Chapter 10: The Taste of Life

The family drank a little wine and chatted, and they were happy.

"Where are you growing tea now?" Li Guangming asked suddenly.

"In front of our pond, there is a large alpine field, which used to grow rice, and it can only be planted once a year, which is not enough for the family to eat. Yunshan invited a professor from their school to visit the mountain and said that it was the most suitable place to grow tea. You can move the paddy fields to the side of the mirror cliff outside, and make colorful terraces later, and when the road is opened, you can also develop tourism. Zhang Shuqiu explained.

"Originally, there was another piece that was quite suitable for planting chestnuts, but there were a lot of chestnut trees and spicy seeds, and if you really wanted to engage in tourism in the future, there would be conflicts. In the col on the back of the mountain, it is suitable for cultivating orchid flower beds, and we have found many kinds of orchids on the mountain...... "Zhang Shuqiu explained one by one.

"Where is the house that the fourth brother has built for you now?" Zhang Heng listened to Zhang Shuqiu's words, and drank half a bottle of mulberry wine unconsciously.

"In front of that bamboo forest, the view from the inside to the outside is good, from the outside to the inside is quite hidden, there is a live mountain spring next to the bamboo forest, and the car can also drive in, Yunshan said that it is very suitable for vacation." Zhang Shuqiu replied.

"You put a lot of money into that, right?" Li Guangming asked.

"It's not much now, and if the county's traffic problems can be really solved in the future and tourism can be developed, then a lot of money will be needed." Zhang Shuqiu's analysis was very clear.

"How do you know that the traffic problem will be solved?" Li Yun asked.

"Now that the country wants to achieve comprehensive poverty alleviation, we have no industry in the ravines and ravines, and we just rely on the mountains to eat the mountains and rely on the water to draft water, and if we want to revitalize, we can only repair the roads first." Zhang Shuqiu said very firmly.

"Your road is also full of twists and turns, hey, there are always too many mountains, the cost is too high, and the detour is far away. However, sooner or later, it will be solved, of course, if there is a capable person......" Li Guangming said and said that he would not say anything, but what he was thinking in his heart was extremely complicated.

After eating a meal, Zhang Shuqiu was fed by Zhang Heng, and he unconsciously ate too much. After the meal, Zhang Heng and Li Yun sent Zhang Shuqiu home together, and Zhang Shuqiu lived in the family area of the university next door.

Zhang Shuqiu suddenly remembered and asked, "When will Weiwei and Xuanze come back?" ”

"I should be able to come back a year ago." Li Yun replied.

"Then I'll pack up this house, just now you go over and see, what you don't want, I will move out all at once, what do you need to add, take advantage of my free time recently, help you volunteer." Zhang Shuqiu said with a smile.

Before Li Yun could speak, Zhang Heng objected: "Xiaoqiu, this can't be, when I bought this house, I said that it was yours, and it wasn't that there was no house for them to live in." ”

"Auntie, do I want to move back home? Am I not part of my family? Besides, I don't live in this house for a few days a year, and I like to live in the mountains now, I work freely, and if I want to live in the city, I will live at home, how good, and save me from being alone and unwilling to clean. Zhang Shuqiu took Zhang Heng's arm and said.

"I think it's okay, Xiaoqiu is right. In a few years, when I retired, we moved to the mountains. Li Guangming nodded in agreement.

Zhang Heng was not happy, and was about to open his mouth, but Li Guangming shook his head slightly at her. Zhang Shuqiu saw that his aunt still needed to continue to be done by his uncle, so he hurriedly took a step forward, pulled Li Yun and said, "Let's go, let's go and see how to arrange the children's room for Xuan Ze." ”

Seeing the two juniors walking away, Li Guangming said to Zhang Heng: "You Xiaoqiu will be sad, do you say that she is a child who values these?" Are we the elders who covet her possessions? ”

"But what will you say to Vivi in the future? This house is not cheap these days. Zhang Heng asked rhetorically.

"That's Li Yun's business, you believe in Xiaoqiu, and even more so believe in your son, he is not a fool." Li Guangming's voice was gentle.

Zhang Heng changed his mind suddenly, but he became open-minded, pulled Li Guangming and said, "Hurry up, go and see how to arrange the room for Xuan Ze." ”

"You are really you, and the east is you, and the west is also you." Li Guangming was pulled and walked a few steps quickly, and said with a smile.

"It's good to set it up early, now there is formaldehyde in that furniture, don't worry if I don't stare at it." Zhang Heng was dissatisfied.

"You really can't finish your heart, Xiaoqiu is very reliable in doing things, and I don't need you to interfere." Li Guangming Road.

"I don't have anything to do, why let Xiaoqiu suffer alone, it's the most troublesome to get a house."

"Okay, good, if you like to toss, toss, slow down, just finished eating......"

At night, the autumn breeze blowing from the north slowly lowers the temperature of the sun during the day.

Ning Ye walked out of the hotel, walked into Xiaofeng Street next door, and slowly entered the hometown native restaurant where he had come the day before. The store is still very prosperous, the lobby is full, the waiters are busy shuttling, and no one cares about the door of the store for a while.

Zhang Hong was stunned when she saw Ning Ye coming in behind the bar, and hurriedly walked out from behind the bar and said with a smile: "Director Ning is here?" Are you alone? ”

"The proprietress has a really good memory, I'm alone, I don't know if it's convenient or not."

"That's what I said, the door is full of guests, you see that there are no vacant seats in the hall, the top is also full, the compartment is still empty, how many steps do you want to walk without being tired?" Zhang Hong has been in business for many years, and his eyes are still quite good, and he can see that Ichuan still respects this person.

"It's the hostess who takes care of me, thank you!"

Zhang Hong took the lead and let Ning Ye into the cubicle of the small courtyard, and Zhang Luo boiled water to make tea. Ning Ye watched Zhang Hong's movements be numb, and asked with a smile: "Your tea, Bingliu Bai, right, I don't know if there is any stock?" ”

"This name was originally called by our countrymen, my tea is unevenly picked, and it is coarsely fried, and it is okay to give it to others to drink it for yourself, if you take it out and give it away, it will not be on the table." Zhang Hong's speech is simple and neat, which makes people listen to it comfortably.

Ning Ye tapped his fingers on the table and said, "Can you buy it somewhere else?" I want to bring some back to the capital and let my knowledgeable friends see it. ”

"Hey, that's a good idea. I really know where to buy good ones. Two years ago, on the mountain opposite us, that is, on the mountain of Xiaoqiu and them, there was a doctor from the Agricultural University, who said that he planted this tea on the mountain, and he should have it there. Zhang Hong said with a smile.

Ning Ye was a little surprised when he heard this: "Someone is growing this tea now?" ”

"It's not, it turns out that this tea is in the wild woods on our mountain, no one wants to go in and pick, that is, to pick it is to fry it yourself and drink it, and then I heard that the big doctor is a treasure, and he has cultivated a sapling, it should be this word, and I also said that I won't be able to say professional words, but it's amazing." Zhang Hong watched the water boil, poured some into the tea leaves, and like Zhang Shuqiu, added some mineral water at room temperature and handed it to Ning Ye.

Ning Ye nodded the table to express his gratitude, and then asked, "Do you know that doctor?" ”

"Then I don't know, they're all children, and I'm out all year round. But I have a customer in the store who seems to know me, and I can help you inquire. Then again, Xiaoqiu may know that we are basically from the same clan on the mountain. After a pause, he said, "Don't blame me for talking too much, ask, do you think this tea is good or what?" ”

Ning Ye nodded and smiled, and asked again, "That mulberry wine, is it energy-producing?" ”

"We used to have a winery that produced this kind of wine, but this wine has a low degree and tastes like sugar water, and the old men don't like to drink it, so the sales are not very good, and people don't do it." Zhang Hong knows everything.

"You guys have a good sericulture economy there?" Keep asking.

Ning Ye's thinking jumped quickly, since there were so many mulberries that they could supply wineries to wineries, there should be a large area of mulberry trees planted, and so many mulberry trees should be planted to raise silkworms. Silkworm Zhang Hong couldn't keep up with his rhythm for a while: "Sericulture economy? You're talking about silkworm farming, right? ”

"yes, that's what it means."

Zhang Hong was just about to answer, and the waiter in the front yard shouted to find the proprietress . Zhang Hong said apologetically: "There are a lot of trivial things in the store, I'll go to the front to take a look, and then come in after this while, do I help you watch this dish, or do you order it yourself?" ”

"The hostess arranged it!" Ning Ye smiled and nodded, saw Zhang Hong go out, took out his mobile phone again, and began to search for information on the web.

Ning Ye came out of the Banxia Cafe, went back to the hotel and began to check the map to find information, and he was at a loss all afternoon. This Yundong County is surrounded by mountains on three sides and is named after Dayun Mountain. Dayun Mountain is a well-known deep mountain and old forest, vast mountains, endless, one peak after another. In the past, it was a famous place where the king of the mountains took refuge from the world, and the guerrilla warfare was a wonderful geographical barrier. But because of this, the road is difficult to repair, and there is only one national highway into the county, which is a well-known poor county in the country.

There is no pillar industry in the county, only one chestnut is a little famous, but only one or two towns can grow chestnuts of that quality, and the rest of the towns and towns grow no characteristics......

Ning Ye was looking at his mobile phone in a daze, Zhang Hong walked in with a plate of dishes and said, "This is Yundong chestnut roast chicken, which is also a feature of our county, you can try it." ”

Ning Ye thanked him, and Zhang Hong asked again, "Do you want to drink something?" ”

Ning Ye shrugged his eyebrows and said, "Do you have any special wine in Yundong?" ”

"Do you want to taste the pure grain wine brewed by Yundong Distillery? There are loose ones, but our old Yan said that the wine is very strong, and ordinary people are not used to drinking it. Zhang Hong said.

Ning Ye hesitated for a moment and said, "Let's have a little taste, this distillery is still producing?" ”

"Production is production, but now it is sold to private individuals, and it is not as authentic as before." Zhang Hong took a glass, filled half a cup, and put it in front of Ning Ye.

Ning Ye took it and took a small sip, and it was really panicked, and when he drank it, it was like a fire in his throat.

"It turns out that in addition to this winery, we also have a silk reeling factory and a silk factory, and there are many silkworm raisers, and there are many mulberry trees, so mulberries are used to make wine. Later, the silk produced by the silk factory was not worn by the locals, and it was sold outside to keep up with the trip, so it went out of business, and the raw silk was sold to other places, and the traffic was not developed, and the fire slowly stopped, and finally the silkworms were not raised, and the mulberry trees were cut down...... "Zhang Hong was originally a worker in the silk reeling factory, and he remembers that section very clearly.

Zhang Hong looked at Ning Ye's wheat-colored face and was a little red from the liquor, and said with a smile: "It's not that the old drunkard can't drink this wine, I also have a turbid rice wine here, which is brewed in one of our town's wineries, it is said that their family is an ancestral craft, but the female guests like to drink more, do you want to try it?" ”

Without waiting for Ning Ye to answer, he directly took out a white plastic pot for wine from the cabinet next to him, took a glass, poured out a glass, and handed it to Ning Ye.

Ning Ye looked at the wine jug and said with some surprise: "Isn't there any regular packaging?" ”

"It's that black clay pot, our road is not good, it's easy to break when it comes out, we generally open a restaurant directly in that kind of barrel, this wine goes quite fast, and some guests let me help buy it." Zhang Hong said quickly.

"And how is his winery business?" Ning Ye tasted the somewhat turbid rice wine, a strong aroma of rice wine, and the sweetness of the glutinous rice after fermentation was completely released, for people who like to drink sweet wine, especially girls, it should be quite good, well, such as Zhang Shuqiu.

As soon as Zhang Hong opened his mouth, he pulled Ning Ye's thinking back: "If you want to make a reservation, it is very popular, it turns out that this is the old man with his wife to do it, and the poverty alleviation in the township is back, and a college student village official came, saying that he would help him with industrialization, and his son and daughter-in-law who were working outside also came back to help, and now it is doing well anyway, because this thing is something that people in our county like to drink, and they also have an old rice wine, which is not sweet, and people in the county like to buy that." ”

"Although the proprietress is doing business in the provincial capital, she is still very clear about the affairs in your county." Ning Ye said with a smile.

"I have to go back every three or five days, the old people are in the mountains, I open a local restaurant, and if you want to make a specialty, you have to be authentic." Zhang Hong explained.

The waiter outside the door brought in the dish, which was a simmered tofu in a clay bowl. Zhang Hong put the dish in front of Ning Ye and said, "Look at this tofu, as well as the small fish and shrimp of the simmered tofu, they are all authentic mountain materials, in the words of the people in the city, they are organic, you can taste them." ”

The tofu is spicy, and the small fish and shrimp and broth make the tofu smooth and delicious, and it is very appetizing. Ning Ye smiled: "It really tastes good, no wonder your family has a good business." ”

Seeing that Ning Ye didn't continue to ask, Zhang Hong said with a smile: "I'll go and ask you about that tea, you use it slowly, and I'll ask the waiter to bring you a bowl of rice." ”

Ning Ye slowly took the two dishes, drank the cup of sweet turbid rice wine, thinking about the appearance of Zhang Shuqiu slowly sipping the cup of mulberry wine that day, quiet and very focused, drinking the two glasses of wine, his cheeks were dyed a little crimson, with a slight smile, but his eyes were surprisingly clear......

Ning Ye came out of the restaurant to settle the bill, it was already dark, and the fragrance of osmanthus wafting from nowhere was refreshing.

Ning Ye walked along Xiaofeng Street, although this street is not wide, there are several cultural units on it, attached to the family home, roadside supermarkets, restaurants, barber shops, clothing stores, fruit shops are all available, pedestrians come and go, and the lights projected from the roadside shops illuminate their side faces, some smiling brightly, and some are slightly tired......

It seems that this is what life should be, Ning Ye suddenly felt so.