The Pastoral Medicinal Fragrance of the Imperial Concubine

Chapter 199: Catching Scorpions (3)
Leng Ping was overjoyed and hurried forward.

"My little lady, do you want to buy an umbrella?" It's not a rainy season, and the umbrella business is not good. When the guy saw someone coming to the door, he immediately greeted him very warmly.

"Is your shopkeeper here? I have a big business to discuss with you!" Leng Ping was very satisfied when she touched the black oil paper, it was smooth and could keep out the rain, and everything was solved at once!
When the guy heard this, he quickly shouted inside, and let Leng Ping and Hao Ren in.

A fat shopkeeper came out.

"The shopkeeper, this young lady is looking for you, saying that she has a big deal!" The clerk hurriedly said.

The shopkeeper took a look at Leng Ping, then cupped his fists and said, "Girl, do you want to buy an umbrella?"

Leng Ping laughed and said, "I don't buy umbrellas, I buy the oil paper you make umbrellas from!"

The shopkeeper was taken aback, and said with a smile: "Could it be that the young lady also makes umbrellas? Why don't you just buy this oil paper?"

Leng Ping laughed and said, "I don't make umbrellas, I use oiled paper to make a big shed to keep out the rain!"

At this time, some oil paper had already been used on the hood of that kind of carriage, so the shopkeeper understood, and invited Leng Ping to talk inside.

Because they were ordered in a soil pit, there was no need to use beautiful colors, and scorpions always liked dark and humid places, so Leng Ping chose the cheapest black oil paper for all of them.

After negotiating the price with the shopkeeper, Leng Ping calculated the amount needed for ten scorpion pits, then paid the money, and asked Hao Ren to go to Hao Dan to get the goods.

After a while, Hao Shi, who had delivered the stone, came with Hao Dan and Hua'er and moved the oilcloth to the ox cart.

"Ren'er, go back to the school, study hard, and take care of Shitou!" Hao Shi reluctantly bid farewell to Hao Ren at the school entrance.

This time Hao Ren stayed at home for a long time, and Hao Shi and Hao Dan were a little bit reluctant to part again.

Leng Ping was sitting on the bullock cart, thinking about her plan to raise scorpions.

Hao Ren glanced at Leng Ping, feeling a little disappointed in his heart, but he still smiled at Hao Shi, said something to make Hao Shi pay attention to his body, and entered the school.

Only then did Haoshi get into the car with Hao Dan and Hua'er, looking dazed and lost.

This time, she sent her two sons to study here, and there was one less person in the family!

"Mother, let's go!" Leng Ping said, driving the ox cart herself, and Hao Dan rushed to help.

Leng Ping didn't argue with him, and sat with Hao Shi, all she could think about was getting rich.

Hao shi took Leng Ping's hand, but she still couldn't take it easy.

She knew that it was a good thing for the two children to study, but she still thought... Especially Shitou, who is less than seven years old, can he take care of himself?

Hao Shi was worried, but in the school, Shitou was very happy, lying on the bed, thinking that he would start to study in the best school in Licheng tomorrow, Shitou was full of excitement.

There were three other people in Shishi's dormitory, and one of them was Luo Wenchong. Luo Wenchong smiled at Shishi very friendly.

The other two looked at Luo Wenchong and Shi Shi with contempt.

One is a boring gourd with a weird personality, and the other is a boy named Bai Ding who came in through the back door. They are really a perfect match!
Luo Wenchong and Stone became good friends!

Seven days after Shitou entered school, someone sent a letter back, which said that he had studied and lived in the school, and that he had a good friend. Hao Shi was very happy after seeing it. Ren's letter was similar to what Shi Shi himself mentioned, so Hao Shi was relieved.

Unknowingly, the first month came out, and the scorpion pits were almost prepared. There were ten pits in total, one meter deep, and about seventy centimeters wide and long. Black oilcloth was nailed to the edge of the pit to prevent the scorpions from escaping, and the remaining oilcloth was used to build a shed.

When the pit is ready, Leng Ping will prepare the worms for raising scorpions, and then all she has to do is catch the scorpions!

Leng Ping uses straw to raise insects. Cut the straw into two to three centimeters long, dry it in the sun, pour soup with boiling water, then bury it in a pit fifteen centimeters deep, cover it with six centimeters thick sludge, and then use the sludge Seal the soil tightly, pour water on the pile once a day, and collect it in about half a month. At that time, you can use it according to the number of scorpions caught. In this way, you can collect four or five times for one breeding.

Leng Ping took Yuan Kui and his wife to work. After working for more than half a month, the first month came out, after the sting, the scorpions started to move, and they were ready to catch them.

Leng Ping called Cao Dabi and Yang Tong to come to help, but she didn't expect Li Jiu to arrive at Hao's house on the day of departure to the mountains.

It was noon when Li Jiu arrived at Hao's house, because scorpions were usually caught at night, and at this moment Leng Ping was leading Yuan Kui and others to prepare the utensils and explain the method by the way.

"Scorpions are used to crawling out of the ground to look for food at midnight. This is the best time to catch scorpions. Then I will try to lure the scorpions out. Everyone can use chopsticks to hold it and put it in an earthen jar. If there is a lot, you can use a broom and a dustpan to sweep it!" Leng Ping was talking when she saw Li Jiu enter the door with her luggage on her back.

"Uncle, why are you here?" Leng Ping was taken aback, and hurried forward to ask, "Is there something wrong with grandma's body?"

"Okay, it's all over. The second day after you left, the old lady was alive and well. She's been fine for a long time. This time, I came here because your grandma was worried about you. Didn't you say that someone came in a few years ago? Your grandma Let me come over and have a look, she misses you, and said she wants to come and stay for a couple of days, what do you think?" Li Jiu smiled shyly, unable to speak.

Ever since Mrs. Li wanted to live in Hao's house, Li Jiu had been against it all the time, but in the end she couldn't resist, so she waited until the first month of the lunar year to come.

"Ping'er, I know this makes you a little embarrassed, but sometimes I have to go out to deliver goods, and I don't feel relieved when your grandma is alone at home. If I can live with you and be taken care of by you, then..." Li Jiu couldn't help it. He rubbed his head curiously.

Leng Ping was about to say something when she saw Hao come out of the room and took the conversation, "Her uncle, you said her grandma is coming to live?"

As soon as Li Jiu heard Hao Shi's voice, her face became more and more embarrassed, but she still smiled and said: "That's what happened, I don't know your mother-in-law..."

Hao grasped the front of his clothes tightly, as if he had made up his mind, and said, "Uncle, it stands to reason that we are all in-laws. When you go out, there is no one to take care of the elderly. It's okay for her grandma to come and stay for a while, but This is not a long-term solution. You see, although my family has built a few houses, Hao Dan is about to marry a wife, and Ping'er is about to have a baby. I see, why don't you find another woman and start over again? Don't worry, you are Ping'er's uncle, and Ping'er will give you the money for the marriage!"

(End of this chapter)