My village can't be like this

Chapter 581 Digging the Diamond Vine
Li Yao and his group of kids couldn't control their mouths. No one wanted to eat ice cream and popsicles when they saw them.

Originally, they just stared at the old man selling popsicles greedily and then went to other places to play. Now when they heard the fat man calling them, no one could hold it back. They ran up to the fat man and pushed the old man selling popsicles The two people surrounded them with their bicycles.

"Take one for each of them, and I'll pay you later."

When the fat man saw that the old man selling popsicles was still making no move, he added something.

It's not that the fat man doesn't want to buy them more, it's just that the ice cream tastes cool, but eating too much is bad for the stomach, especially this group of children.

One stick is just right, it can relieve the heat and relieve cravings.

"Hey, that's good."

When the old man heard this, he smiled happily and said to the group of dolls who were no taller than his foam box containing ice cream popsicles.

There are a total of six or seven dolls here at the moment, and six or seven dolls can be sold at this time, and it is a relatively expensive ice cream, not a popsicle worth one or two cents. How can he be happy?

"Thank you, Uncle Fat."

After eating delicious ice cream, the satisfied Piwazi said thank you to the fat man very sensibly.

Fatty Uncle shouted one after another not to be too skillful, and they all came from the bottom of their hearts, because they had already received a lot of benefits from Fatty before that.

Of course, Yanzi was the only one calling Fat Brother, but Fatty was just trying his best.

"Qiqi, come here, I'll give you a bite."

Yanzi took the ice cream and didn't rush to eat it for herself. Instead, she smiled and stretched it towards the mouth of little Siqi, who was holding the fat man.

Although she is not old, she loves her nephew Xiao Siqi very much, just like Zhang An did to her back then.

"It's okay Yanzi, you can eat it yourself, I will buy it for him."

The fat man quickly took a softer ice cream from the old man's foam box and gave it to little Siqi.

But he didn't forget to buy one for himself. Finally, he asked the old man to get a plastic bag, put a dozen ice creams in it and paid the money together.

Don't be too happy when the old man collects the change. The fat man will be able to keep up with his shouting for a long time.

Although he has the best business here in Changqing, as long as he walks to the river, anyone who comes and goes fishing will buy one to relieve the heat.

But it's hard to find a big customer like Fatty who bought twenty or so sticks at once.

"Here, here you go."

Back in the courtyard, Fatty threw the ice cream to Zhang An.

Zhang An was not polite and picked one made from mung beans. He had always liked this taste.

This old man has been selling ice cream in this area for many years. Whether it is popsicles or ice cream he buys, they are all made by hand.

Zhang An still remembers that when he was very young, this old man started pushing bicycles to the village, but before, he only sold popsicles.

However, the person is still the same person now, the bicycle is still the same bicycle, but the box containing the ice cream seems to have been changed many times.

Zhang An took the remaining ice cream home and gave it to Su Ying and the others. There was still some left in the end, but there was a refrigerator, so if you couldn't finish it, you could put it in it.

Then the two moved the deck chair under the grape trellis in the backyard, and the old god lay on it with his eyes closed and meditative.

In the backyard of Zhang An's house, they could enjoy the cool breeze blowing from the river, which saved them the effort of shaking the cattail leaf fans themselves.

"Let's go, Fatty. It's time to go to the mountains to find the Vajra Vine."

After lying down for a long time, Zhang An felt that the sun in the sky was no longer as bright as it was at noon, so he stood up and woke up the fat man.

When he heard Zhang An calling him, Fatty rubbed his eyes and woke up.

It was so comfortable to lie like this in the hot summer. He had almost fallen asleep after lying there for so long.

"Let's go then, I'm going to wash my face."

The fat man yawned and replied, feeling a little sleepy now.

Zhang An didn't rush him. He found a small bamboo basket in the small room that was necessary every time he went into the mountains, and then took a sickle and a hoe.

"Aren't we going to pick those tender tips? Why are we bringing a hoe?"

The fat man splashed a handful of cold water on his face and now he woke up.

Seeing Zhang An holding a sickle and a hoe, he asked.

The sickle was of some use, but he felt a bit redundant when it came to the hoe.

"This time of year is the best time to dig for diamond vines. We are all looking for diamond vines anyway, so I can dig some back for the old man."

Now that it is the beginning of autumn, the growth condition of the Diamond Vine is most suitable. If you dig at this time, you can dig out many excellent rhizomes. Of course, there are also tender tips that Fatty needs.

Moreover, the weather today is clear and sunny, and there is no strong wind. The dug King Kong Vine can maintain the best medicinal effect.

Because the efficacy of the medicine will be affected to a certain extent if the diamond vine is dug out in rainy or windy weather.

Zhang An thought that this time he was going into the mountains to look for the Vajra Vine, so he just dug it up when he found it.

Before leaving, Zhang An also found Qiuqiu to take with him. This little thing was clever and might be able to find something good.

Finally, I found the little thing in the small side room. At this time, it was sleeping in its own nest. Zhang An grabbed it directly.

Fortunately, the little bully at home didn't pester Qiuqiu today, otherwise it would be really difficult to take him out.

As soon as they left the village, Zhang An and Fatty met many villagers. During this period, the second row of grass had just been harvested in the cornfield, and everyone could relax for a while.

However, the kiwi fruit has now grown, and it will be ripe in the near future. Villagers who have planted it at home are very fond of this thing, and they go to the orchard every day to see it if they have nothing to do.

Although the kiwi fruits grown by the villagers in Changqing are different from those grown in later generations, no pesticides are sprayed on them at all.

But everyone is not idle. If they find that the ground is too dry, they will go back and water this treasure that will soon be turned into cash.

Although kiwi fruit is most afraid of waterlogging, it cannot be droughted, especially during the fruiting period.

Especially after experiencing the driest period in the first half of the year, everyone was frightened.

Of course, when watering, be very careful not to water too much. When Zhang An told everyone about this, they all kept it in mind.

"Zhang An, where are we going?"

Not long after Zhang An and Fatty left the village, they met Zhang Laosan walking towards them.

"Let's go dig some medicinal materials in the mountains. Did the third brother just come back from the fields?"

Zhang An saw Zhang Laosan and stopped for a moment to say hello. "Wherever there is any land left in my house, I have found someone to trade it for growing kiwi fruit. I just came back from a visit."

Zhang Laosan is one of the few brave people in the village. He planted kiwi fruit in the first year and saw hope. In the second year, he replaced all the land at home to plant kiwi fruit.

So this year their family didn't plant a single grain of corn, but there was still rice growing in the fields.

"I think everyone's results this year are pretty good. We also did a good job during the driest period. We will definitely have a good harvest this year."

Although Zhang An does not grow kiwis at home, it does not mean that he does not care about this aspect. On the contrary, he is relatively clear about it.

The weather was indeed not very good in the first half of the year, but the villagers made up for it with their hard work and did not let the orchards dry out.

Nowadays, the fruiting situation of kiwi fruit is relatively gratifying. This year will definitely be a good harvest year. People like Zhang Laosan’s family who grow a large number of kiwi fruit will definitely make a lot of money this year.

"Hey, this year is much better than last year, but the group of flat-haired beasts on the mountain have started to come down the mountain in the past two days. The area next to my house on the Qing has been troubled by them. They don't eat at all. I picked it and threw it on the ground. I couldn't stop it even if it was planted on the fence, which gave me a big headache. "

When it came to kiwi fruit, Zhang Laosan was originally very happy.

But before I was happy for a while, I started to sigh.

As more and more people grow kiwi fruit in the village in the past two years, the monkeys on the mountain have become more and more courageous. In the past, they only dared to move around in the mountains, but now they dare to go out of the mountains.

It's okay if they are far apart, and there is basically no impact, but people who plant kiwis on the edge of the mountain are always popular. The kiwis will be harmed by these flat-haired beasts before they are mature.

The key is that although they like to eat kiwi fruits, they only like ripe ones. The kiwi fruits hanging on the trees are still very green, so they will definitely throw them on the ground after picking them.

For people like Zhang Laosan who run in orchards every day, it makes them feel distressed when they see the unripe kiwis all over the ground.

"I remember, third brother, you have two dogs at home. You can bring them over to help guard them at night."

Zhang An really doesn't have much experience in this area. When he was growing crops at home, he had to guard against finches and wild boars, but not against monkeys.

"I took them there a few days ago to guard them, but those monkeys were not afraid of dogs at all. Even when the dogs barked, they picked unripe fruits and smashed them. My two dogs were also afraid of them. ”

Speaking of this, Zhang Laosan became even more helpless.

At this moment, Zhang An was even more reminded of the specific picture. It was true that the roaring dog could not defeat Sun Wukong.

"Why don't we raise the fence and pull out a few more turns of wire? There seems to be no better solution."

Zhang An couldn't give Zhang Laosan any good advice, so he could only let them figure it out on their own.

He originally thought of preparing some firecrackers just like he did with wild boars, and then let them go when the monkeys came.

But looking back, it's still a long time before the kiwi fruit matures, so how many firecrackers can we prepare?

Moreover, monkeys are much smarter than brainless wild boars that only know how to attack. It may be effective to release them once or twice, but it will probably be useless if they are released several times.

"That's all. Okay, I won't delay you entering the mountain."

Only then did Zhang Laosan remember that Zhang An and the others were going into the mountain. He suddenly felt a little embarrassed and stopped him to talk about it for a long time.

After leaving Zhang Laosan, Zhang An found a random hill and climbed up with Fatty to look for it.

Nowadays, the ecology of these hills not far away from the village is very well maintained, with flowers, plants and trees everywhere. Because these hills have many rocks and little mud, they have not been reclaimed by the villagers and turned into cultivated land.

The thing called King Kong vine is not a rare thing nowadays, so there is no need to go deep into the mountains to look for it.

After all, there are no dealers who come into the village specifically to buy medicinal herbs, and the villagers won't bother digging for them.

Most people would just dig some up when they met along the way and bring them back to Zhang Yixin.

So it’s basically found on every mountain. It’s not an exaggeration to say you can see it everywhere.

"Here, Fatty, this is the Diamond Vine. Come and identify it, and help us find it too."

Soon, Zhang An found the first diamond vine halfway up the mountain and pulled it to show the fat man.

"Is this this kind of thing? Did we encounter it on the way here just now?"

When the fat man saw the diamond vine in Zhang An's hand, he suddenly realized that he had seen this thing on the way here, but Zhang An didn't mention it.

"Although their leaves look very similar, the one just now is not the King Kong Vine. There are several similar ones. But as long as you see this thing with thorns on it, it must be the King Kong Vine."

Zhang An explained to the fat man while pinching off the tenderest part of the Vajra Vine and putting it in his backpack.

When the fat man heard this, he nodded in realization.

At first, he thought that finding these herbs was a very simple task, but now it seems that the skill level is not low, and it requires as much experience as finding mushrooms.

After all, this thing is used as medicine. If you find ordinary weeds, it will be fine. If you find the wrong ones and find poisonous ones, it will be a big deal.

Then Zhang An handed the basket to the fat man and started digging with a hoe.

Unlike Huaishan, the King Kong Vine can grow very long in the ground, and Zhang An quickly dug out the complete roots.

Looking at the roots of the very fat Vajra Vine in his hand, Zhang An was very satisfied. Just seeing such a long vine just now, he knew that this root must be very good.

After shaking off the mud from the roots, I put it in the basket and continued to look for the next one.

But after Fatty got to know King Kong Vine, it was much easier for the two of them to look for it separately than before.

Zhang An dug while searching. Fatty found it and pinched off the top first.

After searching for more than two hours, Zhang An had dug out half of the bamboo basket, and the fat man also had a handful of tender tips in his hand.

"Let's go, we've searched enough, it's time to go back."

Although the sun is still high in the sky, it is not early.

It's already past five o'clock, and it will be time for dinner at home in a little while.

"There are two more trees ahead, why don't we dig them up together before we leave?"

As soon as Fatty found two plants in front, he heard Zhang An shouting to leave, and he suddenly felt a little pity.

"No more digging. We have already dug enough. We can't finish digging here as soon as we come here. We have to leave some seeds in the mountains, otherwise we won't be able to find them when we want them in the future."

Zhang An shook his head and said, no matter what you do, the most taboo thing is overdose.

In later generations, drug dealers came to villages to buy medicinal materials. People saw that there was money to be made. After entering the mountains, they searched like crazy, and finally dug up many of them and exterminated them.

This is not advisable. Zhang An is just poaching some by the way and not selling them for money, so naturally he won't be reluctant to leave.

(End of this chapter)