Longjiang County is in the subtropics, Damao Village is in the southernmost part of Longjiang County, close to the tropics, it can be said that the climate, precipitation and light are very suitable for planting, which is also the reason why the nearby counties can be used as inorganic breeding bases.

Da Mao Village was also a famous food producing area nearby, but in recent years, the labor force in the village has gradually moved to the city.

When young people go out to school, few are willing to return to the village to engage in heavy and unprofitable agricultural activities.

Most of the middle-aged and elderly people in their fifties and left-behind children were left in the village.

In fact, it is not to blame the young people, they themselves are reluctant to come back, and the old people in the family also feel that they should not come back to farm after studying for decades.

It's not that they dislike the hard work of farming, but in the current society where prices are soaring, farming can't support a family at all.

Unlike the vast plains in the northeast, where the land is mostly hilly or mountainous, this limits the large-scale use of farming machines, and the efficiency of farming will be much lower if it is all manual.

Moreover, although the state has been encouraging agriculture in recent years, there is a lot of support in the policy, such as exemption from agricultural taxes and the like, and even subsidies for farming.

But these subsidies are far from keeping up with the rising prices of seeds, fertilizers and pesticides, and are not cost-effective at all, even if farmers do not account for their own labor costs.

Besides, farming is the work of watching the sky and eating, and if you encounter one or two natural and man-made disasters, most of the hard work of half a year may be in vain.

The cost of farming is constantly increasing, but the price of grain purchased by grain dealers has not increased much, and the enthusiasm of villagers to farm has of course been hit.

"It's finally not that hot."

There are more than a dozen villagers sitting under the big banyan tree at the head of Big Cat Village.

The early rice is harvested at the end of July, and even the latest ones are harvested at the beginning of August, and the late rice is harvested in September.

Now everyone has nothing to do, and there is no pastime in the village when the farm is not working, and the village cadres are strictly in charge, prohibiting gambling and other things, even small gambling pleasure is not allowed.

The village is full of middle-aged and elderly people and children, and they are afraid of getting sick when they stay at home all day long, so the village cadres like to encourage everyone to come out to chat and exchange feelings.

The villagers all like and are used to getting together under the big banyan tree to chat, one or two of them are diligent, and they are fiddling with some things in their hands, and if you look closely, they are some bamboo knick-knacks.

The old village chief gently shook the futon in his hand and felt the coolness brought by the fan.

The center of the villagers' discussion was the Li family, who came here two months ago, especially the little girl, Li Nianmian.

"Oh, now the little girl is really amazing, she is very capable at a young age. Look at other people, who are a few years younger than my grandson, and can do such a big thing on their own. A gray-haired grandmother sighed.

The old man also said, "Isn't it?" I thought that Xiao Young was just playing, but I didn't expect people to really make it. ”

At this time, a villager saw Tang Laosan riding a motorcycle up the mountain, and hurriedly stopped him: "Third brother, where are you going?" ”

Tang Laosan was an orchard worker hired by Li Nianmian, he stopped his motorcycle, limped over, and smiled innocently: "There is no soy sauce on the mountain, I want to buy a bottle and go up." ”

Tang Laosan's family all live in the village, and they just go to work in the mountains on time, but because sometimes they are convenient, sometimes they are cool, and they occasionally live on the mountains.

A small simple yard was also built on the hill of the orchard, so that the workers could occasionally spend the night on it.

"What does it feel like to work in the mountains." A villager patted the empty stone bench beside him and motioned for Tang Laosan to sit down.

The villagers felt a little hot and put on the futon at hand.

Tang Laosan was also not polite, and sat up: "Okay, staying in the mountains is more comfortable than in the village, and it is not far, but I feel that the air is much fresher." ”

"The little boss is good, he doesn't manage much, he doesn't point fingers, the work is similar to the usual farming, and the little boss doesn't care about us after the work."

There are also three pigs in the pigsty in Tanglaosan Village, and they still have time to feed the pigs for three meals a day.

"Every day is to look at the fruit trees, look at the herbs, grow vegetables, and feed the chickens. Hey, the vegetables and chicken on the mountain are really delicious. ”

The little boss is good, the fruits and vegetables at home, and even the chickens can be eaten at will. He also said that after the herbs were ready, give them some seeds and let them try them in their own fields.

Tang Laosan's family of four are all hard-working people, Li Nianmian directly incorporated all of them, not to mention the other three, even the slightly mentally handicapped eldest son of his family has a salary.

Someone asked curiously: "Your family works there, how is it, is there this amount of salary per person a month?" He held out two fingers and gestured.

Tang Laosan smiled mysteriously, and his dark face, which was too old to match his age, showed a mysterious smile, and he didn't speak.

Everyone smiled knowingly, and they also knew what it meant, that is, more than that.

The crowd laughed in amazement and envy.

In the village, food and accommodation don't cost much, and now there are no children in Tang Laosan's family to study.

Wow, then Donald's family of four can save at least 10,000 yuan a month.

For a while, everyone made a coax of envy, but no one was blushing.

Tang Laosan is a well-known poor household in Big Cat Village, not that their family is lazy, but their lives are hard.

Donald is the youngest child in the family, but because of polio, he was lame and was disliked by his parents.

After his parents went to the city to work and settle down, they brought his two older brothers into the city, leaving him alone at home to serve the two old people.

Tang Laosan's parents are not a thing, they sent some money back a few years ago, and when Tang Lao was fourteen years old, he stopped sending money, and even thought about not giving the old man pension money, so that Tang Lao San would support their grandparents instead of them.

With the intervention of the village committee, Tang Laosan's parents only gave him 200 yuan a month for pension, and he was reluctant to pay more. Every time the village cadres were in a hurry, they would take the two children back to their hometown and roll in front of the old man, saying that the old man was going to force the other two children to death.

What can the two old people do, the palms and backs of their hands are full of meat, Donald is his grandson, and the other two are not picked up, and his parents have expressed this position, and they are determined not to raise this child.

The old couple could only live with Tang Laosan, oh, at that time, Tang Xiaosan was still dependent on each other.

Two hundred, two old people, one child.

Tang Laosan can't go out to work if he wants to, after all, there are two old people in the family.

What to do, he could only grow up stumbling with the help of the villagers, and sent away two old people.