big sister headed home

Chapter 21

Hearing Dou Hua ask like this, "Dou Sishan and his wife Li were silent for a moment." Dou Sishan said, "Who are Qing'er who are under my family's care?" Since we are married, we will live independently."

Li's face next to him was bitter, and his face was not very good-looking' After all, her family still has a few children to raise, plus Dou Qing'er and a few 'Occasionally help, life is barely enough' If you want to raise 'It's been a tough day.

Dou Hua herself knew the situation of her uncle's family, and she never thought of relying on them. The most important thing was to develop self-reliance. As the saying goes, it is better to rely on oneself than to rely on others.

"But there are Cui'er and the others, they are still young. Even if Qing'er can get married in two years, but for them, who can guarantee that Qing'er's daughter-in-law will treat them kindly, they are still so young, It will be many years before I grow up." Dou Hua said, "Uncle, don't worry about it, I'm not in a hurry about getting married, I won't be too late to talk about getting married after the young children are brought up and settled down."

Dou Hua thinks well in her heart, and it is still the thinking of modern people. She is only in her twenties when she thinks about raising a few children, and she is also a good age in her prime.

"You silly girl, what nonsense are you talking about? When you raise them up, how old are you and become an old girl, how can you get married?" Dou Sishan shook his head angrily.

"Then how about this, if the Jiang family really come to propose marriage, you tell them that I have one condition." Dou Hua said.

"What conditions? You still want to make a condition?" In Dou Sishan's eyes, it would be good for Dou Hua to get married, but if he wanted to make a condition, who would agree.

"Just tell them that the time for getting married is three years later. After getting married, you must live in Doujia Village and help me raise my younger siblings to grow up. If you can agree to this condition, I will agree to get married." Dou Hua said directly. Come out, this is the best way she can think of at the moment, as for whether the other party agrees, she doesn't even think about it, it's best to agree, it's the best of both worlds, it's okay to disagree, anyway, she doesn't want to get married now.

"Hua'er, are you trying to recruit a wife?" Mrs. Li was very puzzled by Dou Hua's bold request.

Dou Hua shook her head, "No, I still have Qing'er and Lin'er in my family. When they grow up, they will naturally be able to support the family of Dou's family. I don't need to recruit relatives. I do this because I want to stay at home and take care of the little ones. Take care of yourself and don’t think too much about it.”

"But your condition is too harsh, who will agree to it?" Li said worriedly.

"Then I don't care. This is my condition. If I don't agree, I don't want to get married. Anyway, I don't want to marry now. So be it, uncle, you can do as I say."

"Hua'er, you should think about it, this is a major event in your life, you can't be willful." Dou Sishan said.

"I've made up my mind, so it's settled, uncle, I'll trouble you with this matter. If someone tells me about kissing, just tell him that, and say that I said it." Dou Hua said bluntly, talking about My own marriage is not at all as shy as my daughter's family, just like talking about other people's affairs.

For Dou Hua who did this, Dou Sishan and his wife had no choice but to agree.

After the matter was settled, Dou Hua bid farewell to Dou Sishan and his wife, and went home happily humming a ditty, turning around and forgetting about this little episode. She still has more important things to do now, she wants to make money, earn a lot The money is used to support the family and live a good life.

When Dou Hua returned home, she went straight to the kitchen. There were herbs she had dug up and the foreign girls. The leaves of the foreign girls were a little wilted. Afraid that they would die, Dou Hua chose a place in the yard overnight. A few holes were dug, they were planted, some water was poured, and then it was up to their own creation.

After planting the foreign girl, Dou Hua then processed the medicinal herbs dug from the mountains before, picking off the rotten leaves, shaking off the excess soil from the roots, wiping the dirty ones with a damp cloth, and putting them together according to the types of medicinal herbs. The grass rope tied these medicinal herbs into a handful, and Dou Qing and the younger ones followed her, working together, even forgetting to ask the curious questions before.

Dou Hua sorted out these herbs so carefully, she wanted to make a good product, and the price would not be too low when the pharmacy received it. She wrapped the wild ginseng carefully with a handkerchief, and put on the side.

There are no candles in the house, only a small kerosene lamp. With the dim light of the kerosene lamp, Dou Hua and the others sort out the herbs in the middle of the night.

Finally the medicinal herbs were sorted out. Dou Lin and Dou Hong were so sleepy that they couldn't open their eyes. Dou Hua took the hot water from the pot, scrubbed the two little ones clean, and stuffed them into the bed. Dou Lin and Dou Hong Dou Hong got into bed, but fell asleep in a short while.

"Qing'er, Cui'er, you two don't keep busy, wash up and go to sleep." Dou Hua did the final finishing work, putting the arranged herbs in a dry place.

"Sister, we'll help you finish it before going to bed." Dou Qing said.

"It's finished, it's all right, go to sleep, the eldest sister has to wash and go to sleep." Dou Hua said, fetching a basin of water for a simple wash.

The next day, Dou Hua got up early from the bed and found that she was not the only one who woke up early. Dou Qing and Dou Cui also got up. One was busy holding firewood, and the other was busy adding water to the pot. Huaxin is very useful.

After a brief wash and wash, Dou Hua helped Dou Cui cook the porridge, ate breakfast, put the herbs in a basket and carried them to the city.

With the previous experience of going to the city twice, this time Dou Hua is familiar with the way. She also delayed in other places, and went directly to Baohe Hall with herbal medicine. The apprentice is still there. Seeing Dou Hua, Then he greeted, "Girl, you are here, have you dug up herbs this time?"

Dou Hua's appearance is too special, her features are too obvious, it's hard for the apprentice to forget, but this time when Dou Hua came, he recognized her.

"That's right, I did dig some medicinal herbs here, let's take a look." Dou Hua put the bamboo basket on her back on the ground, and took out various medicinal herbs one by one from it. There are so many species, each of which has about twenty trees.

"Oh, there are so many. Where did you dig it? It's hard to find herbs in spring. Most of them are just green. It's not easy for you to dig so many." The apprentice boy exclaimed.

"It's just a matter of luck. When I entered the mountain, I happened to meet some herbs that looked similar to those on the map, so I dug some. I don't know if they are?" Dou Hua said modestly.

"So that's the case. I'm not sure what these herbs are. Wait a minute. I'll call my master over. He's drying the medicine in the backyard." After the apprentice finished speaking, he ran into the backyard to call for someone.

After a while, a gray-haired old man followed the boy to the counter. The old man only glanced at Dou Hua, and then put all his eyes on the herbs on the counter. , then nodded, stroked his beard and said, "Yes, these are indeed medicinal herbs, and they are all classified into categories, there is no mistake, um, the appearance is also good, you can accept it."

"Shopkeeper, I still have a wild ginseng here, what do you think?" Seeing that the old man agreed to accept the herb, Dou Hua's heart sank, and she took out the wild ginseng wrapped earlier.

"Oh? And wild ginseng?" The old man asked in surprise.

"Well, it's here, what do you think?" Dou Hua opened the handkerchief, revealing a plant of wild ginseng with all the roots and hairs inside. She was extra careful when digging, trying to keep those roots intact.

"Well, it's not bad. It's still fresh. It's just unearthed not long ago. Judging by the thickness, it's eight or nine years old. The roots are intact. It's very good. I'll take it." The old man was very satisfied with this ginseng, and kept nodding his head. .

"I charge 20 taels of this wild ginseng, and your herbs are counted as 28 taels. How about giving you a total of [-] taels?" The old man directly stated the purchase price.

Hearing the price, Dou Hua was overjoyed, and her little heart jumped even more. 28 taels was a lot of money, enough to cover the expenses of an ordinary family for a year and a half.

Dou Hua suppressed the little excitement in her heart, and said, "Can you add some more, make it up, 30 taels of silver, it's not easy to dig these medicinal herbs, you have to go into the mountains, avoid wild animals, endure mosquito bites, Every time I go into the mountain, I have to worry about my life, and I almost got bitten by a snake just digging this ginseng tree."

"Girl, you are a lion. The price my master gave you is a real and fair price. You can go and inquire about it. Only our Baohetang collects medicinal herbs. Half of my family can't compare to it." The young man said dissatisfiedly, he thought that the price his master had given was high enough, and he didn't understand what this black girl, who was big and thick, was dissatisfied with.

"Hey~ not much to say, you are everywhere, back down." The old man scolded, still smiling at Dou Hua, "the girl has some truths in saying that, collecting herbs is not so easy in the first place, you sorted out these herbs That's right, they're all divided into categories, scrubbed clean, and I can see that you are careful, just because you are careful about these herbs, I will add two taels for you to make up the whole. If you pick good herbs in the future, you can still take them. come here."

Dou Hua was happy in her heart, and with a smile on her face, she cupped her hands nonchalantly at the old man, "Then thank you shopkeeper."

"You're welcome, Xiao Wu, give this girl the money, and then pack up these herbs and take them to the backyard to dry." The old man ordered.

"Yes, Master, I understand." The assistant named Xiao Wu quickly took out the silver and paid it to Dou Hua, and then took the herbs to the backyard.

Dou Hua got the silver and put it in her bosom, feeling the heavy weight of the silver, nothing could be happier than this.

(End of this chapter)