Chapter Seventy-Three: Birthday
Because of the rats in the cave, the smell is still very strong, and if you go inside, you will feel a little hypoxic. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 infoThe two women were the first to feel unwell, and the others gave up their intention to continue walking into the cave when they saw the two women like this, but walked out of the cave directly to the top of the Guanyin Cliff.
Guanyin Cliff is the highest mountain on Zhang Tao's side, when the weather is good, standing on a big stone on the top of the mountain to overlook, you can basically see the whole town.
Zhang Tao The weather was good when they came, but now it is the busy farming season, and many rice paddies have been set on fire. Smoke from burning straw filled the air, and they could only dimly see the scenery around them.
Not far from them is a large reservoir, a large reservoir that stretches for more than ten miles from Zhang Tao's village and provides hydroelectric power. The reservoir is shared by the three towns, but the land for the hydroelectric power station belongs to Zhang Tao's village, and various fruits are planted around the reservoir.
However, those belong to the reservoir management committee, and have nothing to do with the surrounding villagers. Only when the fruit is harvested every year, the people of the management committee will ask people from the surrounding villages to help pick the fruits, and then directly calculate the wages on a daily basis, and the income from the sale of fruits belongs to the reservoir management committee.
The two women couldn't stop hearing about the hot springs, and they wanted to go there to take a dip, especially when they heard that the hot springs there could cure various skin diseases and be good for the body.
However, when they got inside, they saw the rudimentary hot spring layout, and they didn't have any thoughts. "This is really a tyrannical thing, such a good hot spring, it has been made like this."
Lin Sheng was originally quite interested, but after seeing what it looked like inside, he was not interested. They are still a little particular about these things, a large group of people squeezing into a small pool to soak in it is too rude, and the facilities are too simple and unclean, they can't accept it.
Zhang Tao on the side also feels this way, the hot spring industry here will not be well utilized for a few years, as if it has been occupied by a gangster in the village of the mountain and the cadres in the village at that time, and built a slightly better hot spring restaurant, but the fee is a lot more expensive.
Later, he was driven down by others, and then developed a more high-end hot spring. But none of this seems to have much to do with the people in the village down the mountain, and those who get rich have nothing to do with them a dime, and they are not even allowed to sell food at their own doorstep, only the hot spring center is allowed to sell.
At that time, this phenomenon was everywhere in the whole society, and capital began to gradually devour the country, or some state-owned enterprises that used the country's resources to squander or something. The only difference between them is whether they look good or not, and the good-looking people may still give the people a little soup to drink, and the people who eat badly will not leave anything, and they will snatch things from the people's bowls.
Zhang Tao never admits that he is not X Qing, and he is not counted, but his personality is more straightforward and he just said some facts. But at that time, the people around us were used to wearing a big hat to others, anyway, whether you were or not, he would stand on top of morality and give others a hat to cover first.
People have become the object of exploitation, but in fact it is always only a few people who occupy the top, those who hold the capital, the kind of people who can tell lies and believe in themselves. Whether it's for their benefit, or to fight others, they can pull up a bunch of spectacular teams to come out.
A few people took a turn here, although there was a little dissatisfaction and regret about the hot springs, but overall it was good. The hot spring is just a problem with the development, and there is nothing else bad, and it can still be built with some money and time in the future.
"I'm going on a business trip to the island country in the second half of the year, so I'll take you over there to see how other people's hot springs are developing. I'm looking forward to a big change on your side, and I can call some friends with the same friends to come over and have a look, those guys are very interested in this area, and they are not short of money, and maybe there are some benefits for the development of your side. ”
On the way back, Lin Sheng said to Zheng Hu with a little emotion, and Zhang Tao's eyes lit up immediately after hearing it. When I go to the island country to play, there are a lot of things that I don't have here, so why don't you let my dad bring something practical for me?
After thinking about it, Zhang Tao felt that it was better to forget it, it was uncertain whether the chat here was true or not, maybe Lin Sheng was just talking casually, and then he changed his mind again. Besides, he has always lacked love for the island country, and he has rarely paid attention to other things except for the learning that has been guided by those teachers.
Halfway through the car, on the way they met a guy who fished for frogs and caught a snake of two or three catties, Lin Sheng hurriedly asked Zheng Hu to stop the car, he wanted to take a look, and the other two women were also a little moved. Zheng Hu simply parked the car on the side of the road and went to have a look together. The snake is a cauliflower snake, a snake that is not venomous, so the frog fisher dares to catch it.
"You don't sell this snake?" After Lin Sheng glanced at the snake, he asked the frog fisherman, and the frog fisherman was stunned for a moment. At first glance, it was a Chinese speaking guy talking to himself, and he was driving a car, thinking that he was some big man. After Zheng Hu came over, he found out that he knew each other, and after talking, Zheng Hu took out twenty yuan to buy the snake, and then found a bag to put the snake down.
"Do you sell this frog too?" Lin Sheng obviously took a fancy to more than this snake, the half-basket of frogs in the man's basket was also taken by him, they were all very fat, almost half a catty and a few taels. The guy who fished for frogs looked at Zheng Hu, hesitated, estimated the number, and sold the frogs in the basket.
Frogs are strange creatures at times, and they can be easily deceived. The structure of their eyes predestined them to only see moving things, but it doesn't matter if the moving things can be eaten or not, as long as the size does not exceed the size of their mouths, they will eat them.
So on the roadside in the countryside, you can often see one or two frogs catching the weeds that are shaking on the roadside as food. This also provides convenience for frog fishers, who can go to the side of the mountain or ditch to fish for frogs by tying a small clip directly with a rope.
There is no concept of frogs being beneficial animals that need to be protected on the part of the countrymen, and there are a lot of frogs on their side because they belong to hilly areas. In the past, Zhang Tao was also a master of frog fishing, but now he doesn't want to fish much, and it is too sunny to go fishing at noon.
If he wanted to eat it, he would go straight to the miner's lamp at night to catch it faster, and he would catch a much larger mud frog - a frog that looked a bit like a bullfrog. The mud frog can grow to about a catty, but it is much more difficult to catch than the frog. Because their skin is the same color as mud, it is difficult to spot.
The two women didn't seem so scared when they saw the snakes and frogs in the bag, and they were still discussing how to make these things delicious, and Zhang Tao, who listened, became more and more sure of his thoughts. These three are definitely standard foodies, and they are especially active every time there is something fresh and delicious.
What reassured Zhang Tao was that Linda didn't know if she was shocked by Zhang Tao's mother because of the previous conversation or something, and she didn't tease Zhang Tao's father much later, but turned her attention to Zhang Tao. teased Zhang Tao from time to time, although Zhang Tao didn't cooperate much, she still made her laugh. The two lumps on his chest couldn't stop shaking, and Zhang Tao was extremely depressed when he saw it.
She was not reborn as old as this woman, if she had been like this at that time, she would have done it a long time ago, and she would have been so presumptuous in front of her. It's a pity that he hasn't even hatched the bird's feathers now, so he can't do anything just by looking at it, and he has a little impulse, which makes Zhang Tao feel that he will grow up right now.
The next day, Zheng Hu and the others did not take Zhang Tao with them, but went to the city mysteriously with Zheng Congwu early in the morning. I'm going to have my birthday tomorrow, and I'm still eleven years old. In the countryside of southern Shonan, eleven years old is a big birthday, and it is common to hold a banquet and invite relatives and friends to have a big meal to celebrate.
Originally, he was expecting the three Xiangdao people to give him a big red envelope, seeing how good it would be to toss so many delicious foods for them in the past few days, and how good it would be to have a big red envelope to smash at himself. You must know that in the eyes of people here in the countryside, the people over there are big bosses, and it is very valuable to pluck leg hair casually.
When the evening came, a few of them came back from the city, and Zhang Tao realized that they were just going around to buy something. But thinking about it, I don't think they can leave today, tomorrow is their eleventh birthday, how could Zheng Hu delay a day to celebrate his youngest son's birthday, after all, this is a big birthday, and he is still the male owner of the family.
The next morning, their family ate noodles, including three guests, each with two poached eggs in a bowl, Zhang Tao is a little birthday star, gave four, and the one he ate was supported.
Now is not the time when I was just reborn, the days when I drooled when I smelled eggs, and now Zhang Tao's family can eat these things every day if they want to eat, and they have already eaten their brothers and sisters a little numb.
At noon, it was a banquet, and all the people from Zhangjiawan came, and several of Zhang Tao's uncles also came. At this time, the gift is not as serious as it will be, and if you don't have money at this time, you can bring a few eggs or other things.
But after a few years, it won't be a few eggs that can be taken, and they are all competing for whose red envelopes have face. People in the countryside have to go out with thousands of gifts a month when they have a better life in a month.