Reborn under the White Mountain

Chapter 216 The Season of Harvest

Autumn is definitely a season of joy and sorrow.It will be very happy to look at all kinds of things that you bring home every day.But when I think of doing so much work every day, I feel so sad.Every night when I go to the kang, I think that I will not get up tomorrow, and when the next day, I get up early again and continue to go up the mountain.

Yuxian was so tired every day that she dragged the cat's tail to the kang, and so did the girls at home. They all followed up the mountain and dragged all kinds of things to the house.

This year, everyone in the village knew that acorns could be fed to pigs, so Xiaofeng and the others couldn't pick up so many.After hearing what Xiaomei said, Yuxian asked them all to come and pick them up in the woods of her home.The forest of Tong's family has more than 3000 mu. How could they collect acorns from their own family, so Xiaofeng, Xiaomei, and a few girls from the village all came to the forest to pick up acorns.

A group of girls, all around eight or nine years old, Yuyan could be older, just the age that loves to laugh and play, and only heard the voices of girls talking and laughing in the forest. "Yuxian, don't go so fast, aren't there many here?"

"Miss Xiaofeng, I'll go forward, we have a lot of people, so we need to spread out."

"Be careful, there are a lot of fallen trees in the forest, so pay attention to your feet." The forest is big, and the Tong family didn't clean up all the places.

The girls chatted and laughed, and kept picking up acorns into the basket, "Yuxian, this acorn is really a good thing. My pigs grow fast after eating acorns." Xiaomei said.

The girl from Huzi's family is called Lotus, and she is also very good-looking. She and Yuxian were only acquainted before, but not very close.It was Xiaofeng who asked her to come, "I have to thank sister Yuxian. There are a lot of people picking up acorns this year, and there are no convenient places. We are girls, and we dare not go too far. Fortunately, the forest in my sister's house Only when no one else comes, can I pick up more." She is smaller than Yuxian.

"You just come here. People are not allowed to enter the forest of my house on weekdays. There are a lot of acorns in the forest, and we can't collect them all. It's a pity to rot in the ground. There is a wall around the forest, and big wild animals can't get in. , so you don’t have to worry about wild animals or anything.” Yunsong and Dalang often wandered into the forest in winter, killing all the large animals, so the forest was very safe.

"Well, we will come here before it snows. Although the wine shop has made some money now, if we raise a few more pigs, won't we be able to sell some money during the Chinese New Year? I can keep some more at home. I Mother said, this winter, I want to keep a pig for my family to eat." Thinking of her mother's words, He Hua looked forward to celebrating the New Year as soon as possible.

The girls picked them up very quickly, with a basket on their arms, and put them into the basket when they were picked up. When the basket was full, they poured it into the back basket.Their back baskets are not big, and they were specially made by the family members.In the past few years, Tong's family harvested jujubes, mountain grapes and so on. The adults in the village prepared small baskets for the children, just for going up the mountain.

Before noon, everyone had picked up a full basket, staggered on their backs, and the girls went home.Yuxian and her maids also walked home with their baskets on their backs. "Mother, we're back." Yuxian and the others dumped all the acorns in the front yard and spread them out to dry.Yuxian ran to the backyard and saw Fang Shi was coaxing her younger brothers to sleep.

"Don't make noise, your brothers just fell asleep." Fang said in a low voice.

Yuxian walked to the kang lightly, and the two little guys slept soundly.Xiao Liu and Xiao Qi have been around for more than two months now, they are chubby and cute. "Mom, have you had soup these days?"

"Drink it, I make Chunmei every day, there is plenty of milk, how about your younger brothers can grow so fat?" Fang touched her daughter's small face, she was still caring because she was always afraid of her milk not enough.

"Well, that's good, mother must insist on drinking, or the younger brothers will suffer. By the way, what are my father and the others doing?" Now the family's affairs are basically on the right track. Yun Song can master many things, so Yuxian doesn't have to do everything to follow.

"Go to pick up Gastrodia, your father said, this year's Gastrodia is several times more than last year, and there will be more in the future." Fang said with a smile, "It's our Yuxian who knows how to plant small Gastrodia In the future, you can get a lot of Gastrodia elata alone. And ginseng, your father and the others have already sprinkled the ginseng seeds, and the ones that have sprouted this year have grown quite well. This thing just takes too long. Unlike Gastrodia elata, which can grow once a year."

"Mother, don't forget, the money to buy ginseng is much more than Tianma." Yu Xian smiled, this is not a perfect thing. "Mother, what date has my elder brother's marriage been set?"

"I discussed it with your father, and it will be on the eighth day of the winter month. It's not too cold. After we get married, we can prepare for the New Year in peace." The Fang family is eager to marry his daughter-in-law in as soon as possible, but it's too early No way, everyone has work to do, how can they have time to have a wedding?
"Mother, will our family still have bean sprouts this year?" Yuxian still wanted to do it, at least part of the problem of eating vegetables at home could be solved, and the problem of feed for pigs and chickens could also be solved partly.However, distiller's grains from the distillery can also be used.

"Your father said that our family doesn't really want to make it. We are too busy. This year, we have these two little ones at home, so I don't have the heart to do it. However, our family only made the set of things for making tofu last year. If you don't use it , It's a pity. Let's talk about it, let's see if Mrs. Huang and Mrs. Chen are willing to do it." Fang doesn't have the energy to take care of these now, and she is busy with just two children.

The mother and daughter were talking, Yun Song and the others came back from the mountain, carrying two large baskets full of Gastrodia elata on a pole.Xiaosan also picked two baskets, and everyone put Gastrodia elata in the front yard, "Okay, let's put it here first, let them pick it in the afternoon, keep the cubs, and we will plant them in a few days. This thing is really good." Yes, it grows fast and can grow cubs by itself, which is really interesting."

The food in the kitchen was ready, and everyone had lunch together.In the afternoon, Yunsong and the others continued to go up the mountain, while Fang and Wu's Birong led Chunmei Chunxing to pick Gastrodia elata at home.

"Sister, what do you think Yuxian is thinking? This gastrodia elata can be planted. I saw that the yield is not low. I really didn't expect it." Bi Rong was picking this gastrodia, chatting with Fang and the others.

Fang lowered her head and didn't raise her head, "Who knows, this girl has been weird since she was a child. You don't know, she used to use folk remedies to treat people's diseases. Now that she is older, she has studied medicine with Fang Yun. I don’t really care about those folk remedies anymore. Once I heard Fang Yun say that Yuxian used a simple method to cure a child’s pimples, but it was really good. Later, the child’s parents went to thank Yuxian. Yuxian’s young Sometimes, she said that she often dreamed of an old lady, and I don't know if that old lady taught her." When talking about her daughter, Fang has a lot to say. "Speaking of which, my family's life today is really inseparable from Yu Xian."

A few people just finished picking Gastrodia elata all afternoon, but Yun Song and the others picked up a few more baskets. It seems that they have to pick another day tomorrow. "Did you plant a lot this year? I think our family has picked out a lot of youngsters this year. Are the pieces of wood you buried in spring enough?" After dinner in the evening, everyone went to rest, Yun Song The couple chatted there.

Yun Song nodded, "That's enough. Yuxian reminded me in the spring. So I picked some thin pieces of wood that were cut down for road construction and buried them. There will be enough for this year. I will send it once. The wood can be used for about three years, and then it needs to be replaced." Yun Song found that the wood rotted very quickly, and it should have been used by Gastrodia elata.

Because I had greeted the manager of the winery in advance, during the autumn harvest, there was no alcohol in the winery.In this way, everyone can properly handle the food at home.This year, all the people in the village kept their grain and prepared to sell it to the winery. "By the way, both the Huang family and the Chen family told me today that they plan to continue working on bean sprouts and tofu. Anyway, there is nothing to do in winter. We can be busy for a few days this year when Dalang gets married. The rest of the time, they also Don’t be idle. I promise them that I will give them all the money I earn, as long as I leave the bean dregs and broken watercress to feed the pigs. Our family has raised nearly [-] pigs this year, and there are several females. The pigs are about to give birth, and it is estimated that more will be raised next year. It also requires a lot of things to feed the pigs, with bean curd dregs and distiller's grains mixed in, plus acorns, so there is no need to add food."

"Well, it's up to you to decide these matters. In the future, you can discuss with Dalang and Yuxian. I don't understand, so I won't get involved." "When Da Lang's wife comes in, I don't care about anything, just take care of these two little things."

"You will enjoy the blessings and hand over everything. You don't even think about it. Xiaotong is only fifteen, and there are many things she doesn't understand about life. You can't point it out? Or else, go to It’s no wonder it’s not in a mess all the time.” Yun Song teased his wife with a smile.

"I'm just thinking about it. I don't care about anything. There are so many things at home, and Xiaotong is alone. How can she be busy? But it's true that she has to help with things. Take your time. It will be fine in the future. She will have to worry about our family in the future, who will let her be the eldest daughter-in-law?" Xiaoliu and Xiaoqi are about to go to bed, so Fang hugs Xiaoliu, and Yun Song picks up Xiaoqi, coaxing them sleep.Fang nursed Xiao Liu first, and then fed Xiao Qi after feeding. The two children felt relieved and fell asleep after feeding.

Yun Song has been tired all day, and now he is a little sleepy, "Okay, the child is asleep, let's sleep too, we still have work tomorrow." Holding his wife in his arms, he will go to Zhou Gong.

(End of this chapter)