Chapter 129 Goodbye Liu Baoer
"Everyone is here today, and we've bought so much grain seeds, which is almost enough. The missing ones can be replaced with other seeds, or more sweet potatoes can be planted. Wang Feng and Wang Hongjun will not go into the mountains for the time being, but will stay outside to manage the market. Those who go into the mountains must explain clearly to your younger brothers, and there must be no trouble outside. However, Brother Tang will visit you from time to time, and if there is any problem, ask your younger brothers to find him. You have to find someone you trust to explain this to. I have explained these to you before, and think back to where you have not done it..." Ziyi reminded him of every aspect.
"Don't worry, big brother. We have already arranged everything at home. It's just that we haven't found someone to make tofu yet."
"Take your time. There's no soybeans right now anyway. We'll set off once we're ready. Everyone go their separate ways and meet at the old place."
"Okay, I'll leave first."
"Let's go!"
Everyone set off on their own.
Ziyi bought a lot of food this time, so he hired an ox cart.
The uncle driving the ox cart was very skilled. The cart didn't shake at all and just moved along smoothly.
You can sit leisurely on the ox cart, admiring the beautiful scenery along the road and breathing the fresh air.
There was no pollution in this era. The mountains were green, the water was green, the trees and grass were especially green after the snow melted, and the blue sky looked like it had been washed by water, and it looked particularly clear and bright.
The first few times I went into the city, I came and left in a hurry. I never had the opportunity to sit and enjoy myself leisurely on the road.
The ox cart swayed to the intersection of Ma Youcai's production team. Ziyi asked the cart to stop, unloaded the grain, and gave fifty cents to the driver. After the uncle walked away, Ma Youcai and several others who had been waiting in the dark came out to help deliver the food to the cave in the back mountain. Everyone had a wheelbarrow, tied the grain seeds to the wheelbarrow, and set out into the forest. Wang Feng and Brother Tang saw them off for a while, and finally returned reluctantly.
Ziyi and his friends pushed the wheelbarrow to the first rest stop, stopped the car and returned to the original route to cover up the traces left by the wheelbarrow.
"Brother Ziyi, if we do this, we will have to cover up everything along the way. Doesn't this waste a lot of time?" Yike was thinking about whether there was a better way.
"This section of the road is needed because it is close to the outskirts and hunters occasionally come to hunt. The rest of the road
There is no need for that. Hunters generally don't dare to come in, and the fallen leaves will cover it over time.
"Oh, that's more like it. Otherwise it would have taken so much time."
"Sister Yike, we only used a unicycle this time. Normally, we carry it on our backs, so it wouldn't be as troublesome as it is now."
"Sister Yike, the canned meat you taught us to make is really delicious. Before, we only had dry food to eat in the mountains, and it wasn't tasty at all."
"Yes, that kind of multi-grain steamed bread makes my throat uncomfortable."
"Come on, at that time, it was good enough to have some multi-grain steamed buns to eat, and you still complain about it."
"Haha, if sister Yi Ke hadn't found such a good place to grow crops, you guys would still be eating whole-grain steamed buns."
"Yes, sister Yike is our lucky star."
"If you ask me, our eldest brother is really capable. He saw the difference in sister Yi Ke at first sight and married her early on. She became one of our own."
As the conversation went on, the tone of the conversation changed and everyone started asking how Ziyi had managed to get Yike to be his wife. Yike really wanted to yell that their eldest brother was a robber, and her small arms and legs were no match for his big and thick legs, so she had to be kidnapped and made his concubine.
Everyone talked and laughed along the way, and with food such as dried meat and canned meat, their strength recovered quickly. Even though they were pushing a heavy load of food, they quickly returned to their home in paradise.
After everyone brought back the grain seeds, those who stayed at home were very happy. They were worried that they wouldn't be able to buy so many grain seeds, but they didn't expect that they would be able to do so. This year we can cultivate more paddy fields and plant more rice. Then we can eat white rice every day. We don’t have to go outside the mountains to buy it like before, and we can only buy a little.
In addition to rice and wheat, the seeds purchased this time also include soybeans, mung beans, broad beans, peas, peanuts, rapeseed, etc. What Yike didn't expect the most was that some big shot actually bought sorghum seeds. Yike was happy because she could make sorghum wine. If she succeeds in making sorghum wine, she can make and sell wine, including sorghum wine, rice wine, and yellow wine for women to drink during confinement. Yike decided that his next goal would be to make wine, and he would practice with rice wine first.
The grain seeds were purchased and everyone began to sow them enthusiastically. A year's plan begins in spring. If you sow hope, you will reap the joy of success in autumn. In fact, everyone is very happy now. They have lived in the mountains for so many years, and no year has been as busy and tiring as this year. However, they are busy happily and tired comfortably.
Li Haoran left the production team a week after Ziyi came back. He had to go back to the production team to work, otherwise he would be dissatisfied with the people in the team. It is understandable that Ziyi did not go back because he could say that he was taking care of his great-uncle.
Yike instead felt that he should not have settled down outside in the first place. It would have been much better to stay in the mountains, free and self-sufficient. But Li Haoran didn’t know that society would change in the future, and he had to consider his future children. Yi Ke can be temporarily exempted from registration, but when Yi Ke reaches the age and completes the marriage procedures, he can be registered as Ziyi's hukou at any time.
It is said that in this era, as long as you have a household registration, you will have basic food rations. If you don't work, you will be given food rations, and the spit will drown you. As long as he was not registered and never participated in the production team's work, no one could say anything. As for Ziyi and Li Haoran, one of them must participate in the labor during the busy farming season.
After more than a month, the seeds have been sown. All you need to do is manage the seedlings well. When the seedlings grow up, they can be transplanted into the paddy fields, commonly known as rice transplanting. After Ma Youcai and his companions finished sowing, they went out of the mountains. They couldn't stay in the mountains forever, they also had to go out to manage the market and generate income. Yike passed on to them some of the market management experience he knew in his previous life. You can't let them manage their younger brothers like gangsters. They must not get involved in gangs in the future.
After learning the method, Ma Youcai and his companions went back happily and prepared to work hard. Ziyi and Yike also followed them out. They were going to the production team to exchange Li Haoran back. It would be better to let professionals manage the land. Du Qingcang and Li Haoran are fully capable of managing the land at home. Ziyi only needed to work hard with the team members in the production team, and Yike was just there to join in the fun.
The one who has the most leisure now is Yike. Both his mothers have learned the technique of hatching chicks at home, and they have also hired people to help. There is not so much meat to make canned meat, the fruits for making dried fruits are still hidden in the buds on the trees, and the sweet potatoes for making dried sweet potatoes are still seedlings. Basically, the first half of the year is the time when Yike has the most leisure.
After Ziyi and Li Haoran exchanged positions, Ziyi started to work in the fields with the team members every day, still doing work worth ten work points.
Apart from cooking, I would let the cattle graze. The grass was cut by the village child Wang Fugui and carried back to him. Each basket contained two sweet potatoes or two corn cobs. I was too embarrassed to rob other people's children to earn some food, so I had to pretend to be a lazy woman.
Not even cutting grass for the cows wastes the family’s food. This has been the gossip of the village gossips these days, especially Wang Fugui's wife Zhang Xiaoying. She was resentful because she didn't get the upper hand that time, so she spread rumors as much as she could.
I was too lazy to argue with these people, so I just stayed at home and lived my own life. After all, I couldn't do as much as I could in the mountains.
Yike, who had nothing to do, started experimenting with making rice wine in the cellar at home. To make rice wine, you need a wine vat, so after Tian Ziyi went to the fields, Yike rode his Phoenix bicycle to town alone.
When we arrived at the town, it was still the same as before, with even fewer pedestrians on the streets, probably because they were all busy with spring plowing. Yi Ke arrived at the door of the supply and marketing cooperative, parked his bicycle at the door, locked it with a padlock, and gave two cents to the old man who looked after the bicycle.
As soon as Yi Ke entered the gate of the supply and marketing cooperative, he looked up and saw the big-faced girl. She was staring at one place blankly like last time, and only turned her eyes when she heard footsteps. As soon as he saw Yi Ke, his eyes lit up instantly. He stood up suddenly, rushed out of the counter in three or two steps, grabbed Yi Ke's hand and shook it. I kept saying, "Oh, my dear sister! You finally show up. I've been looking forward to seeing you. I regret it so much after you left. Why didn't I ask for your home address? I could go to your house to play with you. No matter what, you have to come to my house for dinner this time!" You don't know that my mother scolded me badly when she heard about it, saying that I was useless and didn't even take you home to introduce you to the neighborhood. …”
As soon as I heard her holding my hand and listening to her chattering, I felt a little confused. It seemed that, probably, they were not very familiar with each other. They only met once to buy something, but from her tone it seemed as if they were very familiar with each other. I wonder if this girl is so enthusiastic when she meets people, or if she has some mental problems...
Thinking of this, Yi Ke quickly pulled his hand away and took a big step back. "Miss, I don't think we are familiar with each other, or have you seen me before?"
"Little sister, how could you be like this? Didn't you come here with your brother to buy things last year? I even gave you White Rabbit candy. How could you forget?" The big-faced girl pretended to be angry.
Of course Yike didn't forget, he just wanted to see if she was like this to all girls, or if she had some kind of disease. Fortunately, fortunately, it turns out that he really remembers me.
"I'm sorry! I just forgot about it for a moment. Now that you've reminded me, I remember it now. Sister has a really good memory. She hasn't forgotten me after all this time."
"How is that possible? Don't you know that you look like my little cousin? I will never forget you no matter who I forget. Come on, come in and sit at the counter. I will be off work soon. After get off work, I will take you home to introduce you to the area. We agreed at the beginning that you will be my sister from now on. Don't go back on your word!"
Yike thought about it carefully and it seemed that there was such a saying, but he had not agreed to it, so why did he say it as if she had agreed. And what does it mean to be like her cousin? Is it really so ridiculous that one can find relatives related to the original body as soon as he leaves the house? Could it be that the original body was really not Yang Huaihua’s daughter?
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