A good time for farming through the ages

Chapter 154 [154] Trading Cows (2000)

This should be the second time the family mentioned the scene of being rejected for buying a donkey, right?
In fact, she can also understand the original intention of everyone wanting to buy donkeys to reduce the workload, but what Tao Yi said is also the current reality, you can't do it if you don't value it.

The bullock cart walked for more than two hours before arriving at the nearest Shouyang Mountain. Compared with the mountain city, the so-called mountain is much shorter than the mountain city. A lot of trees grew.

The best time to collect winter bamboo shoots is from late October to early February in the lunar calendar, and the best time to dig spring bamboo shoots is from mid-to-late March to around Qingming in the Gregorian calendar. Therefore, they can dig now until around Qingming in principle.

Many people say the difference between spring bamboo shoots and winter bamboo shoots. In fact, sometimes Zhuo Lin can't tell the difference, so when she asked, Tao Yi, who was closer to her, replied.

"The difference between them can be divided into several aspects. The first is that they are harvested in different seasons. My aunt just told you about it. The second is that the growth parts are different. Winter bamboo shoots refer to unearthed moso bamboo shoots. , are the tender stems of moso bamboo that grow under the soil in winter, and spring bamboo shoots are the shoots that break out of the soil, which belong to the young shoots of bamboo shoots."

"In addition, their shapes are also different. The spring bamboo shoots are long and thin, with greenish purple skins, while the winter bamboo shoots are short, thick and fat, with dark brown skins. Well, that's how it is."

"Of course, the nutritional value varies with the picking season. Compared with winter bamboo shoots, the nutritional value of spring bamboo shoots is obviously higher. After all, spring bamboo shoots grow out of tender shoots and are known as the 'King of Vegetables'. Because of their tender meat, they are also known as It is called 'Shan Bazhen', and it has a long history in our country, but winter bamboo shoots are a bit hard, and they are still cold food, so children and the weak should eat less."

The auntie happened to chop some thicker winter bamboo shoots, and she admired Tao Yi's well-founded explanation.

"You child, if you don't study in the future, you will lose the material. Take a look at what you said. You know more than the old men in the village. I have to tell your aunt when I go back. I must help you study hard. .”

"Auntie was joking again. It's actually nothing. I'll remember it after I hear it a lot, but is it really okay for our cow to be placed under the mountain? Will it be stolen? If the cow is lost, Our family can’t afford it.”

Not to mention that Tao Yi was worried, Zhuo Lin also looked down the mountain from time to time, and Auntie saw that he was so worried, so she said.

"Now each village has one cow. It belongs to the collective property of the village. Who dares to steal it? He wouldn't dare to pull it out and use it after stealing it back? If it is killed, it will be imprisoned, so don't worry. , no one stole this. Besides, we are deliberately on the side of the mountain, so we can look down the mountain from time to time?"

"We are far away, so we have to go if we can't dig much. It's better than people who live at the foot of the mountain. Hurry up and dig more, and you can add a few fresh vegetables when you go home."

No matter what season the bamboo shoots are, they can be sold at a good price in the city, so the people who come here to dig bamboo shoots are basically people from nearby. For those who are far away, they rent a ox cart to drive here on the same day. Not many people can do it.

The production rate of winter bamboo shoots is quite high in this era, but they can’t support the working people who are leisurely at home in winter, so they searched for most of the day but failed to find three or five, and even three of them were grown by Zhuo Lin.

However, there are quite a lot of shepherd's purses in the mountains, the kind that is slightly purple and brown, not a serious grass green, it doesn't look very good, but it is delicious.

But the aunt said that this kind of shepherd's purse has higher nutritional value, but unfortunately it is a bit small, so it is not convenient to choose.

But there are a lot of these things, and a large piece grows out, and it is convenient for her to squat there and encourage them to grow up in large pieces.

There are not too many white wormwood in the mountain, and the ones found are not big, but the white wormwood in the first month has the greatest medicinal value. The three of them wandered around the mountain until three or four in the afternoon. When the three bamboo baskets were full, they began to go down the mountain. .

However, when she saw the cow at the foot of the mountain, Zhuo Lin felt something was wrong.

"Auntie, this cow is not ours, look at it, it doesn't look very healthy, and our cow is a little stronger than it looks!"

Chen Qiuxia was loading things on the bullock cart, she panicked instantly when she heard this, she quickly turned around to observe, she didn't know if she didn't observe, she slapped and pushed violently when she saw it.

"Sorrowful, who is this wicked person who gave us a sick cow?"

Zhuo Lin used her own vines to check the body of the cow, and found that there was nothing serious about it, but some diarrhea, and the cow was two or three years younger than their previous one.

There were many resting people sitting at the foot of the mountain. They were choosing vegetables while observing the situation here. Zhuo Lin soon saw a middle-aged man with dodging eyes in the crowd. Looking at the people around him, he was obviously an insider. Well, if the trouble is not good, it’s just the people in their village. It costs money to treat sick cows. The money saved in the village can be distributed to them personally at the end of the year, so it’s normal for them to be in groups.

When the aunt asked around, no one responded to her. Zhuo Lin approached the middle-aged man and stared seriously at his eyes.

"You got the cow in exchange, right?"

The middle-aged man's face instantly turned red, and he was a little bit annoyed when he was exposed by a child on the spot, and he yelled loudly.

"Whose child are you, what nonsense are you talking about? You bitch too, why isn't this your cow? This is clearly your cow. The big guys are resting here. No one sees it. right?"

When Chen Qiuxia asked just now, no one responded, but now it's a good thing, everyone stood up and responded, hehe, the purpose is too strong.

Zhuo Lin looked at the people around her coldly, and thought to herself: "Since you are not telling the truth, then don't blame me for being rude."

She then transferred the sickness from the sick cow to the middle-aged man, and said harshly: "You will be punished."

Then he tugged at the auntie's sleeve: "Let's go!"

The auntie looked unwilling, but Zhuo Lin and Tao Yi were teasing her, so she had no choice but to leave.

On the road, before Zhuo Lin could think of a way to tell the reason, Tao Yi tentatively looked at the aunt.

"The cow just looks listless. It may not be really sick. Let's observe it all night. If there is no problem, we can still make money!"

Chen Qiuxia was stunned, and couldn't help sitting up: "I made money? I don't know how to explain to the village when I took a sick cow back. Why do you still say you made money?"

(End of this chapter)