That afternoon, at the entrance of Yunling Village, there were a few old men sitting and chatting at the gable of the consignment store. "Hey, how many acres of flowers (flowers, here cotton) have you planted this year?" "Oh, quite a lot. "And the ones who have all the flowers. "All planted into flowers? "Look at what you said, people always settle accounts, and there is enough food to eat. "That's right. "Ah, that kind of flower is bigger than planting Meriel. "Outside of that, I said. ”

"When I was in the agricultural club before, you wouldn't be here, he wouldn't be there. "Now that the land is divided, everything will be gone. "Hehe, what you said, what are you doing for yourself, that's not it. "Ah, not only will you be able to plant everything, but it will also be cost-effective. "Ah, that's right. "A few years ago, when I was studying Dazhai, people wanted to plant corn and sorghum, but they said that it was a waste of land, and they were criticized. Behold who is planting the sorghum and the corn now? "Our area is a winter wheat and cotton producing area. Growing corn and sorghum is naturally not cost-effective. Just say that it is spent, and it is said that how much is a pound of wheat, and how much is a pound of sorghum and corn, I don't know how much it is. "Not only that, but also the miscellaneous grains. "Ah, yes. "That's what is often said, one side of the water and soil raises the other side." ”

"Ah, the reservoir is gone, it's dry. "I didn't think it was when there was a reservoir outside, but now it's obviously dry. "Ah, yes. In the past, when a well was drilled, it would take two or three zhang to see water, but now this one has to dig a deep well. "Ah, if you don't dig a deep well, you won't be able to do it, and there will be no water." "I heard that the deep well in Liuwan can't get water, so I have to go to other villages to pull water." "Oops, it's not habitable. "Whoever said it, dare to move. "It's easy to move, it's a whole village. "Oh, the government didn't say to rebuild our reservoir. "The co-production is contracted, and everyone is busy with their own mile, who cares about that." "If you dare to say that we are a mile, we are just letting the county repair it." "Ah, who cares about the peasants if they don't take care of things. "For the sake of the peasants?" "Don't they dare to do it when the reservoir is gone?" "Oh, people sit in the office, who cares if you don't do it." ”

"In the past, the price was so tired that the manure was turned over and pulled manure, but now the fertilizer is good, clean, trouble-free, and the yield is high. "The high yield is high, but the cost is also high. "Oh, no. There are also pesticides, and it costs a lot of money to get a single dose. "It's not the price, people grow that cash crop." "Ah, I heard that there is a kind of medicinal herb on the other side of the ditch. "That's a way to do that, too. In this way, a few people chatted and dispersed.

It was in the spring of this year, with the help of the sister-in-law and his wife, that Ye Zi planted skullcap and astragalus with the autumn land originally left. Twenty-five acres of responsible land risked planting 15 acres of medicinal herbs, leaving 10 acres of wheat, cotton, beans and so on. The medicinal herbs are harvested once every two years, and they usually only hoe the fields, weed, and fertilize, and the leaves naturally feel much easier.

Some people say that if the government dares to take care of it, they will all grow medicinal herbs, so how can there be enough food to eat; some people say that the wheat imported by others is cheap and good; and some people want to make a fortune by hoarding grain. There is a family surnamed Zhang in Yunling, who believes that he can make a fortune by growing grain, and accepts wheat, except for paying enough public grain and keeping enough rations, the rest is all at home, and the wheat hoards and large urns are full, so they specially vacate a house to store grain, saying that they will wait until the famine year to sell it, and they will definitely be able to sell it at a good price. With the accumulation of this year after year, how much more wheat alone has been saved, of course, this is a later story.

The leaves were planted with medicinal herbs for the first time, and they were planted fifteen acres at once, so they were naturally taken care of very carefully, and they went to the field to see the lack of seedlings for the lack of seedlings, and the grass was pulled out, and as soon as there was a little problem, they hurried to ask the sister-in-law, and even went to the county seat to consult, and the hope of making a fortune was pinned on these fifteen acres of medicinal materials. The remaining ten acres of land, the leaves are more intensively cultivated, and those who send manure, scatter manure, plow, and harrow the land harvest wheat and mung beans, and then plant wheat after harvesting mung beans. They also raised pigs and chickens in the yard, and planted vegetables in the open space between the trees. The eggs were reluctant to eat them, and they were sold at the temple fair for money. Of course, since he recognized his goddaughter, Ye Zi has one more thing to do in the market, that is, to buy a dress for Gua'er when the season changes, and bring some delicious food to Qingping to see the old woman of the martial arts.

Before you know it, summer has come, and after the wheat has been harvested, there will be more rain. In fact, the leaves of the sunflower stalk house have been leaking since the first two years, and the roof is covered with plastic sheets pressed with bricks one by one. It was Sunday, the dog baby and the apricot did not come back in the field, and Ye Zi and her mother-in-law and the second dog were at home. In the second half of the morning, the sky suddenly changed, dark clouds rolled, lightning and thunder roared, and in an instant the torrential rain poured in, and the house leaked even more, and the helmet cans and cans couldn't be connected. The leaves braved the rain to carry ladders and climbed onto the roof to press the plastic sheeting. Unexpectedly, his foot slipped and fell, injuring his left leg. The doctor at the health station wiped the medicine and dealt with it temporarily, saying that he would have to go to the hospital when the day was better.

The next day, Gouwa and Xing'er took leave and sent their mother to the hospital in the town, and after an examination, it was indeed a cracked bone. The doctor put a plaster cast, prescribed some medicine, and said that he should recuperate and recuperate. After coming out of the hospital, Ye Zi returned to Liuwan with his two children. The mother-in-law asked the two children to go back to school in Yunling and take care of their daughters by themselves. The leaves were lying on the kang, and the mother was serving her daughter with bone broth and chicken broth.

In addition to recuperating from his injuries, Ye Zi's heart was not idle, and he was thinking about the house. Although the harvest in the past two years has been good, and the dog baby has earned some money by walking the work, and his life is much better, but the cost of building a house is not a small amount, and he has to wait for the future fifteen acres of medicinal materials to earn money. Of course, she was thinking about something else, wasn't she?

It was also in the spring of this year that Guaer was going to fill in the volunteer again and prepare for the college entrance examination. Although the old woman of the martial family didn't understand this, Gua'er still said to her mother: "Mom, I plan to report to the teacher." "I don't understand this, you can decide for yourself." "Go to the normal school, become a teacher in the future, have winter and summer vacations, and can come back to serve you." "Oh, these days, with your godmother taking care of me, I'm much better. You can take the test, girl. ”

At this time, the college entrance examination is to fill in the volunteer first and then take the exam, and there is no one, two, or three, only the difference between key colleges and universities and ordinary colleges. Undergraduates, junior colleges, and technical secondary schools are admitted from high scores to low scores on different admission scores, which basically guarantee that the undergraduate line is undergraduate, the junior college line is junior college, and the secondary school line is reached. Admission is strictly based on the score of the band admission, and it is impossible to be admitted to the previous level if you do not reach the previous level. However, when students fill in the volunteers, they must indicate "obey the assignment". Therefore, it is not uncommon for the majors or even colleges and universities to be inconsistent with the reported volunteers.

At this time, the enrollment of colleges and universities is rather short than indiscriminate, and the admission rate of the college entrance examination is also very low, only a few percent, and it is not easy to be admitted. But if you don't get enough grades, you won't be able to go to college even if you're willing to pay for it. However, if you want to be admitted, you can successfully complete the university even if your family is in difficulty, because it is all public-funded, and you only pay for food and books, and the university also arranges grants to help those students whose families are in difficulty. Students are assigned jobs after graduation, so they don't need to go around looking for them early and delay their studies.

Gua Er is bent on going to university, and feels that this is worthy of her parents. She knew that her parents had her at such an age, raised her as an adult, and kept her studying, which was really not easy, and even her father died early in order to save money and refuse surgery. This is the second time Gua Er has taken the college entrance examination. Although Ye Zi went to Liuwan Temple in the year of the year, knelt in front of the Lord of Heaven and Earth, burned paper and incense, and begged to bless her dog baby and goddaughter in the future. But Guaer still didn't pass the college entrance examination for the first time.

A year later, in early July, on the three days of July, Gua'er went to the county seat to take the college entrance examination. In mid-August, Guaer received an admission letter and was finally admitted to the Normal University in the provincial capital. There is a female college student in the small Qingping, and the village is like a happy event, and the neighbors come to the martial arts house from time to time to chat, some send peaches, some send eggs, some hold a watermelon, and serve a bowl of good dishes, it seems that everyone is like a relative of many relatives.

Gua'er has been studying since she was a child, and she doesn't talk much with the neighbors' aunts and aunts, but now the neighbors are all looking up and smiling and saying this and that to Gua'er, which makes Gua'er a little uncomfortable. And what about the old woman of the martial family? The village praised her for raising such a good girl. People love to hear good things. got the praise of the neighbors, and the old woman naturally smiled from ear to ear. After being happy, he ran to the old man's grave, lit incense, burned paper, and happily told the old man under Jiuquan for a long time.

The Henan villagers of the Wu family also came to Qingping to say hello to the old wife of the Wu family. The situation of this Henan villager is not bad, the two sons are married, each has his own life, and there is nothing to do at home. After the old man of the Wu family passed away, the fellow villagers in Henan came to see the old woman of the Wu family for ten days and half a month. Although the two families are not relatives, they both came from Henan to beg for food together, not relatives but better than relatives, and have been taking care of each other for so many years. Gua'er was admitted to university, which was a great joy, and the Henan villager took out twenty yuan and gave it to the old woman of the martial family.

At this time, the rural reform had been going on for several years, and the urban reform had not yet been rolled out, and the children in the countryside had to bring grain from home to the town's grain station to exchange for food stamps, so that they could buy meal tickets in the canteen after entering school. Those who go to university in this province will be exchanged for food stamps in their own province, and those who go to university in other provinces will be exchanged for national food stamps. Although it was said that it had been a hundred days since the nerves and bones were broken, at this time, the leaves were already much better, so he happily caught up with the carriage and took the grain to help his goddaughter go to the grain station in Qingxi Town to exchange some provincial food stamps. After all, the old woman of the Wu family is older, although her ears are not deaf, but her eyes are already a little flowery, so Ye Zi and the daughter-in-law of the Xing family helped prepare new quilts and new sheets for Gua'er, and also prepared clothes for the change of seasons.

Before you know it, you're going to report for duty. The melon has grown so big, and she has never been in the county seat, and now she is going to the provincial capital, and the mother and daughter of the martial arts family are full of heart. The day before leaving, Gua Er and the samurai mother packed the bedding, clothes, daily necessities and so on, and also packed the cooked eggs, cakes, and biscuits sent by the neighbors in plastic bags. In the evening, the mother and daughter lay on the kang and chatted for a long time, and naturally talked about the deceased martial arts father. Early the next morning, Ye Zi and the old woman of the martial arts family sent Gu'er to Qingxi Bus Station in a horse-drawn carriage. Gua Er said goodbye to her mother and godmother, and stepped into the car bound for Pingyang.