Chapter 18 Building Prestige

If you don't have a tool for carrying wild vegetables, you can't use your skirt to carry wild vegetables, right?
But it's not too difficult. Aunt Qiu emptied the basket she brought out from home, and now she has something to store wild vegetables.

"Thank you Su Qing, my boss is much better after taking the medicine you gave, and the wound doesn't hurt anymore."

"My old man doesn't cry about the wound anymore."

"My man also has a fever."

Last night, the family members of the five people Su Qing treated her all looked at her with gratitude, and they all came over to thank her.

They were terrified yesterday. The wounded people were hot and their wounds turned white. The medicine Ji Shuisheng picked up did not have much effect. Unexpectedly, Su Qing came to change the medicine and gave them another pill. It took less than half an hour The fever subsides.

Originally thought that Shuisheng had picked up a burden, but now he found that Shuisheng had picked up a treasure. It can be said that Su Qing immediately established prestige in front of the Taohuawu villagers.

When Ji Shuisheng heard the conversation here, Su Qing's gaze became more inquisitive, what exactly does she do?The medicines she took out are surprisingly effective, and her foster father's medical skills are not as good as hers?
Su Qing felt a probing gaze, looked up and saw the tall man standing by the river, he looked at him suspiciously with deep eyes, Su Qing retracted his gaze as if nothing had happened.

She didn’t care if there was no evidence. When giving the medicine to those five people last night, she specially asked Xiao Qi to make pills with only one-tenth of the amount, so as not to let them recover so quickly, otherwise the wounds would heal in a day. She couldn't do it either, and she was still very careful about it.

"Shuisheng, there are no fishing nets!"

Li Daniu looked anxiously at the fish swimming in the clear river, Ji Shuisheng withdrew his gaze from studying Su Qing and looked at the river. He walked too fast yesterday, and the rented fishing nets were not brought back, but this was also difficult for Ji Shuisheng.

He looked around at the water's edge and found a river bend with dense water and grass. It was a small pocket-shaped bend. Ji Shuisheng took Lao Qi to move stones and grab mud to plug the opening, and scooped water out with a large pot.

The ditch was not very deep at first, and within a short time of scooping, there was only a shallow layer of water, and all the fish in the water were exposed, jumping around in the shallow water and struggling for death.

"Catch fish."

Ji Shuisheng turned around and told Lao Qi that this was all a trick. When they were young, they always went to the river ditch to catch fish, and the fish hidden in the aquatic plants could not escape their eyes. The brothers caught half a pot of fish and came back .

It's just that the fish caught in this way are different from the fish caught in the fishing net yesterday. They vary in size. The largest is a catfish weighing about three catties, the smallest is a small loach, and there are also some grass carp and carp.

When Su Qing saw the fish came back, she rolled up her sleeves to clean up the fish first. She was not too dirty or tired and won praises.

Aunt Qiu saw that Su Qing could not work alone, so she called her daughter and Li Shuang'er to help, and Ji Xiaoying also volunteered to join the team.

Qiuyue squatted by the cauldron in a bit of embarrassment, watching the lively fish and not daring to make a move, she saw Su Qing grab the biggest catfish and throw it on the ground, then cut open her stomach with a knife. Blood and intestines flowed out, scaring Qiuyue so much that she covered her eyes and dared not look.

"Okay, you'd better get up!"

Seeing that her daughter was afraid, Aunt Qiu called her up to clean up the fish for her.

The old son of Jiang’s family came back with a large bundle of branches and trunks on his back. Qiuyue didn’t dare to kill the fish and stood aside. Everyone else was busy working, but she was very conspicuous standing up. When he saw him coming back from chopping wood, he hurried over to make a fire. .

Su Qing finished packing the fish and was going to take it to the river to wash. Ji Shuisheng saw it and came over to take the big iron pot in her hand, and strode towards the river. Su Qing was afraid that he would steal the fish washing job from her and hurried to catch up.

Ji Shuisheng didn't leave, but stood by the river waiting for Su Qing to clean the fish.

Qiuyue bit her lower lip and looked at them unhappily. If she knew she was going to wash the fish, she could stay alone with Brother Shuisheng.

Su Qing cleaned the fish quickly, Ji Shuisheng picked it up and walked back when she said it was useless, she just had to follow behind with her bare hands.

There are still some wild onions, wild ginger and peppercorn leaves picked back yesterday, but there is no oil. I knew that there was a little oil in the stewed fish today, but it’s okay. The fish stewed with river water is delicious, and the wild peppercorns Ginger can also remove fishy smell.

Su Qing stewed the fish into the pot, and followed Aunt Qiu to pick wild vegetables in the mountains.

Qiuyue and Ji Xiaoying stayed to light the fire and watch the pot. Ji Xiaoying really wanted to go with her, but was held back by Qiuyue, so she had to stay with her.

There is a lot of dew in the mountains in the early morning, and those who wear cloth shoes get soaked in a short time. Everyone is envious when they see the straw sandals Su Qing wears:

"It's still Su Qing's shoes that are not afraid of water. Su Qing will teach us how to weave straw sandals!"

Aunt Qiu yelled at Su Qing. Yesterday, she saw her grandson wearing Su Qing’s straw sandals, which were more comfortable for walking than cloth shoes. She wanted to learn how to weave them. Qing said that she helped make it up, but she can't always make it up, right?
There are more than 100 people in Taohuawu, old and young. According to the average speed of a pair of shoes every three to five days, the number of shoes needed is quite large. That's why Aunt Qiu wanted all the women to learn how to weave straw sandals. She couldn't let Su Qing get tired, and she was seriously ill. Chuyu's body is still weak.

"it is good."

Su Qing replied lightly, I asked Xiao Qi yesterday that she can make progress in teaching others to weave straw sandals, but the progress will be very slow, but even if there are many people weaving together, it is faster than doing it alone.

After two days of contact, everyone was used to Su Qing's reticence, since she agreed, everyone was talking and laughing about picking wild vegetables. There were so many people picking wild vegetables quickly, and a basket was full in a while.

Su Qing went to the side to collect medicine by herself, and seemed very out of group. Aunt Qiu was afraid that she would get lost and shouted from her: "Su Qing, don't go far, there are wild beasts and long insects in the deep mountains and they will scare you."

"Ah."

Su Qing hummed, and kept a distance from them. Others saw that she collected herbs and put them in a basket, but she threw most of them to Xiaoqi. After picking for a long time, it was only a small basket of herbs. .

Seeing that the basket was full, Aunt Qiu went back with her arms around:

"Go back. The fish is almost ready to be stewed. Steam some steamed corn bread with wild vegetables. We have to go on the road today. Steam more and take it with you on the way."

Seeing that Su Qing picked all kinds of herbs, Aunt Qiu didn't say anything when she thought she could cure diseases!
After returning home, the fish had already been stewed. Aunt Qiu took everyone to steam the steamed buns with wild vegetables and noodles. The wheat was grown by her own family. It was only ground twice and it was a bit black and gritty. In the early years, it was ground three times. In the past two years, the drought has only been reduced once, and more edible food has been produced.

The steamed steamed cornbread is hard, but everyone still eats it with relish. The steamed cornbread is not good, and it can't hold the fish fragrance.

While they were eating, disaster victims rushed to the river one after another. Like fish out of water, everyone plunged into the river and poured water.

Su Qing noticed that these people looked panic-stricken, with disheveled hair and dusty bodies, as if they were being hunted down.

(End of this chapter)

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