Druid's Country Retirement

Chapter 168 Change
Accountant Li didn't say who gave the hundred and ten catties of rice dumplings, but the villagers were clear about it, and no one in the village except Uncle Hong Soldier panicked. After all, glutinous rice had to be bought with so much money.

Uncle Fu Sheng wanted to laugh and cry at the same time.

The youngest son won the jackpot in this year's dragon boat race, and the family also has face, but the prize is really disturbing.

please do not!
This is all food, how can a farmer waste food.

Take it!
After eating rice dumplings, my stomach can't stand it.

He kicked the younger son viciously, and the father and son walked home carrying the zongzi.

As for the instigator of the prank, he was naturally criticized by his family, not because he felt sorry for those rice dumplings, but because he was afraid that they would spoil his stomach if he ate them.

Back to the old house.

The Dragon Boat Festival activities in Caogou Village are considered to be over.

After the family had a lively dinner, Shanxing deliberately boiled a pot full of mugwort water in a large pot, so that everyone could take a comfortable mugwort bath.

The next day.

As usual, after the Wu Qin Xi morning exercise, those who feed the animals feed the animals, and those who clean up the housework clean up the housework.

The blind man and the idiot got on the bullock cart and continued to pull stones, and the eldest brother-in-law went with them to join in the fun when they had nothing to do.

The father and son tidied up and wandered towards the village.

Caogou Village is in the shape of a gourd as a whole. The village is located in Hulutou, and the meadow is packed in the big belly of the gourd, surrounded by rolling Yuanbao Mountains.

The land in the village coils from the foot of the mountain to the top of the mountain. The hills are like snails, and the big mountains are like towers. The layers are composed of terraced fields, which belong to the hillside. Although there is no shortage of water, the shallow soil layer cannot hold water. It is the rock layer, the soil is loose and barren, and the food is grown widely and harvested poorly.

In the past, there were still some reclaimed land, but after returning the farmland to forests, the wasteland was handed over and replanted back to the hillsides of the village. Buying chemical fertilizers was something that I dare not even think about.

The old man brought Li Hongbing to the side of the terraced fields, and with a lonely expression, he pointed to a distant terraced field and drew a circle.

"Did you see, the land over there is our family's land. We used to grow sweet potatoes, potatoes, and radishes. At that time, we ate sweet potatoes and radishes all at once. The more we ate, the hungrier we became. The more hungry we ate, the more we ate."

"Let's go, find the land in your arms and ask for it back."

After sighing, the old man walked towards the village committee without looking back.

Compared with the dilapidated houses in the village, the village committee is much better, with red bricks and black tiles, and a few row brick houses, but that is also the style of the 8s and 90s, and still cannot get rid of the vicissitudes of history.

Li Hongbing has a deep understanding.

At that time, life in the forest area was relatively closed, and there were no other things to do when it was dark. There were three reasons.

First, I want to increase the labor force at home, so that the pressure of adults' labor will be reduced.

Second, the outdated thinking in the countryside is at work. It is always believed that a woman has family status only if she gives birth to a man with a big fat boy, and the man also looks good.

Finally, it is also the most real thought in many people's minds. Parents are incompetent, and they will not be able to make a fortune in this life, so find a way to have more children.If there are more children, there will always be one who will be promising in the future. In that case, the family conditions will gradually improve.

Moreover, in that era, the cost of raising a child was very low. In their understanding, raising one child was also raising two or three children.

In my hometown in the countryside, the family also has the habit of raising pigs, so a pot of sweet potatoes is stewed in a big iron pot, the children eat some, and the pigs eat the rest.

I heard from my mother that there was a big reason why they left Caogou Village at that time, and it was also because he was born at that time.

When the eldest sister was born, everything was normal at home. Later, Zheng Ce caught up with the family planning.

The forest area organized a planning team to inspect various villages. At the beginning, some people tipped off the news, and the planning team was also smart. Those who sneaked into the village to shoot guns were not allowed, either early in the morning or late at night.

If you catch the second child, you will be fined, heavy fined, and if you don’t have money, your belongings will be confiscated.

This made it difficult for the second sister to be born.

Although grandpa was protecting her, my mother was dismissed from the production team, and my father lost his status as the production team leader, so he was fined what seemed to be a sky-high fine at the time.

It was even worse when it was Li Hongbing's turn.

Even grandpa couldn't do anything about it. I heard that all the valuables in the family were taken away, almost even the pot and bedding were taken away, not to mention fines.

There is no other way, the father and mother can only take the eldest sister and the second sister to leave Caogou Village on the grounds of going to work in the city. Only in this way can they avoid the punishment of the planning team.

Cuckoo!
Village head Li Huaizhong came out from behind the village committee house, holding a dustpan, cooing, and then a group of chickens came out from nowhere and clucked around Li Huaizhong.

A handful of crushed corn was sprinkled out, causing chickens to scramble for it.

Seeing the chicken eating happily, Li Huaizhong showed a happy smile on his face. He raised his head and inadvertently looked at the door of the village committee, and found that Li Hongbing and his father were looking at him happily.

Tangtang Village Chief was seen feeding the chickens, Li Huaizhong didn't feel embarrassed, put down the dustpan to drive away the surrounding chickens, and walked up to greet him warmly.

"Master National Day, Uncle Red Soldier, the magpie is calling, why do you have time to come to the village committee and ask me for something?"

Li Huaizhong can put on airs in front of Li Hongbing, after all, his age and status are here, but it is not enough in front of his father.

When the old man returned to the village, his seniority was firmly in the top spot in Caogou Village. Li Huaizhong knew that if he offended his father, it would be a lot of fun when the village re-elected the village chief.

"It's something, it's the land of Lao Li's family." The father explained the purpose of coming very directly, and after he finished speaking, he asked Li Hongbing to do what he should do, and went into the house to discuss with Li Huaizhong himself.

Finished?

Is it all right?

Li Hongbing looked blankly at the closed door and the flock of chickens eating happily.

This is no nonsense, why did you call me here?
I am a leading machine in love.

There's nothing left or right.

Just follow the village alley to the persimmon tree at the head of the village.

As usual, the idlers under the persimmon tree gathered together, talking nonsense.

Li Hongbing liked this kind of feeling very much, sitting together and chatting about family affairs, and learning about the gossip in the village by the way.

Seeing him appear, the idlers were naturally very happy. The big smoker came and quickly vacated a seat.

"What are we talking about?" Li Hongbing let out a circle of smoke as usual.

The idlers took the cigarettes, immediately lit Meimei and took a big puff, and then opened up the chatterbox.

"Uncle Hongbing, I heard that Decai picked up two night cat cubs and got a bonus of 1000 yuan."

"Is it worth the price just to pick up a night owl cub?"

When the idlers mentioned this moment, their envious eyes lit up.

That was 1000 yuan in real money, worth the money earned by digging the ground for several months.

These villagers are honest and honest, but they are very serious about money. They don’t have to get up early to be greedy for farming, and they can earn hundreds of thousands if they get a few night cats. For those of them who grew up in the mountains, picking up a night cat Cubs are just a matter of minutes.

Just like the last time Captain Xu had just finished talking about the rescue bonus for Zheng Ce, Li Hongqi picked up four hares the next day. If Li Hongbing hadn’t said that the pheasants and hares were only worth 20 yuan, the pheasants and hares around Caogou Village would be worthless. Going to pick up a dead house.

Seeing this, Li Hongbing immediately sounded the alarm.

"Don't say I didn't remind you, rescue counts. If you deliberately pick up the national second-class wild animals, you will be sent to prison."

The idlers shrank their necks one after another, using sneers to cover up their thoughts of almost taking action.

"How can we, we abide by the law."

"That's right, we don't do illegal things."

"Let's ask nonsense, Uncle Red Soldier, don't take it seriously."

Law-abiding?

Which one of you doesn’t have clamps or wire sleeves, and it’s fortunate that guns were closed in forest areas a few years ago, or else everyone has a soil gun now.

Li Hongbing looked at the crowd with contempt, and suddenly found Li Hongqi curled up in the crowd.

Usually he is the most noisy, how come he changed his mind now.

"Hongqi, what's the matter with you? You don't smoke or say anything."

Li Hongqi shut his mouth tightly, looked at Li Hongbing resentfully and shook his head.

An idle man laughed and said, "He, he ate too many zongzi and dared not open his mouth, so he sprayed rice out of his mouth."

There was laughter under the persimmon tree.

Li Hongqi was in a hurry, but there was nothing he could do. In order not to waste food, he ate three or three catties of rice dumplings last night. Before he could digest them, he ate another two catties this morning.

Unlucky kid, I don't know if I can't eat it and give some to the neighbors.

Li Hongbing shook his head and laughed, and suddenly remembered the piece of land his father had mentioned, and the abandoned wasteland overgrown with weeds.

"By the way, let me inquire about something. You guys are talking nonsense all day long. I think a lot of land in the village is deserted, and I don't care about the land at home."

An idler spoke first.

"What do you care about? Plant some corn, sweet potatoes, and yams. If you can't afford chemical fertilizers, you can only rely on the sky to eat. If the harvest is good, you will earn some. If the harvest is not good, you will go to the construction site in the city to move bricks. If you count on that harvest, you will starve to death. gone."

Ugh!
Li Hongbing looked at the faces that were used to and gave up, and didn't know what to say.

Suddenly there was an idea to do something for the village.

Power on.

However, Caogou Village is still the same as it was before. The only improvement is that there is no need to walk at night when it is dark.

The school is under construction.

But that's just a change for the future, and it doesn't help much to change the status quo.

Poverty is still poverty.

His own appearance only delayed the decline of Caogou Village.

Unless there are earth-shaking changes, Caogou Village will be reborn.

Li Hongbing walked alone in the alley, thinking about how to get rid of the plight of Caogou Village.

After thinking about it, I can only start with planting vegetables.

Use the abandoned land in the village to produce seeds by yourself, hand them over to the villagers for planting, and recycle after harvesting.

At present, besides rewarding animals, the rest of the original power is to promote the growth of ginseng seeds. The ginseng seeds obtained from the old Guangtou are almost ready to grow, and they can start with vegetables.

The seeds are produced by the villagers, and the vegetables produced by the villagers can be sold by the second brother-in-law as an agent, forming a one-stop industry.

It is absolutely possible to create a vegetable brand, and the vegetables grown in the village do not need to be of the same quality as those in the vegetable garden of the old house. With less effort, the quality can be lowered, and the price can also be lowered, so that the buying group will be wider.

The more I thought about it, the more I felt that this plan was good and very feasible, so I took the time to go back to the city and talk to my second brother-in-law.

Unknowingly, Li Hongbing walked to the door of Dakui's house and was attracted by the sound of quarreling.

Look up.

A few foreigners with non-local accents yelled loudly around Mrs. Guifeng, and Mrs. Guifeng flushed with anger.

It seems that there is still the meaning of doing it.

Li Hongbing hurried forward, "Sister-in-law, what's going on?"

Seeing Li Hongbing appearing, Mrs. Guifeng seemed to have found the backbone and pointed at several people.

"Uncle Hongbing, they came to the village to collect mushrooms. I told them to sell all the mushrooms in the village this year, and asked them to settle last year's money. They said we violated the contract, not only refused to pay, but also sued us for breach of contract."

A middle-aged man confidently pulled away Guifeng's sister-in-law's arm with his handbag.

"Hey, hey, what do you say? We are serious purchasers. You broke the contract first, and we have a contract."

Li Hongbing raised his eyebrows, "If you have something to say, if you talk about it, believe it or not, I will break your hand."

Heard to do it.

Those few foreigners looked at Li Hongbing with unkind eyes.

Honest cotton cardigan, wide-leg trousers, old cloth shoes.

Except that they don't look like farmers, they are the same as farmers.

One of the young foreigners stretched out his hand arrogantly, and came towards Li Hongbing, cursing at the same time.

"Who are you, you, that house didn't pull your crotch properly, and let you out, so what are you pretending to do?"

Li Hongbing was not good at quarreling, seeing the other party scolding harshly, he grabbed the arm that was stretched out, and shook it skillfully.

The young man let out a scream, his arms drooped limply, shaking uncontrollably.

There was a sound of intensive footsteps at the entrance of the alley.

Soon, ten idlers chattering under the persimmon tree rushed over aggressively, holding shovels and hoes in their hands, and at the same time other villagers walked towards this side.

The idlers yelled at one another.

"The bastard dares to come to Caogou Village to make trouble."

"There is no one in Caogou Village, right?"

"Tired of life, isn't it?"

"Take it to the old forest and bury it."

Sometimes rural people are really savage, and when they quarrel, they are afraid that no one will know, so they yell at the top of their voices.

However, it also depends on the occasion. There are quarrels between neighbors in the village. If others can persuade them, they can persuade them. .

But when people from other villages come to find trouble, the whole village will stop doing it. Regardless of whether it is reasonable or not, they will stand up to defend their own family members. Even if the relationship is not good, they will not stir up trouble at this time.

In the early years, it was common for villages to fight with weapons, and some even beat to death, and the same village also fought with weapons, but the intensity was weaker than that of the outside world.

Sit down and talk about things that are light, but serious ones are fighting between the two villages. In the early years when robbery was not banned, Caogou Village often fought with other villages. In addition, there are usually militia training, and all the men can use soil guns.

When Li Hongbing was a child, he listened to the gossip of the old people in the village. Back then, a cow in Caogou Village ran to the outer village somehow, and when it was found, it had already been eaten by the villagers.

After the compensation failed, all the men in the village surrounded the other village with earthen guns, and the other party also had earthen guns. The two villages could not agree on each other, and they did not know who fired the first gun.

As soon as the gunshot rang out, the fight started immediately.

That scene, tsk tsk.

It was like a war, with iron sand flying all over the sky.

The people in the two villages are well-organized, commanded properly, and have a clear division of labor.

One side attacks, what kind of firepower suppresses, circles behind, covers, assaults, one side defends, what kind of support, coordination, crossover.

A group of tactics slipped, and the two sides fought back and forth, so they almost pulled out the earth cannon.

At that time, the two villages also suffered casualties from each other. In the end, the county pulled out the troops to suppress it forcibly, which ended the event that the forest area has talked about for decades.

However, the unity of rural people in this barbaric nature makes people feel very comfortable.

One word "cool".

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(End of this chapter)