take a wife to support the family

Chapter 70 Duanyang Wild Strawberries

A few days after the Dragon Boat Festival, Lily's long-awaited wild strawberries began to ripen one after another. She would go to the mountains every morning to look around.

Wild strawberries are only as big as a fingernail. There are red and white ones. The white ones are the most delicious, sweet and delicious, while the red ones are slightly sour.Unlike raspberries, wild strawberries are easier to squeeze and crush. Lily didn't dare to be greedy, so she just picked half of the basket and went home.

Raspberries can be picked only for fruit, but it is best to pick wild strawberries with stems. Twenty or so stalks are tied into a small bunch, and about fifty or sixty bunches are placed at the bottom of the basket, and the top is covered with poplar leaves. lest the sun burn it.

Lily said that in her previous life, she also ate a lot of large strawberries artificially cultivated in greenhouses, no matter whether it smelled or tasted, they were not as good as this small wild strawberry.

Its season is short, it will wither quickly, and it will not last long, so it is even rarer than raspberries.

Lily packed three or four bunches of wild strawberries into a small basket, and took them to the roadside to sell raspberries at a higher price.Passers-by smelled the scent of wild strawberries from afar and were intoxicated. They felt that the price was a bit high, but after all, this thing is rare, so they accepted it after a little hesitation.

After half a day, the wild strawberries would change color and taste. Not only was the lily delayed, they were sold out before the hottest time in the afternoon, leaving only two handfuls for Xing'er and two for Yingchun.

Today's weather is already heat stroke if you are not careful. The sun is scorching your back, and the cicadas are neighing in the treetops.

Lily pays great attention to her body, and drinks a large bowl of warm water first when she returns home.Standing in the cool kitchen, the sweat on her body slowly evaporated, and she didn't feel so hot just now.

Everyone in her family is like this, not to mention Song Haonian who works on the farm. Every day when he comes back, his undershirt is wet with a layer of salt crust on it.

Song Haonian even joked with Lily: "Scrape off this salt and save it, so our family won't need to buy salt in the future."

Lily was worried, fearing that he would suffer from heat stroke while working, so she reminded him thousands of times every day, asking him to drink plenty of water and pay attention to sun protection.

Later, I found out that Song Haonian had promised well, and when he turned his head, he was tanned all over, what else didn't he understand?She went to the market to buy a straw hat and asked him to wear it no matter what, and she would not allow him to wear dark clothes to work again.

After buying a few feet of thin and breathable linen, I asked Li Caifeng to draw a good shape, cut the hem, sewed two pockets, and made a sleeveless waistcoat for him to wear when he was doing work.

The first time Song Haonian wore it, he still felt unaccustomed to having no sleeves, but as soon as he was working, his armpits felt very refreshed, and he immediately knew the benefits of the clothes.Within two days, all the companions on the farm were wearing vests, and in a few days, all the men in Qingliu Town had one.

Unknowingly leading a trend, Song Haonian was still in a daze, turned around and said to Lily: "Why does everyone learn your craft?"

The vest had no sleeves, and it was getting cold in the cold, and his arms were red from the sun. Lily felt distressed when he saw it, and stretched out to protect him from the sun.

Now Song Haonian quit: "I'm a big man, how can I be as cute as your women, with good black spots and showing might."

He hasn't forgotten that he is not majestic enough!

Lily leaned back angrily, and said angrily, "You're dark enough, if you bask in the darkness again, you're afraid that I'll see you when the lights are dark?"

If it gets darker, she really won't be able to find this person in a dark place.

Fortunately, although his arms were tanned and red, there was no rash, and Lily gradually felt relieved. After all, she couldn't develop sunscreen these days, and she couldn't keep her husband at home and prevent him from going out to work. If you want to live, you have to let him go.

The tanning thing ended like this, and Lily didn't forget that people who do farm work are prone to heat stroke.It’s okay when there’s wind, but if there’s no wind one day, the ground is really no different from a big steamer, it’s stuffy and hot, and even cows and mules are listless, let alone people.

Just telling Song Haonian to drink more water is not enough, people sweat a lot and have to add salt, Lily brings him a pot of light salt water every day, and tells him to drink it when it is hottest after noon.

Salt water is not as sweet and refreshing as clear water, Song Haonian was reluctant, drank it for two days and felt good, he was more energetic, and came back to Lily and told Lily that he should not trust his wife, as expected, she still has a way.

Only then did Lily know that this person had had a bad idea two days ago and wanted to pour out the salt water secretly, but in the end he pinched his nose and drank it because he felt sorry for the price of salt.

Song Haonian was pinched again by Lily, he felt that his wife's pinching didn't hurt at all, Lily pinched his fingers sorely, he was still laughing: "On the left side, go a little further to the left, it's very itchy there."

Two days later, Lily took half a basket of wild strawberries to Liu's mansion to find Mrs. Sheng. Even Li Caifeng didn't know what she wanted to ask, and probably only Mrs. Sheng knew a thing or two.

Wild strawberries are rare, and Mrs. Sheng also likes to eat them. She picked a handful of mostly white ones, and gave the rest to the girls. She said to Lily: "It's hard for you to have a heart, and you will always remember us every day."

There is a difference in their identities, even though they are on good terms, Mrs. Sheng will not give Lily things every few days, so as not to raise her heart and make it difficult to get along in the future.

Lily is the one with a low status, so naturally every good thing has to be thought of by Mrs. Sheng.And Mrs. Sheng just reminded her a few words when it was important, it was the benefit of their friendship.

For example, about Liu Rulong's incident, if Mrs. Sheng hadn't intervened in it, I'm afraid it's hard to understand, Master Liu would still give Xiao Xiucai a head start.Another example is asking Song Haonian to work on the farm. For Mrs. Sheng, it is just a matter of casual words, but for Baihe and the others, it is a major matter to support the family.

Lily came back this time not to ask Mrs. Sheng for something, she knew very well that it would be tiresome to use too much favor, and she didn't dare to bother Mrs. Sheng for trivial matters, so she just said: "This time I'm begging Mrs. Sheng to teach me something."

When Aunt Sheng heard that she didn't come to ask someone to do something, she relaxed and said with a smile: "Who in the town doesn't know that you are smart? You still don't understand, you want to ask me?"

"It's just a small business for subsistence. I can't be worthy of being called smart. If I say smart, I can't keep up with my aunt." Lily smiled, "They are working on Zhuangzi in the new year. I'm afraid he will suffer from heat stroke. There is only this one man in the house, if he falls down, I really have no place to cry, so I want to ask my aunt, what can I drink to prevent people from heatstroke?"

Mrs. Sheng patted her thigh and laughed: "If you ask me, ask the right person."

When she was young, she followed Master Liu to the county and provincial capitals to serve him in his exams. She kept warm in winter to prevent her hands from freezing, and kept cool and nourishing to prevent heatstroke in summer. She was good at soup.

"In this weather, I can't eat anything hot enough to eat it. It doesn't matter. You stew the meat with the soup, skim off the oily flowers, and then use chicken breast or gluten to absorb the sundries. The soup is clear and clear. Sure love to drink."

Aunt Sheng suddenly remembered that Lily's family was not in a good situation, "For daily life, just boil water with honeysuckle and drink it. It doesn't matter if you suffer from heatstroke, go to the pharmacy to buy some pills and keep them at home just in case, and take two pieces of Huoxiang to keep the patient safe." Live and jump!"

Lily couldn't help but nodded, and asked a few more homemade prescriptions. When Mrs. Sheng sent her out, she still smiled: "I'm going to give you all my old friends for several lifetimes."

"You old man is very knowledgeable, where can I ask you? It's because my aunt loves me that she is willing to teach me these things." Lily knows the courtesy and knows how to be grateful. The aunt Sheng is naturally happy, and she will take care of Yingchun when she turns around , I teach Yingchun every day: "You don't want to think that your elder sister is easy to bully just because of her smiling face when she sees people. She is like this, she has a bright mind!"

This girl Yingchun is so strong, her temper is definitely different from Lily's, in the opinion of Mrs. Yisheng, she is not as good as Lily's.

There is only one pharmacy in the town, which is owned by Mr. Liu and several squires. The doctor who sits in the hall is surnamed Liu, and he is called Dr. Liu. Anyone who has headaches and fevers is willing to see him. He is also good at pediatrics. all looking for him.

When Lily arrived at the pharmacy, Langzhong Liu was feeling the pulse of a woman. He said that the woman had lost her recovery after giving birth and had some bleeding problems.She didn't dare to listen too much, and walked straight to the counter, and said to the little worker who fetched the medicine, "Weigh two taels of honeysuckle."

Honeysuckle is one of the most common medicines for clearing away heat and removing internal heat. There is a large stock in pharmacies, and it can be taken without a doctor's prescription.The young man caught two taels of honeysuckle as promised, wrapped them in oiled paper for Lily, and said, "Don't eat too much at once."

After all, this thing is a medicine, not to mention bitter, it is not good for people's health, Lily knows it well, thank you boy, I don't mention it when I go home to cook honeysuckle water.

In the afternoon when Song Haonian returned home, he first smelled a smell of medicine from a long distance away, and he was startled: "Daughter-in-law, what's wrong with you? Are you sick?"

Lily smiled and shook her head: "Don't say I'm sick, this thing is for you to drink."

Song Haonian: "I'm fine, what are you doing with the medicine?" He thought for a while, but his thoughts were wrong, "Daughter-in-law, do you think I'm not brave enough recently... Well, I'm not too tired, the weather is so hot ..."

"Bah, bah, shut up!" Lily's neck was red with anxiety, "What are you thinking about!"

This person is really, if she is not careful, he will think in a wrong way and explain it seriously.

"I'm afraid you'll get heatstroke while you're working, so boil some honeysuckle water. Don't you think the salt water tastes bad? It's just a change of taste."

Song Haonian wrinkled his face: "This is medicine, it's bitter!" It's just salty, he endured it, why is it changed to bitter now?

Lily smiled and said, "I'll put some sugar for you, it's okay."

Sugar can also replenish energy. Adding it to honeysuckle water can not only improve the taste, but also nourish the body like salt water.

Song Haonian was relieved now, but at night he had to hug Lily to prove himself, Lily was sweating profusely from him, and finally told the truth bitterly: "You are just so..."

That's why she wanted to give him some potion.

(End of this chapter)