Chapter 46. Eating Water Chestnuts and Sharing Vegetables

Have a good night's sleep.

Zhang Yue came out of the house yawning, still a little dazed and his head a little confused.

Standing at the door, thinking carefully.

What time did the party last night? Two? Or three?

Anyway, it was already very late when the show ended.

Zhang Yue is a relatively introverted person. His family was strict when he was in middle school. He was busy dating during college and went to teach after graduation.

I have never experienced this kind of gathering where everyone is of the same age, where people are unrestrained, drink till the glass is full, and sing to their heart's content.

I just feel that he is very Li Bai, very Su Dongpo, and has a bit of the style of the madmen of the Wei and Jin Dynasties.

It doesn't feel bad.

In the end, Zhang Yue had forgotten how much he had drunk and how he got back.

After thinking about it for a long time, I just remember that I seemed to be instigated to kiss my wife and sing "The Love of the Boatman".

Fortunately, it wasn’t my ex-husband’s love.

Thinking of this, Zhang Yue's face turned red and he secretly took a look into the room. Fortunately, he was sleeping with his wife and was not "defiled" by that guy named Liu Yang.

He was the most ruthless instigator last night.

He looks normal during the day, but once he drinks too much, he becomes... becomes... unruly.

Thinking of this, Zhang Yue shuddered and shook his head to forget it quickly.

I took a deep breath of the cool mountain air and stretched myself lazily.

I just felt my whole body was refreshed. Why was I so comfortable? I didn't feel like I had a hangover at all. I didn't have a headache or feel uncomfortable in my stomach.

Could it be that my alcohol tolerance has increased?
Zhang Yue was lost in thought and closed the door gently so as not to disturb his wife's sleep.

When I walked into the yard, I saw that the mess from last night had been cleaned up. The barbecue grill, tables and benches were put away, the empty wine bottles were all put back into boxes and piled in the corner, and the garbage had also been cleared away.

He scratched his head, took out his cell phone to check the time. It was just eight o'clock.

In the utility room in the corner, Luo Yihang heard some noise, came out, and greeted, "Teacher Zhang, why don't you sleep a little longer so early?"

Zhang Yue realized that Luo Yihang had gotten up early to pack up.

At this time, he should have been polite and said something like, "Oh, why are you done packing? You should have waited for us to come together. How can I let you work alone?"

But Zhang Yue was introverted and couldn't say it.

I just smiled awkwardly and said, "Morning."

Luo Yihang smiled and pointed into the house, "There's porridge on the stove and steamed buns. Let's eat some. There are towels, toothbrushes and toothbrush holders on the table. They're all new."

Then I stopped disturbing him and went back to the utility room to continue my work.

It was so polite and appropriate that Zhang Yue didn't know what to say. He followed him into the utility room and asked, "What are you doing? Do you need help?"

"I'm planning to go get some water chestnuts. Are you tired? If not, come with me." Luo Yihang replied.

After several contacts, Zhang Yue realized that Luo Yihang and his friends didn't seem to like to be polite, and they were straightforward in their words and deeds.

It feels good like this...

Zhang Yue agreed immediately and washed his face hurriedly.

Then, Luo Yihang instructed him to change into water pants and carry a roll of water pipe.

Luo Yihang himself pulled the water pump and water gun.

The two of them went out and walked along the ridge of the field to the edge of the mud pit.

Back then, to harvest water chestnuts, one had to drain the water first, then dry the fields, and then dig them out of the mud bit by bit. It was hard work, and this was the job Luo Yihang hated the most.

I didn’t expect that in just a few years, technology has advanced so rapidly that harvesting water chestnuts has become the easiest job, just use a high-pressure water gun to wash them.

It's the kind of high-pressure water gun used for car washing, equipped with a diesel water pump.

The water inlet pipe is directly thrown into the nearby canal. Since the distance is short, there is no need to pump water from the mud pond to make the original soup.

After completing the preparatory work, Luo Yihang pressed the switch and turned on the water pump.

There was a series of light sounds.

The clean water in the canal was pumped up and poured into the water gun in Luo Yihang's hand.

Luo Yihang held the water gun with both hands and pressed it down, then turned the valve. A strong stream of water gushed out of the nozzle and rushed into the mud pond.

It's quite powerful.

The water flowed down, washing away the silt layer by layer, and the mud pond became turbid in an instant.

The round, black water chestnuts buried in the mud were turned out by the water and floated up. Zhang Yue, wearing water pants, jumped into the mud pond and scooped them up handful by handful. After a while, he had scooped up a large basket.

It's quite fun.

This is called the joy of harvest.

Anyway, Zhang Yue had a lot of fun, just like a child.

A large basket weighs about 50 to 60 kilograms, which is enough to share.

There is no need to collect all the water chestnuts. They will not go bad if buried in the mud, but will only grow bigger and bigger.

The next time to plant will be in June, which is still early.

Just enough for today.

So Luo Yihang put away the water gun, turned off the water pump, and he and Zhang Yue carried the basket home.

When I got home, everyone was already up.

Luo Cheng and Zhang Guiqin also came back. They made room for the young people last night and slept at Luo Yihang's grandfather's house downstairs.

The old couple got up early and picked all the vegetables, which were ordered by Sui Wa, Liu Yang and the two teachers Zhang yesterday.

At this moment, a bunch of people were busy setting up stalls in the yard and dividing the spoils.

All the large scales that had been hidden in the bottom of the box at home were taken out, and the division of labor for counting, weighing, and bagging was clear. It was like an assembly line operation.

Su Jing had sharp eyes. She looked up and saw Luo Yihang and his companions coming back with a basket. She cheered, "New goods are here."

He immediately asked Sui Wa to help, which was to help carry the basket of water chestnuts so that she could choose them herself.

Sui Wa obeyed and came over to help.

Luo Yihang then carried a basket of water chestnuts to the site for dividing the spoils and let the female comrades deal with it. He called Zhang Yue to wash his hands and have some breakfast.

When I came out again, I looked among the crowd and saw that there were really a lot of things.

Su Jing was like an old hen sitting on brood, with seven or eight big and small bags piled up behind her.

And it wasn't over yet. Su Jing held up her phone and read, "Qingqing's mother's is ready. Next is Liu Shuai's mother's. Four pounds of tomatoes, two pounds of cucumbers. She also wants three pounds of new eggplants. Why did she ask for ten pounds of spinach? That's too much. I won't give her that much. I'll give her three pounds of spinach..."

"Yunyun's mother is stingy. She only asked for two kilograms of carrots. Please weigh them carefully and don't give her too much..."

Su Jing is responsible for speaking, and Sui Wa is responsible for pretending.

Su Jing was reading one, Sui Wa was pretending to be one, and there was an extra-staff soldier, Liu Yang, who was responsible for weighing. A bunch of people were busy running around, with sweat on their foreheads.

The half-loaded goods were running out, so a group of people rushed into the fields to replenish them.

Anyway, it took more than two hours of chaos, until after ten o'clock, when all the dishes were finally distributed.

It's mainly Su Jing, who is troubled by all kinds of entanglements and considerations, like who has a good relationship with whom, who has an average relationship with whom, who is just joining in the fun, and who is narrow-minded. It's all very rigorous.

all in all.

In total, these families took away more than 170 kilograms of food, and spent 2,600 yuan on vegetables alone.

Among them, 120 kilograms were carried by Su Jing for others.

I have to say that mothers have really strong purchasing power.

Suiwa’s Xiaobao’s healthy poop has a really good advertising effect.

After everything was packed up and loaded into the car, Zhang Guiqin and her new "daughters" said goodbye reluctantly.

The five-seater car carries five people, the seven-seater car carries one person, and the two cars for six people are clearly arranged.

Just about to leave.

Luo Yihang carried a few more bags of vegetables and loaded them into the car.

Suiwa and Qiangwa were puzzled, "Hangwa, what are you doing? You don't need it, you don't need it. I said before that I would buy it with money this time."

"It's not for you. I'm giving it to you as a gift." Luo Yihang waved his finger around his vegetable patch and said, "I'm going to sell all this land. You guys can help me attract people to come here so I don't have to look for channels."

So that's what it was. The crowd didn't refuse or make things difficult for him. They just agreed, "Okay, sure, let's go."

Sui Wa and Qiang Wa drove away in two cars.

It is now mid-April, and the vegetable field is about to reach its peak harvest season. Even if it is nourished by spiritual energy, the area is limited, only about six or seven acres in total, and the maximum yield per day during the peak harvest season is about three hundred kilograms.

It can be digested by organizing group buying in the community.

Sui Wa, Liu Yang, and the two teachers Zhang all have colleagues and neighbors, so they just randomly gathered some people together.

So Luo Yihang also felt that it was okay.

However, Luo Yihang did not expect that the subsequent development would be completely different from what he expected.

(End of this chapter)