Chapter 032: Lower Chongqing
Because of Chen Chaohe's family's wide publicity, the neighbors knew that there was a child named Hong Yan who would see a doctor. Recently, people have come to Hong Yan from time to time. At first, he wondered. Later, he was quite moved. Practicing Xuanyuan's health preservation tips, his understanding of the meridian acupoints of the human body and their operation laws can be said to have reached a new height, which is by no means comparable to ordinary barefoot doctors.
However, he doesn't understand the compatibility of medical science and Chinese medicine! So, as soon as he had time, he consciously took out his father's "Barefoot Doctor's Handbook", "Compendium of Materia Medica" and other books to read. The silver needle in his father's medical kit also became his toy. When I go out, I always pick some herbs that I just know and come back to study. Of course, learning is one thing, practice is another. With decades of life experience, I don't dare to do it easily.
The weather has been fine, and the rice harvest of the production team has been smooth. The members have been busy for half a month, and they are left with the finishing touches. Then the rice is dried, handed over for requisition, and the grain is distributed.
Hong Yan's dam is full of things every day, rice, wheat, beans, soybeans, peanuts and so on. On this day, Hong Yan and Lao Zu finished harvesting soybeans and packed 4 baskets. The 10 catties of soybeans borrowed by Hong Jianguo were only sown for more than 1 acre, and more than 360 catties of soybeans were harvested. did not reach the number of 100 catties per catty as said at the time, the soybean seeds were large and heavy, and the yield was not too high.
However, the ancestor saw 4 baskets full of soybeans and smiled happily. A few days ago, the two families used noon to make a basket of beans, and the ancestor sat down to pick them when he was free. Yesterday, it was already soaked, spread in the silkworm dustpan and covered with pumpkin leaves, raw incense ash! Soybeans are the raw materials for pickled tempeh, hehe, the pickles pickled this year are all good pickles. The landlord's family has never been so rich!
"Zuzu, will you push tofu to eat tomorrow?" Hong Yan asked for the opinion of the ancestor. Tofu is a good dish in the countryside, but it is more labor-intensive.
"Good! Push it tomorrow. I have to tell your mother's old man! Of course the ancestor will not object, the decision is not up to her.
The soybeans were soaked in the morning of the next day, and after the work was finished at noon, the whole family came back from labor, and the old and young went into battle together. Grinding soy milk, grinding gypsum, and ordering tofu, children are certainly impatient and revolve around the pot. Adults still look forward to the different flavors of soy milk, bean curd and vegetable tofu.
The last is to make old tofu, when the big wooden tray is wrapped and folded, and then pressed on the square plank, the top is pressed on dozens of catties of stone slabs, and the water droplets are clicked down. After a short time, a plate of tofu was squeezed into shape, and Li Yun sent about two catties of tofu to the two neighbors in the same yard. At the end of the evening, Hong Jianguo had to run away, delivered tofu to his mother-in-law's house, and brought a jar of honey to his uncle's house. When he came back in the evening, he carried a beehive on his back and divided the boxes for the bees in Xianyuan.
Lao Zu began to make a rural delicacy called "red tofu".
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Hong Yan refused his uncle's request for him to write his homework. Hong Jianyuan talked about interesting things about school, such as Hong Xiaohua stumbling in the dirt pit in the classroom, or a few Habaoer in the third grade standing in the corridor and being spanked by passers-by who wet their urine, and then there was a shameless kiss in the fifth grade.
Hong Yan listened absentmindedly, and felt as if he had missed a lot of fun for a while. However, at this time, he was worried about the results in the fairy garden.
The crops in the fairy garden grow three times faster than the outside world. Generally, crops can be harvested in just one month. Last month, many of the seeds I bought in the county seat before my birthday were ripe again. The glutinous rice has been harvested, and the ancestor has been drying it for the past two days. Although the yield is low, it cannot support the large area of planting. The ancestor dries the grain every day, and she has to turn it over at noon, she is tired and happy. She once said, "Thankfully, the weather is sunny this year!" ”
Of course, tomatoes, green peppers, and beans are not harvested all at once, they have already begun to be picked, and they are piled together in baskets. Fortunately, things can be kept fresh in the fairy garden, and there is no water loss.
The second batch of watermelons was several times more than that. 1 pound of watermelon seeds, planted nearly five acres of land. The growth cycle of watermelons is only more than 3 months, so after the watermelons are picked, they are piled up in the melon field, and there are about 2,000 in total, that is, more than 40,000 catties. Where can the county sell all of a sudden? Is it Xiayuzhou? Yuzhou is a large city with a population of one million, and there is a large demand for vegetables and fruits. These vegetables and fruits go in, and they can't afford to soak them.
The small yellow eel already has the thickness of a thumb. There was no accident that several clumps of fish eggs hatched smoothly, and the feeding problem that was originally worried was no longer a problem because of the eating of tender vegetable leaves. Several spiny yellowfish also lived very little in another puddle, and observations showed that they also spawned and hatched. The fairy garden is really conducive to the growth of animals and plants.
Xuanyuan health recipe is cultivated honestly every day, and it is impossible to talk about speed, but of course there is progress. Anyway, the age is still young, and there is time. Every few days, he would also go to Dongshan Liang to meditate, and on a sunny day, he could always absorb the slightest trace of purple qi. However, the purple qi in the dantian did not grow significantly.
The 30 fruit tree seedlings that are three years old do not bloom until more than ten days after they are transplanted into the fairy garden. Because the first time the fruit hangs, naturally there will not be too much. The purple bunches are not long, but the individual grains are large.
Hong Yan picked two bunches of ripe grapes and came out, deliberately held the enamel bowl high, and exaggeratedly shouted: "Wow, what is this delicious?" It smells so good! ”
Sure enough, it attracted the attention of the children, and they all ran to Hong Yan's side.
"Cauldron, what's it?" The three children asked. Xiao Zheng hung on Hong Yan's arm to see, and Rong Rong saw that he was hanging on the other arm.
Hong Yan silenced Uncle Xiao Feng and lowered the enamel bowl. Xiao Zheng and Rong Rong obviously didn't know each other, and asked again: "Cauldron, what is it?" Xiao Zheng asked anxiously: "Can you eat it?" Xiao Feng's expression showed that he didn't know it either. The uncle's face was cloudy, and he couldn't make up his mind: "Grapes? ”
I have never seen green grapes, much smaller grains, but I have never seen purple grapes larger than pigeon eggs. The "giant" of Kyoho grapes lives up to its name.
"Well, it's grapes!" The three children repeat "grapes" after the following. "Do you want to eat?" The little girl was very anxious. Grab one and put it in your mouth.
Hong Yan saw that the three-year-old and five-year-old children had never seen grapes, and his heart sighed and his eyes were sour. To be honest, in his previous life, he didn't taste grapes for the first time until he was in high school. A lot of things come from books or hearsay, and you don't hear about it, you don't even hear about it. If it is said that the traffic is blocked, the information is not communicated and the knowledge is short-sighted, but the "Weng", all kinds of sports, even the most remote mountains, are all impressive?
After dinner, Hong Yan found an opportunity to tell his father about his plans to go to Chongqing. Hong Jianguo shook his head again and again, resolutely refusing to agree. Just kidding, the county seat is a big butt place, but Yuzhou is hundreds of miles away, it is still a big city, and the place is not familiar, so you can't get out if you go in or out.
"Dad, don't be in a hurry to object, you will talk about it later. Don't oppose for the sake of opposition, don't you believe me? Hong Yan looked at his father in the dark, and the cigarette butts flashed and illuminated his tightly knit brow.
"You're still young, society is complicated! Yuzhou is not a good place, it was used as a companion capital during the Republic of China, and the three religions and nine streams took root and blossomed there. Although the suppression was very severe after the liberation, it was endless. A few years ago, martial arts became popular, and how many people died. The people of Yuzhou are very bad, I'm afraid that you will go and be bullied by them. There are a lot of civilian firearms in Yuzhou, you are not afraid of ordinary people, but can you deal with firearms? Of course Dad didn't worry about you going. Hong Jianguo said.
"Dad, I just went to Yuzhou to sell some vegetables and fruits to earn a little money to improve my life. It is not a land grab, and there is no conflict of interest with the head snake in Yuzhou. What do you say they would fight with a little kid? Dad, how long has it been since it rained this year? Do you think that threshing has met with good weather? What if it continues to be sunny until winter and then the Spring Festival? Dad, there have been several great droughts in history, with no harvest and countless deaths......"
"What does it have to do with your trip to Chongqing?"
"Yes, it doesn't matter. However, I just want to say that one cannot just look at the present and not think about the future. Today, I may be in danger or uncertain when I go to Chongqing, and I must always face it positively. We can't avoid or avoid danger or the unexpected, right? People always have to grow up, so why don't I stay at home and go anywhere? There are a lot of changes in the country you know at the moment, and the changes in the future will be even greater, so big that your generation can't understand or maybe even keep up......"
"What will change? If you can't keep up, will it be the same? ”
"It's a long story, no, it's not easy to say. Have you read the newspaper? No! Have you ever heard the radio? Nor did it. The message is too closed. Shaking his head even after asking, Hong Jianguo's face darkened. Hong Yan continued: "The world changes quickly, especially in the next few years. The short man in our county has come back and presided over the work. The first thing is to convene a national education work conference and propose the resumption of the college entrance examination. What does it mean that the college entrance examination has been suspended for ten years and is about to resume? This means that the focus of the country's work is about to shift. The end of the 'cultural g' has been announced, and the economy must be developed, society must be progressed, science must be studied, and the people's living standards must be improved. Dad, do you think we're going to be a little ahead of the curve? ”
"What you said is true?" Hong Jianguo asked in shock. Those who have experienced "Wen G" naturally know the importance of this news. Just saying it from the mouth of a 7-year-old child can't help but make people doubt the authenticity. "It is rumored that what you told Hong Xiaofang to prepare for the college entrance examination is also true?"
Hong Jianguo believed it or not, and finally agreed that his son would go to Yuzhou alone. He originally proposed to accompany him, but Hong Yan said that it would be difficult to have an extra adult, such as opening a letter of introduction, staying in a hotel, etc. Hong Yan also reported some numbers to his father, and after he became numb, he didn't ask more, and everything was up to him. No one would have believed that it was a child.
It's much easier to do work for her mother Li Yun. Being able to magically disappear in front of her eyes and safely avoid danger in case of danger, she agreed. As a mother, it is inevitable to worry, so she prepares clothes for her son at night and tells her to be careful on the road. Selling things is a small thing, and the most important thing is the safety of people. Hong Yan secretly wondered if it was a common problem of women? My mother is only 26 years old this year, how can she be similar to my mother?
It is only confirmed that I will return home before the Mid-Autumn Festival, and the specific date cannot be guaranteed. Hong Yan left enough melons and fruits for the family. In particular, the large winter melon and old pumpkin left a large pile, which were cut and fed to the pigs. If you let others see it, don't scold the loser.
The next day, after dawn, Hong Yan left a few bunches of grapes for Sanxiao and set off with his father. There is only one bus a day from Lower Yuzhou, departing from Luopingba at 6 a.m. and arriving at Gaoqiao at 6:20 a.m. Hong Jianguo sent him to the bus, greeted the driver and the conductor, and said that someone in Yuzhou would pick him up. They saw that the small bag on Hong Yan's shoulders was a little heavy, and they probably agreed to have something to eat and drink. Parents are not afraid that their sons will be trafficked, so what are they worried about?
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