Chapter 106: Qingming Season
"This has nothing to do with selflessness and generosity. If we don't build roads, how can people come, and if you want to get rich, you have to build roads first, so I should invest in advance. And you're a solid one, so it's no problem to leave it to you. Hao Hao said with a smile, she is so generous because she has things around her, and if she doesn't estimate, she still thinks like Gao Shaoan.
"Okay, I'll help you." Gao Shao'an's heavy promise assured that a pair of dark eyes were full of seriousness.
"Then please. Remember to secretly recruit people, build the road in the autumn, and tell them in advance that the above is not ready, and it is not good to be happy. Hao Hao patted Gao Shao'an on the shoulder and said with a smile.
"Hmm." Gao Shaoan glanced at Hao Hao's white and slender fingers, smiled, and then the two talked a lot, it happened that Gao Shaoan was selling electrical appliances, so she added a lot of household appliances, televisions, sewing machines, telephones, etc., Ma Mei agreed, but it took time, and Gao Shaoan was from this village, and she was relieved to be a good worker.
When I got home, dinner was ready.
Ouyang Jing went out to wander for a day, and he had to serve his leader seriously at night. This old chief is an old revolutionary, from the Republic of China, participated in the Northern Expedition, later the outbreak of the War of Resistance against Japan, fighting devils, to the later Liberation War, and the Kuomintang, to the later establishment of New China, he participated in the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, this life can be described as a great achievement, when he was young, he lost his body, and his health was not very good when he was old.
Now after retirement, I can retire with peace of mind.
Xiahe Village is in a good place at the right time, and he plans to retire here.
"Woman, you see there is a vacant land next to your house, why don't I buy it, build a house, and then be neighbors with you?" Since the old chief came to Xiahe Village, his health has improved, he is full of energy, and the headache and brain fever he used to have disappeared have disappeared, so he knows that the water and soil here support people, so he has this idea.
"Okay, but the old chief doesn't need to build a new house, isn't it just a matter of a meal to live with my father-in-law and uncle Sun, I'm going to vacate the vacant land next door and plant bamboo sunflowers." Hao Hao took a bite of the dish, and a pair of dark starry eyes kept turning. After a lot of thoughts, he added a new business to make money.
"You want to grow bamboo sunflowers?" Except for Tiantian's little doll in the courtyard, the rest of the people stopped eating and looked back at Hao Hao.
Suddenly, it became the focus.
Hao Hao was a little embarrassed, but he still spoke hard.
"Yes, I want to grow bamboo sunflowers, in addition to this, I also need to grow mushrooms, shiitake mushrooms, fungus, what a pity not to use such a good place."
"Will it work?" Old Man Xu spoke, and the others nodded in unison.
"Yes, as long as you have a good grasp of the temperature and humidity, I have time anyway." Hao Hao's self-confidence is bursting, she has a secret weapon, success is not a problem, but the basic work such as building a greenhouse in the early stage is a little more cumbersome.
"It's a good job." Everyone nodded.
"I see that there are many slopes here, and the Chinese medicinal materials are also good, and I will also plant some medicinal materials then." Hao Hao threw out another bomb, which caught everyone off guard, and looked at Hao Hao with a pleasant smile on his face.
In addition to faith, this woman is not small.
Later, Xu Laohan nodded, anyway, the daughter-in-law is in charge of the family, and he will not have any objections, since the head of the family nodded, others can only echo.
At twelve o'clock in the middle of the night, after a few people were asleep, Hao Hao flashed into the space.
Looking at the vibrant space, Hao Hao was in a good mood.
Stop and go along the way, look left and right, the space is much larger than before, and the chickens, ducks, fish and shrimp raised in it are flooded.
Hao Hao thought that he was going to have a whole shrimp banquet tomorrow, and Ma Mei was going back to the city to see the store. It should be a feast prepared for her parting.
Looking at it again, the medicinal herbs planted were all vigorous, so she thought about pulling out some in advance, drying them in the space, and selling them all to him when Ouyang Jing went back.
Once you have a plan, you have to act.
Hao Hao bent down slightly, pulling out medicinal herbs with her bare hands, and the first thing she pulled out was Bupleurum, a common medicinal herb, which can often be seen in the treatment of malaria and colds. Generally, the wild Bupleurum outside is rare if it is as thick as a small thumb. And Hao Hao's space is as thick as a thumb, sandy soil, and it doesn't take much effort to pull out a line easily.
She couldn't work for a long time, so she got up for about ten minutes and looked at the animals in the woods. The leopard is still alone, and the tiger mother and her baby are doing well, as for the white wolf family, they have already adapted to here, and now let them out, they have to say hello in advance, and then have a warm welcome ceremony.
Kim has a new companion, Ash, a female squirrel picked up from the bamboo forest outside. Look at the animals in the space in pairs.
Hao Hao was melancholy, sitting under a row of grapevines, Hao Hao casually picked a bunch of grapes, and then pulled one down and put it directly into his mouth.
It stands to reason that everything in the world needs sunlight to grow, but the plants in the space naturally grow and fall, but the space has always been so bright and the temperature is right, sometimes she hates to drown in it.
Before she knew it, a bunch of grapes had fallen into her stomach, and she felt a little sleepy.
Lean under the vine and sleep with your eyes closed.
Time slipped away quietly, and the next morning was in a flash.
Guoguo has long been immune to her sister's disappearance from time to time, and she thought to herself that her sister would not be able to sleep, so she took the dog up the mountain.
It's still such a wonderful day, today I took Da Hei and went out with Xu Laohan.
Hao Hao was sleeping soundly, and suddenly one side of her cheek was licked by the hairy thing, and she opened her eyes helplessly.
"It's you!" Hao Hao squinted his eyes and glanced at it helplessly, it was actually a little white wolf.
After not seeing her for such a long time, she has become a big wolf cub, tall on a bench, weighing about forty pounds, snow-white, more majestic and upright than her father, with a pair of sky-blue eyes, like blue stars.
Hao Hao fondly rubbed its head, and then suddenly jumped up. Throwing down the inexplicable little white wolf, out of the space.
Sure enough, Guoguo was gone, and she looked up at the wall clock on the wall, it was already five o'clock. Hao Hao patted his head in annoyance, looking at the big and small sleeping on the kang, a little depressed.
Next, she began her busy day.
Such days lasted until the day before Qingming.
In the blink of an eye, the weather was not very good on this day, gloomy and sultry, with a hint of sadness. Early in the morning, Xu Laohan packed up his things, took Tiantian, and led Hao Hao to sweep the tomb. During the Qingming Festival, it rains a lot, and the pedestrians on the road want to break their souls, so they ask where the restaurant is? The shepherd boy refers to Xinghua Village.
Today's weather portrayal is exactly the same as in the poet Du Mu's poems, it should have been a good day for the grass to grow and the warbler to fly, but the sky did not fulfill people's wishes, and it rained lightly before going out. I don't feel cold, but I still feel uncomfortable.
Hao Hao held an umbrella, held Guoguo in one hand, followed behind Xu Laohan, and looked at his straight back as he got closer to the ancestral tomb, the more rickety he looked, she felt uncomfortable.
It is estimated that it was the original master, who should not have cried, but his inexplicable nose was sour, and unconsciously tears gushed out of his eyes, slowly condensed into droplets, and then fell on the collar on his chest one by one. Guoguo was infected by this oppressive and sad atmosphere, and accompanied him silently throughout the whole process.
Xu Laohan lost his wife in middle age, and the elderly mulberry experienced the most tragic thing in a person's life, and his choice to live strong is really admirable.
Usually, Hao Hao thinks that Xu Laohan is cheerful and reasonable, but when he looks at it today, he understands that he is pretending to be strong.
Time is a good medicine, but no matter how good the medicine is, it is difficult to heal the wounds in the heart. No matter when and where, once you touch the scene, it will hurt.
The ancestral tomb of Xu Laohan's family is actually not far away, and it usually takes less than half an hour to arrive, but today I walked for more than half an hour.
When I arrived at the place, I saw that the villagers not far away were already cleaning the cemetery.
Hao Hao handed the umbrella to Guoguo, bent down to take out the offering, broke the egg cake with his hands, and then sprinkled it around the grave, it was already April, the grass was already calf high, and the things that were sprinkled in it were hidden in the grass in an instant.
Hao Hao finished scattering the egg cakes, and then placed a number of sacrifices in front of the grave. Then he knelt down with Xu Laohan, who remained silent.
took out the paper money, lit it, and the black smoke rose into the air, and the choking smell of paper money with a strong earthy smell rushed towards everyone.
Hao Hao couldn't help coughing, which attracted Guoguo's whispered inquiry.
"Are you alright?"
Hao Hao was silent, but still shook his head to indicate that it was okay.
The atmosphere around Xu Laohan was solemn and depressing, and his trembling shoulders and trembling lips were enough to show that he had endured very hard.
Hao Hao, as a party, looked at a bulging grave bag, the grass on the grave did not grow, but it was close to the old grave, and he didn't look lonely.
Rural people erect monuments when they burn paper for three years, unlike the cemetery in modern TV dramas, where you have to find a cemetery in advance to erect a monument in case someone occupies the space.
Hao Hao's eyes stared at the newly erected mound without blinking, as if he wanted to see through the soil layer to see the man lying inside.
Is he now in the midst of bliss and reunited with his family, and is he finding his happiness in another world?
Hao Hao thought about it unconsciously, until a suppressed cry woke up his fugue self.
She subconsciously reached out and wiped her face, and found that she had already burst into tears, she looked at Xu Laohan who was trembling violently with red eyes, and found that the cry came from him. I was sad for a while.
"Let's go." She took Guoguo's hand, and the two sisters quietly withdrew, taking Tian Tian away by the way, she was still young, she didn't understand anything, and she stayed here for fear of being pecked by the infested wild snake. The two sisters took a baby and walked for a long time before they stopped at a field.
"Sister, it's okay to leave like this!" Guoguo was worried.
"It's okay, my father-in-law needs a quiet." Hao Hao smiled and touched Guoguo's head, and unconsciously grew a little taller, the previous clothes had long been thrown away, and now he is wearing new clothes, the material is also good, pink shirt, slim pants, covered with a gray coat, Hao Hao took it at will before going out, on a day like today, it is too gaudy to wear it, and it is disrespectful to the deceased.
"Then let's go home, you see a lot of people going home. Maybe there will be guests today. Guoguo was bored, she was a person who couldn't be quiet, and she didn't understand what it meant to go to the grave to commemorate the martyrs' relatives, so she followed in a daze, and shouted to leave when it was over.
Hao Hao can understand.
"Okay, there's nothing to do standing here, it's better to go home and cook something to eat, and if someone comes, it's good to entertain." Hao Hao held the baby in his left hand, Guoguo in his right hand, Guoguo held an umbrella, but he didn't expect the rain to fall heavier and heavier, from the light rain just now to a raindrop the size of soybeans, and the three of them rushed home in a hurry.