After cleaning up all the garbage in the backyard, everyone began to work on dinner.

In the morning, Chen Yang asked the fourth uncle to buy a lot of delicious things from the county seat, so today is another delicious day.

Beef, shrimp, snails, nails......

These dishes are not available in Redwood Town, so they are all fresh and luxurious dishes for the elderly and children.

Watching the fourth uncle and Chen Yang bring these delicious plates to the table, the big guys were drooling.

Especially a few small pot lids, they look eager to try.

Seeing Jiajia pretending to sit at the table and playing with chopsticks, but in fact staring at Datian snails with both eyes, Chen Yang smiled and said, "Jiajia, I'll tell you a secret." ”

"Ahh

Chen Yang nodded, and said solemnly and quietly: "Let me tell you, if you don't wash your hands before eating, a lot of worms will grow in your stomach in the future, white and long." By the time you go to sleep, they'll come out of your belly. But you don't know, because when they come out of your stomach, they feel very cold, and then they go through your nostrils like this, slowly, slowly, slowly into your stomach. ”

Chen Yang said as he gestured in front of Jiajia with two chopsticks, allowing the chopsticks to float up from her belly to the left and right until they were almost inserted into her nostrils.

Jiajia's hairs stood on end in an instant, threw away the chopsticks, and went to wash his hands.

The few small pot heads next to them actually heard Brother Chen Yang's words. They pretended not to believe it at first, but when Brother Chen Yang went to serve the food, they would still scramble to wash their hands.

Seeing the pot lids having fun next to the basin, the second grandmother smiled and said, "It's strange, Junguang Junhui seems to have been a lot more sensible recently." ”

"What's wrong?" the third grandmother was originally watching TV, but after hearing this, she turned her head and asked.

"Recently, the two brothers got up at dawn every morning to light the fire and boil water, just like a different person. ”

"Oh, really fake?" The third grandmother looked at Junguang Junhui in the yard with some envy, and then looked at her two round twins, and said, "How can you be so sensible, our family Xiaomei Xiaohao doesn't get up every morning without lifting the quilt." ”

It's really the rice that is the fragrance of someone else's house, and the baby is the good of someone else's house.

Although they are all surnamed Chen, why is the gap between this baby and the baby so big?

The third grandfather looked at his two 'buckets' and felt a long way to go: "From tomorrow onwards, we won't cook for them, let them get up and cook by themselves." Can't get used to them anymore. ”

"Our family Junguang Junhui got up voluntarily to make breakfast. The second grandmother smiled, "We didn't let them get up to do it." When they got up to cook on the first day, I said, "You are so small, you have a long body, you need to sleep more," but they said that they had slept enough, and they would get up every morning to cook. ”

The second grandmother has actually told the neighbors around her many times, but every time she says it, her face is still full of warm happiness.

The happiness of the elderly is so simple.

A little filial piety from children and grandchildren can warm them for a lifetime.

"Chen Jia, did you hear that?" the fourth grandmother shouted at Jiajia, "In the future, you have to learn from your brothers, you have to get up early, you don't have to cook, you just get up early and wash your own 'cowhide'." ”

Cowhide, in the local area, in addition to referring to children are very naughty, sometimes also refers to children's clothes.

Because children are always playing in the fields, their clothes are as dirty as cowhide rolling in the mud, so adults sometimes refer to their clothes as cowhides.

Jiajia and Xiaomeixiao looked at Junguang Junhui resentfully......

It's all your two sycophants, it's all going to be a big hit for us.

That look was as if he was looking at the top students in their class. Every time after class, when the teacher forgets to assign homework, the top student in the class will always say: Teacher, you forgot to assign homework!

Strange hatred through the ages!

Chen Yang put the last dish on the table and said to the second grandmother with a happy face: "Second grandmother, since Junguang Junhui is so sensible, why don't you take the two of them to the city for a day with the fourth uncle, can you rest assured?"

"Ahh Junguang Junhui shouted excitedly, rubbing his wet palms against the clothes on his body, ran to Chen Yang's brother, jumped up, hooked one of his shoulders, curled his feet, and hung on him like a pendant.

Chen Yang stood still and said with a smile: "Please don't be so excited, can you two not be so excited? ”

When Junguang Junhui heard this, he immediately got off him and ran to the second grandmother.

Junguang is also a big brother anyway, and he can't be coquettish. So, this job has to be left to Junhui.

Junhui threw himself into the arms of his thin grandmother, and shouted three times: "Grandma, I'm going, I'm going, I'm going." ”

"Grandma, I want to go too. Junguang just squatted aside, looked at his grandmother, and said very seriously, "Junhui and I haven't been to the city yet." ”

It may be a bit embarrassing to say it, he is a junior high school student, and he has never been to the city.

Many of the students in the class had been to the city, and he happened to be one of the few people who had never been to the city.

The second grandmother pushed Junhui away and said with a joke: "Isn't it embarrassing that such a big person is still coquettish?"

She looked at the second grandfather and asked for the second grandfather's opinion: "Let them go." ”

"Just go. "The second grandfather is open-minded, "Anyway, the fourth child and Xiaoyang will go, don't be afraid, but ......"

The second grandfather stared at Junguang Junhui and said very seriously: "But, you two have listened to me, and you have to follow the fourth uncle and the eldest brother step by step, do you know?"

"Yes. The two little ones immediately straightened up, raised their hands, and saluted in a respectful manner.

As a result, the other three pot heads were not happy.

Why take those two sycophants and not them?

Jiajia took the lead in running into the arms of the fourth grandfather, and said in a very aggrieved voice: "Grandpa~Grandpa~ I want to go to ...... too"

The appearance of small eyes and the thin voice are really a change from the previous fierceness. Fighting with the cowhide and scratching the cowhide into a flower face, is this Jiajia?

Seeing this, the twins immediately followed Jiajia's example, one got into the arms of the third grandfather, and the other got into the arms of the third grandmother, and they all shouted that they wanted to go to the city together.

The urban area, for them, is estimated to be equivalent to the Heavenly Court in Journey to the West and the Grand Palace of Huanzhu Gegli.

It must be a place that everyone yearns for, but it is not a place that everyone can easily reach.

But why did Brother Chen Yang take those two sycophants with him, but he didn't take them there?

Seeing the aggrieved appearance of the three little guys, Chen Yang smiled and said: "Jiajia, Xiaomei, Xiaohao, you are all too young to go to such a far place, otherwise, grandparents will worry about you, you know?"

"That Junhui brother is only a year older than me. Xiao Hao shouted unevenly, "He's a boy, and I'm a boy, why can't I go when he can go?" ”

It's all my sister's fault, why is it a twin sister, if it's a twin brother, then he won't be so good-looking, and everyone won't treat him as a girl.

I don't want this face! I want to go downtown!

Chen Yang smiled: "Xiaohao, it's not a question of whether a boy is a boy or not, but Brother Chen Yang can only take two people at a time, if I take all of you at once, I'm afraid I won't be able to look down on you." And, you think, if grandparents don't see you for a day, they should be worried, aren't they?"

Xiao Hao looked up at the skinny grandfather and hesitated.

If he went to the city, Grandpa wouldn't see him all day.

Usually, he would disappear for half an hour, and his grandfather would go all over the village to look for him. If he disappears for a day, then grandpa must not look for him like crazy?

He thought for a moment and said, "Okay then, I'm not going." ”

Xiaohao said that he couldn't go, and Xiaomei also figured it out: "Then I won't go either, there are so many people in the big city, there are people everywhere, one person puts a stinky fart, and every time I breathe, what I breathe in is a fart released by others, hey, it's too disgusting, I won't go." ”

Jiajia: ......

Junguang Junhui: ......

Although the three little ones said they didn't want to go, they still wanted to go in their hearts.

Junguang gave the three little ones a look, then took them into the backyard and whispered: "Don't worry, brother, I have money, and when I get to the city, I will bring you something delicious back." ”

After that, he also signaled to the three little ones not to spread the word about it.

Jia Jia asked in a low voice, "Brother, can I ask for two lollipops?"

The lollipops in the big city are definitely sweeter than the lollipops in the countryside.

Junguang nodded: "No problem, buy two lollipops for Sister Jiajia, Xiaomei Xiaohao, what do you want?"

"Hmm...... Xiaomei thought for a moment and said, "I want a popsicle." ”

"No, it won't. Junhui whispered, "Popsicles will melt." ”

"Well, then buy a big jelly, a big one. She clasped her hands together and used her thumb and forefinger to form a circle, "That's the big one." ”

"No problem. Junguang said generously, "And you, Xiaohao, what do you want?"

"Don't ask for anything like me. Before Xiaohao could speak, Xiaomei cut off his thoughts first.

"Huh?" Xiao Hao scratched his brain in embarrassment, "Then, then I want two jellies." ”

Xiaomei glared at him angrily: "They all said that you are not allowed to ask me for the same thing." ”

"Where is the same? You want one jelly, I want two jellies, where is the same? Xiao Hao argued.

"But we don't have that much money. Junhui tugged at his brother's clothes, "We have a total of more than ten yuan, and we bought them all delicious food, so what shall we buy?"

"Oh, we're brothers. Junguang said proudly, "Of course, you have to fulfill the wishes of your younger brothers and sisters first, if you buy their things, and if you have any money left, I will buy them for you." ”

"Uh-huh. Junhui nodded hurriedly, for fear that his brother would regret it, "Then I want spicy strips." ”

"Remember, this is our secret and can't be known to the adults. Junguang reminded.

"Mm-hmm, don't worry, we won't say it!"

So, at night, the five little ones fell asleep with their simple and beautiful wishes.

Toshimitsu wants to take care of all his younger siblings.

Junhui wanted to have a dozen yuan left, so that he could also get a little benefit.

The other three little guys kept chattering in their dreams, hoping that Brother Junguang would never forget to promise them, definitely, must not forget!

All right!

The meteor blinked and streaked out of the blue sky......

In the morning, looking at the clean and tidy backyard, Chen Yang felt that everything was ready now, and it was just a matter of mountain pepper.

Taking advantage of the fact that Xiao Qian had not woken up, he first used scissors to cut off a square piece of red paper from the big red paper, and then wrote on it with a gel pen:

【Collect mountain peppers.】

Five yuan a pound.

Requirements: No leaves, no branches, no fruit stalks, no impurities, must be picked clean, leaving only the fruit.

Acquirer Chen Yang, phone number: 13217841***. 】

After writing it, I first took a photo of the acquisition notice with my copycat mobile phone, and then sent it to the WeChat group in Baishi Village, and then pasted the big red paper out.

When I returned home, Xiao Qian, a little lazy worm, was still sleeping soundly in bed.

Chen Yang took advantage of this moment to quickly fill his stomach first, and then cleaned the house inside and out, and then when the fourth uncle came back, he handed over Xiaoqian to the fourth uncle to take care of.

He cleaned the glass jars and food-grade plastic buckets that the fourth uncle had newly bought, as well as the new bamboo flats.

These glass jars are also one-pound glass jars, but there are no labels, but because the glass jars purchased online have not yet arrived, they can only be used for the time being.

I washed the things, and then I removed the stove in the yard and moved it all to the greenhouse in the backyard.

And while he was working, the village's WeChat group exploded.

Mountain pepper for five dollars a pound?

Everyone thought that Chen Yang had written a mistake, so they all gave him a favor and asked him if it was true or false.

Chen Yang patiently replied: "Of course it's true, but the requirements above are also very clear, I only accept that small fruit, not even the fruit stalk." ”

"That's sky-high. ”

"That's right, five yuan a pound is not cheap, it's more expensive than pine oil. ”

"If you can pick 20 catties a day, it's 100 yuan, and 40 catties is 200????"

"Hold the grass, so good?"

"I want to go home and pick peppercorns. ”

"I am tired and tired in this factory, working overtime every day, and I earn less than 3,000 yuan a month. ”

"Me too, my overtime pay here is only 12 yuan an hour, which is too bad. ”

"Why is it so little, doesn't it mean that overtime pay is generally sixteen or seventeen yuan?"

"That's a big factory, a small factory like ours, the boss says as much as you want, and if you don't have enough, you can get out. ”

"Then why not get out. ”

"I'm squeezing a month's salary. ”

"It's so aggrieved to mess around outside, it's really better to go home and pick peppers. ”

"That's true, but, don't forget, the peppercorns are only for a month or two, and after that time, they are gone. ”

"No, there is no bai, according to this price, if you pick 100 catties a day, it will be 500 yuan, and if you pick 50 catties in two months, it will be 25,000. Damn, it's a lot more cost-effective than going into a factory. ”

"The point is, you can pick a hundred pounds a day!!"

"My mother and they went into the mountains to pick mountain peppers, and when they were the luckiest, they could pick up to 50 catties a day, and it was estimated that it would be difficult to pick 20 catties like you. ”

"Don't hit people so badly......."

"Go to work honestly, don't always be half-hearted, save more money, don't spend it all in a few days just after your salary is paid, you people are not too big one by one, it's time to plan for your future life." It was the village chief Lu Wenxing who said this.

"The village chief is right. After an aunt sent a photo of applause, she continued, "You young people, you don't know how to live, I see that some of you have a salary of more than 2,000 a month, but as soon as the salary is paid, you pretend to be the boss and go to some KFC to sing and drink." ”

"It's a KTV ......"

"It doesn't matter what it is. Lu Wenxing said, "The point is, look at you young people, the older ones are in their thirties and forties, and the younger ones are twenty-five or sixty and almost thirty, I won't talk about girls, but you men, you guys, are still at KTV supper stalls every day, either drinking or prostituting @娼!"

No one spoke.

Perhaps, one by one, they were a little impatient with the village chief's preaching, so they all turned off their mobile phones and went to the mountains.

Chen Yang looked at his mobile phone and never left the chat interface of this group.

The village chief continued: "Our village is in the mountains, and we are poor and white, so we need policy subsidies, but there is none. I want any good resources, and I don't have any. The whole village is counting on you young people to create. You are not the second generation of rich, nor are you white-collar elites, you are only getting two or three thousand salaries, save when you should save, don't waste too much. ”

"yes. Just now, the aunt also said: "We old things are in our fifties and sixties, and we still leave the village every year to come to other provinces to find pine forests and pick pine resin, all year round, tired like dogs, dressed like beggars, dare not eat delicious food, dare not play fun things, just want to save more money to build a house, buy a car, and marry a daughter-in-law." You have to be sensible, otherwise, in a few years, we old bones will not be able to do anything, and we will not help you young people. ”

All the young people fled, but the older uncles and aunts came out one by one.

Most of them don't know how to read or type, so they can only communicate by voice.

When some people were talking, there was the sound of rustling wind and rushing water, as if they were walking in the mountains.

Others were out of breath, and the occasional whistling of iron tools sliding against the bark of trees could be heard.

In Baishi Village, although most of the villagers have pine trees, because of the limited age of pine trees for resin harvesting, and the terrain in the mountains of Baishi Village is too steep, 60% of the older generation in the village, that is, middle-aged people over the age of forty or fifty, go to other provinces to lease pine forests for resin harvesting.

Or cooperate with the boss of the pine resin purchasing station, and the boss will complete the work of leasing the pine forest, and they will go directly to the resin harvest, and the price of the pine resin obtained will be divided with the boss.

The boss is three, and the fat harvester is seven.

For example, Chen Yang's fifth uncle, Chen Siliang's younger brother Chen Wuliang, went to other provinces this year to order 1,800 pine trees from the boss of the acquisition station.

1,800 trees produce about 12,000 catties of pine oil a year.

According to the price of pine resin this year, a pound of pine resin costs three yuan and eight cents, and 12,000 catties is 45,600 yuan.

After sharing with the boss, the fifth uncle can get about 30,200 yuan.

If you can take all the 3,200 yuan home, that's not bad. It's a pity that the 30,200 yuan has to be deducted from the round-trip fare, bag money, pick-up money, and all kinds of living expenses and miscellaneous expenses.

In this way, more than 30,000 yuan, when I returned home, there were more than 20,000 left.

The fifth uncle and the fifth aunt went to other provinces together, and the two worked hard for a year, and they could probably earn nearly 40,000 yuan.

40,000 yuan is about a month's salary for some white-collar workers.

But for middle-aged people like the fifth uncle and five aunts, it is the income of the husband and wife who get up early and are busy for a year.

The children of the two were raised in the fifth aunt's house. Because the fifth aunt's mother's house is in a village near the town, it is convenient to go to school, and it is also convenient to pick up and drop off, and the fifth aunt's parents are relatively young and can take care of them, so they sent the two children back to their parents' home from Baishi Village.

However, when the two come back in winter, they will still pick up the two handsome guys from their parents' house. Then I waited until the school was about to start next year, and then I sent it again.

Every year.

Couples like five uncles and five aunts who have been running around in different places for many years are the true portrayal of most couples in Baishi Village.

Whether they are going to work or picking pine resin, no matter how hard or tired they are, they just want to make their family live a better life.

Especially like the aunt who just spoke in the group, she is in her fifties, her hair is sparse and pale, but she still refuses to accept her old age and wanders in the pine forest, the purpose of which is not to make more money to help her son, who is nearly thirty years old, marry a daughter-in-law.

However, in the hearts of this group of young people between the ages of 25 and 35 who have not yet started a family, they always think that they are still young and their parents are still healthy, so they are blindly confident and blindly squander their youth.

Maybe in the blink of an eye, parents can't walk anymore.

Although he was quite emotional in his heart, Chen Yang couldn't do anything about these things.

He neither had the prestige of the village chief nor the strength of a wealthy man, so he could only raise the price of mountain pepper as much as possible in order to seek more benefits for the old people who stayed in the village.

As for the young people who are his age but don't know how to cherish their parents, let them be.

Time will eventually teach them something.