My 1995 Small Farm

   Chapter 244 High School Classmates

  In the early morning of summer, the sun rises very early.

   Just after five o'clock, the sky was bright, and the small town was awakened by the sound of **** and dogs.

  Chen Ling got up very early. He was not in a hurry to go home, so he packed up the sundries in the small courtyard in the south of the city.

   The wires here are a little old and in disrepair. While I'm here today, after clearing the sundries out, I'll replace them with new ones.

   At this time, there are few places where electricity is used, only a light bulb is nothing else, and there are also few wires, so it is very easy to make.

  After tidying up, Chen Ling saw that it was still early, so he took advantage of the coolness of the morning to go out for a stroll, herd cattle, and have breakfast by the way.

   Walk out the door, slightly humid bluestone street, clear sky, cool and fresh air.

  Chen Ling led the cow around behind the middle school and slowly stepped onto the old and mottled stone bridge.

The little white cow walked on the long stone bridge with happy little steps, its black eyes looked around, its hooves stepped on the stone bridge, and there was a crisp sound of stepping, and under the bridge there was a crashing sound. river water.

   is the Nansha River.

  Chen Ling led the ox down the stone bridge and came to the embankment. The willows on both sides were blown by the morning breeze, and the branches were flying gently.

  Under the tree is a slightly messy flower and grass, which is a mess that is growing too vigorously.

   On the side of the stone bridge, he found the path down the embankment, Chen Ling walked down slowly, and the little white ox slowly followed behind him.

"Giggle..." As soon as he walked down, he was startled by a large piece of waterfowl flying in the grass. Chen Ling looked around and found a small boat from under the bridge. This boat was released by the flood control headquarters recently. You can use it, just put it back when you're done.

Untie the boat, board the boat and row forward in the river, the little white cow also slowly stepped into the river and swam behind the boat. He chased the ducks and waterfowl on the river in the distance with the water, enjoying a burst of joy.

   made Chen Ling laugh at it like a dog.

   One person and one cow played from the west of the city to the east of the city, and then from the east of the city to the west of the city. It was a good time, but it attracted passers-by to stop and watch, and some shouted to him and asked a few questions.

   "Rich, wealthy..."

   Once again, he returned to the stone bridge in the west of the city. Someone on the bank called him again. He looked up and saw Liang Yuemin.

   "You've come to play in Nansha River. My mother told me to call you back for dinner. I'm looking for you in the south of the city. The door is locked over there. I thought you were going home."

  Liang Yuemin stepped down from the dam, looked at the little white cow slowly walking out of the water, and said with a smile, "Your cow is still fun."

  Chen Ling smiled, parked the boat, and came up to talk to him.

   Liang Yuemin was as cordial and warm as usual today, but he was always a little uncomfortable.

   After saying two words, when the two of them walked back together, he hesitated and started talking about his family.

   "What? Uncle Qin and Aunt Hongyu are going to divorce before?"

   Hearing him tell the whole story, Chen Ling was really surprised, completely unexpected.

   "Hey, you should be able to see something from the fact that Xiao Ming and I are both surnamed Liang."

Liang Yuemin gave him a wry smile: "My dad is from Qinwan here, my mom is from the capital and came from the countryside, I won't say how the two of them know each other, anyway, getting married is equivalent to being my dad. Open the door."

"In these years, especially after the reform, the people in my mother's family treated him like a nanny, and he was in charge of cooking and cooking. My mother may have said last time that some family dinners were even made by my father as the cook. I have to use "you" to address my mother, although it is common in Beijing, how can there be such a relationship between husband and wife?"

   "You can't do it without shouting, or the elders know they will teach him a lesson."

   "I don't want to talk about other things. Until last year, my dad couldn't take it anymore, so he planned to divorce my mother and go back to my hometown..."

  Chen Ling was both stunned and strange: "You have such a big business now, and your family can't talk?"

   "Hey, this kind of thing really doesn't make sense. I don't know if you can understand it. In short, my surname is Liang. Naturally, this business is made possible by the support of my mother's relatives, friends and elders."

  Liang Yuemin shook his head: "But I can't stay in the capital anymore. I've been worrying about it for so many years, and it's hard to spend a little money. Didn't this last year and Huanhuan return to our city to develop?"

  Chen Ling didn't know what to say.

  Since the two of them started chatting about this matter, they didn't go back to eat, so they found a breakfast stall near the county hospital and sat down to eat and chat.

  The little white cow obediently sat under the big tree not far away, watching the passersby calmly back and forth.

"Oh, anyway, without you, my dad and my mom might get divorced. Although my dad is soft-hearted, he's been like this for most of his life, and he's already had enough. He said he doesn't want anything now. I just want to live a comfortable and clean life for a few years, maybe this is just being without desires? No matter how much my mother can stop it, it's useless to lose my temper, not to mention it's a loss, so I have to follow him back."

"No, it's only been a year since I came back, that is to say, I'm with you guys, having fun every day, and eating something delicious. The two of them are much better now, and they both told me in private that they are better than the capital. Ten years have been enjoyable."

  Liang Yuemin looked at Chen Ling and said with emotion: "Now the atmosphere in my hometown is much more conservative than outside. I can accept and communicate with strangers like us, and I am sincere, and your family will be rich and honored. I really thank you."

  Chen Ling smiled and waved his hand after hearing this, saying that it was nothing, and it was the right temper.

  If he encounters the kind of people who are arrogant and look down on the country people, he will not pay any more words.

  …

   The two were eating and chatting, when a group of people came busily on bicycles and stopped in front of the breakfast stall.

   "Good guy, the white buffalo is so pretty."

   These people glanced at the little white cow, praised them, and then made a fuss and asked the boss to call them oil buns.

  Chen Ling and the two were almost finished eating. Seeing so many people crowding in, they quickly finished the last two mouthfuls of soup and got up and left.

   But when he was about to take the little white ox away, a voice suddenly stopped him.

   "Hey, isn't that morning bull's descendant Chen Ling?"

  Chen Ling looked up. It was a young man with black and red face, square face and small eyes, short hair, and not tall. He looked at it for ten seconds before he recognized who it was.

   "You are... dialing Qingbo?"

   "Hahaha, my mother, you still remember my nickname when you are back."

   The young man laughed and walked up to him and patted him on the shoulder enthusiastically, "You are tall now, with a white face, and you are very young. I thought you were a handsome young man."

This person's nickname Dial Qingbo is because his name is Zhao Hongbo. When he was in school, his classmates used "Red Palm Dial Qingbo" to joke with him. call.

   In high school, he and Chen Ling lived in the same dormitory. He had a warm and hearty personality and was a very loyal male classmate.

   "Hahaha, it's natural to look white, there's no way, you can't get a tan when you work."

  Chen Ling also smiled and patted him on the shoulder: "I haven't seen him for several years, what are you doing recently?"

   "My uncle and I are building a factory in Huangni Town, and a new factory will be built over there, and the wages are high."

  Zhao Hongbo laughed and said, "What are you doing? You still led the cow in the morning and moved to the county town to live?"

   "Ah, I didn't move, but I bought a small yard across from Xinlingzhong. I'll talk about it later if I want to move."

  Chen Ling pointed in that direction and said.

   "Oh, it's amazing, your baby is making a lot of money."

   Zhao Hongbo widened his eyes in surprise, and shouted while picking up the towel around his neck to wipe his sweat.

   "What makes big money, and where do peasants go to make big money?"

  Chen Ling smiled, "Isn't this a baby just added to the family, in order to make it easier for him to go to school in the county town."

   "Oh, there are babies, okay, boy."

   Zhao Hongbo smiled and said, "You dropped out of your senior year of high school and didn't contact us anymore. This year, you are free to go out for a drink. The people in our dormitory are all good-natured and don't have any troubles."

Chen Ling agrees with this very much. At first, they would go out over the wall at most, take a bath in the river, pick up some leftovers on the construction site and sell them for a few cigarettes, buy some snacks and other things, everyone gets along very well. There was no conflict.

   "Okay, let's talk about it then, let's have a drink every year as we did when we were in school."

   "Hahaha, your baby still remembers, okay, just one drink a year. I'll write to you when we discuss a good day. We said you were here last year."

   On the other side, Liang Yuemin was relieved when he watched Chen Ling talking to someone.

  Because of yesterday's drinking slips, he was reprimanded by his parents in the morning, for fear that Chen Ling would think too much.

   In fact, they were too guilty and startled, but they were overly worried.

   In more than a year of getting along, Liang Hongyu also knows that Chen Ling is not the kind of person who climbs high branches, and never puts fame and fortune in his heart.

   But fame and fortune are one thing, and family love is another. No one can say for sure about sons and mothers.

   In case Chen Ling finds out, I really want to find the past, not to mention the process is difficult or not, just because of Chen Ling's mother's temper, she hasn't come back for so many years, you can imagine the attitude.

  Liang Hongyu was afraid that a bad one would hurt his nephew because his son was wronged by his indifference.

   Now that Chen Ling's mother and the two of them have cut off contact, they simply don't tell Chen Ling about it.

   Liang Yuemin was also reminded many times by Liang Hongyu and the two of them. He usually pays great attention, that is, he was happy with the drink yesterday, so he didn't keep his mouth shut.

  …

   "We have a long way to go, so we can't take care of eating, so come here and get some oil buns to eat on the road, otherwise we won't be able to start work."

   "Let's go, Lao Chen."

   "Okay, slow down on the road, there are mud pits outside Huangni Town, and it's hard to walk."

"Know."

   Zhao Hongbo rode on the car and waved back, followed by a group of men who left in a lively manner.

   After watching him leave, Chen Ling and Liang Yuemin and his son changed the wiring at home in the morning, and at noon, they ate in the small courtyard here, and simply ordered some food and drinks.

  Because the door was open, Liang Jinke, who came to the school to change classes, walked in directly. Seeing that it was the teacher, Chen Ling took him to sit down to drink and eat.

During the period when he talked about his encounter with Zhao Hongbo, Liang Jinke still sighed with emotion: "The atmosphere in your dormitory is still good. In recent years, some people look down on this and the other after earning a little money. Talking to my teacher is yin and yang. The tails are up in the sky."

   "Only your dormitory has developed, and they all still miss teachers and classmates."

   "Let's get together, it's not a bad thing to keep coming and going."

   "Well, I didn't make it a few years ago, so I'll get together with you guys this year."

  Chen Ling used to be good at school, mainly because he was lazy, he didn't fight or grab anything, and he wasn't annoying. Male and female classmates had a good relationship with him.

  …

  After working in the county town, Chen Ling returned home in the afternoon, Liang Yuemin and his son also followed. The cowshed was built yesterday, and they were ready to pick up the two cows.

   When he arrived at the farm, Wang Cunye, with a whip and a hoe, was tending sheep in the fruit forest.

   "What the hell, what are you digging for?"

  Chen Ling saw his father-in-law stop and go, and from time to time he stopped to dig twice with a hoe, frowned tightly, and his face was not very good-looking, so he hurried over.

   Liang Yuemin and his son also quickly followed.

   "The thorns pull the seedlings. I don't know what's going on. There are so many thorns and pulls in the woods."

  Wang Cunye pointed to the things on the ground and showed them, "This thing is very harmful. It can grow into a large piece at any time, but they can't be allowed to grow everywhere."

   "Isn't this that ivy?"

  Qin Rong first leaned over and grabbed a thorn thorn, looked at it, and said.

   "It's not an ivy, it just looks a bit like it."

  Chen Ling said, "This thing is a harmful weed, and the ivy can be used as a medicinal material. They are different."

  In the wild, thorn and paper mulberry often grow together and grow together. These two guys are very active, and their vitality is beyond imagination.

  It is good to say that paper mulberry leaves at least the leaves can be used as livestock feed. What is the use of thorns to pull the seedlings? Compared with paper mulberry, it is even more disgusting.

It is also called Lala Yang in some places. This thing also has a very nice and domineering name. It is called the Five-Clawed Golden Dragon. When it arrives, a long bloodstain will be drawn.

  If it gets into the clothes, it will be more uncomfortable than Maimang, and it will be itchy and prickly, and it will be extremely thorny.

  Chen Ling originally thought that this thing was an invasive species, how could he know that it was native, but it was a real harmful plant.

  In the early years, they didn't grow this thing, and it only appeared sporadically about ten years ago. It's getting longer and longer, and it's a bit like flooding.

  The growth rate of the thorn-pulled seedling is extremely fast, and it is a large piece when it climbs.

   And they have tendrils, so they can climb on any terrain.

   Stones, trees, walls…

   Especially old houses, if no one cares, they can grow in the yard in just two or three years.

  The plants that are entangled by it are difficult to survive, including big trees.

  Chen Ling can leave it alone, but this thing must be eliminated.

  Wang Cunye also obviously knew that this guy grew up in the fruit forest, and there was only bad and no good, so he plowed down while shepherd the sheep. Now they are all newly grown seedlings, just pluck off the roots.

   "Oh, it turns out that this thing is so bad. It's alright, it's easy to get it when it just grows, I'll go and get my cow out, rich and noble, you can give us two and two hoes, and we'll help you plan it together." Qin Rong said first.

   So Chen Ling and Liang Yuemin went to get hoes, and then the four of them worked together in the woods.

   "Uncle Wang, it's quite fun to plan this thing, don't take the cow back, we'll be back tomorrow."

  I don't know if it was because of the two scalpers behind him, Liang Yuemin was actually interested.

  Wang Cunye couldn't help laughing and laughing when he heard it, this **** treats work as a play, and only rich people can say such things.

   The weather was not very hot today. The four of them worked for more than an hour, chatting and not too tired, but at this time Gao Xiulan told them to take a break and go back to drink some water.

   The four of them responded and walked to the farm. As they walked, when they encountered thorns and thorns, they would still wave their hoes, dig them down, and throw them on the grass to prevent them from having a chance to take root again.

   "Huh? What's in the grass?"

   When he was about to reach the bamboo forest, Liang Yuemin saw a piece of thorns beside the canal, and he smashed it all down with a hoe. Just after cleaning up this large area, he suddenly saw a tail in the grass.

   Out of curiosity, he stabbed lightly with a hoe, and saw a thick snake crawling lazily out of the grass, black and yellow, which shocked him.

   "Good guy, it's a snake, such a big and thick snake."

Chen Ling and the others followed and found that it was a grass-headed snake, also known as the king snake. , so that they immediately became restless.

   "Damn, this is still a thief long worm, burrowing in the grass to steal our eggs to eat."

   (end of this chapter)