Farmhouse Pastoral Notes

Chapter 165
The rice planting mentioned yesterday had to be canceled because of the problems with the rice seedlings in the morning.

Because I didn't pay attention, a large area of ​​newly germinated rice seedlings was flooded to death. Although rice seedlings germinated in water, if there was too much water, the stomata of the rice would be blocked, causing the rice seedlings to lack oxygen and eventually die.

Yuan Shi only found out about this when he got up early in the morning. There was something wrong with the rice seedlings, so he couldn't grow rice today. Yuan Shi told Yang Weibo about it. After the rice seedlings grow out, they are going to plant rice.

That is to say, Chunqiu got up early, but he didn't get to work yet, and Huzi was quite happy to be by the side, and he was able to go out to play during the holiday.

Suddenly there is no work to do, Chunqiu is still a little at a loss, no, he is holding Huzi desperately, not letting Huzi go out to play.

"Oh, Qiu'er, what are you doing? Hurry up and loosen your hands." Yuan Shi came out of the house, and saw the girl in the yard pulling her son's sleeve and tossing back and forth. Oh, oh, Yuan's heart aches Looking at the clothes that were scratched by her daughter, she wailed in her heart, fearing that she would have to mend the clothes again at night.

Huzi was struggling to break free from Chunqiu's devil's hand, and when he saw his mother coming, Huzi rushed to rescue the soldiers and complained to his mother first, "Mother, look at the third sister, she won't let me go out to play" Huzi He looked at her mother tearfully, and begged Yuan Shi to let him go out to play.

"Mother, there is no such thing." Chunqiu was not to be outdone.

"That's it, otherwise why don't you let me go out?" Huzi yelled at Chunqiu, pulling his neck.

"Okay, okay, stop arguing, both of you." Yuan first stopped the two of them loudly, then turned to Chunqiu and said, "Qiu'er, loosen Huzi's clothes first, this is all bullshit." It's broken." After talking about Chunqiu, Yuan Shi looked at Huzi on the side again, "And you, this is your third sister, did you say that? Hurry up and apologize."

Each of Yuan's chambers played [-] big boards, and no one was facing.

Chunqiu and Huzi looked at each other, and apologized eagerly.

"Mother, where are you going?" Chunqiu looked at her mother, who was holding a basket in her hand, was she going out?

"Go to Houshan, I'm fine today, collect the tea leaves, or I won't be free in two days." After several months of growth, the tea leaves in Houshan have sprouted new stubble, and the new shoots can also be picked .

After Chunqiu heard this, he turned his head and thought about it, and quickly said, "Mom, I'll go too." She is really bored at home, and she hasn't gone up the mountain for a long time, so it's okay to go to the mountain to have a look.

Yuan Shi smiled, "Okay, let's go together, where is Hu Zi? Are you going?"

"Hmm... let's go" Huzi thought for a while, hesitated a little between going out to play and going up the mountain, but nodded in agreement.

Seeing that her daughter and son were about to leave, Yuan Shi left in no hurry, put the basket in her hand on the ground, and said to the two of them, "Go and change your clothes, we will leave in a while."

Chunqiu and Huzi wore thinner clothes, but the mountain dew was heavy, and it was damp and cold. Yuan was worried that they would catch cold when they went up the mountain, so they asked them to change into thick clothes.

"I have a small pannier, I carry it every day, hey, hey..." The childish voice came from the forest, Chunqiu carried the special little pannier her father gave her, and sang the nursery rhyme that she had changed. , bouncing and walking in front of Yuan.

Huzi found it interesting, so he joined in. The two held hands, singing and walking into the mountains.

Because the entire back mountain was bought by the Yuan family, when Chunqiu walked on the forest path, it was like visiting his own home, which was very pleasant.

The mountains are densely forested, and the morning fog is filled. The white mist is illuminated by the scorching sun rising in the east, and evaporates and becomes shallow. There are still unknown birds singing in the forest from time to time. Chunqiu keeps observing the surrounding directions to prevent Go wrong.

The three of them walked along a path in the forest, and their eyes suddenly opened up. The ground was covered with weeds and wild flowers that she didn't know. Spring and Autumn sent Hu Zi's hand, and ran directly to the gorgeous wild flowers that bloomed. Pull it off, don't put it near your ear.

"Mother, do you think it looks good?" Chunqiu turned around and acted like a baby to Yuan Shi.

"It's beautiful, my mother's Qiu'er is the prettiest." Yuan Shi covered her mouth and smiled when she saw her stinky little appearance, but she didn't forget to praise her.

Chunqiu raised her head smugly, and then walked forward, and as she walked, she would pick off beautiful wild flowers when she encountered them.

The back mountain of Yangjia Village is very magical. The back mountain is just the general name of all the mountains. The three people came in from the north, then bypassed the north mountain, and walked directly into a piece of flat land. The three sides of the flat land are east, south, and west. Most of them grow in the west, and the east is the production area of ​​some mountain fungus mushrooms. As for the south, they are all short bushes, and Chunqiu doesn't know what there is.

Standing at the fork in the road, Yuan's family wanted to go to the west, but Chunqiu wanted to go to the south, because when they bought the mountain, their family bought all of it.Including the north side they had circled before.

After talking to Yuan Shi, Chunqiu took Huzi directly to the south.

Because the hillside to the south was full of short bushes or trees, Yuan was not worried about the safety of the two of them. After a few words of advice, the three of them separated at the fork in the road.

Huzi looked at Chunqiu, a little confused, "Sister San, there's nothing here in the south? What are we going to do?"

Chunqiu looked back at Huzi, with an inscrutable expression on his face, "You don't understand, don't you, we haven't passed yet, how do you know there is nothing?"

Chunqiu looked up at the hillside that was getting closer and closer, and she didn't believe in evil. Logically speaking, she couldn't. It didn't make sense that there were everything in other places, only the south. Chunqiu had carefully studied the geographical scope of their Yangjia Village before, and she felt that The territory of their Yang Family Village can be considered to be unique. No matter the environmental factors or climate conditions, it is very suitable for the growth of those plants. No matter how harsh the conditions in the future will be, the plants can survive in their Yang Family Village. They came down and survived very well. Chunqiu didn't know if it was a problem of the geographical environment, or if it was a golden finger that the world gave them to Yangjia Village. Anyway, Chunqiu was confident that he could find something special from the south. One piece is theirs.

After hearing what his sister said, Huzi didn't say anything, and followed Chunqiu without falling behind.

Chunqiu turned around and told Huzi to be careful, and then quickly turned over the outer periphery of the south, and walked inside, but it seemed to be a special geographical location, no matter whether it was inside or outside, there were no particularly tall trees here. The most common ones are the kind of short shrubs, which can be as tall as her.

After turning over a bush, Chunqiu stood on the side stone and took a look forward, but she really found something extraordinary.

Under the shrubs over there, those white and yellow flowers growing on the dwarf trees were the honeysuckle she was looking for!
Honeysuckle grows on honeysuckle trees. The flowers are rod-shaped, thick at the top and thin at the bottom, slightly curved, yellowish-white or greenish-white on the surface, densely backed with short hairs, and leaf-shaped bracts are occasionally seen. According to "Compendium of Materia Medica", it is bitter and cold in nature. , good at clearing the poisonous evils of the upper energizer and the skin surface.

Honeysuckle has strong adaptability, likes light, mild and humid environment, strong vitality, wide adaptability, cold resistance and drought resistance, and mainly grows in hillside shrubs or sparse forests and rock piles.

No wonder, Chunqiu scratched his chin, pretending to think, the conditions in the south are indeed suitable for the growth of honeysuckle.

"Huzi, come here quickly" Chunqiu turned his head and called Huzi who was wandering around.

"Third sister, what's the matter?" Hu Zi ran over with a small basket on his back, and was a little confused when he saw the honeysuckle in front of him. His sister probably wanted to pick flowers.

"Collect flowers, sell for money" Chunqiu simply smashed out the four characters.

After Huzi heard this, his face turned bitter, "Third Sister, are these flowers useful?" Even though he said so, Huzi put down the basket resignedly and began to pick it up with his hands.

"Of course, that's right, you pick my kind, and don't use the rest." Chunqiu saw that Huzi picked all kinds of honeysuckle, and quickly reached out to stop it.

Just kidding, the honeysuckle is divided into four grades, among which the first grade is the best, and if there are good ones, she is not stupid.

After hearing Chunqiu's words, Huzi put down his hand and looked towards Chunqiu, and Chunqiu also helped Huzi explain.

The two whispered for a while, and Chunqiu explained the appearance of the first-class honeysuckle to Huzi clearly.

First-class honeysuckle requires dry goods, the buds are cup-shaped, thick at the top and thin at the bottom, slightly curved, green and white on the surface, thick and slightly hard corolla, with a top feel when held; the air is fragrant, and the taste is sweet and slightly bitter.Open flowers, broken buds and yellow stripes do not exceed 5%.No black bars, blackheads, branches and leaves, impurities, insects, mildew.Chunqiu and Chunqiu adhered to the viewpoint of only seeking the best, and directly swept away the surrounding area of ​​honeysuckle.

At the end of the two picking, the small baskets they carried were full of honeysuckle, and the elegant fragrance of honeysuckle lingered around the spring and autumn.

Chunqiu marked the surrounding honeysuckle. After picking the first class, wouldn't there be second, third, and fourth class?Just come over tomorrow and the day after tomorrow.

When reunited with her mother, Yuan Shi, Yuan Shi had a tacit understanding and didn't ask, because since last year, Yuan Shi knew that her daughter would always pick some weird things, and when she talked about Chinese herbal medicine, Yuan Shi simply didn't know what Chinese herbal medicine was , It also follows the Spring and Autumn Period.

"Qiu'er, there are wild fruits on the mountain to the east, do you want to eat them?" Yuan Shi looked at the sweating profuse daughter and son, and asked.

Chunqiu glanced at the east side, shook her head, "No, mother, let's go home." The east side was too far away, and she didn't want to go.

Huzi also agreed with Chunqiu, they were both tired after picking flowers for a long time.

"Okay then, let's go home." Seeing that her daughter and son were not keen, Yuan Shi let it go.

It was already noon when the three of them arrived home, and they wandered around the mountain for a long time. There was no one cooking at home, and Yuan shi went out to return. Yuan shi put the tea basket aside and plunged into the kitchen.

Chunqiu asked Huzi to go to the warehouse at home to take out the reed mat, and he himself sat on the side to rest, and when Huzi came out carrying the reed mat with a grunt, the two threw the reed mat outside and put it in the basket All the honeysuckle flowers have come out. Honeysuckle is one of the best dried Chinese herbal medicines. Whether it is dried in the shade or in the sun, it doesn't take much effort.

Spring and Autumn looked like a villain, busy with his buttocks on the sidelines, and Huzi ran into the house after delivering the reed mat. The sun was in full bloom at noon, so it was naturally unbearably hot.

Chunqiu simply arranged the honeysuckle and ran back to the house, this day is not suitable for staying outside...

(End of this chapter)