Chapter 53 Chapter 53 Starting tomorrow, update twice or even three times
"Old Party Secretary!" Wei Chunfeng ran into the brigade headquarters, breathlessly. "The captain wants you to go to the health station. I have something to discuss with you."
The old Party secretary was completely baffled. What was Dazhuang doing running to Nanshan so early in the morning? He didn't come back until midnight yesterday. Didn't they have half a day off today?
"You'll know when you get there!" Wei Chunfeng kept her mouth shut. There were many people in the brigade office and they were talking a lot. The backyard was bustling with activity as they were assigning tasks.
After getting on the cart pulled by the moose, Wei Chunfeng said, "Something happened in the Poshangshan Residence."
As soon as the old branch secretary saw the smile on Wei Chunfeng's face, he knew that at least it was not a bad thing, and he felt relieved: "Are you still keeping me in suspense?" He could guess what happened. The biggest thing in the past two days was the batch of fruit saplings that were secretly obtained from the orchard of the agricultural school.
The old man thought to himself, it must be the girl Xinghuo who saved the sapling! Thinking of this, his heart felt as if it were soaked in warm water. Next year, everyone in the village, young and old, men and women, will be able to enjoy the sweet fruit!
He was thinking and muttering to Wei Chunfeng: "I remember one year when we went to the market, you squatted in front of the straw sticks that people used to stick candied haws for a long time. The people in the village were almost going crazy looking for you, and they thought you were taken away by a pimp..." At that time, adults tightened their belts and could use the money they saved to buy some real fruits for the children. But since the movement came, the rural markets have also been regulated, and this generation of children has never even eaten an apple.
Wei Chunfeng blushed, "Look at you, my daughter is older than I was back then, why are you still talking about the stupid things we did as children." This year, we got a lot of wild hawthorns during the autumn harvest, and the village also harvested so many beets. Who knows, maybe I can really make some candied haws for my daughter... Wei Chunfeng had full faith in the little fairy's ability. Since she said that we can process primary agricultural products, then we can definitely do it!
Before they even reached the top of the slope, the old branch secretary smelled a sweet aroma, different from the scent of honey, but more like the rich aroma of ripe fruit! The old branch secretary looked at Wei Chunfeng, who quickly supported him to prevent the moose from being afraid of the slope and falling backwards.
"This!" The old branch secretary looked at the dozens of fruit trees full of fruits and couldn't help but take a deep breath.
The fruit trees hadn't grown much taller or thicker, but dozens of them still filled the large yard. Last night, Lin Xinghuo had finally mastered the "Power and Control Technique," the most difficult of the Wood-based Qi Refining Techniques.
The term "Quanyu" (literally "Quanyu") refers to the budding and rebirth of plants. The "Quanyu Technique" is a technique that can accelerate the growth of plants. This technique is extremely difficult to learn, with the traditional text even noting that "seven out of ten people fail to grasp it." Lin Xinghuo's incredibly skillful "Teng Chan" technique actually causes vines to grow rapidly, but this growth comes at the cost of infusing them with spiritual energy, draining the vines of their potential. The moment she withdraws her spiritual energy, the vines wither and die, rendering them unable to bloom or bear fruit. Lin Xinghuo's method of accelerating the growth of spiritual rice with spiritual energy is a slow, slow approach to treatment; it cannot be achieved overnight, and the acceleration process is uncontrollable.
But the Quan Yu technique is different from both. Not only does it not harm the roots of plants, but it can also decide when to grow rapidly according to the wishes of the practitioner, so that it will bloom but never bear fruit... The most important thing is that the Quan Yu technique is beneficial for ordinary trees to evolve into spiritual trees. As long as you practice the technique diligently and accumulate patiently, you can wait until the day when this ordinary tree becomes a spiritual tree. There is no need to reproduce by selecting the best from generation to generation as before, hoping that a certain offspring can break through the shackles and become a spiritual seed.
"It's just about living long enough to advance," the caracal succinctly summarized as Lin Xinghuo explained the art of influence. Lin Xinghuo was silent for a moment: So this is the plant version of 'live long enough to see something', right?
The power of Quan Yu Technique consumed a huge amount of spiritual energy, especially since she had inexplicably mastered this technique. She was overwhelmed with energy when she performed the technique for the first time, which emptied her Qi Sea in an instant. If the caracal had not alerted her, she would have fainted in the winter courtyard.
At this time, Wei Layue supported her, and Wei Chunxing and Wang Huzi used firewood sticks to prop up the fruit trees on the ground. God knows how sad they were when they first came in and saw so many good trees full of fruits piled up on the ground.
"It's not good to let too many people know about this," Wei Chunfeng said. "The team leader has gone to call Cen Dazhu and the others." Although the villagers knew the Little Fairy's abilities, something so far beyond the pale had to be kept secret. Those who had signed the contract naturally didn't need to hide it, and Cen Dazhu, Wang Huzi, Hong Zhong, and the others had always been close to the Little Fairy. They had saved her life during the autumn hunt, built her house, brewed and sold her liquor, and even raised golden-ringed bees to run a pharmacy... In short, they had always followed her lead, and only those who had complete faith in her could truly trust her.
"Good, good, good!" The old branch secretary was very happy: "Da Zhuang has grown up too!" "This is an apricot tree, and this is a pear tree. Oh, the pears are so big!" The old branch secretary walked around happily: "Isn't this apple tree the Guoguang apple tree?" The old man squinted his eyes and tiptoed to look at the note tied to the tree, and read aloud: "New Red Star Apple! What a name! No wonder the fruit is so red!" He stretched out his rough old hand and shook the red apple, and the old branch secretary smiled.
"Look here!" Wei Layue tried her best to smile, not letting her mouth open too wide, and asked the old branch secretary to take a look at the back.
"Dates! And peaches!" The old branch secretary had eaten dried dates several times, but he had never eaten fresh peaches. Not only had he never eaten them, he had only seen them in New Year pictures.
Before, Lin Xinghuo planted a peach tree outside the gate of his mountain residence. The old branch secretary and others were surprised for a while when they heard it was a peach tree, but the tree had never borne fruit. The old branch secretary was knowledgeable and thought that Lin Xinghuo planted a peach tree because he wanted to use the peach wood. Can peach wood ward off evil spirits? Taoism uses peach wood in many things.
Peach trees cannot survive the winter in Snow Province. Before liberation, some wealthy families planted them in greenhouses. It is said that every winter they had to bury the peach trees completely to keep them from dying.
Lin Xinghuo picked one from the branch and handed it to the old man. The old man rubbed it for a long time and then bit off the tip of the peach. A stream of sweet juice flowed from his tongue to his stomach. The taste was so good that the old man's eyes turned red.
Layue said with a smile, "This peach tree is called the 'Chinese Longevity Peach.' If you eat this peach, you will live a long and healthy life!" The agricultural school teacher had written on a piece of paper tied to the tree that this peach tree is the best of our local varieties. If the intact peaches are not touched or pressed, they can last for three months! Who wouldn't love such a fruit?
But compared to longevity peaches, the women clearly prized the golden thread dates more. These dried dates, when broken open, reveal honey-colored sugar threads, and are sweet and crunchy when eaten fresh. Wei Chunfeng picked a date and popped one into her mouth: "When I gave birth to my daughter, Chen Laifu's parents were so upset, they were upset it was a girl. It was my aunt who found two packets of brown sugar and a handful of dried dates for me to nourish my body. Chen Laifu's mother even tried to confiscate the dates, saying they'd eat them after the birth of a boy. I was so angry that I beat Chen Laifu right there and then... She was being ridiculously naive. I wonder how many people my aunt had to beg for this handful of dates!"
The aunt that Wei Chunfeng mentioned was Wei Layue's biological grandmother. Layue still remembered this incident. The bag of dates was sent by the old guard captain who was assigned to work in Hebei Province before her father. Ever since her niece became pregnant, Grandma Wei carefully searched everywhere for millet, red dates and other things to save them.
"By the way," Wei Layue pushed Lin Xinghuo onto the recliner, covered her with a sheepskin blanket, and asked, "Didn't they say that Widow Jin had a baby? Did she give birth to it?" She knew that her sister didn't regret divorcing Chen Lai Fu at all, so she asked directly about Widow Jin, whom her ex-brother-in-law married.
"What are you talking about?" Wei Chunfeng sneered. "Back in May, Chen Laifu's parents were still trying to get our little fairy to come and check on their daughter-in-law's pregnancy, saying she couldn't eat corn porridge. Who knew it was just a trick from Widow Jin, who wanted to eat something delicious?"
"She's not pregnant, is that fake?" Layue laughed and said, "Then Aunt Chen will tear her to pieces." Although the ex-brother-in-law's parents look listless, they are stingy people who are always picking their butts and licking their fingers. They are obsessed with having grandchildren. If Widow Jin pretends about this matter, it's no different from stabbing them in the heart.
Chunfeng shook her head: "Or else people would say 'Widow Jin is lucky' to my face!"
"Just as we were about to harvest in autumn, Widow Jin became pregnant. My ex-parents-in-law quickly packed up their belongings and went to the Jin family kiln to look after Widow Jin's pregnant grandson!"
No wonder she hasn't seen the old couple from the Chen family since she came back to the village, Wei Layue thought to herself, they really are not trying to use their daughter-in-law's pregnancy to avoid the busy autumn season.
On the other side, the men, young and old, who were picking fruit and listening to the women's conversation, were also muttering to themselves. Then they heard the old branch secretary, who was picking fruit from the low branches, say, "Chen Youfu's family has moved away. They are now residents of Jinjiayao Commune."
Did the whole family move to the next commune? Did they even abandon their house in the village? Even Wei Chunfeng, the ex-daughter-in-law, didn't know about this. She was even mumbling to her brother the other day, saying that Chen Laifu's family had nothing to do with the village's housing construction this time, and that his parents would be furious when they found out next spring when they came back.
Wang Huzi carefully moved the full basket aside and switched to another. "What's the point?" "What's wrong with Buxian Village?" Especially this year, with fine grains, cotton, honey... and now fruit too. Not only is there enough food to eat, but there's also plenty of it. Not to mention the brigade used the profits from the distillery and pharmacy to build brick houses for the members!
Wei Chunfeng knew her ex-husband's family better. "Didn't his family come to make trouble?" That's impossible. The bricks used to build the house were all pulled from the brick kiln of Jinjiayao Commune. I don't believe that Chen Laifu and his parents won't be jealous and regret it.
How could they not regret it? They regretted it so much! But the old couple was not as reliable as Chen Laifu, the murderer of the family: even if others wanted to jump from the village to the town, they should at least have made arrangements with the village head, and smoothed out the relationship with the same clan and neighbors, so that they could leave a good impression on the villagers after leaving! As a result, the two old sparrows moved all their belongings without telling anyone. A few days later, they took the household registration transfer consent form from Jinjiayao Commune and slapped it on the desk of the old branch secretary. They arrogantly asked the old branch secretary not to delay the commune from allocating them homesteads, and even insisted on getting back the 15 yuan share of the money they had paid to the Chen family in the past. The old branch secretary's words about talking to them about the dividends from the winery were all blocked in his throat.
What else could one say to such a person? The old Party Secretary promptly took them to the local commune to get the job done. When Jin Zhaodi's mother returned home with the brick-buying assignment, the old couple, hearing the news, returned in tears. They knew they had previously offended the elders of the Chen family, so they didn't dare to alert anyone else and only went to the old Party Secretary. It was the busiest time of the autumn harvest, and the old Party Secretary had no time for them, so they dismissed them all.
"He must be holding a grudge because the brigade didn't stand on Chen Lai Fu's side when we divorced," said Wei Chunfeng.
"That's Chen Laifu's own inhumanity!" Wei Chunxing sneered. A swindler, yet he treated her like a treasure. He had been gone for half a year and hadn't even come to see his own daughter. What a wretch!
However, the two old men, who failed to find the old branch secretary, dared to run to Nanshan with a flattering face and said they were here to visit their eldest granddaughter - they were not visiting their granddaughter at all, their old eyes were only staring at the three brick and tile houses built by their sister's family. They were only driven away by Wei Chunxing who hit the old man's feet with a medicine pestle.
Wei Chunxing's left leg was unhealthy from birth. Lin Xinghuo treated him for nearly a year, and now, despite running faster and with a noticeable limp, he walks like a normal person. This tall, grown-up young man declared that he would beat up Chen Laifu at Jinjiayao every time the Chen family elders came. He even threw a stone pestle at the old man's toes, scaring them away. Wei Chunxing felt bad for his niece, so he kept it to himself.
Lin Xinghuo fell asleep in this busy and noisy courtyard, and woke up with satisfaction when the sun set.
The caracal nestled on top of her head, its furry belly and long tail like a hat. For the first time ever, it agreed to let three fox cubs occupy the space around its neck. Even the sable lay on the sheepskin blanket for cover.
When Lin Xinghuo moved, the big tiger Huahua at her feet moved a little further away, freeing her feet.
He stuffed the sleeping fox cub and sable into Huahua's arms, and covered these guys with a sheepskin blanket. Lin Xinghuo stood up and stretched, carrying the caracal that had also woken up on his back.
Wei Layue glanced over enviously and whispered, "I'm afraid you'll be cold... You look like a painting! I wish I had a camera so I could take a picture."
Who wouldn't love a bunch of furry creatures sleeping together? But what about the camera? Lin Xinghuo and the caracal on her shoulder both took note.
Lin Xinghuo's body was full of spiritual energy and he was in high spirits. He looked around and saw all kinds of baskets scattered on the ground. Everyone had been busy all day, and there were still a few fruits left to be picked.
She said, "Put it aside for now, I'll take care of the rest."
The old branch secretary and others saw that her face was rosy and thought that she was well, so they did not delay and just told her not to get too tired before going down the mountain.
"These fruits?" Lin Xinghuo asked hurriedly.
The old branch secretary waved his hand and said: "We can't show it now. Let's keep it first. We'll find a way to take it out after the snow covers the mountain." In this weather, the fruit can be left in the yard. It won't go bad for half a month.
Wei Chunfeng and the others laughed, "We're not being polite. We're eating while we work, and we're really enjoying our fruit cravings!" Taking any fruit home wouldn't be a good idea, or the secret would be wasted. After all, the little fairy wasn't the type to eat all by herself. Sooner or later, her family would get to enjoy the fruit, so we couldn't bring disaster upon her. Even Wei Chunfeng, who had a little girl at home, and Wang Huzi, who loved her child the most, were determined not to take any fruit home.
"Tomorrow we'll put up a rack to dry the dates." Huang Dazhuang pointed to the wall. There was no place to dry them now, so he decided to try and see if they could be dried. If they couldn't, he'd have to figure out how to dry them like rice.
Lin Xinghuo thought of something he had always wanted to do but hadn't gotten around to, so he asked, "Is the kiln for firing coarse pottery in our village still in use?"
The kiln has been a great success, and the uncles' pottery skills have improved. They can now make wine jars, wine jars, pottery urns, cups, bowls, plates, and basins. Now every household in the commune has enough pots and jars to store things. The whole village praises the uncles, and they are full of energy, as if they have regained a second life. They can set up a kiln every ten days or half a month.
"The weather got cold too quickly this year," Huang Dazhuang said. "We stopped working in the kiln a few days ago."
Wei Chunfeng reacted quickly. She unconsciously glanced at Lin Xinghuo's hair, which was just above her ears, and asked cautiously, "Are you going to make another pill?"
It's a blessing that she's a fairy. If someone else had done this, the bald skin on their head wouldn't have been completely covered by now. But even if hair grows fast, it can't keep getting bald! Even if she's a fairy, she wouldn't be comfortable with a bald head, right?
Lin Xinghuo choked and rubbed his temples. The last two times he hadn't really made it by refining pills, but this time, although it wasn't refining pills, it was indeed very close to it. Now that he had the Candle Dragon Gallbladder, it was time to do something serious - for example, refine some tools for refining pills and weapons...
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The author has something to say: Asking for a pre-collection: "The Phoenix's Turnaround Story"
Lin Jianlu is the granddaughter of Chou Laojiu. It is better to have a good family background than to be beautiful.
She was despised, had her engagement broken off, was framed, and coveted. In order to protect herself, Lin Jianlu had no choice but to quickly marry an older forest ranger from her grandfather's hometown.
But Lin Jianlu still firmly believes that knowledge is power!
She also farmed like others, but she would find ways to read agricultural books, seek help from agricultural technicians, and work tirelessly on experimental fields. The yield of her private plot was several times higher than that of other families.
She knitted sweaters like others, but she would look for knitting books, think about it, draw pictures, and improve new styles. The city's department stores all asked her to be a technician.
She cooks when others cook. This educated young woman who had never cooked before, through learning and practice, finally became a generation of... no, she finally guided others to become a generation of great chefs.
It even inspired the widow, husband, sister-in-law, and the whole family. Gradually, the poor family turned around!
From now on:
Other families plant fruit trees, but she also plants fruit trees. Other families collect herbs to supplement their household income, but she also collects herbs. Other families raise chickens and ducks, but she raises bees...
The result: Her fruit trees were so heavy with fruit that they bent their branches. The supply and marketing cooperative came to collect and sort the processed herbs. The honey was harvested again and again, and it made her sister-in-law, who had low blood sugar, have a rosy face...
The college entrance examination was resumed, my grandfather was rehabilitated, and the Lin family courtyard was returned. The neighbors in the alley couldn't help but sigh, wondering what kind of country woman the beautiful and quiet girl had become.
Old man Lin is so pitiful. He has been in poor health to begin with, and I’m afraid that his rude grandson-in-law and his family will have to suck his blood to make a living in the future.
Unexpectedly, there was no country woman or rustic guy. Lin Jianlu, her husband and sister-in-law were admitted to Beijing University. Even she, a widow in her forties, started attending night school.
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