Jiang Hongguo woke up from the strong aroma. When she opened her eyes, she saw Wang Zhong busy working earlier.

"Wake up! The noodles are almost ready. You can eat after washing up."

Thinking of the absurdity last night, even Jiang Hongguo couldn't help but have a few wisps of red clouds on her face. Looking at the tall and strong figure, she secretly sighed in her heart, but thinking of the unprecedented sense of satisfaction, she couldn't help but

Secretly she clenched her silver teeth and clasped her lower lip.

"What's wrong?" Seeing that Jiang Hongguo hadn't moved yet, Wang Zhong looked over worriedly.

"No...it's nothing." Jiang Hongguo hurriedly opened the quilt, folded the quilt while half-kneeling, put it on the big nanmu box, turned over and got off the bed, and got into the bathroom.

Breakfast was fried noodles with fried sauce, and the aroma of fried sauce woke me up.

The two of them sat on the warm Kang. The noodle bowl was placed on the Kang table. Inside was noodles covered in fried sauce. After one bite, the aroma filled the mouth and a strong sense of satisfaction filled the body and mind.

From birth to now, in more than 20 years of life, Jiang Hongguo has never tasted as good a thing as in the past month or so in Maixiang Village. Especially Wang Zhong’s cooking skills, even the most common ingredients are in his hands.

Here, an unforgettable flavor can bloom.

"Is it delicious?" Wang Zhong asked with a smile, looking at Jiang Hongguo opposite.

Jiang Hongguo nodded repeatedly and sucked a mouthful of noodles into her mouth. While chewing, she said, "It's delicious."

After breakfast, Wang Zhong and Jiang Hongguo entered the city carrying their backpacks.

The two first took the marriage application issued by Wang Wanchun to register and received the certificate. Then they bought wedding candies, red paper, a pair of red candles, dried red dates and many other dried fruits. They also cut several kilograms of meat, not to mention the big ones.

It’s a big deal, but it’s also necessary to invite a few close friends to your home for a meal.

Wang Zhong himself didn't care about these forms, but Jiang Hongguo still wanted status.

Wang Zhong asked specifically. Although Jiang Hongguo had been married before, she had never received a marriage certificate because the country had just been founded not long ago.

Yesterday, when Wang Zhong went to find Wang Wanchun to apply, he kept silent. Now, the news of their marriage has almost spread throughout Maixiang Village.

Wang Zhong and Jiang Hongguo didn't mean to make any big fuss. They only called the members of the second group, the second grandfather Niu Zhonggui, Ma Renlian from the front yard, and Niu Dadan from the side yard to make dumplings with the few kilograms of meat.

, one person can eat a few and drink two bowls of wine, which is regarded as a wedding wine.

"Brother!" The men sat around the Eight Immortals table. The three monkeys picked up the wine bowl and toasted Wang Zhong: "Now in our mutual aid group, you and Brother Youdao are both married. I am still a bachelor. You can't

leave me alone."

"Which girl do you have your eye on? I can come to your door in person to propose marriage for you!" Wang Zhong waved his hand and said very proudly.

"Brother, are you serious about what you said?" The three monkeys' eyes lit up.

"Of course it's true." Wang Zhong said.

"Three monkeys, tell us, which girl do you like?" Lao Gan said with a smile.

"That's right!" Niu DaDang also cheered: "Tell me about it!"

"No problem, come on, let's drink, drink!" The three monkeys hurriedly invited everyone to drink together and changed the subject.

On the Kang, Jiang Hongguo and several women were sitting at the Kang table, eating steaming dumplings.

Han Chunmei suddenly asked curiously: "Hey! Why didn't Qiao Yue come over?"

Sister-in-law Jinhua covered her mouth and smiled: "I must be embarrassed to come here."

Han Chunmei suddenly realized that Jiang Hongguo was still a little confused.

······

Within a few days, the county issued instructions to transform each mutual aid group into a primary agricultural production cooperative, or to merge some groups with a small number of people into a cooperative, or to combine some groups with a small number of strong laborers and weak productivity with strong laborers.

Merge multiple groups to help the strong support the weak, or split these groups and join each other to form a new cooperative.

Wang Zhong also changed from team leader to president of the cooperative.

The second group where Wang Zhong and others were included added a man named Ma Renxiang from the original seventh group. He was in his twenties and in the prime of life, but his left foot was missing two fingers than ordinary people. It took more time than normal people to do heavy work.

Slightly worse, but better because he is still diligent.

The reason why Wang Wanchun assigned him to Wang Zhong's company was, on the one hand, because Ma Renxiang was half-disabled and could not work as quickly as Zhang Changren, and on the other hand, it was also because his land was next to that of Wang Zhong and others.

Time flies, and March is here in a blink of an eye. Spring is warm and flowers are blooming. This year's spring is a bit dry. Spring has begun, but there are not a few drops of rain falling from the sky.

Fortunately, the village had built irrigation canals, water trucks, and weirs and ponds long ago, and the water in the weirs and ponds was always full. The irrigation canals were reorganized before spring irrigation. Within a few days, the water from the Maixiang River was poured into each family's land.

The wheat that had drunk enough water began to grow vigorously after a winter of dormancy. The color also became bright green, and the growth was very gratifying.

After the spring irrigation, Wang Zhong led the members of the second group to plant a circle of pear trees around the wasteland they were assigned.

This is a relatively barren mountainous land. Wheat cannot be grown, so we can only work on other crops.

Wang Zhong took the Three Monkeys and Lao Gangbang to continue to reclaim the wasteland that had not yet been cleared, weeding, digging and sifting stones. A crop of peanuts had been planted in the reclaimed land last year, and corn and soybeans were planned to be planted this year.

In addition to corn and soybeans, the second group is also planning to plant several acres of sweet potatoes.

The sweet potato seedlings have already been cultivated as soon as they emerge in the first month of the year. Once the soil is planted in the right place and the base fertilizer is applied, transplanting can begin.

After the spring irrigation was over, the villagers also began to clean up the mountainous areas of each group. After all, the little wheat in the fields alone would not be enough to feed the family for a year after paying the public grain.

Jiang Hongguo is also very good at work. Except for her slight lack of strength, she is no worse than a man at work, and her plow is much better than Ma Renli's.

In the fourth month of the lunar calendar, with the unremitting efforts of Wang Zhong and others, the remaining eight acres of mountainous land were finally cleared.

The newly cultivated land was still too barren. Seeing that there was only more than a month left before the summer harvest, Wang Zhong led everyone to plant a crop of peanuts in the newly cultivated wasteland.

The wheat in the fields is growing well this year, and so far, the weather is also very good, and the folks are looking forward to it a little more than in previous years.

Seeing that he had just planted the few acres of newly reclaimed wasteland and had a short period of free time before the wheat harvest, Wang Zhong planned to take advantage of this time to renovate the stove in the main house.

Jiang Hongguo was serving the dozens of peppers and tomatoes grown in Wang Zhong's vegetable pond in the yard.

Suddenly the cow boldly ran in in a hurry.

"Brothers and sisters, is Big Chong at home?" Niu DaDang asked anxiously.

"I'm drawing pictures in the house!" Jiang Hongguo pointed to the main room.

Niu DaDa rushed into the house and pulled Wang Zhong up from the kang.

"Big Chong, it's not good. Something happened to Niu. Come and have a look with me!" Niu DaDang looked worried.

"If something happens to the cow, why don't you just look for vegetable buns?" Wang Zhong was only halfway done with the drawing.

Caibaozi is Ma Renlian, the only veterinarian in the village.

This was the first time that Niu DaDang, who had always been stable, lost his balance like this: "Cai Baozi said it would take an operation, but the operation is too risky. If anything happens, Niu would be gone."

"Wait a minute, tell me what's going on first? Why do you need an operation? What's wrong with the cow?"

Wang Zhong quickly grabbed Niu and asked boldly.

"You're not that prodigal girl like Xiao Zhuan. You don't know how to sift the grass you feed the cows first. There are nails mixed in the grass. Cai Baozi said that the cows are destined to eat nails into their stomachs, so they don't eat or drink.

Yeah, now I’m so skinny that only my skeleton is left, my cigarette butt hangs all day long, and I’m listless.”

"You've eaten a nail. Then you can feed the cow some cotton, get some laxatives, and let the cow pull out the nail. Maybe it will work!" Wang Zhong said, there was no other way.

"Eat cotton?" Niu DaDa was stunned when he was told this.

"Is it that simple?" Niu DaDang couldn't believe it.

"It's better to treat a dead horse as a living horse. Besides, eating cotton won't kill the cow. It's better than disemboweling it, right?" Wang Zhong explained.

Yes, compared with eating cotton, the risk of disemboweling is too great.

"Why don't you come with me and have a look?" Niu Dadan issued the invitation with an expectant look on his face.

"Isn't Cai Baozi over there? He is a professional veterinarian..." Wang Zhong said mid-sentence. He didn't know what to think of. He stood up and put on his shoes and said, "Okay, I'll go take a look with you."

"Guo'er, put your hands aside first and go to the warehouse to grab a handful of cotton."

"How can I use your cotton!" Niu Dadan said hurriedly.

"Okay, at this time, don't say those things. If you feel bad about it, just replenish it for me later."

"That's okay!" Niu DaDa is not a shy person.

Jiang Hongguo hurriedly turned around and entered the west warehouse. After a while, she came out with a large handful of cotton.

The couple followed Niu Daring all the way to Xiao Zhuan's home. They were not full, so Cai Baozi, Yang Deng'er and Qiao Yue all gathered in the courtyard.

The lame cow that Niu DaDang and his team bought was exactly what Niu DaDang said, it was so skinny that only its skeleton remained.

"Give cotton to the cows?" After hearing Wang Zhong's suggestion, Yang Deng'er and others looked at each other.

The cow boldly stepped forward and took the laxative given by Cai Baozi and fed it a piece of cotton.

Almost half an hour later, the cow that was still standing fell to the ground sideways, and its breath became weak, which shocked everyone.

"Don't panic!" Wang Zhong calmly stepped forward and squatted next to the ox, touched the ox's neck, then put his two hands on the ox's belly, with his thumbs facing each other, and used the technique of pushing the blood to drain the ox's neck.

Rub your belly from top to bottom.

"After the cotton is eaten in the stomach, it has to pass through the intestines and stomach before it can come out slowly."

"Get out of the way, don't stand behind me, I'll spray you."

Xiao Zhuan and Bu Zhan quickly stood aside. While Wang Zhong pushed and pressed, he also used the energy in his body. Huang Niu seemed to know that Wang Zhong was helping him, so he started to exert his energy and kept wagging his tail.
To be continued...