The Cheng family was really generous, giving 5,000 yuan in cash alone.
And the other party probably figured out the preferences of the Lin family, so he prepared a set of carving tools for Lin Dayong, a carpenter, a thermos cup and a set of tea sets for Lin Erde, who was a teacher in an elementary school, and worked in a food processing factory. Lin Sanyi prepared a camera, a tape recorder and a complete set of English tapes for Lin Xiaolu.
Finally, a cigarette rod was prepared for Meng Zezhi. The shaft was made of red sandalwood, the pipe was made of gold, and the mouthpiece was made of jade.
In addition, there are various tickets, filled with a full iron box, and a large bag of medicinal seeds.
The seeds of these medicinal materials were found by Meng Zezhi specially by the Cheng family.
The Lin family was dazzled, Lin Dayong touched this and that, and couldn't help asking: "Dad, are these things really what you got from curing people?"
Meng Zezhi, who was studying the cigarette rod, heard the words, raised his head and rolled his eyes at him, and said leisurely: "Okay, don't think about it blindly, each of you will take 200 for this money, and the eldest daughter-in-law will keep the ticket, which should be purchased. Buy it, don't be reluctant to give up the flowers that should be spent. The rest are the things I brought back, you should all share them."
Change the vision of the Lin family from now on.
"Thank you, Dad!" The Lin family members were all smiles.
They have no objection to Meng Zezhi's decision. The second daughter-in-law is also very busy working as an accountant on the production team. Therefore, the eldest daughter-in-law is basically taking care of the food, drink and lasa of the whole family. She is quite honest. , I am not afraid that she will subsidize her parents' family after taking these tickets.
"But it's okay for our family to know about it, don't spread it out." In order to avoid unnecessary trouble, Meng Zezhi urged.
"Don't worry, Dad, we know what we know." Lin Dayong said immediately.
"That's good."
That night, the Lin family ate steaming mutton hot pot and fragrant white flour steamed buns.
The hot pot base was prepared by Meng Zezhi himself. It was numb and spicy, with a thick layer of red oil floating on it.
The Lin family was red-eyed. They were used to eating sweet potatoes, potatoes and seafood without a bit of oil and water. When did they ever eat such a good thing.
Among them, Lin Dayong ate the most ferocious steamed buns, the size of a child's palm, and he ate twelve in one go.
After eating and drinking, Meng Zezhi sat in the yard holding an enamel cup to enjoy the cool air, as if remembering something, he said, "Da Yong, when you're free, get Dad a rocking chair."
Meng Zezhi's trip can be regarded as a good harvest. The seafood alone has sold nearly 7,000 yuan, plus the 5,000 yuan given by the Cheng family. After deducting the expenses these days, it will reach a household of 10,000 yuan. threshold.
With the money, Meng Zezhi didn't plan to go to sea anymore. Going to sea was a waste of time and energy. He plans to stay at home in the future, ponder over medical books when he has nothing to do, occasionally see some patients, and then wait for the Lu family to come.
Lin Dayong patted his chubby belly and promised, "Okay, I'll do it for you when I'm done with it."
The Cheng family helped to find a lot of medicinal seeds, more than 300 kinds, all of which are commonly used Chinese herbal medicines, which took a lot of thought for the Cheng family.
The most precious of them are ginseng, Panax notoginseng and saffron.
Meng Zezhi built a four-square-meter flower bed with cement directly in the house where he lived near the window. Of course, it was not flowers, but a variety of Chinese herbal medicines.
Without the addition of the crystal nucleus, his wood-type ability was stable at the first-order peak, which was equivalent to producing 50 kilograms of Chinese cabbage every day or raising the ginseng age of a ginseng by four years.
A few days later, the tobacco leaves in the vegetable field behind the house matured.
This vegetable field is not big, less than two points of land, about 120 square meters. It is usually managed by the eldest daughter-in-law. In addition to planting vegetables, there are also more than a dozen tobacco trees, which can produce dry crops every year. About four kilograms of cigarettes, just enough to meet the needs of the predecessor for one year.
Meng Zezhi followed the memory left by his predecessor, and put the picked tobacco leaves in a closed room to dry slowly, and then let the dry tobacco leaves naturally damp and cut them into thin strips.
The next step is to enhance the aroma. Home-made dry tobacco here in Hu Province generally uses sugar, liquor and malt powder as spices to spray on the tobacco leaves. Meng Zezhi replaced the sugar with honey, and used his favorite Wuliangye for the white wine. He also learned to add ginseng and a very small amount of basil to it, and then stir-fry it with soybeans.
The finished shredded tobacco is dark yellow, put it in a jar for sealing and fermenting, and then open it for one month.
Meng Zezhi was lying on a rocking chair, basking in the sun, with a cigarette stick in his mouth and his eldest grandson in his arms.
To be honest, he misses his lover a little bit.
Just thinking about it, there was a knock on the door: "Suihan, are you at home?"
The voice was clearly Lin Erde's father-in-law, the captain of the production team in the village.
"It's here." Meng Zezhi replied, calling for the eldest grandson to get off him, then got up and walked towards the courtyard gate.
I never thought that as soon as I opened the door, I would face a handsome face, the kind without any aggression, which is simply pleasing to the eye.
What are you really thinking about-
Meng Zezhi couldn't help narrowing his eyes.
Noticing Meng Zezhi's naked eyes, Ye Jingzhou couldn't help frowning, a feeling of being stared at by a hungry wolf hit his heart.
Then he was stunned, for his own description.
He subconsciously looked at Meng Zezhi, but the other party just averted his gaze at this moment.
"My dear, who are you?" Meng Zezhi asked calmly.
"Suihan, let me introduce you, this is Secretary Ye of our county." After speaking, the county magistrate Lin turned to look at Ye Jingzhou: "This is the Lin Suihan I told you."
"Secretary Ye." Meng Zezhi rubbed his hands and stretched out his hand, looking simple and honest.
"Comrade Lin." Ye Jingzhou also stretched out his hand.
The black and white hands clenched and loosened.
"That's right, didn't the county say before that we would open a kelp planting base in the sea area near our commune, now that the breeding raft has been set up, and the seedlings will be planted soon, Secretary Ye came over to preside over the related work, which needs to be done in the Let's live in the village for a few days, don't you have a free room in your house, see if you can arrange Ye Shu to remember it." Lin Jianguo said.
This is a huge bargain. The government always pays attention not to take the people a single line. In this era, when public servants of the state go to the countryside to work and need to stay and eat at the homes of the people, they will inevitably leave some tickets and cash as food and lodging expenses. For farmers, the cost of home-cooked meals is not too high, but tickets are not available.
Not to mention other conveniences.
Such good things in the past were all wrapped up by Lin Jianguo's family, and it was impossible for others to do so.
Meng Zezhi looked puzzled.
Lin Jianguo explained vaguely: "Isn't this my eldest daughter quarreling with her man again!"
What a chance to make friends with the secretary, but as soon as his eldest daughter quarreled with her man, she liked to take her four children back to her parents' home.
There are so many people living in the house at once, how can there be any free room.
In this way, Meng Zezhi will be cheaper.
"That's right, of course." Meng Zezhi turned his body aside and let Ye Jingzhou enter the room: "My dear, come in and sit for a while."
"No, I have to go to work in a while." Lin Jianguo waved his hand: "I am not as lucky as you. All four children are prosperous, and now I can sit and enjoy happiness..."
With a bang, Meng Zezhi closed the courtyard door.
Ye Jingzhou's back was cold, and he somehow felt like he had entered a wolf's den.
As soon as he looked up, Meng Zezhi sent the cheap grandson away, grabbed the cigarette stick and knocked on the door frame: "Secretary Ye, come with me."
Ye Jingzhou stabilized his mind and raised his heels.
"You can stay in this room. I originally prepared this room for my eldest grandson. No one has lived here. I will ask my eldest daughter-in-law to pack a new quilt for you later." Meng Zezhi said.
Hearing Meng Zezhi's eldest grandson and eldest daughter-in-law, Ye Jingzhou's heart was inexplicable.
Before he could figure out where the unhappiness in his heart came from, he heard Meng Zezhi say, "The toilet is at the back of the house, just turn right when you go out of the bathroom, and my room is next door."