"It's a pity that it's too expensive. Otherwise, we would have bought some food here in Tianwang. It costs twenty yuan per catty, and a family would have to spend more than a hundred yuan a day just to eat." Gao Fengxiang said regretfully.
"Yes, I have been a farmer all my life, but I didn't expect that this rice could be sold at this price. It's incredible," Luo Guangfu said.
"Guangfu, you are mistaken. In fact, twenty yuan a pound is not expensive at all. To say it is expensive, the little devil's rice is expensive. When I was in Huacheng, Zhengjiang bought it for me.
It costs 100 yuan for two catties. It works out to 50 yuan per catty. It tastes similar to our late rice, not even as delicious as our late rice. It is even worse than Tianwang rice. But.
They only sell it for 50 yuan a catty. People in the city are still rushing to buy it. The rich people in the city only buy expensive ones, not the right ones." Luo Baolin said.
"That's called worshiping foreigners. But one thing is right, that is, the food we have worked so hard to grow should not be sold so cheaply. City people can make a product in just a few minutes and sell it to our rural areas.
They are all expensive. We plant an acre of land for most of the year, and the grain we produce is less than one piece of other people's products! Is this fair?" Luo Changqing said.
"Chang Qing is right. Good things produced in factories in the city are exported, bad things are sold in the city, and defective products are sold to our rural areas. If we farmers work together, we can sell rice just like garlic. The price is ten yuan.
One kilogram makes the city people want to buy it or not." Luo Guangfu said.
"It's useless. If you can't buy rice in China, you can buy it abroad. The Yankees' genetically modified rice is sold exclusively to China," Luo Changqing said.
"Farmers in the world are all exploited! It would be great if our rice could be as expensive as the little devil's rice." Gao Fengxiang said.
"Let's not think about it, but Tianwang's can definitely do it. From now on, everyone in the village will give their fields to Tianwang. If they can grow such good rice, they will definitely be able to sell He Mawan, which is more expensive than Xiaoguizi rice.
Rice." Luo Changqing said.
"Yes, from now on, all the fields will be planted by Tianwang. We will all go to work at Tianwang Farm. Tianwang will pay everyone wages. It would be better if they give rice." Luo Guangfu said with a smile.
Tianwang was beside him, listening quietly to everyone talking. After hearing this, Luo Tianwang stood up and said: "If you think my rice is delicious, I will provide the villagers with free rations. In this way, if you don't have it in the future,
If you have farmland, you don’t have to worry about spending money to buy good rice.”
"Tianwang, I'm just waiting for you to say this. As long as our food rations can be guaranteed, we will plant all our fields for you. However, don't give it to you for free, collect some appropriately. After all, your food does not fall from the sky. That's it.
According to the current price of late rice in our village, it's two yuan a pound. How about that?" Gao Fengxiang said with a smile.
"Yes, you give it to me for free, why are you embarrassed? It doesn't matter how much it is. We Hemawan people don't have the habit of eating for free," Luo Guangfu said.
"Grandpa Guangfu, I have made it clear that the free supply is only rations, which are per capita, and not more. If it is not enough, then I'm sorry, and it must be paid according to the market price. My rice sells for twenty, and you have to pay two if you want to buy it.
10. Even if it is sold for 100, if you want to ask for extra, you have to pay 100. As for the free ones, it is the reward for transferring all the land to me at that time." Luo Tianwang said.
"You are a child of benevolence and righteousness. You are worthy of being a child raised by Zhengjiang Hongmei and his wife. Now there are some old men in the village, and this field has been unable to be cultivated for a long time. But after thinking about being a farmer all my life, this field cannot be left uncultivated.
You still have to eat the rice you grow. So you have been struggling to maintain it. It is really not easy. Now that you have come back to plant this field, you can plant it better than those of us who have been planting it all our lives. So what are you talking about?
The fields will be planted for you later." Luo Guangfu said.
As soon as Luo Guangfu took the lead, people in the village who had cultivated fields expressed their willingness to transfer the rice fields and wasteland. Luo Tianwang still agreed to subcontract the rice fields to the villagers at the original price of subcontracting Luo Zhigang's paddy fields. Moreover, starting from this late rice season
Started supplying ecological rice to families who subcontracted their fields.
The quality of this rice is absolutely extraordinary. When people in the village smell the fragrance of this rice, they feel their appetites whet their appetites. It seems like they have returned to the days of the production team. In those days, everyone was very good at eating. Take Luo Guangfu and Luo Baolin, for example.
At that time, the two of them were in their prime, and it was no problem to eat two kilograms of rice in one meal. There were many people who ate three or four kilograms of rice. There was no way, there was not much meat in the rice in those days, and it was high every day.
Intense physical labor consumes a lot of energy, and all energy supply relies almost entirely on the starch in rice. Therefore, in that era, although everyone was very good at eating, there were very few fat people. Unlike now, the small people in the village
Half of the children are chubby. The grandparents who raised the children had suffered a lot in the past. They were afraid that the children would be hungry, so they encouraged the children to eat as hard as they could. It would be strange if they did not eat and gained weight.
Luo Guangfu, who now only eats a small bowl of rice per meal, actually ate three full bowls of rice in a row and didn't feel full yet. But he didn't dare to continue eating. He smiled and said to everyone: "This is the Tianwang family.
The food is so delicious, I’m full of food today. I feel like I’m back in the production team again.”
"I think back in those days, when we were working at the Ho Ma Wan Reservoir, every time we had a meal, I would fill a small bowl first, finish the rice in a few mouthfuls, and then fill another bowl. This meant that I ate half a bowl more rice than others.
"At that time, people always had such a big earthenware bowl to eat. How can people be as polite as today?" Luo Baolin also sighed with emotion.
"That's right. The more you eat, the stronger you will be. It's easy to pick up a load of one or two hundred kilograms for any Chinese character. Now my grandson cries for father and mother when he picks up a load of dozens of kilograms. In the past, he always walked to the county seat.
"To go to the street now, you have to spend a few dollars to take a bus." Luo Guangfu said with a smile.
Children who are usually very picky eaters rush to eat, their bellies are full and round. Even the extra rice that was prepared is rolled up by the children as snacks. Several large pots of rice are eaten cleanly.
"Tianwang, this rice is so delicious, I'm not full yet." Li Shishi said in Luo Tianwang's ear. She was embarrassed to let others hear that she was not full.
Luo Tianwang smiled and said, "Really? I'll make you something delicious later."
"No, no, let's have dinner later. If I eat so much in one meal, I will gain weight." Li Shishi said quickly.
"What are you afraid of? Are we ascetics still worried about growing fat on our bodies? Just use your spiritual power to refine it. You can have whatever figure you want." Luo Tianwang said with a smile.
Li Shishi chuckled: "That's true. But don't bother, I'll eat some fruit to fill my stomach. It would be great if all the barren hills were filled with fruits. Planting those miscellaneous trees is really a waste."
"No waste, no waste at all. If we hadn't planted those miscellaneous trees, where would such delicious rice and fruits come from?" Luo Tianwang said with a smile.
There are indeed a lot of fruits in this season. The early-maturing citrus is ripe, but it is slightly sour and particularly sweet. The persimmons can also be picked. They are covered in rice for a few days and they will turn red. The dates have also turned red and have more moisture.
, and it tastes very delicious. Originally, the dates here in Ho Mawan were generally not very tasty, with little water content and not very sweet. Now that dates from other places are on the market early, there is almost no market for local dates, and little kids don’t want to eat them.
Why eat local dates? But the dates produced by the jujube tree in Luo Tianwang's house are particularly delicious. They are as big as local eggs. But they taste very good.
The little sparrow stays in the tree every day, bringing a large group of sparrows to harm the dates in the house every day. It is also very good at eating, especially those that are overripe. If Luo Tianwang had not given a serious warning, the little sparrow must not touch one of the jujubes. Luo Tianwang
If you want to taste it yourself, you can only eat the leftovers from the little sparrow.
"Tianwang, will the little sparrow leave us one day like Old Huang?" Li Shishi couldn't help but ask as she watched the little sparrow happily looking for dates to eat on the tree.
"Oh, I don't know, all the feasts in the world must come to an end." Thinking of Lao Huang, Luo Tianwang felt a little sad. That guy was his playmate who grew up with him. But now, he doesn't know where he is.
"The lifespan of a sparrow is generally about ten years. How old is this little sparrow?" Li Shishi asked.
"Let me do the math. It's been fourteen or five years," Luo Tianwang said.
The little sparrow seemed to hear what Luo Tianwang and Li Shishi were talking about, and flew over happily, landing on Luo Tianwang, and then on Li Shishi. It put the jujube meat in its mouth into the palm of Li Shishi's hand, and then rushed towards it.
Li Shishi chirped, seeming to let Li Shishi taste it.
"Haha, Shishi, it's for you to try. Don't let it down, just eat it quickly." Luo Tianwang said with a smile.
"Okay, just eat." Li Shishi made a gesture and put the jujube meat in her hand into her mouth. Before she was halfway there, she suddenly changed direction and stuffed it into Luo Tianwang's mouth.
Luo Tianwang did not hide, he opened his mouth to catch the jujube meat in Li Shishi's hand, but he also bit Li Shishi's hand into his mouth.
"Oh, you are so bad! Why do you really eat it?" Li Shishi originally thought that Luo Tianwang would avoid it, but she didn't expect that this guy actually ate the jujube meat in order to tease her.
"It's okay. The little sparrow goes to the pond every day to wash its face and rinse its mouth. It's very clean. Moreover, its mouth is very picky and specializes in picking out the best food. It's very valuable that you can eat from its mouth. This guy usually doesn't give
Being eaten." Luo Tianwang said with a smile.
Although Luo Tianwang was joking with Li Shishi, it was not nonsense. The little sparrow had only been close to Luo Tianwang before, and was not even willing to touch Luo Tianci. Now it has regarded Li Shishi as its mistress and is willing to get close to Li Shishi. Just now it even
The best thing in its mouth was given to Li Shishi, which is proof
"Tianwang, actually when I first came to Ho Ma Wan, I was still a little worried that I wouldn't be able to adapt to the life here. But now I feel that the life here is very suitable for me. There is no intrigue here, and daily life is simple. Especially with my children every day.
From the summer classes to the current primary school teaching, I don’t feel that what I learned in college was in vain. I can also realize the value of my life here. And practicing Taoism makes me understand the meaning of life." Li Shishi
said.
"Shishi, your current state of mind is even higher than mine. If you keep up with your cultivation, you will surpass me sooner or later. Don't you know that you will put pressure on me?" Luo Tianwang joked.
"Liar. I'm too lazy to pay attention to you. I'm telling you something serious." Li Shishi rolled her eyes at Luo Tianwang.
"I'm also very serious. By the way, when you came here before, weren't you afraid of being like a woman who was abducted to the countryside, giving birth to children in the countryside, cutting firewood, cooking, feeding pigs and cattle every day?" Luo Tianwang said with a smile.
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"If you dare to ask me to do this, I'll tell Aunt Zeng to do it." Li Shishi couldn't stop giggling.
"Then I don't dare. If my mother knew that I made you suffer in He Mawan, she would definitely come back and clean me up, and then rescue you to Huacheng." Luo Tianwang was lying on the grass in the barren mountain, holding a piece of paper in his mouth.
A thatch root. This kind of thatch root is the most fertile in this season. Dig it out from the soil and rub off the withered grass wrapped in it with your hands to reveal the white and tender grass root. Put it in your mouth and chew it, which will give you a faint sweetness.
When Luo Tianwang was a child, when he was herding cattle, his favorite thing was to find the best thatch in the mountains and dig up the grass roots in the ground to eat.
"Why do you dare to put anything in your mouth? You're not afraid of ruining your stomach." Li Shishi said.
"You don't know this. This is actually a delicacy buried in the ground. Here, I have chosen the best one for you, and you can try it too." Luo Tianwang stuffed a very plump grass root into Li Shishi's hand.
The thatch in this barren mountain grows more vigorously than anywhere else. When you dig into the soil, you will find that the grass roots inside are much thicker than the grass roots in other places, and the internodes are longer. Especially the color of the grass roots is as transparent as
It's average. This grass root is not only sweet, but also has a refreshing fragrance. It tastes much better than ordinary grass roots.
Li Shishi was doubtful, but when she saw that Luo Tianwang also ate it, she didn't reject it very much. She let Luo Tianwang stuff the grass root into her mouth. After chewing it for a while, she immediately tasted a sweet taste. Why did the grass root also taste like sugar cane?
What about the sweetness of grass roots? There is not as much sugar as sugar cane, but the sweetness of grass roots is not the same as that of sugar cane. Comparing it, the taste of grass roots seems to be better.
"Huh?" Li Shishi's eyes lit up, obviously she was a little surprised by the smell of grass roots.
"Is it delicious? If you don't try boldly and don't have the spirit to eat crabs, you will waste a lot of opportunities to taste delicious food." Luo Tianwang laughed and gave Li Shishi some good-quality grass roots.
"How do you know this grass root is so delicious?" Li Shishi asked puzzledly.
"When I was a kid, I didn't have much to eat. When I was grazing cattle, I would turn over some grass roots and chew them. But the grass roots in the mountains are not as delicious as the grass roots here," Luo Tianwang said.