Song Tan's Notes

The house that Qi Lin rented is actually quite nice.

The house was built about 20 years ago. It is a square red brick bungalow with a sloping roof made of asbestos tiles that were popular at the time to prevent leaks. It is now very old, but not broken.

In addition, since it was not built next to the main road of the village, the village committee did not require the roof to be replaced.

There were broken glass stuck on the more than one-meter-high cement wall, and the horizontal bar at the bottom of the hollow iron mesh gate was rusted and a piece had been broken off, but it did not affect locking the door.

The concrete floor in the yard had several deep cracks, and weeds had grown out of it. Even though Qi Lin had pulled it out a few days ago, tender grass buds were still growing again.

But even in such an environment, the old man looked at the yard, and there was a faucet and sink in the utility shed next to it. The toilet was actually a flush squat toilet seen in the city, and his face was full of amazement!
This place with lots of water is great!

He was a little uncomfortable with the fact that the bed was not against the wall, but this was still a rural area after all, just greener than his hometown, so it was not that difficult for him to accept.

At this moment, he looked at the hoe, shovel, etc. in the shed, and carefully checked the wedge that was stuck in the hoe. Then he said happily, "They are all good!"

"Yes!"

Qi Lin quickly led him to pack up his things and taught the old man how to turn on the TV - this was something he bought with extra money. The house had not been lived in for many years and the TV was still equipped with the old antenna, which had fallen into disrepair and there were few channels available now.

So he spent money to buy a small "dish" online, and connected the TV of a few hundred yuan there. It was not as difficult to connect as Internet TV, and it could search more channels. In short, Mr. Qi was satisfied and nervous:

"How expensive it is at the end of the year."

3000 yuan was nothing to Qi Lin, but he didn't say anything: "Grandpa, you know this house will decay easily if no one lives in it for a long time. They just ask for some money to find someone to liven it up. This TV will break easily if you don't watch it... It's more humid here than where we are, so you need to take a closer look at the electrical appliances!"

That's the truth.

Old man Qi knew it. The washing machine in the convenience store owner's home had been unused for a long time and started to have problems.

He wanted to ask something else, but Qi Lin pointed outside and said, "Grandpa, look at our land. It's the end of April now. We have to plant some vegetables."

The old man was shocked: "That's true!"

It’s too late if you don’t grow vegetables now!
The vegetable garden is just below the path across from the house.

The terrain is slightly lower than the house by one or two meters. You can see traces of a circle of dry bamboo on all sides. The dark green net was probably used to prevent chickens from entering. Now it is hanging on the side in tatters and has long been buried by weeds.

As for the three or four acres of vegetable garden, it is a mess, with dense weeds growing everywhere.

Old Man Qi was heartbroken when he saw it: "Ouch!"

What a wonderful place this is!

He immediately turned around and hurried back to the yard without reminiscing about the past. He rummaged around in the utility shed and found a rusty sickle - but he couldn't find a whetstone, so he became anxious again, muttering:

"Our sickle is much better! It's very convenient to use. I wanted to bring it, but your uncle Wang said that the train was not allowed to enter... Oh, I heard from other people in the village that the train skin was green. Now that life is better, the train has changed its color and is painted white. It looks pretty..."

Seeing that his whole mind was on the fields, Qi Lin couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

……

Old man Qi has adapted very well to living in Yunqiao Village.

He wakes up at 5 am. Generally speaking, he goes to the kitchen to cook himself a pot of batter and some pickles. Then he goes to the fields to pick up some crops. But most of the time, there is nothing to pick up in the fields. Who doesn't have sacks of potatoes and sweet potatoes? They are so greasy that they are almost useless.

But here, after getting up at 5 o'clock, he walked around the house with nothing to do, so he simply tied up the weeds he had cut a few days ago and made a big broom.

When Qi Lin doesn't need to monitor data, he gets up late, at seven o'clock to brush his teeth - it's not as convenient as living in a dormitory here, and there's no internet, but it doesn't make much difference, he can just go to the dormitory when he needs to process the data.

When he came out again, he saw that the weeds were piled neatly on one side. The old man asked, "I see the soil here is fertile, and the weeds will definitely grow more. Linzi, can we feed sheep with so much grass? Can we raise sheep?"

Qi Lin didn't know whether to laugh or cry: the idea of ​​raising sheep was instilled in his grandfather when he went home for the New Year.

"Row!"

I am not afraid of the old man looking for something to do, I am afraid of him having nothing to do: "I will buy you another nest of chicks and raise them together!"

That's a good feeling!

Old Man Qi was overjoyed: "Okay, okay..."

Turning to him, he asked, "I can plow the land thoroughly today. Where are we going to the market? I want to buy some vegetable seedlings!"

"There is a bus!" Qi Lin said quickly, "You can plow the land first today, and then I will take you to the market in town."

Then he looked at the time and said, "Let's go have breakfast first."

When talking about eating, the old man became even more excited: "Is your cafeteria really free?"

"Really?" Qi Lin said calmly, "Look, no one is collecting money. Everyone eats like this. Were the dumplings delicious last night?"

That must be delicious!
After that meal of dumplings, Old Man Qi knew that this was a good place. They also had shepherd's purse there, but it was not as delicious as here. He didn't know that it was because shepherd's purse was somewhat contaminated with spiritual energy, and thought it was a regional advantage - the yellow earth in his hometown was everywhere, and the wind blew away all the mud and sand. The green on the mountains in spring was also a layer of grayish green on top, and dry yellow underneath.

It's not like here, where the mountains and fields are full of green in different shades, and it looks so moist. It's a good place to grow crops.

It is no exaggeration to say that Old Man Qi was only two dumplings away from having three bowls of food last night - that was because he was afraid of eating too much, so he didn't fill the plate!
If shepherd's purse is to be delicious, it must be paired with good meat. The meat inside tastes fresh and fragrant, and it is definitely not made with any cutting corners.

Therefore, when Old Man Qi talked about eating, he was full of energy: "What are we having this morning?"

Qi Lin was busy cleaning up yesterday and didn't look at the menu, but the grandfather and grandson smelled a sour smell when they walked to the cafeteria door.

This morning I had green bean sprouts with vinegar, fried rice with mutton fat, and chopped white fungus soup.

The vinegar-fried mung bean sprouts are fresh, tender and sour. My seventh cousin added a little chili pepper, which made it taste spicy. It is both appetizing and goes well with rice. Even those who can't eat spicy food can't help but take a few bites with their chopsticks.

The sheep fat fried rice is amazing! The aroma of the sheep fat began to float throughout the factory and dormitory building as soon as it was put into the pot. The night shift pickers who originally planned to sleep in all got up. After asking again, they found out that -

The mutton fat was brought by Song Tan!

My God! I heard that mutton is sold for hundreds of dollars a pound. They must eat a lot this morning!

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Master Jiang's cooking skills are no less than that of my seventh cousin. There was a blazing fire under the stove, and the kitchen helper neatly cut the green garlic sprouts. When the mutton fat rice and eggs were blended together, the garlic sprouts were poured in.

Master Jiang likes to fry the garlic sprouts a little harder, so the garlic sprouts will be partially burnt brown and the whole thing will wilt. It doesn’t look as green and beautiful, but when you chew it with fried rice, you will realize that it is another unique delicacy!

The fried rice was a little dry, and then I had a bowl of white fungus soup which was not too thick even with rock sugar...

nice!
That's so beautiful!

The Tremella is what is left over from the first harvest this year. Master Jiang carefully selected and boiled it, and then there is the sheep oil.

He also came out to eat happily with his bowl in hand, and said to the old man Qi with a rosy face: "Grandpa, you have raised a good grandson! He is down-to-earth, steady, and a good person! He is especially valued by the boss here!"

"Look, I heard that his family members are here, so Boss Song sent a bowl of mutton fat over early in the morning, saying that he must let you taste it, fearing that you might not be used to our food..."

This sounds better than any other words!
Old man Qi smiled so hard that his teeth were visible. He had already lost two teeth and hadn't had them replaced. But his teeth were in good condition and he could chew bones. His smile was particularly bright at the moment:

"I'm used to it! How can I not be used to it? It's delicious!"

He would never eat like this at home! The fried rice has big egg chunks, minced meat, and a lot of oil.

Not to mention Tremella soup. His hometown is poor and the air is too dry. No one grows Tremella at all. He has only been able to drink it a few times in his life, at banquets!

Now, you can enjoy it all!

Then he looked at his grandson again - Oh my! The boss values ​​him so much? Does that mean he has a stable job?
secure!

Fortunately, he came here, otherwise the children would not say that the job here is so stable! I will call my old neighbor after dinner to thank him for helping me pack my luggage and tell him how life is here...

Hearing that the vegetables grown here can be sold, he has to work harder and save money, otherwise his child will not be able to find a wife when he is in his twenties!

……

The grandfather and grandson live happily together here, and feel that life is full of hope.

At the riverbank, the crew moved here today for the first day of filming. The scene had just been built, and the actors were distracted when they were speaking their lines.

"Crack!"

The director was furious: "What are you doing so early in the morning?! Can we still shoot?"

But after he finished speaking, part of the crowd started to get agitated.

The director's anger subsided a little, and he turned his head to look back -

Excuse!
They gave numerous warnings while filming, fearing that something on other people's farms might be damaged, so there were slogans written next to the fence.

Now the camera angle is diagonal, so that side is not included, but the actors standing on the opposite side can easily see the scene on this side.

It was a group of dogs watching them filming.

Really look!

It feels like joining in the fun, and watching with sharp eyes and extreme seriousness!
When the actors are taking turns to act, if they look slightly differently, they can see the big eyes of the dozen or so dogs behind them, which are big, round, focused and cute.

In particular, the other party seemed to notice his gaze and even wagged its tail in unison.

This, this really can't be blamed on them! (End of this chapter)