Chapter 111: The Farmhouse (1)
Professor Wen listened to Lu Xiancheng's words and did not complain, as a veteran who has been fighting against the school funding for decades, Professor Wen has his own set of 'piecemeal' means of asking for money.
Looking up at the sky, the sun was almost in the middle of the day, Professor Wen took off the straw hat on his head and said, "It's not early, let's go back to make a fire and cook!" ”。
Lu Xiancheng said: "We brought our own food!" I also brought you a little bit, dozens of pounds bigger." The road is not easy to walk, Lu Xiancheng naturally had to bring some food when he came over this time, not only to bring some as dry food for himself and Lu Yao, but also to bring a lot of professors and students who were soaked here.
"What did you bring?" Professor Wen asked.
"It's mainly canned meat, canned meat, a small amount of canned fruit, plus some bread or something," Lu Xiancheng said.
Considering that the place here is relatively remote, Lu Xiancheng estimates that the lack of meat is naturally to bring less fruit and more meat, and besides, these things are not worth much in Lu Xiancheng's eyes, so he always has to bring something to express his condolences.
Hearing Lu Xiancheng say this, Professor Wen said with a smile: "Forget about canned meat, here we have two meals of fish and meat a day, and we will eat meat for breakfast, and it is good to have canned fruit, so bring more of them next time."
"You can still eat meat here?" Lu Xiancheng asked in surprise.
Professor Wen said while fanning his straw hat: "You Jiawa's people raise pigs, chickens and ducks, and the Zhuang family will raise some of everything, but they are not very willing to eat, so we are not short of these things!" ”。
Lu Xiancheng immediately became curious when he heard Professor Wen say this, originally Lu Xiancheng thought that this group of people staying here must belong to the kind of dare to shout that the sky should not be, and the earth is not spiritual, who knows that when he saw Professor Wen talking about this, he still had a smile on his face, is it also: Joy in suffering?
A group of people returned to the prefabricated house, and Lu Xiancheng took a short rest before urging Professor Wen to leave.
Professor Wen smiled and said, "Wait a minute." I'll call someone to come and pick us up first! ”。 After speaking, he put his hands to his lips and formed a trumpet.
"Hey~! Old Yang head! ”。
After shouting twice in a row, Professor Wen put down his arm: "If we think of You Jiawa with our two legs, it will be troublesome, even if it is on horseback, it will take half an hour to wade through the water, which is far less convenient than Lao Yangtou's boat!" ”。
Seeing that Lu Xiancheng nodded dryly, Professor Wen said again: "As for the canned food brought, let's bring a little bit to share with the fellow countrymen." These days, we have been taking care of them, and the people in the mountains are more straightforward and hospitable, and they don't always take our money, so every time someone brings something, we give them something, which is a courtesy."
For canned food, where will Lu Xiancheng take Professor Wen to the place where the cloth bag is placed, and let him pick it at will!
"Canned meat, they usually don't want to eat meat, these things they probably enjoy the most," Professor Wen said, taking out a can of luncheon meat and putting it at his feet.
When Lu Xiancheng heard Professor Wen say this, he also squatted down and reached out to pick it up.
After a while, the two of them picked up about two dozen cans.
Lu Xiancheng straightened up at this time and looked up. Suddenly a small boat appeared in the center of the lake, and at the end of the boat stood a captain with a hat on his head.
The boat was quite fast, and the bow of the boat was slightly cocked and there was a splash of water, and it came quickly towards him.
"It's coming!" Lu Xiancheng opened his mouth to say.
Hearing this, Professor Wen turned his head and looked: "Hmm! We're pretty much there here, I'm going to find a snakeskin bag for these." After saying that, he stood up, turned around and took out a common fertilizer bag from a room, and froze the cans on the ground into it.
As soon as the ship docked.
"Old Yang Tou!" Carrying the bag, Professor Wen motioned for Lu Xiancheng to follow him to the boat.
"Professor Wen!" Old Yang arched his hand at Professor Wen. Then he took two hurried steps out of the boat and reached for Professor Wen's arm.
As for Lu Xiancheng, who was following behind, he was ignored all of a sudden, so he had to follow behind the two old men empty-handed and prepare to get on the boat.
"You're such a young doll and let your teacher carry a bag. It's really unseemly! The old Yang Tou looked at the empty hands, thinking that Lu Xiancheng was a student of Professor Wen, and the student asked the teacher to carry things with his empty hands, and the old Yang Tou couldn't help but pop out of his mouth.
Lu Xiancheng was stunned by Lao Yangtou.
Professor Wen then relieved the siege and said, "He is not my student, he is the manager of this side in the future." People just arrived here, and they brought these things. I'll carry it, it's nothing," he said, patting the bag at his feet.
At this time, Lao Yang Tou stopped talking, and smiled awkwardly at Lu Xiancheng, it is estimated that it can be regarded as a Dao earning.
Then he walked to the stern: "Sit down!" ”。
Lu Xiancheng listened to it and sat down on the bow of the boat directly.
I saw the old man pick up the penny that was framed on the side of the boat and put it on the shore, and when he bent his waist, the penny was slightly bent into a bow shape. With this force, the ship left the shore with a slight swing.
Lu Xiancheng only felt that his body shook slightly, and when he came back to his senses, the ship had already been beaten sideways and turned its head.
"Old Yangtou, I'm going to trouble you at noon today, and I'll get us some small miscellaneous fish later," Professor Wen said.
Lao Yang Tou said: "What am I talking about, you city people are really good, what is delicious about the little miscellaneous fish stick cake!" ”。
"This thing reminds me of the time when I was sent to the city, and it didn't taste good to eat it after I was rehabilitated and returned to the city, but when I got to you, the smell came back all of a sudden......" Professor Wen said as he began to dig something out of the bag.
As soon as the old man Yang Tou saw Professor Wen's movements, he immediately pretended to be displeased and said, "Professor Wen, what are you doing here, it's just a net of small miscellaneous fish."
Professor Wen immediately said: "It's nothing, I borrowed flowers to offer the canned food brought by Xiao Lu to the Buddha and brought it to the children to taste, you have it!" ”。
As soon as he heard this, Lao Yang Tou didn't say anything else, but said politely: "You see that every time you come, you send us something."
"We are here to take care of everyone, and besides, we have also eaten and drunk and taken it, so how embarrassed will we be next time if we don't get some gifts in return," Professor Wen said.
Lu Xiancheng didn't have the heart to listen to the two old men politely because of a few cans, but he was interested in Xiaohu, which was within reach of Xiaohu.
Slightly under the body, the whole small lake is crystal clear. Through the midday sun, you can see the shadow of the large boulder cast on the bottom of the lake. Occasionally, you can see schools of small fish swimming slowly, and the aquatic plants at the bottom of the lake seem to be frozen in the water.
Where can you still see such a clear lake in later generations, and almost all the lakes and rivers in the city have become stinky ditches, with garbage floating everywhere, and there are bursts of unappetizing chemical awakening, and occasionally there are one or two fresh lakes. It's also in a crowded scenic area, and you don't even think about seeing the bottom of the lake at a glance.
At this time, the old Yang Tou opened his mouth and said: "You city people just don't know how to be blessed in the midst of blessings, and a good big city life is just a good life for Fei Nu to come to our poor country." It's a good day, but what kind of grass to plant here, what kind of field to run, hey! All of a sudden, I don't know what it's called. ”
"Ranch!"
"That's right! Pasture! Your big boss doesn't have a good brain, where can't you plant grass, you have to come here to plant" Lao Yang Tou was reminded by Professor Wen that he remembered that a large area of land was called pasture.
After hearing this, Lu Xiancheng didn't know what to say, someone said in front of him that he was a fool! Lu Xiancheng was not ready to distinguish, but asked Lao Yang Tou: "What was it like here before?" ”。
Old Yang Tou listened to Lu Xiancheng's question. The boat in his hand couldn't help but pause, and then he sighed and said: "Before this, there was a continuous forest, not only trees, hares, pheasants, but even foxes and wolves, and as for wild boars, they were litters and litters. When the crops are ripe, these things come down to whim, and when I was younger, when the autumn harvest came, everyone fought with these guys. At that time, the roots of the teeth that hated them were itching. But then the forest felled and these guys were gone. The whole mountain is bald, and there is nothing left, and I think about these things again."
Lu Xiancheng said: "It is estimated that the trees will not come back, and even if they are planted, they will not be as many as before, but it is not impossible for the whole mountain to become green, Professor Wen is doing this kind of research, and it has already produced results."
When Lao Yang heard this, he said, "What if the land is green over there?" It's not like the county hasn't thought of a way before. The area of Zhaozhuang over there used to be planted with grass, and the growth was gratifying. What about the end? Several groups of people came down to take a look, and as soon as the reward was taken like this, the promoted officials made a fortune, and they patted their butts and transferred away, leaving such a mess that no one wanted to care. After a year or two, no one will take care of it, and it will be a waste of ......."
Professor Wen couldn't help but sigh when he heard this, people with a little social experience can understand this kind of thing, many grassroots officials are just a monk for a day, and some are afraid that they are afraid that they are afraid that they are mostly for the official hat on their heads.
Just like the situation that Lao Yang Tou said, he spent a lot of effort to plant grass, and the leader saw his political achievements and his official was promoted, and finally patted his ass and left, and there was nothing to do with himself. As for the successor later, who will take care of the things that take office, even if they do a good job, it is mainly the results of the previous office, which is far less beautiful than starting again.
"If ordinary grass is not good!" After holding back for a while, Professor Wen held back such a sentence.
The trees are gone, the original ecology has been disrupted, and the soil layer on the mountain here is very special, and it can not store rainwater well, there is no problem with the growth of semi-arid plants such as mountain vines and thorn vines, and the grass that needs water, especially the grass that can produce economic benefits, is difficult to grow, and who will invest in it without benefits.
By the government? The governments of developed areas can still do it, but how can a poor county government have the money to do this.
Speaking of which, Lao Yangtou's boat has already sailed to the shore of the lake, as for the dock wooden stack or the like, the three of them stepped directly on a big stone to go ashore, and Lao Yangtou directly threw the anchor on the boat to the shore, even if it was docked.
The first foot set foot on Youjiawa, Lu Xiancheng found that this Zhuangzi was the same as what he saw along the way, a mud wall and grass roof, the mud wall was made of mud and sun-dried chopped wheat straw stirred, and the wall was also 60 centimeters thick, and after it was solidified, the wood used for the girder was topped, and then the straw curtain was laid, and the top was covered with dry wheat stalks.
Such a house is not beautiful, and the windows cannot be opened too much, so the house will be very dark, even if you enter the side room during the day, there will be an eerie feeling.
After getting off the boat, Lu Xiancheng followed Professor Wen to Lao Yangtou's home.
It's just like this kind of house, as for the living room or something, it's a bit too ridiculous, the front room is a half-shed with a wall, into the yard the right hand is the kitchen, the left hand is the livestock shed, now there is a buffalo tied inside, directly opposite is the main house, the house is too dark to sit, the front room is piled with farm tools and there is no place to sit, what can sit is under the grape trellis in the yard.
Sitting down, Lao Yang Tou went to the backyard to pick melons for the two, and while Lao Yang Tou was not there, Lu Xiancheng turned his head to Professor Wen and said, "Aren't you going to buy vegetables, it's not too early now!" ”。
"Wait a minute!" Professor Wen smiled at Lu Xiancheng, looking like he was in his chest. (To be continued.) )