hunting in 1986

Chapter 19 19 Going into the mountains to find ginseng

Those two girls are a pair of sisters, the elder sister is Li Yan, and the younger sister is Li He.

The elder sister Li Yan is shy and introverted, while the younger sister Li He is very extroverted. Seeing that Wang Yuan turned his head and was about to leave, she hurriedly said:
"Thank you, comrade. You have really helped us a lot. What is your name, comrade? We don't know your name yet."

"No need to thank you, it's just a matter of raising your hands."

Wang Yuan waved his hand thoughtfully, then got on his bicycle and left.

……

It was already afternoon when we returned to Wangjiatun.

Mother Wang was sitting in the yard cleaning the soles of her shoes, and the little girl was catching ants beside her. When she saw Wang Yuan coming back, she immediately ran over on her short legs.

"Second brother!"

The milky cry is quite loud, and I'm afraid it can be heard from a long distance.

"Run slowly." Wang Yuan hugged his sister.

"Second brother, have you bought me something delicious since you went to the city?"

"I bought it."

Wang Yuan moved the basket into the house, and then said hello: "Mom, is there any food? I'm starving to death."

"Yes, I'll warm it up for you."

Wang Yuan gave the little girl a fried cake, the happy little girl smiled and stopped pestering Wang Yuan.

Pushed the bicycle to the grandfather's house, and then distributed half of the fried cakes to the grandfather's house, the second uncle's and the third uncle's house, and called out Wang Meng, the second uncle's cousin, and gave him 2 yuan alone.

When fishing mandarin fish in the Songhua River before, Wang Yuan said that he would pay him dividends. Of course, he did not give Wang Meng half of the money for selling the fish. Wang Meng.

If there is a chance in the future, just bring your cousin to make more money.

Even though he only had 2 yuan, his cousin Wang Meng was still very happy: "Brother, why did you give me so much money? I have so much money all of a sudden, and I don't know how to spend it."

He originally thought that it would be nice if his cousin could give him a few cents.

"Take it, it's convenient to buy anything when you have money in your hand." Patting his cousin on the shoulder, Wang Yuan smiled and went home.

……

A plate of steaming meat buns was brought to the table, followed by a plate of sauce, and the little girl pulled out a green onion for him, and then obediently sat beside him and ate fried cakes.

slap~
Choose one of the scallions, then break off the white of the scallion, a bite of meat buns and a bite of scallion fried sauce, cool~
"Eat slowly, kid, if it's not enough, I'll give you a few more steamed buns."

"Yeah, it's so delicious~ Eating is the most delicious when you're hungry."

Wang Yuan said with a smile, the buns contained bear meat, and the bear meat stewed with seasoning for several hours was very fragrant. When he bit into the buns, the golden fat immediately flowed down from the corner of his mouth.

Looking at the pile of fried cakes in front of the little girl, it seemed that 20 fried cakes were too many, so Mama Wang put away most of the fried cakes, leaving only 3 for the little girl.

In the blink of an eye, there were only 3 left in the pile of fried cakes in front of me. The little girl was stunned for a moment, and then she started crying uncontrollably, slap~ Mama Wang slapped her buttocks twice, and the little girl became honest in an instant.

"Humph!"

There were still tears on the little girl's pretty face, and she continued to eat fried cakes happily.

Mother Wang laughed and said, "If you eat more than 20 fried cakes for a meal, then you don't have to eat at night, and your sister is not at home... Let's eat the remaining fried cakes at night."

After speaking, she picked up the green onion leaves that Wang Yuan threw on the ground. The green onion leaves were more than 70 centimeters long, with dry tops and some dry spots on the leaves, which seemed to be sick.

"You don't want the green onion leaves?"

"Leaves of scallion are not tasty... save it for my dad, who loves to eat scallion leaves." Wang Yuan laughed, then picked up another meat bun and started eating.

Scallion white is slightly spicy, and there is a slight sweetness, which tastes great when dipped in sauce.The scallion leaves are very spicy, and there is a sticky liquid inside, which is similar to snot. He doesn't like to eat that stuff.

"Yes, your son is really filial." Mother Wang scolded with a smile.

She babbled a few more words: The family is not rich, save some money, fried cakes are too expensive, don't buy them in the future, etc., and then stretched out her hand:
"How much did you sell the fish for? What about the money left after buying fried cakes? Bring it, I'll keep it for you to marry a wife."

"Forehead--"

Wang Yuan could only take out 8 yuan from his pocket, um, he kept the rest.

Looking at the 8 yuan that her son took out, Ms. Wang was very surprised. When did the money become so easy to earn! ?A trip to the city can earn 8 yuan! ?
It is worth nearly 3 days' wages of many workers.

Wang Yuan explained that Li Hang's family does not eat fish every day, and it is not clear how long this business can last. He will look for other ways when he has time.

evening.

Father Wang and his eldest sister Wang Qing came back from picking up branches. The branches emerged from the basket, more than one meter high, and were tied with ropes.

Father Wang is in poor health, which means that he can't release mountains, pick mountains, or do long-term high-intensity farm work, etc., but it is still possible to pick up branches occasionally and go to the field to weed weeds.

The efficiency will be much lower, and it's better than not being able to do anything at all.

Dried twigs are good firewood, and you can burn them for several days at a time. Of course, you need to save some twigs for winter.

The sunset is brilliant, the tired birds return to the forest, the chimneys in the village start to smoke, and there is a light fragrance of burning wood in the air, which is also the hometown fireworks that blended into childhood.

The third uncle trapped two fat big rabbits on the mountain, stewed them, and brought over a bowl of rabbit meat. Father Wang asked him to bring back some meat buns.

A family of 5 sits at the dining table and eats. The dining table is placed in the courtyard, enjoying the sunset while eating, which is also a special taste.

"This rabbit meat is delicious and really fragrant."

"Indeed, doesn't our family still have a rabbit? Let's stew it sometime." Wang Yuan chewed the delicious rabbit meat and said with a smile.

"Huh? Don't stew the little rabbit."

The little girl was immersed in her own world, eating fried cakes beautifully, but when she heard that she was going to eat a rabbit, she suddenly became reluctant, and she even raised feelings for that rabbit.

have to.

If you don't eat, don't eat it.

While eating and chatting, Father Wang suddenly said: "In a few days, Uncle Man will take people into the mountains to look for ginseng, Xiaoyuan, will you go? If I go, I will go and talk to Uncle Man."

In the Northeast, Changbai Mountain is the place with the most ginseng, but there are also ginseng in Xiaoxing'an Mountains, but it is not easy to find ginseng.

It usually takes several days or even half a month to enter the mountain at a time, eat, live in the mountain, endure mosquito bites and so on.

And most likely will get nothing.

After all, ginseng is not so easy to find.

After pondering for a while, Wang Yuan smiled and said, "Go, I just happened to see Fangshan looking for ginseng."

"Okay, then let's talk to Uncle Man later." Father Wang laughed.

Mother Wang looked worried, and muttered a few words, what are you doing with that crime? I haven't found a big ginseng for several years, but she didn't say much after all.

After eating, Father Wang wrapped a few meat buns in straw paper and carried a few catties of bear meat, then he and Wang Yuan walked to Uncle Man's house.

If you want to go into the mountains with other "old men", naturally you can't just say a few good words, but you have to give something.

Of course, even if he didn't give anything away, Uncle Man wouldn't say anything in front of him, but behind the scenes... I'm afraid there will be bad comments.

(End of this chapter)