Chapter 187, Planting Flowers

"Okay, it's okay to have a carved decoration at home. Li Yuanshan said.

"What a decoration, I'm here for my son. Song Yu smiled, "This will be his toy from now on." ”

"Mingying has it, congratulations!" Li Yuanshan said with a smile.

"Not yet. Didn't I prepare in advance?" Song Yu said.

"It's not moving, how do you know it's a son, not a girl?" Li Yuanshan said with a smile.

"Doesn't it mean that it's okay, sons and girls are fine, prepare the toys first. Song Yu said.

"Toys can be made at any time. But are you planning to have a child?" asked Li Yuanshan.

"This ...... It's not controlled by people. Besides, don't you want to have children now?" Song Yu asked.

"Hehe, this is really controlled by people. Why don't I teach you, and I'm preparing some decoction for you?" Li Yuanshan said with a smile, "As for the child, I think it will be a few years later, and now like this, the child will suffer when he comes out." Work hard for a few years, and when life gets better, it's never too late. can't be like this generation, and can't be reluctant to eat a piece of candy. "The last time I bought sugar, I tasted one of the big ones, and the rest was divided among the smaller ones. These children are used to living a poor life, and they are reluctant to eat candy, so one person divided six pieces of candy, and there were still two months later. After Li Yuanshan found out that day, he really didn't feel good in his heart.

"With the current situation of our production team, let alone one child, even a family of three or four can support it. Song Yu said, "This is already a good day, how good do you want?"

"You're not right. Now it's barely enough to raise one or two children in a family, but it's not okay to have more children. Li Yuanshan said, "In addition to about 190 acres of paddy fields, our production team only has 60 or 70 acres of dry land, with an average of about 30 acres per capita. If there are three or four more children in our generation, we really won't be able to support them. And now life is not very good, there is no electricity, what TV, radio, bicycle, etc., etc., etc., there is none. The family makes one set of clothes a year, and the meat can't be eaten often, what kind of good life is this?"

"Hey, according to what you say, a family of three or four children, when the time comes, will be more than one acre of land per capita, and it will really not be able to support them!" Song Yu counted with his fingers and said in surprise. Because the production team has a large area of paddy fields and high grain output, it can feed the current population with less than three acres per capita, and can also free up dozens of acres of dry land to grow tobacco. The other production teams, because more than half of them are terraced fields converted from hillsides, the land is barren, and the life of four acres of land per capita is also not good. For the same kind of wheat, the yield per mu of more than 300 catties of flat land is nearly 400 catties, while the sloping land is only 1670 catties, which is a multiplied gap.

"Yes!" Li Yuanshan said with a smile, "So, don't think about having more children, what many children are more blessed, the more you can't eat, where is the blessing! Mingyue and I plan to have one in the future." ”

"A, what if it's a girl?" said Song Yu.

"There is only one girl, so it's a big deal to find a son-in-law. Li Yuanshan said with a smile.

"You're too ...... I can't even find an adjective!" Song Yu said dumbfounded. In other words, although men and women are equal, in the old concept, if you can give birth to a son and inherit the lineage, you naturally have to give birth, and recruit a son-in-law, which is a last resort without a son.

At night, the wood carving was done, and at a glance, in addition to the color, it was a vivid crested ibis, Song Yu wanted to take it away when he saw it, Li Yuanshan smiled: "I haven't painted it yet, let's wait for two days to be lustful." ”

"Color?" Song Yu said, "If the wings are not opened, the ibis is either white or black, but the mouth and feet are red, and the color is not good." "Because it's a toy, it's natural and firm, so you can't carve it like you're spreading your wings, and your mouth and feet have to be shortened, otherwise it's easy to break.

"I want to carve one with open wings, but don't you say it's a toy?" Li Yuanshan said, "Otherwise, if it's painted, it's bright yellow with a reddish tinge, and that's what the tois looks like." ”

"Can you also adjust this color of lacquer?" Song Yu said in surprise.

"Of course!" Li Yuanshan said with a smile, "I have already adjusted this color of lacquer, and I have already used it." ”

"Where? I'll take a look. Song Yu said. Others are also interested.

Li Yuanshan said: "In the room, I'll take it out for you to see." ”

Li Yuanshan took out the crested ibis wood carving placed in the room and put it on the table, and everyone gathered around in admiration. This wood carving depicts the toibis as if it had not yet flown off, its wings already spread, and its feet bent and kicked on the ground.

"Beautiful! It's so beautiful! This is the living crested ibis!" Yang Mingyi said in admiration, "Brother Yuanshan, can you give me this crested ibis?"

"Okay. I promised to make one for you before, and since you like this, let's take it. Li Yuanshan said.

"Great!" Yang Mingyi cheered.

"Brother ...... Far Mountain"

"Far Mountain ......"

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"Don't say it, it's all there. Li Yuanshan waved his hand and said, "But you have to take your time, I'll carve one when I'm interested." ”

"Don't, when do you have to wait!" Zhai Fangping hurriedly said.

"You really have to wait until you're interested, otherwise it looks the same as Hu Lai, but if it lacks a little charm, it will become a dead thing. Li Yuanshan said.

"Well, let's carve slowly. Slow work and careful work, what comes out of this way is good, and it can be passed on as an heirloom in the future. Zhai Fangping said with a smile.

I did three in two days in a row, but it was not good to stay at home every day, and after doing three, Li Yuanshan stopped doing it. Taking advantage of the fact that the weather is still barely today, I carried the scythe on my back and went up the mountain for a spin.

Behind the house is a pine forest, and above is a tea plantation, and Li Yuanshan climbed up along the mountain road.

"It's prickly pear fruit. From time to time, there are thorn cages on the side of the road with leaves falling off and white skin, and Li Yuanshan knows at a glance that this is a prickly pear fruit. "I heard that this thing is the king of vitamin C, and next year I can make some soaking wine or make juice and canned food. ”

Go up to the tea garden, stop and observe, more than 50 years have passed, the tea garden looks very historical, during which the sparse local tree tea, now three or four meters high, looks really tree.

Now the price of tree tea is cheap, and the dwarf Longjing tea can not be compared, after all, Longjing tea is very famous in history, and the tree tea is still raised in the deep boudoir people do not know. If it becomes famous in the future, the price will definitely be more expensive than Longjing tea, and the principle of scarcity is also suitable for it.

"Hey, this is Golden Flower Tea. After passing through the tea garden to the foot of the mountain, looking at a small shrub on the edge of the tea plantation, Li Yuanshan remembered that he had planted a lot of golden flower tea on this mountain, and he had forgotten about it after leaving for many years. "Well, next year you can pick some flowers to make flower tea. "Although the taste of Jinhua tea is not very good, after brewing in water, the flowers stretch out, and it is beautiful.

After looking for a while nearby, I found more than a dozen golden flower teas, although they had not been managed, they did not look bad. Outside the tea garden is a stone mountain, here and the woods below are places for cattle and horses, plus firewood for fire, so there are not many shrubs and thorn cages, and the grass is not deep, which does not affect the growth of Jinhua tea very much.

Descending the mountain road into the woods, he found a clump of bluegrass on the side of the road, Li Yuanshan thought about it and dug three bushes. Although these are ordinary orchids, the fragrance of flowering is as delicate and timeless, and he also planted them in the yard back then, but they have disappeared after so many years.

"I heard your whistle from afar with a sense of joy, what did this bring back? pheasant or hare?" As soon as Li Yuanshan entered the courtyard, Yang Mingdong asked.

"Where there were any pheasants or hares, I dug up two nests of bluegrass. Li Yuanshan said with a smile, "The whistle is because of the cheerful tone." "He played "Lift Your Hijab", which has been sung for decades, that is, they have never heard it in the middle of nowhere.

"Bluegrass?" Yang Mingdong said, "I remember that when I was a child, there was also a plant on the side of this open dam, and we dug it back and planted it, but it died." Although the flowering of this thing is not beautiful, the fragrance is good. ”

"It's because of the fragrance of the flowers that I dug it up and planted it. Li Yuanshan said with a smile, "In addition, its leaves are evergreen all year round, unlike other flowers that only have bare branches in winter, and this time is also a scene." ”

Put down the back and take out the bluegrass, Li Yuanshan first divided the bluegrass, and then took a hoe to dig it by the open dam. "As soon as you part the mud, it will fall, and if you plant it, you will die. ”

"That's because you don't care if you plant it. Li Yuanshan said with a smile, "When you plant it, you have to drench it, but not too much." Then observe often, and if the water is insufficient, drench some water. ”

"Look, I plant it higher than it gets, and even if it rains heavily, it won't be flooded. Li Yuanshan continued, "Of course, this is not good, it is better to plant it in a flower pot, so that even if you don't move into the house when it rains heavily, the rain will flow out from the bottom of the flower pot, and the orchid will not be drowned." ”

"Hehe, when we planted, we began to pour a big scoop of water every day, and after a few days, we didn't care, and when I thought about it later, the bluegrass was already dead. We haven't planted it since. Yang Mingdong said with a smile.

"Even if you want to plant, you have to have this leisure. Song Yu said with a smile, "A few years ago, it was a mess, who bothered to do this, and if you accidentally got a hat, you were said to be petty bourgeoisie." ”

"Huh...... It's okay now. Li Yuanshan said with a smile, "It's just planting some flowers, this can be regarded as cultivating sentiment, isn't there greenery in the city? Having said that, who doesn't want to eat better, live better, and be fragrant with birds singing and flowers? The front and back of this house are bare, and looking at it also affects the mood." ”

"That's true. Yang Mingdong said, "Especially at this time, the wheat and rape in the field have just grown, and the eyes are full of mud when you look at it, and if there are no pine trees and fir trees on the mountain, it is really desolate and desolate, how can you get by!"