Chapter 17: Travelers

The grass grows and the warbler flies, and in the distance of the newly built cowshed, a herd of calves grazes leisurely on the green grass, and from time to time they moo, looking up and looking around.

Wei Chengmo stood next to Old Uncle Liu, looking at the scene in the distance, his face full of smiles.

"Uncle Liu, you haven't encountered any trouble along the way, have you?"

Old Uncle Liu was smoking an old dry cigarette in his mouth. "Hehe, with your comrades-in-arms taking care of it, it's going well. He bought 200 heads at home and 100 heads from other cattle farms.

Alas! The cattle farm is really big, there are thousands of them at every turn, and tens of thousands of acres of pasture grass are endless. Tsk......"

Hearing Old Uncle Liu's sigh, Wei Chengmo's expressions of fascination passed all the way, "Old Uncle Liu, don't worry, let's take it step by step, they have also grown up since childhood, as long as we work hard, we will be able to reach their scale sooner or later." ”

"It's just a casual remark, our beef price sells so well, it doesn't make sense, don't do it big, wait for us to ......"

As Uncle Liu spoke, he suddenly stopped, pointed to the top of the mountain and said, "Cheng Mo, do you see if there are a few people in the middle of the mountain?" Still carrying a bag? ”

Wei Chengmo looked in the direction of Uncle Liu's finger. Sure enough, halfway up the mountain, there were four pedestrians with backpacks on their backs, stumbling towards the cattle farm.

It's easy to go up the mountain and hard to go down, not to mention that the mountain is now overgrown with green grass and it's easy to slip.

Wei Chengmo looked at it for a while, "Old Uncle Liu, these people have come down the mountain, you let them go to the reception room, and I will prepare some boiling water."

"It's just a few passers-by, is it necessary? Then you go," Uncle Liu said with a wave of his hand.

Wei Chengmo walked towards the newly built row of colored steel houses, "These people look like traveling travelers, it's not easy to go out, I'd better get some food and drink." ”

Why did he grow up in a peasant family after all, and now he is a cattle farmer, although his temperament is sometimes a little violent, but he is still very simple.

The electric water heater in the reception room looks very tall, with a one-meter-high black and gold body, and on top of it is a pure water bucket, and the drinking water in it is clear and transparent, and this water is the spring water by the river.

In the past, the house built by Uncle Baoyi was burned down by fire, but this time Wei Chengmo wanted to save trouble and directly built a color steel house.

Wei Chengmo occupies a room independently, a dormitory with four beds, a large reception room, and a kitchen.

There is very little cooking in the kitchen, but there is a small refrigerator inside, which contains some steamed bread cakes prepared by Wang Xiuhe and other foods.

I prepared some food for Cheng Mo and put it on the table, and the water in the water heater was not yet boiling. I saw Uncle Liu leading two men, two women and four young people to the door.

"Cheng Mo, these people said that they were tourists, you look at the reception, there is something else to do in my cowshed, so I will go and get busy first." After Old Uncle Liu finished talking outside the door, he turned around and left.

Wei Chengmo looked at the four people, all of whom were wearing travel suits, carrying bulging backpacks, and the two women were still holding trekking poles in their hands.

"Come in and sit down, I don't know where you came from.

A man about the same height as Wei Chengmo took off the hat on his head and bowed slightly towards Wei Chengmo, a smile on his tanned face.

"Excuse me, my name is Fengcheng, we are from the provincial capital, this time the four of us came out to hike, the first time we went to the hilly and mountainous areas of Xihaigu, it was really difficult to walk."

Wei Chengmo beckoned a few people into the house, took out disposable cups and poured water for them, "The provincial capital is about 400 kilometers here, you estimate that it will take you half a month?" ”

The four of them entered the door and put down their backpack pistols, and the two women were obviously relieved, a tall girl, put the camera hanging around her neck on the table, and removed her hat and the square scarf around her face, revealing a face that was not very delicate, but definitely attractive.

While rubbing her shoulders, she looked at Wei Chengmo and said, "My name is Liu Shuya, this is my good friend Zhu Dan, excuse me." ”

The girl named Zhu Dan grinned at Wei Chengmo. "Excuse me, big brother."

The other man also unloaded his equipment at this time. The expression on his tanned face was very indifferent, and his sharp eyes looked around, "My name is Wu Lei, I'm sorry." ”

Wei Chengmo glanced at this indifferent man, who was of medium stature and very strong. "It's nothing, you all sit down, my name is Wei Chengmo, this is a cattle farm, relatively simple."

As he spoke, he walked towards the door, "I'll go get some washing water, you can wash your face and eat something." ”

Zhu Dan sat on the stool, let out a long breath, knocked his thigh, and said with a painful face, "Ouch, I'm tired, my legs hurt so much, I guess my feet are blistered."

Wind journey, we can't go behind? The mountains here are one after another, and you can't finish walking at all......"

Feng Cheng was rubbing his calves, and when he heard Zhu Dan's question, he looked at Liu Shuya.

Liu Shuya was looking at the photos in the camera, raised her upper eyelids, and pondered, "Just achieve the purpose of experiencing life, it is more difficult to supply in the mountains, if everyone is too tired, we will turn around and take a car to the county seat, look at the navigation, which is less than 100 kilometers away from the county seat." ”

Wei Chengmo ate a bucket of water, took a square stool and put a basin outside the door, and shouted to a few people in the house, "The water is here, you can take turns to wash it." ”

Zhu Dan was the first to run out, with a pink towel around his neck, with joy on his face, as if he couldn't stand the dust on his face a little, "Thank you, Brother Chengmo." ”

The other three also walked out, Liu Shuya looked at the cowshed and the herd of cattle grazing not far away, and glanced at Wei Chengmo in surprise after a moment.

"Is this farm yours? Looking at the fact that there are a lot of cows, why are they all calves? ”

Wei Chengmo rummaged through a pile of black rafters on the side of the door, "Yes, it's mine, the other cattle have been sold, and it's only been half a month since these calves were bought." ”

Wu Lei frowned and looked at the pile of black wood that Wei Chengmo had picked up, and asked angrily, "You have caught fire here." ”

Wei Chengmo's hand moved, and the coldness in his eyes flashed, "I caught fire a month ago......"

Feng Cheng looked at the grass in the distance, as if he was saying to Wei Chengmo, and as if he was talking to himself. "It's a fire......

Wu Lei was thoughtful and didn't really speak.

Zhu Dan washed his face and wiped the water droplets on his face with a towel, "Brother Chengmo, how did you catch fire here?" Is the loss big? ”

Wei Chengmo took the firewood and walked under a pergola, where there was an earthen stove, "The fodder has been burned, and the loss is ...... They paid for it.

I don't know what you want to eat at noon, what are your taboos? How about stewing a local chicken? ”

Wei Chengmo didn't want to talk about the fire anymore, so he directly diverted the topic.

Liu Shuya kept staring at Wei Chengmo's movements, and when she heard the question, "Don't have too many chili peppers, we don't have anything else to taboo." ”

"Okay."

Wei Chengmo took out his mobile phone and sent a 200 yuan red envelope to Mr. Wei, with a sentence.

"Ah Zhong, buy 4 local chickens in the village and come back, there are guests on the cattle farm at noon."

Then he dialed Wang Xiuhe's phone again, and without waiting for his mother to ask, "Mom, there are 4 guests here in the cattle farm at noon." I asked Ah Zhong to buy 4 local chickens. Come and make it for you, you don't have to do it at home. ”

Wang Xiuhe's puzzled voice came from the earpiece. "What are you doing?"

"Traveling, passing by, you just bring a little spice from home."

Wei Chengmo lit the fire on the earthen stove, went back to the kitchen and took out a cauldron with a diameter of one meter, poured water and boiled it.

After Liu Shuya finished washing, she went back to the room and took out her camera, fiddling with the scenery and cattle she liked.

Feng Cheng brought over a bag of jerky and a stack of red banknotes for Wei Chengmo. smiled and said, "Brother Wei, it's troublesome at noon, this is jerky, we won't need it later, this 1,000 yuan is today's food expenses." ”

Wei Chengmo threw down the firewood in his hand, clapped his hands and took the bag of jerky, "If you can't use the jerky, it's okay to stay." Forget about the money, the things in the township are not worth a few dollars. ”

Zhu Dan stood next to him and chirped, "Brother Chengmo, you just accept the money, I used to eat hundreds of local chickens." ”

Wei Chengmo pushed back the hand of the money in the wind,

"A local chicken in the township is only 50 yuan, which is really worthless. I just sold my cow some time ago, so it's okay to treat you to a few meals. ”

Feng Cheng kept a smile on his face and stuffed the money in his hand into his pocket, "Okay, Brother Wei will go to the provincial capital later, I will entertain you, I have made you a friend." ”

Wu Lei's indifference was a little loose at this time, "How about the cattle price here?" ”

Wei Chengmo looked at Wu Lei, and Feng Cheng said, "His house is also a rural ...... in the house."

Wei Chengmo nodded, "Ordinary beef is 14 per catty, my beef is better, and it sells for 20 yuan per catty." ”

Liu Shuya, who was taking pictures, suddenly turned around, "Sell 20 a catty?" Your beef should be pretty good, right? Did you enter a high-end restaurant? ”

Wei Chengmo showed a proud smile, "My beef marbling is very good-looking, as for whether it is into a high-end restaurant, I don't know about this, I will sell it directly to the meat factory." ”

Feng Cheng thought thoughtfully, "For my brother, what will you do next time you sell cattle?" ”

"After 9 months, I will raise 1,300 pounds and be slaughtered."

Fengcheng directly took out his mobile phone, "Let's add a WeChat for my brother, leave a phone, next time you sell cattle, remember to notify me in advance, and I will also come to take a look." ”

Zhu Dan also took out her mobile phone, "I want to add it too, I want to add it too." ”

In the end, Wei Chengmo and the four of them added WeChat and left their phones.

Liu Shuya said slowly. "Fengcheng's family runs a chain restaurant, but I think your cattle seem to be slaughtered in batches."

"Funds are limited, so we can only take it one step at a time. But my beef should be really good, and the meat factory in the province has also bought more than a dozen heads."

Wu Lei glanced at Feng Cheng, Feng Cheng's face turned unnaturally red, "Is there a meat factory in the province?" We recently bought 10 of their cows, so it's no wonder they suddenly have such good beef. ”

Zhu Dan looked at Feng Cheng curiously, "Brother Feng, is this the steak you invited us all to eat together last time?" The meat is very good! Is there something wrong? ”

Feng Cheng smiled bitterly, "I watched the skin beef, 60 yuan a catty, and I thought I was taking advantage of it at the time......"

Why did you add wood under the stove, and I wasn't surprised to hear the wind talking, "Isn't this normal?" People have channels. ”

Feng Cheng said seriously, "Brother Wei, next time you must inform me, I will bring our master over to take a look, if the meat quality is okay, I will purchase 100 heads at one time, and the price is 30 yuan." ”

Wei Chengmo was happy in his heart. "No problem, it's a good thing for me."

In a short period of time, Wang Xiuhe came with Xiaoxiao with some things, followed by Wei Zhong with 4 chickens in his hands.

Wei Chengmo hurriedly caught up, and the result, "Mom, Xiaoxiao, you also picked it up, this bag is full of potatoes?" ”

Wang Xiuhe said hello to Feng Cheng and Liu Shiya, "Potatoes." The meat is even better when the potatoes are stewed. Today is Saturday, Xiaoxiao doesn't go to school, what are you thinking about in a day. ”

Wei Zhongmumu's smile and the four people nodded, and they began to be busy, killing chickens and burning hair.

Wei Xiaoxiao raised her head, looked at Li Shuya and said. "Sister, my name is Xiaoxiao, are you my brother's friend? How come I've never seen you? ”

Li Shuya's face showed sweetness, and a sweet smile appeared on her face. Holding Wei Xiaoxiao's little hand, "My name is Li Shuya, you can call me Sister Shuya, I am your brother's friend, and today is also the first time to come." ”

"Did you bring me a present?"

Li Shuya's smooth skin showed a blush, "Is chocolate okay?" ”

Wei Xiaoxiao's eyes narrowed, and her little head was like a chicken pecking rice. "The chocolate is good, my brother said it was very expensive, and our family didn't have the money to buy it."

"Xiaoxiao, you can't just ask for my sister's things, people still have to eat on the road." Wang Xiuhe's voice came.

"Auntie is fine, we still have it." Li Shuya smiled at Wang Xiuhe.

"Xiaoxiao, I'm your sister Zhu Dan, my sister will bring it to you, you wait." Zhu Dan said, and ran towards the house.

When Xiaoxiao ate some chocolate, she was bought with snacks in her hand, Liu Shuya asked something, she answered, and said everything she didn't.

As for why Liu Shuya wanted to know about Wei Chengmo. It is also because of the nature of the work. She is a newspaper reporter, and this time she saw Wei Chengmo raising 300 cows at a young age. She felt it was a highlight and could write about it.

Wei Zhong helped to deal with the chickens, and did not stay to eat, and went home directly. The three of Lao Uncle Liu didn't come over directly, it is also a custom in the countryside, when there are guests at home, other people basically don't come to disturb.

White flour steamed buns, stewed chicken nuggets with potatoes in a big pot, Wu Lei didn't have anything to say, just covered his head and ate it.

Wind Cheng commented from time to time, this meat is delicious, authentic local chicken.

Zhu Dan's mouth was stuffed with meat, and he couldn't stop saying, "It's delicious, it's delicious."

Liu Shuya chewed slowly, but showed a sweet smile, "Auntie's craftsmanship is so good, I have never eaten such delicious chicken before." ”

Wang Xiuhe was so happy that he couldn't close his mouth, "That's because you're all hungry, that's why you think it's delicious." If you want to eat it in the future, I can just come and get it for you. ”

Zhu Dan spat out a bone from his mouth, "Auntie, can I come?" ”

Wang Xiuhe pinched half a steamed bun in his hand, "Yes, why not?" ”

Liu Shuya nodded, "Then I will come to disturb often in the future, the scenery here is very beautiful and quiet." I loved it here. ”

Feng Cheng looked at Liu Shuya's eyes darkened, but his face was calm, because he had a fiancΓ©e......

Wang Xiuhe likes Liu Shuya very much, and when she is looking at her son, she seems to have always been indifferent to this girl, and she is not attentive at all.

In fact, Wei Chengmo was not not diligent, but he didn't think about it at all, because he could put himself in the right position, and he was a farmer who raised cattle.

If the door is not right, he will not bother himself at all.