Splendid peasant girl busy farming

Chapter 252: You Eat Spicy and Spicy (Three Shifts)

In the backyard, Liu's two daughters soon joined Daan and Xiaoan.

Old Yangtou was still sitting on the stool, holding his breath, waiting for the arrival of the big fat grandson.

Yang Huamei was tired from standing, and sat on a rolling stone next to Wang Cai and dozed off.

Yang Ruoqing shoveled the pigsty clean, and then picked up the new eggs laid by the old hen in the chicken coop.

Go back to the house and pour a bowl of tea for Yang Huazhong.

Then she took the bamboo out of the house.

After noon, there is still more than an hour before evening darkness.

She wanted to take advantage of this time to go to the woods behind the village to gather some Song Mao's house to make firewood.

The firewood broke out two days ago, and there was no time to gather it.

The firewood for cooking these two days was still the two bundles that Tang Yazi brought over that day.

Seeing that it's about to burn out, I have to get closer.

She came out of the backyard.

Behind the backyard, there is a large field.

At this season, the wheat and rapeseed that have been planted have not turned green, and the safflower seeds in the fields have not broken ground.

In the middle of the field, there is a small pond with a small area.

During the busy farming season, the water from this small pond is the main source of irrigation for these nearby fields.

It's winter now, the river upstream has receded, and the pond has dried up.

In the silt of the pond, clusters of cattails stood proudly.

From a distance, the dark red sticks looked like corn cobs.

Going to the woods to pass by the pond, Yang Ruoqing stopped and picked a cattail in her hand.

With a flick of the finger, the dark red on the surface flew away, revealing the white stuff inside that was similar to fluff.

Blowing out a breath, the fluffy fluff floated out.

All over the sky, it was like a downpour.

This cattail is everywhere in the country.

It grows around ponds, ditches, swamps and silt.

It cannot be used to feed pigs, cows, chickens and ducks, nor can it be eaten as a wild vegetable.

It is used as firewood to start a fire, but it is also suspected that it grows in water and is heavy with moisture.

The villagers didn't like to see this thing, so it got longer and longer.

As long as there is water and mud, you can see them.

Looking at the ripe cattails in the pond, Yang Ruoqing seemed to see a treasure, her eyes lit up.

She quickly put down the bamboo grill and took out the hatchet she carried with her to chop thorns.

I took off my shoes and went down to the pond.

"Whoosh whoosh..."

"Swish..."

After a crisp and melodious cutting sound, she brought down a large piece of the cattail with its stems and leaves.

"Qing'er, what are you doing here?"

A familiar voice came from behind.

Yang Ruoqing turned her head and saw that Luo Fengtang was standing on the edge of the field at some point.

He was barefoot in a pair of straw shoes, his trousers rolled up to his knees.

He carried a shovel on his shoulder and a bucket in his hand.

"Tangyazi, you came just in time, come and help me pick cattails!"

Yang Ruoqing greeted him.

Luo Fengtang put down the shovel and barrel in his hand, took off his shoes and went down to the pond.

The water in the pond was basically gone, and there was silt everywhere.

He came to Yang Ruoqing's side with a deep foot and a shallow foot.

Looking at the cattails she had brought down, he asked inexplicably, "Qing'er, what are you cutting these wild water plants for?"

"This thing is called cattail, but it's a good thing!" Yang Ruoqing said seriously.

"what?"

He was surprised.

This thing is everywhere in front of and behind the village. I have never heard anyone say that this thing is useful!

Seeing his puzzled look, Yang Ruoqing leaned over and picked a dark red cattail fruit in her hand.

"It's called Pubang. It's ripe now, it's dark red, and it can't be sold for money."

"But wait until next summer and it will bloom again."

"The yellow pollen is collected, dried, and ground into powder, called Puhuang."

"If Puhuang is sold to a drugstore, won't we make money again?"

"The point is, we don't need to take care of this stuff, it's a worthless business. You say, this is not a good thing, what is it!"

Hearing what Yang Ruoqing said, Luo Fengtang understood.

"Qing'er, you are amazing, you know so much!"

He grinned honestly, with admiration in his eyes.

Yang Ruoqing smiled and said with a blushing face, "That's right! I know astronomy from top to bottom and geography."

"Follow my sister and I will make you eat and drink spicy food!"

Luo Fengtang was amused by her words, but nodded vigorously: "Well, then you will cover me, Qing'er!"

"Hee hee, easy to talk about."

"By the way, Qing'er, you just said that the cattails can't be collected until next summer. Then what are you cutting them for now?" Luo Fengtang asked again.

Yang Ruoqing was stunned for a moment, her eyes flashed, and then she said, "Dry it and use it as firewood!"

"But this water vapor is heavy, and it smells like firewood burning smoke." Luo Fengtang said.

"Ni'er, if you want firewood, I'll wait and get you home in the woods over there," he said.

However, Yang Ruoqing shook her head: "It's alright, if the humidity is heavy, let's bask in the sun!"

She waved her arm: "I want all the cattails in the pond!"

Luo Fengtang glanced at the feet she stepped on in the mud, and the trousers that were also rolled up to her knees.

The boy's brows furrowed slightly.

He took the hatchet directly from her hand, "I'll cut it, just go ashore and put on your shoes!"

"It's okay, I can do it, you can help me break the stick," she said.

"I'll cut all the cattails first, and then turn the sticks back and break them full, no hurry. You hurry up and go ashore!" He urged again.

The humidity in this pond is heavy, and he is nothing like a boy.

Qinger is a girl, what should I do if I get cold in the pond in such weather?

Seeing that Yang Ruoqing was still stuck there and refused to leave, Luo Fengtang was really anxious.

He put the hatchet in his hand aside, and his strong and powerful long arms took advantage of the situation.

Before Yang Ruoqing could react, he was pinched under his arm and walked towards the ridge.

"Yeah, what are you doing, Tangyazi? Scare me!"

"Let you go ashore, if you don't, I'll have to be rough." He said.

faint!

Yang Ruoqing was also drunk.

I thought this kid was dumb and honest, except for the occasional little stubbornness, he didn't have the slightest temper.

I didn't expect, ah, I didn't expect that he was so domineering in his bones!

Without further ado, come up and hug.

By the way, can you change your posture?

In this way, he was pinched under his arm, head down and feet up, and his buttocks were still looking up at the sky.

Is it really embarrassing?

Soon, her feet were on the dry grass on the ridge.

"Quickly wipe your feet and put on your shoes, don't come down again!"

He warned her and turned around to go down the pond.

Stepping on the knee-deep silt, I walked towards the cattail bushes step by step.

Yang Ruoqing washed her feet in the small ditch beside her, rubbed them dry on the grass, and put on her shoes again.

I didn't feel so good before, but now my feet are put back into warm shoes.

Only then did she realize that the silt in the pond was really cool.

(End of this chapter)