Good farming at the foot of Changbai Mountain

Chapter 56 Gastrodia
"Qing Nian, you are here, why are you still taking such things? If your mother finds out about this, she will be upset again." Mrs. Chen smiled, but what she said was a bit inappropriate Son.Huixin is the old girl she has loved and loved since she was a child. She will be angry after she gets married.

"Mother, I know that you are always unhappy. Huixin married me and now has a child. I don't know how to be happy. As soon as my eldest brother and the others left that day, I told my mother that we wanted to separate. I came here today to hear what my parents and Huixin think." Tao Qingnian looked at the old couple on the kang while talking.

Mrs. Chen sighed, "Qing Nian, mother is not forcing you to separate. After all, you have only been married for a few months, and it will not look good to you if you separate like this. Mother is holding back her breath. Discomfort, you and your parents have a good talk, Huixin is the first child, you have to pay more attention to it. How much work can you do in your family without farming or raising animals? It’s just washing clothes and cooking. If Huixin can do it, she will do it naturally, but whoever heard that the clothes of the little nephew have to be washed by the pregnant aunt? If Huixin is not pregnant, it is enough to help. It’s just washing the clothes of my own men and children. Even your father’s is washed by me, so why use someone else? What’s the purpose of marrying a wife?” The old lady didn’t want to force others to divide the family like this, because of this It's not worth it.

"Qing Nian, don't take it to heart, your mother just loves your daughter. You should go back and discuss with your parents about the separation of the family. There is no rush at this moment. Do you have any younger brothers?" You are married, and your sister is not out of the court. When they are settled, you have to separate anyway. It is not a problem after all to stir the ladle in the pot. Your mother and I also told Huixin not to do any work that should be done. Luo Luo, you can't be hypocritical just because you have a body." The old man took the words.

Just at this time Huixin came out of the suite and looked at Qingnian, the two of them just looked at each other.

"Huixin, hurry up and pack up your things. After lunch, you can go back in the afternoon. Go back and live a good life. It's been three months for you, you can't do nothing, that's not good. After a while, mother will come to see you again." Mrs. Chen took Huixin's hand and instructed.

When Xue and Zhu saw their brother-in-law coming, they knew that they had to stay in Qingnian for lunch, so they hurriedly prepared the lunch.Wen Han and the others got up to fish in the morning, and now they went to the traps outside the stick to see if any animals fell in, and when they came back soon, they really had two rabbits in their hands. "Mom, I'll leave you two thin scales, and here are two rabbits. We can also eat the vegetables we planted. We'll bring some meat later when we come back. It should be around noon." Wen Han put down The rabbit and the fish led Wen Cheng away in the ox cart.There is no need for Zhiming to drive the car for a while, and Wen Han's driving is also quite good.

Xue Shi and Zhu Shi hurriedly cleaned up the rabbits and fish, plus the eggs at home, and picked some small vegetables from the vegetable field, and began to prepare lunch.

The meal at noon was really hearty. Tao Qingnian and Huixin drove the carriage back after eating.Before leaving, Mrs. Chen brought some dried fish, dried meat and so on.These jerky are usually animals that fell into the trap, before they can be eaten or sold, Chen will marinate or dry the meat.This way, it can last longer.Of course, there are a lot of clothes, quilts and other small things made for Huixin's children, which are actually two big burdens.

Seeing the son-in-law driving the carriage farther and farther, Mrs. Chen and the old man felt very uncomfortable. They looked at each other and shook their heads. "I don't know if that old lady of the Tao family can be more difficult for Huixin when I go back this time. I really don't feel at ease." Chen said.

"Hey, what can we do if we don't feel at ease? We can still keep Huixin in front of us for the rest of our lives? She chose the path herself, and we didn't lose her in any way. What happens in the future depends on her own fortune. "The old man shook his head and walked back.Mrs. Chen also went back to the house.

In the following days, the Xu family began to get busy with building a house.A lot of people came to the village, thirty or forty strong laborers, within a few days, all the big frames of the two houses came out.The women in the family are also very busy. They have to prepare a lot of meals every day. Even the girls Jingya and Jinghan also help pick and wash vegetables.The family was busy and happy for five or six days, and finally the big frame of the house was erected and the roof was finished.Zhixin said that the next work can be done slowly at home, and the villagers saw that there was really no big work, so they stopped helping.

The Xue family could finally breathe a sigh of relief, and everyone said they should take a good rest.

"Zhixin, shouldn't it be time to pluck the weeds in the stick field again? In this way, let the house dry first, then wipe the face with mud, and go to the kang to build a stove. Rest for two days, Let’s pluck the weeds twice first.” The old man arranged the next work.

"Okay, listen to Dad, anyway, it's still far away from winter, so don't worry too much. By the way, the village head said that day, when June comes, it's time to divide new ginseng soil. Dad, our family still needs to grow ginseng this year. Twenty feet of soil, right?" Zhixin was very tired these days, so he also wanted to rest for a couple of days.

"Hey, it's still twenty feet. Our family doesn't have so many sticks to hand in if there are more. Besides, there are not enough seeds. Twenty feet is enough." The old man hesitated a little, and decided This year it will be twenty feet.

In June, the weather is not so good, and it rains every now and then.The ginseng yard was originally a muddy ground, and now it was even more difficult to walk, so when it was raining and cloudy, Mrs. Chen would not let the children walk around, and usually stayed in the house.Wen Han took this opportunity to teach his younger siblings how to read.Seven or eight children are all in Wenhan's room, reading and learning characters every day, and reciting Tang poetry and Song poetry, which is pretty good.

It rained for four or five days, and finally it was sunny. Before the ground outside was completely dry, Jinghan and the others couldn't wait to run outside.

"Wenhan, Jinghan, it's wet and slippery outside, what can you do?" Seeing the children running outside, Mrs. Xue chased them out and asked.

"Mother, it has been raining for several days. Maybe there should be gastrodia in the forest. Let's go into the forest to see if we can dig gastrodia." Jinghan said as she walked.In Jinghan's previous life, at this time, people would go into the mountains to dig gastrodia elata.Furthermore, Zhiming also told everyone, so today they want to go into the mountains to see.

"Be careful when entering the mountain. It has just rained, and there may be insects in the forest." Mrs. Xue warned.Long worm, of course, is talking about snakes, there are already many snakes in the mountains, not to mention it has just rained, Xue is a little worried.

"It's okay, mother. Third uncle gave us snake-repelling medicine, and I brought them with me." Wen Han waved his hands, and led his younger siblings away.

The children all carried small baskets on their backs, and happily walked into the forest.It has been raining for the past few days, but it has suffocated them badly. Finally, the weather cleared up, and they were all excited like little birds out of their cages.The forest is even more wet, and there are still water droplets on the leaves of the trees, which reflect colorful rays of light under the sunlight.The birds in the forest, after several days of silence, finally let go of their voices and sang.

Stepping on the thick rotting leaves and green grass, breathing the fresh air in the forest, Jinghan felt very comfortable and couldn't help but shouted.

Wenhan looked back at his sister, "Jinghan, why are you so crazy? Be careful to attract wolves. Walk well, we are here to find Gastrodia, not to lure wolves."

Jing Han smiled shyly, then began to look around with her head down.Not long after, I really saw a Gastrodia elata.The purple-red pole is about less than a foot high, with yellow-green tassels growing on it, which is Gastrodia elata. "Brother, look, there is Tianma here." Jinghan shouted.

Everyone looked in the direction Jinghan pointed, and they saw it.Wen Han came to the Gastrodia elata tree with the little head in his hand.Digging Gastrodia elata is very particular, you can't just dig out the gastrodia elata, the unearthed gastrodia elata is worthless, the valuable ones are those that have not been unearthed in the ground.Therefore, the soil should be removed from under the Gastrodia elata pole to reveal the oblong, potato-like tuber of Gastrodia elata underneath.Then scrape the soil in the opposite direction of the Gastrodia elata pole, and slowly go back, and you will find that there are many oblong and potato-like things of different sizes behind.

The tree that Jinghan saw had quite a few Gastrodia elata under it.Wen Han slowly picked it up. After picking up the upper layer, he went to the lower layer and found several more.Just this one tree alone, there are Gastrodia elata cubs that can weigh half a catty.

While Wen Han was picking Gastrodia elata, Wen Cheng and Jing Han saw several more, and they all started picking Gastrodia elata there.Sometimes, there will be some tree roots or something in the soil. At this time, Wen Han has to come.He used a small tool to cut off the roots vigorously, so that he could continue to dig down the soil.

In one morning, everyone found more than a dozen Gastrodia elata, and when they were dug up, they could weigh six to seven catties.Wen Han saw that it was almost noon, so he led everyone back. When they got home, Zhiming saw the gastrodia elata dug up by the children, "Hey, I didn't expect that there are so many gastrodia elata here. I will be with you this afternoon. Dig Tianma together."

"Okay, you'd better put the kang in the house together with me. I think it will be sunny for a while, and the village chief should lead someone to hang strings to divide the soil in the next two days. After dividing the soil, we can I have to dig the soil quickly, there is not so much rain in July, so it’s just a good time to dry it out. The next job is to do as much as the children can, and let’s hurry up and make the house clear.” Zhixin stared He glanced at Zhiming, and then said.

Zhiming scratched his head, feeling a little embarrassed, he was still a doctor at heart, so he couldn't help being excited when he saw the medicinal materials.

(End of this chapter)