Zhang Taiping didn't expect that the old village chief had been in the position for such a long time, but he could feel that Zhang Taiping was about to develop, but he came to ask for the whole village. This is not for his own selfish interests, but for the good of the collective. But he still felt that he had taken little care of Zhang Taiping at that time, and he was indeed a little ashamed to come to ask now.

Zhang Taiping said without hesitation: "This Uncle Hanmin can rest assured, if I can be developed, I will naturally take care of the village, so that everyone can become rich together." Zhang Taiping said this because the village did take good care of Cai Yazhi's mother and daughter a few years ago, otherwise they would not have been assigned to the valley near the backyard as their own orchard.

The other is that he is somewhat impressed by the quality of the old village chief, it is not easy for the old village chief to wipe his face and ask a junior, not to mention that the old village chief will also lead the whole village to become rich as his own responsibility, and feel uneasy that the life of the people in the village has not improved under his own leadership.

When the old village chief heard Zhang Taiping's words, his wrinkled face was relieved, and he poured another cup and said, "You don't need to exert much effort, as long as you can give a little guidance or pull the villagers at that time." ”

Uncle Hanmin's words are very obvious, I am also a member of the village, my wealth is the wealth of the village, and the wealth of the village is also my wealth, and they are inseparable from each other. But Uncle Hermes-Epitek called me over today and said this alone, treating me as an outsider. ”

"It's not that you are treated as an outsider."

"Then what else does Uncle Hanmin have to worry about?"

"Then the old man leaned on the old man and said the last sentence," he pursed his mouth and sorted out his thoughts, "Dashuai, to be honest, you were indeed not successful in the past few years," after a pause, seeing that Zhang Taiping had no reaction, he continued: "The people in the village really have a bad opinion of you, don't you be afraid of leaving any unsolvable knots in your heart." Now the people in the village can see that you have changed a lot, and their opinion of you is gradually changing. I hope you don't take it to heart about the past. ”

Only then did Zhang Taiping understand that the most important thing today is this sentence. The old village chief was still afraid of what Zhang Taiping had to say about the villagers' previous attitudes, so today he came to explain and ask for a guarantee. Said funny.

"Uncle Hanmin, don't worry, I'm not so stingy that I am angry with the whole village. Besides, if it wasn't a thing before, it's no wonder that others. Let him pass the past, as long as he can get along well in the future. ”

"Okay, handsome is atmospheric, with your father's demeanor. Let's take one! ”

Zhang Taiping raised his wine glass and touched a glass with the village chief, and then touched a glass with Wang Gui, who had not spoken next to him.

The village chief was obviously a little drunk, "Dashuai, you just let it go, if you have any needs, just say it, and try your best to meet the uncle." If you need Uncle to move his ass that day, Uncle can give you the village chief at any time, as long as you can bring the village out of poverty. ”

"When something happens, I will definitely come to bother my uncle."

Then the village chief's tongue was a little bigger, "Dashuai, do you see any good way to lead the village to prosperity?" ”

"This can't be done overnight, it has to be considered in the long run."

"And what do you think next?" The old village chief's tongue no longer listened.

"Let's get the orchard and look at it first, I can't say anything else. Uncle, don't drink if you drink too much. ”

"It's not much, I'm happy today, a few more" Before he finished speaking, he lay down.

Wang Gui smiled wryly at Zhang Taiping. Zhang Taiping got up to say goodbye, and Wang Gui sent him to the gate of the courtyard. It was already more than three o'clock in the afternoon when I returned home, and there was still rice in the pot, Zhang Taiping had just drunk wine at the village chief's house, and now he was a little hungry and ate two bowls.

After eating, she came to the back room, and Yaya was writing alone in the house, so Zhang Taiping didn't bother. When you come to the backyard, there is no figure of Cai Yazhi, so it must be in the orchard in the back valley.

When I came to the back valley, I saw Cai Yazhi cleaning up the weeds between the fruit trees. No amount of land can withstand such a diligent person, and the five or six acres of land on the flat land are cleaned up, and there are almost no other plants to be seen except for the vigorous strawberries.

All afternoon, Zhang Taiping helped Cai Yazhi clean up the weeds under the peach trees on the dirt slopes on both sides. After dinner, Zhang Taiping did not sit in the courtyard anymore, it is already the twenty-fourth day of October in the lunar calendar, and in a few days it will be November, and it will be winter.

sat on the kang and watched the TV full of splashes for a while, but his mind was not on the TV, but he thought about things in the yard.

said to Cai Yazhi: "In the orchard, except for a few fruit trees that were planted a few days ago, the other fruit trees will bear fruit next year, but the space around the orchard is empty, and we have to plant something else that can block people." ”

Cai Yazhi suggested planting some wild jujube trees, which are a kind of thorn trees that grow naturally in the mountains. The height varies, from a short stride to two or three meters tall. This kind of thing is covered with thorns that grow from centimeters to inches in length, which can effectively prevent the passage of people and animals, and in autumn it will also bear wild dates full of trees, which taste sweet and sour after being red, and are the favorite of children when breaking corn.

"Well, there is one kind of wild jujube tree, but you can't plant all of them, it's too single."

Cai Yazhi asked, what else is there? Is the pepper tree okay? In the countryside, most of the orchards are lined with pepper trees, which can not only grow thorns to block people, but also produce peppercorns, which is also a kind of harvest.

"Forget about the pepper, it's too laborious to pick it when the time comes, and the time when the pepper is ripe and the grapes are one after the other, will you manage the grapes or the peppercorns?"

Cai Yazhi thought about it, it must be that the grapes are important, but if she wants to leave the peppercorns alone and fall into the ground one by one, this kind of thing can't be done, so she still doesn't plant the pepper tree at all, and it cuts off the opportunity that may make people distressed at the root.

So she made another suggestion, is bamboo okay?

"Bamboo? Although bamboo can't stop people, it is a good plant, and it doesn't hurt to plant some. Anything else? ”

Cai Yazhi shook her head, unable to think of it.

"Do you know where there is bamboo near the left?"

This time, Cai Yazhi compared for a long time, and Zhang Taiping didn't understand what it meant, and finally took a pen and wrote it down. What she said was that the old man in the easternmost part of the village, who was about the same age as the old man, was given a bamboo forest, and the forest was on a small hill to the east of Yizhi.

Zhang Taiping still has some impressions of this old man who is about the same age as the old man. So Zhang Taiping got up and put on his shoes and said: "It's not too late at this time, I'm going to ask if I can dig some now, and if I can, I can dig some early tomorrow morning." ”

There is no need to bring a flashlight, and Zhang Taiping's eyes will not be affected much even at night. The night close to November was still very cold, but Zhang Taiping, who was only wearing a single shirt, didn't feel anything, and it was not an exaggeration to say that he had reached the realm of cold and heat.

Zhang Taiping did not go inside the village, but went around from the outside of the village to the east of the village to avoid startling the barking of dogs along the way.

This old man is not the big surname "Wang" in the village, but the surname Zhao Sanduo, and he is also an outsider who moved to the village from outside before, which is similar to the situation of Zhang Taiping's grandfather.

The house is not small, and it is also modeled after the courtyard house in Yanjing, Zhang Taiping roughly estimated that it may be larger than his own yard. But most of the houses are dark, only the front room is lit. It is rumored that such a large yard has always been the only one living alone in this old man, and it is normal to only turn on one light.

Zhang Taiping knocked on the door of the house, and the first thing he welcomed was the barking of dogs, not a precious dog breed, but the most ordinary stupid dog in the local area. After a while, the door creaked open, a crack was opened, but it was not fully opened, and a sixteen or seventeen-year-old girl with bright eyes and bright teeth poked out half of her head from the crack in the door, and Zhang Taiping asked, "Who are you looking for?" ”

Zhang Taiping was stunned, not understanding how there could be such a beautiful little girl here.

In fact, this is because of the strange temper of the old man Zhao, his children and grandchildren are actually not a few, but they are all driven outside by him to fend for themselves, and he will only come back when the Chinese New Year comes, that is, he saw that the descendant was pleasing to the eye and let him live in this house for a while. He usually lives alone. As for how his children and grandchildren mingled outside, the people in the village didn't know, and every year when they came back for the Chinese New Year, a group of people hiked into the mountains, and there was nothing to show their status.

And this girl is his youngest granddaughter, who happened to be here to take care of him during this time.

"Is Old Man Zhao at home?"

"What are you looking for grandpa?" The little girl was very wary of Zhang Taiping, and she didn't mean to open the door and let him in.

This is the voice of an old man full of energy from the house: "Xiaoshu, who is it?" ”

"It was a big man, he didn't say who it was."

The old man said, "Let people in first." ”

The little girl who was turned into a small tree by the old man reluctantly let go of the door, and after Zhang Taiping entered, the old man was sitting in front of the TV watching the news. Although TV is not the best brand at the moment, it is many times better than Zhang Taiping's family.

"It's Taiping, what's the matter?" The old man was one of the few people in the village who did not call Zhang Taiping "handsome".

"Well, I heard that there is a bamboo forest on the mountain behind you, and I want to dig up some bamboo and plant it around the orchard."

"Bamboo, you can dig it as you like, and you can do it as little as you want." The old man said with a wave of his hand.

"Thank you, old man."

"Thank you, isn't it just some bamboo? Is your grandfather okay? ”

"Thanks to you, grandpa is strong and strong, and he can live for decades."

"Well, yes, Brother Zhang has a good way of maintaining his health, and it is not a problem to live a long life." After saying that, the old man closed his eyes and stopped talking.