Chapter 40: The Grape That Attracts Snakes (Part 2)
"Where did you get these grapes from? They're so big..."
Song Hu looked at the grape tree that Song Wen had placed in the car and asked curiously, but before he could finish his sentence, it was as if he had thought of something and exclaimed in surprise: "You won't be digging up the Juemin family's grapes, will you?"
"What are you digging for? He said that planting grape trees attracts snakes and should be cut down. I think the grape tree is still usable, so I brought it to plant." Song Wen said to him in a bad mood.
"Yue Min is really not considerate enough. He didn't even mention such a good thing, if I had known earlier, I would have gone to pick some, the grapes from his house are really sweet."
"It's not bad to go get some branches and insert them now."
"Never mind, don't even know if I can survive."
Song Hu muttered a few words and drove the truck carrying Song Wen up the mountain.
The sky gradually darkened, and the bamboo forest path slowly turned black.
The autumn wind is bleak and mournful, the bamboo leaves fluttering in the wind, giving off a sense of desolation and chill.
Song Wen looked outside and suddenly remembered the matter of installing streetlights. In the past, there was no money and no way to install them, but now with tens of thousands of yuan in his pocket, it's worth considering. It would be best to install those that can kill insects, so as to avoid a large number of mosquitoes during hot weather. However, he is not familiar with this aspect, so he needs to find someone who is.
At this time, he thought of Song Long. Song Long had been in government agencies for so many years and should have some connections in this area. If not, he could search online himself. However, he didn't have Song Long's phone number, so he turned to look at Song Hu, who was in contact with him and should have his number.
"Ah Hu, do you have Song Long's phone number?"
"What's up?" Song Hu asked without turning his head.
"There's something I need to find him for."
"What's up? He is now serving as a deputy county head on the other side of Longxi, and he can't even manage our side. You'd better look for him than looking for my uncle."
Song Hu thought he was looking for Song Long to do something, but the Song family village belonged to Su Yuan Town, Lanling County, and was separated from Longxi County by a county. There were things that couldn't be helped, as the saying goes, "the gun had cooled down by then."
"What's up with looking for Uncle? I just wanted to ask if he knows anyone familiar with installing streetlights."
"You don't need to look for him, go find Huang Xiaojun."
"What's going on with Huang Xiaojun?" Song Wen asked strangely.
"You're silly, isn't she afraid of insects when raising flowers and trees? When I went there before, I saw that her yard was installed with several street lamps, which were insecticidal, ask her if it's correct."
Song Wen listened and then picked up the phone to call Huang Xiaojun. After listening, Huang Xiaojun said he knew and would reply tomorrow, then hung up the phone directly.
Looking at the hung-up phone, Song Wen felt strange and thought to himself, "What's going on?" Suddenly, he remembered the loud noise from the phone call earlier and his heart skipped a beat as he wondered if she was taking a shower. He thought to himself that this wasn't the right time for him to make the call. As soon as he thought of her in the shower, an exciting scene appeared in his mind - amidst the steaming mist, her naked body faintly visible, two bright red spots floating vaguely, and what seemed like two white objects jumping around. As he continued thinking, something strange happened, and it felt like something was flowing out of his nose; when he touched it, he found that his nose was bleeding, damn it!
He hastily pulled out the paper towel from the car and started wiping it clean.
"What's wrong?" Song Hu saw him covering his nose and felt strange.
"Hmm... nothing, just a runny nose." Song Wen said calmly.
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Song Hu drove up to the creek and didn't stop, driving directly across it.
After arriving at Song Wen's home, he didn't say he was leaving, but instead followed him into the house. Song Wen also had no idea what this guy was up to and ignored him.
Song Yuanshui saw Song Wen carrying a grape tree back and asked: "What are you doing with that?"
"What a bother! The migrant workers didn't want to plant, so I picked them up and planted them myself."
"Planting grapes attracts snakes."
"Don't worry, just surround the edge with a circle of iron wire when the time comes, and the snake won't be able to climb up. Otherwise, sprinkle some realgar powder, and you won't have to worry about snakes getting in."
Song Yuanshui just said a few words and saw his son say so without objection.
Song Wen carried the grapes into the courtyard, planted them by the wall, and then took advantage of no one's attention to water them with some spring water from the Ruyi fan. He thought about going back to the house to eat, but suddenly thought that if he could graft different colors and varieties of grapes on the grapevine, it would be great.
Look, one color and one variety, how beautiful. Originally grapes are white, then grafting out a red, black, green and yellow grape is enough. Then install a five-layer shelf on the wall, let the grapevine climb onto the shelf, each layer of the shelf climbing with a different colored grape. When the time comes, if grapes grow, it will definitely look great. Thinking about it, Song Wen felt that his idea was truly too brilliant. It's just that now doesn't seem to be the right time for grafting, so he can only wait until spring.
Back in the house, Song Wen's stomach was growling with hunger. He quickly sliced up the braised meat and roasted goose he had brought back and started eating with his father. Song Hu also sat beside them, gnawing on a leg of roasted goose.
Song Wen glanced at him and thought to himself, "Isn't this guy full already? Why is he still eating?" He was speechless for a moment.
After dinner, Song Wen sat in the living room watching TV, while Song Hu and his third uncle Song Yuanshui were on one side brewing tea and chatting.
After a while, seeing Song Yuanshui go in to take a bath, Song Hu finally leaned over to Song Wen and said: "Ah Wen, do you know that Shorty went into the woods again yesterday?"
"What does it have to do with me whether he enters the forest or not?" Song Wen glared at him irritably.
"What's wrong, I'm telling you, he brought back half a bag of chestnuts yesterday and said there are still many left. Why don't we go too? The chestnuts in the mountain taste much better than those sold."
Sharp head is also known as sharp chestnut, or pearl chestnut. In the mountains, there is a forest where wild sharp chestnuts grow, but it's deep in the mountains and usually few people dare to go pick them.
"It's too far." Song Wen said lazily.
"It's far away, no big deal if we spend the night inside, we're not like we've never stayed in the woods before." Song Hu saw that Song Wen's tone had relaxed a bit and hurriedly added more emphasis.
Song Wen thought for a moment and nodded. Now there are indeed many good things in the mountain, if you don't go in to pick them, they will get moldy and rot after the rain, it's also a pity.
"Alright then, let's go together tomorrow. I'll bring a tent, just in case we can't make it back at night and have to sleep on the mountain." Song Hu said excitedly.
Song Wenming said, "How about the day after tomorrow? I have something to do tomorrow."
"Alright then, I'll prepare tomorrow and we can go the day after." He said that and walked away happily.
Song Wen watched his back disappear into the distance, shaking his head repeatedly. He knew this guy had come for a reason, but he didn't expect it to be this. After returning, he hadn't had time to go into the mountains, and this time he happened to go pick up some game. At this time, there were still some wild mushrooms in the mountains, so he went to pick some back to eat.
He saw his old father still bathing, so he came to the back and put the loaches and clams he had bought into the ditch he had dug, and also covered the water pipe that flowed out with a mesh screen to prevent the loaches from running away. He was also worried about the loaches and clams he had just put in, and didn't care if it was useful or not, so he poured some water from the Ruyi fan down.
After getting ready, he came to the front and his dad had already taken a bath and was watching TV.
He looked and then walked back into the house. He had run around all day and was a bit tired, so he went back to his room, wiped himself down a bit, lay down on the bed and fell asleep.
