As soon as the tractor entered the village, I felt that the atmosphere was different from the past, the air was filled with joy, and the children were all over the village.

The tractor stopped at the entrance of the village, and Gao Shufang and Gao Mingli got out of the car first, each holding the things they were carrying, and the bags were full of bulging.

"Second brother, second sister-in-law, my fourth brother and I will go back first." Gao Shufang obediently waved goodbye to Gao Mingcheng and them.

"Hmm." Gao Mingcheng responded, and saw them walking along the path towards their parents' house, so he started the car and continued to drive to Niuweiling, along the way, he kept greeting people.

On the body of the tractor, many beauties sat quietly, and a pair of eyes were full of excitement looking at the long-lost village.

She hasn't been back to the village since the store opened, and after nearly two months away from the village, she still has some thoughts in her heart.

When I returned to my home, the longing in my heart reached its peak.

The black tiger and the elf heard the sound early, and rushed towards the tractor, welcoming the arrival of the master as soon as possible.

"Black Tiger, Elf." Many beauties stroked the heads of the two dogs and happily frolicked with them, but the two dogs were not satisfied, and they rubbed against Gao Mingcheng's side one by one.

Gao Mingcheng was moving the things of the car into the house, but he didn't have time to pay attention to them, so he gently kicked the two dogs with his feet and said, "Go aside, I'll come and play with you later!" ”

Many beauties saw Gao Mingcheng carrying heavy things, and he was not idle, helping to move the light ones out of the car, and he also had to carry water for hygiene.

Although Gao Mingcheng will go back to the village every five or six days, especially when he hunted wild boars last time, he stayed for two days, but after a period of uninhabited houses, it is inevitable that the ashes will fall.

There are traces of water left by the edge of the wellhead, which may be Zhang Chengyuan or Gao Yuanzhi to lift the water.

This year, the weather is dry, and there is a shortage of water everywhere, and the public water wells in the old village have to queue up early to fetch water, and once they go late, there will definitely be no water to drink.

For this reason, Gao Mingcheng gave Zhang Chengyuan and Gao Yuanjian the key to his yard, so that they could go to their own well to carry water. In addition, Zhang Chengyuan was given the key so that he could take care of the family's livestock, Zhang Chengyuan would come over every day to help him lead the sheep out to graze, and then sprinkle a handful of grain for the chickens.

The chickens are only fed once a day, and if they are not full, they have to go outside to find bugs and grass seeds to eat.

The husband and wife worked hard for more than an hour to clean the house inside and out.

Gao Mingcheng put away the rice noodles, all kinds of candy and snacks, and a lot of wind-blown meat he brought back, and then looked at the familiar mountain peak.

"Tomei, I'll go for a walk in the mountains." As soon as he had said that, he strode out of the door, where the black tiger and the elf were lying on their stomachs, and when they saw him come out, they immediately stood up and followed him.

"Let's go, I'll take you to patrol the mountains!"

Gao Mingcheng led the two dogs to Xiaofu Mountain first, most of which were still empty, and only a piece of sugar orange was planted halfway up the mountain.

One hundred and eight trees were planted at the beginning, but several trees died one after another, and when Gao Mingcheng went up the mountain now, he found that a sugar orange had died, and the leaves were withered, and nine times out of ten it was dried up.

He easily plucked out the dead sugar orange and threw it in the place where the miscellaneous trees were piled up, and when it was completely dry, he could carry it back to be burned as firewood.

Xiaofushan has nothing to turn now, but Gao Mingcheng still carried a bucket of water with a bucket and walked to the place where the yellow essence seeds were buried, the yellow essence seeds need to be stored in the sand, and after he collected the yellow essence seeds last autumn, he has been hiding in the shade of Xiaofushan, and keep the water and soil moist.

By the time spring comes, the seeds can be dug up and planted.

Yellow essence is a nourishing medicinal material, can be directly stewed meat to eat, can also be concocted into the medicinal use, the use is very wide, Gao Mingcheng is planning to plant a batch on a large scale.

Of course, he now has a limited amount of seeds, so he can only slowly expand the planting range.

After turning around Xiaofushan, Gao Mingcheng led the two dogs into Oxtail Ridge, but he didn't enter the deep mountains, but just went to check the situation of the beehives.

Beekeeping can not be completely ignored, we must always pay attention to the situation of the beehive, make some treatment in time, and replace it in time if the bee spleen is not good.

Gao Mingcheng finished checking them one by one, and killed some wasps, the wasps will eat bees, and sometimes follow the bees to the vicinity of the beehive, and then wait for an opportunity to attack, so the corpses of bees can often be found near the beehive.

Gao Mingcheng walked around in the mountains, the time was already noon unconsciously, and he was a little hungry, Gao Mingcheng did not stay in the mountains for a long time, and went down the mountain with two dogs.

Before I entered the house, I smelled the aroma of the vegetables, and the sound of the spatula stir-frying also sounded from the kitchen.

"Coming back? It's time to eat. Mingcheng, you go to carry a bucket of water, it's almost out of water. When Duomei saw him returning, she immediately commanded.

Gao Mingcheng responded, carrying a bucket and walking to the well.

There was no pump in the well on their side, so they tied a thick twine rope to the handle of a bucket, threw the bucket into the well, and then pulled the bucket up with the twine.

It takes a lot of effort to lift water in this way.

The well of Gao Mingcheng's house is very good, there is a spring, the water quality is very good, and even if the weather is dry this year, there is still water in the well, but the water level is lower than in the first half of the year.

At the wellhead, no one cares about the growth of ferns, which are also herbs and do not affect the quality of the wells and water, because they are not hardened with cement.

Gao Mingcheng walked into the kitchen with water, and the last dish was just ready to come out of the pot.

At the dinner table, many Mei and Gao Mingcheng said: "I went to see my second sister before, she said that someone went to the village to collect pigs a few days ago, but this year the pigs in the village have not been raised well, and they are not big, and the people who collect the pigs want to lower the price, but the people in the village are unwilling, and finally decided to come to collect the pigs tomorrow morning." My second sister asked me if there was any bran at home, and said that I wanted to borrow a few catties of chaff, starve the pig for a day today, and then cook a big pot of pig food for the pig to eat tomorrow morning. ”

"You can borrow it." Gao Mingcheng said casually.

Like this, starve the pig for a day before harvesting the pig, and then let the pig eat with its belly open the next day, so that you can eat eight or nine catties of pig food in one meal!

If the pig is bigger, you can eat more than a dozen catties in one meal!

And these pig foods will naturally increase the weight of the pigs, resulting in more money for selling pigs. This kind of operation is a routine operation in the countryside, and even the pig collectors know it, but it's not easy to say anything.

But this method also has a small drawback, that is, when the pig is hungry, it will howl, and you can't rest well.

Gao Mingcheng doesn't raise pigs, but it's troublesome.

After lunch, the husband and wife were going to the village to visit the house, but the places where they went were different, many beauties first took the chaff from the house to her second sister, and then went to Dong Feixia's house.

As for Gao Mingcheng, he went to his parents' house first, and then went to Grandma's house, and by the way, he chatted with other people in the village and talked about the recent situation.

As soon as Gao Mingcheng talked to people, he learned that other people in the village were going to sell pigs tomorrow, okay, it seems that the old village must be very lively tonight!

When the time comes, your pigs will cry again, and one after another, which can make people sleep badly all night.

But in order to get more money from selling pigs, everyone must be willing.

Everything is fine at Grandma Xi's house, but He Xiuman is about to give birth, her belly is already very big, and she often has labor pains, according to Grandma Xi, this is a sign that she is about to give birth.

When women in the village give birth, they almost never go to the hospital, they give birth at home, and some people don't even call the midwife, and the female elders of the family help give birth.

Fortunately, due to the amount of exercise at this time, most of the pregnant women at this time give birth quickly, even if they are first-time mothers, they will not delay too long.

However, there is also a certain risk in this way, that is, if the fetus is not in the right position and there is no way to give birth smoothly, it may lead to dystocia, and in severe cases, it will lead to two deaths.

In fact, now the hospital already has caesarean section technology, and people in the county will choose to go to the hospital to give birth, even if they don't go to the hospital, once the situation is wrong, they can be sent to the hospital immediately, which is more secure.

Gao Mingcheng considered this, so he pulled Gao Zhuang aside, whispered about these situations, and then said: "Gao Zhuang, if there is something wrong with your wife, you can come and call me immediately, and I will drive her to the health center." ”

"Okay." Gao Zhuang had never experienced this, and he had never heard of such a risk, so he was a little nervous.

Gao Mingcheng patted him on the shoulder and reassured: "Don't be nervous, I'm just in case, now that I have a car, whether it's going to the health center or the county hospital, it's very convenient." It's going to be fine. ”

Gao Zhuang also breathed a sigh of relief as if he had taken a reassuring pill.

Yes, after having a tractor, it is indeed a lot more convenient, although the tractor can not shelter from the wind and rain, and it is strange to sit in the car in winter, but as long as the warmth measures are done, there is no big problem.

The day passed like this, and early the next morning, Gao Mingcheng went to the old village early, ready to help catch the pigs.

The pig collector knew that everyone would give the pig a full meal, so he came very early, so that the pig did not have time to eat it happily.

But some shrewd people get up as early as four or five o'clock in the morning to cook pig food, let the pig eat it with its belly open, and only some lazy people drag it out late.

His own parents raised two pigs, but he didn't need his help, although Gao Mingwan was still working in the transportation company and didn't come back, but with Gao Mingpeng and Gao Mingli there, it was no problem to catch two pigs.

But Zhang Chengyuan's family and Grandma's family may need him to help.

Don't look at Zhang Chengyuan's house is not big, and the living conditions are not good, but he is very diligent and raises two pigs, while his grandmother's family only raises one pig.

When he passed, he found that He Xiuman's face was not very good, and he was not very energetic, so he asked.

Grandma Xi immediately said distressedly: "I didn't feed the pig yesterday, the pig kept barking, and the noisy Xiuman couldn't sleep well, and it was not easy to sleep with a big belly, so I was noisy!" Later, in the middle of the night, I called Zhuang Zhuang to feed the pigs, but the pigs at home stopped barking, and other people's pigs were still barking. ”

"Now there is a lot of noise in the village, and she can't sleep, so she can only wait for the pig collectors to leave, and then she can sleep quietly for a while."

When Gao Mingcheng heard this, he also felt that He Xiuman was strange and pitiful.

Almost every household in the old village has raised pigs, more can raise three or five heads, and less also raise one, think about it, so many pigs are barking at the same time, it is estimated that the whole village people can't sleep well!

It's just that others haven't slept well, and they can still insist on it, but He Xiuman, a pregnant woman, didn't sleep well, and her physical condition was not good.

Soon it was the turn of the fine grandmother's house to sell the pigs, so Gao Mingcheng stepped forward to take a hand, he and Gao Zhuang took the rope into the pigsty, Gao Mingcheng quickly held down the pig, he was so strong that even wild boars could hold it, let alone domestic pigs.

After he held down the pig, Gao Zhuang took the opportunity to tie the pig's four feet, and then the two carried the pig out.

The pig collectors stood under the most spacious camphor tree, and they brought a large scale, which could weigh the pigs, and after each pig was weighed, it was carried directly to the truck, which was an old truck for pigs, and there were rusty marks everywhere in the corners, and the carriage was also full of pig manure, and there was a smell of it.

Someone was in charge of weighing, someone was in charge of keeping accounts and giving money, and the villagers who got the money were counting the money, with smiles on their faces.

After a year of raising pigs, it is finally time to harvest.

Some people don't count once enough, they have to count two or three more times, and when their fingers are dry, they put their index finger in their mouth and dip some saliva in it, and then continue to count the money.

But this year, due to the dry weather, in the second half of the year, people are short of food to eat, let alone pigs, so the pigs in Gaojia Village are generally not big.

Removing the money to buy piglets, and removing the pigweed money eaten in a year, it actually doesn't make much money.

But there are not many ways for rural people to make money, as long as they can earn something, then they are willing to work hard for it, and in the minds of many people, the labor they pay, as well as the pigweed that has not been paid, is not considered capital, so in their accounting, it is still earned.

Some people's family members are short of hands and can't carry pigs, so Gao Mingcheng will take a hand to help, all of them have the same surname, and everyone will inevitably be related to each other.

After a lively morning, the pigs in the village were finally sold.

With the pigs gone, the whole village became a little quieter, with smiles on the faces of the adults and smiles on the faces of the children.

Tomorrow is Chinese New Year's Eve, and on Chinese New Year's Eve, the children in the village will receive red envelopes, which can then be used to buy candy to eat.

What child wouldn't look forward to the New Year's red envelopes?

In the afternoon, Gao Mingcheng decided to go to the mountains for a turn, he planned to go to see the situation of animals and plants in the mountains.

The black tiger and the elf finally looked forward to the return of their master, so they naturally followed their master all the time, and followed Gao Mingcheng into the deep mountains.

Gao Mingcheng ran all the way, in the mountains and forests in winter, there were many dead branches and leaves, and the weeds had already withered, and the whole forest seemed empty.

When people walk in the mountains, they only feel that the mountains are a lot cleaner, and some small animals that they often saw before, such as hedgehogs and snakes, have hibernated.

When I came to the place where I used to catch bullfrogs, I didn't see any traces of bullfrogs, because bullfrogs and frogs also need to hibernate, they will dig holes, and then hide in the holes, and when the weather is warm and there is rain in the next spring, they will wake up from the burrows, make croaking sounds, and welcome the new year.

Everything seems so quiet, but everything is gathering strength for the coming year.

(End of chapter)