pastoral fragrance

Chapter 71
Seeing that Xu Liu'er was more anxious than anyone else at the moment, everyone couldn't help laughing. "I said Liu Ermei, weren't you still scared just now, why did you miss the things in the forest so quickly?"

Seeing that these good sisters were making fun of her, Xu Liu'er was the only one who didn't laugh at her. She couldn't help biting her lips, blushing and said: "Anyway, you are here, what are you afraid of? Let's go, don't dawdle, turn around and I will I have to wash clothes by the river." Xu Liuer dragged Qiu Lin, the youngest, into the woods.

When they got to the forest, everyone seemed to be very curious about this place, touching here and there, but they walked around the road when they saw graves and so on. "There are so many walnuts!" Seeing the walnuts wrapped in green skins on the tree, everyone sighed.There are so many densely packed that no tree can grow up! "Look, there are still wild peaches!" Mei Xiang looked at the wild fruits and couldn't stop laughing from ear to ear.Finding a place within his reach, he reached out and picked a wild peach, rubbed it on his clothes, and stuffed it into his mouth.Everyone looked at Mei Xiang eating in a panic, and laughed again. "You are a reincarnation of a starving ghost, have you not eaten in a few lifetimes?"

Mei Xiang said aggrievedly while gnawing on the wild peaches: "Isn't the peaches and apricots at home made candied fruits and sold them? The rest of the edible ones are those pickled ones. I can hardly remember what I ate. The sweet, juicy smell of peaches is here."

What Mei Xiang said was the truth, since everyone knew that the peaches could be used as honey pickled fruit for sale, which farmer would be willing to eat them?Mei Xiang is also a glutton. Seeing so many wild peaches and walnuts in the forest now, she was overjoyed and drooling.

Xu Nuo put the basket on the side of the thorny forest, then spit into the palm of his hand, rubbed his hands together, and climbed up like a monkey while holding the straight walnut tree trunk in full view of everyone.These children in the mountains are all good tree climbers. They have climbed trees to pick peaches, plums, oranges and apricots since they were young, and their skills are very smooth.

Heyi looked at his brother nervously, for fear that he would accidentally fall from the walnut tree, and said, "Brother, be careful, don't let go!"

Xu Nuo has already climbed to the first branch, put his legs on it, and sat down.Looking at the nervous younger sister under the tree, she wiped the sweat from her forehead, "It's okay, I picked it up and threw it down, you can pick it up under the tree."

In the end, everyone decided to let Qiulin, Heyi, and Xu Liuer pick walnuts together, while Qiuyue, He Xiang, and Mei Xiang took small hoes and dug up the roots of the trees beside them.

Several children worked together, and it didn't take long to pick up most of the walnuts in the basket.Xu Nuo saw that the walnuts here had been picked, so he climbed up the walnut tree again, grabbed a branch again, and picked the top one.While they were having a great time picking walnuts here, the tree root diggers over there were also digging vigorously.

This job really needs everyone to do it together, so that it can be refreshing and comfortable.It's really boring to drive with two people alone.

Everyone's speed is very fast, no one will give way to anyone, and no one is tired and wants to rest. It seems that this simple and tedious work has made them forget their tiredness and hard work. For a while, laughter echoed in the forest for a long time , the busy figure shuttled back and forth among them, very busy.

Everyone worked together, and it didn't take long for the walnuts to be enough for two baskets.Those tree roots and so on also installed two large panniers.The walnuts were carried back home directly, and the roots of the trees had to be washed and drained by the river before being carried home.The water for this food is all picked up from the well next to it, and it is natural to come to the river to wash things.

While everyone was washing the weeds, Qiulin brought two fish baskets from home to fish.

Wash the grass roots and carry them home.These washed grass roots should absorb the water on the surface as soon as possible, otherwise the things that are stained with water are easy to grow mold.After spreading all these things into the baskets, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.It's true that everyone is tired today, but it's a bit tired, but everyone is working very happily.When will you be able to work as hard as you are today, with both enthusiasm and hard work?I didn't feel tired when I was working, but after I stopped now, I felt that my hands were numb and my feet were so soft.

Han Shi had already boiled a pot of loquat water with rock sugar at home. Seeing that everyone had come back, she hurriedly scooped it up bowl by bowl and brought it out. "Come on, everyone is tired. Drink some loquat water to quench your thirst. Don't get heatstroke in the hot weather." Han didn't want them to run to the forest in the hot weather. But seeing that they are in high spirits, I don't want to pour cold water on them.Anyway, the children of the peasant family are not as delicate as the children of the town, they are all used to being wild.

Mei Xiang ran over, took the rough porcelain bowl from Han's hand, looked at the boiled loquat water that was a little yellow, and said happily, "Thank you, auntie." After she finished speaking, she hugged the bowl The porcelain bowl was poured into his mouth, and Han was so frightened that he told him worriedly: "Drink slowly, don't choke your throat."

Seeing Mei Xiang's impatient look, everyone couldn't laugh or cry.This girl was definitely reincarnated from a starving ghost. She ate a stomach full of peaches in the woods just now, and she just yelled that she couldn't eat any more and couldn't walk.But now when he heard that there was food and drink, he ran faster than anyone else, as if he was afraid of falling behind.Isn't this starving ghost reincarnation?
After drinking water, everyone ran into the woods with their baskets on their backs, and then they divided the work and started working in full swing again.Everyone is full of energy when working, and no one is lazy.Even the Xu Liu'er that Qiulin originally thought was thin and small, with delicate skin and tender flesh, was definitely not good at work.Who knew that this girl was unambiguous in her work.Very slippery.

When the sun set, everyone picked up a few more big baskets and carried them home happily.When I arrived at Qiulin's house, I combined these walnuts with the ones I just carried back and piled up in the yard.Then divide it into several equal parts, and everyone in the forest will have a share.Then the grass roots were divided equally.

"This grass root is a medicinal root, and you can take it to the town to exchange for money. After washing it, spread it in a basket like this, absorb the water, and then dry it in the shade. It should be noted here that you can't Let it grow mold, otherwise it will affect the quality of the medicine, and you won't be able to buy it for a few dollars." Qiuyue explained to everyone in detail.

When everyone heard that this thing could be sold for money, they were all overjoyed. They said goodbye to Qiu Lin and the others, and went home to toss these medicinal materials.

Qiulin Qiuyue is very happy today, although the secret of making money is now known to those in the village, I am afraid that it will not be long before everyone in the village will know.But it doesn't matter, anyway, there are a lot of things in the forest.And now their family doesn't have to rely solely on selling medicinal roots to make a living.Moreover, they always feel lonely when they work, and they are very independent from other people in the village. When will they be able to work so happily?

It is midsummer now, and the lotus in the fish pond is in full bloom. After a few days, the lotus pods will also mature, and they can be picked and sold at that time.And the silkworm excrement pulled out by the silkworm babies is a good fertilizer, and all of them are contributed to the fish in the fish pond.Through the layers of leaves, you can occasionally see some not-so-small fish swimming under the leaves.He looked very relaxed.I'm afraid that in a few more months, those fish will grow to three or four catties.

Qiulin thought happily that this year would definitely be a good year.

Seeing that it was the harvest season, Qiulin was afraid that some people in the village would look down on their family and come over to cause damage, especially those top relatives in the family.Wouldn't their half a year of hard work be in vain?So when Qiulin has nothing to do, he always likes to take Ah Huang for a walk by the fish pond.

Shen Qing still likes to read books by the lotus pond, it is very quiet and quiet here, much more comfortable than reading at home.When the two of them met, they would talk for a while, and then Qiulin and Ahuang would walk around the lotus pond for a couple of laps.She didn't do it for fun, but to see if the lotus seeds in the center of the lotus were ripe or not.Occasionally, she would leave one or two lotus leaves home to make lotus leaf rice.But once the lotus leaves were picked, the lotus root buried in the mud also died, so she didn't dare to pick more.

This day, Qiu Lin led Ah Huang to the lotus pond as usual, and it was the first time he saw that Shen Qing didn't hold a book in his hand.Qiu Lin felt that it was fresh, and moved over, "It's strange that brother nerdy didn't bring any books today!" When she looked at Shen Qing, most of them were holding books.Especially by the lotus pond, it is almost impossible to put it down.After asking, I found out that he also passed the Tongsheng Examination, and now he is preparing for Qiu Wei, so he must hurry up and read books.

But at this moment he didn't hold a book in his hand, which was really strange.

Looking at Qiu Lin's happy expression, Shen Qing felt a little bit of bitterness in his heart.He clenched his fist secretly, and said with difficulty after a long time: "I... have to go."

What!Qiulin's eyes widened, as if this sentence was hard to digest.It was only then that Qiulin gradually realized that Shen Qing was only being fostered at his grandma's house temporarily, and he wanted to go back to his own home after all.But I didn't think that it would be so unacceptable to say that I would leave as soon as I opened my mouth, which is really unacceptable.Qiulin silently lowered her eyelids and nodded blankly.

Shen Qing continued to open his mouth, and explained to Qiu Lin: "It will be Qiu Wei soon, my father wants to supervise me personally, otherwise he won't worry."

Oh, that's what happened!Qiu Lin expressed that she understood very well, Shen Qing's father was also from Juren, so he must be familiar with the imperial examination.Which parent doesn't want their children to become dragons and phoenixes?Now is the critical moment, and the parents of those candidates must be equally nervous as these candidates. "Then brother Shen Qing, you have to work hard, don't let uncle's expectations down." Qiu Lin blinked at him, cheering him up.

(End of this chapter)