Life in a quiet village in Xianshan

Hu Yanqiu reached out and grabbed a small piece of honey and put it in his mouth, tasted it and nodded.

"It tastes good. This year's first-crop honey still has the flavor of plum blossoms. It's not bad. My mother must like it very much. You can send some of this honey to my parents in two days," Hu Yanqiu said.

Gu Siwei heard his wife say that the piece of honey was from plum blossoms, so he took a small piece and put it in his mouth, tasted it gently, and found that it was really from plum blossoms.

There are two types of plum blossoms planted by Gu Siwei at home, one is the plum blossom that only blooms but does not bear fruit, and the other is the plum blossom that bears plums. Gu Siwei didn’t know it at first, but when he waited for it to bloom but no fruit came out, Gu Siwei wondered why. This plum blossom only blooms and has no fruit.

After asking here, I found out that some plum blossoms were for flower viewing and did not bear fruit, so I replanted some plum trees that bear fruit.

Plum blossoms bloom early, but the fruit matures later. It usually takes until the end of June and July to mature. This is different from loquat. At about the same time, loquat matures much earlier than plums, and the flowering period is longer. , if it weren’t for Gu Siwei’s principle of trying everything, I’m afraid Mei Zi would have been eliminated by him long ago.

"No problem, it just so happens that Lao Xu and Lao Zhu are going to send some over. When he has time, the old man will nag me, saying that he hasn't eaten our honey for a long time, and now he can finally take care of himself," Gu Siwei joked. said.

Xu Congwen likes Gu Siwei's honey the most. However, in the past, Gu Siwei's family had few honeys, just in the storage hole. Although there are some in Gu Siwei's space, they cannot blatantly give them away. Now that Gu Siwei has cover, he can naturally Be more generous.

"I'll give some to Uncle Qiao, and two bottles to Brother Daorong's house," Hu Yanqiu said.

Gu Siwei nodded: "Don't worry, no one will be missed on this trip."

When Hu Yanqiu heard what her husband said, she hummed, then turned around and took a plate, broke off two large pieces of honey and put them on the plate.

Just as Gu Siwei was about to ask what he was doing, he heard Hu Yanqiu say to his younger brother: "Go, give these to a few old uncles and let them taste our first spring honey this year."

Hu Yanping happily accepted it, but his sister's words immediately made his face fall.

"Don't steal it, just give it to me honestly," Hu Yanqiu said.

"I know, who are you looking down on? I only need this little honey?" Hu Yanping muttered, carrying the plate and walking out the door.

Gu Siwei said: "There is nothing left to pack. All the cans and bottles I can find at home are here. There are still so many left. What should I do?"

"Who told you to get all the money back with such two hundred and fifty?" Hu Yanqiu said with a smile: "But don't be afraid. When I go to the village in the afternoon, I will bring it to the villagers so that everyone can taste our honey."

"I really don't want to cut it, but the box is almost full. If I don't cut it, the bees will eat it themselves," Gu Siwei said.

Hu Yanqiu said: "I really want to cut it, but where do I have time now? Everyone is busy with school affairs, not only building school buildings but also teaching children. They are so busy all day long that they want to scratch their feet in the sky. No time to harvest honey.”

"Where can I give them to the folks?" Gu Siwei asked.

After hearing this, Hu Yanqiu rolled his eyes at Gu Siwei and gave him a "are you stupid" look.

The honey was given to the villagers just for a taste, and there was no one to control the situation. Hu Yanqiu was not stupid and generous and gave it all away to his family to keep it.

"Brother, you are stupid," Sicui also said.

At this time, Hu Yanping came back, followed by Yu Yingzhi. As soon as the old man entered the house, he said to Gu Siwei and others: "Has the harvest been harvested this year?"

"Hey, why are there so many?" After Yu Yingzhi came in, he saw bottles and jars on the table, as well as more than a bucket of unpacked honey nests.

Before Gu Siwei could explain, the old man patted his forehead and said with a smile: "Looking at my memory, everyone hung up the honey box this year. I didn't expect it to be so good the first year."

"Oops, I forgot, old man Zhou can't eat these." Gu Siwei then remembered that Zhou Guangxian was not in good health.

Yu Yingzhi smiled and said: "It's okay. What does he have? He eats everything now. He just didn't work before. He was used to being a leader and was tired. Now he can do all the work and has nothing wrong with him. Don't worry. , Tao Laodao has checked it all."

"Is his examination scientific?" Gu Siwei asked with a smile.

Yu Yingzhi didn't answer directly at all. He waved his hands and said, "How long this person lives is given by God. God can't hide from you whenever he wants. Why worry about this? Eat what you should drink. Drink, otherwise one day, suddenly a stone will fall on the mountain road, and suddenly there will be a car crossing the road, and suddenly..."

"Okay, don't be so sudden. Your sudden move made my heart tremble," Gu Siwei said with a smile.

"What should I do with so much honey? How can I harvest so much honey at once?" Yu Yingzhi asked.

Gu Siwei said: "I am going to send it to the radar station on the mountain. I will also bring some loquats from the trees to the soldiers. Please bring more so that everyone can taste them."

"Well, this is a good idea. A group of people are squatting in the mountains. You can enrich their lives by taking a look here." Yu Yingzhi agreed with Gu Siwei's idea.

Originally from a military background, Yu Yingzhi naturally had deep feelings for the army. As he spoke, he wanted to say, "I'll go with you." But thinking of his current status, he smiled bitterly and shook his head.

"Then pick them. The loquats look almost ripe to me," Yu Yingzhi said.

Gu Siwei nodded and agreed with him: "I was just about to say this, but when I thought about it, everyone is building school buildings now, and it is the busy farming season, so I can't pick all the fruits by myself."

Hu Yanqiu chuckled after hearing this: "Are you stupid? They can't pick ponies?"

Gu Siwei scratched his head: "I really forgot about this, but even if all the ponies are put into battle, it will probably take four or five days to pick them all."

Monkeys can pick fruits, Gu Siwei is sure of this, but monkeys can also pick fruits, which Gu Siwei also knows.

As long as you don't stare at these guys, they can pick a fruit for half a day. Their laziness is exactly the same as that of Master Sanhe, no less than that.

With so many loquat trees, all relying on Xiaoma and the monkeys, Gu Siwei felt a bit unreliable.

"Just ask the children to help you come over and see if it's okay. Whichever one works diligently, give it a cup of malted milk. It's your old trick," Yu Yingzhi said with a smile.

After hearing this, Gu Siwei thought for a moment and sighed: "I guess this is the only way."

"Only the loquats are ripe? Are there nothing else?" Yu Yingzhi asked.

"No more." Gu Siwei shook his head: "I looked around and most of the fruits will not be available until June or July."

Gu Siwei's family grows many fruit trees. They have all the usual fruit trees, including apricots, persimmons, pears, peaches, dates, oranges and grapes.

Of course, Gu Siwei still likes two things most, one is cherries and the other is kiwi. The planting area of ​​these two types is almost equal to the sum of the others.

Anyway, no one on Gu Siwei's side had any boundaries with him, and he didn't like shrubs. He had cleared all the shrubs on the hillside and planted fruit trees on them.

Over the years, almost five to six hundred fruit trees of various kinds have been planted in the area that has been cleared. Otherwise, where would there be so many bees and so much honey?

"June and July are the months when normal fruits bloom. The loquats at home bear fruit too quickly," Yu Yingzhi said with a smile.

Sicui said at this time: "If you don't pick it, the monkeys will eat it up."

"You guys are picking them at home," Gu Siwei said.

"It's all a matter of course. How can I pick it when I have time? What if I pick it? There is no place to sell it, so I might as well put it on a tree," said Hu Yanqiu.

"How come... forget it, I will pick loquats in the afternoon and try to send warmth to everyone tomorrow or the day after tomorrow." Gu Siwei made a little joke.

It's a pity that no one understands the meaning of sending warmth, so Gu Siwei throws this burden without making a sound.

When it came to lunch, Gu Siwei couldn't get in the conversation again.

Waiting for them to speak, Gu Siwei answered: "Another big pot dish?"

"What else? The big pot dishes are so delicious," Yu Yingzhi said.

Gu Siwei said: "Aren't you tired of eating it every day?"

Gu Siwei really doesn't understand why these people like to eat big pot dishes so much. Yes, they are full of meat, but they can't eat big pot dishes all year round.

"You just got home today, how about we have a fish stew? I will go to the river to spear a fish for you later," Yu Yingzhi said.

When Gu Siwei heard about the fish stew, he thought for a moment and said, "Forget it, let's let it be a big pot dish. What kind of fish is being stewed at this time? I don't know how long it will be cooked."

Just like that, there was another big pot meal at noon, including cabbage, vermicelli, meatballs and oiled tofu. When eating, every old man carries a bowl.

Gu Siwei, the young man who should have eaten the most, only had two bowls, one bowl of rice and one bowl of large pot of vegetables.

While eating here, I was teased by a group of old men, saying that Gu Siwei, a grown man, ate like a chicken, with just a few pieces.

In fact, Gu Siwei ate quite a lot. This bowl of rice was almost three times the size of the small rice bowl at home a few decades later. Such a bowl of rice plus a big pot of food, and the big pot of food also included an iron bowl. Do you think Gu Siwei ate too little of the meatballs that looked like bold lion heads?

But now, he really doesn't eat much. Any old man can take out two Gu Siwei, which is enough for two people.

Gu Siwei looked at the group of old men and muttered in his heart: It's a good thing I have a plug-in, otherwise you alone would make me poor, let alone these six little brats.

His eyes turned to his six sons, who were digging into bowls of rice, and Gu Siwei sighed in his heart.