Good farming at the foot of Changbai Mountain

Chapter 125 Meeting a Bear in the Forest
The sticks have already come out, so of course they have to be steamed to dry quickly. The autumn sun is good, and the color of the sticks is still good.Mrs. Xue and Mrs. Zhu took Mrs. Li and Mrs. Zhou, and Honglian and the others, and everyone brushed ginseng together.Of course, Jing Han and Jing Wan also did their hands. The mallet cannot be left for too long, or it will rot.

Jinghan's idea before was to go to the blacksmith at the foot of the mountain to make a large steamer, with several layers inside, so that a lot of sticks could be filled, and a cover was placed on it, and once the cover was closed, it fit perfectly ,very good.Zhixin listened to Jinghan's words, and set up a pot stove in the middle of the yard, so that the sticks could be steamed outside, saving the kang in the house from being too hot.

Such a cage can hold three or four times the size of a large pot at once, but it saves a lot of work than before.Zhixin stacked the brushed mallets layer by layer in the cage, then filled the pot with water, put the cage on top, and then closed the lid.Jinghan was afraid that the cover would not be tight enough, so she asked Zhixin to cover it with cowhide, so it would be safer.

This method requires a slightly longer steaming time, about two hours.Zhixin watched the water boil in the pot, and then handed over the task of watching the fire to Ming Yu, who went to his ginseng field to dig aquilegia.This year I plan to use ninety feet of ginseng soil, and it won't be long before planting ginseng, so I have to work hard there.In addition, Wencheng and Wenhan took Guoqiang and Ankang to stop the club. They picked it up for nothing, so why didn't they stop it?Besides, after waiting for two years, there is no stick to stop, after all, they didn't watch another participation.

Mingyu sat in front of the stove, watched the firewood in the pit and filled it in, keeping the water in the pot boiling.

Mrs. Xue and the others were all brushing ginseng in the shed outside the house, Jingxian turned her head abruptly, and saw Mingyu sweating profusely while being roasted by the fire. "Brother Mingyu, you don't need to be so close. Come here, come to the shed, and fill it with two pieces later." Jingxian couldn't help but said.

After hearing what Jingxian said, Mingyu hesitated for a moment, then moved the bench to the shed, Jingxian took out a handkerchief and wiped Mingyu's sweat, "Brother Mingyu, you are so stupid, you can use that thing Don’t get too close? As long as you don’t let the fire go out, you don’t have to stand by, what a pain.”

Mingyu smiled, "I don't know, Uncle Xu said that the fire inside should not be cut off, so I thought I had to watch it there." He has never done these jobs before, so how could he understand them?

Jing Xian couldn't help but sighed, "I really don't know what kind of life your family is living, but they can raise you so well that you can't do anything. It's not right, you study very well, probably better than my elder brother. Forget it, you don't need these tasks, so you don't have to take it to heart." After finishing speaking, he still brushed ginseng on his head.

Mingyu learned his lesson now, and saw that the firewood in the stove pit was about to burn out, so he found two big dice and threw it into it.After an hour and a half like this, Mrs. Xue said that there was no need to put more firewood in it, the ones in the stove pit were enough, and Mingyu had completed the task.

Xue waited for the bulging cowhide to gradually deflate before stepping forward to untie the rope and lift off the cowhide.After waiting for a while, he lifted the lid of the cage, revealing the slightly reddened ginseng inside.Mrs. Zhu came to help, and moved down the cages one by one, and put them on the shelf next to them.

Jinghan and the others also brought a fork, and everyone started to swing mallets on the fork.This freshly cooked mallet is like a freshly ripe sweet potato, soft and will break if not handled properly.Especially the beard on the ginseng is easy to touch off.When everyone puts it up, they will be very careful. If there are any missing thorns, they will be put down on a separate fork.

The mallet in this cage can probably hold a dozen forks, and everyone will work together, and it will be finished soon.Together, Jinghan and Honglian lifted all the forks to the side of the specially built shelf, so that they could be dried easily in the sun.

The Xu family produced about [-] to [-] catties of sticks this year, and it would be good to steam two hundred catties in one basket.These sticks had to be divided into at least four times to be steamed. In addition to the sticks that Wen Han and the others stopped, I am afraid that there would be one more time.

It took the Xu family a total of four days to completely steam the sticks and dry them in the sun.This time Mingyu watched the whole process of ginseng processing with his own eyes, and he couldn't help admiring the wisdom of this ginseng farmer. It turns out that life is full of knowledge.At the beginning when the elder brother sent him out, he told him that the peasant family has the fun of the peasant family, and it is true.

All the mallets were steamed and dried on the fork, and those that were steamed on the first day were half dry.Jinghan looked at those clubs, and conveniently put a few thorns into her small pouch.Then came to Jingxian and Mingyu's side, and said softly, "Come with me, I'll give you something delicious."

Jingxian and Mingyu didn't know what was going on, so they quietly followed Jinghan to a corner behind the house.Jinghan took out the few ding whiskers and gave three to each of the two, "Then, eat it, this food is delicious."

The half-dried ginseng tastes very delicious, with a little bit of bitterness in the sweetness and a unique taste of ginseng.This is a food that the children of the previous life's farm family loved to eat very much.After coming here, Jinghan has never eaten it.Let's not talk about how much this thing can sell for, but Jinghan is used to living a hard life, so she is really reluctant to eat it.

It stands to reason that the days are better now, even if the children eat something, the adults will not say anything.However, children will have such a feeling that such sneaky food tastes better.Although Jing Han has been a human being for two lifetimes, she is still naughty in her bones, that's why she secretly gives Jing Xian and Ming Yu ginseng beards.

"Is it delicious?" Jing Han watched with a smile as Jing Xian and Ming Yu each ate a beard.

"Well, it's delicious, sister, this food is quite delicious." Mingyu nodded quickly. "I've had ginseng soup before, it's not as delicious as this."

Jinghan almost choked on her saliva, ginseng soup is not as delicious as this?I'm dizzy, just relying on Mingyu's family, I'm afraid that ginseng soup must be real old wild ginseng?This ignorant guy.Jinghan endured so much that she didn't shout out, "You can't eat too much of this stuff. If you eat too much, you can get angry and get nosebleeds. And you can't eat the reed head of ginseng, which is more serious, and it will cause nosebleeds. Today I give you two Damn, just eat it, don't eat it again, understand?" Jing Han asked.

The two nodded, "Well, sister, we know." Mingyu listened to Jinghan for everything, and Jingxian knew that this thing was very valuable, and she couldn't sell it for money if she ate it, so the two of them agreed very well. happy.

"It's okay, let's go to the pine cones later, make a fire at night, and then burn some pine cones to eat." Jinghan is restless, seeing that the mallet has been finished, she wants to go into the mountain Go get something.

"Okay, I haven't eaten burnt pine nuts yet." Mingyu became excited when he heard this. Since he came here, he found that he had never seen or eaten many things.

Jinghan led Jingxian and Mingyu to find the two elder brothers, and told them to go to Songta.Wen Han agreed without saying anything. Anyway, the ginseng soil on the mountain has not been removed, and there is nothing left to do. "Go back and change your clothes quickly, and then we'll go into the mountains. It's not the end of the hour, and we can bring back a lot of good things today." After Wen Han finished speaking, everyone hurried back to change their old clothes.

Guoqiang and Ankang also came with them. They were younger, so Zhixin didn't use them to dig aquifers over there, but asked them to follow Wen Han and others.

A group of ten or so people entered the forest, and naturally they wanted to find a place with many pine trees to open the pine tower.Wen Han and the others have been on the mountain for so many years, and they can't be more clear about what's going on.Wen Han, Wen Cheng, Guo Qiang, and Ankang all climbed up the tree in a place with a lot of red pines, and Jing Han led Jing Xian and Mingyu Honglian to pick up the pine cones below. .

It takes two years for the red pine to form a pine cone, so there is a saying that the pine cones are harvested every three years and harvested every five years. That is to say, there are not many pine cones every year.This year just caught up with the small harvest, and there are still enough pine cones on the tree, so it didn't take long, and everyone's back baskets were full.

"Brother, come down quickly, you can't hold these anymore." Jingxian shouted from below.

Several boys slid down from the tree slowly, and then everyone carried their baskets on their backs and walked home.Jingxian and Mingyu were young, and Jinghan was afraid that Mingyu would be tired, so they didn't let them both carry the basket.Jinghan handed over the bow and crossbow that she carried with her to Jingxian, and she would always bring the crossbow with her whenever she went up the mountain.

Wen Han walked in front, Wen Cheng was last, and Jing Han was in front of Wen Cheng.A few people were walking home, but Jinghan heard something wrong from behind.Jinghan turned her head and looked back, but she was startled, "Brother, be careful, there is a blind man behind us."

It turned out that when Jinghan turned her head, she happened to see a black bear following everyone, getting closer and closer, probably less than a hundred steps away from Wencheng.When Jinghan yelled, the black bear stopped for a while, and then continued to follow.

"Jingxian, give me the crossbow in your hand. Honglian, the four of you protect Jingxian and Mingyu and hurry home. This place is not far from our house. Tell my father and the others to come here quickly. A big guy, we're fine, you go back quickly." Jing Han and Jing Xian stood next to each other, directly took the crossbow in Jing Xian's hand, loaded the crossbow, and pointed at the black bear while stepping back.

Originally, when encountering such a thing, it should be Wen Han and the others who took the bow and crossbow to deal with the black bear.But with all the members of the Xu family added up, no one is as successful as Jinghan in archery, not even Zhixin.Compared with Jing Han, Wen Han and Wen Cheng are far worse, and they don't know how Jing Han practices.So at this time, Wen Han and Wen Cheng could only hold the dagger in their hands and be on guard at all times. If Jing Han missed a hit, everyone would have to face the injured and crazy black bear.

(End of this chapter)