Go back to the prosperous days and become a layman

Chapter 384 Chapter 383 Acidophilia
There are two kinds of fillings for dumplings, one is oily pumpkin filling, and the other is mackerel filling.

Wild boar is used as fuel, but the leftover oily residue from the refining suet is still very fragrant, because the aunt increased the amount of seasoning to cover up the unique smell of wild boar.

Dumplings are like wine, and the more you drink, the better.

Tang Gang suggested having a drink, and no one at home stopped him.

They had an advantage in terms of gender, and the bigger reason was that the two brothers carried back the wild boar that "hit" the tree.

Nowadays, it is the autumn fat season. Wild boar meat is used as firewood, but there is much more meat and fat than in other seasons, so the meat yield will naturally increase.

Domestic pigs can produce about 60% of their meat, and Tang Zhitong estimates that this wild boar's meat production rate can account for at least 55%. This is something more scarce than food.

As long as the smoke is good, the two families can save some and eat it until this time next year.

Since there are no elders to hold him down, Tang Gang tends to let himself go a bit when drinking.

Over a glass of wine, the two brothers talked more and more closely, starting from their childhood fun, to the unrest in the west, to the international situation, and even men's football.

At this time, the men's football team has been established, and its fighting strength is remarkable. Although it has not become the world's leading team, its results are still remarkable. Fans are looking forward to the day when they can go global. No one can think of it. Come to think of it, for men's football, salary and performance are inversely proportional.

While the two brothers were chatting, the women in the family left the dining table and went to the small shed to deal with the mackerel overnight.

It's not easy for women these days. Family status is low, and women are responsible for most of the housework. There is no chance that a man other than her husband will go out for two nights without returning home.

Since I temporarily added a portion of mackerel filling, the dumplings were a bit too much, so I still ate dumplings the next morning.

The level of eating during these two days may be at the highest level in the next few years.

"Shall we take you up the mountain to pick fruit?" After dinner, Tang Gang saw his brother looking bored and suggested.

"What is a pallet fruit?" Tang Zhitong immediately decided to plant fruits and pick some good ones. He brought them back to classmate Xiao Wang to try.

"A kind of food, we also call it Tiger Liaozi. It's sour and sweet. I know where to find it, and I can pick the last crop." Tang Gang said that he didn't explain it to Tang Zhitong for a long time.

"Is your health okay?" Tang Zhitong wanted to go, but he was concerned about Tang Gang's thighs that had been slapped and asked.

"You're thick-skinned, it's okay. It's not far off." Tang Gang said nonchalantly. Through these two contacts, he knew that Tang Zhitong was a restless master. After what happened last night, he definitely couldn't do it again. Let your brother go out alone.

"Okay. Let's go together with the cart and bring back some ladles." Tang Zhitong saw the cart in the yard and guessed that his uncle might use this tool to help him transport wood down the mountain, so he thought he would take advantage of the opportunity now. When I have time, I'll do this together.

"Okay." Tang Gang didn't hesitate. It was good to do some work for the family while playing.

With Tang Gang following, the aunt did not stop her and packed up the things for the brothers. She just asked them to come back early.

Since there was no danger on this trip, Tang Gang brought an ax and a hook instead of borrowing anything from the team.

On the way there, Tang Gang and Tang Zhitong took turns pulling the cart. When Tang Zhitong was pulling the cart, Tang Gang made many gestures at the side, trying to explain to his brother what pallet fruit was.

However, as Tang Gang talked more and more abstractly, Tang Zhitong never understood it.

The two came to the former work site of the forest farm. There were many dead branches and tree branches, and many remaining tree stumps had sprouts sprouting from the side.

"Brother, is it safe to put the cart here?" After arriving here, Tang Gang couldn't wait to take his brother to see what pallet fruit is, and asked Tang Zhitong to throw the cart here.

"What's so unsafe about this? The car has a name written on it, and there are no outsiders in the entire forest farm. No one is stealing this. How can I be a human being?" Tang Gang didn't take it seriously and waved for Tang Zhitong to follow.

Since Tang Gang said this, Tang Zhitong felt relaxed and followed Tang Gang towards the south of the mountain.

After going around two turns, a lush green area appeared in front of them. Tang Zhitong took one look and exclaimed: "Oh, it's steep enough!"

"How can we survive until now?" Tang Gang squatted down and tied the hook he brought from home to the pole he just picked up, preparing to use it to hook the pallet of fruits.

"Brother, stop working so hard. I know this stuff is so sour. Just pick two and taste it." After that, Tang Zhitong stood on tiptoes, reached for a branch, and pulled off a few fruits that had not fallen yet. .

The little thing looks like a strawberry in appearance, but is smaller than a strawberry. There are many types, but in many places they are collectively called raspberries.

Because the fruit has only one layer and is empty inside, it is easily recognized as a raspberry, but there is a difference between the two, both in terms of taste and medicinal effects.

Although they are all rose plants, raspberries have better kidney-strengthening effects, and raspberries are more widely distributed and can be found in almost all parts of the country.

"Ah? Have you eaten it? Do you have it there too?" Upon hearing this, Tang Gang stopped what he was doing and asked.

"They look very similar, maybe not the same species, but they all taste sour." There are raspberries on the mountains to the north and west of Sijiu City, but Tang Zhitong has never eaten them. They cannot withstand transportation, so most of them are picked by nearby villagers. , food, Tang Zhitong eats the kind sold in supermarkets.

"Hey, after all the fuss, I thought it was a specialty here." Tang Gang paused for a moment, then started busy with his work, "You're here, pick some. Your sister-in-law wants to eat some recently. sour."

"Hey, am I going to be an uncle?" Tang Zhitong responded quickly and joked.

"What nonsense..." Tang Gang was about to deny it, but was stunned mid-sentence. It seemed that this was really possible?

"Come, let's clean it up together." Tang Zhitong finally figured it out. Tang Gang didn't seem to pay attention to this aspect. Regardless of whether it was there or not, since his sister-in-law wanted to eat it, he just picked it bit by bit.

This time, Tang Zhitong didn't use any cheats. It was more meaningful to pick it by himself.

The sun was not strong and the breeze was blowing. One of the two brothers pulled it down with a hook, and the other picked it off and put it in a cloth bag. Near noon, they picked out three or four kilograms.

"Okay, that's it. I can't hold the fruit on the tray, so I'll come back in two days." After Tang Gang thought about the possibility of becoming a father, he was very excited, and he considered a lot of details. He can eat them this season. There are not many sour things left, and there is even less room to put them in. The water needs to flow slowly.

"Okay. Then let's eat quickly, pack up the car and go back." Tang Zhitong saw his urgency and stopped.

Having said that, after dinner, Tang Zhitong rushed Tang Gang back first.

"No, no, I'll clean it up with you." Tang Gang shook his head, unwilling to go back first. "Brother, you go back and ask your sister-in-law first. Don't worry, I'll be less busy. We'll just come back tomorrow." Tang Gang was absent-minded while eating. Tang Zhitong saw that he was restless and immediately drove him back. I'm afraid it's a similar mood, right?

"Then...shall I go back first?" Tang Gang was shaken when he heard what his brother said. He had been married for two years and there had been no movement, so he was anxious.

"Well, don't act so impatient when you go back. You must be steady." Tang Zhitong reminded.

"Well, I know, I know, then I'll leave first." After Tang Gang finished speaking, he took the cloth bag and walked quickly down the mountain. His wife hurt herself. He understood what his brother meant. He was afraid that it would make everyone feel uncomfortable. .

After Tang Gang left, Tang Zhitong started to hang up, and all the big pails that caught his eye were temporarily put into the space, walked to the cart, and then piled them out one by one from the space, and slowly piled them on the cart.

When loading the car, Tang Zhitong remembered some videos of women carrying logs on their backs, so he picked a few thicker ones and weighed them. Even though they had been dried by the wind and sun, they still weighed them.

This is still scrap wood with a small diameter and short length. Tang Zhitong can't even think about a piece of wood with a diameter of 40 centimeters and a length of two meters. It is definitely not something he can carry.

Carrying two of them, you can still walk like flying. Tsk, tsk, tsk, I’m afraid it’s only true if you cheat fools out of money, right?

Tang Zhitong shook his head and continued to stack the zongzi. It was Zhou Yu who hit the yellow cover. It had nothing to do with him.

After stacking the zongs high, they tied them with hemp ropes.

After doing all this, Tang Zhitong did not leave immediately. This was too efficient. He will talk about it later.

After taking a break to smoke a cigarette, Tang Zhitong took off his coat, put some of the wild mountain red he picked up when he came back from the mountains, and then got into the car before getting ready to go back.

After confirming that no one was around, he threw the cart into space and walked down the mountain without any restraint.

The only advantage of being alone is that you can use plug-ins to do anything without having to worry about being seen by others, which can improve your efficiency a lot.

Because the commune organized people to knock down pine cones on the mountain, there were not many people in the forest farm. It was close to the family area, so Tang Zhitong took out the loaded cart and pulled it home.

After walking not far, they met Tang Gang head-on, with a spring breeze on his face and a happy smile on his cheeks.

"Brother, are you really going to be a father?" Tang Zhitong stopped slowly and asked.

"It's still a little early, so your sister-in-law isn't sure, but your aunt says it's almost certain." Tang Gang grinned, his excitement evident in his words.

"Very good, are you going to buy snacks for your children?" Tang Zhitong joked.

"Go away. I was kicked out by your aunt. She thought I couldn't hold my temper and left you outside alone." Tang Gang grinned, stretched out his hand to pull Tang Zhitong out of the rope of the cart, and hung himself on the rope. On the shoulders, his hands pressed down and he was about to go home.

"Hey, what a big deal, aunt is too polite." Although Tang Zhitong said this, he didn't ignore it. He had just experienced the weight of the cart, and it was indeed not light. He ran to the back and pushed it forward with his hands.

"You're so nimble. You picked up so much in a short time that you're almost as good as a forest farm veteran." Tang Gang was pulling in front, chatting with his brother behind him.

"We have a lot of coffins in the forest farm, you can do it if you want." Tang Zhitong did not admit that he was capable, but spread the matter out, trying to make Tang Gang feel that it had little to do with people's initiative.

Tang Gang just sighed casually, and really didn't care much. He was currently thinking about how to get something sour for his wife to eat. He couldn't want to eat sour food anymore. He could hold the vinegar bottle at home and take a sip, right?

"Hey, eucalyptus, why do you poop so much? Are you tired? Come into the house and have a rest." When the aunt saw the pile of zithers as high as a person, she was grateful and distressed, and called Tang Zhitong to come in and rest. .

"Auntie, you're not tired. Brother Gang and I will chop these coffins into bases while it's still dark." Tang Zhitong said and began to untie the hemp rope.

Because the house is flat and the angle is different from the mountain, the bamboo poles are built high. Once they are free of restraints, the bamboo poles fall down a lot, and Tang Zhitong's coat falls with them.

After all, the coat is not a baggage or a cloth bag, and it is not tied so securely. The red color in the wild mountains is scattered all over the ground.

"Hey, wild hawthorn? Where did it come from?" Tang Gang didn't bother to unload the coffin. He was looking forward to this bite and immediately chased after the wild hawthorn to pick it up.

"We pick all the ones we see on the roadside." Tang Zhitong was amused when he saw Tang Gang picking mountain reds with his butt sticking out. If an ignorant child went up and used the Thousand Year Killing Technique, the scene would be really amazing.

"Good picking, it saved me trouble!" Tang Gang happily picked up wild hawthorns and praised them.

"I'll look for it when I go there tomorrow to see if there are any other hawthorn trees." Tang Zhitong pulled out the pails one by one and threw them on the ground to prevent them from falling and hitting Tang Gang.

"Okay." Tang Gang agreed without hesitation. Although he hadn't experienced the feeling of being a father yet, after knowing the good news, the excitement, responsibility, and the feeling of dragging things home were something that a single person could not experience.

"Thank you, eucalyptus." Sister-in-law Jin Yumei heard the noise and walked out of the house, squatting next to Tang Gang to help pick it up.

"Sister-in-law, you're welcome. I'm here to help." Tang Zhitong didn't go over to join in the fun, and just watched the young couple pick it up.

Jin Yumei looked at Shan Lihong, and her mouth suddenly became full of salivation. She couldn't hold it back anymore, she rubbed one on her sleeve, put it directly into her mouth and started chewing. Tang Zhitong's teeth almost dropped when she saw it.

Tang Zhitong tasted it secretly. The taste of this wild mountain red is very different from that of artificial cultivation. It is only sour but not sweet, and the acidity is slightly weaker than that of lemon.

"You kid, wash and eat before you eat." When the aunt saw it, she looked reproachful, but in fact she was concerned. Then she grabbed a handful from the bag and took it into the house to wash.

It was not easy for Tang Zhitong to interrupt in this kind of thing, but when he saw it, he felt very warm in his heart.

After picking up the mountain reds, the two brothers chopped up the cart of plows and stacked them neatly. Then they took towels, soap, and a change of clothes and went to the bathhouse.

Although the forest farm has full-time boiler workers, it is not open all day, and is only open for a while after get off work.

There was no ticket for the bathhouse, so Tang Gang said hello to the person on duty and went in with Tang Zhitong.

The two brothers came early, and when the washing was almost finished, people came one after another, not only the employees, but also their families, including old men and children.

In terms of welfare benefits, bathhouses are in principle only open to employees of the unit, but those who live in the forest farm are either employees or their family members, and no one takes this seriously.

Even so, no one would take a bath every day. Firstly, people struggling with food and clothing would not be able to enjoy it as well as the people in Sijiucheng. Secondly, there were no skin care products, and their skin would not be able to bear bathing every day.

(End of this chapter)