Organic Farm Author: Farmer is flying

Chapter 123: Jiangnan Water Town

The approval of the gas station that Li Tao helped to run came down.

Tagawa asked a qualified company in Tsu City to design and contract out the construction, which is expected to take nearly a month to complete, and then carry out the acceptance and apply for on-site audits by fire departments and oil companies. The gas station is a type of security department, and even Li Tao's face cannot avoid these security checks.

Now Tagawa has started recruiting employees. These employees need to undergo a series of training before they take up their posts, and it is a little late to start recruiting.

The construction of sewers in the village and the conversion of aqua toilets into water toilets have been carried out almost completely, the pavement of the main road has begun, and the construction of the cultural and sports center has made the village full of construction scenes. While construction was underway, Tagawa quietly left the village.

At the invitation of Zhang Wentao, who was in the same dormitory, he wanted to go to Kongyiji City in the south to experience the scenery of the water towns in the south of the Yangtze River.

Before leaving, he called Xu Jingyi and asked her if she wanted to go with her, Xu Jingyi didn't go, she wanted to take advantage of the time she just came back from the United States to improve her English, and these days she is busy memorizing words at home and watching American TV series.

Tagawa plans to drive to Gangnam. Tian Chuan has driven to several typical agricultural areas in the United States, but he has never done so in China, and he wants to take this opportunity to take a good look at the agricultural production from North China to Jiangnan and collect some basic information.

The route he designed was to run through Hebei Province, then enter Henan Province, pass through the entire Henan Province to the southeast, pass through Fuyang to Hefei, the capital of Anhui Province, and then enter Zhejiang Province through Chaohu Wuhu Yicheng, cross Huzhou, arrive at Lin'an, and then drive about 100 kilometers to reach Kongyiji City.

The whole journey passes through the three major agricultural provinces of Hebei, Henan and Anhui, and the journey is almost 1,500 kilometers. He rested for one night in Zhengzhou and one night in Wuhu, and arrived in the city of Kongyiji in the afternoon of the third day.

At this time, there was no navigation, and the highway network all over the country had not yet been built, so Tian Chuan drove between the national and provincial highways, following the map in his hand and the signs on the road, and from time to time looking for people to ask for directions, driving very hard along the way.

After arriving in Kongyiji City, the roads in the urban area were even more difficult to recognize, but fortunately, he had already called Zhang Wentao in advance, and Zhang Wentao had already taken a taxi to pick him up on the roadside outside the city.

Tian Chuan wanted to stay in a hotel, but said, "If you come to me, you have to stay in a hotel, and you are too outside." My grandparents are very hospitable people, and the family is also a big place, so there is nothing inconvenient for you to live in the past. I couldn't help but get into the car, show Tagawa the way, and drive home.

Zhang's house is in the east of Kongyiji City, and you have to go through the city to get there. After an hour of driving, the car left the city, drove for a while, and arrived near evening.

Zhang's house is located at the foot of a hill on the outskirts of Kongyiji City, and a small river surrounds the village. At the edge of the village is a willow forest, and red-tiled houses are hidden among the trees. Across the small river around the village are patches of rice fields, and the late rice in the fields is full of vitality and is in the jointing stage.

The small river converges into a pond in front of the village. In the shallow water near the shore of the pond, wild cocoons grow in the pond, and the pond is almost covered with lotus leaves from the fields, and pink lotus flowers and turquoise lotus canopies stick out from among the lotus leaves, showing off their beauty.

Zhang Wentao's grandfather's house is near the pond and is a row of five tiled houses. The house and courtyard walls look very new, and I heard Zhang Wentao say that this house was rebuilt before his family moved to the capital last year. The house is equipped with a west wing and the yard is very clean. There is a very tall tree in front of the courtyard gate with a very thick trunk

Strong, the huge canopy stretches out a lot

A thick shade enveloped half of the courtyard.

Tian Chuan asked Zhang Wentao, "What kind of tree is this?"

Zhang Wentao said: "This is the black tree mentioned in Lu Xun's "From Baicao Garden to Sanwei Study". This tree is much older than my age, and it sells for a lot of money every year. ”

Zhang Wentao's grandparents heard their grandson's voice and knew that Tian Chuan had arrived, so they greeted him from the yard. The two old men are about seventy years old, in good spirits, and their bodies look very good, and their expressions reveal an elegant temperament.

"Hello Grandpa Zhang, hello Grandma Zhang," Tian Chuan hurriedly stepped forward to say hello, "Look at the spirit of the second elder, it is not worse than us young people." ”

Grandpa Zhang laughed and said, "Classmate Xiaotian, right? I still like to hear what you say, Wen Tao and his parents always think that we are old and want to take us to the capital, what is convenient to take care of, do you see us like this, are we people who need to be taken care of?"

Tian Chuan echoed: "The second elder's body can still take care of others, what kind of care do you need? At most, you can ask a laundry and cooking person to help." Besides, Kongyiji City has beautiful mountains and waters, such a good environment, such good air, and how can the capital city, which is full of automobile exhaust, be compared? This is the real place of health. He didn't wait for the old man to speak, and then said: "But Wen Tao's parents want to take the second elder to the capital and take care of them nearby, which is also their filial piety. ”

Grandpa Zhang said with a smile: "Wen Tao said that you are a genius, sure enough, you can speak, as soon as you say these few words, no one can be offended, be a good person in all directions, and let us who have been bad people applaud and cheer on the side, which is really amazing." ”

Tian Chuan had to admire Grandpa Zhang's wisdom and said: "Grandpa Zhang is really powerful, and he can see through my careful thinking with one of them." I have been in business for a long time, and I have developed a bad habit, so you don't care. ”

Grandpa Zhang said with a smile: "Actually, it's nothing, living in society, if you don't learn some skills to see people and talk about people, and talk nonsense when you see ghosts, you can't do it." Let's take Wen Tao's father as an example, he has been an official for a long time, and when he speaks, I have to be distracted and have to make a choice. He is also accustomed to nature, and he can't change it for a while. Although I can understand it, he also knows that he has this problem, but he still can't control it. He was so careful every time he talked to me, and I was afraid that I would be angry if he said the wrong thing. Seeing his attitude, I also understood his heart for me, and I no longer blamed him. Alas, it is not easy for people to live in this society. ”

As soon as the old man let go of the chatterbox, he couldn't hold it back. Zhang Wentao interjected next to him and said, "Grandpa, Tian Chuan drove here for three days, and he is already very tired, let's invite him to the house." ”

Grandpa Zhang suddenly understood, and hurriedly said to Tian Chuan: "Come on, come on, talk in the house." This man is old, and sometimes he just nags, and when he talks, he talks endlessly. ”

The house is decorated in an antique style, with a set of antique furniture and calligraphy hanging in the central hall to show the owner's taste. Tian Chuan heard Zhang Wentao say that his grandparents are retired professors of Zhejiang University, his grandfather is from the Department of Chinese, has studied traditional Chinese culture all his life, is a rigorous scholar, and his grandmother is from the Department of Mathematics, and all her life is focused on teaching basic courses and educating countless people. Seeing the two old men now, Tagawa sincerely respects them.

Tagawa took out the gifts for the two old men. What was given to Grandma Zhang was a CD of the musical brought from the United States, and what was given to Grandpa Zhang was a picture written by himself, the content of which was the poem that Mr. Zhou Changjiang wrote when he was sick: "Half-born is peach Li Fen, and once he was infected with illness and hated poverty." Don't worry about the coldness of people in the world, and the world should give back to people. This was written after he learned that Mr. Zhou's condition had improved, and he was in a happy mood at that time, and he wrote happily. After Grandpa Zhang read it, he praised it again and again and praised Tian Chuan's profound calligraphy skills. Then he said: "When I read the content of the text, it seems to say that the teacher is in trouble after his illness, but your calligraphy exudes a cheerful atmosphere, which is very puzzling. ”

Tian Chuan said: "Grandpa Zhang's level of appreciation is amazing. This poem was originally written when my high school homeroom teacher, Mr. Zhou, was sick, and the words have been sold at an auction to raise funds for the establishment of the Teachers' Health Fund at my high school alma mater. I wrote this when I learned that Mr. Zhou's condition was improving and his body was about to recover, and I was very relaxed at that time, so I wrote it like this. ”

The two old men were amazed when they heard this. When asked about the teacher's health security fund, Tagawa said truthfully. When the two old men heard this, they couldn't help but sigh from the bottom of their hearts: "Xiao Tian, your fund is of great significance to the teachers. I hope that all teachers in the world are happy and healthy. ”

Zhang Wentao interjected: "At that time, Tian Chuan issued a letter of proposal, advocating that students all over the world should go back and do what they can for their alma mater at an appropriate time in their lives. There are big and small abilities, and the key is a mind. During that time, this proposal was very enthusiastically circulated in various schools in Beijing, and the Beijing Youth Daily even published it in full. ”

While the two old men were talking, a young girl brought tea. Grandpa Zhang said: "This is Xiao Zhang, Wen Tao and his father invited to take care of the two of us." ”

The girl was a little shy, Okita nodded and said, "I'll go prepare dinner." And he walked out.

Tian Chuan said to Zhang Wentao: "Take me out for a walk before it gets dark, the scenery in the village is really good." ”

The two walked out of the courtyard and walked around the willow forest and lotus pond at the edge of the village. The sun had set, and it was getting dark. The willow forest was a little dim, and in the last glimmer of daylight, Tagawa saw a cicada crawling out of a hole in the ground, carrying dirt, towards a nearby willow tree. He looked at it with interest, and Zhang Wentao saw that he was looking at it seriously, and asked, "This is a cicada, didn't you play with it when you were young?"

Tagawa said, "I played. I haven't played it for many years, and now that I see it, there is something new. The years are like a pig-killing knife, cutting off the childlike joy on our bodies little by little and throwing them aside. ”

At this time, the frogs in the lotus pond crowed one after another, and soon they became one. Tian Chuan said to Zhang Wentao: "The croaking of frogs is really noisy, it is called 'frog drum' in literary works, and in our hometown it is called 'noisy toad pit', which describes the noise of frogs very appropriately. I don't think I've heard anything like this in years. In our hometown, more and more pesticides are used, and correspondingly, there are fewer and fewer frogs, and frogs are rarely seen now. ”

Zhang Wentao didn't feel anything about this, he was still a young man, far less sentimental than Tian Chuan, who was more than forty years old.

When I got home, dinner was ready. Roasted new taro with pork, steamed crucian carp, stir-fried moss, mixed lotus root slices, and lettuce soup, the taste is mainly light and delicious, with a strong water town style. Tagawa has a soft spot for this flavor and eats a lot of each dish. Fortunately, Zhang Wentao had already told his grandparents and the little nanny in advance that this classmate's meal was very large, more than twice as much as his own, so the amount of several dishes was very large, and Tian Chuan let go of eating, and there was no shortage of food.

In order to receive Tian Chuan, Grandpa Zhang took out a small jar of rice wine, heated it and invited Tian Chuan to taste it. In his previous life, Tagawa preferred the feeling of drinking rice wine, which was mild and had a slightly burnt taste, which made him always reminisce. In this life, it was the first time he drank rice wine, he tried it gently, and found that the taste of this wine was very pure and peaceful, and it should be the best of rice wine. He commented: "This wine tastes pure, the alcohol content is not high, but it does not seem dull at all, a burnt aroma but not a little sour and bitter, the color is golden and clear, simple and heavy, it should be the best in rice wine." ”

Grandpa Zhang was a little surprised, and asked, "Have you ever drunk rice wine before?" As far as I know, very few of you northerners drink this rice wine, right? This is my ten-year-old daughter red that I bought from outside, and it is a good wine without adulteration. ”

Tian Chuan said: "This is the first time I have drunk rice wine, but I have heard people talk about the feeling of rice wine before, saying that it has a strange smell in the blandness. I don't think he must have drunk any really good wine. ”