Life in a quiet village in Xianshan

In the morning, as soon as it got dark, everyone got up and those who were ready to work were ready to work. Wu Meiling, Sun Qiumei and Sicui who started preparing breakfast also started washing vegetables and cooking.

Gu Siwei was preparing to go to the factory. After packing a little, he was carrying a basket and a small military satchel and was ready to set off.

Wu Meiling saw that Gu Siwei was about to leave and immediately stopped him.

"Brother Siwei, you haven't had breakfast either?" Wu Meiling asked.

Gu Siwei said: "If you don't want to eat, walk quickly and come back quickly."

It sounds nice, but in fact, Gu Siwei doesn't really want to eat the food at home. After decades of eating farm food, it still has some flavor. If you eat it every day, it's really not as good as outside. Although Wu Meiling is good at it. Let’s stew fish in a big pot, but we can’t eat fish stew in the morning.

In the morning, thin rice porridge with pickles and white flour steamed buns is a first-class meal for the folks. For Gu Siwei, it is okay to eat it all day long, but it is a bit too bland to eat it regularly, which makes him feel like It is like sitting as a monk.

So he planned to eat something delicious while going to the factory, such as fried cakes, sesame balls, etc. Then he would have a bowl of paper wontons, which would be called breakfast.

"It's better to eat something. Even if you ride a mule, it will take a long time."

Wu Meiling said, without waiting for Gu Siwei to refuse, she took out two warm steamed buns from the steamer, dug some pickles into the bowl, and wrapped them with the white gauze on the side, then came behind Gu Siwei. , stuffed the things into the basket.

"Thank you." Gu Siwei could only say thank you.

Wu Meiling said with a smile: "You're welcome, the steamed buns are yours, and so are the pickles."

After saying that, he patted Gu Siwei's basket and said: "Go, go and come back quickly."

"Brother, go early and come back early."

Sicui, who was cooking the pot, looked at Gu Siwei and said with a smile.

Gu Siwei nodded to Sicui, then nodded to Sun Qiumei, and walked towards the cliff.

After taking just two steps, he met Liu Fulin head-on.

"Leaving so early?"

Gu Siwei smiled and said: "It's getting late, the sun is already out."

"Wait a minute, I'll join you." Liu Fulin put the hoe on his shoulder on the ground, found something to lean on, clapped his hands and followed Gu Siwei.

Gu Siwei was a little confused: "Uncle, do you want to go to the factory with me?"

"Which factory am I going to? I'm going home. Didn't I tell you yesterday to bring you a salted fish?" Liu Fulin said.

After hearing this, Gu Siwei remembered the salted fish thing, so he said: "Don't bring it, I brought some things here, and when I get to the factory, I will go to the store to buy two bottles of cans. This gift is almost enough." . After sending you there, I have to send you back, and this trip will take almost an hour."

"Then don't want it?" Liu Fulin said, "I want you to give it to others to try. Even if you are a local product, you can't spend money on everything."

"No, really no need," Gu Siwei said.

After hearing this, Liu Fulin picked up the hoe again: "Then you go ahead, I won't be polite to you, and I will bring it over to cook for you next time I go home."

"What are you cooking to eat?"

Tao Yisheng also came back from afar at this time. When he smelled the aroma of steamed buns, everyone knew it was time to eat, so they decided to come back with their farm tools for breakfast.

After sleeping all night, all the food in the stomach has been consumed, so eating breakfast is a very pleasant thing for everyone. After smelling the aroma, they don’t want to do anything anymore, and just want to get straight to it. cooked rice!

Gu Siwei walked along the stone path in the middle to the edge of the cliff, put down the rope ladder himself, and when he went down, he called Xiao Ma and the monkeys to put the rope ladder up.

Sitting on the raft all the way down, when we arrived at the entrance of the village, the villagers all got up to work. Most of the people, except for the old people and the little kids who couldn't do the work, all those who could work were already busy in the fields.

The crops are planted, but the grass also grows up. Moreover, the grass in the mountains is very tenacious. It grows faster and stronger than the crops. If it is left alone for a few days, it can grow taller than the crops.

People who don't have weeds pour fertilizer into their fields. Farmyard manure, to put it bluntly, is manure.

When people get busy, the early morning air in the village smells like shit.

Gu Siwei got off the raft and greeted the villagers he met, then approached Yang Chuanwu and told him about borrowing a big green mule from the village.

Of course, Yang Chuanwu didn't refuse, because there was no need for animals at the moment, and everyone took turns hoeing. Even if Gu Siwei borrowed all the animals in the village, Yang Chuanwu wouldn't say anything, as long as he fed the animals and returned them. .

"Can you ride?"

What Yang Chuanwu was most worried about was that Gu Siwei didn't know how to ride a mule.

"meeting!"

Gu Siwei said with certainty.

It wasn’t Gu Siwei’s bragging rights. He felt that few of the villagers in the village had their own standards for riding horses. Of course, this was a Western-style riding method. This ability was still achieved when Lao Gu was in his twenties, thirties, and fourteen years old, just joining in the fun and riding a horse. Wave riding was learned from Xiao Feng, a noble sport.

Yang Chuanwu was a little worried, so he put down what he was doing and took Gu Siwei to the barn.

The animals in the shed are all divided into households, either by households or by whose family they belonged to before. Now the animals still belong to the same family. However, no one has tied the animals at home, and they still keep them in the animal shed outside. side.

Firstly, the house smells bad, and secondly, there is a hay house here, which is convenient to take care of. If you have several animals, you only need one person at night, and several families can come in turns. If you put them in your own house, you have to get up in the middle of the night. .

Therefore, although the livestock were divided, they were still kept in the village's livestock shed.

The two came to the livestock shed. The old man from the Sun family was taking care of the animals in the shed. After saying hello, the old man Sun brought the big green mule out to Gu Siwei.

"No saddle?"

Gu Siwei looked at the smooth mule's back and asked Yang Chuanwu.

Yang Chuanwu Dao: "Have a saddle!"

As he said that, he turned around and brought a square piece of thick linen cloth to Gu Siwei. The linen cloth was slick with oil, and he didn't know how many years it had been used.

He put a linen cloth on the mule's back, and then found two flat ropes made of cloth. These things were braided like a girl's hair, about four fingers wide and as thick as a little finger.

The flat rope was thrown onto the back of the mule, and the broken ropes at both ends were tightened on the sides of the mule's belly, and Yang Chuanwu signaled that it was ready.

Gu Siwei didn't know what to say, but he also knew that this was pretty good. It was only normal that there were no people riding saddles in the village. With how poor the village was, how could anyone ride an animal? The whole team only had these few animals. The truth is more valuable than people.

That is to say, it is not needed now. If it is used during the busy farming period and the season for large animals, even if the animals are idle, people will not let Gu Siwei ride them.

The reason is that people riding on animals consume the physical strength of the animals.

Gu Siwei didn't say much, and went directly to the side of the big green mule. He grabbed the reins with one hand and grabbed the green mule's back with the other hand. He grabbed the flat rope and easily rode the big green mule with both arms. on the back.

When Old Man Sun saw Gu Siwei getting on the horse, he praised him: "You can tell by looking at him that he is good at riding a horse."

When Yang Chuanwu saw it, he realized that he was a little too worried. This horseman's horse riding ability was better than his own. He didn't need to worry about what might happen to Gu Siwei along the way. The village had lost a good hunter.

"That's alright, leave early and come back early."

Yang Chuanwu didn't have time to be polite to Gu Siwei.

No one had time, so Gu Siwei said hello and rode his mule directly out of the barn, and the sound of hooves gradually faded away.

When he arrived about a mile or two outside the village, he confirmed that no one was lying. Siwei got off the mule and took the green mule into the space. Then he started to use his space jumping method and jumped towards the factory.

When they arrived at the outskirts of the factory, Gu Siwei didn't get the big green mule out, but just put the basket on his back and walked towards the busiest street in the factory.

After finding the restaurant and sitting down, he directly ordered two beef buns, a bowl of paper wontons, two hemp dumplings, and a large fried dough stick. Gu Siwei just sat by the window with great care, enjoying his breakfast leisurely.

After eating for more than half an hour, Gu Siwei wiped his mouth, paid the bill, and bought a few hot steamed buns. He asked his aunt to wrap them in paper, put them in the baskets, and went to Hu Yanqiu's work. store to go to.

At this time, the shops opened very early. The shops opened as soon as the workers went to work. Regardless of whether there were people or not, they opened at midnight anyway. It was the same as when the workers went to work. The shops also worked in three shifts. How many people will there be in future generations? Can the store do this?

After entering the store, Gu Siwei took a look and found that Hu Yanqiu was not at work.

"Hey, Gu Siwei!"

When Hu Yanqiu's colleagues saw Gu Siwei, they all greeted Gu Siwei enthusiastically.

Every time Gu Siwei comes over, he will bring some food to these people. It is not necessarily expensive or valuable, but it is just some snacks, which brings Gu Siwei closer to these aunts and girls. Not to mention that they sell candy here. On the entire first floor, everyone likes Gu Siwei very much, and they only rely on a few snacks.

"Gu Siwei, come to see our Yanqiu?"

Hu Yanqiu's team leader, an aunt in her forties, also asked with a smile when she saw Gu Siwei.

"Come here to do some errands and take a look at everyone. Why doesn't Hu Yanqiu go to work this morning?" Gu Siwei said and came to the counter. He bent down and put down the basket, then pulled out a cloth bag from inside, opened the cloth bag and put it on the counter. It's filled with walnuts, or fried walnuts - five-flavored.

Upon seeing this action, the nearby tellers came over one after another. You grabbed a few and I took two. They just stood there with their heads tilted and started to bite.

Although the walnuts cultivated by Gu Siwei are not as smooth to peel as the future paper shell walnuts, they are not much worse. They are much easier to peel than the walnuts on the market. Even if you don't know how to peel them, they are not as smooth as these young ones. The little teller girl weighed it with her teeth, and the shell cracked. Then it depends on your personal preference whether to pick it with your fingers or to suck the walnut kernel with your mouth.

"Gu Siwei, your walnuts are so delicious."

"The delicious food is not just for you!"

It would be weird if a group of women were together, and they all started teasing Gu Siwei.

Gu Siwei, an old-fashioned man, didn't care. Once he got acquainted with Dahun, it was like this. A man and a woman would always be talked about. But for now, Gu Siwei really didn't think about anything else. Others returned to Seventeen I wonder if Sui will find his first love, but when Gu Siwei returns to the present, he just wants to live a comfortable life and get married? If you are less than thirty years old, what are you doing to cause trouble?

"I just bought the buns, has anyone had breakfast?"

Gu Siwei remembered that he had brought the buns, so he offered the buns out again. He didn't see Hu Yanqiu, and neither did these people.

Who told Comrade Hu not to take it orally?

"I!"

"I!"

Several girls raised their hands at the same time. Everyone was familiar with Gu Siwei. Young people should not be pretentious. In this regard, young people in this era are more comfortable than a few decades later. Gu Siwei liked this very much.