An hour later, Zhang Chongxin finally rushed back, accompanied by Steven. As the son-in-law of the old Zhang family, how could he be absent.
"Second child, third child, you guys are here."
"Brother, you are back!"
Zhang Chongyi and Zhang Chongde stood up excitedly.
Zhang Xu and Zhang Kun followed up with greetings:
"Uncle!"
Zhang Chongxin reached out and patted the two brothers, then looked around, turned to his son and asked:
"Xiaohao, where are your aunt and the others?"
"Dad, aunt and the others are in the kitchen, helping my mother make dinner!" Zhang Hao replied.
It's already past four in the afternoon.
As soon as he finished speaking, Zhang Aiyu and others just walked out of the kitchen, probably hearing the sound.
Li Dajuan walked quickly to his wife, helped him smooth his collar, and couldn't help nagging:
"Where have you been? Why are your clothes wrinkled?"
“The subway is crowded.”
Zhang Chongxin explained casually.
Li Dajuan pushed his wife: "Okay, dinner will take another hour. You can take my second uncle and the others to visit the yard first. I will call you when the meal is ready."
"Okay, let's cook some more dishes tonight."
"You don't need to remind me, I've already prepared a bunch of ingredients at home, just waiting for them to come over."
Li Dajuan waved her hand.
…
Soon, Zhang Chongxin led several people out.
Passing by the launch silo nearby, Zhang Xu couldn't help but take a second look, and then said curiously:
"Uncle, what is this for?"
Zhang Hao rushed to answer: "Brother, this is our wine cellar. There is a lot of wine stored in it."
"Wine cellar? What kind of wine is there?"
Zhang Xu was instantly interested.
"Mainly high-quality liquors and wines that are shelf-stable. The total should exceed a thousand boxes."
Zhang Hao said ambiguously.
Li Ningtao suddenly beamed with joy: "Zhang Hao, your family has made a fortune. Now, no matter what kind of wine, the supply exceeds demand on the market. Even the lowest-end Erguotou can often be sold for four to five hundred yuan."
"Xiao Hao, you still have good judgment. You have stocked up such a large amount of wine early and made a lot of money without doing anything."
Zhang Xu gave a thumbs up on the spot.
"To be honest, I didn't want to make money." Zhang Hao shook his head and then explained: "These wines are not for investment, they are mainly for personal use. No matter who wants to hold a banquet in the future, they can come to my place.
Just move two boxes back, our own family will take care of them."
"Xiao Hao still has a high profile. You guys know how to make money. Many wineries are closed now. The longer these wines are kept, the more valuable they will be. Only fools will sell them."
Zhang Chongyi took the opportunity to teach.
Zhang Xu smiled coquettishly, feeling sour in his heart: "If I could have a net worth as high as Zhang Hao's, I would definitely build a wine cellar larger than this and store hundreds of thousands of bottles of wine at a time."
"You only have this little potential. Xiaohao is really capable. He is what he is today thanks to his own hard work. How about you? You can even lose money in an orchard."
Zhang Chongyi became angrier the more he thought about it.
Zhang Hao quickly advised: "Second uncle, it's not my fault for what happened in the orchard. I'm sure I'll lose money too. This is a natural disaster. It's useless for anyone to come."
"Second brother, Zhang Xu is already in his mid-teens, you should save some face for him."
Zhang Chongxin immediately reminded him.
"Bah, you earn face by yourself, not by others." Zhang Chongyi spat on the spot.
Zhang Xu spread his hands helplessly: "Uncle, it's okay. My dad has always been like this. I've long been used to it."
"Your father is also good for you..."
Zhang Chongxin comforted him casually.
"Oh, I understand!" Zhang Xu couldn't help but sigh, "I'm almost incompetent myself. Compared with Zhang Hao, I've lived like a dog in these years."
"Brother, why are you competing with me? Everyone has their own way of living. The most important thing in life is to live happily and comfortably." Zhang Hao tried to persuade.
"Forget it, I'm fine, you don't need to comfort me." Zhang Xu waved his hand and then changed the subject: "Zhang Hao, can we go in and visit?"
"We can't get in at the moment." Zhang Hao shook his head and quickly made an excuse: "It's locked inside. It's very troublesome to open it and it takes time."
Zhang Chongxin immediately complained: "Don't talk about you guys, I haven't even been there."
"Ahem, there's nothing I can do about it. The temperature difference between the bottom and the top is too big. I can only go down once a year for fear of affecting the quality of the wine." Zhang Hao explained.
"Xiao Hao did the right thing and was careful. It would be a pity if so much wine went bad."
Zhang Chongyi agreed.
Zhang Hao nodded towards his second uncle and asked with a smile: "Second uncle, what kind of wine do you always like to drink? I will leave a few more boxes for you when you open it next time."
"Is there any moss?"
Zhang Chongyi's eyes lit up.
He drank all his wine last year, and now he has almost forgotten the taste of the wine.
"Of course, everyone missed the wedding wine between me and my third sister before. Let's make up for it this time. I will give you five boxes of moss and ten boxes of red wine from each house."
Zhang Hao said generously.
"It's too much, it's too much, I can't finish it all."
Zhang Chongyi waved his hands repeatedly.
"It's not much. If you can't finish it, you can drink it slowly!"
Zhang Hao said nonchalantly.
Zhang Chongyi wanted to evade a few more words, but Zhang Chongxin made the final decision on the spot: "Second brother, we are all a family, what is there to be embarrassed about? In my opinion, just do what Xiaohao said! With so much wine, what will happen to our family anyway?
Even if I drink hard, I can’t finish it.”
"Okay, then I won't be polite to you."
Zhang Chongyi did not refuse again.
"This is right!"
Zhang Chongxin nodded with satisfaction.
Zhang Chongde and others on the side also expressed their gratitude. If all these fifteen boxes of wine were put on the black market, they would definitely be a fortune.
Next, everyone came to the vegetable garden.
Zhang Chongxin picked a few cucumbers and distributed them to the people present one by one:
"No pesticides have been used, so you can eat it directly."
Zhang Chongyi wiped the cucumber with his sleeve, took two bites eagerly, and couldn't help but praise:
"Not bad, not like the cucumbers in the supply and marketing cooperative, which have a bland taste and don't taste crisp at all."
Zhang Chongxin suddenly looked disgusted: "The vegetables in the supply and marketing cooperative are grown without soil and rely on various fertilizers to ripen them. They are not natural at all, and of course they have no taste."
"Boss, your family is still living a comfortable life!"
Zhang Chongyi couldn't help but admire him.
"Don't envy me. When you move here, I will pack all the vegetables. As you can see, there are so many vegetables here that I can't eat them all. In addition to giving them away, your sister-in-law makes several jars of pickles every month."
"That's good. Eating too much vegetables from the supply and marketing cooperative is not good for your health. It's fine for adults. Children's resistance is weak, so it's better to be more careful."
"That's right. Take the special vegetables that our family used to eat. They were all grown in the mountains. They are organic and pollution-free. You won't get sick if you eat them."
Zhang Chongxin said with sincere emotion.
Seriously speaking, the price of these special vegetables is usually dozens or hundreds of times that of ordinary vegetables. If it were not for their two grandchildren, their family would not be willing to spend this "unjust" money.
It took more than half an hour to go around. The main reason is that Zhang Chongyi is a farmer himself, has been farming all his life, and is very interested in vegetable gardens. He not only asked a lot of questions, but also made a lot of suggestions.
Zhang Chongxin attached great importance to this and asked Zhang Hao to find a notebook and record it in detail.
After leaving the vegetable garden, everyone went to the foot of the back mountain, where is the livestock and poultry breeding area.
Looking at the breeding greenhouse in front of him that was comparable to a star-rated hotel, Zhang Chongyi's eyes widened instantly:
"Boss, your cultivation here is pretty good, right?"
Li Ningtao agreed and couldn't help but echoed: "The accommodation conditions here are better than my hotel, and there are no problems at all."
Zhang Hao helped explain: "Second uncle, cousin, this greenhouse was rebuilt later. The original greenhouse was a bit too uncomfortable. Cows and sheep are prone to depression..."
"Depression? Xiaohao, please stop joking with your second uncle, okay?" Zhang Chongyi shook his head.
"Second uncle, I'm really not joking. If you don't believe me, just ask my dad."
Zhang Chongxin lamented: "Xiao Hao is right. In the past, cattle and sheep were indeed prone to diseases, and injections and medicines did not work. Later, after consulting the zoo's breeding experts, we found out that it was caused by environmental factors.
You said that the days are like nights every day, which is a bit unbearable for people, let alone cattle and sheep.
Later, I made a suspended ceiling, put up wallpaper, bought an air purifier, installed a projector, and played videos of the prairie regularly every day, which improved a lot."
"My dear, I didn't expect there to be such a big name here." Zhang Chongyi said in surprise.
"Actually, it's not bad. Apart from the larger initial investment, everything went smoothly later on."
Zhang Hao replied casually.
Zhang Xu reached out and touched the deer's ears, and couldn't help but interrupt: "Zhang Hao, where did these sika deer come from?"
"Everyone who buys them from the breeding farm says that venison is very nourishing. When these fawns grow up, I will invite everyone to drink deer blood and eat venison." Zhang Hao replied.
"Good guy, your life is really luxurious. I originally thought that these deer...were kept as pets for Big Pudding and the others." Zhang Xu was a little stunned.
Zhang Hao smiled, pointed to a big fat pig in the pig pen and introduced: "Then you guessed wrong, this big sow is their real pet."
"Why choose a big sow instead of a cute little deer?" Li Ningtao asked in astonishment.
"Because big sows eat a relatively complex diet, they basically feed them whatever they want. It's easier to feed them."
Zhang Hao explained with a smile.
According to his guess, the sons enjoy the fun of raising them more. Not only are big sows not picky eaters, but they also eat more, grow faster, and easily gain a sense of accomplishment.
Of course, this is also inseparable from the deliberate guidance of the mother. As a breeding pig, the big sow can survive for a long time, and it is most suitable to accompany the two little guys to grow up together.
"That's it." Li Ningtao said with enlightenment.
…
At around five o'clock in the evening, Zhang Hao went to Nantan Primary School and picked up his sons. Summer vacation would be in a few days, and the two little guys were already impatient.
Here is a brief explanation. Some people may think that the temperature is high in summer, so the "summer vacation" should be moved to winter, and it is best to combine it with winter vacation.
This will also allow the children to suffer less.
In fact, no matter how cold it is in winter, the classroom has an enhanced version of the heater, which is much warmer than at home. On the contrary, it is different in summer. The heater just stops in May and June, and it is really freezing.
Seeing that his grandnephews were back, Zhang Chongyi immediately pulled the two little guys to him: "Big pudding, little pudding, do you still remember the second grandfather?"
"Remember." Little Pudding nodded excitedly, and then changed the topic: "Second Grandpa, summer vacation is coming soon. Can I go fishing in your pond?"
When he was a child, every time the kindergarten had summer vacation, his grandparents would take him and his brother back to his second grandfather's house to stay for a month. It was a lot of fun at his second grandfather's house.
"Oh, the weather is so cold. The fish in Grandpa Second's fish pond are all frozen to death, so we can't catch any fish."
Zhang Chongyi casually made up a simple reason.
The words are too deep for children to understand.
"Ah? But I haven't fished for a long time. I really want to fish!" Little Pudding said in despair.
Big Pudding also looked disappointed.
Upon seeing this, Zhang Hao immediately reached out and patted his youngest son on the back of the head: "Okay, don't be discouraged. Fishing is not easy. Dad will buy a big fish tank when he comes back in a few days. You two can fish in the fish tank."
"Really?" Little Pudding said in surprise.
"When did dad lie to you?"
Big Pudding pulled his father's arm and said impatiently: "Dad, I want to catch lobsters."
"Okay, daddy buy more lobsters."
Little Pudding exclaimed: "There are also crabs."
"Don't worry, we have everything."
Zhang Hao smiled and nodded.
After a small episode, Zhang Chongxin took his grandchildren to recognize them one by one. The twins were only familiar with the second grandfather's family, and the others were somewhat unfamiliar.
Fortunately, the two brothers were both familiar with each other, and soon they were calling "aunt" all over the place.
Immediately afterwards, dinner began.
The meal was very sumptuous. When Zhang Chongyi and others saw it, their saliva flowed out unconsciously.
Although they don't have to go hungry, their living standards are not much better. They can't eat meat twice a month, and their lives are miserable.
"Boss, don't you have to wait for Jiahui and the others?"
Zhang Chongxin waved his hand: "No need to wait for them. They usually don't get off work until six or seven o'clock. Let's eat ours. When we are free on the weekend, we will call them over to have a reunion dinner together."
"That's okay. We'll probably have to disturb you for a few more days this time." Zhang Chongyi nodded.
"If you ask me, you old guys should just not go back. Let Zhang Xu and the others go back and be responsible for moving, so as not to have to go back and forth and your body and bones will not be able to bear it."
Zhang Chongxin took the opportunity to suggest.
Zhang Chongyi shook his head repeatedly: "No, no, there are still a lot of things to pack at home. What if I don't go back? In addition, we need to place our ancestral graves properly so that no one can dig them up."
"Ancestral graves? What could happen to ancestral graves?"
Zhang Chongxin immediately paid attention to it.
The old Zhang family has been farming for several generations as landlords. There are 100% no valuables in the tomb, so there is no possibility of excavation.
Zhang Xu rushed to answer: "Uncle, you don't know something. Now that the timber is tight, some crazy people have actually come up with the idea of coffin boards. Many graves that are hundreds of years old have been dug up, making it difficult for people to guard against."
"What? Is there such a thing? Nothing happened to our ancestral graves, right?" Zhang Chongxin was almost shocked.