Chapter 4 Grow tomatoes and get tomatoes

Zhou Lifen knew that the little girl at this time must be very fragile in her heart, and since she was afraid of mentioning her mother's name, she didn't mention it anymore, "Xiaodong, go and call your father back for dinner!" It's such a big noon! What are you still doing in the field? ”

Tang Chendong called his father's phone, but the phone rang in the hall, and he walked into the hall and heard footsteps and shouts from upstairs.

Tang Ning shouted in the kitchen, "Xiaodong, go and take a look, you should be awake!" Don't fall! ”

Of course, a three-year-old child can walk on his own, but something like a staircase is still a little dangerous after all, Tang Chendong took three steps and two steps, grabbed upstairs, and picked up his nephew Zhang Mingming, who was still a little sleepy.

"Uncle!" Zhang Mingming saw that it was Tang Chendong, and snuggled up happily, and his sleepiness was gone.

"Obviously good, are you hungry, you want to eat!" Tang Chendong and Zhang Mingming's faces touched each other, and they were very intimate.

As soon as he walked into the hall, Zhang Mingming saw a strange big sister standing there, and when he saw a stranger coming to the house, the little boy squeezed into Tang Chendong's arms a little timidly.

"Brother Chendong, your family...... What a blessing! Leng Qian'er felt that this family was full of warmth, full of envy.

Thinking of what Leng Qian'er could guess, Tang Chendong could only smile lightly, he didn't know how to untie the child's heart knot, so he didn't know how to answer, so he had to ask Zhang Mingming to call his sister, "Mingming is good, call my sister quickly!" ”

"Sister!" Zhang Mingming obediently called Sister Leng Qian'er.

"That's good, little brother!" Leng Qian'er walked over and gently pinched Zhang Mingming's pink little face and said.

"Qian'er, what I want to say is, do you want to take a shower and change your clothes?" Although the clothes of the two have long been dry.

Leng Qian'er shook her head, "No, no! ”

"Well, then you stay home for a while, I'll call my dad home for dinner!"

"I ...... Come with you! Leng Qian'er felt that Tang Chendong was a good person at this time! Everyone else is a bad person. Besides, he saved her, and she unnaturally felt closer to Tang Chendong. After all, a little girl who is still an underage still has a strong sense of dependence!

The midday sun is hot! Tang Chendong didn't know where his father was.

Tang Chendong's father, Tang Zhenguo, is 50 years old, and he did not go out to work like most of the young and middle-aged laborers in the village, but grew some fresh vegetables at home to sell in the town or county.

Tang Chendong's two sisters dropped out of school after graduating from junior high school, and one did not study again after graduating from high school, only Tang Chendong was admitted to a university with the strength of the whole family, although it is not a very good famous university, but it is a passable university.

This is a warm home, the eldest sister didn't study after graduating from junior high school for the second sister and Xiaodong, and the second sister didn't study after graduating from high school for the only boy in the family.

In recent years, Tang Zhenguo's vegetable business is getting better and better, his two daughters are also married, and his daughter and son-in-law are gradually able to make money, so he doesn't have to worry about it, Tang Chendong, who has been working for more than half a year, has handed over all his wages to him, and he has borrowed some money from two sons-in-law and some relatives and friends, and set up a two-story small building in his hometown. Life is gradually getting normal.

Tang Chendong thought that his father should be in the vegetable field at this time, so he gave the little guy to the second sister and took Leng Qian'er to the vegetable field.

Because it is not a large-scale operation, in order to bear the risk, Tang Zhenguo planted a lot of kinds of vegetables, more than three acres of contracted land at home are all used to plant vegetables, and also planted a few acres of land discarded by other people's families.

"Dad! It's time to eat, such a big sun, let's get it at the party! Tang Chendong loves his parents and family very much, he knows that without them, there would be no one of his own, in order to let him study, his two sisters dropped out of school early, went out to work to supplement the family, he owed the family too much.

In school, he never compares food and clothing with others, and never buys things that he doesn't need to buy.

Although he has been sensible since he was a child, his academic performance is top-notch in the town, but his grades in high school in the county can only be above average, and the university he was admitted to can only be considered good in a second-rate university!

This is the fate of rural children, and the foundation was not laid when I was a child! How many rural middle schools can produce Tsinghua University and Peking University? It may take a few years to come out with such one!

Even in the county where Tang Chendong is located, there are two Tsinghua University and Peking University on average a year, and sometimes there are only duck eggs. The county is like this, how much higher requirements can he have as a rural child!

"Let's go!" Tang Zhenguo didn't forget to sleep and eat, but he didn't know the time when he went down to the ground! When his son called him like this, he knew that he was already hungry.

"Well, who is this little girl?"

"I ...... I picked it up on the road and fell into the reservoir, I rescued her, and she didn't say who her parents were, so I brought it back for dinner first, and then tried to find her family after lunch! ”

Leng Qian'er, who was about to call her uncle obediently, was said by Tang Chendong, her mouth pursed, and she rolled her eyes at Tang Chendong. But Tang Chendong ignored it!

"Dad, it looks like this year's tomatoes are pretty good! The growth is gratifying! ”

"Huh! It's really okay, you see these green fruits will ripen soon, if you come back a few days late, you can pick some fruits and go back to eat! As soon as vegetables were mentioned, Tang Zhenguo became interested and continued to chat with his son, "I hope the weather has been so good, if there is a period of rainy weather, these fruits will be rotten in the ground, and some insect pests will have to suffer!" Look at those red peppers over there, you can pick them and sell them. ”

Because the scale is too small, there are no middlemen to buy in the field, so Tang Zhenguo's vegetables can only be sent to the city or town to sell in parts. However, in the past ten years, Tang Zhenguo has also had some regular customers, and has also signed long-term supply contracts with several restaurants in the county, Tang Zhenguo is not afraid of not being able to sell, after all, the scale is not large.

Now, he almost didn't tell his son about his daughter-in-law, and he also knew about this matter, his son had just graduated from college, and he couldn't be too anxious about getting married!

Therefore, he also began to live, he is ready to expand the scale, after all, he is only 50 years old, not young, but not old, it is okay to struggle for another ten years! However, in order to repair the house, he borrowed money from his two sons-in-law, and used all the money of his son and the savings he was going to expand the scale of.

Tang Chendong relied on his father's vegetables one by one to build his way to study, so he also has a deep affection for these home-cooked vegetables. Of course, because he studied outside all the year round, he didn't have much of the skills in vegetable planting.

"Take these tomatoes with you and go back and get a bowl of soup! It's a pity to lose it! ”

Tang Chendong took the tomato handed over by his father, the top was a little white, and the outside was all green.

"These were accidentally dropped, and although they are not yet cooked, they can be eaten!" Of course, Tang Zhenguo was reluctant to throw away these things!

Tang Chendong took a few, Leng Qian'er also helped take a few, Tang Zhenguo carried the hoe, and the three of them returned home like this.

Because Leng Qian'er's rice was not counted, seeing that she got the tomatoes back, Zhou Lifen made a pot of tomato meat slices soup on the fire. The family, plus this uninvited guest, also had a happy lunch. During the meal, everyone took turns to ask the little girl's life experience and where her family was, but Leng Qian'er just didn't say it.

Tang Chendong had no choice, for fear that she would be even more sad when she remembered those things, so he asked her parents not to ask again.

But it is not a matter to leave this girl at home for a long time, so after he is ready to eat, he will talk to Leng Qian'er by himself.