pastoral fragrance

Chapter 29 begins construction

There was a disgusting stench, and Qiulin knew that he was not far from his fish pond.Different from the mood last time, this time she wanted to hurry over, dredge the drain, and release all the stinky water from that pond.

Qiulin arrived at the destination, and none of them was idle, and started construction.

Naturally, the elder sister and the second elder brother were able to help, while Qiulin and Qiuhe stood aside to help Qiuyue Qiusong.The children ignored the stench and were extremely busy.This fish pond is their hope and hope in the future!

Qiulin was busy with work and planning.After the diversion canal is dug, mulberry trees are transplanted to the fish pond. The mulberry leaves can be used to raise silkworms, the silkworm excrement can be used to raise fish, and the silt from fish ponds can be used to fertilize mulberry trees.The organic combination of mulberry planting, sericulture and fish farming is a characteristic agricultural ecosystem in the Pearl River Delta, which can produce a good circulation system and can also bring considerable economic benefits.

It's just that their own fish pond is only this big, and there are no considerable economic benefits, but at least their family will have enough food and clothing from now on.Thinking of this, Qiulin became cheerful and became more energetic in doing things.

The siblings worked hard for a long time and finally dug the drainage ditch.Seeing the dirty water rushing out, everyone breathed a sigh of relief, and now they just waited for the dirty water to be drained before diverting the water into the pond.

After the work was done, a few radish heads carried the guy and walked back.At this moment, the sun is overhead, and the cheeks of the scorching person are hot, and beads of sweat are falling like rain.After returning to the yard, Han hurriedly poured hot water for a while, washed his face and wiped his sweat, and brought tea that had been cold for a long time. "Hurry up, you guys are all thirsty, drink quickly."

After washing up, Qiu Song rested for a while, and then went into the kitchen with the snake that he called in the morning.

"Didn't you not fight with you things?" Han looked at the thing and couldn't help frowning.

Qiuyue smiled: "Mother, it's okay. The snake rushed over by itself. It wanted to bite the little girl. After beating her, she brought her back." Qiuyue naturally understood what her mother told her, but it was the snake who provoked her. , she definitely has no reason to let go.

Han Shi nodded and said nothing more.

After drinking tea to quench his thirst, Qiulin slipped into the west wing to see Ah Huang.Right now it is opening its eyes, looking at Daiwa above its head.Qiulin leaned over, "Ah Huang, how are you feeling? The eldest sister hit a snake today, and there will be snake soup for you later." Although Qiulin doesn't like to see snakes, this food should be quite nourishing , for Ah Huang, an injured dog, it should be perfect.

Ah Huang raised his eyelids and glanced at Qiu Lin.His eyes were always sullen, as if he couldn't lift his spirits.

Qiu Lin looked pitiful, and felt soft again, "Ah Huang, you need to get better soon, I was counting on you to go dig herbs with me in the woods after you get better."

Ah Huang looked at her silently, a trace of emotion flashed in his eyes, but it was fleeting.

Afterwards, Qiulin withdrew his eyes and sat quietly on the bed, chattering about cleaning up the fish pond.Xia Yan listened silently at the side without making any response.Nuan Yang sneaked into the room through the torn window paper, Xia Yan just lay there lazily, watching the little girl beside her keep moving her mouth up and down.

At this moment, the words that came out of the little girl's mouth had become blurred, but the picture became clearer and clearer.Xia Yan stared at her intently, as if the girl would disappear in the blink of an eye.

One person and one dog stayed together for a long time, until the third brother's voice drifted in from outside the grass curtain, "Little sister, the snake soup is ready, come and drink!"

Qiulin responded, stood up slowly, and went out through the straw curtain.The situation this morning terrified her, if it wasn't for scooping up a bowl of snake soup for Ah Huang, she wouldn't come over.

In the main room, the smell of meat filled the air, and the steaming heat kept rising.Qiulin looked over, and saw a large bowl in the middle of the table, which contained snake soup, some sliced ​​snake meat and goji berries and red dates bought from the market last time.Seeing this, Qiu Lin also heaved a sigh of relief. Fortunately, the snake was cut into sections, otherwise seeing the whole snake curled up in the bowl would have been a bit scary.

Qiulin took the bowl and sat down silently. She just kept eating the Houttuynia cordata and corn pancakes, but she didn't even stretch out her chopsticks for the big bowl in the middle.Today's work is heavy, and Qiulin just feels very hungry. After drinking two big bowls of corn paste, he feels full.After eating, she scooped up another bowl of soup and served it to the big yellow dog at home with a piece of corn tortilla.

The fish pond will not be opened to divert water until the water is almost discharged. It is estimated that it will take some time until the fish pond is drained.So after everyone had dinner, Qiuyue and the others went to the woods with their hoe and sickle on their backs.I heard from my younger sister that there are many valuable things in the woods, and this time I went to the market, the price of the soil tuckahoe was really good.Who would let go of this opportunity to make money, so everyone hurried to dig herbs in the woods.

After all, there were a lot of people this time. When digging herbs, Qiuyue and the others not only picked up Smilax tuckahoe, but also Chuanxiong, Pinellia, LMianzhen, and Cuscuta.Most people in the village don't come here, so no one has set foot in the Chinese medicinal materials all over the mountains and plains. They grow thick branches and leaves, and they are very cute.

Qiuhe had already discovered a few walnut trees in the forest, and now it was the season of ripening, the green skin on the walnuts gradually receded, and each one hung black on the treetops, and he was very greedy to look at them.

Although this walnut is not a valuable thing, but fortunately there are many walnuts in this area, and the treetops are densely packed, so if you choose it and sell it, you can sell it for a few dollars.The most important thing is that this thing is not depreciated.

Qiuhe climbed up the tree like a monkey, and after a while, he climbed to the top of the tree, and he threw those ripe walnuts down.Some went directly into the back basket, some threw it on the ground, some rolled down the mountain forest, and some fell into the grass...

Qiulin picked up walnuts in circles on the ground until an empty pan was filled to the brim, and then he stopped. Qiuhe cleverly climbed down the tree, while Qiulin retreated to a pine tree, panting. atmosphere.But she was exhausted.

At the moment, several baskets are also full of fruits and herbs.Qiu Song carried the walnut-carrying basket on his back and walked home. Qiuyue and Qiuhe each carried a carrying basket, which was lighter than Qiusong's.Qiulin was young, so he just picked up some medicinal roots and followed his brothers and sisters to go home.

After returning home, Qiuyue and the others quickly emptied the contents of the basket and piled them in the main room.It was still early at this moment, and several people ran to the woods over there in a hurry, trying to take advantage of the weather to carry more back.

"Hey, Qiuyue, what are you guys doing!" As soon as the children went out, they were stopped by a woman.The woman was in her early thirties, her hair was elegantly combed into a bun.The skin is between yellow and black, and his face is a bit mean, but at this time there is a smile on his face, which looks a bit funny.

Qiulin looked back at the man, it turned out to be the third aunt.This woman is really the third uncle's wife, surnamed Fang.

"It's nothing, let's just mess around, where is Third Aunt going?" Like Yan's, this Fang family is not a good person, and he is also the kind who only picks up petty gains, and he has a good mouth.Qiuyue said haha ​​casually, dealing with it.If this person finds out that there are these good things in the forest that can be sold for money, she will definitely get involved.

Fang shrewdly glanced at the courtyard of Qiuyue's house, and said with a smile, "I heard that your mother is ill, so I just came over to have a look during the slack season. Qiuyue, is your mother at home?" The bamboo basket in the bag twisted, "Look, this is the sauerkraut for you guys. There is nothing good at home, so don't dislike it." Then he smiled cheerfully, his thick eyebrows tangled like two A centipede that arches and arches is ugly.

This person came to see my mother?Definitely uneasy!Qiuyue's heart sank, and she didn't know how to answer these words. If she said yes, she would definitely go into the house to see the situation of the third aunt, and to show her the pile in the main room. Mother is careless, so she must be one or five Say ten to her cleanly; but if you say you're not there, it's deception. Parents never taught her to lie since she was a child.Qiuyue was a little embarrassed.

Fang had noticed early on that the children of the second child's family were going to the forest with their backs on their backs, and they didn't know what they were doing.She felt that this matter was weird, so she wanted to come over to find out.What are these children doing, and what good things are there in the woods?

"Mother is not in good spirits, she rested after eating, and she is already asleep now. If the third aunt is interested, she will come another day. I'm afraid it will be inconvenient today. You should take this thing back, third aunt " Qiuyue vaguely felt that Fang was not here to see her mother at all, but was just pretending. As for her purpose of doing this, Qiuyue vaguely felt that it was because she saw them carrying baskets on their backs. It's time to take advantage again.

How can Fang give up so easily, he didn't mind at all, and said: "It's okay, I'm not going to sit here for a while, I don't get in the way, if you are busy, go and do your work, don't call me." With that, she had already stepped out naturally and entered the courtyard of Xu Nanshan's house.

After entering the yard, she couldn't help but say that she was walking towards the main room.The expressions of Qiuyue Qiusong and the others all changed. Qiulin didn't know how powerful the Fang family was, but felt that the reactions of his brothers and sisters were too strong.

That's how I felt, when I suddenly heard Fang's crying and cursing from the other side; "Oh, I can't live through this day! Every good thing we have in our family is eager to send it to the second brother's house! But people, they don’t care about us at all, and if they have something good, they close the door and enjoy it by themselves! Hey, why am I so stupid and don’t talk about it, it’s really a crime!"

Qiu Lin turned his head to the side, and saw that Fang threw away the bamboo basket in his hand, and let the rotten leaves and sauerkraut roll to the ground.Sitting down on the muddy ground by herself, she kept howling in a high-pitched and thin voice like she was singing a big show, and she looked like she had been greatly wronged and was going to die.

(End of this chapter)