Zhang Laogen got up a little early on the 30th, probably because it was cold, and the dogs in the yard of his home were a little hungry. Early in the morning, the stray dogs taken in Zhang Laogen's yard began to bark as if they had made an appointment. The old man got up early, and when the dogs in the yard barked, Zhang Laogen couldn't sleep. He got up from the bed, washed up a little, and began to busy making food for the stray dogs.

Zhang Laogen has started to eat vegetarian food in recent years, and the dogs he adopted have also eaten vegetarian food. They cooked a large pot of messy things such as cornmeal, eggs, mashed potatoes, etc., and they smelled aromatic. As soon as they were taken out of the house, seven or eight dogs wag their tails and surrounded them. As soon as the dogs were divided into food, the dogs started to eat impatiently.

"You dogs, slow down. I didn't eat it last night. I can still be hungry with the old man. Be careful to burn it!" Zhang Laogen squatted on the ground, smiling as if he was a flower, touching the belly of a big yellow dog closest to him. His movements were as gentle as if he was touching something. The belly of the big yellow dog was obviously much bigger than that of other dogs. At first glance, there were puppies in his belly. Judging from the feel, there were probably more than five dogs in this litter. This dog was a love match that last autumn. As the saying goes, cats and dogs are four. It is now the end of January. Zhang Laogen thought that in a few days, the dog will almost have a cub. After the puppies are taken away, he will keep two of them by himself and let the two puppies follow the bitch. The other puppies have long been remembered by a few young people in the village.

It happened to be given to someone. The dogs raised by Zhang Laogen are now a masterpiece in Xiaogou Village. Not only can you eat vegetarian food with him, but you can find a place to poop and pee. He sent out several litters of puppies that he used to live. This person has lived a lifetime, and Zhang Laogen feels that he is only a little clearer now. Whenever he sees himself giving the dogs to those families who like to raise dogs in and outside the village, looking at the happy smiles of others, and watching these puppies no longer browse and suffer everywhere, Zhang Laogen always feels that there is warm and unspeakable comfort between his chest and abdomen. What is the basis of helping others? He understands now. In Zhang Laogen's words, it is not only helping others, but also a cat, a dog, an ant, and a grass. As long as you have life and feelings, you can get happiness.

After squatting on the ground and touching for a while, Zhang Laogen stood up and walked to the row of kennels in the yard for two turns. He stroked his chin with one hand, took out a cigarette pole with the other hand as a steel ruler and gestured horizontally and vertically in the yard a few times, nodded, and thought about building two kennels in the yard after the New Year.

It is said to be a yard. The yard of the house where Zhang Laogen lives is not the same as before, which is made up of earth and a few firewood sticks. The whole yard is about 40 square meters in size. The outer wall of the yard is covered with dark red wall tiles. The upper half is full of iron fences, and the iron fences are covered with vines, like a green wall, with a courtyard wall of more than three meters high. It is more beautiful than the exterior walls of the parks Zhang Laogen saw in the provincial capital before. The yard is connected to the yard is a beautiful three-story villa-style building with several balconies, which is as beautiful as the painting. No, it is even more beautiful than the painting. In the words of the older generation in the village, just look at this building, which should be placed in the past.

In society, only the governor xxx at that time could afford it. Not only Zhang Laogen has one small building, but also Xiaogou Village is a house that is built by a single family, each house, unified design, unified decoration, and unified planning. After the new village of Xiaogou Village was built, the old village that was dirty and messy in the past and could not even find a mudless road on rainy days disappeared completely from people's sight. The memories of today's old village are only in the showroom of the village. There are clear photos and old things in the new children in Xiaogou Village that reminded the new Xiaogou Village in the past. Now, the small buildings that the villagers of Xiaogou Village live in are not unhappy even if they come from big cities.

In other people's yards, some build flower beds, some build fountains at their doorsteps, some plant trees and grass, and some dig trenches and pits to raise goldfish. In the entire Xiaogou Village, only Zhang Laogen, who has no children, has turned his yard into a big doghouse.

After getting the dog food, as usual, Zhang Laogen lit the cigarette pole and went out leisurely. This is Zhang Laogen's "homework" every morning. It is not only for a walk and exercise, but also to see what's new in the village. When I saw a few old friends, I could chat and bask in the sun. I was in great interest. I might as well make an appointment to play there together. I used to make an appointment to play, but at worst I could go to the provincial capital. Now it's different. In recent years, as the money in my pockets increases, life is getting better and better. I won't talk about that.

Some young people who are fashionable are old men and women from the village seniors' association. The village pays money and has two opportunities to travel out every year. In recent years, a group of old men and women in Xiaogou Village have been traveling around the province and have been half of them in China. Now some people are calling for going to Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand after the New Year, saying that they are going abroad to see how foreigners are doing, and they also have to see how those who have been sent by people who have returned from outside are so beautiful like fairies, they are actually big men.

From Zhang Laogen's house, the main entrance is facing a spacious and brand-new concrete road that allows four or two cars to drive together. This road is the village road of Xiaogou Village. In the middle of the road is a street light and a green belt. There is a stream leading from the mountain in the middle of the green belt. On both sides of the stream are flower platforms. Pine trees are planted in the flower platforms. There are other plants in the flower platforms. Before the sun comes out, there are some white frost and diamonds hanging on the leaves of those green leaves. On both sides of the village road are the new village of Xiaogou Village. The new village of Xiaogou Village is built against the hillside of a mountain on the original Xiaogou Village. Rows of rows of three-story small western-style buildings with yards stand neatly and staggered on the roadside, which is very pleasing to the eye. Many people have light boxes in front of the doors, and the words "xxx Farmhouse" are written on the light boxes.

Like, almost one-third of the families in Xiaogou Village are engaged in farmhouses. Those who come here from the city or other places usually spend a minimum of 30 yuan to stay in the farmhouse for one night, and they also have three meals at the same time. Those who do farmhouses cannot complete their houses, so they take out one or two floors to entertain guests. The rooms of the farmhouse are not worse than those in the city’s hotels. They are really cheap and cheap. As Xiaogou Village’s reputation becomes more and more famous outside, the farmhouse business in Xiaogou Village is becoming more and more popular. In the past, it was a small-scale business. Now many farmhouses in Xiaogou Village have to go outside to hire chefs and waiters to take care of them. Some employ more than six people. According to the past, they can be regarded as capitalists.

Now that the Chinese New Year is approaching, the business of the farmhouse is naturally much quieter, but the joy of the Chinese New Year has diluted the secludedness. Early in the morning, some people have already started to hang lanterns and stick door gods. Before Zhang Laogen walked a few steps away, he was blocked by two little boys who had already "ambushed" by the roadside.

"Dad Zhang, it's early!"

"Oh, are you two little guys not sleeping in today?"

The two little boys grinned and smirked, one of them poked the other with his arm. The little boy who was poked came over with a saliva face, "Dad Zhang, have your door god stickers?"

Zhang Laogen was alone, and during the Chinese New Year, he basically didn't have the heart to put on any door gods. An elderly person who lived to his age would have to climb high and low on his stool every year, which would be a little lonely. In the past few years, the village organized the members of the league to come to express their condolences before the Chinese New Year. After Zhang Laogen became famous in raising dogs in the past two years, he didn't need him to do this.

Looking at the door god pair that the two little hairs had already held in their hands, Zhang Laogen, who was already a mature man, could not understand what the two little hairs were thinking. Zhang Laogen laughed and tapped the two little hairs twice with a cigarette rod, "You two little kids, okay, I remember you two. When Dahuang gave birth to a cub, let you carry one of them back!"

"Thank you, Dad Zhang!" "Thank you, Dad Zhang!" The two little boys jumped up with joy, took the things in their hands, and ran to Zhang Laogen's house, as if they were afraid that the credit would be snatched.

"Hey, be careful when you two climb high on the stool. Don't force yourself to fall if you can't reach it, be careful not to fall!" Zhang Laogen gave a message behind the two, then shook his head with a smile.

When Zhang Laogen followed the old path he often walked and was about to turn the village halfway, the early sun finally climbed up. The frost marks on the flowers and plants on the roadside turned into water vapor, which was slowly dissipating, indicating that there would be a good weather today. At this time, people began to be busy on the balcony on the roof of the three-story small buildings in Xiaogou Village. Bales of mugwort were taken out by households one by one. Walking on the village road of Xiaogou Village, the fragrance of the mugwort leaves began to spread throughout the village, making people feel refreshed.

If it were a few years ago, someone told Zhang Laogen that the mugwort that was everywhere on the roadside of the village without planting them, and that a pound of mugwort could be sold for money, and a pound of mugwort could be sold for one pound of pork. Zhang Laogen would definitely jump up and throw the man's big mouths hard, and then spit a few mouths on the man's face. Although I, Zhang Laogen, are old, my mind and knowledge are still there. This weed-like thing can be sold at the price of pork. The farmers in Xiaogou Village don't have to do anything. Every family can make a fortune by selling some weeds every year. There is such a beautiful thing in this matter. Do you really think I am a pig, beat your turtle son who is full of mouth and running a train...

At this moment, Zhang Laogen dared not. Three years ago, when Xiaogou Village established a village office company called "Guocao" that specializes in mugwort processing, everyone thought it was too unreliable. When did the mugwort that was cut and fed pigs and didn't eat can be sold for money. Now, especially after the domestic martial arts sect called Xuanyuan Dao won the World Martial Arts Competition last year, the "Guocao" in Xiaogou Village, which has been cooperating with Xuanyuan Dao, also soared into the sky with that little mugwort. The "Guocao" that no one knew before was now receiving orders from merchants from all over the country. The village held a meeting two months ago. I heard that it was already fiddling with the "Guocao" listing. Zhang Laogen didn't understand the listing. He knew that no matter how it was done, it was a collective enterprise, and he was just a part of it...

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