My 1995 Small Farm

  Chapter 203 Certificate of Merit

   Actually, a few days ago, Liang Hongyu's family also said that they would come to help.

   They are going back to the capital in the twelfth lunar month. This year, they will not celebrate the New Year here. After all, most of their relatives and friends are there.

   On the other hand, Liang Yuemin and his wife are going to stay this year. They will celebrate the New Year at his old husband's house in the village.

  I came back from the city at the end of the month. They had finished their work in the city for more than two months. When they came back, they had a rest and nothing to do.

   So Chen Ling did not refuse.

   After feeding the dog here, Wang Susu went home.

  Chen Ling and Wang Lixian picked up their shovels and leveled the ditches and ridges on the dirt road outside the village. In some soft and easy-to-sink places, they also put some stones on them and stepped on them.

   Dirt roads are difficult to travel, so it is convenient for cars and tractors to pass.

   In another four or five days, the engineering team will arrive. Make some preparations in advance so that you will not be in a hurry.

   Chen Ling has a deep understanding of this on the way of transporting building materials.

   From outside the orchard to the entrance of the village, the three were busy for most of the day.

  Many people who have a good relationship with Chen Ling will also do a little favor, dumping the broken bricks and cinders at home on the road for him to pave the way.

   Although it is a good intention, it is inevitable to ask questions.

  Because they really can't figure it out, others break their heads and go out, why does Chen Ling have to tinker with this in the ravines.

  This farm is better built in the county town than in the village.

   It’s not like building a greenhouse like Erzhu, how can this farm make money?

   Anyway, this baby always thinks differently than others.

   They didn't dare to guess.

   After all, there are rumors that Chen Ling made a lot of money this year, who knows what others can't say.

   "Let's raise some chickens and ducks first, grow some food and vegetables, and let's talk about the rest later. Anyway, the place is big."

   No matter who asked, Chen Ling answered like this.

   Now, most of the villagers have good intentions towards him, not to mention that if they go up to help him a little, they can’t keep silent and say nothing to others.

   That's the only way to go.

   It’s just that there are too many people asking. These days, tractors are used to transport building materials back and forth. No one in the village knows that he has to toss in the 30 acres of land.

  Chen Ling was inevitably asked impatiently.

   But to some people it is a different feeling.

   For example, Wang Chunyuan, who just returned from the county seat.

   Everywhere Chen Ling went, someone said a few words or helped to shovel dirt and pave the way. Although it was only a few steps away from each other's door, it still made his eyes hot.

   Looking at his own house, the house has also begun to be renovated, but no one in the village pays any attention.

   It was all thanks to the people that the eldest brother ran around to find for him, and assembled a construction team of seven or eight people.

   But he still had to come by himself, and he had to go to the county town to buy things every day and come back to take care of the meals for people.

   "Damn, I don't know what this kid is capable of. Why did he get mixed up this year?"

  Wang Chunyuan glanced at Chen Ling and the others from a distance, and rode his car down the dam.

   On the way home, he cursed a few words in his heart.

  I thought it wasn't a big deal, it's just that no one helped to build the house. If I can go back to the health center or even the county hospital in the future, these **** don't want to ask him for help.

   I feel a little more comfortable when I think about it this way.

   But somehow, there was still some blockage in his chest.

   "Fugui, go back with some rapeseed seedlings. You can eat it with stir-fry or mix it."

  The three of them went home after shoveling the road. When they passed by Wang Jusheng's house, Zhang Qiaoling brought him a large basket of rapeseed seedlings.

   At this time, winter wheat and rapeseed have emerged.

   After a dozen frosts and dew in early winter, the rapeseed seedlings at this time taste much better than those planted in spring.

   will have a lot less astringency and bitterness.

  Fried vegetables, or steamed in a pot, mixed with sesame oil, all delicious.

   In addition to cabbage this season, there are radishes and potatoes. It is not easy to eat some fresh vegetables.

   So Chen Ling hugged two big handfuls, "That's it, sister-in-law, I still can't finish the dishes in the vegetable cellar, I'll just bring some back to try it out."

   Zhang Qiaoling shouted from behind: "Get some more. This year, there have been too many rapeseeds. This is the seedling of the time, and my family can't finish it."

   It is not until the heavy snow and the solar term. There are many sunny days in these two months, and the rapeseed seedlings are still green, and the frost and dew in the morning and evening cannot hurt them.

  Waiting for another month, the snow will begin to fall on the mountain, and the rapeseed will soon be frozen and withered, but the roots will not die, and the next spring will still grow densely.

  The dense seedlings will compete with each other for fertilizer, and the rapeseed pods will grow less, which will affect the harvest.

   And it is more laborious to harvest.

   Therefore, the mother-in-law is also idle at home. At this time, they will go to thin the seedlings, and they can also have a few more meals of green leafy vegetables on the dinner table.

   When Chen Ling returned home with two handfuls of rapeseed seedlings, the number 7 or 8 of Wang Chunyuan’s house opposite was busy.

   They laid the foundation a few days ago and are now building the main house.

  Wang Chunyuan nodded when he saw him approaching, and then continued to lower his head to work.

   This guy is also quite weird.

   No matter what, he didn't break the face with any family in the village.

   But he couldn't live or die with the villagers. He was smiling on the surface, but he couldn't get close.

   Even if there is no hatred or resentment, this is the case.

   Thinking about it carefully, Wang Susu's saying is quite right. The couple in this family are really high-brows and they always feel that they are very capable, and they look down on them as farmers.

   "You look down on others, and others look down on you. Just don't provoke us."

  Chen Ling also smiled back at Wang Chunyuan, then walked into the yard.

"came back."

   "Well, what are you doing? You don't rest?"

  Wang Susu is sitting under the eaves making medicine.

  Chen Ling put down the shovel and walked over to take a look. It was just a few ordinary herbs.

   "Sister Xiaoyun's grandmother is very old. She has been lying on the bed for half a year and always has bedsores. She came over in the morning and asked me to help me dispense some medicine..."

   "Well, the money is all there, I don't want it, I insist on giving it."

   Wang Susu felt embarrassed to accept money from an acquaintance.

   After all, this herb is actually not worth even a few cents.

   "If you give it to you, you will accept it. Someday call them over, and I will cook you a meal. It's okay if you don't."

  Chen Ling walked to the side to wash his hands, then brought a reclining chair and sat next to her.

   "For people like us, it's inevitable to encounter acquaintances, and familiarity returns to familiarity, one yard for another."

   "If you don't want to collect money, you encounter thick-skinned people who come to see you all day long, and it's up to you to get cured. What should you do?"

   "So just accept the money. I really have a good relationship with you and can understand you. If you are unhappy because of this trivial matter, you don't need to get too close in the future."

   Wang Susu actually understands everything.

   She is just too thin-skinned and too soft-hearted.

   Just like when she met two old classmates in Fenglei Town, some of the two women's remarks were very unpleasant, and she was unwilling to refute them for fear of hurting her feelings.

   But she also has a good point, she just listens to Chen Ling.

   Take Chen Ling's husband as the backbone.

   Now that Chen Ling said this, she laughed, "Okay, I know what to do in the future."

   "Sister Qiumei said that the next time we go to the hospital for a check-up, she will take me to apply for an individual medical certificate, and I will really be a doctor in the future."

   She went back to her parents' house this time, found the old medical book left by her grandfather, and brought it back.

   I've been flipping through books at home every day, doing some chores, and someone came to see her for a little illness, and I'm more confident than before.

   "Then how about I put up a sign for you and write Wang Susu Clinic?"

   "Don't, don't use my name, it sounds weird."

   "Then use mine? Fugui Clinic? It doesn't work either."

  Chen Ling frowned, the name sounded like a nightclub.

   "Forget it, let's not name it first, I'll go to the stall to order some salty cakes. Didn't you say it was delicious last time? It happened that Mrs. Qiaoling gave some rapeseed seedlings, and I'll make it again tonight."

   "Okay, I'll go and choose a dish for you."

   Salty food cakes, also known as paste buns, are eaten in most areas north of the Yellow River. They are similar to the persimmon buns and sweet potato buns here.

   When making, do not use flour on your hands, mix some batter with warm water, beat in eggs, put some green cabbage leaves, leeks, spinach, all kinds of wild vegetables, or other vegetables, just do it according to your own taste.

  Chen Ling mixed the batter in the porcelain bowl, cracked a few eggs, and Wang Susu helped him wash and choose the vegetables.

  After selecting, cut the rapeseed seedlings, put them in and stir well and you're done.

  Wait for the pan to be hot, brush a thin layer of oil on the bottom of the pan with a sorghum brush, then pour a spoonful of batter into the porcelain pot and spread it out into a cake shape with a spatula.

   After that, use the spatula to flip it back and forth several times. In less than two minutes, a browned egg savory cake was out of the pot.

  After the bottom of the pot is completely heated, Chen Ling spreads the cake faster.

   Basically, it takes 30 to 40 seconds to get one sheet. In less than 10 minutes, the batter in the porcelain pot is gone to the bottom, and there are more than a dozen fragrant savory cakes in the bamboo sieve.

   After the salty pancake is baked, smash some garlic, mix some chili oil and vinegar with the garlic juice, and you can eat it as a dip.

  Wang Susu eats less spicy food now, so she dips in vinegar dishes, while Chen Ling dips both dishes.

Sitting at the kitchen table, the two used chopsticks to pick up a hot savory cake, dipped it in the serving plate, the mouth was soft and chewy, and the rich garlic juice mixed with the sourness of vinegar and the spicyness of chili peppers. People have an appetite.

  Wang Susu ate four in one go.

   This thing is soft and smooth, suitable for women and children, and it is combined with garlic, vinegar and chili, so you won't get tired of eating a few more.

   It was so easy to eat, I warmed up two bowls of leftover lump soup in the afternoon, and dinner was done.

   It was almost six o'clock after dinner, and it was getting dark.

  The young couple brought the leftovers in buckets and went to the orchard outside the village to feed the dogs with flashlights.

After crossing two steep slopes on the dirt road in the field, the two of them heard a dog barking in the distance, the flashlight flashed, and two figures, one black and one yellow, rushed over from a distance, and they gradually released when they were in front of them. Slow speed, humming, tail wagging like two windmills.

  Wang Susu reached out and patted the heads of the two guys and waved at them: "Let's go, let's have dinner."

   Heiwa and Xiaojin are very smart and they seem to know what Wang Susu's body is like.

   Such a performance, not to mention Wang Susu, Chen Ling was a little surprised.

   He treats the two dogs as playful children most of the time, they learn things quickly, and they are good at guarding and hunting, but he didn't expect them to have such a sensible side.

   For a while, I felt great consolation.

  Wang Susu is also happy to hug the two dogs for a while and pet them.

   After playing around for a while, the light of the daughter-in-law's flashlight suddenly stopped: "A Ling, look, there are so many birds on the Internet!"

  Chen Ling looked over with the light of the flashlight, and saw that there were large and small leaves hanging on the sticky bird net.

   All birds with outstretched wings caught in nets.

   There are three large nets, and not one of them fails.

   "...Unfortunately, there is still no net for wild pigeons."

  Chen Ling took a look, there are pigeons and magpies on the Internet, but there are no wild pigeons.

   Then he stepped forward, untied the bird on the net, and asked Heiwa to bring the chicken coop in the grass shed.

   Bamboo chicken coops have small gaps, and it is also possible to hold birds.

   Then a cage full of sparrows, pigeons, magpies, and larks was placed.

   These are all birds that eat crops and fruits.

   The rest of the mouths are sharp and thin, and all the ones that mainly eat insects are released.

   As for the injury on the Internet, and the half-dead bird, it was thrown to two dogs to eat.

   "Let's keep the two pigeons first, and save a few more to make smoked pigeons."

  Wang Susu of course had no objection, "Okay, but can't this bird be raised as a pigeon?"

   "If you can raise it, it's too stupid. Let's raise it as a meat pigeon, it's not too fast to grow meat."

  Chen Ling shook his head. He wanted to raise some smart wild pigeons. As the seedlings of carrier pigeons and racing pigeons, pigeons are still good to eat.

   And keeping them in winter is a waste of food.

   "Okay, then make it into a braised pigeon and eat it."

  Wang Susu stretched out her finger and tapped the bird's mouth from the gap in the cage, causing it to flutter its wings.

  …

   After feeding the dog, the two went home.

   I haven't slept at home for several nights, and Chen Ling plans to go back to sleep today.

   When they got home, the two prepared to boil water and take a hot bath.

   Chen Ling, who had just poured tea beside the table, suddenly let out a groan.

   "What's the matter?" Wang Susu was making the bed when she heard the sound.

   "I always feel like I forgot something."

   "What did you forget? Didn't feed the cows? Or didn't feed the sheep?" Wang Susu asked.

   "Feed it, didn't the cows and sheep feed in the afternoon?"

  Chen Ling scratched his head, but he forgot something before he remembered.

   "Oops!" He suddenly slapped his thigh, "I forgot to bring Zhenzhen back. Zhenzhen is still at Aunt Hongyu's house, and she was still talking during lunch, why did she forget to bring her back."

   "Huh? Yes, the next two days are weekends."

  Wang Susu was also stunned, and then she couldn't laugh or cry, why did she forget about it.

  I have something to do at home these days, so I can't take care of picking up Wang Zhenzhen, so I let her go to Liang Hongyu's place after school. The old lady likes her very much, and she has already let her stay for a few days.

  Wang Zhenzhen has nothing against her, but the condition is to bring her back on Saturday and Sunday. After all, there is no fun in the village in the county seat.

   She is also reluctant to partake of her sister.

   The two of them were talking.

  Chen Ling heard an alarming cry of decibels coming from the village, and the sound got closer and closer all the way.

   "Really, who brought her back?"

  Wang Susu hurried out.

  Chen Ling also walked out quickly.

  …

   "Don't cry, I didn't forget you, I was telling your sister, I'll pick you up later."

   Arrived in the room, Chen Ling was still coaxing the little girl, behind Wang Susu, and Qin Qiumei, who was wrapped in a thick cotton hat and scarf.

   "You lied! You turned on two lights, you must be going to sleep, you just forgot me."

  Wang Zhenzhen pursed his little mouth and said angrily, with tears still hanging on his little face.

  Chen Ling likes to read a book before going to bed. She thinks one light is too dark, so she turns on two lights every time. She knows this.

   "Okay, okay, how could we forget you, look, it's so dark outside, and you asked your elder sister Qiumei to take you back, how dangerous the road is."

  Chen Ling tried his best to coax, and quietly changed the subject.

After he finished speaking, Qin Qiumei took off the scarf and said with a smile, "Zhenzhen won the first place in the mid-term exam this time, and I was waiting for you to pick her up. I wanted you two to know earlier, but you didn't go after waiting for a long time. "

"Aunt Hongyu saw that she was about to cry, so she wanted to send her back, but the two old people are too old to walk the mountain road in the dark. I just happened to be coming over to Dongmei, so I would take her with me. up."

   "But there was something on the way that was delayed for a while, and it was dark halfway there."

   Hearing this, Chen Ling and Wang Susu were very embarrassed. After thanking Qin Qiumei again, they turned their attention to the little girl.

   "You really got the first place in the exam, the certificate of merit, take it out and show it to your sister."

"Humph."

  Wang Zhenzhen pursed his small mouth, still angrily, snorted, went to his schoolbag and took out a certificate.

   This certificate is neatly pressed with a book, and there is not a single broken corner.

   first handed it to her sister.

  Wang Susu was immediately overjoyed and looked over and over again, "Yeah, I really got the first place in the test."

   then handed it to Chen Ling.

   "Amazing, really, we'll all follow you to enjoy a university entrance exam in the future."

   "Yeah, when your sister gives birth to a little nephew and a little niece, it's up to you to teach them well."

   Just so bragging and coaxing, the little girl was relieved.

   After drinking two cups of hot water, Wang Susu took her to wash and sleep.

   Then he went back to the main room and sat down again, made some tea, and sat and talked with Qin Qiumei.

   "Just now over Dongmei..."

   "Oh, she has this temper since she was a child, Susu, don't take it to heart."

   Qin Qiumei said apologetically.

   She sent Wang Zhenzhen back just now, and Qin Dongmei saw it. Knowing that this was Wang Susu's younger sister, she slapped the two of them hard, turned around and went into the house to ignore her sister.

   "I'm fine, Sister Qiumei, don't you want to visit Dongmei?"

"Hey, she probably won't let me into the house anymore. I didn't tell you last time. She kept getting angry with me at my mother's place for half a year, blaming me for not helping her this, not helping her that... "

   Qin Qiumei sighed again and again, her once fair and clean face was pale and haggard.

  Wang Susu hurriedly comforted her when she saw this, and the two women had endless words for a while.

  Chen Ling looked at the time, it wasn't too late, it was just after 8:30, but it was dark early on the mountain in winter, and at this time it was dark outside and no one could be seen.

   Let Qin Qiumei stay and sleep with Susu, and he continued to go outside the village to look at the building materials.

  Unfortunately, he originally wanted to be gentle with his daughter-in-law tonight, but now he can't.

   (end of this chapter)