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Snowflakes like goose feathers were flying in the air, and the north wind was howling and biting.

Several pieces of raw wood as thick as thighs were burning in the fire pit. The fire was not violent, but the charcoal fire left by the wood was very durable and had an amazing amount of heat.

Above the fire pit is a rectangular wooden shelf. Two finger-wide wooden squares are spliced ​​together with mortise and tenon joints. The shelf is composed of four rectangles and two end squares. It is blackened by the smoke of firewood and has a layer of wood attached to the whole body. Thick soot.

Seven or eight pieces of raw wood as thick as a thumb were placed across the rectangular shelf, and strips of bacon that had been almost smoked hung from the bottom.

In recent years, with the popularity of liquefied gas tanks and liquefied gas stoves, although the villagers live at the foot of the mountain, for the sake of convenience and cleanliness, they don't burn firewood very much. Most of them use liquefied gas. When the weather gets cold in winter, people start to burn firewood and charcoal.

As a result, the miscellaneous trees on the mountain have grown wildly year after year, and their roots have become huge.

However, in order to smoke bacon, basically every household has a firepit. As soon as the winter months come, people go into the mountains in droves to cut down wood and prepare to smoke bacon during the Chinese New Year.

Some older people have insisted on running to the mountains every day since October, picking up a piece of miscellaneous wood as thick as a thigh, and carrying it back from the mountain little by little. One piece of such wood can be burned for a whole day. If it's bigger, it won't be a problem to burn it for two days.

Wang Zhong and Liu Li were sitting by the fire pit. The lights were on, so it was not dark. Liu Li was holding a poker in her hand and was fiddling with the fire.

Bacon is said to be smoked, but it is actually smoked and grilled. If it is only smoked, it will look better, but it will not taste as good as smoked and grilled.

"How's it going? Are you interested?" Wang Zhong asked.

Liu Li looked at Wang Zhong with interest and said, "Of course I'm interested!"

"So it's a pleasure to cooperate?" Wang Zhong said tentatively.

"Old classmate, you are a little too hasty, you have to give me some time to think about it!" Liu Li said with a dumb smile.

Wang Zhong said: "Of course you have to think about it carefully. Although the salary here is not as good as outside, there is one thing that even the outsiders can't keep up with!"

Liu Li said: "Is it close to home?"

Wang Zhong said: "Of course, it's right in front of my house, it only takes a few minutes to walk."

Liu Li covered her mouth and nodded with a chuckle: "It's really close."

Wang Zhongdao: "Although the world outside is vast, the economy is more prosperous, and we can travel as we like, but at our age, we have to consider not only our own future, but also our families."

Liu Li said: "That's what I say, but sometimes there is nothing we can do to make a living. After all, the salary level here is incomparable to that outside!"

"By the way, what have you been doing outside these years? Why do you want to come back to do farm entertainment?" Liu Li changed her voice and asked curiously.

Wang Zhongdao: "I used to draw construction drawings for people in the provincial capital. I worked hard and worked hard to earn only a small amount of money, and I still had the food of my youth."

Liu Li said: "You only earn so much money? A farmhouse as big as yours is about to open. If you follow what you say, wouldn't we all be beggars?"

Wang Zhong said: "I want to go begging. Now all those beggars outside are invisible rich, and their lives are much better than ours."

Liu Li sighed and said with emotion: "Yes! I didn't know this was the case before. At that time, I sympathized with the beggars. Every time I saw them, I would give them all the change I had."

"Don't talk about you, I didn't give less in the past!" Wang Zhong said: "Now that I think about it, it was really stupid at that time. In today's society, even those who are missing arms and legs receive subsidies from the state every month. It’s a point where you have to beg for food if you can’t survive.”

Liu Li said: "You are young! You have never experienced the beatings from society, so you are overflowing with compassion!"

"By the way, what have you been doing outside these years?" Wang Zhong asked.

Liu Li said: "Old classmate, I'm not like you, with good grades and even going to college. I went out to work after I graduated from high school. I worked in factories, worked in sales, stood at the counter, and basically did everything!"

Wang Zhong smiled and said: "You are so versatile! My farmhouse lacks talents like you."

"You..." Liu Li laughed dumbly.

Wang Zhong said: "Yes, yes, I won't go into details. Let's add a contact information. If you think about it, please contact me at any time!"

As he spoke, Wang Zhong took out his cell phone from his pocket.

Liu Li did not refuse. She took out her mobile phone and added her contact information with Wang Zhong.

"When is your farmhouse going to open?" Liu Li asked as soon as she added her contact information.

Wang Zhong said: "It's the beginning of the year. During the New Year period, those who work outside should also come back. I want to take advantage of the new year to advertise for a few days to build up some momentum, and then officially open the business after the New Year."

Liu Li nodded, "Then I'll contact you after thinking about it."

"Okay!" Wang Zhong stood up as he said that, "Then I won't disturb you."

"Would you like to sit down for a while?" Liu Li said politely.

"No, no, I have something to do at home! I'll treat you to dinner later when I have time!"

"Okay, you have something to do first, and we'll get together later..."

After a few polite words, Wang Zhong left.

Liu Li stood at the door, looking at Wang Zhong's retreating figure, her eyes flickering uncertainly, as if showing some strange emotion.

Wang Zhong studied early when he was a child, and the schools in the village are not as strict as those in the city. Even the principal has lived in the village for decades and has become a villager, so he is naturally easy to talk to. Therefore, Liu Li is one year older than Wang Zhong. age.

Liu Li, as she said, went out to work after graduating from high school. From waitress to real estate sales, from waitress to working in a factory, she has done almost everything and tried everything. Now that she has reached this age, it is time to start Plan for the rest of my life.

It's just that after being out for so many years, although she has achieved nothing, her horizons have broadened. And with the years of influence from those idol TV series, Liu Li's vision is naturally not low, otherwise, she would not still be single now.

Those who are still single at Liu Li's age are either very career-minded strong women who don't care about love and marriage, or they are discerning and picky, and people with good conditions will look down on her, while those with slightly worse conditions will look down upon her. Some people, she looks down upon.

Especially now that short videos are the most popular, some people, in order to make profits, spread those "poisonous chicken soup" on the Internet, such as Cinderella will always meet the prince, and what deserves the best.

Early the next morning, Wang Zhong turned on his phone and saw the message from Liu Li, but instead of agreeing directly, he wanted to visit Wang Zhong's farmhouse first.

Wang Zhong agreed and made an appointment with Liu Li to meet at the entrance of the farmhouse. It just so happened that the two aunts hired by Wang Zhong had started to clean up in the past few days. Wang Zhong also went over to help every day. His uncle and grandma couldn't sit still at home, so they often ran over there, helping sweep the floor, handing things and so on. .

"You spent a lot of money on this!" The two-story wooden structure, plus the decoration, there is a parking lot next to it that can park more than 20 cars, as well as water features, pavilions...

Although Liu Li is not in this business, she has worked in real estate sales and has some understanding of it.

"No, my fortune and life are all on this!" Wang Zhong joked, his expression was completely calm and composed, without any trace of nervousness or worry.

Yu Li looked at it curiously and asked: "With such a big investment, aren't you worried about losing money if you don't have a business?"

Wang Zhong said: "What is there to lose? The parking lot was built with money from the county. I just rent it from the village. It doesn't cost much every year. I have already bought the homestead under this house. Even if the farmhouse does not make money, I will You can live there by yourself.”

"Besides, there is no business in this world that is guaranteed to make money without losing money. You will only know if you can make money after doing it."

"Look at your posture, you are very confident!" Liu Li said.

Wang Zhongdao: "Do your best and obey fate!"

"You are free and easy!" Yu Li turned to look at Wang Zhong.

Wang Zhongdao: "People have to be more open-minded in this life. Besides, money is something that you can't take with you until you die. Just enough is enough."

Liu Li said: "Then you still want to build such a big farmhouse?"

Wang Zhong said: "I don't do this farmhouse for myself."

Liu Li looked at Wang Zhong thoughtfully: "When will I come to work?"

"If you're fine, go back and change your clothes and come over to help clean up. You have a full day of work today!"

"Then I'll go back and change clothes first!"

Yu Li doesn't look stunning, but she would look good if she dressed up a little.

Wang Zhong also specially made a contract and signed it with Yu Li.

In a blink of an eye, it was the twenty-eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, and the uncle's family finally rushed back from the county. Early in the morning, Wang Zhong drove to the county to pick up the uncle's family, and went to the vegetable market to do some shopping on the way.

The bacon at home is almost smoked. I bought the meat from a pig farmer in the village. He said that he is usually fed corn and tofu residue. The taste of the meat is indeed much better than that of those large pig farms, but it is different from the pig farmers in the village. The domestic native pigs of the past are still incomparable.

The pigs raised in the past had to go to the mountains every day to cut fresh pig grass, wrap it with rice bran or ground corn, and cook it together before feeding it to the pigs.

The combination of carbohydrates and dietary fiber makes the pork taste less fishy and more sweet.

In order to smoke bacon this year, Wang Zhong had already ordered a large pig of nearly two hundred kilograms from the pig farmer. On the day of killing the pig, Wang Zhong personally performed the operation. After that, he took advantage of the days when the pork was marinated with salt. Wang Zhong went into the mountains and chopped down nearly thirty loads of raw wood. He mixed it with grapefruits and ponkans that he had just returned from the fields, and burned the bacon with the skin and meat. He asked his uncle and his grandmother to help smoke the meat.

Wang Zhong picked out some fat and thin pork belly, made two bacon ribs, and ran to the duck pen at the back to catch a water duck weighing more than six pounds. He boiled water and put it away early in the morning.

Ducks are much more troublesome to clean up than chickens. The duck feathers are fine and difficult to pick.

Fortunately, Wang Zhong was skillful and skilled. After ten minutes, the duck meat that he was looking forward to came out of the pot. Duck meat is different from chicken. Duck meat has a strong taste, especially this kind of home-raised duck, which is cut into pieces. There is no need to blanch the rice after it is cooked, it can be put into the pot directly.

"Auntie, when will my sister and brother-in-law come back?" In the kitchen, the eldest aunt was helping Wang Zhong choose vegetables. Wang Zhong stood by the stove, holding a spatula in his hand and wearing an apron on his chest.

The eldest aunt said: "This year they are celebrating the New Year at your brother-in-law's house, and they didn't come back until the second day of the Lunar New Year to visit relatives."

Wang Zhong said: "It's a pity. I also said that the New Year's Eve dinner should be more sumptuous, and I would like to have a few drinks with my brother-in-law."

The eldest aunt said: "When they come over on the second day of the second grade, you can do the same with your brother-in-law."

"By the way, have you and Liu Lian been in contact recently?" As she said that, the eldest aunt suddenly changed the topic.

Wang Zhong said: "I haven't contacted you yet, what's wrong?"

"What did you say!" The eldest aunt rolled her eyes at Wang Zhong: "You are already this age, why don't you know how to be anxious? Most of the young people of your age in the village are married, and those of you who are just playing around Okay, the kids are ready to take care of themselves, but you are still single."

"Of course you have to be cautious about such a big thing as getting married."

"I think you are just too cautious!" said the eldest aunt: "Don't be too picky, can you set your sights a little lower?"

Wang Zhong said: "Mother, you may have misunderstood me. I don't have high standards!"

"Then you are still picky!" the eldest aunt said angrily.

Wang Zhong said: "How dare I be picky, but for such a big deal as marriage, you can't just pick up a girl on the street."

"You!" The eldest aunt tirelessly taught Wang Zhong her experience: "Be more proactive when dating girls, talk to them more often, and be sweeter when talking."

Wang Zhong knew that arguing with his eldest aunt was just looking for trouble for himself. The best solution now was to follow her wishes and say: "Then I will take the initiative next time."

"Hey!" The eldest aunt sighed, looked at Wang Zhong and shook her head: "Tell me, you, such a good young man, young and capable, why can't you find a partner!"

"Maybe I'm too straight and can't please girls!"

I have met so many good girls in the dungeon world, including Zheng Juan in "The World", He Xiaoping in "Youth", Shuihua in "Mountains and Seas", and even Zhu Zhe in "Ode to Joy" and "Qiao Qiao" in "Ode to Joy". The Ma Suqin in "Children of the Family" is far better than the girls introduced by the aunt in the real world.

Wang Zhong had already developed male chauvinism in his bones from the habit he had accumulated over the years in the dungeon world, so how could he be willing to show off his face and coax and deceive those pretentious 'little fairies'.

Especially those who are slightly more beautiful, are either surrounded by a lot of bees and butterflies, or have been in love for a long time and experienced hundreds of battles. In today's society, Wang Zhong wants to find someone who suits his heart. The difficulty is not small.

It's not that there are no good women in the world, it's just that they have been seriously eroded by the so-called "freedom" ideas in the West and have been overly flattered by capital, resulting in the current social status of strong women and weak men. If you want to find the kind of virtuous, kind, sensible and good women in the past, The difficulty for women is much higher than before.

"Hey!" The eldest aunt sighed again with a look of hatred on her face.