Good farming at the foot of Changbai Mountain

Chapter 69

Hearing Jinghan's words, the old man patted his thigh, "Oh, what's the matter? We saw it at the time, but no one thought about it. Sigh, this man seems to be old, and his brain is not good at all. It’s not enough. It’s still Jinghan’s brain that can think of it, okay, okay. Old lady, we really took advantage of Jinghan’s light this year. It’s Jinghan’s idea to go up the mountain to see ginseng. , which is not the credit of Jinghan? This is the blessing of our Xu family, and such a little lucky star came out." Thinking of many things, the old man liked Jinghan more and more.

The old lady was on the side, looking at the little granddaughter with a smile on her face, "Isn't it? Thanks to listening to Jinghan's words, I came to the mountain to see ginseng. Otherwise, we don't know where to earn money? Girl, what do you think? What do you want? Grandma will do it for you."

Xue quickly said from the side, "Mother, don't spoil her, that's okay? She's just a little girl, she doesn't need anything." How can a mother be unhappy when her daughter is praised?However, Mrs. Xue still had to stop him, not daring to let the old man spoil the child too much.

Jinghan looked at these relatives in the room, all of them had smiles on their faces, with expectations for the future, and their hearts were warm. "Grandpa, grandma, I don't want anything. How about this, if our family has some spare money this year, can you send my eldest brother and second brother to study in the town?" Jinghan has always been thinking about this, taking advantage of this The time, finally came up.

The room was silent. The old man looked at the eight grandchildren in the room. The boy was smart and handsome, and the girl was delicate and gentle. They were all so cute.The old man was infinitely proud, "Okay, grandpa promises you, I will definitely find a way to send Wenhan and Wencheng to study this year. Studying is a good thing, and grandpa agrees."

Wen Han and Wen Cheng couldn't help laughing when they heard what grandpa said, especially Wen Han, who really liked studying.The rest of the children also cheered, and the children's voices were heard in the room for a while.

The old lady looked at the joyful children, and there was a contented smile on her wrinkled face, "Okay, let's eat first. After eating, you should go to block the hammer, or what are you going to do?" , each doing his own thing, we girls still have to brush the sticks."

Everyone hurriedly lowered their heads to eat, and after a while, they were all full.The children helped to clear the table, and then everyone went to work.

The old man, Zhixin and Zhiming, of course, followed Wen Han and Wen Cheng to block the stick.With the addition of these three adults, the speed will be much faster.The old man instructed, you must watch carefully and don't fall behind.In one afternoon, five people blocked a [-]-foot ginseng field, and even blocked a stick weighing [-] to [-] catties, which is really a lot.

In this way, the family worked hard for five days, and finally stopped all the ginseng.The old man asked these sticks to be left alone. After the last weighing, a total of more than 180 catties were picked up, which was almost catching up with the output of his family.

The whole family is very happy, Jinghan secretly disagrees.In this day and age, it is considered good for every household to be able to raise ten sticks a year, and there is no need to hire people, so the work is generally meticulous and will not drop too many sticks.If this was put into Jinghan's previous life, the whole family would be able to lift a stick of hundreds or even thousands of feet, and they would all hire people to do it.How can someone hire you so carefully?So a lot of sticks will be dropped in it, like this one thousand five hundred and six hundred feet, and a three to five hundred catties will be blocked, just like playing.

Jinghan secretly made up her mind that she must develop the ginseng at home, and by then, it will grow hundreds of feet a year, and that will be a pleasure.

Naturally, there are more beards in the blocked sticks, and fewer whole sticks. The ones at home have already been done, and Chen led the daughters-in-law to start brushing these.Just wash the beard with water, just pull it out a little bit after washing, and then put it in a big basin to steam.This was done for another three days before all the mallets were finished.Looking at the densely packed forks on the shelf outside, Chen's face blossomed with joy.

After blocking the sticks, Zhixin and Zhiming naturally went to get the loess again, and finally picked up all the loess, and had to use a shovel to mix the loess with the black soil underground, so that the sticks could be planted.

Wenhan and Jinghan still go to the forest every day to get things, such as winter mushrooms, hazelnuts, acorns, walnuts, pine cones, etc. When there is no convenient place, they go to far places.It is far away from the camp, and sometimes it is inevitable to encounter large animals. Once, they had just turned over a beam, and before they could go down, they saw a group of wild boars walking through the bottom of the ditch below.

The children were so frightened that they didn't dare to move. They all lay there, not daring to breathe. They didn't get up until all the wild boars had passed by.Wen Han patted his chest and said in shock, "We can't go too far in the future. What if something goes wrong? I was scared to death just now."

Jing Han was also taken aback, she really forgot that this was not her previous life.In this era, there are still a lot of wild animals. "When we come out in the future, we will always carry bows and crossbows. In case something happens, we can also defend ourselves. However, it's true not to go too far." Jing Han looked at Jing Wan behind her, and Wen Xuan and Wenchang, once something happens, maybe he and his two older brothers will be fine, but he is afraid that these little ones will not be able to do it. "However, don't talk about what happened today when you go home, otherwise, we won't be able to enter the mountains again in the future." Jing Han warned.

Everyone nodded, "Second sister, don't worry, we understand. We have been on the mountain for so long, didn't we encounter such a large herd of wild boars today? From now on, we can hang around near the farm and avoid going far away." Wen Xuan said quickly.

After a fright, everyone was in no mood to continue, so they walked back.After returning, no one mentioned this matter, and from then on, it was safe and sound, only picking up acorns near Shenchangzi, and did not go further.

Time flies to September, and all the ginseng in the family has been dried up. Zhiming and Zhixin took the best ginseng in the family and went to the county to find the pharmacy where he used to stay.The shopkeeper was nice, he pulled Zhiming and talked for a long time, asking this and that. "Zhiming, there was nothing we could do about it when you had an accident. Then the Qin family's hands and eyes are open to the sky. If it's not done well, we'll have to go in after the whole house is cleared."

Zhiming has already seen it, so he doesn't care about these things, "The shopkeeper, it's all over. I'm planting ginseng with my father and brother now, and it's also very good and practical. Shopkeeper, I'm here today to ask, what do you want? Don’t want ginseng? This year’s ginseng is bigger than last year’s, and the quality is also good.”

When the shopkeeper heard it, his eyes lit up immediately, "Yes, why don't you want it? Your ginseng is big and of good quality, so of course you have to ask for it. You know, we not only have a pharmacy, but also a medicinal material business." Yes, your mallets sold very well last year. I want as many as you have."

Zhixin and Zhiming took out all the ginseng they brought, and the ones they brought were naturally those from home.The remaining ones that were blocked were not brought.

The shopkeeper stepped forward and looked at these ginsengs from the Xu family.The big ones that Jinghan had hidden before could weigh about 25 kilograms, dried in the sun, and there were more than six kilograms of dry goods.The shopkeeper fell in love with it immediately, "Zhiming, I want all of these, especially the big ones. In this way, I will give you three and a half taels of silver per catty for the big ones, and the rest is last year's price. Two halves, okay?" The bigger the ginseng, the more valuable it is.

Zhixin and Zhiming didn't expect it to be so happy, so they quickly nodded and agreed, "Sure, what else is there to do? If the shopkeeper is willing to ask for it, it will be done."

So I got a scale and put all these sticks on the scale.The big one weighed six catties and two taels in total, and the rest weighed forty catties. Calculated in this way, we bought a total of 120 taels of silver.The two elder brothers took the silver and hurried back from the county. At night, they returned to the venue.

When I told everyone that I sold so much silver this year, everyone was very happy.You know, they only sold the whole mallet, the beards that fell off when making the goods have not been sold, and the ones that have been blocked have not been sold. Even if the price is lower, they can still be sold for six or seventy taels. As for silver, now, there is really no need to worry.

"Boss, you go to the town these two days. That old Liang who often collects clubs in the village, you go to him and sell the rest. Then let's return the money of the Lin family and Huixin first. It has been more than half a year, since I have the money, I should pay it back quickly." After thinking about it, Chen decided to pay back the money owed first, so as not to worry about it all day long, and always felt that it was a matter.

Zhixin nodded and agreed, everyone in Xu's family was like this, they didn't feel much if others borrowed something to leave.If you owe something to others, you really always think about it, afraid that you will forget it, and once you have it, you will return it quickly. "Okay, mother, I see."

Zhixin arrived in town the next day and sold all the remaining ones.The price this year is better than in previous years, even beards can be sold for one or two or six yuan a catty.In this case, the remaining 80 catties of beards at home were sold for 200 taels.Now, this year, the club alone sold for [-] taels of silver.This is not a small amount. After paying back all the famine owed, there is still money left.This is something that I dare not even think about in spring. I didn't expect that in just over half a year, the family will not only be able to pay back the famine, but also have a lot of money left over.

The old man decided right away that he would send Wen Han and Wen Cheng to the town to study when they were hit with a stick. "The village chief came and said that the seeds will be planted on the third day of September this year, so that the sticks can be planted on the sixth day of September. After planting the sticks, Zhixin will send Wen Han and Wen Cheng to the town to study, and find the best one. The school, I think the school that the fifth child went to was not bad, the master came from Juren, so it is enough to teach them."

(End of this chapter)