Spring comes to the desperate place

Chapter 477 Excitement

"Well, the braised pork made by my mother is still the most delicious." Song Chunlin finished a big bowl of braised pork with rice, and his mouth and face were shiny with oil.

Gu Fengyue smiled and put a piece of vegetables into his mouth with chopsticks: "Don't be picky, eat the vegetables too."

Song Chunlin pushed the vegetables aside with some disgust. He was almost full at this moment. If it was a piece of meat, he would force himself to eat it, but forget about the vegetables.

As if guessing what the other person was thinking, Gu Fengyue added, "It's just one mouthful. It won't take up much of your stomach. Eat it, and don't sneak it into my bowl."

Song Chunlin's chopsticks, which were used to pick up vegetables, stopped in mid-air and he was caught red-handed. He turned the chopsticks around expressionlessly, and the last bite of vegetables finally went into his stomach.

After lunch, if Gu Fengyue has nothing to do in the afternoon, Song Chunlin will stay and wait for him to go home together. If he has something to do, Song Chunlin will go back by himself. There are a lot of things to do today, so Gu Fengyue asked him to go first and he might go home late.

Song Chunlin picked up the lunch box and walked out of the county government office. Instead of going home, he went outside the city to inspect his land.

It is already early June. Although quinoa has been planted, it is a bit late. The most suitable planting time should be May. In order to ensure the harvest, Song Chunlin soaked the seeds in spiritual spring water in advance, so they germinated very quickly. There is no quinoa in Dajingchao, so Gu Jiajun is also planting this for the first time, so he didn't notice anything wrong. He just thought that this new crop is very suitable for the weather here.

Well, that's probably part of the reason.

The best time to plant sea buckthorn is May, even earlier than quinoa. It is completely too late, so Song Chunlin only asked everyone to dig a hole first, and then he would cultivate sea buckthorn seedlings in the space, and then they could be transplanted directly when the time comes.

The quality of the seedlings produced in the space is naturally the best, and Song Chunlin is not worried at all that they will not survive.

He walked into the sea buckthorn field. One third of the pits here had been dug. They were all fish-scale pits, and the overall shape of a finished product. There were also ridges built next to them. The dug pits could not be planted immediately. They had to be watered first until the ground was thoroughly moist. Normally, to plant sea buckthorn, the land had to be prepared a year in advance, and it had to be done during the rainy season to increase the moisture content of the soil, which would be more conducive to the survival of the seedlings.

Fortunately, the seedlings in the space have strong vitality, and they will have no problem surviving even if their land is not watered.

However, Song Chunlin still wants to take it step by step. He planted in a hurry this year, so he plans to plant with seeds next year, and the land will have to be prepared in advance by then.

Seeing that the land here would be ready in a few days, Song Chunlin estimated the seedlings in the space and felt that they should be enough, so after inspecting the fields, he stopped cultivating sea buckthorn seedlings.

After working for several days, the pits for the sea buckthorn fields were dug. The soldiers then went to a place three miles away from the county town to carry water for irrigation. Before the fields were irrigated, General Lin had to set off early.

"I received a letter from home. The ancestor hasn't been in good spirits lately. He can't even eat his favorite cake and milk tea. The imperial physician also said that this might be the time. All the matters that need to be handed over have been handed over. I've asked my deputy to stay here. If you have any questions, please ask him."

General Lin rushed in and spoke a long speech. After he finished speaking, he was about to leave. Before Gu Fengyue could react, he started clamoring to leave and was stopped by Gu Fengyue.

"Don't worry. The next town is a day and a night away. You haven't prepared anything. Are you planning to starve to death on the way?"

Gu Fengyue asked him to take a look at the letter. General Lin also knew that he was a bit reckless. There was a big temperature difference between morning and evening at the border. Even in summer, the temperature at night was so low that he needed to wear a cotton jacket. The light armor on his body had no ability to keep out the cold, and he had no food with him. If he went out like this, he would either starve to death or freeze to death.

Fortunately, with Gu Fengyue as the backbone, he quickly pulled General Lin out after reading the letter. It was noon at this time, and Song Chunlin would come to deliver lunch in a while. When Gu Fengyue brought General Lin in, he was holding the empty lunch box and preparing to go out.

Seeing the two running without any image, Song Chunlin felt strange: "Hey, why are you in such a hurry?"

Gu Fengyue quickly explained the current situation: "The Lin family's ancestor is dying. Chunlin, you should send him back quickly so that he can see him for the last time."

When Song Chunlin heard what Gu Fengyue said, his expression became serious. After taking the letter from Gu Fengyue, he read it carefully. It turned out that the ancestor of the Lin family caught a cold not long after the two of them left Beijing. Song Chunlin had given the ancestor of the Lin family some modern medicines. After taking the medicine, the ancestor of the Lin family did get better. However, he was over ninety years old after all, and a small cold made the old man's body collapse quickly.

The Lin family went to the palace to ask for the imperial physician's order, who said that the old ancestor might not survive the summer and asked them to be prepared, which led to this urgent letter home.

The letter from home was delivered at full speed by someone on horseback. It had been almost two months since the ancestor of the Lin family fell ill. It was already June. No wonder General Lin was so anxious. It would take half a month for even the fastest horse to get from the border to the capital, and that was even if he had to bring enough supplies and travel day and night without stopping.

Realizing the urgency of the situation, Song Chunlin immediately understood what Gu Fengyue meant. He hoped that he could ride a motorcycle to send General Lin back to the capital.

Song Chunlin calculated the time and thought that if General Lin agreed, using mutant vines for escort should be faster.

General Lin felt a chill on his neck when Song Chunlin stared at him. He always felt that something bad was going to happen.

Song Chunlin smiled at him and said, "I know you are anxious, but don't be anxious."

A question mark slowly popped up in General Lin’s head: “???”

In the end, the three of them had a simple lunch, which was a box lunch brought out by Song Chunlin. General Lin was preoccupied with something, so he didn't pay much attention to where Song Chunlin took out the box lunch from. He just thought that the food box was strange, as if it was made of paper.

"Stop looking at it, eat quickly, and I'll take you back to Beijing after you finish eating."

General Lin thought he was talking about sending him to the city gate. After quickly finishing his meal, he realized that Song Chunlin was talking about sending him all the way back to Beijing.

General Lin felt that he had heard wrongly.

"You? Send me back to Beijing?"

"Yes, yes, you are full, right? Come and have a drink of water, then we will be on the road."

When General Lin saw Song Chunlin smiling like a wolf grandmother, he inexplicably felt that the road he was talking about was the road to the underworld.

Gu Fengyue sent the two out of the city. Until this moment, General Lin was not sure whether Song Chunlin was serious about sending him back to Beijing or was just joking with him.