Accountant Li did not say who sent the 100 kilograms of rice dumplings, but the villagers knew it well. No one in the whole village except Uncle Hong Bing was panicking. They took out so many rice dumplings. After all, glutinous rice also costs money.

Uncle Fusheng wants to laugh and cry at the same time.

The youngest son won the jackpot in this year's dragon boat race, and the family was proud of it, but the prize was really disturbing.

No!

This is all food. How can a farmer waste food?

Take it!

I’ll eat rice dumplings every now and then, but my stomach won’t be able to bear it.

After kicking the younger son viciously, the father and son carried the rice dumplings and walked home.

As for the initiator of the prank, he was naturally criticized by his family, not because he felt sorry for the rice dumplings, but because he was afraid that they would eat them up.

Return to the old house.

The Dragon Boat Festival activities in Caogou Village have come to an end.

The family had a lively dinner, and Shan Xing specially used a big pot to boil a pot full of mugwort water for everyone to take a comfortable mugwort bath.

The next day.

As usual, after the morning exercise of Wu Qinxi, those who feed the animals feed the animals, and those who clean up the housework clean up the housework.

The blind man and the silly boy hitched the bullock cart and continued to haul stones. The eldest brother-in-law followed them to join in the fun when they had nothing to do.

The father and son tidied up and wandered towards the village.

Caogou Village is shaped like a gourd. The village is located at Hulutou, the meadow is in the belly of the gourd, and it is surrounded by the rolling Yuanbao Mountain.

The land in the village winds from the foot of the mountain to the top of the mountain. The hills are like snails and the mountains are like towers. The layers are composed of terraces layer by layer. It belongs to the hillside. Although there is no shortage of water, the soil layer is shallow and cannot store water. It is less than one meter.

It’s a rocky layer, the soil is loose and barren, so when growing food, you have to plant a lot but get little.

It turns out that there was some land that was reclaimed from wasteland. Later, the wasteland was turned over to forests and replanted on the hillside of the village. Buying chemical fertilizers was something that was unthinkable.

Dad took Li Hongbing to the terraces and pointed to the terraces in the distance with a lonely expression and drew a circle.

"Did you see, the land over there is our family's land. We used to grow sweet potatoes, potatoes, and radishes. At that time, we ate sweet potatoes and radishes all the time. The more we ate, the hungrier we became, and the more hungry we ate, the more we ate."

"Let's go and get the land back in our arms."

After sighing with emotion, Dad walked towards the village committee without looking back.

Compared with the dilapidated houses in the village, the village committee is much better, with red bricks and black tiles, and a few row brick houses. However, they are also in the style of the 1980s and 1990s, and they still cannot get rid of the vicissitudes of history.

Li Hongbing understands this deeply.

At that time, life in the forest was relatively secluded. Once it was dark, I had nothing to do but work hard to have a baby. There are three reasons for this.

First, I want to add more labor force to the family, so that the labor pressure on adults will be reduced.

Secondly, due to the old thinking in rural areas, it is always believed that a woman can only have family status if she gives birth to a fat boy for the man, and the man will also have a bright face.

Finally, this is also the truest thought in many people's minds. If your parents are incompetent and will never be able to make a fortune in this life, then they should find ways to have more children. If you have more children, one of them will be promising in the future. In that case, the family conditions will also improve.

It will gradually improve.

Moreover, in that era, the cost of raising children was very low. In their understanding, raising one child was also raising two or three children. The older one wore tattered clothes, while the younger one could continue to wear them.

In my hometown in the countryside, my family also has the habit of raising pigs, so I stew a pot of sweet potatoes in a big iron pot, the children eat some, and the rest is eaten by the pigs.

I heard from my mother that the main reason they left Caogou Village was because they gave birth to him.

When the eldest sister was born, everything was normal in the family. Later, Zheng Ce implemented family planning policy.

The forest area organized a planning team to inspect each village. At first, someone tipped off the information, and the planning team was smart enough to not sneak into the village to shoot, either in the early morning or in the middle of the night.

If you catch the second child, you will be fined, a heavy fine, and if you don't have money, your belongings will be confiscated.

This caused trouble when the second sister was born.

Although grandpa protected me, my mother was removed from the production team, and my father lost his status as the production team leader and was fined a fine that seemed almost astronomical at the time.

When it's Li Hongbing's turn, it will be even worse.

Even my grandfather was helpless. He heard that all the valuable belongings at home were confiscated, including the pot and bedding, not to mention the fines.

There was no choice but to leave Caogou Village with their eldest and second sisters on the grounds of going to the city to work. Only in this way could they avoid the punishment of the planning team.

Gu Gu Gu Gu!

Village chief Li Huaizhong walked out from behind the village committee house, carrying a dustpan and cooing. Then a group of chickens came out of nowhere and clucked around Li Huaizhong.

Throw out a handful of cracked corn, causing the chickens to scramble wildly.

Seeing the chicken eating happily, Li Huaizhong showed a happy smile on his face. He raised his head and casually looked at the door of the village committee and found that Li Hongbing and his father were looking at him happily.

When the dignified village chief was seen feeding chickens, Li Huaizhong didn't feel embarrassed. He put down his dustpan and drove away the surrounding chickens, then stepped forward to greet him warmly.

"National Day Lord, Uncle Red Soldier, the magpies are chirping on the branches, why do you have time to come to the village committee and ask me for something?"

Li Huaizhong can put on airs in front of Li Hongbing. After all, his age and status are there, but it is not enough in front of his father.

When his father returned to the village, his seniority firmly held the top spot in Caogou Village. Li Huaizhong knew that if he offended his father, he would have a lot of fun waiting until the village re-elected the village chief.

"I have something to do. It's for the land of Lao Li's family." The father explained the purpose of his visit very directly. After that, he told Li Hongbing to do what he should do, and he and Li Huaizhong went into the house to discuss.

Finished?

Is it okay?

Li Hongbing looked blankly at the closed door and a group of chickens eating happily.

This is nonsense, why did you ask me to come over?

When it comes to feelings, I am just a guiding machine.

Nothing happens to you.

Just follow the village lane and come to the persimmon tree at the head of the village.

As usual, idle people gathered together under the persimmon tree, chatting and bragging.

Li Hongbing liked this feeling very much. They sat together and chatted about their parents' personal affairs, and learned about the village gossip.

Seeing him appear, the idlers were naturally very happy. The big smoker came and quickly vacated a seat.

"What are we talking about?" As usual, Li Hongbing took out a circle of cigarettes.

The idle men took the cigarettes and immediately lit them and took a long puff before starting to chat.

"Uncle Hong Bing, I heard that De Cai picked up two night owl cubs and got a 1,000 yuan bonus."

"Is it worth picking up a night owl cub?"

When the idle men mentioned this, their eyes shone with envy.

That's 1,000 yuan in real money, which is equivalent to the money earned from digging the ground for several months.

These villagers may seem honest and honest, but they take money very seriously. They don’t have to get up early and work till late at night, but they can earn hundreds or even thousands by just picking up a few night owl cubs. For people like them who grew up in the mountains, picking up a night owl can make a lot of money.

It only takes a matter of minutes.

Just like the last time Captain Xu had just finished talking about the rescue bonus Zheng Ce, Li Hongqi picked up four hares the next day. If Li Hongbing hadn't said that pheasants and hares were only worth 20 yuan, the pheasants and hares around Caogou Village might have been gone.

It’s about to be wiped out.

Upon seeing this, Li Hongbing quickly sounded the alarm.

"Don't say I didn't remind you that rescue counts. If you deliberately pick up national second-level wild animals, you will be jailed."

The idle men all shrank their necks and used sneers to cover up their thoughts that almost took action.

"How can we do that? We abide by the law."

"That's right, we won't do anything illegal."

"Let's ask blindly. Uncle Red Soldier, don't take it seriously."

Abiding by the law?

Who among you doesn't have a clip or a wire sheath? It's a good thing that guns were closed in the forest area a few years ago, otherwise everyone would have a gun now.

Li Hongbing looked at the crowd with disdain, and suddenly found Li Hongqi curled up in the crowd.

He is usually the most noisy, why has he changed his temper now?

"Hongqi, what's wrong with you? You don't smoke or say anything."

Li Hongqi shut her mouth tightly, looked at Li Hongbing resentfully and shook her head.

The idle man smiled and said, "He has eaten too many rice dumplings, and he doesn't dare to open his mouth. When he opens his mouth, he spits rice out."

There is laughter under the persimmon tree.

Li Hongqi was anxious and could do nothing. In order not to waste food, he ate three or three kilograms of rice dumplings last night. Before they could be digested, he ate another two kilograms this morning.

The unlucky child couldn't eat it, so he didn't know how to give some to the neighbors.

Li Hongbing shook his head and laughed, suddenly thinking of the land his father mentioned and the abandoned wasteland overgrown with weeds.
To be continued...