Chapter 313: You didn’t expect it (two chapters in one)

"Young and old men, old sisters, let's go."

Mrs. Xu drives a donkey cart, and Xu Tianxin drives another.

Although in the season of April, there is still no singing of birds and fragrance of flowers in the south, the various clouds in the Northeast, coupled with the clear sky, can rival the beauty of any flower.

The donkey cart of the grandfather and grandson was parked among the green water and green mountains.

They held their whips and waved to everyone, and one of them said:

"When there are fish in the river, I will bring you boiled birch bark. Don't worry, peel it first."

"When I buy the silk paper, I will send it to you to make a screen paper curtain. For now, use the bamboo curtain to make a rougher paper. It doesn't matter. Apply tung oil on it. It can still be used as window paper and an umbrella."

If you dye it, you can actually make colored paper.

"Hey, remember it!"

The villagers in Leijiawo couldn't help but followed the donkey cart for a long distance, and added to their grandfather and grandson's behalf:

"We all remember that in April we gathered wild vegetables; in May we harvested mugwort; in June we gathered spring fungus and those kinds of immortal grasses collected in Tianxin; in July we gathered linden honey and Ganoderma lucidum; in August we picked wild fruits; in September we gathered wild fruits; We dig wild ginseng in the moon; we harvest hazelnuts, pine nuts and large walnuts at the beginning of autumn; we pick mushrooms in October and fish for wood frogs to make snow clams. As long as we keep going up the mountains and down the rivers until November, I will surely deliver them all to you before the weather gets cold."

Including all kinds of paper and as many birch tents as you want.

The more the folks in Leijiawo kept asking them to do something, the more reluctant they were to let go of the Xu family.

After this year, not counting the income from farming, as long as they follow in the footsteps of the Xu family's ancestors and grandsons, they will be able to maintain a stable job and have a full meal just by relying on side jobs.

After Xu Tianxin left, a few little girls couldn't hold it back and cried. Their mothers teased you for being such a naughty girl, but you didn't expect that you were quite emotional. He also asked if he envied the girl from Erdaohe right now.

The girls feel that they have nothing in common with their mothers. Who would have thought about the days when they were wilting eggplants? Just like you don’t envy Erdaohe and don’t look forward to good times, what are you enjoying these two days? Stomping away angrily.

"Huh? My temper is getting worse."

But Leili was laughing and answered:

"Why are you scolding a child? I think the girls from Erdaohe are all a bit short-tempered, but they all speak crisply and are very sincere.

I'm optimistic that the prosperous family will be promising if they have to be more powerful. At least the head of the family has the final say. If you can't beat him with a stick, you can't be appointed. Your son-in-law doesn't even understand, how can you expect your mother's family to borrow money from you? "

Don't be taught like that.

It can be seen that this is the aesthetic taste of Northeastern people, and they are very interested in girls who are full of energy.

"Besides, it's definitely a good thing to want to go to Erdao River. This is called being discerning. Later, I will go to Erdao River to draw young men to marry the good girls in our village. Then I will go there and go back to draw. A good girl, marry a good boy from our village."

Mrs. Lei originally thought her man was talking nonsense and didn't pay attention to it. She just got to work quickly. She didn't realize that this year's work schedule was already full.

When he heard this, his eyes lit up and he couldn't help but clapped his hands and said with a smile:

"It's not that bad! Although your grandpa Li Zheng has a beautiful idea, it's not that he doesn't have any hope.

At least if this is the case, then our two villages will be able to exchange jobs. The secret recipe will not be leaked at all, and there will be no delay in making money regardless of whether we marry him or give him away.

So kids, this time there is no mountain pressure on our shoulders, and no one will care if we go up the mountain again, so we must show the energy of the mountain people. Our village must become rich, so Miss Erdaohe will come. Only then will your Grandpa Lizheng and I have the confidence to propose marriage. "

I don’t know which young man was the first to smile and shout cheekily: “Okay.”

Then, although the other strong young men were still a little embarrassed, they couldn't help but straighten their backs and their eyes were bright.

Look, as soon as they heard about marrying a wife, these young men in their 17s and 18s became very enthusiastic. This carrot was dangled in front of them.

Now that she was talking about the secret recipe, Mrs. Lei specially called everyone together before starting work and asked:

"We will never allow a mouse excrement to turn a pot of soup into a pot of fishy soup. If anyone dares to tell people how to make paper, leaving the whole village without food, and making it impossible for our family to live in front of Erdaohe Lizheng and the Xu family, then You can try to live a life in the village in the future. If you want to move out, you will have no way."

Otherwise, the village chief's wife is a powerful character: "Just in case you are talking nonsense, I also know that sometimes we all really don't mean it. In the future, no matter who comes to visit relatives, I must accompany them. Ok?"

"Okay!" The villagers thought to themselves: They are not short-sighted, any relative can visit their home and have a full meal. This time they did not even miss a word about the birch bark tent.

Whether everyone gathered together to discuss matters or bid farewell to the Xu family's ancestors and grandson, this was a rare moment of leisure for this village.

After a few words, the men from Leijiawo divided into four groups and went up the mountain.

One group is responsible for peeling the bark of the tree.

A group of people had to collect a lot of firewood and save it for cooking bark.

There is also a group cutting down wild kiwi vines in the mountains.

This is the key to making paper, which is called paper medicine. In the south, cactus, aloe vera, carambola vine, etc. are used as paper medicine. In the northeast, this kind of vine is rarely used.

As for the role of the wild kiwi vine, without it, the paper would not be smooth, let alone flexible and strong.

Xu Tianxin ordered one hundred pieces of paper for one knife, and stacked them one knife at a time. Without this kind of paper medicine, the papers will not stick to each other and cannot be opened one by one to dry.

The men in Leijiawo have some moral character. At this time, they would rather spend more effort or get scratched, climb and then get in, choose to cut down the vines that will not affect the growth of wild kiwi fruit, or Cut only where there is room for buds to continue growing.

They believe that the people who guard the mountain should be like this, and nothing should be spoiled, so that future generations can eat and drink, and can also eat this sweet and sour green fruit. The locals don’t call it kiwi fruit, but call it round fruit. Dates.

As for a group of men making big wooden mallets for smashing paper pulp at the foot of the mountain.

The women were stepping on the cold river that had not melted through the ice nearby, washing the bark of the trees.

The old man is weaving bamboo mats.

It can be seen that the most ordinary piece of paper had to be washed, steamed, boiled and soaked in bark in ancient times. Then pound and beat, chop the soft bark into fine pieces, and disperse the leather fibers before beating, and then add the paper medicine. Use a heavy wooden board to press the paper. Finally, you have to uncover the paper one by one to dry it, and put the 100 dried papers into a knife.

In the early stage, Lei Jiawo could only make rough paper, so Xu Tianxin gave Lei Jiawo 35 cents for a piece of paper. This is already a sentimental price higher than the market price.

If given more, Xu Tianxin wouldn't be able to sell takeout.

But just this price has made the villagers of Leijiawo so happy that they can't sleep, and their hearts are burning just thinking about it. Xu's family doesn't have to worry about taking out food at all.

And everyone in their village can do this, and they can make at least fifty knives a day even during busy farming seasons. In one year, the entire village can earn nearly 800 taels of silver from the papermaking of Xu Tianxin's church.

A conservative estimate is that a family can earn almost ten taels of silver a year, plus other income from selling fruits, isn't this almost on par with other families in Erdaohe?

So Leili was planning to mention it to everyone when they were tired: just hold on to get ten taels, and work harder to get fifteen taels. It's up to you whether you want ten or fifteen taels at the end of the year.

It is said that this is what Liu Laozhu did, and the villagers in Erdaohe are now able to work better than donkeys. They wish that everyone on the kang was anxiously shouting: "Give me some work too."

At the same time, while all the villagers in Leijiawo were working enthusiastically, Mrs. Xu and Xu Tianxin had not traveled very far while driving.

Because the two women were squatting on the edge of the ground digging for mother-in-law dices and small roots of garlic. While digging, Mrs. Xu picked up a handful of soil and showed it to Xu Tianxin, that is, to the family members in the live broadcast room:

"See for yourselves, this black soil is full of oil, and it glows brightly when the sun shines on it. Think about this kind of black soil, what kind of vegetables and food can be grown on it, will it be delicious?

This is like some places where delicious hairy crabs are produced. Some sandy land produces delicious fruits. In some places, it is possible to raise silkworms and spin silk. This is determined by the geographical location and natural weather.

You can’t buy random things. If you want to buy something, buy local products.

The specialty of the place where grandma stayed was that the food was delicious and the vegetables were sweet. Don’t be dissatisfied. If you don’t believe me, if you eat vegetables from the black soil, you will feel the taste is bland compared to yours.

If you think about it, it only grows once a year, and it can feed you enough in that month.

Let's put it this way, you are the big CEO who takes his little wife back to the Northeast in the morning, and has to ask the big housekeeper to arrange a meal for him with pickles in the afternoon. Why are you laughing? Don't believe it, the CEO can't live without firewood, rice, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar and tea. "

At this time, Mrs. Xu’s fingernails were full of black soil. She clapped her hands and reminded:

“However, in this month, we can only sell small root garlic and mother-in-law dices for the first time. If you miss this, feel free to take pictures.

did you see it? Grandma and her mother-in-law dug all the baskets freshly, and they were very tender. They specially found this piece of land for our grandson and grandpa to dig. Their legs were so numb that they took half the morning off home to dig these baskets. They pulled them down when they were not sold.

Okay, grandma knows that many family members are already waiting impatiently.

Don't worry, if we meet by fate, grandma will let you taste the difference. I will also contribute to the popularization of black soil. The whole ticket is five yuan. You can go to the market and ask. It is not allowed to be fifteen or twenty-five in this season.

But one final reminder: Grandma's Ding is bitter after all. If you want to try it, just buy two kilograms. Those who can't eat bitter vegetables can wait for grandma's next crop. "

Then Mrs. Xu stood up after saying this: "Are you ready, family members?" Then she waved her hand to the sky: "Start the war song, get on the link!"

The war song in Lao Xu's live broadcast room is the same one: "Congratulations on getting rich, congratulations on being wonderful..."

Mrs. Xu stood between the two donkeys, observing the disappearance of the vegetables in the basket, while using a mother-in-law's tinkling as a microphone, she first sang along with two lines of the war hymn.

Mrs. Xu never cared about whether she sang well or not, so she became a singer if she could sing well. The family saw her grandma’s spirit and she just did it no matter what she did.

This is called the quality of a great anchor. He would rather go crazy to cheer up the atmosphere.

Then she shouted for wheat along with the war song, and the two donkeys also brayed:

“Come, come, come, come, those who are laid off from work, or those who ride motorcycles and can’t shift gears, if you see me selling vegetables, buy them as soon as possible, and I guarantee that you will say wow every time you eat them.

Mother-in-law Ding nourishes yin and eliminates fire, eliminates diseases, and relieves hundreds of poisons and lowers the three highs.

If you don’t buy it this time, pay attention. Wait for grandma’s rapeseed, cabbage, spinach, yam and ginger. I will sell them as long as they can be shipped.

You must eat grandma’s food. There is no one who can protect your pregnancy more naturally than me. You will be healthy year after year, and good luck and good things will come naturally! "

The war songs stopped, six baskets of photos were gone, and even her microphone disappeared with a whoosh and was sold.

Thanks to Kung Fu Dabao'er, he didn't take pictures of her, he was looking at the donkey.

Mrs. Xu has agreed with her family members in the live broadcast room that they will wait until they get home to dig vegetables before selling them. Big leaf celery, thorn sprouts, and sesame seeds are flying in the sky on the third day of March. Sign up for whatever wild vegetables you want to eat. As long as they are available here, we will all come together. Sell.

Mrs. Xu even pre-sold some, including those who want mugwort and aged moxa velvet. You can also pre-order now. Later, Aunt Tian Xin will sew the Dragon Boat Festival sachets for you. That old Chinese medicine doctor of your bald grandfather , I’m making moxibustion for you at home.

“And the village we just left, didn’t you hear it?

There are also good linden honey, snow honey, flower nectar, real wild fungus, spring fungus, hazelnuts, walnuts and pine nuts. Every season, grandma sells seasonal specialties.

Everyone in the family, grandma’s live broadcast ends here, she has something to do. It's not about going to the toilet. I'm afraid of live broadcasts when I go to the toilet, so I just squat in the meadow.

It's about doing something that's not allowed to be broadcast live. I'm afraid I'll be punished again and I'll nag you at home, ah? I will tell you everyone is safe, and I will teach you how to make meatballs. Goodbye, dear friends. "

Mrs. Xu didn't lie. The grandfather and grandson were not in a hurry to leave after the broadcast.

Mrs. Xu was cooking instant noodles on the spot. When Xu Tianxin and others arrived, she went to the toilet, and then looked into the distance with a setaria in her mouth.

Sure enough, after a while, the man finally showed up belatedly.

The other person's face was expressionless, but he knew he was a little embarrassed.

"General, what is your name?"

"To tell you what, girl, my subordinate's name is Ge Ba, and he's not a general."

Mrs. Xu handed over the instant noodles: "Eat it, it's not easy to come with us. Is Ge Qi your brother?" But he doesn't look much like him.

"...To answer the old lady's question, yes." They are all adopted sons taught by a master.

The secret guard Ge Qi who stayed in Erdaohe only followed Mrs. Xu and Xu Tianxin to the town. He was a familiar face. He winked at Geba, who was staying behind in town pretending to be a hawker, and told him to follow him.

Ge Qi needed to go back to the village and continue to pay attention to the girls who were making glycerin. He was afraid of trouble in the village, so he asked Ge Ba, a secret guard who went wherever he needed to go, and who was unlikely to be discovered, to follow the Xu family's ancestors and grandson to protect them.

When Mrs. Xu heard that in the past few days, Geba was wandering around the village during the day and living in a cave with ice at night, she suddenly became silent and thought that the ancient tomb belonged to the secret guard of your Zhenbei Army. A hiding place.

Ge Ba also wondered why he suddenly stored a large amount of ice cubes, which were frozen for him.

Xu Tianxin said: "My grandma knows, you can tell it to the general. Only my grandma knows, and only she knows. So we are waiting for you specially and want you to take these bottles of glycerin back. This is because I am not at home During these days, I selected some samples made by other people, but I don’t know if what they made is good, and I don’t have a place to try it, so you can try it yourself.”

He then handed over the tent-making method that he had already written to Ge Ba.

The beginning is all the villagers of Leijiawo Village, these few big characters.

Xu Tianxin hesitated.

Ge Ba said politely: "Miss, is there anything else you want to tell me?"

"I don't know if the general has been involved in this area. I'm afraid that he might misunderstand because he is in a high position. So what? You should know that we have been peeling bark from trees these days. Please tell the general whether it is paper tree or birch tree. When we peel off the bark of a tree, it will grow again without harming the tree. Even birch trees will peel off their bark if we don't peel it off. This is the metabolism of the tree itself, do you understand what I mean?"

Don't think that her uncles were just cutting down trees. They were even more ruthless, just peeling off the bark of trees.

Unexpectedly, Ge Ba also hesitated. He had a question to ask Xu Tianxin: "Dare you ask me, girl, how did you find me." He was clearly behind, a little far away. And he made sure that the grandfather and grandson would move forward all the way and never look back.

Xu Tianxin: "Hmm... Actually, I have a reversing mirror installed on my donkey cart."

 It's the last day, big beauty, please vote for the month, thank you.

  

 

(End of this chapter)

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