Good farming at the foot of Changbai Mountain

Chapter 50

In the next few days, Jinghan and the others went up the mountain to prick the tender shoots, and then Zhiming took Wenhan to the town to sell them.By the way, buy some things for home use, sometimes, Wen Han will also buy some delicious food back.There are a total of eight children in the family, and they put in a lot of effort every day, so it is natural to encourage them all at once.

The time for the thorn buds to be sold is not long, that is, eight or nine days, but they have saved more than two taels of silver.Mrs. Chen led Mrs. Xue and Mrs. Zhu to visit Huixin in the town for a day. Of course, she brought some things, but nothing else, just two hens and more than 20 eggs.

After returning from Tao's house, there was a smile on Chen's face.It can be seen that because Huixin had a child, the Tao family treated Huixin well.In addition, this natal family also has a long face, so some firewood was given to them, and Huixin brought things to see when she was pregnant. How could the Tao family find any faults?So it's okay for Huixin, and I didn't make things difficult for her.

Zhiming went to the town these few days, but he found out from the pharmacy in the town that they could collect some medicinal materials, so Zhiming took the time to go into the forest to dig for medicinal materials.Jinghan asked curiously, and then Zhiming began to teach Jinghan to identify medicinal materials.In fact, there are many medicinal materials that Jing Han knows. She has lived here since she was a child, and has heard of many of them, so Jing Han learned quickly.It was as if Zhiming had discovered a treasure, and he insisted on teaching Jinghan to learn medicine. Jinghan thought about it, anyway, it would be good to learn a little bit anyway.Farmers rarely ask a doctor when they are sick, and they all fight at home. If they can understand a little bit, it will be useful to some extent.As a result, Jinghan has one more job every day, which is to learn medical skills and dig medicinal materials with Zhiming.

In the woods at this time, the only things that can be dug up are fritillary and fine ginseng, and the rest of the medicinal materials are not very successful and cannot be counted.Moreover, the poles of the fritillary will turn yellow and fall down after a while, so Jinghan also seized the time to dig more fritillary.The medicinal materials that were dug out were all dried in the sun, and when there were a lot of them, they could be sold.

It was time to pick up the weeds in the mallet field, Zhixin and Zhiming led Wenhan and Wencheng to weed.This is the most tiring job.You have to kneel on the surface of the pool, and then use your hands to shake off the grass between the sticks.It is also necessary to crush all the soil on the surface of the pool by hand, otherwise it will affect the growth of the club, especially if the pool is not well, it is necessary to loosen the soil well.Everyone in the village also came to work. Naturally, the Xu family also provided hot meals for everyone. Everyone was very grateful, and some people would bring some things from home, which were just green onions, leeks and so on. Yes, the Xu family doesn't have these this year.

One day, Lin Jiaxing brought his daughter-in-law and Zixuan to pull weeds, and unexpectedly brought five goslings to Xu's family. Not long after they were born, the goslings were all fluffy, waddling and very cute. "Sister-in-law Xu, these are five goslings that my family brought out for you. There are plenty of grass on this mountain, so it's easy to raise them. When the time comes, the male will kill and eat, and the female will keep the eggs." Zixuanniang said.

Seeing the little geese, Mrs. Xue was very energetic and very happy. "Oh, these five goslings cost a little money. Just wait, I'll get you some money." At this time, one gosling costs about ten yuan, and five goslings are not a lot. Can take advantage of others.

"Okay, sister-in-law, it's just a few goslings, it's nothing. I know your family doesn't have one. If your family has one, I won't give it to you. It's not easy for you to live on the mountain. I don't want your money." Xuan Niang is determined not to.

Seeing this, Mrs. Xue did not force it, "Okay, if you say so, I will keep it, and when I have something good, I will keep it for you."

Zixuanniang hurriedly followed Jiaxing to weed, the Xu family had already finished their work, so Jinghan and Wenhan went to help the Lin family with work.Niang Zixuan saw it, and hurriedly refused to let her go, "Wenhan, Jinghan, you better not touch your hands, this work is very tiring."

"Auntie, it's okay. Isn't our family finished? I don't have anything to do when I'm free. I can help you a little bit so that you won't be overwhelmed." Wen Han said.

"Okay, then do it slowly, especially Jinghan, you are a girl, don't be too tired. This job is not easy." Zixuanniang urged.

Jinghan nodded, she also went to help when weeding at home.Besides, in the previous life, he did all kinds of ground work, and he is very familiar with these.Kneeling down on the edge of the pond face, and then quickly picked up the weeds growing on it with small hands, and loosened the soil by the way.

Although Wen Han and Jing Han are both children, they are not doing well, but the addition of two people can be regarded as some help.Therefore, the Xu family's work today is also very fast. In one day's work, twenty or so feet were squeezed out.From this point of view, it would take less than three days to finish all of them.

Before leaving, Zixuan told Wenhan that he had memorized all the things taught by his husband, and also kept all the questions given by him.Waiting for my father to bring it to Wenhan next time, so that Wenhan will not be left behind too much.After Wenhan heard this, he was naturally very grateful to Zixuan. "Zixuan, thank you. I'm afraid I won't be able to go back to school for a while. With what you said, I won't miss too much." Wen Han is actually very reluctant to leave the school. I will take time to study, and I will lead my younger siblings to read every afternoon. In this way, the children have some serious work to do.

Days passed, and the children's lives gradually became more regular. Every morning, they would practice martial arts with Zhixin, go to the forest to pick wild vegetables and dig medicinal materials after breakfast, eat at noon, and after taking a nap, they would learn to read with Wenhan. , reading books, every day is very fulfilling.Jinghan was already able to read and write, so she put more energy into learning medicine from her third uncle.

This morning, Wen Han saw that his siblings were all there, so he said, "Let's go, let's go to the riverside and have a look. At this time, the fish are biting the flood season. Maybe we can bring more fish back." This piece of ginseng is very close to a river, maybe three or four miles away, it is a big river.Jinghan and the others didn't know about it at first, but later they found out that there was no well in the Shenchang, and it was Zhixin who went to fetch water in the morning.After asking, I found out that there is actually a river here.

Jinghan naturally likes to go to the riverside to play, and it happens that Mrs. Xue soaked a lot of clothes and needs to wash them.So everyone carried basins, docks and other things together, and walked to the river.

When they came to the river, Jinghan and Jingya helped their mother and aunt wash their clothes, while Wenhan led Wencheng and Wenxuan to Wuyu.Washing clothes by the river is the most fun. Find a few large flat rocks, and then beat the clothes vigorously with a wooden stick.These clothes have been soaked in water of plant ash, which is equivalent to soaking in washing powder.At this time, there was no soap, washing powder, etc. People usually used plant ashes to pour boiled water into the laundry, and then waited for the water to cool, and kept the clear water on top to soak the clothes.In this way, the clothes can be washed clean, but it is troublesome and needs to be soaked in advance.

With a mallet in her hand, Jinghan beat her clothes over and over again, and the dirty water flowed into the river little by little.After beating, give it to Mrs. Xue or Mrs. Zhu, let them pass it in the river several times, and wring it dry.Today's weather is fine, and it won't take long to dry it on the big rocks by the river.So the stones by the river were covered with clothes to dry.

"Sister-in-law, the Dragon Boat Festival is just around the corner. My mother didn't say how to celebrate this year's Dragon Boat Festival?" Mrs. Zhu asked while working.

"I didn't hear what she said. I guess this year's Dragon Boat Festival will be like that. Our family is like this now. How can we prepare delicious food? Let's deal with it. Wait for two years to slow down and talk about it." Xue Shi Shaking his head, life is pretty good these days, at least there is a place to live, and there is no shortage of food and drink, that's great.As for the holidays or something, I dare not think about it.

"Hey, it's all because of us. Otherwise, how could our family have come to this point?" Mrs. Zhu has always felt sorry for her family, and the family has sold all the house and land, and the whole family ran to this barren mountain. Come and see.

"Okay, Yingzi, I don't blame you for this matter. We are all one family, so don't worry about that." Seeing Zhu's appearance, Mrs. Xue quickly comforted her.Jing Wan who happened to be at the side also pounded a dress and handed it to her mother.Mrs. Zhu took the clothes and rinsed them back and forth in the water, so she didn't have time to think about them anymore.

After all, there are more people and more strength. It didn't take long for the clothes to be washed. Looking at the clothes hanging on the big rocks, everyone felt a sense of accomplishment.When Jinghan was free, she ran to the shallow water and kicked those small stones with her feet, but unexpectedly found crayfish in the water. "Mother, there are crickets here. Come on, let's catch crickets. It's fine to cook and eat when you go home, or you can make cricket tofu." People here already know crickets, and they all know how to eat them. , That's why Jinghan said that.

Mrs. Xue also lifted a stone, and sure enough, there were crickets under the stone, one by one, not small in size. "Okay, grab some and go home. It's good to cook and eat." These things are actually the children's favorite food.The children haven't seen many meat stars these days, this one is meat at any rate, it's good to get some relief.As he spoke, he began to turn over rocks and catch crayfish.

There are quite a lot of crayfish in this river, and it didn't take long to catch a pot. "Okay, let's grab these today, enough to eat." Xue said.

Jinghan looked at the crayfish in the basin, they were really big, and they were never seen like this in the previous life.In the previous life, due to excessive fishing and heavy use of pesticides, the crickets in many rivers and rivers have been completely extinct. Only a few deep mountains and old forests and a few rivers can see wild crickets in the wild.It is really a happy thing to be able to eat such a big crayfish again.Jinghan recalled the delicious smell of cricket tofu in her memory, and couldn't help drooling a little.

(End of this chapter)