My 1995 Small Farm

   Chapter 180 Departure

   Nothing happened after dinner, and Wang Laishun stayed for a long time.

   and Chen Ling drank tea and played a few games of chess before leaving.

   The next day, Chen Ling tasted two bowls of wild wine and kiwi wine.

   Unsurprisingly, the wild wine tastes two grades better than previous years.

   And the kiwi wine with sugar pickles also did not disappoint him.

  It is sweet and sour, with plenty of stamina, and it is quite enjoyable to drink.

   As for the two jars of wine brewed in Dongtian simply with sugar pickled seeds, it is a bit unexpected.

   He only poured out a small half of the tea jar.

   There is almost a small three or two.

  My dear, this wine not only tastes good, but also has a surprisingly strong wine.

   With Chen Ling's current physique, ordinary wine doesn't feel like it.

   But after drinking this wine, I actually got drunk.

   Drunk to death.

  I drink wine in the afternoon and sleep directly until the next morning.

  Not only does not have the adverse reactions of hangovers, but also the eagle spreads its wings and is majestic.

   actually has such a strange effect.

   is surprising.

   "I don't know if it was influenced by Dongtian, or the effect of a strange wild fruit like Tangpaozi."

  Chen Ling muttered, and after diluting it with some water, he fed a little to the rabbit as an experiment.

   After a night, go to the rabbit den.

  Good guy, the wild rabbits that stopped breeding after the winter began to mate in twos and threes excitedly.

   made Chen Ling stunned: "My dear, this wine really has an aphrodisiac effect, and it can be used by humans and animals.

   After a second thought.

   is not it.

  This wine has such a good effect, adding some herbs to bring out the herbal flavor, it can be sold as a medicinal wine and aphrodisiac wine.

   Sun Moon Cave Heaven is strong.

  I was not rushing to make money, so I unknowingly came up with another project to count money while lying down.

   However, these are not urgent.

  Everything will be said after the farm is built. Brewing, tobacco making, etc., are all things to do outside of farming. They are half-enjoyed and half-sold. Anyway, how do you feel comfortable?

   When it comes to brewing and making tobacco, the wild tobacco leaves that Chen Ling picked in the mountains have long been dried.

   is also cultivated in the cave.

   But compared with wine, this tobacco leaf is a bit blind.

   In fact, the growth of wild tobacco leaves is quite good.

   After drying, most people can't smoke cigarettes.

   is really too irritating, Chen Ling will feel dizzy after smoking, let alone ordinary people.

   Based on his guess, it is estimated that the tobacco leaves are growing in the wrong direction, and he will have to **** and cultivate them in the future.

  The time flickered, and it finally arrived on the first day of October.

   I'm going to go to my father's grave.

  Chen Ling prepared incense candles, paper money and the like a few days in advance.

  My father loved to eat eggs, but in the past, eggs were so expensive that they could be used as hard currency.

  The old man was used to being frugal all his life, and he was reluctant to eat it on weekdays.

   Even when sending letters to the deep mountains, they only carry two or three on them.

  Otherwise, if you just eat steamed buns and pickles, you will have no energy, and you will be finished when you encounter wolves and wild beasts on the road.

  This egg is also used to maintain physical strength.

   So before going to the grave this time, he also boiled a lot of eggs and ducks.

  Chen Juncai's grave is on the mountain.

   and Chen Ling's grandparents were buried in the same place.

   As for the cemetery on the Chen Ling's orchard side, it was an old burial that I don't know how many years ago.

   At that time, the village was small, with few people, and they were greedy for proximity, so they were buried at the foot of the mountain.

   Later, the old grave could not be buried, so a new one had to be built.

   But the cultivated land in the mountains is precious.

   By that time, no one was willing to put the cemetery on their own farmland.

   Therefore, the graves of the Chen and Wang families in the village are now on the mountain.

   Only a few families with foreign surnames will negotiate on their own to vacate a place, or simply bury them in their own fields.

On the first day of the first month of October, Chen Ling and his wife went up the mountain early with baskets on their backs, chickens, ducks, eggs and other food, gun battles, incense candles, paper money, etc. were all prepared. When they arrived at the grave of Chen Juncai on the mountain, they placed tributes and ordered them. Putting incense and candles, burning paper money and muttering, announcing the good news, then adding two shovels of soil, and after setting off the cannonball, dragged Wang Susu to kneel in front of the grave and kowtowed a few times.

   But it's not over.

   After sending Wang Susu home, Chen Ling kept the sheep for a while, and in the afternoon, he dug a half-sized cypress tree and carried it beside his father's grave.

  It was his aunt who planted it last year, so this year he should naturally plant it.

After    planting the tree, his two-year period of mourning and filial piety has passed.

  Otherwise, not only can you not visit relatives, but also during Chinese New Year, the Spring Festival couplet lanterns cannot be hung red.

   "Which wild child, what are you tinkering with on the grave?"

   Just as Chen Ling was about to pack up and leave, an old voice came from the woods opposite.

Turning around, Chen Ling knew who it was, and felt a little helpless, so he faced the old man who came with the whip and said, "Fourth grandfather, why are you coming up the mountain again, didn't I tell you, the wolf on the mountain? Don't go here alone."

   This old man is none other than the fourth grandfather Chen Gannian.

   The black and red skinny face, with scary scars on both sides, intertwined with the wrinkles on the face, plus the bald forehead, only the sparse white hair remaining on the temples, made the old man look sad.

   "How can there be a wolf, whose child are you, you can be foolish."

   Chen Gannian's eyes widened, maybe his voice was a little loud, and he coughed violently.

   "Fourth Grandpa, I am rich and noble, from Chen Juncai's family..."

   Chen Ling answered, and hurriedly stepped forward to support him and drag him down the mountain.

  The fourth grandfather, Chen Kanan, was so angry with his second son a few years ago that he had a mental problem.

   In the past two years, my mind has also been confused.

   also woke up a few days ago when the fourth grandmother died. She ran to sit in front of the grave for a long time. When the family came to look for it, it was already dusk. I was afraid that he would run up the mountain in the future, so I scared him that there were wolves on the mountain.

  The old man was almost eaten by a wolf when he was a child, and he has been afraid of this thing for most of his life.

  Although I was confused, I was still afraid, so I didn’t dare to go here again.

  I didn't expect to run over again today.

   It is estimated that his mind was awake for a while.

   "Juncai? A handsome man from Xiaoliu Ge's family..." Hearing Chen Ling's nickname, the old man didn't react, but when he heard Chen Ling's name, the old man immediately put down the whip in his hand and looked at him blankly for a while.

   Then he slapped his thigh with a smile and said, "It's you, Juncai, I haven't seen you for a few days, why are you so white, uncle doesn't even dare to recognize you when he sees it."

   "Let's go, the county has to go to the temple fair, let's go to the play."

   Come on, this is confusing again.

   But the old man is willing to go down the mountain, otherwise Chen Yongsheng and his wife will have to search all over the village.

   "Jun Cai, don't quarrel with your daughter-in-law all the time in the future. The baby will grow up and become sensible. The two of you quarrel, and the baby can't see it well."

   Fourth grandpa patted Chen Ling's arm and persuaded earnestly.

   "Understood, we won't quarrel in the future, our men don't know the same thing as a mother-in-law."

  Chen Ling smiled and nodded.

   When he was a child, his parents quarreled with each other every three days due to their ideology, which really affected him badly.

   But fortunately, my father never did anything. Instead, my mother was very angry and annoyed her, either throwing things or scratching my father's face, making it impossible for my father to go out and meet people.

   Looking back now, there is not much fluctuation in my heart.

   Besides, I probably only remembered these things about my mother.

   After all, it was a childhood thing, and now even the mother's appearance is blurred, and only the photos of my youth can be used as a reference, and I can recall a general outline.

   "That's right. Look at your fourth aunt. Whenever you want to quarrel, I ignore her, turn around and go out. She can't quarrel no matter what."

   At the end, the fourth grandpa laughed and looked a little smug.

   "Huh? This is your dog? I've never seen it before."

   At this time, Heiwa and Xiaojin ran over from a distant field, and they played in front of Chen Ling for a while, making Fourth Grandpa look curious.

  Chen Ling didn't say anything else, just followed the words: "When I delivered the letter, I picked it up on the road."

   Fourth grandpa frowned in surprise: "I picked it up on the way to deliver the letter?"

"Yup."

   "Can such a big dog be brought home and raised, but don't hurt the baby at home."

  Chen Ling heard another piece of nonsense and fooled around.

   After passing the Land Temple and walking to the vicinity of the wheat field, Chen Ling pointed to the village entrance to the north and said, "Fourth Grandpa, where is this, do you remember?"

   The old man immediately blew his beard and stared: "You thief, come to laugh at your fourth uncle again..."

   "Fuck Zikou, knock Zizang, and quickly knock out the big bad wolf who stole the baby."

   "To catch up with the new year, my mother gave me this name, just to get rid of the wolf quickly. Even if someone else occupied this place and built a house, I will never forget it for the rest of my life."

   Hearing the fourth grandfather ramble, Chen Ling was not impatient. After leading the old man into the village, he sent it to Chen Yongsheng's house.

   "Fourth Grandpa, it's getting late, go home early for dinner."

   "What is the fourth grandfather, Juncai, your baby is confused, and your seniority is messed up. It is the fourth uncle, not the fourth grandfather. You called me the fourth grandfather all the way..."

  The old man was still talking at the door of the house.

   The couple, Chen Yongsheng, who came out, were a little confused, and asked Chen Ling in a low voice, "What's the matter?"

   "Today I went to visit my grave, and I met the fourth grandfather on the mountain..."

  Simply said.

  Chen Yongsheng asked Wang Xiuhua to bring the fourth grandpa back home.

   and Chen Ling stood outside the door and said a few words. Suddenly, Chen Yongsheng stared at the sheep pen outside the courtyard and hurried back: "Da, where did the sheep go? Where did you drive the sheep?"

   "Sheep? They're all eaten up, and the wolves are all eaten up."

   "Oops! Hurry up and find it, you ask Zanda, how can he tell what he is like now."

  Wang Xiuhua stomped her feet anxiously.

  Chen Ling heard that the fourth grandfather was confused again, shook his head, and walked home with the dog.

  …

A few days after    went to his father's grave, Chen Ling and Wang Susu tidy up the house.

   began to prepare the things to bring back home.

   This day, at noon, Liang Hongyu's family brought Wang Zhenzhen back from school.

   Stayed for a meal.

   After all, Chen Ling accompanies Wang Susu to go home this time, and two or three days are definitely not enough.

   leave the key to the second old man.

  Entrust them to come over every day to add water and feed to the poultry and livestock at home.

   "Fugui, this little wild boar is well raised. It didn't take long. I remember when I came here a few days ago, it was only the size of a slap. It's so big now."

  After eating, the old couple stood in front of the pigsty, looked at the five little wild boars inside, and exclaimed.

The wild boars in the past have now grown into the size of local dogs. Chen Ling and Wang Susu usually do not let them out easily. Fortunately, the food is good. And before the time of molting, the black and yellow stripes are still beautiful.

   Now, when he sees people, he hums and walks up to him with his head raised, wiggling his nose and begging for food.

   "When I was young, I grew up fast, and looked like every two or three days."

  Liang Hongyu said, then reached out and patted the little wild boar's nose, turned around and said, "Fugui brought a few pigs to your mother-in-law? Susu hasn't returned for two years..."

   Chen Ling took the large steel scale from the firewood room and said, "Weigh it first."

   "Really, little chestnut, come on, come and say you two have grown?"

  The two little girls were drinking yogurt, and while they were drinking, they were playing with a few raccoons in the kitchen.

  Wang Zhenzhen was very familiar with this. He took the lead in grabbing the hook and noose at the front of the pole, and then Chen Ling slid up and pulled the scale to look at the star.

  Look at it, Chen Ling put down the pole and said with a smile: "It's really good, I have gained a little weight in our family, and now I have fifty-eight pounds."

   "Hee hee, you and my sister play with delicious food every day, can you not get fat? If I live for a while, I will really eat like a pig."

  Wang Zhenzhen rolled up his sleeves and smiled at Chen Ling and Liang Hongyu. His arms used to be thin and small, but now they are starting to grow.

   "Good girl, go back and live for a while, but remember to come back again. I will go to school in the county town in the future, and I will go to my aunt's house for dinner at noon, and my aunt will make delicious food."

  Liang Hongyu touched the little girl's head and liked it very much.

   "Got it, I'll definitely go back to school."

  Wang Zhenzhen nodded, then dragged Xiaolizi with the cat behind him to him: "Don't hide, you are thinner than I was before, hurry up and weigh you."

   "I'm not thin. I ate a lot of meat just now, and I also drank a lot of yogurt made by my uncle."

  Little Chestnut blinked, raised his head and said.

   Then looked at Chen Ling carefully: "I, uncle, I'm afraid of this hook."

   "It's okay, hold on tight, uncle won't hurt you."

  Chen Ling handed over the front end of the pole scale: "Do you feel it, does it **** your hand?"

  Liang Hongyu also said it was fine.

   The little girl reached out and grabbed it dubiously, making Chen Ling mention famous.

   "Wow, little chestnut, you are only 30 pounds, so light, no wonder I can lift you up with one hand."

  Wang Zhenzhen looked at the star on the pole scale and couldn't help but started to laugh.

   "Little chestnut has gained five pounds. Alas, this kid used to be a picky eater, and he didn't eat well at all..."

   Liang Hongyu said to the side.

  Xiao Lizi saw that her grandfather and grandmother were talking about her, she pursed her mouth sadly and almost shed tears.

   "Little chestnut is so young, when she is so old, she will definitely be no worse than her."

  Chen Ling smiled and then shouted: "Okay, let's weigh the little wild boar and see how much the little wild boar grows."

   "I'll weigh it, you two take a good look at it and help me remember it."

   Hearing this, the two little girls cheered up and ran to the pigsty.

   Picked out two big little wild boars and weighed them.

   They are more than 40 jin, but less than 50 jin. It has grown like this for more than two months, which is quite satisfactory.

   "Uncle, are you going to sell the little wild boar?"

   "Don't sell them, uncle brought them to your aunt's hometown to live in."

   In front of such an innocent and squeamish little girl, Chen Ling dared not say that she killed and eaten.

   "Is it Dashanli, then uncle, you must build stone houses for them, not grass houses, or they will be eaten by wolves..."

   "Good guy, the stories that uncle told you can be used now, okay, uncle will build a stone house for them when the time comes."

  The little girl stretched out her white and tender hands and touched the two little wild boars with satisfaction.

  Chen Ling watched and kept pondering in his heart that such a big little wild boar tasted quite good. When he came back, he would roast and eat it at home. If he dragged it further, the taste would get worse and worse.

  The tenth day of the tenth lunar month.

Early in the morning, Chen Ling and his wife packed up their clothes, chose a few chickens and ducks and put them in a snakeskin bag, and two little wild boars were also put into a snakeskin bag and tied up. The rest was the fruit wine in the jar. Class of sundries, say more and more, say less and less.

  The bullock cart was full, and with Wang Zhenzhen, the three of them sat on it just right.

   So after breakfast, the two big belts and one small group were very happy, and they drove the ox cart and called the two dogs to set off on the road together.

   (end of this chapter)