Happy Farm Ranch

Chapter 54

"The saplings bought by Huatanao are here!" The driver got out of the car and yelled up the mountain.

Just when he was about to stop and have lunch, Dakui heard the yelling and hurriedly stood on the hillock and looked down the mountain carefully.Knowing that it was the nursery who sent the saplings, he immediately ignored the meal and called a few young men to go down the mountain to unload the saplings.

"Fellows, do you have hot water here? It's an excuse to drink hot water." The driver looked at the clothes of these people, and secretly rejoiced that he was so thoughtful!

Huatanao is the poorest village in Taohua County. The mountain road is difficult to walk and it is hidden in the deep mountains. Don’t look at the high-tech development in the new century. They only managed to get through poverty alleviation projects a few years ago. Electricity.At that time, the workers who came to Huatanao to install electric wires would shout when they returned home that Huatanao was still living in the period just after liberation!

It is said that they don’t even see steamed buns with white flour on their dinner table. What’s even more exaggerated is that after eating two meals at the village chief’s house, the cornmeal pancakes mixed with wild vegetables hurt their throats.

The people in the whole village are very lazy, as long as they are not starving to death or freezing to death, no one will go to work in the fields.The backward image of the whole village can be imagined.

Hearing from the manager that they were asked to send saplings to Huatanao, the driver and two technicians really had to bite the bullet.

The driver master thought that it was the season to eat wild vegetables, so he came to deliver the saplings. It was estimated that he would not be able to go back until it was dark. He had to bring the meal at noon by himself, so as not to eat cornmeal pancakes mixed with wild vegetables.It was lunch time at this moment, and he asked the villagers for hot water to soak his barreled noodles.

"This car is two thousand peach tree saplings. I didn't know how the mountain road in Huatanao was like before I came here, so I didn't dare to drive a big car. Now I checked the road conditions. If the weather is okay tomorrow, we will drive Bring the big truck here." The driver opened the truck, indicating that they could unload the saplings.

After these unloading, two technicians will explain their professional knowledge to them, and they will be able to return at about three or four o'clock in the afternoon.

"Master driver, please wait for a while. We all work for other people, and we have to wait for the boss to come to make decisions." Da Kui didn't know why the other party asked for hot water. He thought he needed to wash his face, so he prepared Tell the child Wang to run back to the village to bring a thermos pot and a washbasin by the way.

While they were talking, Su Mu, who was preparing lunch, was greeted by the fast-footed children.

"Master driver, thank you for your hard work. We are just about to eat, so don't make instant noodles, that stuff is too stomach-ache. Don't dislike our daily meals, come, come, let's eat; Da Kui, don't unload the car yet Now, let’s all go eat. When you’re full, you’ll have time to work.” As soon as he came over, he saw the buckets of instant noodles in the hands of the three of them.

Not to mention anything else when we arrived at Huatanao, at least a meal is still affordable.

These drivers often run sports cars and don’t have a good appetite. Can they eat less instant noodles or eat as little as possible, but they just add more tableware, and I’m afraid that they will be poor?

"No, no, we all brought food..." The driver didn't expect the owner to be quite enthusiastic.It's just, who can eat a meal that doesn't have any oil or water?So he kept refusing, and said that a little hot water would be enough to make instant noodles, and he had to leave as soon as he finished his business.

Su Mu knew in his heart that these three people didn't really want to eat their "routine meals", so the word of mouth of Houhuatanao had to be spread by these people themselves, how could they easily let go of the opportunity of publicity?
He gave Dakui a wink, and the other party didn't know what Su Mu wanted to do, but he still cooperated with him and dragged them to the river.

Da Kui is a farmer who is used to manual labor, and his hands are as big as dustpans as if made of iron.Enthusiastically grabbed the arms of the two technicians, as if they were pinched by pliers!
Su Mu said politely, and the driver and two technicians were dragged to the riverside by several strong laborers and dozens of children.

"Hey, what game is this stewed? Why is it so delicious?" At first, he was reluctant to go forward with a feeling of resistance, but his arm was grabbed tightly by someone and he couldn't break free. The driver felt like going to the execution ground.Unexpectedly, as soon as I walked to the river, I could smell the gurgling aroma from the two large pots, which seemed to be stewing meat!

Huatanao is next to the old forest. I heard from others that because of proper protection, there are more and more wild animals in Taohua Mountain, and there are even several packs of wolves.

He smelled such a tempting smell of meat, and subconsciously thought that these villagers must have nothing to do to hunt in the mountains!
Otherwise, what kind of meat can be stewed so fragrant?
"I heard that the masters who delivered the saplings are here, why don't you go home and cook a few dishes to drink?" Grandpa and Mr. Zhang greeted each other from a long distance, and wanted Su Mu to invite the guests home. Have a meal.

The shoulder poles they both carried had a large flour cloth bag hanging on each end, and inside were big white steamed buns that had just been steamed out of the pot.

This is different from the kind of steamed buns I bought. They are authentic big steamed buns in the village.No other substances are added, chewing in the mouth is strong, and there is a hint of sweetness in the noodle fragrance after chewing.

"Masters are all hungry, let's eat here. When we come back tomorrow, let's prepare it at home in advance, and we can eat hot food when we come." Su Mu helped take the burden and put it on the two pieces that had been washed. on the big rock. "You two should eat here too, it's ready."

Grandpa waved his hands and said with a smile: "I won't join in the fun with you young people anymore. Your grandma is baking pancakes at home. Let's eat pancakes with meat sauce when we go back. It's no worse than this food."

"Let my dad pull some more rice noodles when he comes back this afternoon. This group of people can eat quite a lot, and I'm worried that there won't be enough at home." He whispered in his grandfather's ear.

The rice and noodles hoarded at home have been eaten up in the past few days. Judging from the enthusiasm of these scouts, I guess they don't want to go down the mountain until the saplings are planted.He had to prepare the food in advance, otherwise, wouldn't it be too unkind to let them not even have enough to eat?

"Well, I'll ask your dad to buy another noodle maker, so you can cook noodles when you have time." Grandpa nodded, seeing the children in the village sitting obediently on the river beach waiting for their meals, he smiled and said, "Hurry up and give them some noodles." Go ahead, these gluttonous children are all bleeding out!"

Su Mu turned around and saw that it was true. Not to mention the children, even the strong boys in the village, the driver who delivered the saplings, and the two technicians stared hard at the two cauldrons.

"Dinner is ready!" Seeing this, he had no choice but to remind: "Eat the steamed buns yourself, don't waste it, I'll share the meat with you."

The rules are still the same as yesterday, the children eat in groups.

Each group has a vegetable plate with crispy stewed elbow meat on top; another small soup pot with fresh fish and fish soup with fresh vegetables thrown in by Sumu before it comes out of the pot. Appetite whetted.As soon as I smell it, the aroma penetrates the spleen and lungs, and the saliva flows out unconsciously.

The other adults each had a plate and a pot full of them, and they used a few big stones as a table, sitting around eating and talking and laughing.After eating, I serve it by myself, but no one is willing to waste it, even the fish bones are eaten clean before throwing away.

Everyone started gobbling and eating, and Su Mu found a comfortable place to sit down.

Take a bite of hot, chewy steamed buns; drink a mouthful of delicious fish soup; eat a mouthful of tender and delicious elbow meat; look at the beautiful scenery of infinite spring, let alone how comfortable you are!
"Today, let's learn a new song that suits the occasion, shall we?" After eating, Su Mu saw that the scouts were staring at him eagerly, so he followed the "public opinion" and continued to teach them how to sing.

"Okay!" the children shouted excitedly.

The driver and the two technicians were very satisfied. They were sitting in the shade of a tree smoking a cigarette and taking a rest. Seeing the children being so lively, they wanted to see what entertainment programs they had.

"What I'm going to learn today is "Where is Spring". It's still the old rules. I'll sing it for you to listen to first, and then I'll lead the singing sentence by sentence." Su Mu also specially called Miao Ziyao last night and asked her to listen to it online. Helped find a few nursery rhymes suitable for children to sing.

The signal here at Huatanao is not very good, Su Mu’s mobile phone can’t connect to the Internet even with the traffic activated, so he can only rely on outside information.

He was also thinking about how to get the Internet to come to the village after the farm and ranch at hand to catch up with the spring season came to an end.Now is the age of the Internet. If you can’t access the Internet, the information is too blocked.

The Scouts were so excited about learning to sing that almost half had learned the new song after three passes.After leading them to sing a few more times, Su Mu asked them to divide into two teams and participate in the children's chorus competition with the two songs they learned yesterday and today. The children who sang well and won the competition will be given two extra candies.

In the afternoon, unloading saplings, carrying trees up the mountain, carrying water and planting trees, the work on the whole hillside was in full swing; the few people who were selected by Su Mu to manage the orchard and Dakui followed the specially sent technicians to manage the orchard. I learned a part of the basic knowledge of fruit trees first;

Anyway, the saplings will continue to be delivered tomorrow, and the technicians are not in a hurry to pass on all the knowledge at this time.

Firstly, it is just talk on paper after all, no matter how much you talk about it, it will be useful for actual combat practice in the future;
Secondly, the two technicians are no longer afraid of coming to Huatanao to teach technology.If they can enjoy such a high salary every time, they would like to come to Huatanao for business trips frequently. They can eat and drink well every day. In addition to salary, there are business trip subsidies, which is much better than going to other places to teach skills!

At the very least, when I went to around Taohua County to teach orchard management experience, I would eat potluck with the orchard farmers.

After arriving at Huatanao for half a day, the impression of the three of them changed greatly.

Who said that people can't even get some oil and water from eating bran swallowed vegetables all day long?Didn't you see so many elbows being stewed in the big pot at one time!There is also fresh fish soup, big steamed buns, and the usual food for work is no lower than the standard for dinner in the county town;
There is also the saying that the whole village's lazy people don't farm the land, which is self-defeating.When I was imparting experience on the mountain, looking to the south, almost all the people in the village were busy farming, digging wells, and digging adobe. Even teenage children went up to the mountain to help plant trees and do work.

Although the geographical location is remote, the mountain road is not that difficult to walk; although the houses they live in are all adobe houses, they live happily.

The driver who came with all kinds of resistance waited until the afternoon to leave, and had already decided to deliver the saplings by himself for the next few days, so he didn't need to discuss with other drivers to take shifts!

(End of this chapter)