Chapter 361: Mother and Daughter with Extraordinary Temperament
In later generations, there are six "Ginkgo Hometowns" in my country that are the most famous.
They are: Taixing, Jiangsu, Pizhou, Jiangsu, Anlu, Hubei, Tancheng County, Shandong, Nanxiong, Guangdong, and Changxing County, Zhejiang.
Among them, Taixing's ancient ginkgo, ginkgo planting number, ginkgo production, and ginkgo quality are all the highest in the country, and it enjoys the reputation of "the first ginkgo city" in China.
According to statistics, Taixing's ginkgo production accounts for about one-third of the country.
Deng Shirong came to Taixing, Jiangsu after many inquiries. He came to buy ginkgo seedlings.
Now, the roadbed of the village road has been completed and the road surface has been leveled. The cement road can be paved later, but the planting of ginkgo trees must be put on the agenda.
Although a single ginkgo tree looks beautiful, it is incomparable to a group of ginkgo trees. Deng Shirong in his previous life only saw a single ginkgo tree, and a group of ginkgo trees were only seen on the Internet, not in reality.
At this time, after seeing the ginkgo trees that were several decades or even hundreds of years old, the visual shock made him no longer satisfied with buying saplings.
After all, it takes more than 20 years for saplings to grow to barely achieve the desired visual effect, and to achieve the most perfect effect, it takes at least 40 to 50 years to grow. He doesn't even know if he can live for another 40 years, so how can he wait that long!
So, he thought of transplanting mature trees.
The visual effect of transplanting mature trees is absolutely immediate.
If it were an ordinary person, it would be impossible to transplant ginkgo trees in batches from Taixing, Jiangsu to Naye Village.
Let alone other things, the transportation cost alone would scare people to death, and if the trees were not planted in time after being dug up, whether they could survive was also unknown.
However, Deng Shirong is not an ordinary person. He has a system space. According to his experiments, whether it is animals or plants, it will not be affected at all if they are put into the space and then released.
In short, they will be the same when they are put into the space.
Therefore, he can use the system space to do things that ordinary people cannot do.
After thinking about transplanting mature trees, Deng Shirong went to places with ginkgo trees. Taixing is indeed the hometown of ginkgo trees with the largest ginkgo production in the country. Ginkgo trees are really everywhere, just like the lychee trees and longan trees in Bobai.
Deng Shirong did not look for those ginkgo trees with owners, but went deep into the mountains and old forests to find those wild tall ginkgo trees.
The reason for doing this is not that he is reluctant to buy them, but mainly because his system space is really inconvenient to show to others, so he can only find those ownerless ginkgo trees, so that he can take the ginkgo trees and the soil into the space when no one is around, which can save a lot of trouble.
Here I have to say that according to Deng Shirong’s experiment, as long as it is within the range covered by the system space, no matter what it is, it can be collected, as much as you want, and the whole tree with roots and soil can be collected together, which is completely no problem.
With such a great system space, Deng Shirong was not at all worried when he went into the deep mountains and forests alone. Within the coverage of the system space, nothing could hurt him. He was the most awesome wilderness survival master in the world.
Because the system space had everything, Deng Shirong went into the deep mountains and forests for more than half a month, and collected a total of 36 male ginkgo trees with an age of between 25 and 35 years and similar overall shapes.
This ginkgo tree is a dioecious plant. Female ginkgo trees will bear fruits, usually called white fruits, while male ginkgo trees will not bear fruits. They are mainly used as greening wood or pollination trees.
Based on the understanding during this period, Deng Shirong knew that the falling ginkgo fruits would make the road dirty and smelly.
Therefore, after knowing that there were male plants that did not bear fruits, Deng Shirong chose male ginkgo trees without hesitation. Regarding the difference between female and male plants, he also specially consulted the locals.
It took more than half a month to plant 36 male ginkgo trees. This speed is not slow, but Deng Shirong is still not satisfied, mainly because the gap is too big.
The ginkgo trees are planted at a distance of about 15 meters. The riverside village roads in Naye Village are 3684 meters in total. Planting one row requires 245 trees, and three rows are needed on both sides of the road plus the middle, which is 735 trees. Now only 36 trees have been planted, which is still far from the goal!
Although there is still a big gap in the ginkgo trees, Deng Shirong must go back. It is now the end of the eleventh lunar month. There are not many days left before the new ancestral hall of the Deng family in Naye is enthroned. As the head of the clan, he must not be absent from such an important event.
Anyway, he has plenty of time in the future. At worst, he will continue to look for it next year. If one year is not enough, he will go for two years, and if two years are not enough, he will go for three years. Anyway, these are all mature trees. It is not too late to plant them slowly when enough trees are gathered.
The only thing that gave Deng Shirong a headache was how to hide the planting of the trees from his tribesmen after he had gathered enough ginkgo trees.
In addition to the ginkgo tree, Deng Shirong also collected dozens of large stones weighing several to more than ten tons, which were used to pave the two sides of the river. These large stones also faced the same embarrassment as the ginkgo tree. How to hide these large stones from the tribesmen and put them on both sides of the river was also a headache.
Deng Shirong was too lazy to think about it. As the saying goes, the boat will naturally straighten itself when it reaches the bridgehead. There will be a way to solve it naturally.
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Three o'clock in the afternoon.
A family compound in Wuhan.
In the study, a woman was sitting there concentrating on embroidering. She was embroidering a picture of flowers and birds. At this time, the work was almost finished. The flying bird that had been embroidered looked lifelike, showing that the woman's embroidery skills were quite extraordinary.
The woman was not very old, and looked about 21 or 22 years old.
Her appearance was not the type that would amaze people at first sight. When I saw her for the first time, I just thought she looked pretty good, that's all.
But what is rare is her facial features, which are the type that become more attractive the more you look at them. In addition, her temperament is gentle, dignified, and elegant, and her body proportions are very good. It can be said that she is a very good girl.
In the study, in addition to the woman who was quietly embroidering, there was also a middle-aged woman with an equally good temperament. She was writing calligraphy. The characters were sometimes square and sometimes long, which looked varied. The characters were shaped according to the characters. Her calligraphy attainments were quite high.
Just as the two women were embroidering and writing, the phone in the living room suddenly rang.
The young woman who was embroidering looked up and saw that her mother, who was writing, had put down her pen to answer the phone. She lowered her head and continued to complete her work.
"Ah... How did you fall? This is too careless. What did the doctor say? Did you fall anywhere else? Then you take good care of your mother, I will take a car back immediately."
Hearing the words coming from the living room, Gu Caiwei could no longer sit still, put down the embroidery, and walked out of the study.
After her mother hung up the phone, Gu Caiwei hurriedly asked, "Mom, did grandma fall?"
Gu's mother said worriedly, "Yes, your uncle called and said that your grandma accidentally slipped while feeding the chickens and broke her hand."
Gu Caiwei also showed a worried look when she heard it, and asked, "Besides breaking her hand, did she fall anywhere else?"
Gu's mother said, "Your uncle said that she only broke her hand, nothing else, you should pack up your things and go back with me to see your grandma."
Gu Caiwei nodded and said, "Mom, do you want to call Dad? See if he has time to go with you."
Gu's mother shook her head and said, "Forget about your dad. He's busy with work all day long. How can he spare the time? I'll just go back with you."
Gu Caiwei said, "Even if dad doesn't have time to go with you, you should call him and tell him!"
Gu's mother said, "He might be in a meeting now. Let's not disturb him. We can just leave him a note."
"Okay, then I'll go pack my luggage first, and you can write a note to dad!"
"Well, go ahead. We don't know how long we'll stay. Bring more clothes."
"Got it."
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At 5:25 p.m., a train from Nanjing to Nanning stopped at Hankou Station.
Some passengers got off here, and some got on here. The two passengers who sat with Deng Shirong got off. About seven or eight minutes later, new passengers came to the two empty seats.
Deng Shirong had long been accustomed to this.
However, what surprised him was that the two new passengers were actually two female passengers with good temperament, a middle-aged woman and a young woman. They looked like a mother and daughter. Their clothes were different from other passengers, and it was obvious that they came from a good family.
Of course, Deng Shirong could see at a glance that they lacked experience in riding trains.
After all, theft and even robbery on trains happened from time to time in this era. Generally, people who traveled for a long time knew how to disguise themselves in a low-key manner and tried to dress more ordinary. Although they might not be able to avoid the thieves' vicious eyes, they could still play a confusing role.
At least they would not be like the two women in front of them, who looked like two big fat sheep.
"Hello, comrade!"
Seeing Deng Shirong looking at them, the middle-aged woman greeted them politely.
Deng Shirong also politely replied: "Hello, do you need help?"
"Thank you, no thanks!"
Then the middle-aged woman and her daughter put the suitcase on the luggage rack. The suitcase was full of clothes, nothing too heavy, so they put the suitcase on easily.
When they sat down, seeing that the mother and daughter were a little awkward, Deng Shirong smiled and asked: "Is this your first time taking a train?"
The middle-aged woman shook her head and said: "We have taken trains several times."
Deng Shirong was a little surprised to hear this, but he didn't think much about it, nodded and stopped talking.
Soon, the train restarted and left Hankou Station.
At this time, it was time for dinner. Many passengers on the train took out various foods, including pasta such as steamed buns and steamed buns, common grains such as sweet potatoes and corn, and various homemade dry foods.
The most eye-catching one was the barrel of Kangshifu braised beef noodles.
Wow, soak it in boiling water and stir it when you start eating. It really fills the carriage with fragrance, making other passengers greedy.
Even Deng Shirong heard the cry from the stomach of the young girl sitting with him.
Gu Caiwei was very embarrassed now. It was very indecent for a girl to cry because of hunger.
Gu's mother obviously heard it and said, "Weiwei, let's go eat!"
The mother and daughter came out in a hurry to catch the train and didn't have time to eat anything. Now they can only eat on the train.
Gu Caiwei quickly stood up and responded, "Yes!"
So, the mother and daughter walked towards the carriage on the dining car.
Deng Shirong has taken a lot of trains in recent years, but he has never eaten in the dining car. He always eats the delicacies that exist in the system space.
He originally planned to do the same for this dinner, but when he saw the mother and daughter eating in the dining car, he suddenly remembered that it was the 1980s, and the food on the train was not as expensive and unpalatable as in later times.
In this era, most of the chefs of train meals come from old restaurants and have excellent cooking skills, so that passengers can also eat local specialties on the train, and the taste is not worse than that of restaurants outside. It can be said that it is the golden age of train meals.
It was not until the early 1990s that dining cars in various places began to implement the contract responsibility system, and a fixed amount of profit was handed over every year, and the rest of the money belonged to the dining car.
In order to make more profits, contractors began to choose their own purchase channels, and the quality of ingredients became worse and worse.
Moreover, the threshold for chefs to enter the dining car was getting lower and lower, and the level was getting worse and worse. Even later, as long as they had a health license, they could enter the dining car to cook. Naturally, making train meals like this became more and more unpalatable.
This is why people in later generations have the bad impression that "train meals = unpalatable + expensive".
Today's train meals are still worth looking forward to.
The most important thing is that the weather has turned cold now, and Deng Shirong cannot eat the steaming delicacies in the system space, and those cold delicacies are naturally not as delicious as hot meals in such cold weather.
Therefore, Deng Shirong also thought about eating in the dining car.
So, after watching the mother and daughter of the Gu family pass through the carriage, Deng Shirong also stood up and walked towards the dining car slowly.
Although the Spring Festival travel rush has not started yet, there are still many passengers on the train. It takes a lot of time to pass through each carriage. When Deng Shirong came to the dining car, he found that the mother and daughter of the Gu family were already ordering dishes.
A dish of stir-fried meat with green peppers and a dish of fried eggs with chopped green onions.
As a result, when paying, Gu's mother touched her pocket and whispered: "My money was stolen!"
Gu Caiwei hurriedly touched her pocket when she heard this, and then her face changed drastically and said: "My money was also stolen!"
It happened that there was a policeman in the dining car, and Gu's mother hurriedly said: "Comrade policeman, there is a thief on the train, our money was stolen!"
The other passengers in the dining car heard this, all showed sympathetic eyes, and then touched their pockets at the same time, and their vigilance increased again. They had to protect their money to prevent the money from being taken away by the thief, which would be miserable.
The policeman asked them how much money was stolen from them, and confirmed whether it was stolen on the train or before getting on the train. When the mother and daughter of the Gu family confirmed that it was stolen after getting on the train, the policeman said that they would try their best to track it down, but also hinted to them that the result might not be optimistic.
After all, there are all kinds of people on the train, and the policeman can't search the passengers one by one. It is really difficult to get the money back without witnesses.
When the Gu family mother and daughter reported the case to the police, Deng Shirong had already served the meal. In addition to the stir-fried pork with green peppers and scallion fried eggs ordered by the Gu family mother and daughter, he also added two dishes, braised pork and braised eggplant, and also ordered a lotus root bone soup.
When the mother and daughter of the Gu family explained the situation to the conductor and were about to return to their seats to wait for news, Deng Shirong stopped them and said, "Comrades, I just heard about your story. The conductor can't help you catch the thief and get the money back for a while. As the saying goes, people are made of iron and rice is made of steel. If you don't eat, you will be hungry. I have ordered the dishes. If you don't mind, sit down and eat together. Only when you are full will you have the energy to solve the problem." "This..." Gu's mother hesitated. If it was a normal situation, she would definitely not accept such an invitation. However, the situation is stronger than people now. The mother and daughter drove in a hurry and didn't bring any food. Now the money was stolen again. They can't be hungry all the time. This is not a matter of one or two meals, but a matter of one or two days. Therefore, Gu's mother hesitated for a while and said gratefully, "Thank you, comrade!" Gu Caiwei, the young girl, also seemed very embarrassed. This kind of embarrassing thing was the first time she had encountered it since she grew up.
After the mother and daughter of the Gu family sat down, Deng Shirong said, "Let me introduce myself. My last name is Deng. I am from Yulin, Guangxi. I wonder where you are from and what are your names?"
Mother Gu smiled and said, "Then we are fellow villagers. My mother's family is from Nanning, Guangxi. This is my daughter, whose last name is Gu."
Deng Shirong said, "Excuse me, did you take the sleeper berth when you took the train before? This is your first time taking the hard seat, right?"
Mother Gu was surprised and said, "Fellow villager, how did you know?"
Deng Shirong said, "Of course I can see it. You are dressed too well. Once you get on the train, it is easy for thieves to target you. The probability of being stolen is very high."
Mother Gu suddenly realized and said with some annoyance, "I really didn't notice this. I will understand it next time I take the train again."
As they were talking, the dining car service staff began to serve the dishes. The first ones served were braised pork, scallion fried eggs and lotus root bone soup. Scallion fried eggs are a dish that can be prepared very quickly, while braised pork and lotus root bone soup are both stewed in advance by the dining car.
After the dining car service staff brought the rice, Deng Shirong greeted, "Fellow villagers, hurry up and eat. There is still a dish of stir-fried pork with green peppers and braised eggplants. The portion of the dishes is enough, so don't be polite, eat as much as you can to avoid wasting it."
The mother and daughter of the Gu family were touched when they heard this. The dishes ordered by Deng Shirong included the stir-fried pork with green peppers and fried eggs with chopped green onions that they had ordered before, and he directly ordered four dishes and one soup, which showed that he really wanted to treat them to a meal.
In fact, with their status, they don't know how many people want to treat them to a meal but can't, so they certainly don't care about this mere meal.
But it also depends on the circumstances under which this meal is treated to them. Now that their money has been stolen and they are penniless, if someone is willing to treat them to a meal under this situation, then the portion of this meal will naturally be different from usual.
Since they were all sitting together to eat, they naturally couldn't keep silent. Gu's mother took the initiative to ask, "Fellow villager, are you back from a business trip?"
Deng Shirong smiled and said, "Our village plans to plant a batch of ginkgo trees. I heard that there are many ginkgo trees in Jiangsu, so I rushed over to take a look. What about you, are you back to visit relatives?"
Gu's mother nodded and said, "Yes, I haven't been back to my mother's house for more than a year. It's just that I have nothing to do now, so I brought my daughter back to visit my parents."
The two ate and chatted, and soon stir-fried pork with green peppers and braised eggplant were served.
It must be said that the train meals of this era are really good, and the price is not too expensive. The three of them were quite satisfied.
After dinner, the three of them walked back to the carriage together and sat down.
In the next two days, Deng Shirong kept inviting Gu's mother and daughter to dinner, and the relationship between the two sides was almost like friends.
After arriving in Nanning and walking out of the station, Gu's mother said to Deng Shirong with gratitude: "My fellow villager, I have been so grateful to you for the past two days. If it weren't for your help, we mother and daughter would not know what to do. Please leave me your address and I will remit the money to you when the time comes."
Deng Shirong waved his hand and said: "You are too polite. There is no need to remit money. We just had a few meals together. Anyone who encounters such a thing will help."
Gu's mother said: "My fellow villager, then you have to give me a chance to treat you to a meal, otherwise I will feel bad."
Deng Shirong smiled and said: "It's just a small favor, there is really no need to be polite."
Gu's mother Insisted: "Fellow villager, your little effort is a great help to us mother and daughter. You should not be in a hurry to return to Yulin today, right?"
Deng Shirong shook his head and said: "Not today, the car ride is too tiring, I will return tomorrow."
Gu's mother said: "I heard from my family that the spicy girl hot pot in Nanning Wuyue Square tastes very good. I want to invite you to eat hot pot here at 5 pm. Don't refuse. Give us mother and daughter a chance to repay you."
Deng Shirong showed a strange look when he heard this, but the other party chose the spicy girl hot pot as the place to treat guests, which was unexpected but reasonable.
After all, the spicy girl hot pot is now famous in Nanning. As long as hot pot is mentioned, the first thing that comes to the mind of Nanning people must be spicy girl hot pot.
Deng Shirong also found it interesting that they invited the guests to their own hot pot restaurant, so he smiled and said, "Okay, since you are so polite, let's meet at 5 pm at the spicy girl hot pot restaurant."
When Gu's mother saw that he agreed, she couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief and smiled and said, "Then it's settled, see you at 5 pm."
Deng Shirong nodded and asked, "Where are you going? I'll call a rickshaw to take you there."
Gu's mother was not polite. She had already troubled the other party for two days, so she didn't care about this last shudder, so she gave an address.
Deng Shirong called a rickshaw, agreed on the price with the owner, and paid the fare in advance. After saying goodbye to each other, they watched the mother and daughter leave.
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PS: The readers of this book are really a mystery. Generally speaking, during holidays, the subscriptions of almost all works will decrease, but for my book, the subscriptions start to rise against the market every time there is a long holiday. This is the case during the Spring Festival. At that time, the subscriptions of all works were sluggish, but our subscriptions set new highs, and almost doubled after one Spring Festival.
The same thing is happening during the May Day holiday. Other authors are complaining in the group that subscriptions have plummeted, but the number of new subscriptions for this book has been increasing day by day in the past few days. It's amazing.