Bianshanhan [farming]

In the border town in May, it was sunny, the sky was high and the clouds were light.

I finally took off the snow goggles I had been wearing for several months, and my field of vision suddenly widened, and everyone felt much more comfortable. The marks around everyone's eyes were still clear, and the mood was as good as the weather.

Standing in the camp, you can vaguely see the white tops on the high mountains in the distance, and the greenery above the wilderness.

After repairing the car, Li Maoxian, Lao Sun and others were busy all the time. They found a flat land, pulled out all the grass on it, led the animals and pulled the stone roller to press the open space over and over again.The pressed porcelain is solid, and the grass seeds will not take root after falling. This place can be used as a yard for harvesting grain in the future.

Jiang Cong and Jiang Liping went to the field, while Li Qingwen guarded the stove.

The pheasant meat, spring onions and sliced ​​ginger were boiled in the pot. I pricked it with chopsticks and it was almost cooked. Li Qingwen took out the cooked chicken and put it on a curved grate made of sorghum stalks to drain.

I have to say that the various things made from sorghum stalks are really useful.

The broken sorghum stalks can be woven into kang mats, the round curtain can be used to cover water tanks to place dumplings, and can be used to dry things or put them in a pot to steam things. clean……

Of course, Xu Dajin is also very good at tying sorghum stalks. With only hemp rope and an awl, he can turn the straight stalks into various shapes of convenient tools.

Li Qingwen sighed inwardly, while chopping up the cleaned wild vegetables, adding soy sauce, vinegar and coriander, then tearing the cooled chicken into shreds, and mixing them in the wild vegetable bowl.

Every time shredded chicken is mixed with wild vegetables, the shredded chicken is picked out, and most of the wild vegetables are left over. Li Qingwen still puts them in again and again, otherwise these people don't want to eat vegetables at all.

Even if you accidentally bring a wild vegetable into your mouth while sandwiching shredded meat, it is better than not eating at all.

Zhou Yao leaned on the door frame and asked, "How long will you be back from this trip?"

"I can't say for sure." Li Qingwen said: "If everything goes well, it may take two or three months to go back and forth."

Zhou Yao sighed deeply, and finally found a place to eat something delicious, but in the end...

Thinking that she could only live on that bit of sauced meat, Zhou Yao sighed again, "If you're not busy, make me a smoked chicken at night."

A doctor who can revive a patient with a cracked head is frowning for food, Li Qingwen just thought it was funny, nodded and said: "Okay. If you finish eating all the cooking, you can go to the shed to get the bacon and go back Cook it and it tastes good."

They used the excuse of road construction to go out this time, but they actually wanted to give someone away. It would have caused trouble for themselves, Chen Wen, and Zhou Fengnian if the matter leaked out, so they naturally kept their mouths shut and did not publicize it to the outside world.

In the evening, Li Qingwen not only made smoked chicken for Zhou Yao with sugar syrup, but also fried a lot of loach and put them in a basin for her to scoop up when she wanted to eat.

After the arrangements for the fields and the house were made, we were about to set off.

Li Maoxian and Li Qinghong drove the rack cart pulled by mules. The things on the cart were all wrapped and protected from rain.

Others make bare cars, with people sitting on the four corners of the car, and cultivated saplings are placed in the middle.

The officers and soldiers who came to supervise them also drove the cart, which was loaded with picks, shovels, and ropes.

Seeing the green saplings, the four officers and soldiers murmured unanimously in their hearts. Could it be that this trip is not just pretending to plant trees?

No matter how you look at it, these saplings are not just growing...

What they didn't know was that the planting of trees was what Li Qingwen had planned a long time ago, and sending away talents was a temporary idea.

Although he couldn't ride, Li Qingfeng wanted to take his pony out for a walk, but after thinking about the distance, he finally let it go.

Not wanting to attract too much attention, Lao Xingtou and the others didn't go out to see them off, and the group of people walked out of the stone wall calmly as if they were going out to work.

The people who came out this time were specially selected, and most of them were quick-witted and able to adapt to whatever happened outside. For people like Ma Yongjiang, they had to honestly watch the ground in the camp.

Of course, Ma Yongjiang is not willing to go out and suffer.

Li Qingfeng felt that Ma Yongjiang was a bit strange these days, he often couldn't find anyone, and he could barely see his shadow sooner or later.

He originally wanted to keep an eye on what Ma Yongjiang was doing, but this time he wanted to go out, so he put it aside first.

As soon as we left the camp, we naturally had to put on a show. Everyone took a shovel, leveled the places where there were bumps, and filled the places where there were holes.

After a few miles away, everyone let go, loaded things into the car, talked and laughed.

Li Qingwen didn't sit in the car, he finally got some free time, he had to practice horseback riding.

When it comes to horse riding, everyone can't help but praise Li Qingfeng.He didn't ask anyone to learn from him, he rode around the camp by himself, and he already looked good when he went out to patrol.After tossing around for several months, no one could believe the familiar posture when he came back. This is a person who has only been on horseback for a few months.

Li Qingxue's horse riding was not as talented as Li Qingfeng's, but he and Tianzao had a close relationship and cooperated with each other tacitly. Whether they were walking or running, they went smoothly.

Jiang Cong followed him on horseback, occasionally mentioning him a few words, and of course he praised him more often.

This season is probably the most comfortable in the border town. The sun is not so hot, the wind is not so strong, and it is neither cold nor hot. It is an excellent time for traveling.

The most important thing is that the weeds on the ground have not grown wildly, and the insects and ants have not yet become rampant...

Of course, there are also disadvantages, that is, the wild animals at this time are not fat, and the hares that are beaten have flat stomachs.

Regardless of fat or thin, the final destination is everyone's stomach.

Li Qingwen was sitting on the horseback, drowsy from the sun. Before setting off, he cooked meat every day and night, so he didn't sleep enough. As soon as he was on the road, he made up for his drowsiness.

Jiang Cong stayed by his side the whole time, seeing his eyes half-closed, he stretched out his hand and said, "Come here."

The two horses rode side by side, walking at an unhurried pace.

Jiang Cong leaned over, took Li Qingwen from Tianzao's body to his own horse's back, and tied Tianzao's rein to his horse cage.

Sitting in front of Jiang Cong, Li Qingwen could sleep peacefully.

Seeing this, Li Qingfeng couldn't stay in the car anymore, jumped off, untied Tianzao's rein, and rode on by himself, and after a few "drive", he ran to the front.

Li Qinghong shouted from behind: "Don't run too far!"

"Don't worry!" Li Qingfeng echoed loudly, and disappeared in a blink of an eye.

This sound was a yell.

He made more noises by himself than the group behind him. There were groups of rabbits and pheasants startled in the surrounding grass, occasionally mixed with the cries of wild ducks.

It was almost evening, and the people behind hadn't caught up with Li Qingfeng. Before dark, he turned back by himself. He took off his coat and held it in his hand. It looked heavy, as if he was holding something.

When he came back, he didn't get off his horse either, and handed the clothes and the contents inside to Li Qinghong.

Li Qinghong took a look and found that there were gray and white wild eggs inside.

Counting twenty or thirty, I don't know where he found them.

Sleeping on the spot, putting the pot on fire, and frying it a few times in the oil pan, these wild eggs became delicious scrambled eggs.

Under the obstruction of the crowd, Li Qingwen's idea of ​​chopping up wild vegetables and frying them in eggs fell through.

He couldn't understand why other people hated eating wild vegetables so much, and others couldn't understand why they had to chew the bitter leaves when there was meat to eat.

Jiang Cong and Jiang Liping went out for a trip, and when they came back, they brought several rabbits. They went to fetch water, and they caught them on the way.

Ever since they tasted fried meat, everyone has slowly given up on grilled meat. The grilled meat has to be turned over constantly, and if one is not paying attention, it will be burnt into charcoal, and some meat is thick, and some meat is thin. Bloodshot raw meat...

Therefore, what he must bring with him on the way is this iron pot bought from Fan Yangcheng.

When he first bought the pot, Li Qingwen thought it was expensive, but now he only regrets that he didn't buy more, so that he wouldn't have to worry about poking the bottom of the pot when cooking.

It wasn't that he was worrying unfoundedly. A few days ago, the stewed meat was burning vigorously, and the stove was suddenly extinguished, and there was obviously unburned firewood in it.When Li Qingwen was holding the scythe to re-ignite the fire, he suddenly noticed that there seemed to be pieces of chicken rolling out of the stove.

He turned his head and found that he was not dazzled. In addition to the chicken pieces, there were also chicken soup and ginger slices...

Then lift the lid of the pot, the original half pot of stewed chicken, the soup is gone, and the meat is also missing - the pot leaked.

I don't know if it's because of the frequent cooking, or heavy hands when stir-frying. There is a hole the size of a fist in the clay pot.

First get out the half-cooked meat pieces that survived the disaster, and then Li Maoqun and the others lifted the clay pot from the stove and carried it outside.Wipe off the thick ash on the bottom of the pot, and you can see that the bottom of the pot is burnt and only a thin layer remains. Even if it is not bad this time, it will not be able to escape the next time.

Because of this incident, Li Qingwen didn't dare to work hard in those few days, so now he reluctantly skips that incident.

There are not many people in their group, and the meal is easy to make. Each person gets a bowl of hot water and fried noodles, and then divides half a bowl of scrambled eggs and fried rabbit meat.

The four accompanying officers and soldiers were given first, and the rest were divided among the others. The bottom line is that these four people are traveling around for their private affairs, so they naturally need special care.

After eating, everyone dug holes on both sides of the road in the resting place, planted the saplings on the car one by one, watered some water after planting, watered again when it was bright in the morning, and then set off on the road again.

Planting trees is of course serious. When these saplings survive in the wilderness, grow taller, and grow up, even if it snows heavily, they no longer have to worry about getting lost when they come out.

The weather was good, the journey was comfortable, and there was no heavy burden of tasks on them, everyone was in a good mood, and soon arrived at the dense forest.

At this time, the branches and leaves in the dense forest were not so lush, but the snakes were already ready to move. Jiang Cong just followed the carriage and shot six snakes in half a day.

Li Qingwen was most afraid of this thing, he didn't even look at it, let alone make the snake into food, so they gave the snake to the postman, who was very happy to take out the snake gall to make wine and stew the snake meat to eat.

This station is close to the dense forest, and there is no shortage of trees, so Li Qingwen saved the dwindling number of saplings in the car.

When passing through the dense forest, they also found several beehives, and they were a little greedy for the honey inside, but they all kept their business in mind and did not dare to waste time on the road.

I don't know if it was a coincidence that they were traveling this time, or because they were lucky. After traveling for more than [-] days, they didn't encounter any wild animals or dangerous things.