Since contracting Xiaoshan Gangzi, most of Zhao Liangsheng's time has been spent on it, the management of barren mountains is not a simple matter, let alone a barren mountain full of stones, Zhao Liangsheng thinks things too simple, if you want to transform Xiaoshan Gangzi into Huaguo Mountain, it is difficult to really implement.

He gets up at dawn every day, and only goes home in the afternoon when the sun sets, and he can't delay the crops in the field, the hard work is really indescribable, so tired that Zhao Liangsheng can fall asleep with his head on the pillow, as if he just closed his eyes and the sky is bright again.

It's good to say in spring and autumn, the weather is neither hot nor cold, but it's hard to say in the hot summer and cold winter. In summer, the scorching sun bakes the back layer by layer of skin off, especially the temperature on the stone is even higher and frightening, and the hands are hot when you put it on it, and winter is the opposite of summer, the cold wind blows, that is, the knife is poking at the body, and the cheeks and hands are all cracked blood.

In order to keep warm, Yan Siqin specially knitted a sleeve neck for Zhao Liangsheng, and wore it to the neck to protect it from the eyes down, but the brain was guilty again, the northwest wind blew, and the top of the brain was cold, Zhao Liangsheng put the sleeve neck on his forehead, this time it was okay, the brain was not cold, the chin and cheeks couldn't stand it anymore, Yan Siqin made him a thick cotton hat overnight to solve the problem.

When the people in the village first heard that Zhao Liangsheng spent money to contract Xiaoshan Gangzi, they all laughed at Zhao Liangsheng for being stupid, that is what he said, and some people said: "Eh, do you say that Zhao Liangsheng is too good, spend that unjust money to contract a broken stone mountain, you said that the mountain is in front of his house, he just can't let him go on without spending money?" ”

"That's right, there are only stones and grass on that mountain, and he can't grow food when he is contracted."

"Whew! I heard that we need to plant trees. ”

"Planting trees, that's even harder, how much soil is on it."

There are really people who think of Zhao Liangsheng's heart, "There is no soil to be afraid of, go up, as long as the soil is twenty centimeters deep, when the tree survives, the tree will take root down." ”

Zhao Liangsheng didn't pay attention to what others said, he threw himself on the small hill, and followed his plan step by step, first of all, he first removed the thorns and sour jujube trees on the mountain and planted them at the root of the mountain as a fence.

There is also soil on the mountain, but it is a thin layer of floating soil, the vitality of the jujube is tenacious, a little soil can live, what to do if the nutrition is not enough, find it yourself, the rhizome can be pierced very deep along the stone crack, which has caused a great obstacle to Zhao Liangsheng's transplantation, the jujube branches are full of jujube thorns, and they can't be pulled out at all, all by his hoe and hoe to planing outward, just this, the hand is still full of blood, before going to bed at night, one thing Yan Siqin must do is to help Zhao Liangsheng pick the thorn in his hand.

Every time a sour jujube tree is dug up, what is left is the tree pit that is the tree pit of the fruit tree in the future, Zhao Liangsheng will dig the tree pit a little bit, what if the soil is not enough? Every day, they carry soil on it, and even Zhao Yu and Zhao Chen know that they can't go up the mountain empty-handed, they have to carry a bucket of soil up.

The first task of the two Zhao Yu brothers is to study, although Zhao Liangsheng said that the two of them can take care of themselves, and they don't need their help in the work at home, but the two sensible little brothers, as long as they finish their homework and it is not dark, they will carry the soil to the mountain.

The only thing that is relaxed and happy is Xiao Badao, Xiao Badao is now an adult house finch, a thief who has the courage to exercise, and follows Zhao Liangsheng and his family to the mountains every day, grabbing insects with a group of chickens to eat, and when he is happy, he falls on the chicken and stands.

Fortunately, there is always a reward for paying, when the spring flowers bloom, the thorns that have been removed have also sent out new shoots, and the jujube tree germinates later than the thorns, but looking at the color of the branches, it should also be alive.

Standing on the top of the mountain and looking around, Zhao Liangsheng's chest was full of a sense of achievement, one by one on the hillside of the small tree pit waiting for its new owner to move in, at the foot of the mountain sparsely surrounded by a circle of sour jujube branches, looking at these leaky fences, Zhao Liangsheng couldn't help frowning. The hills of more than ten acres of land are all made of these thorns and jujube trees that have been moved down to make fences, which is still too little, far from enough.

Spring is the most suitable season for planting trees, there is a market day in two days, and there are any saplings sold in the big market, Zhao Liangsheng thought about going home and discussing with Yan Siqin, whether to buy some dried fruit trees such as walnuts and chestnuts and plant them next to the sour jujube trees.

To say that Zhao Liangsheng is hard, Yan Siqin is not easy, in addition to washing and cooking every day, she also has to take care of the chickens at home, serve the land in the field, and carry the soil to the mountain when she is fine, and help Zhao Liangsheng dig the tree pit, speaking of which, she did no less than Zhao Liangsheng, in the first year of contracting Xiaoshan, she and Zhao Liangsheng were both tired and thin.

Don't look at Yan Siqin so busy and tired that she can't sleep with her rice bowl, but she still inevitably thinks of Shi Ke, especially the time when students are on winter and summer vacations, Coco's father said that when the child is on vacation, he will send the child back for a few days, so as soon as the holiday arrives, Yan Siqin looks forward to Coco coming home suddenly.

The sky was getting darker, and the night was about to shroud the hill, Yan Siqin made dinner, saw that Zhao Liangsheng had not come back yet, and said to Zhao Yu, who was waiting to eat at the dinner table: "Da Zhuang, go and call your father to come back for dinner." ”

Zhao Yu is a good boy, he has always been a holy decree in his mother's words, and immediately agreed, "Hey! Saying that, he got up and ran out, Zhao Chen has always been his brother's follower, where Zhao Yu went, he went, and he also pushed the bench and ran out after his brother.

The two brothers ran to the foot of the mountain, Zhao Yu put his two hands into a small horn and put it to his mouth, and shouted at Zhao Liangsheng on the hillside, "Dad, it's time to eat-"

Zhao Chen also followed his brother's example, "Dad, the meal is ready, it's time to eat—"

His son's voice woke up Zhao Liangsheng, who was still immersed in labor, he put down the hoe in his hand, stood up with his sour back and looked in the direction of home, and saw two small bodies running happily up the mountain in a hazy way, he hurriedly agreed, "Here, don't come up, you two don't come up, I'll go back-"

Zhao Liangsheng carried the hoe and walked down the mountain, and the two Zhao Yu brothers jumped up the mountain to greet them, in the end, it was a child with sharp legs and feet, and after a while, Zhao Yu ran to his father's side, and reached out to pick up the pouting on Zhao Liangsheng's shoulder, "Dad, I'll help you carry the pout." ”

Zhao Yu has grown up very quickly in the past half a year, and has completely faded away from the childishness of a little boy, with the appearance of a little boy, he saw that Zhao Liangsheng's shoulder was not polite to his son, and directly handed the pouting to Zhao Yu, and he held Zhao Chen's little hand, and the three of them went down the mountain together.

On the edge of the sky, a round of moon buds slowly climbed up, but because the sky was not yet dark or white, curling smoke rose in the village, blending in mid-air and drifting above the village like fog, the air was filled with firewood, grass and food, smelling this smell, Zhao Liangsheng suddenly felt hungry, and his pace couldn't help but speed up a little.

Zhao Chen still remembered what his father said that all kinds of fruit trees should be planted on the mountain, and he looked up at his father beside him, "Dad, when will our mountain grow big apples?" ”

"It's coming." Zhao Liangsheng proudly looked at the tree pits dug out by himself on the hillside and said, "I will go to buy saplings in two days." ”

When he was too tired to do anything, he stood on the top of the mountain and looked forward to lying on the rocking chair, surrounded by all kinds of fruit trees, and the scene of fruity fragrance was in the middle of his nose.

"That's great!" Zhao Chen jumped up happily, "Then when my sister comes back, I'll take her up the mountain to pick fruits to eat." ”

When Shi Ke left, Zhao Chen didn't see his sister when he got home, he cried for a while, and finally Zhao Liangsheng had no choice, so he lied to Zhao Chen and said that Shi Ke would come back, Zhao Chen remembered it now, and his sister and sister were short all day long, and what was delicious and fun at home always didn't forget Shi Ke's share.

"Okay." Zhao Liangsheng was used to always mentioning Shi Ke to his son, he waved his big hand and laughed, "When the time comes, my father will pick it up with you!" ”

After Yan Siqin put the food on the table, he stood at the gate of the courtyard and waited for the three masters, Zhao Yu ran the fastest, and when he saw Yan Siqin's figure, he began to shout: "Mother, we are back-"

When Zhao Yu ran to him, Yan Siqin took the pouting on his son's shoulder, stroked the top of his head lovingly, and said with a smile, "Quick, go into the house and wash your hands and eat." ”

"Hey!" Zhao Yu agreed very happily, and his little hands were washed even faster, and he saw that he had soaked in the basin twice, and he was about to grab steamed buns with his hands full of water beads.

"Have you washed it yet?" Yan Siqin took the pouting tree to the back of the door, and hurriedly dragged a towel on the clothesline and chased after it.

"It's clean, it's clean." Zhao Yu felt that his mother was really making a fuss, he had already washed it before calling his father to eat, and now he let it be washed again, he grabbed the steamed bun with his left hand and sent it to his mouth nonchalantly, and stretched out his right hand to Yan Siqin to see, "I don't believe you check." ”

While speaking, Zhao Liangsheng led Zhao Chen back, "Mother, I'm hungry." Zhao Chen shouted behind Yan Siqin.

The youngest son said that he was hungry, Yan Siqin couldn't take care of the eldest son, she took Zhao Chen's little hand and walked to the edge of the basin, "Hungry, let's wash our hands first, wash our little hands in vain, and be a good boy who pays attention to hygiene." ”

After washing his hands for his youngest son, Yan Siqin asked Zhao Liangsheng, who came over, "How many tree pits have you dug today?" ”

"I'll tell you, I'm working today." Zhao Liangsheng picked up a piece of soap and beat his hands full of soap bubbles, "I dug a full twenty tree pits today." ”

"So much!" Yan Siqin opened her mouth wide in surprise, she knew that the more she went up, the less soil there was on the mountain, and the more difficult it was to dig tree pits, Zhao Liangsheng dug twenty tree pits, and he was really not idle for a moment.

Yan Siqin felt sorry for the man, and said angrily: "The work is inexhaustible, don't patronize the work, you have to take care of your body." ”

"I know." Zhao Liangsheng changed a basin of clean water and rinsed his hands, "Don't worry, I know it." He tucked the messy hair on Yan Siqin's forehead to the back of his head, and looked at his wife guiltily, "You've been tired during this time, look at your thinness, you can eat more in a while." ”

Yan Siqin pursed his lips and smiled, "I eat a lot of food, but I don't grow meat." ”