The first peasant daughter of the green garden

Chapter 46
The three of them went up the mountain along the path. The mountain was green with pines and cypresses, covered with a thick layer of dead pine needles.But the first time I came to the mountain, I am not very familiar with the growth location of the fungus. This fungus is a rare commodity, and it grows very secretly. It is usually hidden in the soil under the pine needles, and you have to observe carefully to find it.

Li Caiwei lowered her head, held a stick in her hand, and flicked around, but the situation was not very good. It had been a whole morning, and the basket was still empty.

Aunt Nian also searched carefully nearby, but found nothing.It was Li Ergou's daughter-in-law who found a few small ones.

Aunt Nian walked to her side and said softly: "I guess there is no place here, we have to find another place."

As soon as the two left, Liu Ergou's daughter-in-law had sharp eyes and followed immediately, her voice was so loud that the pine cones on the pine tree were shaken off, "Jiacheng daughter-in-law, wait for me." Liu Ergou's wife followed swiftly , I looked into Li Caiwei's basket and saw it was empty, and immediately laughed, "Why didn't you find any of them, it's been a morning." Then he picked up Aunt Nian's basket, "Aunt Nian, you don't call me every year when you go up the mountain, but I pick more than you every year!"

This is clearly a joke on the two of them.

Li Caiwei smiled reluctantly, "You are too young, I'm afraid you can't do much."

Liu Ergou's daughter-in-law proudly said: "If you can't make anything, you can still make soup. You have nothing here, and you can't make anything." Changed a place, but couldn't find it after searching for a long time, but found a sour jujube tree.

A layer of yellow jujube fell on the ground.

Aunt Nian bent down and picked up one, "Jia Cheng's daughter-in-law, try it, this one is very sweet."

Li Caiwei picked up the biggest one, peeled the skin and gave it to her mouth, a sweet and sour taste slowly spread in her mouth.This sour jujube is quite delicious.

"Aunt Nian, let's pick up some first."

The three picked up half a basket of jujubes.

Li Caiwei reckoned that it was three o'clock in the afternoon, if she still couldn't find any mushrooms, how could she cook chicken stewed with mushrooms?She saw that there were so many jujubes, and it was almost the same. Seeing that Liu Ergou's daughter-in-law seemed to have entered the money bank, she wished to pick up all the jujubes on the ground.

Just a few steps away from Aunt He Nian, Liu Ergou's wife rushed up and complained, "Why didn't you wait for me?"

Li Caiwei said speechlessly: "Liu Ergou's daughter-in-law, you are more than 30 years old, and you blame us for not knowing how to leave."

Since knowing that Li Caiwei has earned more than 100 taels of silver, she can't wait to flatter her every day, "Oh, my brain is not good, I'm afraid I'll get lost."

Not far from the jujube tree, Li Caiwei saw a huge white mushroom, which should be a fungus.

Aunt Nian saw that the surrounding grass was lush and green, so it should be enough, "My family is a daughter-in-law, there are probably a lot of mushrooms here, look carefully."

Sure enough, the place was full of mushrooms.There are several flowers hidden under each pine tree, and each one is huge and plump.

The three returned with a full load, not only picking mushrooms, but also picking up a basket of jujubes.When they arrived at the door, seeing Liu Ergou's wife had left, Li Caiwei dragged Aunt Nian into the house, "Aunt Nian, tomorrow we have to bring a bigger basket up the mountain so that we can pick up more jujubes."

"Okay, I still have a lot of big baskets at home, and I'll lend you two at that time. It's just that the sour jujube and sour teeth won't last long."

"I know a kind of dessert called Suanzao skin. At that time, I will make all the uneaten jujube skins. It is sour and sweet, and adults and children like to eat it. There are a lot of wild jujubes on this mountain. I want to make the jujube skins and take them away." What do you think about selling it at the market?"

"That's a good idea. There are a lot of jujubes on this mountain. People in the village don't like to eat them because they think it's too sour. But how do you make the jujube skin?"

"I need some materials, but I don't have them at home."

"Just say what you need."

"You need chili, and you need some cinnamon and anise."

"There are a lot of peppers at home, just come and pick as many as you want, and cinnamon and fennel are also stored at home."

"Aunt Nian, I'm probably too busy to do it by myself. I think the two of us will work together, and the money will be sold and divided equally. What do you think?"

Aunt Nian smiled and said, "Okay, let's go again tomorrow, in four or five days, I'm afraid we'll have to pick up hundreds of catties of jujubes."

"Aunt Nian, I didn't know anyone when I first came here. Fortunately, I have your help. Let's have dinner together tomorrow. I bought a chicken yesterday, and I picked some mushrooms here. Finally, I have a decent dish." Take it out, otherwise I dare not invite you, it looks shabby."

"Okay, I'm not too polite, old lady. You are a hardworking man, and now that you have bought the land, your life will get better and better."

Aunt Nian has helped me a lot, it's time to treat him to a meal, and then call my eldest brother and her husband over. "Aunt Nian, come to my house for dinner in two days, thank you for keeping me busy."

Aunt Nian said cheerfully, "Okay, we're so familiar too, so we're not so polite." After returning home from the downhill, she immediately washed the mushrooms to clean the dust from them, and dried them so that they would not be damaged. The deliciousness of mushrooms.Just two days ago, I bought two chickens, and I can make a chicken stew with mushrooms.I went to the back of the house and saw that the ducklings were playing in the water, squawking happily, and the fatigue of going up the mountain was swept away. The ducks had to be fed every three or four hours. After a week, the ducks were supposed to go into the water to cultivate water quality.After feeding the ducks, seeing Jiacheng just came back from the field, he quickly helped him put down the hoe, "Jiacheng, I went up the mountain to pick a lot of mushrooms today, and I just bought a lot of vegetables at home. I want to invite Aunt Nian and the others over for dinner."

In the evening, I was busy picking and washing the bought vegetables, preparing for tomorrow's treat.

Getting up early in the morning to prepare meals for noon, there are many rules in the countryside, and etiquette is especially important.Since you want to invite relatives to dinner, you have to think clearly, don't invite this one but not that other, it will be difficult to handle if you have opinions at that time.I thought about it in my mind, my eldest sister, my eldest brother-in-law, my aunt Nian, and my third sister are in the county. I can’t wait to invite them later. I don’t know the other relatives for the time being, so I have to wait until later.

Early in the morning, Aunt Nian came over with a basket of vegetables, "These are some vegetables I just picked from the vegetable field. Your uncle Nian and I couldn't finish them, so I brought some for you."

"Aunt Nian, it's fine for you to come, what else do you want to bring with you, come in quickly, we are cooking at home."

"I'm a daughter-in-law, it wasn't you last time. I'm afraid I, an old woman, went to see Lord Yan." Aunt Nian entered the house and saw that the house was clean and tidy, "I'm a daughter-in-law, I really don't praise you for being so hardworking and capable. I haven't seen many girls from here, although this family is a bit stupid, it is a great blessing to marry you."

"It is also my blessing that I can marry Jiacheng."

"That's right, this child Jiacheng understands things in his heart, and the life of the two of you is finally getting better." Fortunately, with the help of my aunt, I won't be so busy all by myself.I have been busy for almost a morning, and the meals are almost ready at noon.

(End of this chapter)