Chapter 80 Orchard

This causes the wild vegetable to taste slightly bitter and irritate the throat.

Liu Yinyin forced herself to eat the wild vegetable meal at noon. There was no other way. After all, it was food and could not be wasted.

Gu Cheng would eat in the evening. This man didn’t have any reaction while eating, just like Gu Yanyan, he would eat whatever was available without being picky.

Gu Cheng came back a little late today as the steel plant has been quite busy lately.

Liu Yinyin will have a holiday starting tomorrow, so she will have some free time.

While eating, Gu Cheng said to her, "I'll take you to the next county to pick fruit tomorrow."

Today is Saturday, and he has a day off tomorrow, Sunday, so he can take our mother and daughter out for a day.

Liu Yinyin was so happy when she heard that, she asked him immediately, "Is it far? How do we get there?"

Liujia Village belongs to Xin'an County, and the next county is called Chongyang County.

It sounds like it's not far away, but the farthest place Liu Yinyin has ever been to is Xin'an County, and no one has ever heard of the neighboring county.

Not only her, but no one else in the village had been there either.

Although there were cars at that time, the country people were not willing to spend money to ride in a car. To be honest, most people in the village had never left the county in their entire lives.

Gu Cheng said, "It's not far. It will take about two hours to get there by bike. Let's set out early tomorrow and we can get there by seven or eight o'clock."

It's just right to arrive at seven or eight o'clock, as it will be even hotter if you arrive later.

It only takes two hours to get there by bike, which is not far at all. The climate should be similar for such a short distance.

Thinking about this, Liu Yinyin turned around and asked him, "There should be a shortage of water there too, right? There are still a lot of fruits on the mountain, right?"

Gu Cheng nodded: "There is a large reservoir there that can draw water, the situation is not as serious as here."

The two county towns are not much different in area and have similar populations.

But Chongyang County has a good geographical location and convenient transportation, so it is richer than Xin'an County.

The orchard is one of the important industries there, so it is naturally carefully tended. Therefore, there are no major problems in the orchard at present.

Liu Yinyin: "...Then we can pick more fruits."

It's really frustrating to compare yourself with others. Why is it that their county has so little of everything?

At night, Liu Yinyin lit a kerosene lamp and used the light to improvise a baby carrier.

When I ride a bike tomorrow, I can tie Gu Yanyan to my body. Otherwise, it would be tiring to hold him all the time.

The next day, the couple got up at about five o'clock, and it was just getting light outside.

Liu Yinyin fed Gu Yanyan milk, and Gu Cheng simply made a few egg pancakes for breakfast.

After breakfast, the family of three set off. Liu Yinyin carried the child in a sling and sat on the back seat of the bicycle.

Before leaving, she went to Liu's house first, and Liu Yinyin gave the key to the house to Jiang Cuihua.

Ask her to help feed the two pigs, a few chickens and a group of rabbits at home.

Speaking of rabbits, Liu Yinyin couldn't help but sigh that there has been a craze for raising rabbits in the village recently.

First, it’s Liu Yinyin’s family. They have loaned out a lot of rabbits recently, so there are only eighteen rabbits at home now.

The two rabbits that were previously kept at school were successfully paired and gave birth to a litter of six rabbits.

Jiang Zhiqing failed to raise pigs, so he really turned his attention to raising rabbits. He was also a man of action.

Since there was no venue, we decided to use a few empty classrooms in the school.

If he wanted to use the classroom, Liu Changquan would definitely not care. It was useless just leaving it there empty, so Jiang Zhiqing could do whatever he wanted as long as the village didn't have to pay for it.

Jiang Zhiqing took over the rabbits raised in the school, and later borrowed two pairs of male and female rabbits from Liu Yinyin.

I want the rabbits to continue breeding and producing puppies.

Of course, the rabbits he raised did not belong to him, but only to the school or the collective.

But he himself doesn't care about this.

The rabbits in the school were previously raised by the children, and their presence could not be hidden from the villagers.

Later, everyone saw that rabbits gave birth so easily, and in litters at a time.

Some people thought about raising rabbits, but they didn't have any rabbits to grow, and rabbits in the mountains were not easy to catch.

So, when some people knew that Liu Yinyin's family raised rabbits, they wanted to borrow two breeding rabbits from her with a shameless look on their faces.

After the rabbits are born, return them to her.

Liu Yinyin is not a bodhisattva. You can borrow the rabbit, but you have to pay a deposit of one yuan. Otherwise, you will lose the rabbit? Or what if you don’t want to return it when the time comes?

Also, after the little rabbits are born, she will have to be given another one as a reward. Otherwise, why would she do such a thankless task? Wouldn't it be better for her to raise one herself?

The same thing happened to Jiang Zhiqing. He borrowed two pairs of breeding rabbits and without saying a word, gave Liu Yinyin two yuan as a deposit.

After all, he came from the city, so his family conditions must be good. I heard that in the few months since he came here, he has received several packages from his family.

There is everything to eat and use.

I don't think he is short of money, but this way, more people in the village will miss him.

Jiang Zhiqing also made a good start.

Later, when people who came to Liu Yinyin's house to borrow breeding rabbits heard that they had to pay a deposit of one yuan, most of them backed off.

However, there are also people who really want to raise rabbits. During this period, Liu Yinyin lent out ten pairs of breeding rabbits.

Including the two pairs from Jiang Zhiqing’s side.

Liu Yinyin lent out a total of twenty-four rabbits.

That is to say, including the 18 rabbits now at home, Liu Yinyin's family has 42 rabbits!

That’s a lot, but there will be more.

To be honest, it’s a bit too much for Liu Yinyin to raise so many rabbits by herself. Maybe... she could consider cooperating with Jiang Zhiqing.

Otherwise, keeping so many rabbits at home would be too eye-catching.

Liu Yinyin is not afraid of trouble, but it is better to have less trouble than more. There are children at home. Just like Jiang Cuihua said, it is better to keep a low profile in everything.

Gu Cheng rode his bicycle steadily all the way, but soon the sun became scorching.

The sun is shining brightly in the sky, with not a single cloud in sight.

To avoid the sun, Liu Yinyin wore a hat, and Gu Yanyan also wore his little hat.

It's still early, the temperature is barely acceptable.

The little guy was quite curious about the outside world. He stared with his big round eyes and looked around, without crying or making any noise.

Otherwise, they might not be able to go to Chongyang County.

They stopped to rest twice on the way, and the couple took turns carrying the child.

At about eight o'clock, the family finally arrived at the orchard.

The fruit trees on several hills were surrounded by iron bars to prevent people from stealing the fruits.

There are several houses at the foot of the mountain, which are the offices of the orchard workers.

Gu Cheng parked his bicycle at the door and took Liu Yinyin to look for someone first.

The person in charge of the orchard is Zhao Jianguo. Coincidentally, he and Gu Cheng were once comrades-in-arms.

Gu Cheng knocked on the door: "Old Zhao."

Zhao Jianguo was surprised, and stood up and said, "...Gu Cheng, you are finally here."

The old comrades met and both were very excited.