Chapter Seventy-Nine: Rare Things
Regarding Liu Daodao's statement, the family was skeptical. However, under the persuasion of Mr. Guo, they still decided to stay in Liu Village in Hedong for one night, which was regarded as tourism.
Strange to say, the baby sleeps very peacefully at night, except for crying when hungry, there is basically no fuss all night.
And when I got up in the morning, my spirit was obviously better than some time ago, and I was talking baby language to my parents, and I looked very happy.
Black cats and white cats, catching mice is a good cat. No matter what method the other person uses to treat the disease, the child looks healthy. Zhao Dongxu's unit has a mess of business, and he came yesterday to ask for leave. After breakfast, he was in a hurry to take his family away.
Before leaving, he came over to express his gratitude, and left a phone number for Liu Daodao, saying that he could find himself when he had something to do in Wuning City.
Liu Daode didn't pay attention to this matter at all. Taking advantage of the fine weather, he built a wooden plank on the top of the ditch and used it as a single-plank bridge. Then he crossed the ditch with a shovel and began to dig a pit in preparation for the next year's duck breeding.
The area next to the ditch is already potholed, and there is a lot of water when it rains. What Liu Daode has to do is to continue to dig deep and connect with the ditch to form living water.
In this way, even if you use a large eye net to fence it later, a steady stream of fish and shrimp will burrow into it and act as food for the ducks.
As soon as he dug a few shovels, Liu Daode gave up and went back to the house to take out a nail rake.
There is too much gravel in the soil, and there is no way to dig it with a shovel.
He had great strength, and he held a nail rake for an hour without resting, and dug out a place the size of three rooms. Then shovel the soil with a shovel and pile it aside.
Of course, Liu Daode did not exert any effort, but basically plowed the ground along the puddle, and finally dug out an irregular circle, with a small island in the middle.
Liu Daode does not plan to bulldoze this island, but plans to plant reeds on it, and in addition, some aunts, lotus vegetables, chicken head rice and other things can be planted in the puddles, which can not only clean up the water quality, but also provide some feed for the ducks.
I was busy here, and I saw Wang Junyi carrying a pine branch and rushing from the direction of the back mountain. Next to him, there were two acquaintances.
"Liu Daodao, we found a rare thing in the mountains. Far away, Wang Junyi shouted.
"What is this rare thing?" Liu Daode asked, stopping the shovel.
"Hurry up and take a look, the ancient anecdote, there is sugar on the pine tree!" Wang Junyi pointed to the pine branch in his hand and said, "There is a lot of white sugar on it."
Just now I met with a few friends to go up the mountain to shoot the autumn fog scene, and when I was about to go down the mountain after shooting, Wang Junyi turned his head and accidentally found that there were a lot of white crystals on the pine needles nearby, the size of mung bean seeds.
At first, he thought it was caused by frost, but after taking a few photos, Wang Junyi felt that something was wrong, and there was not such a big frost on the nearby trees.
So he reached out and picked a few crystals, pinched them with his hand, and they melted immediately, and then there was a sticky feeling.
Wang Junyi is also stupid and bold, he put his hand in his mouth and tasted it, and the sweet feeling suddenly lingered on the tip of the tongue, fresh and tender, with a bit of pine needle fragrance, the taste is very unique.
After tasting it, he hurriedly beckoned a few companions to come and see the strangeness.
Several people didn't believe Wang Junyi's words at first, but after tasting them one by one, they all felt incredible. How can jelly beans grow on this pine tree, and all of them are trees, obviously not man-made.
They took a lot of pictures around the tree and then went back to the village to report their new findings.
The first person I met when I went down the mountain was Liu Daodao.
After listening to them, Liu Daode said funny: "What kind of strange thing is this, isn't it pine needle candy? In autumn and winter, there are many pine trees in the mountains." ”
"Have you ever seen pine needle candy?" asked a tourist.
"How fresh...... I've not only seen it, but I've eaten it. In the past, we were poor in the countryside here, and the children had no snacks to eat, and in autumn and winter, they all went up to the mountains to find pine needle candy to eat. The larger ones are plucked and eaten by hand, and there is also a fine powder that is attached to the pine needles, which need to be licked in the mouth. By the way, this thing can be boiled into sugar cubes, which were sold in the town in the early years. ”
"You guy, I thought I found something terrible, and I was so happy. Wang Junyi shook his head depressedly, and then said: "Wait a minute, I will pass it to the city forum, envy and envy them......"
Now the mobile phone signal in Liu Village, Hedong is good, basically tourists will use the wireless network card to connect to the Internet with a computer, so it is very convenient to upload things and chat.
"Okay, whatever you want" people want to show off, and Liu Daode has no opinion.
"What are you doing here?" asked the other.
"Dig a pit, prepare to raise ducks and sell duck eggs in the coming year. Liu Daodao's answer was simple and crisp.
"I'll help you dig at noon, right?" the tourist was eager to try, intending to move his body a few times.
"No problem, come on, I'll slaughter a rabbit for you at noon"
As soon as he said this, several tourists walked up to the single-plank bridge and came to help.
In fact, a few people didn't really want to eat that mouthful, so they mainly went back to the village and had nothing to do, so they came over to have a good time.
As they joined, Liu Daode dug puddles at a ...... speed remains the same.
There was no way, several people had never done farm work, the skin was fine and the meat was tender, and they had been busy for about ten minutes when they picked up the shovel and rake, either they had blisters on their hands, or they were panting, and they sat next to them to rest.
Liu Daode had no choice but to take the nail rake and continue to dig on the ground.
Wang Junyi rested for a while, refused Liu Daodao's stay, and returned to the village directly.
Anyway, I was alone at home, and it didn't matter if I cooked morning or night, until I felt hungry, Liu Daode didn't call it a day.
While he was cooking, Lin Xiaotong called, and the first sentence was: "Liu Daodao, is there pine needle candy on the pine tree in the back mountain now?"
"How do you know...... You can't see it on the forum, do you?" he asked.
"Yes, it's a post on the forum in Wuning City, and it also mentions you, you said that this thing condenses a lot of pine trees on the mountain in winter, and you can boil sugar cubes, is it true?"
"It's true, what's wrong?" Liu Daode asked rhetorically, feeling in his heart that the network information transmission is really fast.
"According to the information I just checked on the Internet, pine needles can replenish qi and invigorate blood, and young people often drink pine needle tea to beautify their skin...... I'm wondering if pine needle candy can be made on a large scale, this thing is definitely the only one of its kind. Lin Xiaotong said the purpose of his call.
Liu Daode was very emotional after listening to it, this girl is really imaginative, listening to the wind is rain. However, imagination alone is not enough, and the actual situation needs to be considered.
He directly vetoed: "It is too difficult to collect pine needle candy, it grows at the end of pine needles, and we all broke pine branches directly when we were children." In addition, this thing is only available in cold mornings, and it melts away at noon......"
"Forget it, I'll just say it casually. By the way, I'll send you today's list later, pay attention to checking. Lin Xiaotong said again.
After eating, the goods on the list are ready to be delivered to the courier point, and then come back to continue digging.
For several days, Liu Daode was busy in front of the courtyard gate, until he felt that it was almost over, and then he dug up the earthen embankment by the ditch.
Suddenly, the water rushed into the depression, and in about ten minutes, the puddle was filled.
Looking at the results of a week, he was a little excited. Next, I went to the ditch and dug up some reed roots and planted them. xh:.74.240.212