happy old days

Chapter 36

The grapes at home are ripe, Xu Jinniang used the mother of water, and the vegetables she planted are all growing well, but she has seen the vegetable garden of the second family, and it is similar, mainly because the second family’s home is all taken from outside. , I can carry water and pour manure on weekdays, and I am also good at growing vegetables in the village. Jinniang is a little better than her when she uses the mother of water to cheat. Auntie came to visit and praised her for being capable, but she herself was embarrassed .And she was quite ashamed to see the unconvinced look of the second child's family, but she couldn't say anything to her, she could only look at her jealously.But I think it will be better after entering the new house in the future, at least everyone can't go to the vegetable garden, as long as she keeps the same as the second family's.In fact, she has earned the same result after paying different labor.

The grapes were all over the shelves, Yang Zhenhai liked it very much, he made three jars of wine, which was a surprise, Yang Zhenhai told her triumphantly that he learned this wine from the people in the palace.Jinniang suddenly understood why he wanted to build a wine cellar.But there is nothing wrong with it, she also wants to drink some wine, of course, in order to see if the mother of water has adjusted the taste of the wine, she secretly dripped a drop into one of the jars.

Diluted mother of water has some effect on the taste of things, but it has not reached that amazing level.At most, it is the difference between high-quality products and high-end products. After using Yang Zhenhai and Old Man Yang for a period of time, the physical effect is not much, but they have always maintained a relatively good state.Yang Zhenhai may have better adjustment of his young body, his body flexibility, strength and five senses have all increased, but Yang Zhenhai did not doubt anything, and told Jinniang that he had achieved success in practicing kung fu. I have learned a simple method of breathing in military high school. Every day when I fall asleep, I will breathe out according to certain rules. I didn’t find any effect before. Maybe I feel better and have no pressure recently. I have achieved success in practicing. Jinniang doesn’t know if what he said is right, anyway. Once when I woke up at night, I lay down next to Yang Zhenhai to listen, except that my breathing was light, there was no difference.But since he thinks so, let it be.

Papa Yang's effect is not as good, but his legs are better, his body is much stronger, and he doesn't feel any thunder when he works in the field. His body seems to be better than ten years ago. Of course, he attributes this to the tiger bone I drink a cup of wine every night, and I feel that the effect is good.Jinniang didn't want to remind him that his leg was half healed before the wine was soaked, and since they found a suitable reason, she didn't need to explain anything.

However, the couple still gave half of the credit to Jinniang, thinking that Jinniang is their family's lucky star, and their family has been lucky since they got engaged, otherwise Yang Zhenhai would have met the white tiger.

After dinner in the evening, Jinniang went to take a bath. Yang Zhenhai sent the three jars of wine to the wine cellar of the new house, and closed the windows along the way. Today's weather was fine and there was a breeze, so Yang Zhenhai opened the doors and windows to let out the moisture inside.

After Jinniang finished washing, she cut out the cushion cover she was going to make for Father Yang. It was a blue brocade with the word "longevity", and stuffed it with straw. Jinniang decided to stick a layer of cotton to make it softer.Their front yard is made of beige shredded bamboo cotton cloth.

As soon as the cutting was finished, I saw Yang Zhenhai was still dripping water when he came back from the outside, "Oh, is it raining?"

"Well, just got off."

Jin Niang took a towel and wiped Yang Zhenhai's face, "Can you play big?"

"It is estimated that it will be bigger in the second half of the night, and it will stop early tomorrow morning."

Jinniang's eyes lit up when she heard that, "If it stops tomorrow, I'd like to go to the mountains to pick some mushrooms. Now is the time to pick mushrooms." It's the end of June, and it will be the beginning of autumn, which is the time to pick mushrooms.

"Then there's nothing to pick. It's in the woods next to our house." Yang Zhenhai was talking about the new home.

Jin Niang pouted, "That's how much, I want to go to the mountains to pick more, so that it can be dried and eaten in winter."

Yang Zhenhai didn't understand these things. In the past, he didn't care about what he ate, even when his two younger siblings didn't see anything prepared when he just came back, but he didn't discourage his young wife's enthusiasm, "Okay, then I'll go with you tomorrow Go, it’s not safe in the mountains. If you pick too much, you won’t be able to bring it back.”

Jin Niang nodded happily, put the water for Yang Zhenhai, and went to prepare it by herself.

The next morning, before dawn, Jinniang got up, went out to have a look, the rain had basically stopped, so she hurried to cook, she might not come at noon, Jinniang baked pancakes, which she and Yang Zhen kelp brought, as well as Papa Yang left it.

After breakfast, the two went up the mountain with two back baskets and bags.This is Jinniang's first time entering the mountain.From the mountain road on the other side of their bamboo grove, there is only a section of road and there is no more. Yang Zhenhai is very familiar with this place, he opened the way ahead, and made a few tricks until he came to the edge of a pool.

"That's it." Yang Zhenhai paused, pointing to a forest by the pool, "Let's take a look here."

Jinniang nodded. Yang Zhenhai saw a few people picking mushrooms at the place he passed by just now. There must be a lot of people with this plan. That's why they walked so far. Almost no one came in here. It's strange that they left so far Lu Jinniang, who was far away, really didn't feel too tired, which shows that her physical fitness is not bad.

After entering the forest, Jinniang chooses the one with a lot of dead grass under the tree roots, and uses a small hoe to gently scrape away the dead grass under the tree roots. Usually, the shadow of mushrooms can be seen. In this season, as long as it rains, the mushrooms will grow. Very good.Identify that there are basically no poisonous mushrooms, and they are all edible.Pick it up right away.

Now Yang Zhenhai turned around Jinniang, didn't see any poisonous things like snakes and scorpions, so he began to expand the area a little bit, looking for prey, but no matter how he walked, Jinniang was within his line of sight, and he would take a look every once in a while.After walking around Jinniang for a long time, Yang Zhenhai started looking for the rabbit hole without any animals that hurt anyone.

Jinniang had said before that she wanted to raise rabbits, and she caught two when she went to the mountain, but the family built a house for guests to eat.Yang Zhenhai thought about catching a few more, preferably a litter.

How else can we say that there are many wild animals in this wild forest? About nine o'clock, Jin Niang filled two baskets. Hearing something like a wild mouth, Jin Niang didn't dare to make too much movement, and looked carefully along the sound.A small wild boar kid.It was just over five meters away from her.It was too small, blocked by grass, and Yang Zhenhai didn't see it either.Jinniang thought for a while, carefully squatted up, and retreated.

As soon as she made a move, Yang Zhenhai, who had been paying attention to her, noticed it, and walked over with his waist bent, his footsteps were so light that he couldn't hear the sound at all.

Yang Zhenhai looked at a little wild boar, which looked less than a month old.He looked up and looked again, his eyes lit up, he put his arms around Jinniang and kissed her on the cheek, and whispered excitedly, "Daughter-in-law, you are really my lucky star."

After finishing speaking, he looked around, stretched out his arms and hugged Jinniang, and came to a big tree in a few steps. The tree was quite thick, and there was a big tree branch two meters high. up the tree, "Hold the trunk tightly and don't make a sound."

Jin Niang nodded, looking from the tree, two big wild boars and five small wild boars were eating and walking here.Very lucky today.

Yang Zhenhai saw that the boar was big enough, it was estimated to be [-] kilograms. Generally, wild boars are lean, and rarely have such weight. The sow is only a little smaller than the boar. Look at the boar. The long-toothed Yang Zhenhai felt that he had to hit it all at once.

I walked forward cautiously, with very light movements. The big wild boar is not as vigilant as the small one, and the nose is also good. If it didn’t rain yesterday and the humidity in the forest was heavy, maybe I would have been discovered this time. I thought about it. I think Yang Zhenhai also climbed a tree and took out a steel arrow from his quiver, a very heavy arrow. Since his health improved and he was able to draw a strong bow, Yang Zhenhai always carried two bows when he went into the mountains. I always think about whether I can meet tigers or something. Pulling a strong bow once will restore the arm, so I usually use the previous bow to hunt rabbits and roe deer.It really came in handy today.

Yang Zhenhai carefully pulled the bow away, aimed at the target, and whoosh—the arrow shot out. The wild boar heard it and stopped chewing, as if it wanted to hear something, but it was too late. The wild boar's right eye went in and out from the top of the head, and a big hole was drilled in the back of the head. This was the first time he shot a living thing with a strong bow, and he didn't expect the effect to be so obvious.

The wild boar's body convulsed, bang... fell to the ground hard, and the momentum made it slide seven or eight meters from the ground.

Yang Zhenhai jumped off the tree when the wild boar fell to the ground, and quickly ran towards the sow. The sow seemed to be taken aback for a moment, but quickly ran away. With its speed, Yang Zhenhai couldn't catch up, but it was just unlucky , the direction was wrong, Yang Zhenhai stopped after turning twice.There is no chance to use bows and arrows this time.He took out the dagger that Jin Niang had shown, and jumped on the wild boar. Although he stabbed with the sword, he was bumped by the wild boar and was thrown two or three meters away.The wild boar ran away quickly.

Jin Niang watched Yang Zhenhai fall to the ground, her heart pounding with fright.She looked at the little wild boar and ran away. It seemed that there was no danger. The branch was more than two meters above the ground. She slid down holding the trunk, her clothes were torn, and she got down smoothly.He quickly ran to Yang Zhenhai's side.

"Zhenhai, how are you doing?"

Yang Zhenhai vomited twice, covered his stomach and raised his head to look at her and smiled, "Hehe, it's okay, I got hit on my stomach, it's okay." After speaking, he rubbed his stomach and stood up following Jinniang's hand.

Feel it, it's okay.But my stomach will definitely be green tomorrow.It will be fine for two days.

Seeing that he seemed to be fine, Jinniang breathed a sigh of relief, and said a little reproachfully, "It's fine to get one, why bother to catch the other one, now that he ran away, I got hurt."

Yang Zhenhai smiled smugly, "Don't worry, it won't run away." As he spoke, he pulled Jinniang and walked along the bloodstains. Jinniang saw more and more bloodstains on the ground. Not far away, there are three little wild boars running around.

"The harvest is rich today. I don't know if this wild boar can be raised." Walking over, the wild boar was still panting, and pulled out the sword. There is a blood groove on it, and the blood will flow quickly, which is why he didn't take the sword. unplug it.

"What should I do now?" Jin Niang looked at the two wild boars and the three live young wild boars with a bit of anxiety, there was no way to get them back.

Yang Zhenhai was also a little worried, he didn't worry about Jinniang going back to report the letter alone, if they both went out, the bloody smell would attract wild beasts, and when they came back, there would be nothing left.

"Well, send one back first, and the three little ones and that boar will stay." Yang Zhenhai made a quick decision.The sow's blood has a lot of smell, so send that one back first, and the rest depends on luck.

Yang Zhenhai first moved the boar to the ground, covered the wound on his head with soil, then dug a hole and buried him half in the soil.To cover up its smell as much as possible, the three little pigs gagged their mouths, bound their hands and feet, put them in a cloth bag brought by Jinniang, and sent them to a thick tree. It's easy to say.

"You can't take these mushrooms back. You have to come back anyway, so don't carry them." Yang Zhenhai tied the pig, watched Jinniang carry the mushroom basket, and said.

Jinniang tried it, and it was indeed not something she could carry. The current mushrooms are not dry, they are very watery and heavy.He nodded and didn't insist.

Yang Zhenhai tied the pig's hooves with a rope, and pulled it along the fur on the ground.The wild boar is covered with grease all the year round, so it won't lose anything by pulling it like this.

Jin Niang also pulled one end of the rope, but she couldn't tell if it worked, but her forehead was sweating. Yang Zhenhai grinned, and reached out to hold her hand that was pulling the rope, "Don't hurt your hand." Pull Don't let go.The ground is covered with green grass, and the walk is fairly easy.When the two came out, it was almost noon, and the few mushroom pickers they saw in the morning were gone, and they probably had gone back.

When they arrived at Zhulinzi, Yang Zhenhai asked Jin Niang to deliver a letter to his father.

It's very close to home, and after a while, Father Yang came driving a car.

"What a big guy. Hurry up and get into the car." Father Yang laughed so hard that he couldn't close his mouth from ear to ear.

"There's another one, I have to go there. Have you brought the cart?" There is a small wheelbarrow at home, it's not big, and it happens to be used in the mountains.

"No, I sent that car to Xin Zhaizi to collect firewood yesterday, you go and get it."

Yang Zhenhai nodded, and sent the pig to the car with his father, "Dad, take the pig home first, and come pick me up later."

Father Yang nodded, knowing that his son didn't want others to know.

When Yang Zhenhai went to the wild boar again, it was still there. I used a wheelbarrow to load all the big and small pigs and mushrooms. The car made a creaking sound and looked like it was about to break down. This is the only time this car will be used. , Wait for the big set to buy a sturdy one.

Before I got out of the woods, I saw Father Yang waiting there with a cart.

Jinniang cooked lunch at home, but it was already two or three o'clock in the afternoon, so it wasn't called lunch anymore.

When he got home, Yang Zhenhai didn't stop, took a few pancakes and drove the two big wild boars to the county town. It's hot now, and things can't be kept. If they don't pack them up, they won't be fresh tomorrow. Go to the county to buy.And after tidying up at home, people can see that they can't give away some, which makes people jealous, so it's better to sell it directly.

Two wild boars, big enough and complete fur, bought a full 20 taels.

(End of this chapter)