Republic of China: Guandong Ginseng King

Chapter 389 Another Year in Red Hammer City

Xiaogen was taken to Chen's place. He was pretty good at first and had a lot of fun playing with his grandmother.

But at night, the boy refused to do it anymore and insisted on looking for his mother.

Chen and Baizhi took great pains to finally coax the child to sleep.

Just like that, after three or four days, Genyou stopped crying and making a fuss, and no longer asked for milk.

Fortunately, the kid has a strong appetite and there is plenty of food at home. We can cook noodles for this meal, make wontons next time, or cook some meat porridge or something like that.

The little guy ate happily and gradually forgot about breastfeeding.

On the other hand, Chen Xiuyun was suffering. She used to have good breast milk, but now that she had no children to feed, her milk was swollen and it was painful.

There was no other way, Chen Xiuyun could only boil some malt in water and drink it. After two or three days, the swelling was reduced.

A few days later, Mrs. Li found out about her grandson's weaning. She was so angry that she scolded her daughter, saying that it was too early to wean the child.

But there’s no point getting angry. Genyou has already gotten used to not drinking milk, and Chen Xiuyun’s milk has also stopped flowing. What else can I do?

At most, he'll just curse a few times, that's all.

Qu Laokouer was at the gold field all day, and Chen lived alone.

He simply took the opportunity to bring both grandsons to her place, where she would coax them at night and let Chen Xiuyun have a good rest.

Gensuo didn't know what was going on, but ever since that day when he went to school with Shuanzhu and the others, the child fell in love with school.

After breakfast every day, he would run to the school, move a small stool, sit next to Fang Xingwen, and listen to Fang Xingwen's lectures.

I listen well in class and play with these older kids after class.

He is completely different from the child who was playing with cats and dogs and climbing up the roof.

Qu Shaoyang and Chen Xiuyun were also quite surprised by this situation, but since their child loves studying, how could they stop him?

Anyway, all the kids in the school know who Gensuo is, and no one dares to mess with him. It's better to do something serious than to get into trouble.

Now that both children are gone, Chen Xiuyun finally has the opportunity to do what she wants.

Qu Shaoyang has always wanted to cultivate penicillin, but he has failed after several experiments. The main reason is that he is too busy and has no experience to concentrate on research.

Chen Xiuyun had heard her husband mention it many times and knew the importance of this thing.

There happened to be a lot of things available in the summer, so he took over this project and concentrated on researching and cultivating penicillin.

In the blink of an eye, the leap month of June passed and it was July.

The reinforcement work on the outer wall has been completed about halfway, and it looks like it should be fully completed before winter this year.

When the fence was first built, a lot of open space was reserved.

After the beginning of spring, Qu Shaoyang specially selected a place and built several houses to be used as a school.

Now the school has been built. All we have to do is wait for the carpenters to finish making the tables and chairs so that the children can move into the spacious new house to attend classes.

The preliminary preparations for the gold mine at the other end of Damiaogou have been completed and a lot of people have been recruited.

Under the leadership of Lao Han, they worshipped the mountain god and started mining for gold.

According to the news brought back by Lao Han, the gold seedlings of Damiaogou Gold Mine are good, the quality is very good, and the productivity is not low. On average, about two kilograms of gold sand can be produced every day.

You should know that there are not so many gold workers at Damiaogou Gold Mine at present, and gold mining is purely manual, so this output is considered good.

When we recruit more people next year, the output will be even higher.

Anyway, no matter what, the output of the Damiaogou gold mine is enough to benefit Chen Zhixian and others.

Qu Shaoyang can get the Sandaogou gold mine alone, which is a very good deal.

In July, the Red Hammer Market began, and many people near Maoer Mountain went into the mountains to release the wild roe. At this time, the work in the fields was not too busy, and Jiang Chunfu was jealous when he saw others release the wild roe.

So he came to Qu Shaoyang and asked if he could form a gang and go into the mountains to free the invaders.

There are so many errands in the government office, Qu Shaoyang is very busy, how can he have time to go out and roam the mountains?

But all the family members wanted to go into the mountains, and Qu Shaoyang didn't want to stop them. He just told Jiang Chunfu to lead them, take more people with them, and not go too far.

Go into the mountains and wander around for a few days, then come back soon so as not to delay the autumn harvest.

So, early in the morning on the sixth day of July, Jiang Chunfu led a dozen elderly people from the Qu family, carrying rice, grain and various household items, into the mountains to graze.

"What's the matter? Are you jealous of others who are grazing in the mountains?" Liu Dongshan happened to see it and asked Qu Shaoyang.

"Isn't it? Master, I actually miss the first two years when we came to Maoer Mountain.

Although I didn’t earn as much money as I do now, I was free back then and could do whatever I wanted.

Now I truly understand the saying that an official has no freedom.

Since I became the inspector and general manager, I have been so busy with all kinds of things every day that I have no time to take care of anything else. "Qu Shaoyang couldn't help but sigh.

"Okay, but don't take advantage of me.

No matter how many years others work hard, they can never reach your current level. What else do you have to be dissatisfied with?
Is it true that your family still earns little money nowadays? It is a hundred times better than going into the mountains to dig two saplings of mulberry.

Don't think too much, just do your job well." Liu Dongshan couldn't help laughing when he heard it.

Qu Shaoyang thought about it and it made sense. Why think about so many useless things?
No matter how capable he is, can he dig up all the ginseng in the mountains?

Besides, there is a warehouse there. Wouldn’t the ginseng dug by others end up in his hands?

"Well, I'm just thinking about it randomly. Now that it has come to this, what can I do to quit my job?"

In this world, there are too many things that are beyond our control.

Qu Shaoyang is already in this position, and no matter how difficult the road ahead is, he has to grit his teeth and move forward.

If he takes a wrong step, everything he has now will be ruined.

Therefore, for the sake of his family and future generations, Qu Shaoyang must move forward step by step, without stopping or looking back.

"By the way, Master, the Ghost Festival on July 15th is not far away. Why don't we go to Xiaodonggou together someday? It's time to pay tribute to those two."

What Qu Shaoyang was talking about was naturally the two skeletons.

In recent years, every Ghost Festival, Qu Shaoyang would go to pay homage and clear the weeds around the grave.

It's not good to let outsiders know about this, so only Qu Shaoyang and Liu Dongshan can go.

If Xiaozhi is at home, I can take him with me.

Wait until ten or twenty years later, when Liu Dongshan is too old to move, and Shuanzhu, Gensuo and the others are also grown up, Qu Shaoyang can take them there.

"Okay, let's go there sometime."

Liu Dongshan didn't care. He had no other job to do except reinforcing the wall, so he had time all the time.

So, the master and the disciple chose July 14th to go to Xiaodonggou to worship.

The two of them went there, used sickles to clear the weeds around the grave, added soil to the grave, placed offerings on it, lit incense, candles and paper money to worship.

After finishing the worship here, Qu Shaoyang took a walk around the neighborhood.

The wild ginsengs around are still there, but no big ones have been seen yet.

This is normal. After all, wild ginseng is different from garden ginseng. It has a very long growth cycle and it is impossible to grow into large quantities in a short period of time.

(End of this chapter)