Wu Chao: Take the whole family to escape the famine

Chapter 182 Hunting in the mountains, digging out a hundred-year-old ginseng

But how can we do it without going out?Don't want a way to make money, and the mountains are blocked by heavy snow in winter, so you can't starve to death?But how to make this money?Shen Yuan is good at medicine, but everyone in the Shenjia Village regards her as a fool, and if she wants to make money with her medical skills, she has to go to the town or county.

There is no travel expenses right now, so I can't go.

It seems that she has to go to the mountains, relying on the mountains to eat the mountains and the water to drink the water. She knows medicinal materials, and there must be rare medicinal materials in the forests of mountains and old forests.

Shen Yuan made up her mind and decided to follow Ji Xun into the mountains.

Ji Xun wandered around outside and came back quickly. He hunted a pheasant in the morning and sold it. He bought some rice. He had to go to the mountains in the afternoon. How would he live this winter without hunting more prey?
When he walked into the cave, he didn't look sideways, and he didn't look at Shen Yuan at all.

Seeing that there were two bowls of porridge instead of rice soup on the table, his expression changed, and he did not speak. He drank the porridge indifferently, then put the noose hanging in the corner on his back, put on the animal trap, and took the walking stick out of the hole
Shen Yuan hurriedly followed out with a basket on her shoulders: "I want to go into the mountains too." She spoke with certainty, letting the other party know that she was not joking.

Ji Xun's expression froze, he didn't know if it was because Shen Yuan didn't call him 'Ji Laizi' or Shen Yuan wanted to go to the mountains, which made him feel strange. This woman married him for more than a month, except eating and sleeping and scolding, not a single day stopped.

Why did she change her gender today?I didn't see scolding, but I still have to follow into the mountain, it's strange!

After being stunned for a moment, Ji Xun said coldly: "There are wild beasts in the mountains, it's not safe for you to go." After finishing speaking, he left without looking back.

"You have rich experience in going to the mountains, so you must have a way to avoid the beasts." Shen Yu'an followed behind unhurriedly, "Don't worry, I won't run around."

Ji Xun ignored him and just walked away. He must have been extremely disappointed and disgusted with the original owner, and didn't want to say a word to her.

The two entered the mountain one after the other.

Of course, Shen Yuan also regretted her life, she would follow Ji Xun wherever she went, and if she lost her way in this kind of forest, it is estimated that there would be no bones left.

Ji Xun checked several traps and sets, but found nothing.

And Shen Yu'an only picked some common medicinal materials, and picked some dried fungus from a dead tree, but the harvest was not great.

Ji Xun continued to walk deep into the forest without saying a word, Shen Yu'an looked around and listened to all directions, and as soon as Ji Xun left, she followed.

Not long after walking, a cliff appeared in front of him. From a distance, Shen Yuan saw a plant under the crooked neck tree next to the cliff, which looked like a wild ginseng. When he took a closer look, it was really a ginseng!

Busily squatted down and dug up with the small wooden stick in his hand.

When I dug it out, I saw that it was a big one, at least it was a hundred-year-old ginseng, and now it has developed.

Shen Yuan was so happy that she couldn't close her mouth, carefully tore off a piece of her skirt, wrapped the ginseng, and put it in the basket.

And over there, when Ji Xun heard a 'wiping' sound from here, Shen Yuan was tearing his clothes again, and his face darkened.

Seeing Shen Yuan's apologetic gaze cast over him, he hastily turned his head and pretended not to see it.

Satisfied with digging up a century-old ginseng, Shen Yuan ran over to see how Ji Xun's trap was set up, and couldn't help but make noise after watching it for a while.

"It's not good for you to set up a noose like this, right?" Shen Yu'an explained while fixing the noose that Ji Xun didn't set correctly, "If the prey comes from this direction, it will eat the bait but won't be able to step into the noose, you If you put it like this...well, well, you do it, you do it yourself."

Seeing Ji Xun staring at him coldly, Shen Yuan hurriedly shrugged his shoulders and stepped aside.

But Ji Xun didn't change it any more, he arranged the noose according to what Shen Yuan said, and then the two of them left the mountain before the sun set.

Back in the cave, the sun sets, and the crimson sunset paints the inside of the cave in golden yellow, which is quite interesting.

"Sister-in-law, have you entered the mountain? That's amazing." Ji Feng greeted him with a bright smile. He had been trying to curry favor with Shen Yuan before, but he didn't want Shen Yuan to reconcile with his brother, but at this moment his smile came from the heart, and he felt that his sister-in-law had changed. It seems that he has a pleasant face and is willing to accompany his brother into the mountains. He likes it from the bottom of his heart!

"Amazing, isn't it? A Feng has to be a courageous and insightful person when he grows up." Shen Yu'an said while putting down his backpack, and rubbed the seeds of Ji Feng's little head.

Ji Feng's eyes were bubbling with joy, like dreaming.

In the morning, my sister-in-law scolded him for dragging the oil bottle and snatched half a bowl of porridge from him. I didn't expect this to be so gentle to him. It must be that my sister-in-law realized that she wanted to live a good life with her brother.

Hehe, he still hopes that his sister-in-law will give birth to a baby soon and come out to play with him.

"Sister-in-law, what treasure did you find in the mountains?" Ji Feng got very close to Shen Yu'an, and smiled and looked into the back basket.

Shen Yuan took out the medicinal materials inside one by one.

"This is a seven-leaf flower, which can clear away heat, detoxify, reduce swelling and relieve pain. This is called Tianqi, and it is a good medicine for reducing stasis and stopping bleeding..." Shen Yu'an, who majored in modern Chinese medicine, is very fond of these medicinal materials, and Ji Feng admired them endlessly.

The corner of Ji Xun's mouth curled up into a sneer, and he wanted to poison their brothers with poisonous celery at noon. Was he pretending to be good because he was afraid that he would report to the police?snort!Ridiculous woman.

Shen Yuan doesn't care what Ji Xun thinks, she and Ji Feng get along very happily.

"Ah Feng, where is the water? Let's go wash these medicinal materials, dry them and sell them for money, oh yes, do you have a pot? Take these dried fungus and wash them, and my sister-in-law will cook them for you at night."

"Yeah." Ji Feng nodded heavily, his face like a bun was full of unconcealable happiness, he hurried to the corner to get a wooden basin, and led Shen Yuan out.

The well is located under the old locust tree between the cave and the village, and a clear spring is like a sapphire, bubbling out.

The water well is divided into three by stone slabs, one well for drinking, the second well for washing vegetables, and the third well for washing clothes.

At this time, the well was full of people, some came to carry water for cooking, some came to wash vegetables and laundry, it was very lively.

Seeing Shen Yu'an coming over with a basket on his back, Mrs. Zhou from the village smiled and asked, "Hey, Yu'an, are you here to wash the vegetables?"

Shen Yuan glanced at Aunt Zhou. In his memory, Aunt Zhou was not bad-hearted. On weekdays, when the original owner was stupid, Aunt Zhou would persuade her. When she saw her greet him, Shen Yuan smiled at her and hummed.

Someone next to him raised his head with contempt while washing vegetables: "What kind of vegetables are you washing? She can grow vegetables? If you want to wash them, they are probably wild vegetables." This is Mrs. Shen, the girl who got into a fight with the original owner and pushed the original owner into the lake today is Shen's daughter, Shen Xi.

Counting it is related, in Shenjia Village, most of them are surnamed Shen, from the same family.

The young woman next to Shen also twitched her mouth and gloated: "Wild vegetables? It's possible. I just saw her picking wild vegetables in the field this morning. Guess what wild vegetables they picked? Poison celery, hahaha, I laughed so hard." .”

Shen: "Hey~~ I can't tell the difference? You idiot."

"My sister-in-law is not stupid." Ji Feng pinched his waist with small hands, and said angrily, "She is smarter than you all, and she knows herbs."

Shen Shi rolled her eyes at Ji Feng: "Yo? Is that so? You have to tell your cripple brother when you go home, little oil bottle. The wild vegetable picked by Lin fool is poisonous celery. No one will go to the cave to give it to you tomorrow after eating it." You collect the corpse."

There was another burst of laughter by the well.

Aunt Zhou couldn't stand it anymore, she looked at the little daughter-in-law next to Shen and said earnestly: "I said, Shen Wen's daughter-in-law, you and Shen Yu'an's family haven't got five blessings yet, and relatives don't say anything when they see her picking poisonous celery. One sound?"

"She's not a child, do you need someone to tell you?" Shen Wen's daughter-in-law pouted dissatisfiedly, "Maybe she knew her at all, so she deliberately picked it back to give Ji Xun food."

After hearing this, Aunt Zhou was silent. How good was Shen Yuan when she was a child?She has been taught badly by her stepmother all these years, maybe she really wanted to poison her husband Ji Xun to death?

Thinking of this, Aunt Zhou hurriedly called Shen Yuan over, took her basket and looked inside, if this silly girl really had such bad thoughts, she had to be persuaded, she would not end well even if she hurt someone's life, They are all poor people!
But after looking at it, she saw that there was indeed no poisonous celery in it, but a few herbs and some fungus, Aunt Zhou was still worried, and asked, "You have to tell the truth, have you picked the poisonous celery and brought it home?"

Shen Yuan was very grateful to Aunt Zhou, seeing her worried, said hurriedly: "I picked it, but I picked it for playing, so I know I can't eat it all and throw it away."

Aunt Zhou breathed a sigh of relief: "That's good, don't pick that kind of vegetable when you see it in the future, it will eat dead people."

"Well, I see." Shen Yuan obediently responded.

"Then you wash slowly, Madam will go back first." Madam Zhou said, soaking the vegetable basket in the water, and carrying it home.

After Aunt Zhou left, Shen Yuan and Ji Feng squatted down, first took out the fungus from the basket and soaked them in a basin.

The medicinal materials were covered with mud, and Shen Yu'an saw that there was no one at the laundry well, so he went there to wash with a basket.

On Erjing's side, Mrs. Shen, Shen Wen's wife and others are still chatting.

"I heard that Wang Xiucai has returned to the village. I met him when I came to the well just now."

Shen shi spoke loudly on purpose, and peeked at Shen Yuan from the corner of her eye as she spoke. If Shen Yuan heard about Wang Xiucai in the past, he must have gone crazy to look for him, and then the whole village would go to Su's house to watch tricks.

But today...

Shen Yuan washed the medicinal materials slowly, as if he didn't hear it.

It's strange, Shen's mind is full of doubts, is this stupid, poisonous and nympho Shen Yuan deaf or has changed his temper?
The other women are also quite strange, especially Shen Wen's daughter-in-law, who is a little interested in Shen Yuan's man, Ji Xun, and is eager to see Shen Yuan reconcile or make a fool of himself. I don’t know which girl has the honor to talk about marriage in our village.”

"Really?" A look of joy appeared in Shen's eyes. Her daughter Shen Xi also liked Wang Xiucai. Before that, Wang Xiucai taught Shen Xi how to read and write. Later, because of Shen Yu'an, a nympho, Wang Xiucai's village dared not Gradually, she became estranged from Shen Xi.

Now that he has specified that he wants to talk about marriage in the village, isn't his precious daughter's chance coming?

Shen Wen's daughter-in-law affirmed: "Of course it is true, otherwise what is he going back to the village today? I heard that there is no request, and it is fine to leave."

These words were deliberately said for Shen Yuan, if Shen Yuan had heard this in the past, he would have thrown the basket away, and went back to find Ji Xun to make peace or pester Wang Xiucai.

But at this moment, Shen Yuan seemed to be deaf and didn't respond, but Shen's reaction was a bit strong, "That's a scholar, is he willing to want a woman from Heli? Impossible."

Shen Wen's daughter-in-law hurriedly winked at Mrs. Shen, implying that she was fooling a fool, are you serious?

Shen understood it, and hurriedly rounded up the words: "Damn~~ There is nothing impossible in this world, there are a lot of people who are married to big girls with yellow flowers, as long as you like it."

"Isn't it? A cousin of my mother's family is like this. My cousin sister-in-law fell in love with my cousin before they divorced. Afterwards, they became a happy couple..." Shen Wen's daughter-in-law said. Shen Yuyan stood up before she fell, and Shen was overjoyed when she saw this, ha~~ I saw a trick!
Ji Feng also stood up awkwardly, and anxiously called out "Sister-in-law." He was afraid that Shen Yu'an would leave him, and go to Wang Xiucai to pester him to beg her.

What everyone didn't expect was that Shen Yu'an walked up to Ji Feng, touched the melon seeds on his little head, and said calmly, "Is it finished washing? Let's go home."

"After washing, go home." Ji Feng replied loudly, almost bursting into tears just now.

This is the daughter-in-law that my brother spent all his money to get back. He must help his brother watch over his sister-in-law and prevent others from snatching her away.

Along the way, Ji Feng held Shen Yu'an's hand tightly, almost making her laugh, this little guy, I don't know what's going on in his heart.

The women at the well looked at each other in blank dismay, as if they didn't know Shen Yuan, is this... still that idiot Shen? "

Back in the cave, Ji Xun had already cooked the porridge, and it was cold on the table.

With a cold face, he didn't look at Shen Yuan, and didn't talk to her. When Yuan came in, he was clumsily holding a needle and mending Ji Feng's torn pants.

Shen Yuan couldn't help being amused, no wonder the crooked stitches on the clothes and quilts were patched by this [-]-meter man, but his hands are really beautiful, with slender and well-proportioned joints and fine pores, they don't look like the hands of a farmer ?

Shen Yuan glanced at Ji Xun, then walked into the cave, put away the well-washed century-old ginseng, found an old dustpan in the corner, and left the cave.

Put the washed medicinal materials into categories on the dustpan, then put the dustpan on the clothes hanger, Shen Yuan picked up the empty back basket and went into the cave.

"Ah Feng, go get a big bowl." Shen Yuan put the basket in the corner and turned to tell Ji Feng.

"En." Ji Feng quickly brought the bowl and put it on the table.

Apart from the bowl, there was also a wooden basin on the table, in which were soaked fungus, which looked very brittle.

Ji Feng stared at the fungus for a moment, "Sister-in-law, how do you eat this fungus?" During these days, it is rare to see different food at home, and the little guy's eyes are full of anticipation.

"Cold salad." Shen Yuan replied.

First blanch the fungus, then soak it in cold water, wash your hands and tear the fungus into a bowl.

"Is there any chili pepper?" She also asked casually. Many things in modern times are imported from abroad, such as tomatoes and potatoes. I don't know if there are chili peppers here.

"There is chili powder." Ji Feng replied.

Sure enough, it is an empty dynasty, and there are peppers, surprise!He hurriedly ordered Ji Feng to bring the chili powder.

I searched around again, and found a sour jar in the corner, with half a jar of capers in it, I remember it was sent by Mrs. Wang.I dipped it in some sour water and tasted it, hey, it’s quite fragrant, the authentic old altar sour water, I scooped up a little for later use.

After the fungus is torn, add an appropriate amount of salt to the bowl, pour a spoonful of chili powder, pour a little sour water, and sprinkle the wild onions pulled back by Ji Feng before. After mixing, the color and fragrance are delicious.

(End of this chapter)