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  Chapter 54 Boiled eggs, a good day?

  In the next few days, the villagers went into the mountains to collect mountain products every day. It was not until the rainy day passed that this large-scale mountain mining work was suspended.

   Mushrooms and fungus have been collected a lot. At that time, even if there are no merchants to collect them, they can earn some hard money if they are sold to the purchasing station.

   Finally the weather cleared up. Seeing the long-lost Lord Sun, the villagers couldn’t help but feel the urge to cry: You old man, you are finally willing to come out!

  The entire Jiapigou became busy as well: strong laborers went down to harvest wheat one after another.

Seeing his mother Lin Zhi also carrying a sickle and going to cut wheat, Liu Qingshan hurriedly stopped her: "Mother, don't go, I will do this job! You can cook at home and help the elder sister Just feed the chicken, but don’t be too tired.”

   "It's okay, Mom is not tired." Lin Zhi looked at her sensible son lovingly and said.

   "No, you must listen to me!"

   Liu Qingshan said very firmly.

  Since he is the head of the family now, he must take the burden of the family on his own shoulders, and definitely can't make my mother suffer anymore.

   Farm work is the most tiring. In the words of the common people, it is like sweat beads falling on the ground.

   Fortunately, Liu Qingshan, a half-child, recovers quickly. After a night's sleep, he is still alive and well the next day.

  The family has a total of three acres of wheat, and they cut it from morning to night, and it was finished in two days. In terms of farm work, Liu Qingshan's handle is relatively slow.

  The wheat stacks are stacked in the ground, and the wheat ears are exposed outside. It will take a few days to dry out.

  It is the wheat seedlings that come out of the wheat grains, which makes everyone worry when they look at them.

   Fortunately, as the brick machine suddenly drove into Jiapigou and started to build a pig house in the empty field in the south of the village, everyone's attention was attracted.

  For this kind of brick and tile work, a master bricklayer is specially invited, and the village is responsible for sending out small workers to help move bricks and mud.

  Seeing that pieces of red bricks and bags of cement were being used on the pigsty, many people in the village were distressed and said: My house is still land.

   "These days, we are not as good as pigs."

   Zhang Ganzi folded his arms, watching the excitement there, talking nonsense and gossiping.

   Some villagers beside him also nodded their heads.

   Seeing that this situation will affect the hearts of the people, Liu Qingshan couldn't help standing up and explaining to them. Everyone understands, but after all, they are not very balanced.

  Woke up the next morning, Liu Qingshan filled the water tank first, and in the yard, Lin Zhi was threading hazel mushrooms that were almost dried out in the sun.

  Hazel mushrooms are not very tasty if marinated. It is best to hang them in a cool place after drying, and keep them for stewed chicken in winter.

  Because it is too vegetarian, it must be matched with big meat.

  But these days, no one has so much meat, so they don’t pick hazel mushrooms very much. They usually wear two hangings, enough to eat for the New Year.

  There is also the reason of the weather. It has been cloudy and rainy for the past few days, so hazel mushrooms are the least collected.

  Liu Qingshan scooped out the rainwater from the large water tank in the yard, and then poured two buckets of water into it. The sun was hot, and it was more convenient to wash his face and hands.

  Just as he buckled the bucket upside down on the wicker fence to prevent the water in the bucket from rusting, he felt a strong force behind him, and Liu Qingshan was knocked forward.

  Get up from the ground, turn your head helplessly, and sure enough, it is that big sika deer again, who greets him in this special way every morning.

  Caifeng and Shanxing covered their mouths and snickered. They led the sika deer to graze outside the gate.

  This sika deer was well taken care of by the two little guys, and he recovered well from his injuries. He is already able to walk, but he is still limping, not very well.

   "Hurry up and go back to the mountains. I'm tired of seeing your long face every day."

  Liu Qingshan muttered in dissatisfaction, in fact, he was reluctant to let the deer go back to the mountain.

   "Brother, sister boiled eggs in the morning!"

  The fourth child saw Liu Qingshan and immediately made a small report.

  Liu Qingshan was also taken aback, you know, every egg in the house is a treasure, if you don't have guests, you are absolutely reluctant to eat it.

  The fourth little one blinked his eyes wide, and continued: "Brother, guess what day it is today, and guess on the bright side?"

   Boiled eggs, good day?

  It must be a birthday!

  Liu Qingshan snapped his fingers and recalled the birthdays of his grandparents, mother, and family members, but he couldn't match the numbers.

  He suddenly remembered something, looked at Shan Xing: "Haha, it turned out to be Wu Fenger's birthday!"

  Shan Xing was obviously stunned for a moment, then giggled, her two eyes turned into two crescents, the little girl's smile is so cute.

   Laughed a few times before Shan Xing said, "Brother, why did you forget your own birthday!"

   I celebrate my birthday?

  Liu Qingshan slapped his forehead, isn't he, he's busy, and it's September 10th, which is his birthday.

   Turning her head to look at her mother Lin Zhi, she is still a mother and always remembers her children's birthdays.

  Looking at his mother bathed in the morning light, with white hairs protruding from her temples, Liu Qingshan felt inexplicably sad: Son’s birthday, mother’s hard day, mother, I will never let you suffer again!

   "Brother, you're so happy that tears are streaming down your face. How about I pick up the golden beans for you with a bowl?"

  Sifeng, the little girl, felt that something was wrong with the atmosphere, so she couldn't help but make fun of her brother. This kind of words, Liu Qingshan often said to her in the past, today it can be regarded as the original words.

  Beside Shan Xing, her big eyes are also red. Obviously, the little girl also misses her mother.

   "Haha, let's go, let's go into the house and eat eggs with my brother, you two little guys will also get lucky!"

  Liu Qingshan entered the house with the two girls in each arm.

  The youngest fourth was still giggling: "Brother, when the eldest sister's chickens grow up, we will eat boiled eggs every morning."

   "All right, all right, boil eggs for you little greedy cats every day!"

  The eldest sister took over the conversation. She was picking up eggs from the pot. She boiled about ten eggs and put them in a basin of cold water to cool down so that they could be easily peeled.

  She was busy with her hands nimbly, and she was still muttering: "But, when you take the exam, you are not allowed to bring back a big egg."

   There were bursts of cheerful laughter in the room. This is home, plain and warm.

  The fourth little one tilted his head: "Brother, today is your birthday, and you want to eat something good. Let's cut the big matsutake in the warehouse?"

  Ha, what a greedy cat.

  Liu Qingshan poked the little girl's forehead, nodded, and then squatted in front of the stove, helping the eldest sister cook the fire, and the two sisters naturally chatted about raising chickens.

  It has been raining for the past few days. Fortunately, a simple shed for raising chickens has been erected, and the chicks are growing quite fast in it.

   And those two breeder chickens have also become sweet pastries. After the owner borrowed from the west, they are all thinking about hatching a second bunch of chickens and laying more eggs in the coming year.

  Especially after the wheat sprouts, the villagers want to raise more chicks, so they don’t have to worry about feed anyway.

  It’s not a big deal if there are no hens to nest. Every family has a hot kang head. As long as the eggs are covered with a quilt on the kang head, chicks can still hatch.

  It’s actually too late to hatch the chicks at this time, but Liu Jinfeng showed everyone that they can be raised in a small shed, and the chicks can still grow up in the warm winter.

  Others have done this, and of course Liu Jinfeng will not be idle. There are hundreds of eggs laid on the kang head of her own house and grandpa’s house.

  Part of it was laid by his own hens, and the other part was bought from villagers.

   "Sanfeng, the grinder you mentioned, you have to buy it quickly."

  Liu Jinfeng was already in a hurry, but it was raining all the time, so she couldn't go to the commune at all.

   "Today, I will go to the commune with Teacher Yang and take care of this matter."

  Liu Qingshan has already made an appointment with Yang Hongying, although today is Saturday, the school still has classes.

  However, this kind of teaching point does not have to be so serious. It is Yang Hongying who has the final say on the day of the holiday, and it can be done by linking it with tomorrow.

   When the fourth and fifth children returned from delivering eggs and matsutake to grandpa, they had breakfast.

  Little Laosi had to ask Liu Qingshan to roll the eggs on the table a few times, saying it was for good luck. She and Shan Xing clapped hands and shouted "Happy Birthday".

   This is the case at this time, eat an egg, it is a birthday.

  Liu Qingshan did the same, holding the egg in his hand, and rubbing it **** the table.

   As a result, the force was a bit too strong, and the egg rolled across the table and fell directly to the ground.

   "Okay, brother has great luck this year!"

  The little old four is still boasting.

   Gao Wenxue, who was sitting on the edge of the kang, was also very happy. Just as he was about to reach out to catch the egg, a black shadow suddenly jumped up, bit the egg in one bite, and chewed it with the egg skin.

   "Ah, brother's luck was eaten by the big yellow dog!"

  Xiao Caifeng sitting in the kang did not see the real thing, she thought it was the big yellow dog at home snatching food.

  Liu Qingshan sat higher up there, so he could see more clearly, it wasn't rhubarb, but a dark little guy.

   Taking a closer look, Liu Qingshan was dumbfounded: "Xiaoxiong, why did you find this guy?"

  I saw a black bear cub squatting on the ground, chewing hard-boiled eggs, with small black eyes, like little black beans, staring at Liu Qingshan, the small eyes seemed to have a bit of resentment:

  It seems to be complaining: Why haven’t you been on the mountain for several days, I don’t have any candies!

Bear?

  The rest of the family were startled, and Liu Jinfeng, who was sitting on the edge of the kang, jumped to the ground in shock: "Where did you come from, I thought it was someone's little black dog!"

"Bear!"

  Xiao Lao Si and Xiao Lao Wu had four eyes shining, and jumped to the ground, one left and one right, squatting beside Xiong Wazi, wanting to reach out their little hands to touch it, but they didn't dare.

  Lin Zhi was also puzzled: "There is a wild bear at home, why doesn't the big yellow dog bark?"

   "Mother, this little bear drinks dog milk, so it probably smells like dog."

  Liu Qingshan quickly figured out the reason, explained it to his mother, and even talked about the origin of the little bear.

  Hearing that it was raised by the dumb grandfather on the mountain, everyone was no longer afraid, and Liu Jinfeng also laughed: "Is this a black blind man entering the house—Xiong is home!"

  In the local area, this allegory is very popular, and it is usually used to describe those who are relatively useless and incompetent.

  Amidst the loud laughter, the fourth child had already found a small aluminum basin from the outhouse, filled some porridge for Xiong Zai, and broke half a pancake into it.

  Xiong Zai must be hungry from running, so he ate very sweetly.

  Half a small pot of food, it was eaten quickly, and the little guy was not unfamiliar with the food, so he just rolled around on the ground, holding Liu Qingshan's shoes and chewing.

   "Hey, don't bite it."

  Liu Qingshan hurriedly snatched the shoes back, this bear stuff, it seems that he is also a little expert in tearing down houses.

  The fourth child and the fifth child stopped eating, and played with Xiong Wazi on the ground, watching the youngest child slapping Xiong Zai and teaching him how to salute, Liu Qingshan couldn't help laughing:

   "Haha, this can't really be said to be the bear's home. It should be said to be the black blind man standing at attention and covering the sky with one hand. This is the rhythm of our fortune."

  (end of this chapter)