The open life of peasant girl kapok

Chapter 20 Digging Cat's Claws

Wang Shuiyao asked suspiciously, "Mumian, why is your face so red?"

"It's too hot." As he spoke, he fanned the wind with his hands while concealing it.

"It's quite hot. It's been hot here since April every year. It's sweaty when you sit still in June and July."

Shen Mumian followed Wang Shuiyao, walked for a while and then asked, "Shuiyao, where are we going to dig cat's claws?"

Cat's claw, also called cat's claw grass, is a kind of traditional Chinese medicine. It blooms in March and bears fruit from April to July. The flowers are small yellow flowers with five petals, and the fruits are like cat's claws. There are many such things in Huining Town.

Every year, the daughters-in-law of the village come out to dig cat claws and sell them in the town for five hundred cash per catty.

It's just that this thing is not easy to dig, and it is light in weight. It takes a long time to dig to get a catty.

It was really boring for her to stay at home these few days, yesterday Shuiyao came to her, thinking she could earn some money, so she agreed.

"Let's go to the foot of Xichuan Mountain. I checked that place, but no one has ever been there, and there are wild vegetables over there. After we dig the cat's claws, we can bring some wild vegetables back. There will be some vegetables for lunch. Then come to the west to haunt There are fewer beasts, and it is safer."

"Okay, I'll go with you."

In Shen Kapok's impression, the original owner never came out to dig this thing, and he didn't know where to dig it.

When Shen Shouxin was alive, his family had fertile land and money, and they lived a good life. There was no need for the sisters of the Shen family to dig cat's claws to earn money.

In the past two years after his death, the Da Zhou family rented out the land, and the annual rent plus the previous savings made them live a good life, and the sisters didn't come out to dig cat's claws anymore.

"There are a lot of cat's claws over there. I dug there yesterday. I only dug a small piece and made a basket. There are also a lot of wild vegetables over there."

"That's good. When you dig it back, you'll have food for lunch, and you don't have to go out to buy it."

Da Zhou's lazy mother-in-law didn't even grow the vegetable garden at home, so she had to buy any vegetables.In the season of eating fresh wild vegetables like now, she can still go to the village to buy wild vegetables.

There are wild vegetables everywhere, but she just doesn't dig, she just wants to buy them, Shen Mumian and the sisters see that she won't go, so naturally they don't bother to come out.

"Mumian, your mother is really good!" Wang Shuiyao shook her head, "You don't know, people in the village secretly say that she is a prodigal old woman, and she insists on paying for wild vegetables that don't cost money, instead of digging them. I tell you, don't be angry. Ah, she bought shepherd's purse at Uncle Qing's house, and Aunt Qing took the money, and then she turned around and told my mother that her brain was filled with shit."

"I'm not angry, isn't she just out of her mind?" Shen Mumian sneered, "Take the white money and give it to someone."

Shen Shouxin's previous savings were all ruined by her, and she only knew how to eat and drink all day long. The three sisters followed suit, and they were all too lazy.

"By the way, kapok, I heard from my mother, is it true that you separated from your mother?"

"Of course it's true." Shen Mumian nodded, "Otherwise, why would I come out to dig wild vegetables? Before, the two sisters didn't come out, so I naturally didn't want to dig them back to benefit them. Now it's different."

"Yes, Kapok, what you did was right, you can't take advantage of them." Wang Shuiyao disliked the two tea sisters very much, especially Shen Hongcha, who acted one way in front of the other and another behind her back. "It's so bad, how can a sister harm a sister."

"How do you know this?"

Shen Mumian was puzzled, only Shen Qing knew about this matter that day.

(End of this chapter)