Running with the ball in the lean years, the evil mother-in-law and the whole family regretted it

Chapter 131 My own reasons

After sending Mrs. Chen Liu back, the villagers chatted much more smoothly without her interference.

While chatting, Bai Taotao suddenly remembered an important thing, so he hurriedly said: "By the way, there is one more thing I need to remind everyone. Part of the reason for this avalanche is actually because of ourselves."

When she said this, the villagers looked confused: "Because of ourselves?"

Bai Taotao nodded: "Yes. Although the heavy snow is part of the reason, part of the reason is because the villagers shouted at the same time."

Then Bai Taotao patiently explained the impact of sound vibrations to the villagers in a way they could understand.

Although everyone listened in a daze and didn't understand it very well, there was one thing everyone understood, that is, don't make too much noise after heavy snowfall.

Seeing the regretful and reproachful expressions on the faces of the villagers, Bai Taotao quickly changed the topic, "There is one more thing, which is a good thing. Let me tell you in advance."

As soon as it was said that it was a good thing, the villagers immediately listened with pricked ears and wiped away the unpleasantness just now.

"Isn't it already spring? When the snow in the mountains melts and the temperature rises, the wild vegetables in the mountains will soon grow. Didn't I set up a temporary workshop area in my previous workshop? I will buy some wild vegetables from everyone then. For example, fern bracken, toon buds, wild onions, wild bamboo shoots, pink tree roots, and Houttuynia cordata.”

The villagers listened to the wild vegetables reported by Baitaotao. They were basically common wild vegetables in the mountains. In the past, they would get some and bring them back to the town to exchange for some money. However, those wild vegetables were basically not worth much, and many of them tasted delicious. It’s also so big that some rich people can’t even eat it.

They had no choice but to live on wild vegetables during the lean period, so they didn't care how they tasted, as long as they could eat enough.

"I remember Houttuynia cordata, doesn't it look like a herbal medicine? Can it be eaten as a vegetable?" Granny Chen asked with some confusion.

Before Bai Taotao could speak, Doctor Zheng helped explain: "Houttuynia cordata can indeed be eaten as a vegetable, but because of its special taste, most people can't eat it, so it can only be used as a herbal medicine."

Bai Taotao echoed: "Yes, in fact, many of the wild vegetables we eat are herbal medicines, but it does not affect our consumption. For example, wild mugwort, wild artemisia, dandelion, etc., they can be herbs or vegetables, they are not Affects what we eat.”

In fact, ordinary people in ancient times were the best at finding wild vegetables, because grain production was low at this time, and the remaining grain after paying taxes had to be sold and liquidated to supplement household income.

Therefore, every spring and autumn, when ordinary people have free time, they will go into the mountains to find various edible wild vegetables to satisfy their hunger.

If there is a severe drought, the leaves and bark will be eaten. Kudzu root, also known as pink root here, was discovered when the people were so hungry that they had nothing to eat and dug up tree roots to eat.

The folks who ate wild vegetables cooked them, so the folks found that kudzu root was pink after being cooked, so it was later called pink root.

Over time, they know best what they can eat and what will upset their stomachs.

The only thing is mushrooms, because there are too many poisonous mushrooms, and if you eat them accidentally, you will lose your life, so so far, they have seen mushrooms as if they saw demons.

But here they have the most mushrooms in the mountains in autumn. But there was no rain last year and the White Peach Workshop was not open, so we didn’t bother.

"Okay, as long as you want Yi's wife, when the snow melts, we will look for her on the mountain for you."

"Yes, yes, what you just mentioned can be found all over our mountains and plains, and there are so many wild vegetables on the fields that you don't want to dig after spring begins."

"Haha~~ That's right, more is more, the only thing is that it's not worth it."

"They weren't valuable before. There's no guarantee that Yi's wife can make them valuable with a little effort. If wild vegetables become really valuable in the future, then we ordinary people will be beautiful in the future." "Hahaha~~~"

Thinking about the folks makes me happy.

Their village is blessed with a treasure. Youyi has come back with a daughter-in-law who knows everything, and they are getting better and better.

Seeing the happy faces of the villagers, Bai Taotao couldn't spoil everyone's happiness, so he said: "Who said wild vegetables are not valuable? Today I will give you an explanation. I charge fifty cents and one hundred catties for fern bracken. In spring, Buds and wild onions cost two cents per catty, and powdered roots and Houttuynia cordata cost one cent per catty.”

"In addition, because we have never picked small bamboo shoots before, we don't know the standard. I will pick some first and bring them back. Everyone will follow that standard. I will collect 30 yuan and 100 catties of small bamboo shoots. How many wild vegetables will I need? How many."

She can process these wild vegetables or sell them fresh directly to restaurants. As long as they taste good, there is nothing that cannot be sold.

After hearing the reported price of the white peaches, the villagers were all very happy.

Bracken bracken costs 50 cents and 100 catties, so it would definitely not be a problem for them to pick more than 100 catties a day.

Bai Taotao knew this and didn't dare to charge too high a price.

At this time, the land where bracken grows is still very different from the current world.

Nowadays, some places where bracken is picked are full of dry fern branches, as well as miscellaneous trees and weeds. When bracken grows, you still have to look for it inside. At the end of the day, if you are lucky, you can pick fifty or sixty pounds, which is considered good.

But this time is different. At this time, people rely entirely on firewood for cooking and for heating in winter. Therefore, after the busy farming season is over in autumn, villagers will go to the mountains to collect firewood, and the old fern branches and leaves in autumn are good for igniting fires.

Therefore, the old fern trees, dry grass and weeds, dry branches, leaves, etc. on the mountain will be picked up clean and left bare.

When spring comes next year, fresh and tender wild grasses and vegetables will grow in those fields.

The places where bracken grows are in patches. It is definitely not a problem to go to a random slope and pick a hundred kilograms in one day. If you are quick, it is not impossible to pick two hundred kilograms.

So she tentatively set a price of 50 cents and 100 pounds to try. Otherwise, if the price was too high, she was afraid that she would go bankrupt.

Regardless of whether she bought it or the villagers worked hard for it, the price of fifty cents and one hundred pounds is not considered a loss.

"Hey, Wife Youyi, I've always wanted to ask you a question, but I always forget it." Chen Debao suddenly asked from the crowd.

Bai Taotao looked at him and replied: "If Uncle Debao wants to ask anything, just ask him directly."

Chen Debao: "Then I'll ask, don't be angry."

Bai Taotao joked: "Ask me. You are the elder, I promise not to hit you."

When the villagers heard this, they all laughed, "Hahahahaha~~~"

"It's just...it's...Actually, everyone is very curious, how did you save Mai Niu this time. In fact, we all knew that there was no hope for Mai Niu at that time, but we didn't expect that you... once you took action, Mai Niu is now... alright."