Besides, on the third day of Tao and Li's marriage, according to the custom in the spring breeze, the married daughter should take her son-in-law back to her parents' house to visit her parents, which is called "returning to the door in three days". Li knew that when he went home with Tao to visit his mother-in-law, he had to bring gifts, no matter how familiar he was before, how many times he had been there, and how much help he had given her, he was not exempt, this was a courtesy. He touched that there were only ten yuan on his body, which was obviously not enough, so he had to ask his mother for another thirty yuan, and went to the street with Tao to buy four-color gifts, and then went to visit Tao's mother together.

Mother Tao was very happy to see her daughter and son-in-law returning to visit her with gifts, and at noon she killed chickens and stewed game to entertain them. At the dinner table, they let each other eat food, and the atmosphere is very harmonious. After the meal, the peach mother cleaned up the dishes and chopsticks, poured tea, and talked with her daughter and son-in-law. She asked Li: "You two don't study anymore, and now that you're married, you should think about what to do in the future, make more money, take care of your family life better, look like it, and don't let the people in the village look down on you." Now that the reform and opening up has been carried out, do you look at the young people in our village, which one does not run out? Those who do business, sell medicinal herbs and leather goods, can make a lot of money! ”

This is a livelihood issue that must be seriously considered. But at present, Peach and Lee are still immersed in their newlywed honeymoon and have not seriously considered the matter. Now that the mother has brought it up, they have to think about it. Peach was a little dazed, looking at Li, at a loss for a moment. Li lowered his head and thought for a moment and said, "It is said that now I should also go out to make money and support my family." It's just that I need capital to do any business, and at the moment I'm empty-handed, and I can't do anything I want to. My parents have a little money in their hands, and it is also the hard-earned money accumulated from farming and hunting, but they can't trust me, and they won't give it to me to do business easily. Rely on the mountains to eat the mountains, rely on the water to eat the water. For the time being, I can only rely on farming, hunting, and making a living. ”

What the son-in-law said was also true, and besides, he could not afford to support them at present, so it was inconvenient to persuade him to go out and do business; But when will the family get rich if young people stay at home and don't go out to make money? The mother of peach is always at ease with the future of peach and plum's life. After a long time, she sighed and said: "At present, there is no problem in supporting your family by farming, hunting, and collecting medicinal materials, but you can't get rich, and your family can't get rich, and your books over the years will be in vain." ”

Tao Mu thought, there is no money to do business, and I should think of another way, now that the reform and opening up, there are many ways to get rich, and a pair of high school graduates can't just squat at home and do nothing. So, she remembered what Secretary Wang said at the meeting about the development of tourism in mountainous areas, and said: "Secretary Wang said that our Daliang Mountain has beautiful mountains and clear waters, beautiful scenery, and we will develop tourism in the future." You are all literate, educated, able to write and count, if you can participate, you will definitely have a future in the future and make a lot of money! ”

Tao listened to her mother talk about the development of tourism in Daliang Mountain, and felt that it was a new thing, and there was a great future for development, and they had no money to do business, so they should participate in the collective tourism development, borrow a boat to go to sea, and develop themselves. So he said to Li: "This is a good thing, and it will definitely have a great future in the future." But I don't know if it's true or not, have you heard about it? ”

"I've heard about it. Secretary Wang has come to the village for meetings many times, and everyone knows that the village committee also has this idea. However, the development of tourism requires a lot of money, and there is no money in the village, so I want to find a rich person from other places to invest in development, but I have not found an investor for the time being. Li said lightly.

"Otherwise, let's go to the township tomorrow and ask Secretary Wang to see when this matter can be done, and if we need people; If you want people, with our conditions, there is no reason for the township not to use us. Seeing that Li didn't react, Tao said, "Anyway, don't spend money to ask about the situation, but run a few more miles of mountain roads." ”

"It's fine. It means that when we return to our hometown after graduating from high school, we will report to our parents first, say hello, and think of us first if we have useful places in the future. Lee finally agreed.

The next day, Li and Tao got up early in the morning, climbed two hillsides to the location of the township government, and after several inquiries, finally found Secretary Wang.

As mentioned earlier, Secretary Wang was originally the secretary of the party branch of Chunfengli Village, and because of his active and diligent work and outstanding political achievements, he was promoted to the deputy head of the township, and was specifically responsible for the tourism development project of the township. The people in the spring breeze are used to it, and they still call him Secretary Wang.

Tao and Li introduced their situation to Secretary Wang and asked about the development of tourism in the Daliang Mountains. Secretary Wang was very happy to hear this and extended a warm welcome to them to come back to participate in the construction of their hometown. He said: "There is a lack of literate people in our hometown, and you have come at the right time. There has been new progress in the development of tourism in our township, and there is a big boss who is willing to invest in development, and the prospects are promising. In the past, when I visited other places, I saw that some mountainous areas made a lot of money by developing tourism, so I thought, we have mountains and rivers here, and we will definitely make a lot of money by developing them. However, no investor has been found, and the county and township are very anxious. Recently, there is a boss Liu in the south, who is very rich and very discerning, he has taken a fancy to our Daliang Mountain area, and wants to invest in the development of tourism in our place. The county recommended five villages to him, including Chunfeng in our township. Soon Boss Liu will come to inspect which village has the best conditions, and he will decide where to invest in development. ”

At the end of the conversation, Secretary Wang gave them an urgent task, asking them to write a detailed material introducing the tourism resources of Chunfeng within two days, and he took it directly to Boss Liu to recommend Chunfengli. The two were very happy when they heard this, and immediately said that they would live up to their expectations and ensure that they would complete the task on time. Not daring to delay, they immediately returned home, consulted urgently, and then began to write the presentation.

In order to write the introduction materials in detail and highlight the key points, and attract the development desire of investors, Li asked his father to explain the situation and wanted to hear his opinion, because his father had been hunting in the mountains for many years and knew the situation in the mountains best. Lao Li listened to it very seriously, saying that this is a good thing to decide to get rich in the spring breeze, he is not sure alone, and the four most experienced old hunters in the village are found, everyone discusses together, and finally determines five scenic spots worth developing, including dripping springs, to Boss Liu. The hunters smoked cigarettes and talked about it while thinking about it, Li and Tao took notes, and repeatedly asked and researched what was not clear, and after the hunters finished talking, they wrote down five pages of manuscript paper.

After sending the old hunter away, Li and Tao discussed the arrangement of the materials and writing ideas again according to the records, and then the two divided the labor and began to write. I wrote to the next point that night, and each finally finished the first draft. I couldn't get through it, so I had to sleep. For the first time since they got married, they went to bed and fell asleep peacefully.

When they woke up, it was already dawn, Li's mother had already made breakfast, they hurriedly washed their faces and brushed their teeth, ate breakfast quickly, and continued to write. The two put the first draft together, read it through, and put forward a number of revisions, which were then compiled into a unified recommendation material by Li. Li repeatedly revised, supplemented, and embellished, and did not finish the draft until three o'clock in the afternoon, read it himself, found no mistakes, and handed it to Tao to check and copy. After the peach transcription was completed, it was handed over to Li Guomu. After reading it, Li changed a few words and said: "For the sake of neatness and tidiness, we will keep this copy for ourselves, and I will copy it carefully, and tomorrow we will send it to Secretary Wang and send it to the county as soon as possible, and recommend it to Boss Liu." ”

On the third day of breakfast, Li Hetao hurriedly went on the road with the written promotion materials and rushed to give them to Secretary Wang, and then wanted to hear what else they wanted to do in the development of tourism. They believe that they can use their talents in this project, find a job that suits them, and make them rich quickly. Along the way, the two talked about various problems that need to be solved urgently in the development of tourism, imagining what the scene will be in the spring breeze after the successful development, what role they will play in it, what position they will hold, and what treatment they will give; What evaluation and hope will the people of the village give them again, and what changes will be made to their lives. Even Tao offered to Li fulfill his promise and take her to Beijing for a make-up tourist wedding. Li said happily: "No problem, as long as our village's tourism industry is successfully developed and we have money, this is not a big deal." Both of them were so excited that they couldn't help but hug each other and cheer and jump.

As the saying goes, the plan can't catch up with the changes, when they found Secretary Wang, happily handed over the promotion materials to him, the writing process has not been completed, Secretary Wang interrupted them, and told them the latest news on the development of tourism:

"I'm really sorry to make you busy in vain: yesterday afternoon, the deputy county magistrate Zhang who is responsible for developing tourism projects in the county called and said that Boss Liu had come to inspect it, and he thought that our county was not connected to trains or highways, and lacked the minimum conditions for developing tourism, so he decided not to invest in development for the time being."

As if pouring a scoop of cold water on their heads, Li and Tao sighed again and again when they heard what they wanted. Secretary Wang encouraged them, saying, "This is only a temporary situation. Our Daliang mountains and rivers are beautiful, famous far and near, and there are plane trees at home, so we are not afraid that we will not be able to recruit the golden phoenix. Deputy county magistrate Zhang said that the county is studying the construction of highways and attracting investment from a wide range of sources. Maybe when the highway is successfully paved, Boss Liu or other bosses will come to invest in development. Go home and wait patiently, and I'll let you know as soon as there's any new news. ”

Although Secretary Wang's confidence in the development of tourism in Daliang Mountain was undiminished, Li Hetao only took these words as a comfort to them, immediately bid farewell to Secretary Wang, and returned home unhappy.

Li's father saw his son and daughter-in-law coming back, and hurriedly asked, "When will Boss Liu come to investigate?" Li shook his head and said angrily: "What Boss Liu, it's a liar!" Speaking of the county, I have inspected it, so I won't come here to investigate. Secretary Wang said that he thinks that our county does not have trains, and there are no highways, so it does not have the conditions for developing tourism. "I looked very annoyed and depressed.

The father was also disappointed when he heard this, but when he saw that the promotion materials written by his son and daughter-in-law who had worked hard for two days and one night had become waste paper in the blink of an eye, he was already very disappointed and sad, and he couldn't say anything more, so he had to comfort them: "Don't be sad either." If they don't come, they won't come. People invest in development, and we have the same idea, all to make money, and if you are not sure, people will not easily come to invest: they are not afraid of money coming in, they can't make money, and they can't even get the capital back? He also has another view: "In fact, for us, developing tourism is like hitting a rabbit on the night of the Chinese New Year's Eve. If they come to develop, we will make money from tourism; If they don't come to develop, we will still hunt, dig up medicinal herbs and sell them for money. As the saying goes, rely on the mountains to eat the mountains, and rely on the water to eat the water. We are guarding the 300-mile Daliang Mountain, are we still afraid that we will not be hungry? I'm afraid that if it becomes a tourist area, I will scare away wild beasts, and I won't be able to hunt in the future. "My father was accustomed to the old way of life, and he was not as enthusiastic about open tourism as Li and Tao.

Li disagreed with his father's opinion and said, "Hunting, digging medicinal herbs, how much money can you make?" After so many years, aren't we still poor? I heard that the country will soon implement a wildlife protection law, and hunting is not allowed. ”

The father couldn't understand and said, "Wild animals, what does the state protect them for?" Stay to eat people? Li explained: "Some rare animals are already very small in number, and their reproduction is slow, and if they are hunted so arbitrarily and uncontrollably, they will soon become extinct. As soon as Li said this, his father finally understood, and he recalled: "This is true, and now there are several fewer beasts on our mountain than at the beginning of liberation." In a few years, I'm afraid there will be fewer few, and in the future, I'm afraid that there will really be no beasts to fight in Daliang Mountain. Alas! He sighed, worried about the prospect of hunting.

Soon, the autumn harvest and autumn planting began. Li and Tao follow their parents every day to harvest ripe corn, sorghum, millet, and soybeans. Because the field is small and does not have access to the road, after harvesting, it is necessary to carry it to the side of the road one by one, and then pull it to the drying field with a flatbed truck to turn it over and thresh. After the autumn harvest, the harvested land is ploughed and planted with wheat and rape. The large fields are cultivated by oxen, and people save some effort; In small fields, the oxen and plough could not turn around, so they had to be dug and planted by people with spades and shovels, and the progress was slow and laborious. Peach and Li also have to help Peach's mother harvest and plant in autumn. Both of them had blood blisters on their hands, and the farm work was tense, so they had to endure the pain and continue to work, and then let the blood blisters slowly turn into cocoons. It took more than a month for the two families to complete the harvest. Li and Tao are so tired that they want to doze off when they eat, and they sleep together at night, and they don't bother to have that kind of interest and impulse anymore.

After the autumn harvest and autumn planting, Li and Tao both wanted to play in the county seat for a few days, visit their old classmates, and buy some things by the way. But my father disagreed, saying, "What's so fun in the county? You went to high school and played in the county for three years, haven't you had enough? Now is a good time to dig medicinal herbs, it's late, the snow is heavy and the mountains are closed, and there is no way to dig if you want to. "They have been studying hard for three years of high school, how can they play? But after all, they didn't get into college, and they can't argue. Listening to the teacher's teaching at school, they had to listen to their parents at home, so they dispelled the idea of going to the county seat to play, carried the basket, picked up the grappling hook, and followed their parents to the deep mountains and old forests to dig medicinal herbs. Every day, I leave early and return late until the snow closes the mountain.

Heavy snow covers the mountains, and it is the best time of the year to hunt. Lee picked up his shotgun and followed his father up the mountain to hunt. Nowadays, the population is larger, the prey is less, and the escape is also far, and sometimes it is rare to catch a large game in the snowy mountains and forests for a day, and only a few pheasants and chickadees can be hunted back.