take a wife to support the family

Chapter 37 Sweet and sour mountain berries

After that day, Lily went to the intersection to sell flowers as usual, but she became vigilant in her heart, and she was no longer as big-hearted as before. She observed carefully, and once or twice a day, she could catch a glimpse of Liu Rulong sneaking behind her.

A few days later, the peach blossoms faded, and the stream flowing out of Xiaodonggou was dyed into a peach blossom stream. Lily stopped selling flowers, and only made some dried flower sachets to sell to those who did not want to leave in spring.

The flowers faded, but the business did not decline, and Lily found new business opportunities.She brought a message to Carpenter Li, that the basket should not be too big in the future, as long as it is the size of a palm, and it doesn't have to be particularly beautiful, as long as it looks delicate and can hold things.

In late spring, clusters of raspberries had grown.Raspberry is called raspberry in some places, and raspberry in some places. There are many names and types.

Ordinary red raspberries are sweet and sour, bright red like little lanterns.

There is a kind that grows close to the ground, one is as big as a human's finger belly, and the golden yellow particles are very firm, sweet and easy to pick.This is called "yellow ground berry".

"Blackberry" grows in bushes as tall as a person. It is dark purple and relatively small. Its surface is covered with a layer of hoarfrost like a grape.This kind of raspberry can make people's teeth sour when they are not ripe, but when they are fully ripe, they are sweet and delicious.

The other kind has the smallest particles, but is as bright and beautiful as a ruby, and has a sweet and sour taste. It is called "fragrant berry".

There are relatively rare "old Hanberries" with long white hairs and a very elastic chew, only "sour berries..." which are sour and never sweet

Each raspberry berry is grown in a different place and ripens at a different time, and can last from late spring to midsummer, providing delicious food for many months.

Children in the country like to eat raspberries. When the raspberries are ripe, they invite their friends to pick them. Some of them spend the first day in the mountains, and when they come back, their clothes are full of juice that cannot be washed off, and they even invite adults to eat them. Easy to fight.Some adults who dote on their children go out to do work by themselves, and they will also pick some raspberries from the fields and bring them home for their children to eat.

But they all plucked it and ate it for themselves, and never thought that this little thing could be sold for money.

Lily carried a basket into Xiaodonggou early in the morning, and within two hours she could pick a basket of raspberries.The raspberries on the same tree ripen early and late, so one tree can be picked several times, not afraid of being like peach blossoms, if the tree breaks off branches, it must be bypassed next time, so as not to hurt the vitality of the tree.

When picking raspberries, you need to pay attention to two things. At the moment, ants and bugs love sweetness the most, so you have to choose carefully, and you can’t bring the bugs in, otherwise people will eat them, and the business of lily will not be done.

Secondly, there is a kind of red wild fruit, whose appearance is between raspberry and wild strawberry. It is commonly known as "Saifan old woman". This thing is very poisonous, and children often don't know it. Wild strawberries were as red as wild strawberries, so they picked them up and ate them. If they were mild, they would cause abdominal pain like colic, and if they were severe, they would be poisoned to death.

The adults reminded me thousands of times, and every year there are still children who are recruited. Lily herself is also afraid of picking the poisonous fruit by mistake, so she is very careful every time.

The picked wild berries can be stored for half a day at most, and any more will go bad.Lily tied the basket to the wheel and lowered it into the well, where it could be kept for a whole day thanks to the cool water in the well.

She can sell half of them before noon, and the price is more expensive if they are packed in small baskets woven by the craftsman Li;

Not only the passing carriages in the city, but even the children in the town are also greedy, crying and begging adults to buy a bag, not leaf-wrapped, but a small basket, the house wine can be used, especially style.

The weather will heat up in the afternoon, and the remaining raspberries are taken out of the well. They are cold and sweet, mixed with different types, and the colors are attractive. The second wave will be sold out soon.After a few days, raspberries sold better than peach blossoms.

Lily specially reserved a bag of the sweetest ones for Xing'er, and took them to Liu Yi's house when the sun was in the west. The small basket was also specially made by Li Li, and even the handle was twisted out of five petals of apricot with bamboo silk The flower pattern is stunningly beautiful.

Xing'er thanked Lily, held the small basket and didn't eat, but wanted to show off with her friends.Seeing her unhappy look, Li Caifeng laughed and shook her head: "You rely on your Aunt Lily to love you."

Xing'er said: "Mom, I also love Aunt Lily."

Li Caifeng didn't know what to say for a while, but Baihe laughed and said in agreement: "Yes, Xing'er loves me too."

After Xing'er left, Lily said why she came: "Sister Caifeng, I want to borrow sunspot from you for a few days."

Li Caifeng quickly thought about why Lily borrowed a dog, and frowned: "I listened in a daze, someone treated you badly?" After all, what happened in front of the butcher shop that day did not avoid people, Song Dagui was not a talkative person, But the people around are always talking.

These days, Lily relies on her natural apricot blossoms, peach blossoms and raspberries, and she earns a lot of money without paying a penny. Someone has long been angry with her and wants to find out her shortcomings.

In this area of ​​the countryside, whenever a woman makes a scandal, no one will think that the woman was forced by a man, only that the woman is unruly and uneasy.

People pointed at women's noses and cursed one after another, but they didn't dare to knock down the man who had committed such a scandal, asking him why he forced a woman whose physical strength was not as good as his?
Thousands of years from ancient times to the present, even before Lily crossed over, nothing has changed.

Lily is happy to enjoy the slow life in the countryside, but she hates this the most.Hearing Li Caifeng talk about the unfavorable rumors, Lily's face turned a little ugly.

Li Caifeng came to her senses and quickly reassured her: "Don't be afraid, how can I not believe you? Our sisters don't have any roots in this town. The important thing is to support each other. How can I criticize you like outsiders?"

Gossip can't hurt, gossip can kill.

Those who spread gossip may not intend to force people to die, sometimes it is just to satisfy their own pride in talking with others, but the rumors are getting stronger and stronger in such whispers, and finally they are forced to be unbearable by women.

Li Caifeng sighed: "I'll take Heizi to your house later. If you don't have to look after the house, there are still chickens in the house and you can't leave people, you can come to live in my house."

No matter how good other people's homes are, they are not as comfortable as their own. Li Caifeng is grateful for Li Caifeng's enthusiasm. She has no doubts about her at all, and firmly stands by her side when rumors are everywhere. This kind of friendship is extremely rare.

But she still has to manage her own life well, and she can't rely on staying at Li Caifeng's house to get through this difficulty, otherwise, what will she do next time something like this happens?
Not long after dinner, while it was still light, Li Caifeng took Heizi to Song's house and asked Lily to give him a bowl of rice, and he settled down temporarily.

Heizi has a slender body, a bit like a small dog, with pure black and shiny fur, majestic and majestic.It wanders around the house, sniffing here and there, and sometimes lifts its hind legs to urinate, as if it regards this place as its own territory.

Li Caifeng saw that the dog had no intention of running away, so she was a little relieved, and said to Baihe, "Don't look at Heizi being good in front of us, he is fierce! With him here, outsiders can't enter this house."

Lily smiled and nodded, she borrowed a dog from Li Caifeng to watch the house because she heard Song Haonian say that Heizi was brave.

Li Caifeng told Heizi again: "Take a good look at the house, and I will reward you with meat later." It seemed that Heizi could understand.

Heizi is a good dog, as long as there is nothing serious about it, it will never bark if there is a little trouble, so it doesn't disturb Lily's sleep.Once an outsider approaches, it will first observe for a period of time, and if it feels that the other party is threatening, it will yell to warn.

If outsiders were more vicious, Heizi would pounce on them and bite them. He would never leave his master and run away after being frightened like ordinary cowardly dogs.

It wasn't until dawn that Heizi barked together with the chickens in the coop, reminding Lily to get up and do work.

Lily scratched the fluffy fur under Heizi's chin, heard it make a series of comfortable barks, and gave it part of her meal, praising it for being a good dog.

Heizi wagged his tail happily and licked Lily's palm with his tongue, making her giggle.

When Lily entered Xiaodonggou again, she took Heizi with her.With Heizi around, she dared to go deeper, and felt that the mountain road was not as quiet and terrifying as usual, as if a monster would jump out at any moment.

As a dog, Heizi actually likes black berries, but he is covered in hairs. It’s okay to lick some yellow berries by himself. The thorns of black berries are deep and dense, and he can only groan when he stretches his mouth. As a result of yelling, I had no choice but to spin around in a hurry.

Until Lily picked raspberries and gave it a few berries, it stretched out its tongue and rolled its tail even more cheerfully.

Here, Lily is picking berries, and Heizi is running around. Lily is about to leave after picking berries, and shouts: "Heizi, go home!" When she turns around, she sees a fat rabbit in its mouth, wagging its tail at her.

Most of the dogs will kill the rabbit directly when chasing the rabbit, the dog teeth are poisonous, such rabbits don’t have much meat to eat, so they have to feed them all to the dogs, but Heizi is careful, the fur of the rabbit is not hurt much, and the ear is grabbed by the lily There is still strength to kick when I lift it.

Lily was amazed by the dog's spirituality. She took raspberry and rabbit home, imprisoned the rabbit in a bamboo basket, and took the dog to the street to sell raspberries.Heizi was very well-behaved on the street, he seemed to be in good spirits, he was not frightened at all by people coming and going, but he would not bark his teeth casually either.

A child bought raspberries and wanted to pull Heizi's tail, but Heizi didn't bite, and hid behind Lily.Lily quickly stopped the child, otherwise Heizi's beautiful tail would suffer.

In the evening, they brought the rabbit to Li Caifeng's house. The two women took a little girl to fry the rabbit meat and ate it. They left all the internal organs for Heizi, who is a great hero today.

The cool moon is like the newly painted eyebrows of the daughter's family, hanging on the top of the willow tree, looking gently at the earth.Lily took advantage of the moonlight to walk home, followed by a lively black dog.

(End of this chapter)