Life in a quiet village in Xianshan

In the evening, Gu Siwei and Zhou Guangxian each led a horse into the village one after another.

"Siwei, Master Zhou, how are you doing?"

Every villager who saw the two people greeted them warmly and asked about the results of the examination that Zhou Guangxian went to the hospital over the factory.

Zhou Guangxian smiled at everyone and said, "I've made everyone worried. The test results are all good. I'm in good health and there's nothing wrong with me."

"That's good. Don't worry if you check it out."

Everyone who heard this result was happy.

Zhou Guangxian walked like this, holding hands all the way.

Got on the boat and returned to Silver Pine Cliff.

As soon as the straps were loosened, Dafa and Lizi disappeared in a puff of smoke. For the two horses, they felt very uncomfortable every time they were hoisted up and down, so unless Gu Siwei was watching, , otherwise even if Hu Yanqiu and Sicui were by their side, they would not let others tie them up honestly.

In other words, no one except Gu Siwei could catch these two horses and make them sit on the hanging pole honestly.

Hu Yanping was the first to see the two returning.

"Grandpa Zhou, what are the results of the examination?"

Seeing the smile on Zhou Guangxian's face, Hu Yanping said again: "Don't tell me yet, let me guess?"

"Okay, guess, guess," Zhou Guangxian said with a smile.

After losing his stern face, Zhou Guangxian suddenly seemed like a different person. Hu Yanping, who had always kept Hu Yanping at a distance, could now chat with Zhou Guangxian.

Hu Yanping said: "There must be nothing. You are in good health. In my opinion, your body is like living for more than a hundred years."

"Hahaha" Zhou Guangxian laughed and said, "I never noticed before that your mouth is so sweet. How can you do this when you grow up?"

Hu Yanping grinned and laughed: "Just average, third in the world."

Naturally, this guy is not the third in the world. He learned it from Gu Siwei.

"Learn something from your brother-in-law, and you won't have to tune in all day long," Zhou Guangxian said happily.

Gu Siwei came back at this time and said: "It's none of my business. You guys are chatting while I go back to rest. I've been chasing my life these past two days."

Going back yesterday and going back today, even riding a horse, is tiring for Gu Siwei. It’s just a trip with his wife. It’s not boring to go with Zhou Guangxian. The old man is cheerful here. Yes, but the age of the two of them is hanging here, and they can finish talking in an hour or two.

So we spent most of the journey in silence, and we didn't say much on such a long journey. Do you think this made the journey seem longer?

So Gu Siwei secretly decided in his heart that if there is another time, he must bring two more people with him, if for no other reason than he is afraid that there will be nothing to say on the road.

Back in the house, Gu Siwei saw Hu Yanqiu, Wu Meiling, and Ma Chunya. Ma's sister-in-law were doing needlework together, so he said hello to everyone and went into the house.

"How about it?"

Wu Meiling asked with a smile.

Gu Siwei said: "No matter what, no matter what, the old man is so strong that he can kill a cow!"

"It's fine if there's no problem at all," Ma Chunya said with a smile, "It doesn't look like there's anything wrong with old Uncle Zhou. He's in good spirits."

"What's the problem? I'm sure I'll meet a quack doctor again," Gu Siwei said with a smile.

Just when Gu Siwei finished speaking, a group of old men greeted him from outside. They had the same questions and almost the same answers. Everyone was happy for Zhou Guangxian.

"Siwei, when will your family prepare for spring plowing?" Wu Meiling asked.

Gu Siwei glanced at Hu Yanqiu and asked, "You didn't tell sister-in-law Meiling about this?" The spring plowing must have been planned in advance, how can this thing be planned in advance? Since it had been arranged long ago, it was impossible for Hu Yanqiu not to know about it. Now that he knew it, why didn't he mention it to Sister-in-law Meiling?

Seeing her husband's eyes, Hu Yanqiu smiled and said: "Don't ask me, I told you, but sister-in-law Meiling has nothing to do. We have to make a start. Many villagers asked when our family will do spring plowing this year and wanted to come and help."

What does Gu Siwei still don't understand now? The villagers want to come over and do some casual labor to make money for themselves.

But this year, the Gu Siwei family is really not short of manpower. The reason is very simple. First of all, almost half of the land is planted with winter wheat. This means that only half of the land needs to be sown for spring plowing this year, and even this half of the land cannot be fully planted. To plant rice, you have to plant something else, and the sowing time can be staggered.

In this way, how can we need so many people like last year? Now there are a few old men in the family, plus the couple from Wu Meiling's family and the couple from Sun Laibao's family, and at most three or four more people, it will take about five or six days. Time can also be busy.

"Sister-in-law Meiling, you see our family is not short of manpower this year," Gu Siwei said with a smile.

Wu Meiling replied: "I know, but the folks asked me to ask, so I have to ask."

At this time, Ma Chunya next to me said: "Everyone was a little addicted to working last year, so I was wondering if I could work again. After all, I could earn some food for my children, right?"

At this time, no one really cares about having children. Not only does no one care about it, but they also encourage them to have children. Anyway, there are no entertainment activities at night. If you have a daughter-in-law who stays at home, not to mention doing some activities every night, it is just a day and night, so It is impossible for this child to have fewer children.

In just this year, there were four or five more children in the village. Since they were not the first born, nor the eldest son or grandchild, congratulations were given on a small scale and no one else took care of them.

The pregnant woman who attracts the most attention is Hu Yanqiu. Firstly, Gu Siwei's "jianghudidi" is displayed here, and secondly, Hu Yanqiu can give birth to her first child.

In the past, Zhou Lanbing in Liu Dezhu's family could be counted, and everyone was quite concerned about it, but now Liu Dezhu is not considered a member of the team, so no one cares.

So the most attractive pregnant woman in the village was Hu Yanqiu, not to mention that she was a three-yolked egg, which made some people in the village envious.

Is a large population a good thing?

It’s a good thing, but it’s not just a good thing. If you have one more mouth, you have to have food and drink. There is only such a small amount of land in Zhuangzi, which was not enough in the first place. It was not easy to build a high-yielding grain farm. I was able to make do with it, but now it is not enough. With more mouths, there will always be times when there is not enough food, and when the situation of not enough food is seen, the folks will naturally think about it.

Gu Siwei could understand, but he had no choice. He couldn't hire someone to play at home. Isn't that nonsense? Not to mention what the villagers said behind their backs, doing so would be foolish and thankless.

"But there is really no way this year," Gu Siwei said.

Ma Chunya followed: "The villagers also know it, but they just ask if it is good. Without everyone, they won't say anything. The children of each family are getting older at first sight. As the old saying goes, half a boy eats it. Damn it, everyone has to think about saving some food or something."

"Um"

Gu Siwei hummed and turned back to the house.

It was okay not to mention this matter, but when it was mentioned, Gu Siwei became a little unable to sit still when he returned to the house, thinking about how he could find something to do for the villagers.

Of course he had food, but how to get it out and how to get it out had to be carefully considered.

For a while, Gu Siwei couldn't think of a good idea. Now there is nothing in the surrounding area. To put it bluntly, he even has a plan to pull the cloth. It is really difficult to find a way to make a living for the villagers.

Gu Siwei simply put aside the things he couldn't figure out. Anyway, it wasn't a matter of urgency. He wanted to think about it slowly.

Zhou Guangxian is in great health, and the rest of the old men can work without panting or blushing. Gu Siwei's family is called a harmonious one.

After a few days, the spring plowing work of Gu Siwei's family started step by step. Needless to say, there is no need to mention the fertility of the land that has been watered with manure.

This year's rice seedling cultivation work has already started, and Sicui is still in charge. Not only did it cultivate the fields of Gu Siwei's family, but also Wu Meiling and Liu Fulin's family, and Ma Chunya's family's fields.

The work of transplanting the rice seedlings started step by step, and God was very kind. It rained twice at the beginning, but when it was time to transplant the rice seedlings, it didn't rain for several days, allowing the Gu Siwei family to finish planting the rice seedlings smoothly.

After all the work was done, the life of Gu Siwei's family returned to its original state. Because of Gu Siwei's small movements, whether it was rice or wheat, there were very few weeds in the fields. It only took one manual plowing every three to five days. So there isn’t much work in the fields.

Since he doesn't have much life, the old man in the family has free time, so writing and painting are naturally inevitable. Of course, playing chess and chatting are so normal that they can't be too normal.

Song Rui, the boy, would come over if he had anything to do and play chess with the old men.

But none of these old men can really take time off. They have been busy all their lives. You want them to play chess from morning to night every day? Is that possible?

Therefore, most of the time in the end, these old men were either helping You Xugang with wood carvings, building furniture for Gu Siwei, or writing and painting with Lu Yan.

The literary spirit of the old Gu family soared.

The only pity is that Gu Siwei is not very interested in these things. The young Lao Gu feels like grass has grown in his heart and wants to run wild and have fun.

As the old saying goes, a wolf that has eaten meat will never eat grass again.

Although Gu Siwei likes a comfortable life, but after living the comfortable life for a long time, he naturally wants to change his taste, not to mention that he still has the strength to change.

What can Gu Siwei do? Needless to say, what he wants to do is to transfer some of the population to Hong Kong, and then transfer the population to the United States. If possible, he really wouldn’t mind transferring tens of millions of people to the United States, and at once boost the Chinese-American population. to fifty percent.

Of course, this ideal is unrealistic.

But fortunately, for Gu Siwei, it's just a word for fun. If you want to play, just go and play.

So after discussing it with his wife, Gu Siwei used the excuse of taking care of his family business in Hong Kong. Of course, he still claimed to the outside world that there were customers who wanted mountain goods, and embarked on the road south.