3. A new life
After most of the morning's work, Qiu Ge was really exhausted, and his father was also tired, after all, he was older and his physical strength had declined, but his spirit was really good, and the two of them said more than in the past few years combined.
It's just that the fruits of labor are a little pitiful, and a corner of Nuoda's garden has been sorted out;
At noon, my brother and sister-in-law came back and brought back a lot of wild vegetables, Qiu Ge was very familiar with them, what prickly old sprouts, eleutherococcus senticosus, bracken, monkey legs, wild celery, willow artemisia sprouts, etc., were all eaten when I was young.
"We're going to eat this at noon today, I don't know if you're still willing to eat it. The sister-in-law said with a smile.
"It's all good stuff, every year you bring it to me, I don't want to eat it in the refrigerator; "Qiu Ge does like to eat these things.
"That's enough. "My sister-in-law finished cooking and went to cook.
"Oh, why are you still working? It doesn't matter if you don't grow a garden or not. "The eldest brother saw that Qiu Ge and his father were tired, and he was a little distressed.
"Do some work comfortably, this is always not labor, and I can't keep up with my physical strength, I'm not as tenacious as our father." ”
"The old man has worked all his life, of course the tenacity is more than yours, you are a fierce force, and you will be bored when you finish it; don't do it in the afternoon, and when I plant the field, I will plough it easily." ”
"Yes, it's really labor-saving to plough with machinery, and you can plant the whole yard. Qiu Ge suddenly thought that the neighbor's gardens were deserted.
I don't have time to plant them all, one-third of the fields in our village are waiting for me to plant, and as long as you start sowing, it will take more than 20 days to be idle. ”
"Yo, why do you plant so much land?"
Most of the families are left with old people and women, so they come to me to help them plant, five or six thousand acres, and they have to plant more than 20 acres every year. ”
"When are you going to start planting? I'll help you?"
"When you come back, take good care of the old man, and I can work with peace of mind; your sister-in-law will take Du Yue to school and accompany her in three or two days; if you don't come back, I will take my father to the field together, and he will suffer with him." ”
"Hehe, that's okay, I'll lead our dad to be busy at home. Qiu Ge said with a smile, he felt that he was the right person to come back.
In the afternoon, Master Zhang, the person in charge of the engineering team, came, and Qiu Ge and his eldest brother received them together; he told him all his thoughts and asked Master Zhang to come up with a budget and construction period.
"You're really a person who has been in a big city, and you know that building a glass house is really ahead of your time. Master Zhang praised.
"You see that my family lives at the front of the village, with a wide field of vision, and there are mountains and Lingdu River in front of it.
"Yes, absolutely, and if that's right, we'll get a sketch, and you see, if it's okay, we're going to get the budget. ”
"Wait, Master Zhang, is this glass house cold in winter?" the eldest brother was a little worried.
"It's not cold, it's double glass, it's very well isolated, as long as the heating equipment inside is OK, but there is also a drawback, that is, the frost is heavier in winter. ”
"Ah, that's okay, let's burn more media and install more radiators, and we'll be able to solve it. ”
"Brother, we use electricity for heating, cleaning and trouble. ”
"Oh, how much does that cost?"
"It might be a little more expensive, but it's definitely affordable. "Qiu Ge actually calculated.
After saying that, Master Zhang went back to prepare, and two days later he came back with sketches, and their efficiency was really good.
Qiu Ge made a few simple changes to the construction plan, and the engineering team decided to enter the next day, start laying the foundation and removing the ridges on the roofs of the two houses, and at the same time, start preparing materials.
Qiu Ge paid part of the project money in advance, he still saved some savings over the years, and the money for building the house was nothing to him.
"Qiu Ge, tomorrow morning, you go to the county seat to buy more food and come back, we should arrange for the engineering team to have a meal, and those from the village who come to help also have a meal. "The eldest brother said at dinner.
"Okay, sister-in-law can help me write a list, I don't know how much to buy, but why go to the county, isn't there a vegetable store in the town?"
"Yes, there is, but it's a bit expensive, and it's much cheaper to go to the county, and it's complete. The eldest brother said.
It is 60 or 70 miles away from the county seat, and people in the countryside do not go back to the county to buy vegetables without a big banquet; the supermarkets in the towns and villages have out-of-season vegetables, but they are sold at high prices.
Early the next morning, Qiu Ge took his father and little nephew, and the three of them drove to the county seat to buy vegetables; his father and Du Zhe both seemed very happy, and the three of them talked and laughed along the way, and they didn't feel that the county seat had arrived soon.
In the vegetable market, according to the list given by his sister-in-law, Qiu Ge first bought the ingredients for fish, shrimp and meat, and then took the elderly and children to the vegetable stall.
The same way to choose the vegetables you need, Du Qiuge also chatted with the vegetable stall owner.
"Big brother, where did you get this food from? It's quite fresh. ”
They are in the alpine region here, and there are few protected areas to grow vegetables, so they have to transport them from other places.
"They all come from the south, and they are transported long distances, and they are sold right out of the box, and it only takes two days from picking them to our vegetable stall, and they are well kept, so they are fresh. ”
"What about summer and autumn, and from out of town?"
Du Qiuge has an idea, he wants to grow vegetables in his garden, anyway, he can't be idle, it's good to grow vegetables while taking care of his father, but this market has to be found in advance.
"In the summer and autumn, most of them are brought in from other places, but some farmers are also caught in the local area. ”
"Is that a farmer's house to collect it?"
"How can we, we don't have that time, we have to go to the morning market early in the morning to buy, and when the farmers' vegetables come down, we will go to the morning market to sell them, so we will pick up the good ones and buy them. ”
"Understood, understood, it's not easy for you. ”
"It's not easy in any industry. The boss said with emotion.
On the way home, Qiu Ge pondered the matter of growing vegetables, he has the technology, but he doesn't know how to sell it?
Just thinking about it, the call came, it was Lu Di.
"We'll go to your house tomorrow and do a good job of reception. ”
"What? you want to come to my house?" Qiu Ge was startled, but fortunately the speed was very slow, and there were no other vehicles.
"What's the matter, you're not welcome?"
"Welcome, welcome, just didn't expect. ”
"If my dad hadn't asked me to call you, I wouldn't have told you. ”
"Mr. Lu is also here?"
"Yes, I'll figure it out myself? Okay, I won't tell you, go and prepare, if I'm not satisfied, I'll tear down your house." Lu Di hung up the phone after speaking.
"Second uncle, is this the second aunt?"
"Grandson, do you still need to ask? Absolutely, otherwise what is your second uncle building a house for?" said my father in a serious manner.
After Qiu Ge listened to the words of his father and nephew, he almost drove the car into the ditch, this two of them are really good, they directly defined it, and they can also connect with the renovation of the house.
"Don't think about it, this is our boss's daughter, and they came to get me back to work. "Hurry up and explain, otherwise people will come and make a misunderstanding.
"Looking for you to go back? That's not going to work, I'm not going. Father said something confused again.
"Grandpa, I'm looking for the second uncle, hehe......" Du Zhe said with a smile.
"Yes, I don't know them, and I won't do anything to find me. ”
"I'm not going either, I'm staying at home with you. Qiu Ge said.
"Oh, if people really need you, you can go back, I'm fine, I can play with Du Zhe. Dad said with his head down.
"Grandpa, grandpa, can you remember where you put my game console for me? Du Zhe hurriedly asked, this game console has been lost for several days, how can I not find it, his mother said let grandpa lose it, and told him that grandpa is sick, not to bother grandpa.
In fact, it was his mother who hid it, and lied to the old man in order to let him study, but Du Zhe took it seriously.
"Did I take your console?" the old man thought up.
"It's over, grandpa is sick again, my game console. Du Zhe wailed helplessly.
"Hehe......" Qiu Ge smiled.
It was already 10 o'clock in the morning when I got home, and the yard was really lively, and many people came, and there were engineers and people from the village who came to help, and they were tearing down the roofs of two old houses.
Since the demolition of the ridged part of the roof required a lot of manpower, Master Zhang of the engineering team asked for some helpers, and the eldest brother went to find these villagers from his village.
Many people in this village know Qiu Ge, because they are all elders in their fifties and sixties, and they are familiar with them when they are young; there are only two young and middle-aged people, and he is also familiar with them, one is Wang Miao, who is four or five years younger than himself; and the other is Yang Chenglong, a classmate of his brother.
After the car was parked, Qiu Ge hurriedly got out of the car and greeted everyone in the same village, first called the elders, and then politely thanked Yang Chenglong and Wang Miao.
After that, Qiu Ge went to deliver food to his sister-in-law, and the kitchen had already begun to prepare lunch.
The kitchen is still in the old house, and the ridge above the house is independent, and there is a roof under the ridge, so the demolition outside does not affect the normal life in the house.
When he entered the kitchen, Qiu Ge saw several more people, all of them women, but he only recognized two, and the others were not familiar; they were here to help cook.
"Why don't you say hello when you come back?" said a woman.
"Yo, Sun Yan, come to help, thank you, thank you. Qiu Ge hurriedly said.
This is his elementary school classmate, from a village, and now he is married to Ma Jianjun of the old Ma family, so he is still a villager in this village.
"Can I not help my classmates if they have something? You have made a fortune, otherwise how can you run back?"
"Hey, what's the fortune? I can't do it anymore to come back. Qiu Ge joked, but he saw that his sister-in-law gave him a look and signaled him not to say anything; Qiu Ge understood what his sister-in-law meant, not letting him say that he couldn't do it outside, and the people in the village were very mixed.
"You can't do it, can you deceive people? This has just come back and is building a lot of construction, and you don't have the money to do it?" Sun Yan continued to ask.
"Is my money still worth money? Your Ma Jianjun heard that he has made a fortune. Qiu Ge shifted the focus to Sun Yan.
"We can still get rich, and it would be nice if we didn't starve. Sun Yan said very hard.
Sun Yan's words made Qiu Ge stunned, he didn't know how to answer the conversation, so he didn't say anything.
"Oh, how can you starve to death in this day and age? A woman next to her said.
"That is, that is, especially in our rural areas, as long as we have land, we will not starve to death. My sister-in-law also said.
"It's true that you can't starve to death when farming, but you can't live a good life, if I don't have the old people to drag me down, I will also go to work, where do you see that there are still young people in the village?" Sun Yan's words were full of complaints.
"In fact, if you work hard in the countryside, you can also get rich and make a fortune. "It's the woman who just spoke.
"Our family has no hope. Sun Yan said with red eyes.
"Okay, okay, let's cook, let's talk again when we have time, I'll be beaten again if I delay the meal." The sister-in-law said loudly.
Qiu Ge was very embarrassed, he didn't know what was wrong with Sun Yan, but he couldn't ask, seeing that they were cooking, he took the opportunity to hurriedly go out to find his father, and found that the old man had come to the garden again.