Chapter Sixty-Eight: The First Day of Experiencing Country Life
The secretary of the county party committee, who came back to his senses, raised his head and thought carefully, "I will do whatever you do, you will take me to experience your life, I am not afraid of being tired." ”
"Okay, I'll take you up the mountain tomorrow." Ji Wan looked at him and really didn't know how to suffer, so he was satisfied with him.
There was no sentence to talk about for a while, and Ji Wan also knew that the secretary of the county party committee was called Chen Zairen, and the secretary directly asked Ji Wan to call him Lao Chen.
It's a little unaccustomed to shouting like this, but Chen Zairen really doesn't have any fight, and Ji Wan shouts smoothly.
In the evening, Ji Wan was busy in the kitchen, all of which were home-cooked dishes.
Potato slices salad, cucumbers, sweet and sour pork ribs, stir-fried kidneys and a chicken broth.
Ji Wan also put some fat intestines in the fried kidneys, which were processed very cleanly, and the fat in them was scraped off, and there was no smell at all.
"Wow! This pig's large intestine can be made so delicious, and it doesn't smell at all, it's the first time I've seen it. The corners of Chen Zairen's mouth were shiny lard, and the chopsticks in his hand swept every dish on the table, "Well, this cucumber is also delicious, sour and appetizing." ”
After a meal, Chen Zairen didn't eat less, but fortunately Ji Wan made a lot, otherwise it would not be enough to eat.
The secretary of the county party committee doesn't look fat, but he didn't expect the amount of food to be so amazing, and he has a serious face, but he is so down-to-earth, and he can integrate well with farmers.
In the evening, the family arranged a house, the eldest sister-in-law and the second sister-in-law lived, and Chen Zairen and the two elder brothers lived, so it was okay.
The kangs in the countryside are relatively large, and they sleep horizontally, so sleeping with three people is not a problem at all.
When she returned to the house in the evening, Gui Fen's sister-in-law was still embroidering in her hand, Ji Wan straightened the quilt and said to her, "Gui Fen's sister-in-law doesn't have to be in such a hurry, the goods for the day after tomorrow have basically been prepared, don't worry." ”
"That'll do!" Hearing Ji Wan's words, Gui Fen's sister-in-law had no choice but to put down the work in her hand and rubbed her sour eyes, she was indeed very tired at the end of the day.
Lying on the bed, Ji Wan thought of staying at the second uncle's house to eat before, if she hadn't brought a lot of food, it is estimated that she had been eating sweet potato porridge.
It's not that sweet potato porridge is bad, but it's all meals, who can stand it?
In the dark, she opened her eyes and asked Gui Fen's sister-in-law, "Sister-in-law, it stands to reason that your family has Brother Ji Cheng, and you still have two uncles and two laborers, and you should barely have enough to eat, why is the family still so hard?" ”
Sister-in-law Gui Fen was silent for a while, and then slowly spoke, "Actually, at the beginning, our family's life was okay, not to mention eating meat at meals, but we didn't need to drink porridge at meals. At that time, your brother Ji Ming was not addicted to gambling, and your grandmother often came to Santu Village to fight the autumn breeze, and she followed what she saw. also took a lot of money from the family, and the father-in-law didn't say anything about the portrait, and the mother is also this character. Later, most of the family was emptied by them, and Ji Ming also began to be addicted to gambling, and the family was really bitter. ”
Speaking of this, Ji Wan felt that Gui Fen's voice was choked, so she didn't continue.
The room was quiet, but I thought in my heart that her milk would really be greedy for a small price, and she was still a good hand at holding sheep.
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When Ji Wan got up for breakfast, Chen Zairen had already gotten up, looking at Ji Wan's eyes, and he couldn't wait to go out to experience life now.
Under the pressure of this look, Ji Wan could only speed up and finish breakfast.
Ji Wan took two straw hats in the corner and handed one to Chen Zairen, "I'll take you to our field to plant seedlings, it's still a small piece away, and you'll have to go to the foot of the mountain to carry fertilizer later." ”
When he arrived in the field, Ji Wan went down first in rain boots, the sleeves of his clothes were rolled up, and he carefully stepped on the dirt on one side, and Chen Zairen followed closely.
Chen Zairen held the seedlings assigned to him by Ji Wan in his hand, and watched Ji Wan's movements according to the gourd drawing, from the speed at the beginning, to slowly finding the essence.
It took two hours to plant all the seedlings.
"Girl, what are you doing with this basket?" Chen Zairen lifted up the basket that had gone down to the field, looking puzzled.
Ji Wan straightened up, glanced at it, fanned himself with his hat, and introduced him, "That!" It's the one who catches the yellow eel. ”
"Can you still use this to catch yellow eels? Does it work? Chen Zairen looked into the basket in disbelief, and sure enough, he saw the wriggling creature, and his face was full of surprise, "Huh! Three fat yellow eels, this thing can really catch the thief's loach. ”
Chen Zairen looked at the basket vigorously like an old child who had never seen the world, and kept asking questions, "Why is there still iron wire here?" ”
"That's for the bait, and the smell of the earthworms will attract the eels and they'll get into the basket on their own." Ji Wan packed up the farm tools and put them in the field, and when the time came, the second brother would take them back, and waved his hand at Chen Zairen, "Let's go, old Chen, don't look at it, let's drive a tractor and go to the foot of the mountain to load soil and fertilizer, we are busy in the morning!" ”
Soil fertilizer is not only needed in rice fields, but also for growing vegetables, and the demand is very large.
Speaking of tractors, Chen Zairen's interest really shifted again, and after putting the basket back in its place, he followed Ji Wan away.
When he arrived at the warehouse, Ji Wan was familiar with the way to the place where the tractor was placed.
"You tractors are so shiny! Let's get a new car! Chen Zairen touched the shell of the tractor, and his eyes were full of curiosity.
Ji Wan was in the car, found the starting lever, looked a little proud, and patted the tractor, "This is a reward from the county, it hasn't been used many times, it is also new, our captain can treasure it, it is wiped clean every day, and it can be used to look in the mirror." ”
Chen Zairen recognized the captain's behavior, "After all, this is an honor and a lot of money." Don't talk about it, teach me how to drive, I haven't even driven a tractor. ”
"Okay." Ji Wan told Chen Zairen all the general operations, especially the ones that need to be paid attention to, if he was broken by Lao Chen, the captain would not say it, and he would definitely be sad and grief-stricken in his heart.
After teaching for more than ten minutes, Ji Wan asked Lao Chen to try it and started the car in advance for him, "You go up and try it."
Chen Zairen sat on the tractor, his face was wrinkled, and he drove the tractor out of the warehouse, "I can actually drive a tractor, this feeling is really different from a car." ”
The car has a roof and the tractor is convertible, so of course it doesn't feel the same.
But I have to say that our county party secretary has a very fast learning ability, no wonder he can be a secretary.
Ji Wan asked Chen Zairen to drive to the foot of the mountain, but she sat in the back, squinting leisurely for a while, lazy, which felt good.
At the foot of the mountain, there were already many baskets of miscellaneous soil on the ground.
"Is this fertilizer?" Chen Zairen squatted and looked at the fertilizer in the basket, and dug a handful with his hands.
Ji Wan had already picked up a basket at this time and moved it to the car, she was tired and gasped, "Yes, we all use this for fertilization, and it doesn't cost money to be natural." ”
Chen Zairen also began to move the basket with Ji Wan, at first Chen Zairen was still a little unable to exert his strength, as soon as the basket was lifted, the 'snap' returned to its original position, and it was almost customary to move five or six baskets later.
Chen Zairen stood up, hammered his waist, and sighed from the bottom of his heart, "The farm work is really tiring, and I have to scatter all my old bones." ”
Ji Wan wiped the sweat from his forehead, stepped forward to start the tractor, and gave Chen Zairen a hundred praises for his words, "Of course, this is nothing, I'm too busy!" My eldest brother has lost weight, and he has meat all the time, and he can't bear the day's work. ”
Chen Zairen thoughtfully sat on the edge behind the tractor, and Ji Wan skillfully turned his head and drove back.
Chen Zairen didn't speak all the way, and when he arrived at the warehouse and parked the car inside, Ji Wan patted the stunned Chen Zairen, "What do you want!" Skipping a meal? ”
"Oh oh oh!" Chen Zairen, who came back to his senses, hurriedly caught up with Ji Wan's pace in front.
In the morning, I was planting rice and moving baskets, and there was nothing left of breakfast.
The sister-in-law made a very hearty meal, two meat dishes, two vegetarian dishes, and one soup.
"The food after labor is fragrant." Chen Zairen ate two and a half bowls of rice, and ate eight pieces of braised pork.
After eating, Chen Zairen held his stomach, sat in the yard blowing a cool breeze, pointed to the tree in the yard a little lazily, and asked, "What kind of tree is this?" ”
"This is a walnut tree, and it's been planted for a long time." Ji Wan also knew it based on memory, otherwise she wouldn't know if she didn't have walnuts now.
In the afternoon, Ji Wan took Chen Zairen up the mountain, originally she didn't want to take it with her, but Chen Zairen kept begging, and she couldn't refuse.
One person was carrying a basket, and Chen Zairen was still holding a thick branch that he had picked up somewhere, which served as a crutch.
The deeper and deeper he went, it was a different road wherever the mountain went, and on a green field, Ji Wan observed the surroundings and found good things in a piece of greenery.
In March, there are "plums" sweet and sour, and the "fruits" of life are not true.
"Lao Chen, come and pick plums, plums in March and peaches in April, it's best to fry fat intestines." Ji Wan put the basket on the ground, and his hands had already begun to move towards the plums.
Chen Zairen was still looking at the things on the mountain, and as soon as she shouted, he immediately slipped over to pick plums together, and when he heard what she said, he asked rhetorically, "Can plums still fry fat sausages?" This is the first time I've heard of it. ”
"Of course, it's a regional flavor that can be pickled into crisp plums." Ji Wan gave Chen Zairen science popularization, and picked plums at the same time, and it was a pity not to play games.
She picked up plums, and they all came out with afterimages.
"I can't even keep up with your speed." Chen Zairen grabbed the plum and turned his head to look at Ji Wan's speed, which was really incomparable.
Ji Wan smiled slyly and teased Chen Zairen a little, "Old Chen! The revolution has not yet succeeded, comrades still need to work hard! ”