"Chuangzi, are you at home?"

The morning after selling the wine, Chen Ling drove Wang Zhenzhen to Huangni Town on a tractor to find Han Chuang.

"I'm at home, I'm at home, Brother Ling is here, come in quickly."

Hearing the shouting outside, Jiang Xiaoqing ran out, opened the large iron gate of the yard, and asked him to drive the tractor into the yard.

"Zhenzhen is here too, come down quickly, the watermelon is frozen for you."

"Thank you, sister-in-law Xiaoqing."

Wang Zhenzhen jumped off the tractor and walked to Jiang Xiaoqing with a smile. The two watched Chen Ling drive the tractor into the house.

Han Chuang's new home after getting married was quite large. It was built outside the town and had few neighbors. It was surrounded by orchards planted by several families. Further out was the famous Tubao Ridge outside Huangni Town. There were not many people there.

Therefore, the yard here is extremely spacious, and parking a tractor is not a problem at all.

"Where's Chuangzi? Why do you act like a big girl and haven't seen anyone for a long time?"

Chen Ling parked the tractor under a tree on the south side of the yard, and when he walked down, Han Chuang could not be seen.

He agreed to come and sit with Han Chuang today and take back the sunflower seeder.

The so-called sunflower seeder is not a new thing. It is just a jiang (jiang, three sounds, pronounced the same as "speak") used for sowing food locally and has been modified to make it suitable for growing sunflowers.

After all, sunflowers are a rare crop locally, and sowing can only be done manually.

Columbine cannot be planted.

After discussing the situation at his house last time, Han Chuang reassured him, saying that his elder brother Han Chao would handle this.

Moreover, Han Chuang is also very talented in this area. He learned a few tricks from his brother when he was a child and knew what this thing was about. He went back to tell his elder brother Han Chao and gave Chen Ling Zhun Xin'er to let him

He will pick it up again after ten days.

Chen Ling said he would come over if it didn't rain today, so the date was set.

"He went to buy donkey meat. There is a factory owner in the south of the town who is having a wedding. Yesterday morning he slaughtered a donkey. Chuangzi said that you will definitely come over in the next two days, so he went over and bought some donkey meat, which can be used as food for wine.

"

Jiang Xiaoqing said with a smile, and then asked Wang Zhenzhen: "Have you ever eaten donkey meat?"

Wang Zhenzhen shook his head: "I haven't eaten it before. We can't afford it, and we are reluctant to eat it."

In Fenglei Town, people rely entirely on packhorses and donkeys to drive the mountainous roads. Donkeys are very expensive, so they are not willing to kill them and sell them for meat. Even if they are killed, they are old donkeys and sick donkeys that cannot be cured, and they are very expensive to sell.

As he was talking, Han Chuang came back, pushing a small cart with a big donkey head and assorted donkey meat on it. Behind him was a half-grown green dog with its tongue sticking out.

After meeting two strangers, Chen Ling and Wang Zhenzhen, they pricked up their ears and rushed forward to bark.

When Han Chuang saw this, he kicked it and scolded it, then walked forward with a smile and talked to Chen Ling.

The two of them were talking and unloading the donkey meat.

"I didn't buy any good meat, and I didn't even ask for a donkey's whip, so I just bought some hooves and some meat from the neck."

Han Chuang said regretfully.

"Okay, that's a lot. Just this donkey head, even if it doesn't look like there's much meat in it, you won't be able to finish it in two or three days."

Chen Ling said, "Call your uncles, aunts, and brother Han Chao over at noon. We won't be able to finish the meal if there are too few people, and we can't let it sit for long in the hot weather."

Han Chuang bought a big donkey head, a donkey tail with a big tail bone, a donkey intestine, and donkey neck meat with bones. It didn't look like much, but in fact it couldn't be stewed in two pots.

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Then he clicked his tongue and said, "You said there's no good meat, but the donkey's mouth is also there, as well as its intestines. The key is that the meat on the neck is given to you, so that's good."

"Hehe, I don't understand as well as you. Just think it's good for you." Han Chuanghan smiled and said, "What do you think, let's start cleaning up now?"

"Why are you cleaning up? Brother Ling and Zhenzhen have just arrived. They didn't even sit down, so you just yelled for people to work."

At this time, Jiang Xiaoqing brought Wang Zhenzhen over with two watermelons, scolded Han Chuang, and asked Chen Ling to sit down and eat the melons.

"Come on, Brother Ling, Zhenzhen, sit down and let's eat watermelon first."

Han Chuang still chuckled, saying that he didn't want Chen Ling to do the work, but wanted to get the food and wine ready quickly.

Chen Ling smiled and sat down when he heard this, "These things are indeed difficult to clean up. It's almost half past nine, so we'd better boil the water first and let's clean up first."

"Okay, I'll boil the water right now. Chuangzi and I always eat and drink a lot when we go to your house, keeping you and sister-in-law busy. We can't keep you busy here today, Brother Ling."

Jiang Xiaoqing said seriously.

"Well, you're right. I'll call my parents over right now. If they can clean up this thing, just let Lingzi cook again at noon. We'll take care of the rest for him."

Han Chuang clapped his hands, stopped stumbling, and got on his motorcycle to call his parents.

Chen Ling couldn't stop him. After a while, Han Chuang brought an old couple into the courtyard. When he came, he enthusiastically asked Chen Ling to sit down and told him not to worry about anything. The two got into the kitchen to boil water and clean up.

Donkey meat.

Han Chuang's father and mother are similar to Jiang Xiaoqing's father. They are also not good-looking and slightly vicious, but they are extremely warm and kind when they talk and laugh, making people feel friendly.

"You haven't been here since the last temple fair. Look how the yard of our house is being tidied up. Xiaoqing and I have been working on it for more than ten days, and most of it was done according to the layout of your house. Look at this.

The fish pond, grape trellis, and small vegetable garden are all growing now, and they are much better than the bare ones before."

The three adults and one child were sitting together eating watermelon and chatting. Han Chuang pointed to the yard and showed it to Chen Ling.

Chen Ling nodded while looking at it: "It's pretty good, but your yard is still a bit big, and it looks empty without things. I will send you some flower seeds and tree seeds in a while. You can plant whatever you want.

What, there are many kinds of flowers in the yard, they not only look good but also smell good at night in summer.”

"Okay, that's good."

Han Chuang said: "Actually, Xiaoqing's work unit gave some tree species, which are planted outside. I don't have any shortage of tree species. I just need to order flower species like those in your yard. If you plant them, they will grow over a large area and cover half of the trees."

In this yard, the flowers are not very big when they are blooming, but they are blooming a lot, which looks very nice to me."

"Oh, yes, I have also seen the kind of flowers at Brother Ling's house. They seem to be meadowsweet, right?" Jiang Xiaoqing said while chewing on the watermelon.

"Well, it's meadowsweet. This kind of chrysanthemum grows fast and is easy to live. It will grow when you put it in and water it. It smells very good at night, but the flowers are too small. I will bring you a few more when the time comes.

, let’s go with it.” Chen Ling said.

The three of them chatted and quickly ate most of the watermelon.

At this time, Wang Zhenzhen said that she was going to the teacher's house and wanted Chen Ling to send her there.

In fact, she came here today just to play with her teacher's little daughter.

This wild girl is not idle at home. She even writes letters to her teacher and her daughter from time to time. The teacher’s daughter is two grades above her and will soon be in junior high school. I don’t know how she got along with her. I reply to the letter.

I come to Biwang Zhenzhen more often, and my family often receives letters.

"Oh, it's really amazing. I can also write letters. I'm going to meet my pen pal."

Jiang Xiaoqing laughed and said, feeling surprised and interesting that such an older child could actually write letters to others.

Not to mention her, even the two old men who came out of the kitchen and walked to the well to clean the donkey's water heard this and laughed loudly and said a few words.

He said that this girl is amazing and will definitely have a future.

"Teacher Zhenzhen is in town, right? Let's go, then I'll follow you. Let's go to the brewery to buy a barrel of beer and come back."

Han Chuang washed his face, wiped the sweat from his body, and happily followed Chen Ling and walked out.

As a result, Wang Zhenzhen was sent to her teacher's house, and she found that Han Chuang's cannery was nearby. Han Chuang said: "My cannery is very close. Let me take you to my cannery first. You haven't seen it yet."

Been there."

Chen Ling naturally had no objection and followed him to the cannery.

As soon as I entered the factory gate, I heard the sound of running water.

There was a large pond in the spacious factory yard. Two faucets far apart were slowly draining water into the pond. When the two of them approached, they were so surprised that a layer of colorful fish on the water surface disappeared.

Chen Ling leaned over and looked at it for a while, then smiled and said, "No wonder it can support mullet fish. This pond is big enough."

"It's quite big. Are you still catching fish? My brother put a lot more in it."

"No more fishing, no more fishing, there are more fish on my farm."

While the two were talking, Han Chuang's eldest brother Han Chao came out. Chen Ling had met him once during the last temple fair. There were many relatives in their family who came to attend the temple fair. Last time, they only exchanged a few words and could only

Considered acquaintance.

"The cog has been modified for you, come and take a look."

Han Chao is nearly forty years old. Although he is not as tall and strong as Han Chuang, he is still tall and has a mustache. His personality is much more stable than Han Chuang. After greeting him with a smile, he took Chen Chuang with him.

Ling went to see the columbine.

What he improved was a three-legged columbine.

This thing can be regarded as a relatively primitive agricultural tool for sowing, and it existed during the Han Dynasty.

This kind of agricultural tool is mainly used to grow wheat, millet, soybeans, sorghum, sesame and other crops.

If you are growing corn, it is almost meaningless.

After all, corn was introduced to China relatively late, and traditional agricultural tools were not designed for corn.
To be continued...