The Sweetness of the Seventies

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He Tiantian closed her eyes, still thinking about things in her mind and not falling asleep.

I am busy during the day and have no time to deal with my own affairs. I can only use my time at night.

"Gulu Gulu Mi..." He Tiantian whispered softly in her heart. She missed the Snake King.

The Snake King woke up from his training in a daze, felt the familiar atmosphere of Qijia Village, and said: "We are back, aren't we?"

"Yes, I'm back." He Tiantian said, "Grandma and Grandma Lan are sleeping next to me now, and I can't take you to the back mountain."

The Snake King scanned the situation outside, thought for a while, nodded and said: "It's okay, I can go by myself."

"That's right." He Tiantian then remembered that the Snake King had been upgraded and was no longer the little silver snake that could only spin around her ankles. "The Snake King is awesome. It's all my fault that I have so many things to do and forget about it."

"You have a lot to do." The Snake King said sadly.

"I'm sorry, Snake King." He Tiantian apologized, "I will stay with you until everything calms down."

"Well, then you can go to sleep. I'm going to the back mountain." Snake King said, "If anything happens, you can summon me."

"I know, King Snake." He Tiantian responded repeatedly, and saw a faint golden light leaving the window.

When they arrived at the cave in the back mountain, the Snake King talked to He Tiantian and started practicing.

He Tiantian, who was no longer worried, also slowly fell asleep.

The next morning, He Tiantian got up early.

The day's plan begins in the morning, so He Tiantian takes a pole and bucket to fetch water.

Qi Zhengmin followed He Tiantian like a little tail and said, "Sister Tiantian, are we going to fetch water?"

"Yes, we don't have running water here, only mountain spring water." He Tiantian smiled, "But you will fall in love with the sweet spring water here!"

There are many people carrying water at the edge of the pool.

He Tiantian kept greeting everyone.

Qi Zhengmin is also very well-behaved. She calls others whatever He Tiantian calls them, which is praised by everyone.

On the way back, Qi Zhengmin asked: "Sister Tiantian, isn't it dirty if the pool is left open like this?"

"Look at the clean water in this bucket, do you think it's dirty?" He Tiantian asked. This pool is the treasure of Qijia Village. There is a wooden fence half a person's height around it. Children and small animals cannot get close to it.

"It's not dirty." Qi Zhengmin looked at the clear spring water in the bucket and answered truthfully.

"This is a gift from nature. Of course it is not dirty." He Tiantian said, "Even if it is dirty, it is caused by us humans, not nature."

Qi Zhengmin was thoughtful.

After going back and forth, seven or eight times, I finally filled the big water tank at home.

For breakfast, Wang Shuping and Liang Hongyu came to help, cooking rice porridge and preparing side dishes. Wang Shuping cooked another egg for each person. This was breakfast.

After breakfast, Qi Zhengmin scratched his head and said to everyone: "I found that even such a simple breakfast tastes delicious when I get here. You know, in country M, I would never be happy to eat this for breakfast."

"Silly girl, that's because you can eat a lot in country M, but there is less here. If you don't eat, you will be hungry. When you are hungry, everything tastes delicious." Grandma Qi San laughed loudly, " You should cherish the food when you go back from now on!”

Anna smiled and said: "Mom, I think it tastes good too. I found that the water and rice here are different from those in country M."

"Of course it's different." Qi Shuliang said, "The water Tiantian picked up in the morning is mountain spring water that has been passed down in our village for hundreds of years. It is cool and sweet. The rice used to make porridge is grown locally using farmyard manure, and the yield is very low. , the taste is much better than the rice grown with enough chemical fertilizers in the United States.”

"Is this really true?" Anna blinked her green eyes, very curious.

"Brother, you are engaged in agricultural research, don't you think so?" Qi Shuliang asked. There were two experts beside him, so he asked on the spot.

He Jingyu smiled and said: "The effect of chemical fertilizers is obvious to all. It can greatly increase the yield. It does affect the taste, but it is not very obvious. Don't worry too much. The most important thing is that the water here is good."

After all, China has not yet reached the point where all chemical fertilizers are used, and the understanding in this regard is not profound.

However, as those who study agriculture, we all know that chemical fertilizers are a good thing, but we also understand that proper use of chemical fertilizers is good for trees, but excessive use of chemical fertilizers is not beneficial.

It's just that there aren't that many chemical fertilizers in China right now, so even if you want to increase your income, it's impossible.

Thinking of the Taoyuan on the mountain, Qi Zhengmin wore a pair of old cloth shoes from He Tiantian. They didn't fit her feet a bit, so he just wore two pairs of socks and followed them up the mountain.

So He Tiantian took Qi Zhengmin and Qi Zhenghan on a half-day trip to the Taoyuan Garden in Back Mountain.

When they arrived at the peach orchard, most of the peaches on the trees had been picked and put in baskets.

There is a layer of soft grass in the basket, and each peach is spaced apart to prevent collision and damage to the peach.

Qi Zhengmin wanted to eat, but He Jingyu winked at them. He had secretly stored three large baskets of peaches and placed them in the cellar.

After picking them all, they weighed more than three thousand kilograms.

It took four oxcarts to load the peaches.

Secretary Qi took Qi Shuli, Qi Shuming, Qi Shugen, and He Jingyu to the county town to hand in tasks.

When he came back in the evening, Village Chief Qi was very happy. The peaches were rated as special-grade peaches and cost 60 cents a pound. You know, pork now only costs 70 cents a pound. Not only is the price high, but one pound of peaches can be exchanged for one pound of food stamps. This means that the more than three thousand catties of peaches in Qijia Village can be exchanged for more than three thousand catties of food stamps. Each family can get a share of money, and they can also get food stamps as industrial stamps.

The rewards for He Jingyu and Wang Shuping will be rewarded together by the province and the city after the report is submitted to the province.

"Brother He, these are just over a hundred trees, and they can be sold for so much money. If there are a thousand, ten thousand, or one hundred thousand trees, how much will they cost?" Qi Dazhu said with a smile, these are all The golden pimple in the village!

"Haha, I hope peaches will be so expensive in the future." He Jingyu said, "Now that the farming is slack, before we go to the river, we will open up a few low mountains first. There are a lot of materials on them that can be used as farm fertilizer. . When the fertility is sufficient next spring, we can transplant peach saplings directly. "

Qi Dazhu nodded and asked: "Brother He, how many seedlings are there in the Taoyuan?"

"Last year, due to limited energy, Shuping and I planted more than 1,300 plants, which is estimated to be enough for forty acres and three acres of land, and enough for one hilltop." He Jingyu said, after all, there was no result last year, and he didn't have any results. This allowed Village Chief Qi to send people to help, so not many peach saplings were produced.

It's not that the couple doesn't want to do more, it's just that they don't have enough energy.