Returning to hometown to farm: The apocalypse system arrived ten years earlier?

Chapter 96 Twelve Hairpins

There was not a lot of fermented bean curd, about seventy or eighty small square pieces, covered with white hair. Grandma put them in a basin, sprinkled chili powder, pepper powder, salt, white sugar, light soy sauce, strong liquor, and sesame oil on it, mixed it gently, and then stored it in a glass can. She would take out a few pieces every time she drank porridge.

The glass cans were not bought specially. There were can labels of yellow peaches or pears on them. After eating, they were washed and reused. It must be said that this kind of canning bottle is quite practical in rural areas.

The moldy bean curd dregs made before also grew well and were fluffy. Li Xiang tasted them occasionally and felt that they had a unique flavor.

When night falls, the backyard of Li Xiang's house is simply magnificent. Various colored lights and mood lights illuminate the snow castle, and the emerald green Christmas tree is hung with all kinds of gifts.

The table for making tea around the stove was too small, so Li Xiang built a bonfire and brought out many chairs. Everyone sat around the bonfire, roasted sweet potatoes and dried persimmons, and the aroma filled the air.

"Let me teach you how to sing "Jingle Bells," said Jiang Caier.

The friends all cheered.

"The Chinese name of this song is Jingle Bells. I believe everyone has heard it, but the original English version is more charming and can help everyone improve their English."

Primary schools now start to learn English, but the level of English teaching in rural areas is really not that good. Jiang Caier is a high school student after all, and her grades have always been ranked in the top 20 in the grade. She basically has no bias or weaknesses.

However, Li Xiang believes that after his tutoring and "medication", Jiang Caier will definitely perform well in this final exam.

Jiang Caier has quite a lot of prestige in the village. Like a king of children, all the children listen to her command. So soon, cheerful Christmas songs rang out. She not only taught the children to sing, but also explained each sentence to the children and corrected their wrong pronunciation. It was truly an entertaining and educational experience.

"Dashing through the snow, In a one-horse open sleigh, Over the fields we go, Laughing all the way..."

Li Xiang launched the drone into the air, circled around, and captured this heartwarming scene.

I have to say that the final film was also very good, but Teacher Huang was strict, so Li Xiang did not publish it. Instead, he privately gave it to Jiang Caier to keep as a souvenir.

On the 24th, Jiang Caier went to school. Her father drove a tractor to take her there.

Last time, she brought a few bags of coffee beans that Li Xiang gave her to school and shared them with her classmates. But grinding coffee takes time, which is not very convenient at school. Li Xiang helped her grind a few bags in advance and bought some disposable drip bags. She can just brew it directly, which is the simplest.

Because it was cold in winter, Li Xiang specially bought her a nice thermos cup and a bag of large wolfberries as a gift.

Jiang Caier laughed and said, "Which young girl is soaking wolfberries in a thermos cup?"

“You can also use it to make coffee.”

In fact, many students in Jiang Caier's class bought bottled purified water directly, which was really cold to drink in the winter. Since Jiang Caier brought a thermos cup, everyone followed suit, so much so that when the teacher walked into the class and saw the whole classroom full of thermos cups soaking wolfberries, he was shocked.

The ice and snow castle melted a lot after being baked by the bonfire that night, and Li Xiang was too lazy to repair it because it was impossible to do so. The sun was scorching every day, giving people the feeling of midsummer.

The ice and snow became less and less every day and disappeared visibly with the naked eye. After four or five consecutive sunny days, not only had the snow on the roads disappeared, but even on the northern hillside there were only scattered patches of snow, revealing large areas of withered weeds and shrubs.

The bamboos, pines and cypresses on the back hills are lush and green, swaying in the wind. Winter bamboo shoots are popping up one after another, but they are no longer edible at this time, and we have to wait for the "Thunder Bamboo Shoots" next year.

Whenever spring comes and the first spring thunder rumbles, accompanied by the precious spring rain, spring bamboo shoots begin to sprout. They taste different from winter bamboo shoots and are another gift from nature. Li Xiang and his friends also received the subsidy and bonus for hunting wild boars. After dividing the money, both families were beaming with joy.

Li Xiang hung the special prize "Hunter King" certificate at home as an honor.

According to news reports, due to the melting of a large amount of snow in a short period of time, the river water in some southern provinces surged, resulting in a "winter flood". However, it did not cause people to be too nervous or pay too much attention.

This is because the southern provinces, especially those in the basins of large rivers, such as the cities along the Yangtze River, have extremely rich experience in flood prevention.

After all, winter floods cannot be compared with summer floods and are not worth mentioning.

Li Xiang's family lives upstream, so they don't have to worry.

This brings us to the famous Dujiangyan Irrigation System in Sichuan Province. It has a fully automatic "4:6 water division" and "2:8 sediment division", and it switches automatically between the flood season and the dry season. It not only solves the problem of flooding, but also solves the problem of silt and irrigates farmland. Its ingenious design can be regarded as the ceiling of ancient water control projects, and it also made it the land of abundance.

Li Bing and his son have been so highly regarded in history and they deserve the popularity of the "Two Kings Temple".

Under the warm winter sun, grandma and the cats were basking in the sun, and Erhuang had no idea where he was fooling around again.

Grandma San went back home but did not move away. Instead, her daughter and son-in-law found a construction team to build a house. Grandma San went to take a look. Although she could not help much, she would feel uncomfortable if she did not participate.

Li Xiang is doing carpentry work in the backyard.

He also added some professional tools, such as a carving saw, a carving knife, a tooth grinder, wood wax oil, a hand drill, assorted files, sandpaper, and some pencils and erasers, and is making a wooden hairpin.

Last time, I promised to make a few handmade hairpins for "Auntie", so I couldn't break my promise. It was also a little token of my own thoughts, so Li Xiang made it very attentively.

Originally he was going to make only two, but once you get addicted to handicrafts, you can't stop. He had a lot of materials on hand, so Li Xiang made twelve in one go. They were all very beautiful designs he found on the Internet, and he made some minor modifications himself. He is an extraordinary person, with a dexterous mind and a mastery of the use of strength, so he is very adept at this kind of small handicraft.

Of course, he had to record videos. This was his main source of income. The advertising fee had risen to 100,000 to 150,000 per video.

In rural areas, you can hardly make any money from farming, so the only option is to develop this kind of side business.

Just taking a few ads would keep those big farmers busy for a year. And farming depends on the weather. With the end of the world approaching, bad weather is coming one after another, and surface farming is very risky. He might farm and do underground farming in the future, but he doesn't want to invest too much now.

There are twelve hairpins in total, including Fairy Feather, Wanyue, Auspicious Cloud, Swimming Fish, Mountain and River Order, Flying Phoenix, Coiled Dragon, Nongmei, Spirit Fox, Snake Dance, Lotus Charm, and Deer Horn. All of them are exquisitely crafted and first-class in shape.

The first six are made of golden nanmu wood, and the last six are made of red elm wood. After polishing, the textures are very beautiful.

Li Xiang also bought a few golden nanmu bracelets, which are golden in color, have a unique fragrance and are very elegant. There are sizes of 1.5, 1.8, and 2.0. I don’t know whether "Aunt" likes them.

Anyway, after it was done, I packed it up and sent it over.

Luo Feifei left a fake name for Li Xiang, Pan Yiwen, but it didn't matter, the address was real. The courier usually put the package directly in the express cabinet at the entrance of the community, and would not call or deliver it to the house.

(End of this chapter)