Fish Leaping Farm Gate

Chapter 59 The Flower Garden ([-])

The mountains near Beidong Village were neither high nor steep, and they soon reached the middle of the mountain.

Seeing a curved red pine tree on the right, Du Xiaoyu led Zhou Zhouya to turn up to the right, and within a cup of tea, he saw a large expanse of pink and white apricot blossoms in front of him.

Du Xiaoyu sighed, "The color has indeed become lighter." It was still pink in the first place, and I had heard that apricot blossoms would change color, and it was true. When they withered, they would probably become snow white.

Zhou Ya widened her eyes and looked, "It's so beautiful, so this apricot tree is here, Miss Xiaoyu, the apricots grown on this tree are delicious."

"Oh? How do you know?" Du Xiaoyu asked hurriedly.

"Every year, someone picks apricots and sells them in the village. I only know that they are from the mountains, but I can't find where they are."

It seems that there is a competitor, Du Xiaoyu thought, she will have to pick it first when May comes, "Ah, remember not to tell your mother about this apricot tree, I will come to you when the apricots are ripe Pick, I'll tell your mother when the time comes, okay?"

Zhou Ya didn't know why, but she nodded.

Du Xiaoyu took out the mung bean cake that he put in his pocket just now and gave her to eat. While walking around the apricot tree to see how big it was, he calculated how many apricots it could bear.

The two of them admired for a while and she began to dig out all kinds of flowers and plants. Just now, I found some flowers that looked good along the way, including roses, dwarf morning glory, and impatiens. These three kinds of flowers are recognized by Du Xiaoyu. There are also some who can't name them at all, so they take them away because they think they look good.

On Tuesday, Ah was idle and had nothing to do, and volunteered, "Sister Xiaoyu, I'll go over there to have a look, maybe there are also beautiful flowers."

"Don't go too far." Du Xiaoyu warned.

Zhou Ya answered and went into the bushes.

The roses grew in patches, and the branches and leaves were connected together. Du Xiaoyu dug hard enough, and his fingers were pierced several times by small thorns. He almost wanted to throw away the shovel, but when he thought of putting wooden railings in front of and behind the house, Then planted roses, which were as colorful as a sea of ​​flowers when they were in full bloom. She held back again and continued to work hard.

"Sister Xiaoyu, yes, yes, Ling, Ganoderma lucidum," suddenly, Zhou Zhouya ran over excitedly, stammering, "There are so many!"

Ganoderma lucidum is a valuable thing, everyone seems to know it, Du Xiaoyu jumped up when he heard it, "Where, where, take me there!"

The two walked through the bushes and along a small bush, Zhou Ya pointed to a big tree, "There!"

After looking at it intently, Du Xiaoyu couldn't laugh or cry, "This is a tree mushroom." Thinking about it, Ganoderma lucidum is not a flower on the side of the road, so it is so easy to encounter it, her luck is not so good.

Tuesday Ah was also very disappointed, and whispered, "So it wasn't."

Du Xiaoyu glanced at her. Could it be that she is also a money fan?He laughed and said, "Ah, what are you going to do if it's really Ganoderma lucidum? Sell it for money?"

She shook her head, "Show mother, mother will be happy and won't scold me anymore."

What a child who lacks love, Du Xiaoyu thought, Er Ya hopes to be loved by her family, but unfortunately she is too weak, even if it is real Ganoderma lucidum this time, Mrs Hong will only treat her well for a while, it won't last long, but Not wanting to hit her, he reached out and picked off a piece of tree mushroom, "Although it's not as valuable as Ganoderma lucidum, the soup is delicious, better than ordinary mushrooms."

This piece looks like a lot, apart from giving it to Zhou Zhou, and then saving some homemade soup, and then giving some to Aunt Wu and Aunt Qin, there is still more to spare. I don’t know how much it can be sold in restaurants, Du Xiaoyu Thinking of picking all the tree mushrooms.I saw a lot of herbs on the ground just now, and I was afraid of taking the trouble to exchange them in the town, but it was worth a trip with this tree mushroom.

Then she began to dig herbs. There are not many people in the village who identify herbs, so naturally few people pick them. Unfortunately, they are not very valuable, such as knotweed, comfrey, Bupleurum, etc., but there are surprises in digging, There are also Gastrodia elata, etc. that can be sold at some good prices.

This digging took half a day, and if they continued, the two of them would be starving, so Du Xiaoyu had no choice but to pack up his things and take Tue Ya down the mountain.

The harvest was quite a lot, the whole bamboo basket was full, and when the two parted at the intersection, Du Xiaoyu gave her some tree mushrooms, of course not too much, anyway, Mrs. Hong would not give a copper coin to Tuesday Ya for selling them. .

When I got home, I saw Du Huanghua hanging the quilt in the yard, Du Xiaoyu said, "Sister, should you go to the county tomorrow?"

"What are you doing, thinking about eating meat again?" Du Huanghua laughed at her.

"I really think I'm a pig, and besides, there are meat sellers in the village," Du Xiaoyu was speechless, "The main reason is that I just dug up some herbs and wanted to sell them in the pharmacy. Besides, sister, you are going to be Mrs. Wan's apprentice. A few new clothes are always necessary, right?"

"What's the matter, just clean it up." She didn't take it seriously.

It is said that people rely on clothes. Looking at Sister Rong's virtue, I don't know what the other disciples look like. It's not good for Du Huanghua to dress too rustically. Maybe she will be bullied or ridiculed. Du Xiaoyu only started to worry at this moment. In the past, this kind of thing could not be tolerated with her by her side, but Du Huanghua didn't know what would happen if she was alone!

"Just listen to Xiaoyu, let's go." Mrs. Zhao came out of the room, "I thought so too, at your age, you should buy more new clothes, how about the New Year's one?"

He was thinking about Du Huanghua getting married, but no matter what, the purpose is the same at this moment, which is to let Du Huanghua make new clothes. Du Xiaoyu saw that her elder sister had nothing to say, and smiled and took some Tree Mushroom, "Mum, I picked this. Let's make some soup when Dad and Second Brother come back. These are for Aunt Wu and Aunt Qin."

"Hey, this is a good thing." Mrs. Zhao smiled, "It's rare in the mountains, and I'll send it to you in a while, but Miss Wu probably won't be willing to use it by herself, and I have to take it to her when I make the soup tomorrow." The daughter-in-law ate it."

Being Aunt Wu's daughter-in-law is really a blessing. It's rare to see a mother-in-law caring so much about her daughter-in-law. Du Xiaoyu glanced at Mrs. Zhao, like their grandmother is a big negative example.

She didn't take out some of the remaining tree mushrooms, and when they sold them, they would be private money. Although Mrs. Zhao is not sensitive to money, it is not easy to get some money from her. Well ordered.

After lunch, Du Xiaoyu started to plant things in her flower garden.

There are quite a few species that were dug back. There are more than a dozen kinds of flowers alone. It is used to grow flowers, half of which is simply used to grow herbs.

Since herbs can be sold directly for money, unlike planting flowers that have to be developed, why not do it, try planting first, and if it can be successful, then the land you buy will have wider uses in the future.

On the second day, Du Xiaoyu and Du Huanghua went to Feixian County.

The two first went to Wan Mansion to meet Master Wan and Mrs. Wan. First, they sent some local products to express their gratitude for borrowing the carriage. Second, it was naturally because of Mrs. Xie Wan's generosity. Fortunately, Mrs. Wan didn't mind, so they stayed for lunch.

After leaving Wanfu, I went to Baixiufang to buy cloth.

Manager Bai already knew about Du Huanghua, so she couldn't help but say a few sour words, but she is a shrewd person, unlike Sister Rong who wholeheartedly looked down on Baixiufang, she was different, and then praised Du Huanghua highly, and finally put The cloth is cheaper and sold to the two of them.

This person is really capable in doing business. If someone else decides, Du Huanghua will be kicked out because of the lack of cheap labor, but the white manager can still greet him with a smile. It can be seen that he can bear it. It must be thinking Shall I get something more from Du Huanghua in the future?

"Sister, this style is not bad, let's make this one." Du Xiaoyu pointed to the dress hanging on the wall, the delicate and cute one, the bright yellow cloth was the most suitable.

"This kid has really good eyesight." Bai Guanshi smiled and said, "Miss Feng, the magistrate's daughter, has taken a fancy to this since she came back."

Bragging and not drafting, Du Xiaoyu thought to herself, which lady of the official family did not go to the Red Sleeve Square, she is trying to save face for herself, right?But I didn't point it out, I only looked at two styles.

"Our hundred embroidery room is very good at needlework, don't worry..." Manager Bai only thought that they wanted to keep the clothes here to do, and thought in his heart that he paid generously.

Unexpectedly, Du Xiaoyu pulled Du Huanghua and turned around and left. It took a long time for Manager Bai to come back to his senses, and said bitterly, "You dare to steal my style and try!"

"I don't think the needlework is good enough for those clothes. It's better for my sister to do it herself." Du Xiaoyu said.

"You can't do it like this. It's a big deal to be seen by the white manager." Du Huanghua remembered that there was a girl who secretly made the pattern that the white manager thought of, but the clothes were cut to pieces in the street.

Du Xiaoyu laughed, "What are you afraid of? We don't need hers. Let's go back and think for ourselves. Hers won't be so good." I just wanted to know what kind of clothes the girls in the town wear. The Red Sleeve Square is rich and noble, but it is not something ordinary people can afford.

Du Huanghua looked at her. The sister was full of thoughts and didn't know what she was thinking, anyway, she didn't understand.

The two walked along the street and came to the pharmacy. There are two big pharmacies in Feixian County, one is called Huichuntang opened by Master Wan, and the other is called Hongxingtang opened by Zhou.

This shop is Hongxingtang, and selling herbal medicines doesn't mean they need to get involved, so Du Xiaoyu didn't even think about having to go to Wanjia's pharmacy.

"The two girls are here to get medicine or to see a doctor?" Seeing someone coming to the door, the clerk walked up courteously.

Du Xiaoyu said concisely, "Come to sell herbs."

The buddy lost interest, and greeted back, "Xiao Luo, come to collect the herbs."

A very thin boy came up and said expressionlessly, "What herb? Come here first." He led them to a corner of the lobby, where it was relatively quiet.

Du Huanghua put the bamboo basket on the ground, and Du Xiaoyu began to dig out the herbs.

(End of this chapter)