Farmer's Ruyi Manor

Chapter 42
Of the remaining three, one is the Shi family, the other is the Chen family, and the other is the Wu family.Speaking of this, the Wu family and Jing Niang really have a relationship of three thousand miles.In short, people with close relatives can also call Jing Niang as a cousin, and the family lives next to Aunt Wang's house, but because they don't see each other often, it's just a bit more social.

Several people agreed that they would go to Xiaohua's house at around 6:[-] tomorrow morning to go to the mountains together, whether they went by themselves or with their families.After Jing Niang told them to remember to bring the bag, they went back separately.Before leaving, Xiaohua watched Aunt Wang dragging Jingniang around, wondering what she was talking about, and she couldn't guess from Jingniang's expression, so she thought about asking before she went to sleep.

It turned out that Aunt Wang and Jing Niang said that the whole family will help out together tomorrow, and they will find more places for bamboo shoots in the past few days.At that time, they can also be sent to their home to make dried bamboo shoots, but for the last four or six points, they are four and Jing Niang is six.Said that if you don't agree, you won't do it in the future, etc.

Xiaohua sighed in her heart, this Aunt Wang's character is so likable.

On the second day, a group of people went to the mountains mightily.In the mountains, Xiaohua talked about how to identify bamboo shoots and what kind of bamboo shoots are good.How to dig and how to peel the bamboo shoots faster (use a knife to draw and pull the middle of the bamboo shoots, and the peeling is over, the speed is very fast), and then let them split up.

A group of people, 6 from Aunt Wang's family, 2 from Xiaohua's family, Mrs. Ruan with a small pillar at home, plus the 3 women with 2 daughters older than Xiaohua and a son in his teens. 10 people dug up the bamboo forest in less than two hours.

Jing Niang asked them to take the bamboo shoots back after sowing them, and let Aunt Wang help support the weight. The money has already been handed over to Granny Ruan.If there are bamboo shoots in other places, as long as they are dug up, they will still collect them, exposing the pointed ones. Because they are older, the price may be cheaper, 3 yuan for 2 catties.Xiaohua thinks that there are old ways, and when the time comes, it can be dried directly and can be stored for a long time.The bamboo shoots these times were spring bamboo shoots, and the drying time was short, so they were not completely dried, and they would not last long, and their weight was relatively heavy.

In summer and autumn, dried bamboo shoots are very expensive.I don't know why, the only bamboo Xiaohua sees here is green bamboo, and there are no other bamboos, so these bamboo shoots are small.It is estimated that it is impossible to produce winter bamboo shoots.

And the hemp bamboo shoots that Xiaohua has been thinking about are not there, she knows where there are hemp bamboo shoots.Sun-dried bamboo shoots, stir-fried meat or dumplings are so delicious, but unfortunately I just didn’t see them.

After Jingniang explained here, Xiaohua took Jingniang to see the bamboo forest behind.And the bamboo shoots they dug were directly brought back by Aunt Wang and the others.

Xiaohua and Jingniang went to the bamboo forest at the back, thinking that when they came back, they would go pick bamboo fungus again. The ones that were stepped on were probably not much left, and they couldn't just pick them in front of their faces. Tell me a way to make money. Enough is enough, can't tell another one.

Carrying the basket, the couple came to the woods and looked in the pit first, but there was nothing there, probably because of the rainy day that they could pick up the rabbit last time.

The couple wandered around, but did not see wild strawberries. According to reason, there are the most wild strawberries on the roadside, and they did not see them, nor did they see them on the mountain. This made Xiaohua very puzzled, and they did not see any tea trees. Go too deep and have to dangle around the opposite edge.

When she was about to go back, Xiaohua saw a red bayberry tree with a bright eye. The tree was full of fruits, but they were all green, and it was not yet ripe. Seeing these bayberries, Xiaohua's mouth was full of acid , swallowed his saliva, really wanted to dig this tree back, but not now.Looking at these red bayberries, Xiaohua seemed to see bright red, plump and juicy ones, instead of the shriveled green ones in front of her eyes.

"Xiao Hua, there's nothing to look for here, let's go back." Jing Niang pulled her daughter, and found that her daughter was not moving, she stared at a tree full of green fruits hanging upside down, her expression was a little bewildered.

"Mom, this is bayberry."

"Yangmei? Is this a bayberry? Can it be eaten? It looks like it's so small."

"Mother, of course this can be eaten. After a while, we will pick it. The fresh ones can be sold, dried bayberry, or brewed with bayberry wine. By the way, mother, can you make wine?" Xiaohua thought to herself. I don't know how to make dried bayberry, it's nothing more than sugar, salt, etc. When the time comes, don't you just try it yourself?As for wine making, others should have experience, let them do it.If all these are made, they can be sold for a lot of money.

"The brewing lady can't, but your grandpa can, so just let your grandpa teach you when the time comes."

"Thank you mother, let's remember this moment first, let's see in a month or two."

The two women held hands and went back to the woods. At this time, they had packed up and went back nimbly, and another Chen family had also been stripped and packed, and was ready to go back.Seeing Xiaohua and his wife, they greeted each other and wanted to go back together. Xiaohua and the others said they still had something to do, so they let them go first.

Seeing the mess in the bamboo forest, Xiao Hua sighed helplessly, and told Jing Niang that after covering all the dug-up soil, she picked bamboo fungus with a basket by herself.You know, this bamboo fungus has been trampled on a lot, and Xiaohua feels very distressed.

After a while, the bamboo fungus was picked, and Jingniang hadn't buried the dug soil with holes everywhere, Xiao Hua thought about it and asked them to bury the soil when they dug the bamboo shoots in the future. , otherwise it would damage the environment more.

Seeing her hard-working mother, Xiaohua moved her small body and squatted over there to help.And I don't know why, I feel that my teeth are a little loose these days, which is very uncomfortable. Forget it, let's go home and check the situation first.

"Mom, are you okay? Well, let's go home and have a look. I don't know if grandma is busy or not."

"It's coming soon, you wait for me."

After a while, Jingniang buried the soil, looked at Xiaohua's basket and asked, "Why are there so few here today?"

"Hey, don't talk about it, it has been trampled on a lot. You can't pick it in front of them, or the family will lose another kind of income, but if you don't pick it, you will be trampled on, and you will die of depression." Xiaohua sighed helplessly. tone.

Back home, Xiaohua and Jingniang felt very strange seeing them queuing up to weigh themselves.I asked Mrs. Ruan, and it turned out that the family didn't have a scale, and there were very few in the village, and some of them had been borrowed by other people's homes.I had to go to other villages to borrow one, and when I came back, the borrowed one was called a small scale, so I had to return it again, and borrowed a large one, which could be weighed more.

Just when Xiaohua and the others came back, they were watching each one weigh, and then took the money, and left happily.Today, the bamboo forest was really clean enough. A total of more than 300 catties were dug. Three women dug less than 3 catties. Xiaohua and her mother didn’t dig much, less than 90 catties. The rest were all dug by Aunt Wang’s family. of.Because their family is a strong labor force, they are faster than ordinary people.

(End of this chapter)