spoil easily in winter, it’s still better to eat them fresh.
"Okay then." Xuanyuemei stopped pulling radishes and walked out of the vegetable garden.
Gao Mingcheng picked up the pulled radishes, and the two walked home side by side.
After lunch and packing up, I didn't waste any more time and prepared to go out.
But when he saw the yellow cow, Gao Mingcheng frowned slightly and thought, he felt that the cow was a bit of a burden.
It has been almost a year since I bought the cow, and it has not been used yet, but it seems that it is about to be eliminated.
He only has one acre of land, so even if he plowed the field manually, it wouldn't be too tiring, not to mention that he has bought a tractor now!
The front and bed of the tractor can be disassembled, and by installing a plowing tool, you can drive the tractor to work in the fields. How easy it is!
Although it is a hilly area here, the fields are connected and relatively flat, so it is entirely possible to use a tractor to work. However, this is not possible in the mountains.
"What are you looking at? There is not much grass outside now, so we haven't taken the cattle and sheep out. Let my brother take the cattle out for a walk later." Xuanyuemei passed by Gao Mingcheng with a bag of things.
There is less fodder in winter, and most of the food given to cattle and sheep is hay, dried sweet potato vines, dried straw, etc. Of course, they are also taken out every day to exercise and eat some grass.
In addition to these, radish leaves, radish peels, and old cabbage leaves that are not eaten by humans can also be fed to livestock.
"I'm thinking whether I should sell the cow." Gao Mingcheng did not hide anything and said what he was thinking.
This cow is of little use now, and I still have to take care of its food and water every day, which is quite tiring.
As for the sheep, it’s different. These two sheep will be raised until the Chinese New Year and then slaughtered and eaten. At that time, some will be given to good friends and relatives, and the rest will be kept for themselves to eat slowly.
"Sell the cow? To whom?" Xuanyuemei had a candidate in mind, but she didn't say anything because she knew that her second sister's family might not have the money to buy a cow.
Gao Mingcheng also had a candidate in mind and wanted to sell it to his father. His father's family had a lot of land. Now the third and fourth sons were working outside. As for the eldest brother, he went out to work when there was work, and stayed at home to farm when there was no work.
But even so, working on the fields and land at home is exhausting enough.
But even fathers and sons have to settle accounts clearly. He plans to talk to his father about this matter tomorrow to see if his father is willing to buy it.
If you are willing to buy it, it can come in handy during spring ploughing.
"Let's talk about it later. Let's go to the county first. There are still a lot of things to do in the county." Gao Mingcheng said vaguely and strode out of the house.
The driving seat of the tractor could only accommodate one person, so many people had to sit in the truck bed at the back.
When the car arrived at her second sister's house, Xuanyuemei got out and asked her brother to help take care of her house, land and livestock.
Zhang Chengyuan was familiar with this matter, so after taking the key, he agreed immediately.
Relatives should take care of each other, and Gao Mingcheng would not treat him unfairly if he worked for him, so Zhang Chengyuan was very happy.
He has no friends and no entertainment, and working is his way of passing the time.
After explaining things to Zhang Chengyuan, the tractor continued to move forward and then arrived at the mouth of the pond in the old village.
This time it was Gao Mingcheng who got off the car. He was going home to call Gao Shufang.
When I went over, I happened to meet Gao Zhuang accompanying He Xiuman for a walk and visiting relatives in the village. He Xiuman's belly was already very big, and it was very obvious even though she was wearing a thick cotton coat.
Xi Nainai and Gao Zhuang were willing to give her food and drink, so she ate meat every few days throughout her pregnancy. Her face became rounder and she looked in great shape.
"Brother Mingcheng." Gao Zhuang hadn't seen him for a long time, so he greeted him excitedly when they met.
"Hello, we haven't seen each other for a long time. Let's have dinner together when I'm free." Gao Mingcheng was also very emotional when he saw Gao Zhuang.
Once you start a family, you have responsibilities.
Gao Zhuang used to follow him every day, but now he has taken on his responsibilities. Most of the work in the fields is done by Gao Zhuang, and when he has free time, he will chat with Xi Nainai and He Xiuman and listen to the radio together.
In two months, Gao Zhuang's child will be born. By then, he will have more responsibilities. Gao Zhuang, who is busy taking care of the family, obviously can no longer follow Gao Mingcheng like before.
Gao Mingcheng felt a little emotional, but he was more happy for Gao Zhuang.
Family is a responsibility and also a happiness.
While Gao Mingcheng was talking to Gao Zhuang, Gao Shufang, who had heard the noise, had already come out with a bag. She was skipping and jumping, her whole body full of joy.
"Second brother, I'm done packing and can go!" Gao Shufang smiled brightly.
(End of this chapter)
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