Ugly peasant girl in space

Chapter 18 Entering the Mountains to Pick Wild Chrysanthemums (2)
Opening the door lightly, the lady next door, Mrs. Liu, has already gotten up and put on her clothes. Seeing the little disciple sleeping soundly, Qing Qiang said, "Mother, let me cook, and I will wake up the little girl in a while." , let's go into the mountain together."

"No, your little sister broke her head last time, but I was so scared that I died. I have to follow to be relieved."

"But my little brother can't be at home by himself."

Mo Qingqiang wiped her face with a handkerchief dipped in cold water, and felt refreshed, "Mother, why don't I go with my younger sister first, and you take Zixi at home, and you can take it to the town when we come back." The younger sister said that it is best to sell the flowers to the clinic on the same day as they are picked."

"That's all right, but you have to watch girl Dianli, don't go into the old forest." Mrs. Liu straightened her face, and told her worriedly, "The old forest has all kinds of beasts. Last year, Zhang Orion from our village After I went in, I never came out again, and you can hear wolves howling at your uncle's house at night."

"I know, mother, we have to come back early, and we have to go to town."

Mo Qingqiang hurriedly agreed, and then went to the kitchen to steam a few rough-faced steamed buns, warmed up yesterday's big bone soup, added some vegetables and potatoes in it, and Mrs. Liu took the chicken food bowl and began to feed her own chickens and ducks .

When the smell of the bone soup in the kitchen came and it was dawn, Mo Qingli stretched her waist and rubbed her eyes. This earth kang is so hard that her waist is about to break. After wearing it for more than three months, she finally I started to get used to it gradually, and I didn't have the previous feeling of not knowing where I was when I woke up, and I started to have a real sense of belonging.

Putting on her clothes and putting on her shoes, Mo Qingli walked out of the house. The air in the countryside in the morning is really good, especially at home, with the smell of food, and her stomach rumbling again on time, which is more accurate than an alarm clock .

"Girl Li, wake up."

Mrs. Liu was bending over to sweep the yard, raised her head and smiled at Mo Qingli, "Mother is still worried about you staying in bed, but your second sister said that you will wake up immediately after smelling the aroma of bone soup."

"hey-hey."

Mo Qingli smiled awkwardly, touched her nose embarrassingly, but if the conditions were better and she could eat well, she wouldn't be so hopeless.

"Hurry up and wash your face, what are you doing in a daze, we have to go into the mountains early after breakfast."

The second sister, Mo Qingqiang poked her head out from the kitchen, watched Qingli standing still in the yard, and urged her.

"Well, right away."

Mo Qingli responded, and quickly washed her face and rinsed her mouth. People in the village are not very particular, and they brush their teeth with willow sticks dipped in coarse salt. Last time she and Mrs. Liu went to the town, they saw someone selling toothbrushes made of horse hair and tooth powder A toothbrush is [-] cents, tooth powder is [-] cents, and there is only a small pack, which is enough for about a month. It is a naked ancient luxury.

With the big bone soup, he quickly ate two small buns. Mo Qingli's chest still felt a little uncomfortable. He felt that the thick buns were really hard to swallow. Rubbing his throat, if it weren't for the bone soup, it would still be delicious. She can't eat it, it's better than corn tortillas.

"Eat another one, I will go to the mountains to pick wild chrysanthemums later, some of them will make you tired."

The second sister, Mo Qingqiang, was even more worried than Liu Shi, so she took another one out of the basin and forced Qingli to eat it. Well, resisting the discomfort of being choked, Mo Qingli was full.

It's still early, and I haven't met many villagers along the way. I guess it's breakfast time, and today is not a big day to go to the market.Mo Qingqiang carried a big bamboo basket by herself, and let Qingli carry a basket. The two sisters walked side by side, marching towards the mountain together.

In the mountains in September, species are the most abundant. Along the way, Qingli saw many wild flowers and weeds, as well as her favorite wild grapes, wild chestnuts and hickories, and she even found a hawthorn tree.Looking at the strings of red fruits like lanterns above, Mo Qingli swallowed her saliva, candied haws, canned hawthorns, and hawthorn cakes seemed to be in front of her eyes.

"Girl Li likes red fruit. This stuff is so sour. No one in the village likes it."

"Put sugar, boil water and drink."

Mo Qingli felt that her question was a bit idiotic. In the village, sugar is an expensive thing. If there is a piece of candy in the mouth of the children, they can enjoy it all day. Who has the spare money to buy sugar to cook? The things I use can't fill my stomach.

"Ugh."

Mo Qingli froze a lot after thinking about it. It seemed that it was really useless. She wanted to buy some sugar to make some hawthorn cakes and sell them in the town, but no one recognized this, and it still required so much cost. What if she lost money? It will be bleak, and she will not be believed in any ideas in the future. If she has spare money, she will definitely buy more candy and go back. She will make some for herself to eat, but she dare not eat too much. hungrier.

The higher up the mountain, the wider the field of vision. Except for a few small roads, the grass is as tall as a person. Qingli is frightened and worried that there will be snakes in the grass, but seeing that her second sister has no reaction, it is estimated that the problem is not serious.

"I mean here, there are so many wild chrysanthemums."

Mo Qingqiang saw the clumps of wild chrysanthemums in front of her, and immediately jumped on them, as if they were gold, and stopped talking nonsense, and started picking them directly. Qingli also stepped forward to help, and put them in her small basket. With so many flowers, there can be many young and old, and it should be able to exchange a lot of copper plates, but I am a little disappointed that there is no honeysuckle in this area.

"Sister, try not to let the petals fall off."

Mo Qingli saw that her second sister's hands were very quick, and she grabbed several flowers, she was a little speechless. This rude action was similar to robbery. Hearing her instructions, she was very polite, and put them into the basket one by one.

"I'm in a hurry. If I can't finish picking today, there will be tomorrow."

Mo Qingqiang also has a great desire to make money. In the afternoon, she also wants to go to the town to have a look. Recently, she has saved fifty nets, and she wonders if she can sell them for a good price.

"Second sister, it would be more valuable if there were honeysuckle flowers. The staff at the medical center said that the scientific name is honeysuckle."

"What kind, are there in the mountains?"

When it was mentioned that it could be exchanged for silver, Mo Qingqiang immediately became interested, looked directly at Qingli and asked, "Maybe I have seen it before."

"It's yellow and white."

Mo Qingli described the color and shape of the honeysuckle, and when she saw the second sister looking at her intently, she cried inwardly that it was not good, she wanted to reveal her secrets, so she quickly touched her head, frowned and said, "It's probably like this, the staff at the medical center said that there are many flowers in the mountains. some."

"That is possible, I seem to have seen it."

Mo Qingqiang couldn't remember it for a while, but Mo Qingli was relieved to see her second sister diverted her attention.

Seeing that the sun was rising high, and at noon, the two sisters had harvested a lot. Qingli's small basket was already full, and she even poured it into the second sister's basket a few times, looking at the basket full. Golden yellow, she is very accomplished.

(End of this chapter)