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

I really picked a lot of mushrooms, fungus, etc. By then, even if there are no merchants to collect them, I can still make some hard money by selling them to the purchasing station.

The weather finally cleared up, and when they saw the long-lost Sun God, the villagers couldn't help but feel the urge to cry: You old man, you can finally give up!

The entire Jiapigou area became busy: all the strong laborers went to the fields to harvest wheat.

Seeing his mother Lin Zhi carrying a sickle and going to cut wheat, Liu Qingshan quickly stopped her: "Mom, don't go, I'll do the work! Just cook at home and help my eldest sister.

Just feed the chickens, but don’t overwork yourself anymore.”

"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 now the head of the family, he must bear the burden of the family on his shoulders, and he must not let his mother suffer anymore.

Farm work is the most tiring. In the words of ordinary people, it means that beads of sweat fall to the ground and break into pieces.

Fortunately, for a young man like Liu Qingshan, his body recovers quickly. After a night's sleep, he is still full of energy the next day.

The family only had three acres of wheat in total, and it took them only two days to harvest it from early to late morning. Liu Qingshan was relatively slow at farm work.

The wheat is stacked in the ground, and the ears of wheat are exposed. It will take several days to dry out in the sun.

It's the wheat seedlings that pop out from the wheat grains, which makes everyone worried when they look at them.

Fortunately, as the brick machine drove into Jiapigou and began to build a pig house in the vacant lot to the south of the village, everyone's attention was attracted.

For this kind of brick and tile work, a master bricklayer is specially hired, and the village is responsible for providing small laborers to help carry bricks and mud.

Seeing pieces of red bricks and bags of cement being used on the pig pens, many people in the village sighed in distress: The land for my house is still land.

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

Zhang Gangzi was holding his arms and watching the excitement, talking dishonestly and gossiping.

Some villagers nearby also nodded along.

Seeing that if this situation continued, it would affect the public sentiment, Liu Qingshan couldn't help but stand up and explain to them. Everyone understood, but in the end they felt unbalanced.

When he got up the next morning, Liu Qingshan first filled the water tank. In the yard, Lin Zhi was threading the nearly dry hazel mushrooms in the sun.

Fungi such as hazel mushrooms are not very tasty if pickled. It is best to dry them in the sun, hang them in a cool place, and save them for stewed chickens in the winter.

Because it is too vegetarian, it must be paired with meat.

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

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

Liu Qingshan scooped out the rainwater from the large water tank in the yard, then picked up two buckets of water and poured it into it. This was hot in the sun, making it easier to wash your face and hands.

As soon as he put the bucket upside down on the wicker grille to prevent the water in the bucket from rusting, he felt a strong force coming from behind, and Liu Qingshan was knocked forward.

He got up from the ground and turned his head helplessly. Sure enough, it was the big sika deer again, greeting him in this special way every morning.

Caifeng and Shan Xing, on the other hand, covered their little mouths and snickered. They had just led the sika deer to graze outside the gate.

This sika deer was well taken care of by the two little guys, and it recovered well from its injuries. It can already walk, but it is still limping and not very agile.

"You should go back to the mountains quickly. I'm sick of seeing that long face of yours every day."

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

"Brother, eldest sister boiled eggs this morning!"

When the fourth child saw Liu Qingshan, he immediately made a report.

Liu Qingshan was also stunned. You must know that every egg at home is a treasure. If you don't have guests, you will never want to eat it.

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

Boiled eggs, good days?

It must be a birthday!

Liu Qingshan clasped his fingers and recalled the birthdays of his grandparents, mother, and family members, but he couldn't get the number right.

He suddenly remembered something and looked at Shan Xing: "Haha, it turns out it's Wu Feng'er's birthday!"

Shan Xing was obviously stunned for a moment, then she giggled, her eyes turned into two crescent moons, the little girl looked so cute when she smiled.

After laughing a few times, Shan Xingcai said: "Brother, why did you forget your birthday!"

Is it my birthday?

Liu Qingshan slapped his forehead. He was so busy, and in a blink of an eye, it was September 10th, which was his birthday.

Turning 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 traces of white hair sprouting from her temples, Liu Qingshan felt inexplicably sad: My son’s birthday is my mother’s day of suffering, mother, I will never let you suffer again!

"Brother, you are so happy that you are crying. How about I get you a bowl to catch the golden beans?"

The little girl Sifeng felt that something was wrong in the atmosphere, so she couldn't help but make fun of her brother. Liu Qingshan often said this to her in the past, and today he returned it to his original words.

Yamaxing next to her also has big red eyes. Obviously, the little girl misses her mother too.

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

Liu Qingshan held the two girls in each hand and entered the house.

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

"Okay, okay, I'll boil eggs for you little greedy cats every day!"

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

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

There were bursts of cheerful laughter in the house, this is home, plain and warm.

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

Ha, what a greedy little cat.

Liu Qingshan poked the little girl's forehead, nodded, and then squatted in front of the stove pit to help the elder sister make a fire for cooking. The two sisters naturally talked 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 quickly inside.

The two breeder chickens have also become popular. After the owner borrowed the ones from the west, they were all thinking about hatching two strings of chickens so that they could lay more eggs next year.

Especially after the wheat sprouts sprouted, the villagers wanted to raise more chickens, and they didn't have to worry about feed anyway.

It doesn't matter if there are no hens to nest in. Every house has a hot kang. As long as the eggs are covered with a quilt, chicks can still hatch.

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

Others have done this, so of course Liu Jinfeng will not be idle. The kang heads at his own home and his grandfather's home are covered with hundreds of eggs.

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

"Sanfeng, you need to buy the crusher you mentioned as soon as possible."

Liu Jinfeng had been anxious for a long time. It just kept raining and he couldn't go to the commune at all.

"I will go to the commune with Teacher Yang today to settle this matter."

Liu Qingshan has already made an appointment with Yang Hongying, although today is Saturday and school is still in session.

However, this kind of teaching point does not need to be so serious. It is Yang Hongying who has the final say on which day he has a holiday. He just has to match it with tomorrow.

After the fourth and fifth children came back from delivering eggs and matsutake mushrooms to grandpa, they had breakfast.

The little girl insisted on asking Liu Qingshan to roll the eggs on the dining table a few times, saying it would bring good luck. She and Shan Xing even clapped their hands and shouted "Happy Birthday".

This is how it is at this time, if you eat an egg, it’s your birthday.

Liu Qingshan did as he was told, holding the egg in his hand and banging it hard on the table.

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

"Okay, brother will have great luck this year!"

The little old four was still praising it.

Gao Wenxue, who was sitting by the Kang, was also very happy. Just as he was about to reach out to catch the egg, a black shadow jumped up and bit the egg in one bite, taking the egg skin with him and chewing it with a crunch.

"Ah, my luck has been eaten by the big yellow dog!"

Little Caifeng, who was sitting on the kang, didn't see clearly and thought it was the big yellow dog at home snatching food.

Liu Qingshan sat higher up and could see more clearly that it was not a big yellow, but a little black guy.

Taking a closer look, Liu Qingshan was dumbfounded: "Xiao Xiong, how did you find this guy?"

I saw a dark bear cub squatting on the ground. He was chewing a boiled egg. His small black eyes, like little black beans, were staring at Liu Qingshan. His eyes seemed to be filled with resentment:

It seems to be complaining: Why don't you go to the mountain for several days to achieve nirvana? I don't have any candy!

Bear?
To be continued...