The peasant widow is famous all over the world

After Lu Zheng and the others arrived home, Lu Zheng did not go to rest. Instead, he looked at Li and said, "Tomorrow afternoon Mian Niang and the others will go into the mountains, and they will probably use medicine and hoes. I will go to the blacksmith shop in the town now to urge them and take a look. Can you type something out today or tomorrow morning?"

"Besides, we don't have a water bag at home. You go chop a piece of bamboo. When I come back from town, I will make several bamboo tubes for Mian Niang to fill with water."

"I kept a small strip of the meat I bought this morning and hung it in the well. You can take it out and make it into dried meat for Mian Niang, and she will take it into the mountains tomorrow."

Mrs. Li nodded, "Okay. You go to town first, and put on your cattail leaf fan and hat when you go out."

"Yeah. I know."

After Lu Zheng left, Ms. Li lowered her head and looked at the little guy, "Grandma will heat up the medicine for you to drink, and then take you to take a nap."

"Okay." Zhuang Zhuang nodded obediently. Taking good care of his body now would be the biggest help.

On the other side, when Tang Mian walked to Wu Yunsheng's house, Wu Yunsheng was just getting ready to take a nap.

"Doctor Wu, I'm sorry to bother you." Tang Mian said apologetically.

Wu Yunsheng waved his hand nonchalantly, "Nothing, I'm a doctor."

"You came to me at noon, but what's wrong with the little guy's body?"

Tang Mian shook his head, "I have some questions that I would like to ask Doctor Wu for advice."

Wu Yunsheng glanced at Tang Mian in surprise, "Come in."

Entering the house, Wu Yunsheng took Tang Mian to the main room and sat down, "Mian Niang, what question do you want to ask me?"

Tang Mian paused and said, "Doctor Wu, I would like to ask you about collecting precious medicinal materials such as ginseng, Ganoderma lucidum, and dendrobium."

"You want to go to pick ginseng?" Wu Yunsheng looked at Tang Mian in surprise, "To pick ginseng, you usually have to go into the mountains. You want to go into the mountains?"

Tang Mian nodded, "I have agreed with my two cousins ​​today that we will go into the mountains together tomorrow afternoon."

"You mean Lu Zhian and Lu Zhiqiang?" Wu Yunsheng said.

If you want to go deep into the mountains, it will be safer if these two people follow you.

Tang Mian responded with a yes and said sheepishly: "I know that you need to be careful when picking these medicinal materials, so I shamelessly came to ask Doctor Wu for advice."

Wu Yunsheng smiled and said, "Nothing, I'm very happy that you can ask me first. In case you don't understand and waste those medicinal materials in vain."

"But do you know all these medicinal materials?"

Tang Mian nodded, "I accidentally saw the appearance of these medicinal materials in a book before, so there should be no problem."

Wu Yunsheng: "Okay. Then I will tell you what you need to pay attention to."

Tang Mian straightened his body and listened carefully to what Wu Yunsheng said.

After listening, Tang Mian found that what was said in the book was somewhat different from real experience.

Although the difference is not big, if you don't know the difference, it may damage the quality of these medicinal materials, thereby lowering the price.

Fortunately, I asked Dr. Wu first!
Tang Mian secretly rejoiced.

"Thank you, Doctor Wu." Tang Mian said gratefully.

Wu Yunsheng waved his hand and added, "Mian Niang, if you collect precious medicinal materials such as ginseng this time, you can bring them to me for a look first. If they are young and in poor quality, I can collect them for you. If it is old and of good quality, you can sell it in the county."

Tang Mian nodded, "Okay."

"Doctor Wu, I would like to buy some medicine against poisonous snakes, mosquitoes, and trauma medicine from you. If there are medicines for dealing with ferocious beasts, I would also like to buy some."

Although the two cousins ​​are quite capable, it is always good to be prepared and have an extra level of safety.

Wu Yunsheng agreed, "Okay. You sit down for a while and I'll get it for you."

After saying that, he got up and went to the room where the medicinal materials were stored to get the medicine.

After a while, Wu Yunsheng walked into the main room with several medicine bottles and handed them to Tang Mian, "There are four bottles of medicine in total, one for repelling mosquitoes and poisonous snakes, one for trauma, one for detoxifying pills, and one for dealing with ferocious beasts."

"If you sprinkle the insect repellent and snake repellent on your body, those things will naturally avoid it. As long as it doesn't touch water, it can last for twelve hours. I don't need to say much about the trauma medicine, Zhi'an and the others will use it."

"The detoxification pills are useful for poisonous snakes and poisonous spiders. If the poisoned person takes one pill, even if the poison cannot be detoxified, it can delay the onset of the poison. When using the medicine to deal with ferocious beasts, sprinkle the powder directly towards the ferocious beasts. , which can slow down the beast’s movements for a moment.”

"If someone is injured, come out quickly. It's important to save your life." Wu Yunsheng warned after explaining the usage of several medicines.

Tang Mian was very grateful, "Thank you, Doctor Wu."

Wu Yunsheng laughed and said, "You don't have to be so polite. I also received the money. Besides, I also made money when you picked the medicine and sold it to me."

"Besides, if you encounter a deer in the mountains, hunt it if you can. Deer antler is a good thing and can be sold at an affordable price."

Tang Mian nodded, "I understand."

It's a pity that there seems to be no deer in Qingzhu Mountain. I haven't heard that Brother Zhi'an has hunted a deer in recent years.He actually hunted two tigers and seemed to have sold them for a lot of money.

"Okay, two hundred coins in total. Remember what I said and go back and prepare." Wu Yunsheng said.

Tang Mian said hello, stood up and said, "Doctor Wu, I came directly from my uncle's house. I don't have any money with me. I will go home and get it for you now."

"Yeah." Wu Yunsheng didn't say anything.

Tang Mian took the medicine home and was slightly startled when he was told that his father-in-law had gone to the blacksmith shop in the town to urge the blacksmith to use the medicine hoe.

Her father-in-law actually thought of it, and she wanted to trouble him to go to town after she came back!

Tang Mian breathed a sigh of relief, counted two hundred coins and sent them to Wu Yunsheng. When he came back, he found Mr. Li cutting meat.

"Mom, what are you doing cutting meat now? I'll help you."

Li said without raising her head: "I'll cut it into dried meat, and you can take it up the mountain tomorrow. It's okay. You can do whatever you want. I can do it alone."

Tang Mian saw that there wasn't much meat, so he didn't force it, "Okay, I'll prepare things for going into the mountains tomorrow."

"Go quickly!" Ms. Li urged.

Tang Mian responded, then turned around and started preparing things.

If you're going to be in the mountains for more than two days, I'm afraid you'll have to bring some clothes.In addition, you must bring a rope, a mallet needle for picking ginseng, and everything you brought for collecting herbs in the previous two days.

After getting his things ready, Tang Mian saw that there was nothing to do, so he simply went back into the room and read the "Encyclopedia of Medicinal Materials".

This time, she turned directly to the chapter on precious medicinal materials to make a note of the precious medicinal materials that she had missed before.Counting that time was almost up, Tang Mian left the space.

As soon as he closed his eyes and rested his mind, Zhuangzhuang woke up.

The little guy woke up due to peeing. Seeing Tang Mian sleeping on a chair, he didn't call her. He got up and got out of bed quietly, wanting to go to the latrine to deal with it.

Tang Mian didn't sleep at all. The little guy opened his eyes when he got up, "Zhuang Zhuang."

Zhuangzhuang paused in putting on his shoes, then looked up at Tang Mian with an apology on his face, "Mom, I woke you up." Tang Mian got up and walked towards the little guy, "It's none of your business, mom actually wasn't asleep. .”

"Why don't you sleep more?" Tang Mian squatted down and helped Zhuangzhuang put on his shoes.

The little guy twisted his body and said, embarrassed, "I woke up."

With his previous experience, Tang Mian guessed that Zhuang Zhuang wanted to go to the hut as soon as he saw Zhuang Zhuang's appearance.

"Mom will take you there."

The little guy blushed, "Mom, no need, I'll go by myself."

After saying that, he walked out of the door.

Tang Mian shook his head in amusement and followed out the door.

At this time, the aroma of dried meat has drifted far away.

Usually when making dried meat, we put it in a dustpan and put it in the sun to dry.Time is tight today, so Li just baked it.

Tang Mian saw that Mrs. Li was a little busy, so he walked over to help.

Zhuang Zhuang, who had finished solving the major issues in his life, saw how busy Tang Mian and Li were and stepped forward to help deliver the materials.

"Zhuangzhuang, don't get too close, or I'll burn you." Tang Mian said.

When the little guy heard this, he obediently took two steps back and said, "This way you won't get burned."

Li and Tang Mian smiled when they saw this, "Yes."

As soon as the jerky was ready, there was a knock on the door.

Seeing this, Mrs. Li said, "Mian Niang, you open the door, and I'll light the fire to prepare dinner."

The unitary hour is almost over.

Tang Mian said "Hello" and went to open the door.

"Dad." When he opened the door, he saw Lu Zheng calling out.

Lu Zheng raised the medicine hoe in his hand, "I asked the people in the blacksmith shop to work on it. What do you think?"

Tang Mian took the medicine hoe and looked at it, "Dad, it's very good."

Lu Zheng nodded and stepped over the threshold, "I'm going to peel a wooden stick and insert it into the medicine hoe to make a hoe handle."

"Sorry to trouble you, dad." Tang Mian closed the door and followed Lu Zheng's footsteps.

Lu Zheng smiled and said, "It's no trouble."

"By the way, don't you have to go back to your parents' house tomorrow? I was afraid that you would be busy today and not have time to prepare things, so I bought some in the town in the afternoon. You can just take it with you tomorrow." Lu Zheng raised the things in his other hand and said .

Tang Mian smiled warmly, "Thank you, Dad."

Lu Zheng waved his hand and handed the thing to Tang Mian, "Take it and put it away."

Tang Mian took it and said hello.

Lu Zheng turned around and found a hatchet, went to the woodshed to find a suitable stick and cut off a large section.

Peel off the bark, remove the burrs, polish the wooden stick into a smooth shape, then cut one end into a square shape and insert it into the medicine hoe.

Then he handed it to Tang Mian who had put the things away and said, "Try the length of the hoe handle to see how much is suitable. I will cut off the excess."

"Okay." Tang Mian took the medicine hoe and tried it. After finding the length that suited his hand, he pointed out the position to Lu Zheng, "Dad, it's almost enough to chop from here."

"Okay." Lu Zheng took it, cut off the excess in three strokes, smoothed the broken parts, and handed it to Tang Mian again, "You try again."

Tang Mian took it and tried it with his head, "Dad, it's ready."

"Okay. I'll make you some bamboo tubes and fill them with water for you tomorrow." After Lu Zheng entered the door, he saw the bamboos placed in the yard, picked up the hatchet and walked over.

Looking at his father-in-law who has been busy since he stepped into the house, Tang Mian's heart felt warm.

Although her parents opposed her going into the mountains, they never objected again after she made the decision, and focused on preparing things for her.

This kind of pampering and care is what many daughter-in-laws dream of.

"Dad, don't worry. You take your time and I'll help mom cook dinner."

"Go." Lu Zheng, who was immersed in chopping bamboo, responded.

Tang Mian took a look, put the medicine hoe on the wall, walked into the kitchen, saw Mrs. Li wielding a spatula and asked, "Mom, what are you going to eat tonight?"

"Eat noodles. There are no leftovers at home today, and it's troublesome to cook them now, so I grabbed some pickles and stir-fried them to make soup and make noodles." Mrs. Li said while waving a shovel.

Tang Mian nodded, rolled up his sleeves, and put on his clothes, "I'll knead the dough."

"Okay." Mrs. Li responded. When she smelled that the pickles were fragrant, she added two ladles of water to the pot, closed the lid and simmered.

After doing all this, I added two more firewood to the stove hole.

Tang Mian also took a large bowl and a small bowl to the room where the grain was stored. He scooped half a bowl of white flour from the small bowl and poured it into the large bowl. Then he scooped up two bowls of thick flour and poured it in. The two flours were mixed together and kneaded with water. .

Wait until the dough is kneaded and the pickles are almost cooked.

Tang Mian brought the bowl of dough to the stove, stretched a small dough into thin pieces and put it into the pot.Repeat this operation until the entire dough is put into the pan.

When the dough is cooked, take out four bowls and scoop it out.What can't fit in four bowls is put into the big bowl.

Pour another ladle of water into the pot to prevent it from burning dry and making it difficult to wash later.

When Mrs. Li saw that the pieces were cooked, she also took out the unburned firewood from the stove hole.

"It's time to eat." Tang Mian called out as he brought the noodles to the dining table.

After finishing the meal, Mrs. Li rushed Tang Mian to leave the kitchen, "You go and eat with Zhuangzhuang. You have to go to the mountains and stay for two days tomorrow!"

"Also, go take a shower and go to bed as soon as you have eaten. You have to get up early tomorrow to go to Da'an Village. You two must keep your spirits up, and you don't have to say that I, the mother-in-law, treat you harshly. "

Listening to Li's constant nagging, Tang Mian smiled happily and said, "Mom, who doesn't know that you are a good mother-in-law? The other daughters-in-law are so envious of me that they say mean things every day."

Li's expression was stunned, and she looked at Tang Mian with a fake look, "You kid, you're making fun of me, why don't you go take care of my eldest grandson!"

"Yes." Tang Mian responded in a long voice, turned around and left the kitchen to accompany Zhuangzhuang to eat.

After eating, he fetched water for the two of them to take a bath, then lay down on the bed and fell asleep.

Early the next morning, after dinner, Tang Mian took the things Lu Zheng bought and the medicinal materials, and took Zhuang Zhuang on the ox cart driven by Lu Zhiqiang back to her parents' home.