Farmhouse with a little field

Chapter 12
"What? You said one or two taels of silver? Did I hear you right?" Han Qingmei's face turned pale with shock. They are almost having trouble getting enough to eat now, so where did they get so much money!

Jiang Shouren lowered his head, and continued to sigh: "It's a tael of silver, and my mother told me to send it within ten days."

"Father, you know what's going on with our family. We can't even get a penny, so where did we get a tael of silver?" Han Qingmei was about to cry.

Jiang Duyue was also a little angry when she heard this. Although she didn't know exactly what a tael of silver represented, she knew that a tael of silver was an astronomical figure for her family from the looks of her parents.

Are those people in the Zhao family really bullying people too easily, or are they just trying to get revenge on themselves?
"Father, did you agree?" But right now, this question is the most important.

Jiang Shouren glanced at Jiang Duyue and nodded dully. Under the circumstances, it was difficult for him not to agree!

Jiang Duyue suddenly became even more frustrated: "Father, since you know we can't afford this tael of silver, why do you still agree to grandma?"

"That's right, dad, even if you sell me, it's not worth a tael of silver!" Xiaonian was also in a hurry, he couldn't even eat the cornbread in his hand.

Jiang Shouren opened his mouth, but didn't say anything, he could only lower his head even lower.

Han Qingmei was also speechless at this moment, if she just bought two pairs of soles, then she could do it, but what mother asked for was a tael of silver!This is simply to kill them!

Seeing Jiang Shouren's appearance, Jiang Duyue immediately became furious: "Since Dad agreed, he must have figured out a way, mother, let's leave this matter alone, let's eat first!"

Xiaonian was also very dissatisfied with Jiang Shouren's actions. Although he had lost his appetite at this time, he still grabbed a bun and chewed it vigorously, as if to vent his anger.

Han Qingmei wiped the corners of her eyes, and left the kitchen without saying anything.

Jiang Shouren was also in a bad mood. He was scolded by his mother in the old house before, and was forced to agree to this request. He was already very tired, and in the end he had to face the cold treatment of his wife and children when he returned home. Even more bitter.

If in the past, Qingmei would be anxious and worried when encountering this kind of thing, but she would definitely come to comfort herself, and Xiaoyue and Xiaonian would never vent their anger on herself, but how could it become like this now?

Jiang Shouren was already very depressed about the old house, and now he was treated so coldly, he felt even more uncomfortable, but it was all because of his incompetence, so what could he say? ?

After drinking another bowl of soup, Jiang Duyue took Xiaonian out together, just after eating, she really needed to go out for some activities, and get acquainted with the environment here by the way.

"Xiao Nian, what kind of village are we?" Jiang Duyue asked while walking on the road.

Xiaonian didn't feel strange about Jiang Duyue's "amnesia" anymore, so he directly explained the situation of the village: "Our village is called Qingyuan Village. I heard from my mother that there are about 50 families living in our village. Most of them are I make a living by farming, but there seems to be a family who is a landlord, and there are more than 100 mu of land around our village!"

"Oh, are there any mountains or rivers near the village?" Jiang Duyue nodded to express his understanding.

Xiao Nian gestured to the east: "There is a hill over there, and there is a pool at the foot of the hill. I used to take a bath there before!"

"Then let's go over there and have a look?" Hearing that there are mountains in this village, Jiang Duyue's eyes lit up immediately. As the saying goes, "eating mountains by relying on mountains", it can be seen that there are treasures everywhere on the mountains, maybe I can find them. What a valuable thing!
Xiaonian didn't have any objection to this, the two directly changed direction and headed towards the mountain, but when they got to the front, Jiang Duyue's enthusiasm was extinguished immediately.

Rather than saying that this is a mountain, it is better to say that this is a big bag of soil. From a visual point of view, it is not bad that this mountain can be 50 meters high.

But fortunately, this soil bag is green in patches, covered with weeds, and there are some sparse shrubs and trees growing there. Although a little disappointed, Jiang Duyue still has the last hope in his heart, even though this mountain is A little small, but maybe there is treasure hidden in it?

"Let's go up, let's go up and have a look!" Jiang Duyue clenched his fists and dragged Xiaonian up the mountain with high spirits.

Xiaonian felt a little strange about his own sister's situation: "Sister, you used to come here with your mother to cut pigweed, don't you even forget this?"

"Well, cutting pigweed is certainly a bad memory for my sister." Jiang Duyue walked up and looked around carefully.

Xiao Nian followed suit, but didn't find anything interesting about these weeds.

It's mid-April, and it's the time when the grass grows and the warbler flies, but Jiang Duyue has been looking for a long time, but she can't see anything useful to herself, or it should be said that the types of plants she can recognize are actually very limited, except for the plants in her previous life. Jiang Duyue hardly recognized any of the wild vegetables that he had eaten in the countryside.

Huh, wild vegetables?

Yes, it would be nice if I could find some edible wild vegetables to take home, it would be more comfortable than facing a plate of strange-tasting pickles all the time.

Thinking about it this way, Jiang Duyue stopped thinking about other things, but lowered her head to look for wild vegetables.

Sure enough, she lived up to her expectations, and after a while, she found a piece of shepherd's purse. In the previous life, Jiang Duyue's grandmother liked to make shepherd's purse and egg dumplings, and Jiang Duyue liked it too.

"Sister, what are you doing picking these weeds?" Xiaonian looked at Jiang Duyue puzzled.

Jiang Duyue was taken aback, don't people here eat shepherd's purse?Although this thing is indeed a cheap wild vegetable, if it is cooked well, it still tastes very good!

"Xiao Nian, this kind of wild vegetable is edible, and I'll cook it for you when I get back." Jiang Duyue turned her head to look at Xiao Nian.

Xiaonian's eyes widened immediately: "Sister, this is just a weed, how could it be edible?"

"Don't worry about it, you'll know when I go back and make it for you!" Jiang Duyue didn't explain much. It seems that people here don't have the habit of eating wild vegetables, or they regard these edible wild vegetables as food. Weeds are simply ignored.

Because she didn't bring a basket, Jiang Duyue only picked two small bundles of shepherd's purse, tied them with braided straw, and put them on her shoulders one after the other. After that, she found a small piece of mint, a large piece of amaranth, and a Chinese toon tree. , and finally even found a pepper tree.

It's only April now, and the pepper trees have just begun to grow leaves, and it will take a long time for the peppercorns to mature.

However, Jiang Duyue was already very satisfied with her harvest. She picked some wild vegetables that she could recognize and eat, and told Xiaonian what these vegetables were one by one. After that, Jiang Duyue thought of another one question.

"Xiao Nian, do we have any eggs?" Jiang Duyue asked.

As expected, Xiaonian really shook his head: "Our family doesn't have eggs, but the old house has eggs, it's just..." It's just that the Zhao family will definitely not give them.

Jiang Duyue naturally thought of this too, she thought and thought, if there were no eggs, then she could only eat shepherd's purse with cold dressing, even though it could be eaten cold, but it was not as good as shepherd's purse and egg dumplings tasty.

"Sister, why don't I go to the old house and ask? Sister, do you really want eggs? Can duck eggs be made? Duck eggs are worthless, maybe the milk is willing to give me two!" Xiaonian didn't want to see her sister so listless look.

Jiang Duyue blinked: "Duck eggs are worthless? What does that mean?"

"Sister, why did you even forget this? The duck eggs are so fishy, ​​they don't taste good, and of course they are worthless! The milk was cheated by someone, so I bought a few ducks, but I didn't want to throw them away. .” Xiaonian explained conscientiously.

Jiang Duyue rolled her eyes and asked again: "But aren't duck eggs delicious when eaten?"

"Pickled duck eggs? Sister, are you joking? I've never heard of anyone eating duck eggs like this. Can duck eggs be eaten like this?" Xiaonian curled his lips in disgust, as if salted duck eggs are something that people can't stand like something.

Jiang Duyue couldn't help being amused, it seems that people here don't know the existence of salted duck eggs, so can he make some money through this?
But when I think about Xiaonian's expression just now, I guess other people think the same way. Even if I really make the salted duck eggs, no one will be willing to buy them at all.

"Sister, I'd better go to the old house and ask!" Although Xiaonian didn't understand why his sister would say such strange things as pickled duck eggs, but since she wanted eggs and duck eggs, then he would go over and ask. Just be scolded by the grandma.

Jiang Duyue thought for a while, then shook her head decisively, not to mention whether Mrs. Zhao would give it, even if she was willing to give it, Jiang Duyue would not dare to take it, who knows if those few eggs would cause a murder?
"Xiao Nian, why don't we dig out the bird's nest?" Jiang Duyue suddenly had a whimsical idea.

She looked around, and sure enough, she saw bird nests on many trees. Although it might be a little early in this season, there might be something to be gained.

Xiaonian's eyes also brightened, but soon dimmed again: "But the trees on this mountain are too tall, I can't climb up at all!"

"It's okay, sister is a good tree climber!" Just do it, Jiang Duyue made some calculations, and directly chose a poplar tree that was not too tall, "Xiao Nian, you are waiting for me under the tree. Don't run around, you understand?"

Xiaonian was still a little worried: "Sister, do you really want to climb up? This tree is so tall, if you..."

"Don't worry, I will be very careful!" In her previous life, Jiang Duyue was not a good child, she always liked to play with a group of boys, dig out bird nests, pick mulberries, eat acacia flowers... She did everything. Pass.

Jiang Duyue made some preparations and started to climb up. At the beginning, she was a little unskilled, but she quickly became agile and climbed to the place where the bird's nest was. Unfortunately, the bird's nest was empty. Nothing at all.

Jiang Duyue climbed several trees in a row, but found nothing, and felt a little disappointed in her heart. Could it be that the season here is not right?

"Sister, why don't I go to the old house and ask?" Xiaonian looked at Jiang Duyue worriedly. Although her sister's movements seemed very skilled, looking at such a tall tree, Xiaonian still felt that the tremble.

Jiang Duyue sighed: "I'll try one last time, if I don't have it this time, I won't look for it!"

After finishing speaking, he climbed up another tree, thinking that he must have found nothing, but when he climbed to the bird's nest, Jiang Duyue saw three small sparrow eggs lying quietly inside.

For a moment, Jiang Duyue was surprised and delighted, almost fell off the tree in excitement, she carefully put the sparrow egg in her pocket, and then slowly slid down.

When Jiang Duyue landed on the ground, Xiaonian also heaved a sigh of relief: "Sister, let's go back, you are too scary."

"What do you think this is?" Jiang Duyue smiled, and took out the three sparrow eggs that seemed to be still warm from the pocket beside her.

(End of this chapter)