Chapter 56 Becoming a Master
Seeing the couple holding hands and holding sweetly, Liu Junhao was a little envious, wondering if he should find a wife earlier, after all, he was half-aged and not young.
In the blink of an eye, they are all masters, and it is hard to say that without a wife. A few days ago, Liu Qiyong's wife had a fat white boy. By seniority, this boy should call him a master. Liu Qiyong's mother ran to Liu Junhao to save some eggs for her family yesterday, saying that she would keep them for her family. People in the village often come to Liu Junhao's yard to play with everyone know that his hens are willing to lay eggs, and the eggs they lay are all large, and many of them are double yolk eggs. The eggs are nutritious, and women are the best for confinement.
Perhaps it is because these little hens often peck at the vegetables in the yard, and the effect of spring water also spreads to them. Many hens in autumn lay an egg every two or three days, but the more than 20 hens in Liu Junhao's family basically guarantee one per day, and they can't eat it. He has sold these eggs several times in summer, and they are all sold. Each egg is five cents more expensive than other people's. This little money is just boring, and the eggs are mainly for their own food. The reason for selling in summer is that the weather is too hot, and he does not have a refrigerator at home, so the eggs cannot be kept for a long time. Now the weather is cold, and he has marinated all the eggs. He has marinated two jars of them so he is ready to eat when the hens do not lay eggs in winter.
Although Liu Qiyong is the same age as Liu Junhao, he wants to call him uncle by his seniority. When he was in school, people in the same village often asked Liu Qiyong to call him his uncle because of this joke. Liu Qiyong was also very distressed and often fought with his classmates because of his seniority. As a result, many children cried and shouted to his father and said, "Your eldest nephew always bullies me at school."
Liu Qiyong's father often apologized to these naughty children with a look of depression, but in the end he didn't forget to slap his son twice on the butt.
Now that his wife has given birth to a child, Liu Junhao's seniority has been raised again, and he is all the masters.
"Why are you guys here? Sit down, I'll wash my hands." He quickly washed the mud on his hands in the bucket, and then went back to the house to bring half a sieve of red dates for Zheng Jianxue and the others to eat.
Some time ago, he checked the village to call all the naughty kids to make dates a day. He collected three large baskets in total. He divided a large bag for each child who came to help, and he didn't sell the rest. He just kept it in the house and could eat anyone who came. This year, these jujube trees were also considered a success. Just selling dates made him earn nearly 3,000 yuan.
At first, Liu Junhao was still on guard against the jujube being stolen by rats, but Professor Zhao reminded him that there seemed to be no rats in his yard.
He remembered that it was indeed the case. It was strange, but he saw Xiaopi throwing a big mouse outside the yard. This made him and Professor Zhao and his wife stunned... Dogs take rats? It seems that Xiaopi likes to meddle in other people's business, and now he saves even cats.
Zheng Jianxue's hesitant future intentions were made clear. It turned out that his girlfriend Wen Xia had a crush on a little rabbit in Liu Junhao's yard and wanted to buy it and take it back as a pet.
Liu Junhao did not refuse, but instead asked them if they would raise the place after they were brought back? Don’t look at the rabbits being well-raised in his yard, and eating, drinking, and urinating are easy to deal with. But the city is different. There is not even a place for rabbits to poop, especially the houses in the city are enclosed. If the rabbits poop in the house, it will be very pungent. If they are not cleaned up in time, there will be no way for people to live there.
When they heard this, they immediately gave up their thoughts. I am afraid that the elderly at home will not be allowed to raise the rabbit. Who would like to have a pungent smell in their home every day?
However, Wenxia still likes the little rabbit very much, so she went up and hugged one and kept touching it.
The couple failed to buy rabbits, so they bought four kilograms of eels from Liu Junhao and said they wanted to take them back to respect the elderly. Zheng Jianxue's life is beautiful now. His relationship with Wen Xia is developing rapidly, and now it is time to talk about marriage. Last week, he bought a few kilograms of eels from Liu Junhao and brought them back to his future father-in-law and mother-in-law. After eating them, the two old people even said they were delicious. Even the mother-in-law, who originally looked down on him, kept praising the young man's filial piety.
Of course, Zheng Jianxue was greatly encouraged. This time he came, he planned to get some more eels back and completely clear the obstacles in the rear.
After seeing off the couple, Liu Junhao thought about the candidate for his future wife. He had been dating several times these days, but he didn't like him. One of them graduated from high school like himself and looked good. The matchmaker said that they had been working outside, so they didn't have time to find a boyfriend.
At first glance, Liu Junhao also liked it, but after a few words, he gave up the idea. The girl kept talking about how big the world she had seen outside was, what was the easier it was to find the job there, etc. She also encouraged Liu Junhao to go out to sell cosmetics with her. She promised that Liu Junhao could get at least 3,000 yuan a month for one month, and that after selling cosmetics, she would receive a commission.
Although Liu Junhao was not moved, he had to admire her eloquence. Under her description, it seemed that everything outside was full of gold, so he was waiting for someone to pick it up.
He hadn't refused yet, but someone secretly handed him a message, and it turned out that the girl was engaged in pyramid schemes outside.
Sweat... No wonder he is so vernacular. Although he has never been exposed to pyramid schemes, the newspapers are talking about how harmful this thing is.
Liu Junhao quickly handed the matchmaker a message saying that the two were not suitable, but who knew that the matchmaker then heard another news that the girl still looked down on him.
He was thinking about it here, but Professor Zhao led Xiaopi in and asked him to dig a hole in his yard, and he wanted to plant bamboo.
Since several tiled houses were built, Professor Zhao and his wife have been devoted to decorating their new home. They did not want to build a large yard with bricks like other people's homes, but instead made a lot of Chen Thorn eggs in the village and buried them around the yard, preparing to wait for Chen Thorn to come out as a fence.
Chen thorns are similar to thorns, and they are all covered with thorns. It is a very good choice to use as a fence.
Zhang Qian once suggested that Liu Junhao make his yard like this, but he denied it because there are too many things in his yard, and it will take Chen Shi one or two years to grow into a fence. What if there is a thief during this period? It is a good choice to knock down the wall for a while from Professor Zhao's side, so that the two families can enter and exit freely.
Professor Zhao called Liu Junhao this time to let him be a coolie. He asked someone to buy a large cart of bamboo poles and was about to plant it in the yard today. The digging of the pit was left to Liu Junhao, who made him strong?
Liu Junhao was also interested in looking at the roots of the dark green bamboo poles, and strongly suggested that the bamboo poles be planted on the side near his own yard wall. He also suggested that Professor Zhao dig a few ditches here to connect with the one in his yard.
When he demolished this courtyard wall next year, he could enjoy this small bamboo forest without leaving home in summer. In his spare time, he played chess next to the bamboo forest and drank wine. It was absolutely indescribable enjoyment.
Just as it is written in "Preface to the Lanting Collection", "There are mountains and steep mountains and lush forests and bamboos here; there are also clear and turbulent streams, reflecting the left and right, leading to the flowing wine and the water."
The more he thought about it, the more excited he became, and the more motivated he became. In a short while, he dug several deep trenches and buried the root of the bamboo pole in the soil with Professor Zhao. The roots of the bamboo pole were all covered with this large piece of soil. The largest piece was more than 40 pounds in the root. Professor Zhao picked it up with a "hi" and put it in the pit without breathing. Seeing such a heavy thing, he didn't even have any effort to move it up. This made Liu Junhao sigh a few words. I remember that when Professor Zhao first came to Liujiagou, he was getting more and more energetic.
After hearing his praise, Professor Zhao even bent his arms a little, trying to show off his non-existent biceps.
It is the best time to transplant bamboo in autumn, but Professor Zhao made it a little late, so he brought such a large piece of soil to moisturize. In order to ensure that these bamboos survive smoothly, Liu Junhao secretly made out the water from his stone lock and poured the bamboos one by one.
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In the book review area, I saw that you have a few questions about the updated chapter yesterday, so I will explain it here:
1. The electricity bill issue. I don’t know what the situation is in other rural areas, but it is a fact that the electricity bill in rural areas is lower than that in cities. Take the place where I rent a house for example. The landlord charges an electricity bill for one dollar at a kilowatt-hour, while the rural areas only cost 50 cents.
2. The potato season issue. At first I thought I remembered it wrong, so I checked it online and found out that it was correct.
We plant potatoes for two seasons. One is in summer, plant them in June, harvest them in August, just two months, and the other is in winter, which depends on the climate, but generally the harvest is in spring of the next year. In places with warmer climates, potatoes can be planted for three seasons.
Chapter completed!