Good farming at the foot of Changbai Mountain

Chapter 68

The next day, the family started to make goods. Mrs. Chen led her two daughters-in-law and Jingya, brushing ginseng, steaming sticks, etc. together.The old man, together with brothers Zhixin, mixed loess into this year's new ginseng soil.There is too much black soil in the ginseng soil, so we need to mix some loess, so the father and son, three, pick and choose to transport the loess into the ginseng field.

Jing Han and Wen Han went to do a job that they had never done before, that is, to block the stick.In the village, everyone came to participate in the same day, and they had to hurry up and hand in the work.Generally, there are one or two male laborers in each household, and some households have to hurry to get up in one day, so many of them just go over and over again, and have no time to look back again.This ginseng grows in the soil, and it is inevitable that it was buried in the soil when it was raised, or it was a ginseng beard, or it might be a smaller stick.Once the person picking it up is slower, it may fall down.

Therefore, looking for the fallen sticks from the ground where others have raised sticks is called blocking sticks.Generally, four-toothed hammers should be used, because the four-toothed one more tooth than the three-toothed, it will be denser than the three-toothed.Moreover, the four-toothed teeth are much thinner than the three-toothed ones, and are light and light, which is best used to stop sticks and mallets.

There are two four-toothed sticks in the family, and it happens that Wen Han and Wen Cheng each have one.Before the Mid-Autumn Festival, Wen Han told the restaurant that the weather was getting colder, so he would stop delivering fish to the town.The two brothers held the four-toothed ginseng, next to each other, and re-planed the ginseng ground bit by bit, and then searched for the fallen ginseng.This is a job that requires eyesight and physical strength. It is not easy to swing four teeth for a day.

After digging a few times, Wen Han found a large white beard from the ground. He quickly lowered his head to pick it up and threw it into the basket. "Little sister, look, I really found a thorn beard." Wen Han shouted excitedly.

Jinghan nodded, "Brother, I saw it. You dig slowly and watch carefully. There are plenty of them in this field. Especially the area near the pool, you must pay more attention. Some people don't plan well there. It's easy to fall." Jinghan was not too excited.She had seen it in her previous life. At that time, the people who started the mallet would hire a lot of people.I am also very careful when I get up, and I will stop it at my home when I am done.Then the spectators will block the second time, and finally some outsiders can enter the venue to block the third time, even if this is the case, someone will be able to block it.It was the first time they blocked it, and there should be a lot of hammers falling, Jing Han is still very confident about this.

Sure enough, not long after, Wen Cheng shouted over there, "Little sister, I picked up a mallet here." His voice was full of excitement and surprise.

Seeing that the two elder brothers have gained a lot, Jing Han felt relieved. "Big Brother, Second Brother, stop the hammer here. Jingwan, Wenxuan Wenchang, I went to the forest to pick up mushrooms or something. We can't move these four teeth, so we can't do this job. Be careful. , don’t worry, there will be a lot of them.” After speaking, Jing Han took Jing Wan and the others out of the venue together.

Now the leaves have begun to fall in the forest. A gust of wind blows, and the leaves all over the sky are flying with the wind and falling. "We have to hurry up and try our best to pull things home. When the snow falls, we won't be able to get anything." Jinghan lowered her head to pick up walnuts, and said to Jingwan and the others behind her.

"Second Sister, we all listen to you, and you can do whatever you want." Wen Chang followed behind Jing Han, talking like a dog.He has seen the second sister's ability, as long as the second sister makes a move, there will definitely be surprises.It is estimated that this year, he will earn a lot of money just by blocking the stick, not to mention getting so many good things to go home now.

Jinghan smiled slightly, "Okay, then let's pick up walnuts quickly. If you see that kind of rotten basswood, check if there are winter mushrooms on it. At this time, winter mushrooms should come out. Anyway, we just don't care If it’s useful, just draw it to the house. It will come in handy at that time. It’s very convenient for us to be on the mountain, much better than in the village. Let’s work hard and try to let the eldest brother and the second brother go to town this year. To go to school, you still have to be a scholar." Jinghan now understands why she used to read ancient stories and asked her children to study and take the imperial examinations, because this is the only way out for the poor, and only someone in the family has left an official career. There is hope to change poverty.

Everyone agreed with this, so no one said anything, but looked down for something that could be brought home and exchanged for money.Before morning, everyone picked up two baskets of walnuts, one basket of winter mushrooms, and another basket of wild grapes.The mountain grape cake that Jinghan made that day was not completely dry, but the semi-dry one was more delicious. The children in the family all tasted some, and they found it sour and sweet, and they really liked it.I saw a bunch of grapes again today, and everyone said that I need to boil some more. Who would think too much of delicious food?So they picked a basket of mountain grapes, and agreed to come back in the afternoon and pick the rest.

The four of them carried their baskets on their backs and walked home one by one bent over.After all, they are still young, and even the carrying baskets are made according to their size, but the weight is not light.Fortunately, it was very close to home, and it didn't take long to return to the venue.As soon as they arrived at the place, everyone quickly put the back baskets on the ground, and then couldn't help rubbing their shoulders with their hands.

At home, Mrs. Chen and Mrs. Xue are brushing ginseng. Mrs. Chen feels a little distressed when she sees the children. "Look at you, why do you have to get all these? We can't just point at you to pick them up. Don't go back and get some more. After a while, let your father and your third uncle go with them, my lord. It’s fast, and I’m not tired yet. Look at these tired samples.”

Jinghan laughed when she heard grandma's words, rubbed her shoulders, and said, "Grandma, it's only a few days' work. This autumn will be over soon, and when it snows, you won't be able to get anything back "Grandma, it's okay, let's have a good rest at night and get some sleep."

Mrs. Chen shook her head helplessly, "You, I don't know what kind of temperament you have followed, why are you so rich? Can't we wait for everyone to do these jobs together?"

"Mother, you don't need to say anything, Jinghan won't listen, she just has this temper. It's better this way, it's rare to see a child who grabs the family like this." Zhu Shi persuaded from the side, she was also very fond of Jinghan I like it, and I have always told my two daughters to let them get along with the two sisters of the uncle's family more.

The mothers saw that it was almost noon, so they hurried to cook.Not long after, the three old men and the two brothers Wen Han all came back.The Wenhan brothers were the latest to come back, and as soon as they reached the door, they shouted, "Grandpa, grandma, look, we brought something back."

The old man was resting in the house, and it was a little strange to hear the eldest grandson shouting like that.This Wenhan has always been very steady, before he was so frizzy, what made him so excited?Looking at the door, I saw Wen Han and Wen Cheng, both carrying baskets, entering the house.In that basket, there were actually some mallet beards and a few complete mallet trees. "Wen Han, where did you get this?" The old man was very surprised. Didn't the mallet have been used up? Where did you get the mallet?
"Grandpa, I found this from the field where someone finished lifting the mallet, don't you know? It turns out that after someone finished lifting the mallet, there will still be some left behind. Look, Wen Cheng and I found this all morning. Look. It looks like at least five or six catties. If you search all the ginseng fields, you can find a lot." Wenhan explained the origin of these sticks to everyone excitedly.

The old man and Zhixin looked at each other, and they were also surprised. They didn't expect that there would be such benefits in seeing ginseng.He hadn't experienced it before, so he didn't understand it at all. I'm afraid he didn't know about the old Liu Tou before. He drank all day, so he didn't care about anything else. "Wen Han, who told you this? Did you come up with it yourself?" The old man already guessed who it was in his heart, so he just asked.

"It's not us, it's Jinghan. Jinghan thinks about it, so let us try it." Wen Han's excitement has not yet passed, although his arms are sore from exhaustion, he is still full of joy.You can block five or six catties in one morning, what about that day?They just planed tens of feet of ginseng land in the morning. This year, a total of [-] to [-] feet of ginseng land has been picked up. If all of them are blocked, how much will it be?There must be a hundred and eighty catties?
The old man and Zhixin also thought about it, and the old man took the lead and said, "Zhixin, I think so, these few days, let's hurry up and stop the hammer. I think the loess over there is almost mixed, and the remaining one Don't worry about two zhang. If you do the calculations, I'm afraid that just blocking sticks will cost more than our own family. Although the blocking is usually a lot of beards or something, that's money. Okay, that's it, we still have a few three-toothed sticks at home, let's use the three-toothed ones, adults don't worry about getting tired."

Zhixin and Zhiming also agreed, this is a good opportunity to make money, everyone, we will give up? "Father, do we need to talk to the village chief about this?" Zhixin was afraid that someone would be jealous.

The old man shook his head, "No need. In previous years, when our family played the stick, didn't we rush home after finishing it? How could there be time to stop the stick? It was just like that later, and no one said anything. Needless to say, in the ginseng field, with a stick and a hammer, it has nothing to do with ginseng households."

When eating at noon, everyone knew about the barge, the old man couldn't help but ask Jinghan, "Jinghan, how did you come up with this bar?"

Jinghan smiled, "Grandpa, when we planted the fields in spring, didn't you see the sticks that sprouted in the field? That's what people left from ginseng. I thought about it at the time, it's a pity to leave it like this, If someone can find it again, won’t these sticks be lost in vain?”

(End of this chapter)