Life in a quiet village in Xianshan

When Hu Yanqiu returned home in the afternoon, Gu Siwei mentioned his arrangements to his wife.

After hearing this, Hu Yanqiu said: "Bring Master Xu some salted duck eggs or something. Last time, Aunt Xu said that our salted duck eggs are very good, and there is just a jar. I will bring twenty or thirty with you when you go over." .

"When did it happen?" Gu Siwei was a little surprised.

Hu Yanqiu didn't understand. He looked at Gu Siwei with a confused face and asked, "What happened when? What did you say? Please make it clear."

"I mean, when did the old Xu family taste our salted duck eggs?" Gu Siwei asked.

After hearing this, Hu Yanqiu reached out and tapped Gu Siwei's head: "Why is my memory so bad? Didn't you just give him salted duck eggs when you went to Master Xu's house last time?"

"Have you?" Gu Siwei couldn't remember. He scratched his head and thought for a while, but couldn't remember it. Maybe it was because he gave it to too many people and too many things, so he just didn't remember some things.

"Then when did he say something delicious?"

Gu Siwei added: "It seems that you haven't been to the factory for a while."

Hu Yanqiu said: "I didn't go, but someone must come back. Do you think Teacher Xu only knows you here?"

"Otherwise?" Gu Siweishi didn't quite understand. Who could someone like Lao Xu know in the village?

After thinking about it again, Gu Siwei remembered it and blurted out: "Guo Shengshui?"

Hu Yanqiu smiled and replied: "My brain is not completely broken."

"I told him, and he explained it clearly. It's true that Lao Xu didn't give you anything as a gift. Now he wants more," Gu Siwei said with a smile, joking.

Hu Yanqiu said: "Not only do I want something, Teacher Xu has sent over all their goslings, more than a dozen of them."

"Why didn't I notice?" Gu Siwei thought for a moment, and at the same time he looked towards the poultry house.

At this time, Li Fanghai came over with a bowl and came to the pot to serve himself rice. When he heard Gu Siwei's words, he joked: "How can you remember? People forget things very quickly when they give you things, but you have to give things to others." You can still remember the ten-year or eight-year guarantee.”

Gu Siwei didn't take it seriously, and opened his mouth to reply: "Isn't that natural? I am a normal person, unlike you, who punches others and still remembers it to this day."

Li Fanghai reached out and tapped Gu Siwei, laughed twice, covered up his embarrassment, and went to serve his own meal.

Regarding the matter of Li Fanghai, that is a fun thing. What happened during the previous war was that he had a small conflict with the friendly general on the opposite side because of something. Li Fanghai punched him. Later it was proved that Li Fanghai was wrong and he was right. It is a pity. The sad thing is that the two of them have never met again. He has always wanted to apologize, but he has never had the chance, and it is even less possible now that they are separated by the sea.

Hu Yanqiu smiled, turned around and left.

"What are you going for?"

Gu Siwei said: "The matter is not over yet."

Hu Yanqiu said: "If you have anything to do, we'll talk about it later. I'll go get the duck eggs first. I'm going to boil water to cook them together later."

"You really know how to save trouble. What are you going to do with the water for boiling duck eggs?" Gu Siwei asked his wife with a smile.

Hu Yanqiu said: "Feed the pigs. I have brought so much bran back home, so why don't I feed the pigs? Da Mao won't eat them."

Gu Siwei couldn't help laughing after hearing this: "Hey Da Mao, do you really think about it, can Da Mao eat that thing? Who came up with such a good idea?"

Gu Siwei thought this idea was really stupid. How did the bear eat bran come up with it?

Hu Yanqiu reached out and pointed at the door of the hut. It was your sister Sicui who came up with it. Let me see what you are going to say.

"It turns out Sicui came up with it. This idea is creative!"

Gu Siwei's face was so shameless and crooked that when he heard about the method his sister came up with, he immediately praised it.

After hearing this, Hu Yanqiu reached out and scratched his cheek, meaning you are so shameless.

Gu Siwei was not ashamed but proud. He was smiling a little contentedly, which made Hu Yanqiu a little confused for a moment.

"I'm going to get the duck eggs! Oh, by the way, if you have time, pick up some duck eggs and bring them back tomorrow morning. I'm going to pickle some tomorrow," Hu Yanqiu said.

Gu Siwei asked: "Didn't you say you marinated two jars last time, and you finished them so quickly?"

Hu Yanqiu said: "It's not like our family eats. Uncle Fulin's family, Sister-in-law Wu's family, and other families in the village who get along well always have to give some gifts. They all give us things, so we have to go back to their families here. If there are more, a family of ten or so must have something.”

When Gu Siwei heard this, he said: "With this kind of gift, all the gold in the family will have to be given away."

Hu Yanqiu smiled and said, "Looking at how stingy you are, you and Sicui are really brothers and sisters."

"Okay, I'm going to pick up duck eggs." Gu Siwei was ready to go to work.

Hu Yanqiu saw it and said, "It's getting late now. Let's go pick it up tomorrow morning. It will be dark soon and we won't be able to see anything when we get there."

"Tomorrow morning?" Gu Siwei thought for a moment and asked, "Is it still quite far?"

"It's not that far. Anyway, it's just grass flowers and cubes pulling the boat. We'll be there in a while. It's just that it's a bit difficult to climb when it's dark. Duck eggs and goose eggs are all laid on a cliff... Forget it, you'll know when you get there tomorrow. Come on, let Sicui take you there, I’m afraid you haven’t been there yet,” Hu Yanqiu said.

Gu Siwei nodded. Gu Siwei had never been to the place Hu Yanqiu mentioned. He had been there once before, where ducks and geese laid their eggs in the grass by the river.

"The old grass is gone?"

Thinking of this, Gu Siwei asked.

Hu Yanqiu said: "Ducks and geese are not stupid. Their eggs are always eaten. They are not allowed to change places. If they still lay eggs in the same place, there is something wrong with their brains. Do you think they are the same as you?"

After hearing this, Gu Siwei got excited and made a figure of eight with one hand, standing under his chin, and his eyes quickly turned left and right, looking very funny.

"What's wrong with me? Look at how energetic I am. I don't look stupid at all."

When Hu Yanqiu saw it, he stretched out his hand and gently beat Gu Siwei's chest: "Why don't you make a good face? I'm going to pick up duck eggs."

"I'll go with you," Gu Siwei said, before Hu Yanqiu went into the house and took a bamboo basket and put it on his shoulders.

Hu Yanqiu had a sweet look on his face, and the two of them walked side by side towards the storage cave on the slope.

Arriving at the entrance of the cave, Gu Siwei opened the large wooden door.

Hu Yanqiu said at this time: "This door needs to be rebuilt. Every time I come here, I have to ask the master to help me move it. It is too heavy."

"You can't be gentle. If you can move anything away, what can you put there?" Gu Siwei said with a smile.

After saying that, after thinking for a while, Gu Siwei said again: "When I have time, I will repair the hole here and find some cement to make a stronger door."

"Isn't this strong enough? Those who didn't know better thought we had hidden a mountain of gold in it. Who would have thought that they are all worthless things. The most valuable ones are probably the salted duck eggs, hahaha!"

At this point, Hu Yanqiu laughed.

"How can you say that? These are all things that can fill your stomach. There are two most valuable things in the world, food and drink. With these two things, people can survive. So, don't look at us. There seems to be no value in the storage hole, but they are all treasures.”

Gu Siwei started talking nonsense.

Hu Yanqiu was very happy to hear it. She just liked Gu Siwei's informal appearance, which made her happy from the bottom of her heart every time.

When she was happy, Hu Yanqiu's heart couldn't help but twitch. She felt very happy now, but sometimes the happier she was, the more unhappy things she thought of. Hu Yanqiu subconsciously reached out and covered her stomach with her palms, but Hu Yanqiu quickly reacted and put his hand down again.

The expression on his face flashed and turned into a happy one in an instant.

Gu Siwei really didn't notice this about his wife. He was enjoying himself and opened the door of the storage cave. Gu Siwei reached out and touched the side. There was still a flashlight where the lamp was originally.

I turned on the switch in my hand and found that the flashlight was not bright. I reached out and patted it twice, then tightened the battery cover, and the flashlight turned on again.

"You must remind me next time to go to the store and buy a flashlight. This thing really doesn't work anymore," Gu Siwei said.

Hu Yanqiu replied: "You can buy whatever you want. It's just a bit of a bad contact. I'll just take it back and fix it tomorrow."

"You can fix this thing? You are really capable, awesome!"

He casually complimented his wife.

Hu Yanqiu said: "I don't know how to cultivate, but Yan Ping does it."

"He will still do this?"

Gu Siwei had the impression that his brother-in-law could do other things besides doing business, and he never thought that he would repair things.

Gu Siwei was also capable of doing this, but he didn't want to do it because the flashlight was old and the cover on the back was a bit rusty. Gu Siwei wanted to replace it with a new one. You already have money in your pocket, so why waste your time?

Hu Yanqiu said: "I don't know how many things I have broken by playing with them since I was a child. These little ones should have been able to repair them long ago."

As he spoke, Hu Yanqiu took the flashlight from Gu Siwei's hand, came to the jar of pickled duck eggs, and squatted down.

Gu Siwei walked to her side and stretched out his hand to help.

The jar is not small, almost sixty centimeters high, with a big belly and a small mouth. It is a bit like an enlarged version of a plum vase, but it is made of pottery. However, this pottery is now very close to porcelain, and the firing temperature is quite high.

This thing was a gift from Song Rui. It was one of the batch that Song Rui sent later. It has a big belly and a small mouth. The small mouth also comes with a lid. It is very suitable for pickling products. The small lid is also easy to seal.

This thing is good, but the sales volume is not very good. The reason is that the mouth is very labor-intensive, and one piece is a few cents more expensive than the one without a lid. Just these few cents make this thing have little sales. Folks are budget-conscious. For those who live by it, what do you think they would choose for a few extra cents and a cloth tied at the mouth of the altar?

Of course it's zabu, zabu just takes a little effort, and a few cents is real money!

For Song Rui, he works in a pottery factory, so it is very convenient to have this thing. It's really not stolen, it's distributed in the factory. If it can't be sold, just give it as welfare.

Others didn't want it. Whoever worked in a ceramics factory lacked it, so Song Rui borrowed flowers and offered them to Buddha and gave them to Gu Siwei's family.