Good farming at the foot of Changbai Mountain

Chapter 67
After hearing this, Mrs. Chen's expression relaxed, and she gave Jing Han a blank look. "You little thing, can that be the same? Do you think you can make cakes with anything? Okay, if you like poking, try it. Anyway, it's just a waste of fire. If I don't let you do it, when the time comes It’s good to mutter again.” Living on the mountain, there is plenty of firewood, and anyway, it is necessary to burn the kang.

After hearing this, Jinghan knew that she must have been fooled.Now, even if he came up with something by himself, no one would doubt him, they would only think that he had hit something by mistake. "Grandma, we have to wait a while before eating, shall we? Then I'll get this one first, and I want to try it."

"Go, we have to wait for a while to eat." Chen waved his hand.

When Jinghan heard this, she hurriedly asked Wenhan and the others to help, and took all the grapes and some belongings to Zhixin's house.There is no room for cooking dumplings and stir-fry.The children moved all the things like ants moving house, and Jinghan also quietly took some flour and sugar, keeping them for easy use.

Jinghan led Jingwan and Jingxian, put the grapes in a big basin, and passed them gently with water.This mountain grape is a wild thing, and there is actually nothing on it, so it is enough to wash it with water.Next, the three sisters picked off the fruit one by one.

Brush the pot clean, add water, and put the picked grapes into the pot.Of course, there should not be too much water, just two small scoops of water, after all, there is still a lot of juice in the grapes.A fire is lit under the pot, and when the water in the pot boils, it is slowly boiled with a small fire.After the grape skins and seeds inside are all boiled and separated, use a strainer to remove the skins and seeds.Continue to simmer on low heat, and when the juice in the pot feels a little sticky, Jinghan quietly finds out the flour noodles and sugar at home, and puts them in.

Jinghan went out to find some corn husks, then cut off the back part of the corn husks with scissors, washed them with water, and took them to the side of the pot.Use a spoon to scoop the purple juice into the corn husks one by one.Every time you scoop one, put it on the fork next to it. When all the juice in the pot is scooped out, the fork will be full.Jinghan and Jingwan carried the fork out, put it in a ventilated place, and waited to dry.

After finishing this work, the dumplings over there happened to be cooked, so Mrs. Xue yelled for everyone to get ready to eat dumplings.The children all washed their hands, and then sat at the table, waiting for the delicious dumplings to come out of the pan.

The dumplings are still mustard greens and pork. At this time, this is the stuffing.There are several other dishes on the table, the four dishes of stewed river fish, stewed pheasant with mushrooms, stewed rabbit with potatoes, and venison are all meat dishes.When everyone sat down, the old man said, "Okay, it's all my family. Today is the festival. This is the first Mid-Autumn Festival on the mountain. Let's have fun together. Don't say anything else, eat quickly, You can’t drink today, it’s the last day left, so don’t make any trouble at this pass. Zhixin, you have to be more vigilant tonight, and it will be fine when the sticks come up tomorrow.” The old man knew chopsticks first, and picked Try a dumpling. "Well, it's pretty good, fresh enough." He nodded as he spoke.

Everyone moved their chopsticks now, and the children naturally tried hard at the dumplings.These fishes, pheasant ones, are really eaten in the mountains, so I am not greedy.Dumplings are different, there is no time to make them, and the meat has to be bought, so they all prefer to eat dumplings.

The family has eaten dumplings, and it is the end of the unitary hour.Chen arranged for Zhide's family of four to live in the boys' house, and then the boys lived in Zhixin and Zhiming's houses respectively.It was already dark outside, everyone sat together and talked for a while, and then went to bed.As for watching the moon and so on, they are all exhausted, and no one has that kind of thought.

On the morning of August [-], Zhide's family left after breakfast.And the people in the village also came to the venue early.Everyone carried three-toothed, four-toothed and other tools, and hurried to each family's ginseng field to pick up sticks.

Of course, the Xu family also came to their ginseng place where they made goods. The date of this ginseng has been set, so they have to start together.

First, the shed above the ginseng ground was removed, which was also simple. After three years of wind and rain, those boards had long since failed, and they were all thrown aside in a few strokes.

Since ginseng is called a planer here, this job is not easy to do.When planing, you need to use a three-toothed tool to find out the position of each centimeter mallet before planing out.It is best to pick up the clod all at once, so as not to let the three-toothed teeth hit the mallet, or the mallet will be injured and you will not be able to sell it for a good price.

The planing sticks should also be planted in the order they were planted at that time, so that it is not easy to find the wrong place.Then go down with one tooth, and three or four sticks can be dug out. Put the clod with the stick aside, and the person who picks up the stick will take the stick out of the clod.

The Xu family has a lot of people this year, both Zhixin and Zhiming are holding a three-tooth planer, and the rest of them just pick it up from the soil.The old man and the old lady are taking care of the house. People from the government also came today, and they immediately took away the ginseng that should be handed over by each household.

It is better to kneel on the ground to pick up the mallet, which is more comfortable, otherwise the legs will become numb after squatting for a long time.The children all changed into their oldest clothes, and then knelt in the ground to pick ginseng.

Jinghan looked at the big ginseng trees in her hand, and felt so beautiful in her heart.This year's ginseng is really good. It's not small, and it's quite sleek. It seems that some of them can really sink back and forth.Jing Han rolled her eyes and remembered something, so she got up quickly, found a sack, and picked out the big ginseng.Does anyone know what standards this yamen uses to collect ginseng?If they see these large ones, they probably won't ask for small ones.Just kidding, these big ones can sell for a lot of money, who is willing to give them?

Mrs. Xue was picking up sticks there, but when she saw her daughter's behavior,I was a little puzzled. "Jinghan, what are you doing?"

Jinghan ran to her mother and whispered her thoughts in her ear.After hearing this, Mrs. Xue looked at her daughter strangely, "You bastard, the mallets are collected in the yamen, including the elders and the younger."

Jing Han curled her lips, what happened to the big and the small?Isn't it the same as abducting the big one?She just wants to keep the extra big ones, and the rest are not too small.Jinghan bowed her head and remained silent, continuing to pick out large ginsengs. She was sure in her hands, and the ones she picked out were usually at least two and a half.

Seeing her daughter like this, Xue knew that she was doing it for the good of the family.Furthermore, this year's mallet is indeed very rare, if the people in the yamen just take it away, I will feel uncomfortable in my heart.So Mrs. Xue stopped talking and silently supported her daughter in doing so.

The family has a total of [-] feet of clubs, and they will finish getting up in the afternoon.Jinghan found a secret place to hide the big stick she picked out, and she couldn't take it out now, otherwise it would be hard for the people in the yamen to see it.Fortunately, they had been on the mountain for a long time, and they purposely made several soil holes beside the stick, and Jing Han and Wen Han put things in one of them.Then let Wencheng and Wenxuan watch from a distance, don't let outsiders pass by.

There are also many people in the village who have finished playing the mallet and are waiting to hand it in at the gate of the venue.People from the yamen came at noon, with a booklet, and went door-to-door to collect the sticks.Several people came to them, including those who weighed the scales, those who kept accounts, and those who loaded ginseng into the car, and they were very busy.After each household has handed in the stick, they can release the ginseng field, and then it is the turn of the next household.

It wasn't until the end of You hour that all the hundred or so households in the village had been handed over, and the people in the yamen drove their carts and left the venue.On average, each household has to pay seventy to eighty catties. This time, they took away seven to eight thousand catties of sticks. It took a total of more than ten horse-drawn carts to pull them all away.

Jing Han looked at the backs of these people and cursed inwardly. "A group of bastards who eat people and don't spit out their bones. Is the court going to peel off the skin of ginseng? Thanks to the good growth of this year's stick, if the year is not good, the ginseng planted is not enough to be handed over to the court. Yes. They're all goddam bastards."

Mumbling, Jinghan came to the place where the stick was hidden, took out the stick with Wencheng and Wenxuan, and then Wencheng carried it home.

The old man was moaning and sighing. This year, he handed over 190 catties of the club, and there is still [-] catties left, but it is not as much as last year. "When I was planing the mallet just now, didn't I think it was quite big? Why is the output this year not as good as last year?"

Jinghan just heard it, so she giggled, "Grandpa, why are you in a hurry, there are more here." Then, she and Wencheng put the things they hid in the house.These can weigh at least twenty pounds.

The old man went down to the ground and opened the sack for a look, then asked strangely: "Where did you get this? Why are they so big?"

Xue came in from the outside and said with a smile. "Father, you don't know about this ghost in our family. She picked out the big ones a long time ago. They were hidden just now. Now that the people in the yamen have left, she just took them out. These big ones, if you hand them over Giving it to the Yamen is really distressing." Mrs. Xue told everyone about it.

When the old man heard this, he couldn't help laughing, "This little girl, why is she such a wicked idea? She even knows how to hide the big one. It's also thanks to our family living on the mountain, otherwise, no matter how hard you hide, Can't you go home? Okay, everyone in our family must keep this matter a secret, and we can't let others know. This is a big deal, so be careful if you get caught. Okay, I will start making goods tomorrow, or red goods .” The old man ordered.

(End of this chapter)