The educated youth was reborn and wanted to disappear, but he was locked into a military marriage.

Chapter 060

Of course, cold meals are not as delicious as freshly cooked meals.

Lu Mingzheng nodded, lowered his head to take a sip of hot soup, took a bite of hot cake, and sighed with satisfaction before asking, "Do they have this soup too?"

Zhu Xiaomin shook his head: "There is salt in the soup, and they only have a kettle. They have to be on the mountain all day, so it's not appropriate to bring soup. You still have to bring water."

So, this was specially made for him.

Lu Mingzheng was even more satisfied. He finished one bowl and filled another bowl.

Zhu Xiaomin saw that he was eating well and said helplessly: "There is meat in the dishes at the brigade headquarters. If you come to the educated youth restaurant, you can only eat vegetarian food."

When doing high-intensity physical labor, some pork would be put into the big pot of rice at the brigade headquarters every day. Although it was not much, you could still taste some meat.

Educated youths are rarely willing to buy pork. Even after raising chickens, eating eggs every few days can be regarded as an improvement in life.

Lu Mingzheng looked up at her and shook his head with a smile: "The food at the brigade headquarters is just cooked."

It can't be compared with the food she cooks, which is both delicious and delicious.

It's just that he's not used to complimenting people in person, so he didn't say anything else.

Zhu Xiaomin knew what he meant, so she just smiled and said after a while: "It's just that they work so intensively that they can't resist even if they don't eat meat. It's okay for you to come to the educated youth spot to eat, but I can exchange some meat tickets for you."

So she made him lunch on condition.

Lu Mingzheng did not hesitate and nodded immediately: "The four groups have already learned how to prune fruit trees. Lao Meng said that he would stay another day tomorrow to see how they actually operate. He is also going back to the county. I will go back with him to deliver the materials. , bring back some pork by the way."

Meng Zihao also wants to go back to the city?

Zhu Xiaomin hurriedly asked: "You sent him back to the county and came back?"

Lu Mingzheng looked up at her, with a smile in his eyes, and shook his head: "He has other work back in the county. He will come back after the chicken coop and sheepfold are built. I will keep an eye on it here until the base is built before leaving. .”

It's only a matter of ten days.

Zhu Xiaomin nodded to express his understanding.

The project at the base has been straightened out. After dinner, the two of them did not go directly there. Instead, they went to the hillside where everyone worked to record the work of the past few days, and then went to the south slope of the mountain where most fruit trees are planted.

Walking into the fruit forest, you can see that the nearby fruit trees have been pruned, and the cut branches are scattered under the trees.

Zhu Xiaomin stepped on the branches and walked forward. When she heard a slight cracking sound under her feet, she raised her lips and said with a smile: "These branches can be taken back in the sun for another month or two. They can be used as firewood in the winter, which is better than those in the mountains." It saves a lot of trouble to pick up branches.”

Listening to her laughter, Lu Mingzheng turned his head to look at her, and saw the sunlight shining through the gaps between the trees, falling on her face, and suddenly felt some peace in his heart.

Lu Mingzheng didn't talk much, so Zhu Xiaomin wasn't surprised when he didn't say anything. He raised his head and searched among the branches. When he saw a small sign hanging on one side, he immediately ran over, took a closer look, and made a few notes in his notebook.

Lu Mingzheng was surprised: "What is this? What do you remember?"

Zhu Xiaomin pointed out to him: "Here are the pear trees. On them are the numbers of the trees and the dates of planting. I also wrote down the dates of pruning. Next year, new trees will be planted. That's when we leave. The people behind also know the circumstances under which these trees were planted.”

"Are we leaving in the future?" Lu Mingzheng caught an important point in her words.

Why, she thought they would all leave here in the future?

You must know that in this era, waves of educated youths went to the countryside, all with the belief of taking root in the countryside. It was only after staying here for a few years that they felt the hardship of the countryside and gradually became shaken. Go back to the countryside.

But under the current situation, not everyone has the opportunity to return to the city.

Why did she say the words "let's go" so naturally?

Zhu Xiaomin didn't expect that his focus was not on the fruit trees, but on this sentence. She was slightly stunned, nodded and said: "Yes, after all, we are not from here, maybe we will leave in the future, who knows? Make a record now to be prepared. Not only here, but also at the breeding base, I will also complete the information. "

Yeah, who knows?

Lu Mingzheng pursed his lips, nodded silently, and kept following her, but he was sighing in his heart.

Yes, six years ago, when he walked into this mountain with a simple luggage on his back, he thought he would stay here forever. However, it only took two years. Although he was not afraid of the hard work here, he felt the passage of youth while repeating simple labor day after day.

He began to become unwilling to stay here and be a manual worker through and through. He was eager to use what he learned to create more value.

The family knew what he was thinking and didn't want him to stay here forever, so they finally grabbed the opportunity for him to return to the city.

Last year, when he left here with his original luggage, he thought that once he left, he would never come back.

Little did he know that after he straightened out his new job and was busy for the first time, he crazily missed this place, the people here, and... her.

In the end, it was her, right?

So, he came back again. He came here because he wanted to do something for this place, and he also wanted to seek an answer from her.

Or, as she said, she would not get married for that night. However, he did not want to escape what he had done. He only wanted an answer.

However, in this short month, there were subtle changes in his heart.

He didn't want answers.

In other words, he didn't just want answers.

Now, what he wants is an answer he wants, not an answer she can give.

Lu Mingzheng next to him fell silent again. Zhu Xiaomin still didn't pay attention. While stepping on the branches, he looked for the sign hanging on the tree, stopping from time to time to make notes.

For an hour, they walked along the south slope of the mountainside, passing through a pear forest, a peach forest, an apricot forest, and then entered a hawthorn forest.

Seeing so many hawthorn trees, Lu Mingzheng was about to ask why he planted so many hawthorns when he heard a burst of laughter deep into the forest.

Zhu Xiaomin's eyes lit up and she shouted in a low voice: "They are pruning branches here, let's go over and have a look." He ran towards the direction of the sound.

Lu Mingzheng hurriedly shouted: "This is a forest, don't get separated, please slow down." He chased after him from behind.

Not far after entering, I saw three hawthorn trees with ladders propped up under them. Three people were standing on the ladders, and several others were already climbing on the trees, cutting off some branches with shears.

Under the tree, several other people stood and directed: "There, there, it's too dense over there. Teacher Meng said that places that are too dense will not allow sunlight to penetrate, which will affect the sweetness of the fruit."

"There is a branch there that must be withered and the leaves are wilted."

"It's not withered, it should have been broken when planting." Another said.

When Zhu Xiaomin saw it, she laughed and shouted: "Xiang Zhikuan."