Chapter XII
Zhou Xiaoran got up early in the morning and was ready to feed the pigs.
The sweet potato vines were chopped and boiled with chaff, poured into the trough, and the two pigs, which were already about 100 catties, began to eat upside down.
Looking at Zhou Xiaoran, he suddenly felt a little hungry.......
Ahem, I didn't eat in the morning.
After looking around and seeing no one, he entered the space and took out two pears to eat. The main thing is to eat in the space without feeling full, otherwise you will eat in the space and then come out.
I eat it sweetly.
"What do you eat?"
Zhou Xiaoran was so frightened that he choked into his trachea.
"Ahem, cough, cough...."
Zhou Xiaoran turned around in panic and put his hands behind his back.
This man is ..... Two dogs.
"You... You..... Why did you come out without saying a word? ”
The second dog glanced at Zhou Xiaoran suspiciously.
"What do you have in your hand?"
Zhou Xiaoran thought about it and simply stretched out his hand to show him.
"You picked it from the mountains? Why is it different from what I picked? ”
Zhou Xiaoran finished biting the pears in his hand, threw the kernel into the pig's trough, and said a little weakly: "Why is it different, the pears in the mountains are not all the same, they are sour and not delicious." After the nourishment of the space, not only the taste is better, but also the size is bigger and more beautiful, Zhou Xiaoran said a little weakly.
The second dog was inexplicable, and he didn't want to snatch her pears to eat......
Silently walked to the side and opened the door of the sheepfold.
Hula, a flock of sheep ran out, and the two dogs drove them up the mountain.
It turns out that he is a sheep herder....
After feeding the pigs, Zhou Xiaoran also went to the mountain to pick up the pigweed to prepare for the pigs' lunch.
The work of cutting pigweed is not very skilled, and he is always scratched by thorns or cut by a sickle, Zhou Xiaoran secretly thought in his heart, next time he must prepare a pair of gloves.
"You go over there, there's a lot of pigweed over there."
The second dog held a grass in his mouth and pointed in one direction with his finger.
Zhou Xiaoran looked at it and nodded at Ergouzi, "Thank you, Ergouzi." ”
Zhou Xiaoran went over there with the basket on his back, and he didn't see the pain on the face of the two dogs behind him.
Sure enough, the vegetation here is even more abundant.
"Ergouzi, you can drive the sheep over here, there's a lot of grass here!"
"You don't have to shout so loudly, I can hear you." After thinking about it, I couldn't help but add: "Don't call me a second dog, my big name is Yang Hao." It was he who pestered his father to ask the elementary school teacher in the commune to give it to him.
"But don't people call you two dogs.....
“....... You are not allowed to scream anyway. ”
Zhou Xiaoran was speechless, well, she could understand the rebellious mood of the adolescent little boy.
Zhou Xiaoran diligently cut the pigweed, and watched the two dogs lying on a big stone leisurely and watching the sheep graze..... She said why she was so envious! The job of herding sheep is too easy, these two dogs will not be relatives of the captain.
"Two dogs... Yang Hao, what do you have to do with Uncle Yougen, how could you arrange the work of herding sheep for you? ”
Ergouzi glanced at Zhou Xiaoran leisurely and closed his eyes.
Zhou Xiaoran watched Ergouzi lying there motionless, and just when she thought she was going to fall asleep, a sentence came "He is my father........
This damned child! I'm not very old, but I like to be cool.
It's not easy to feed pigs.
Zhou Xiaoran had almost no idle time at the end of the day, and after cleaning the pigsty at night, he saw that the chimneys of some people's homes were smoking, so he took out the watch he bought the day before departure and looked at it, and sure enough, it was already more than seven o'clock.
When I returned to my place, I looked at the only bag of cornmeal, sighed, took out a few eggs from the space, boiled the eggs in a crockpot first, and boiled cornmeal porridge, and specially inserted the courtyard door before cooking to prevent someone from suddenly breaking in, and the eggshells were buried in the space. Hey, I have to take the time to go to the county seat quickly, and the most important thing is to get an iron pot.
After dinner, there was no entertainment, Zhou Xiaoran went into the space to read, it seemed that there was never a night in the space, and every time he went in, it was bright.
"Xiaoran, Xiaoran, are you there?"
Zhou Xiaoran was fascinated by what she was watching, and suddenly heard someone calling her.
Out of the space, someone was indeed knocking on the door.
The courtyard door opened, and it was Zheng Hongbing.
"Why are you here?" Zhou Xiaoran politely invited someone into the house and poured a glass of water for Zheng Hongbing.
"Thank you, I'm coming to see you, is it okay for you to live here alone?" Zheng Hongbing took a sip of water.
"It's okay, this house is my grandmother's old house before, I built a new house the year before last, this house was vacant, I still lived in this house when I was a child."
"That's good, hey, or hello, you don't know, we are not used to it, I heard that we can't go back to the Chinese New Year this year, saying that it was just here, and the team will not give leave, what about you? Your parents will definitely come to see you, right? Zheng Hongbing glanced at Zhou Xiaoran after speaking.
Who did you listen to? Have the educated youths already gone to the captain? It stands to reason that it shouldn't be, and it's okay to celebrate the New Year, so what's wrong with going home, and you won't run away.
Zhou Xiaoran was surprised and said, "Really? Did the captain say that? Can't go home for the Chinese New Year? Yes? So what should I do, I still want to go back to the provincial capital to buy something in the department store. ”
Zheng Hongbing smiled awkwardly: "The captain didn't say it, I heard what others said, and I don't know if it's true or not." ”
"Comrade Zheng Hongbing, this is your mistake, there is no investigation, there is no right to speak, you haven't figured out the truth of the matter, so you just say everywhere, when the time comes, the educated youths have opinions on the team, which affects the friendly relationship between the educated youths and the team, who do you say is responsible?"
If you inquire about the news, you have to make a detour.
Zheng Hongbing was also depressed, didn't he just inquire about the news, and he was also on the line, and he really used himself as a dish.
Zheng Hongbing squeezed out a smile, "It's mine, Xiaoran, I didn't tell anyone else, just tell you, then, since you don't know, I'll go back first, you are busy." ”
"No more sitting? Don't pass that on again, if you have any doubts, you can go directly to the captain. ”
"Yes.... Good ....."
As soon as he got out of the hospital, Zheng Hongbing's whole face fell, what is it, why should he teach himself!
Zhou Xiaoran didn't care so much, she just fed her pigs.
For a few days, Zhou Xiaoran was immersed in the world of feeding pigs, the work was becoming more and more skilled, and the pigweed was cut faster and more, often one morning could prepare the day's amount, and the afternoon was basically idle, Zhou Xiaoran went into the space to work hard, harvested a batch of rice, a batch of sorghum, sorghum This thing Zhou Xiaoran didn't eat, and it didn't cost much, and it was planned to be used to make wine when it was planted.
Zhou Xiaoran's grandmother in the previous life had a good ancestral wine-making skill, Zhou Xiaoran learned six or seven out of ten, and the wine made also received a lot of praise.
However, before making wine, you also need to prepare the jar.
Going to the county seat must be on the agenda.
"Two dogs!"
Forehead... Wrong.
"Yang Hao!"
This kid seems to have grown taller and stronger, and his eyes are really a bit angry.
"What's the matter, say."
The voice has also changed... Still.... It's ugly.
"Uh.... That's the one .... I'd like to ask you a favor. ”
“.........”
“.........”
"If you don't say anything, I won't help."
Zhou Xiaoran hurriedly grabbed the second dog who was about to leave.
"That's the case, I want to go to the county tomorrow, but no one will feed the pigs when I leave, so I thought of you, you look at the two of us, you herd the sheep, I feed the pigs, and I can be regarded as comrades-in-arms who fight side by side, comrades-in-arms are in difficulty, do you want to help..... This? ”
"That's a lot of nonsense. Go ahead, I'll feed you the pigs, and remember to go to my dad to help you make a note. ”
That's right, it's really a good boy with a cold face and a warm heart!
"You're a... Good comrade-in-arms! Don't worry, I'll be back as soon as possible, you keep the pigsty for me to come back and clean it. ”
Immediately, Zhou Xiaoran went to the captain to open a note.
When facing the captain, I was a little embarrassed, but I was looking for someone's son to help me work.....
"The tractor is going to enter the city early tomorrow morning, you wait at the entrance of the village early, don't catch up." The captain earnestly instructed.
"Got it, thanks to the root tree."
Zhou Xiaoran jumped home happily.