Farmhouse Pastoral Notes

Chapter 40 Lycium barbarum
June tenth.

Because Yang Weibo was going to serve in corvee today, Yang Li asked everyone in the Yang family to be present, even the sleeping little stone was held in Gu's arms.At this time, the sky was not yet bright, and there was still some hazy moonlight. Everyone in the Yang family took their children and watched Yang Weibo leave.

Although Yuan was reluctant to give up, she was helpless, standing alone behind the crowd, holding Chunqiu's little hand tightly, looking at Yang Weibai's place without blinking, her face was full of worry, she squeezed her handkerchief and lowered her head from time to time He wiped the corners of his eyes, then raised his head to look again, his eyes were reluctant to leave.

Chunqiu stood beside Yuan Shi, looking down at his little hand being gripped tighter and tighter by Yuan Shi, feeling a bit uncomfortable and frowned, but he didn't stretch out his hand from Yuan Shi's hand, just stretched out the other hand Attached to it, feeling the cold temperature in Yuan's hand felt a little distressed.

"Niu Niu, mother is fine." Seeing the considerate gesture of the girl beside her, Yuan Shi lowered her head and smiled soothingly at Chun Qiu.

Chunqiu looked at Yuan Shi's face with a forced smile, with a serious tone, looked into Yuan Shi's eyes and said word by word, "Mother, don't worry, Dad will be back soon."

Yuan Shi twitched the corners of her mouth when she heard it, and when she realized that she couldn't laugh, she stretched out her hand and patted Chunqiu's head in embarrassment, then turned her head and didn't speak.

Not far away, Mrs. Yang and Li were holding Yang Weibo's hand and exhorting him thousands of times, saying "you should eat and drink, don't treat yourself badly", and the worry in his eyes could not be mixed with a trace of falsehood. Pay attention and handed Yang Weibai a tael of silver. Yang Weibo looked at Yang Li with his head down and smiled, took her mother's silver and put it in his arms.

When the time came, the Yang family had to let Yang Weibo go no matter how reluctant they were. Yang Weibo carried the burden on his back, took a deep look at the Yuan family, and waved at his family before turning around and leaving, and went with the large army of Yangjiacun Lin County of Heishan Township and Yushan County dug dams.

Because of Yang Weibo's matter, Yuan's mood was also very low. Chunqiu and Huzi saw it, and tried their best to make Yuan's relax, but the result was not optimistic.Fortunately, emotions come and go quickly, because she has to be busy with tea, and Yuan is gradually getting used to the days when Yang Weibo is not around, which makes Chunqiu finally heave a sigh of relief.

Besides Yuan Shi, Yang Weisong is also the second biggest influencer on this matter, because the second elder brother went for him, which made Yang Weisong feel very sorry, and tried his best to make up for their second wife, so he seems to be extraordinarily busy recently, Regardless of whether he is free or not, he always runs to Yuan's place, either to help Yuan's pick tea leaves or to help Chunqiu Huzi dig Chinese herbal medicines.

Yuan Shi understood Yang Weisong's heart, and she didn't stop her. Instead, she asked Yang Weisong to come and help whenever there was anything.

Spring and Autumn will not stop it. You must know that this is already the middle of June, and the goji berries on the branches that grew last year are already mature. Of course, there is such a free labor force.

At this time, Yang Weisong was following the Spring and Autumn Huzi to the back mountain. The vegetation is much denser than before, and there are also many insects and snakes in the grass. Yuan Shi was worried about the two going up the mountain, but now it is even better. No matter how hard the age is, Yuan will not let go.

As a result, after Yang Weisong found out about this matter, Yang Weisong hurriedly stood beside Yuan Shi to make a guarantee, and Yuan Shi agreed after thinking about it.

"Qiu'er, can the goji berries you are going to pick today really sell for money? The second sister-in-law's tea can also sell for money. I feel that the second house is so powerful." Yang Weisong thought of the scene of accompanying Yuan's up the mountain before, feeling emotional.However, seeing the appearance of the little niece in front of me this morning who followed me to eat meat, he still couldn't believe it. In his eyes, aren't these all wild fruits?
"Uncle, you don't know that, don't you think so, these things are all said by Dr. Zhou from the Herbal Medicine Hall. Didn't I sell a lot of Chinese medicine before? Dr. Zhou told me that there are many things." Chunqiu explained to Yang Weisong who followed behind him like a young adult.

Huzi also nodded from the side, "Uncle, what the third sister said is true, I have seen it with my own eyes" and also gave a lot of money, Huzi has completely changed since he was allocated [-] Wen last time. Messed with her third sister, not for anything else, just the money to buy candy is enough for a tiger to spend.

Yang Weisong carefully recalled the things her niece said. Aren't they just some strange-shaped rhizomes and leaves left to dry at the door of the east house?Is that considered medicine?
Chunqiu didn't hear Yang Weisong's reply, and didn't care. Now in Chunqiu's eyes, the knotted goji berry is Chunqiu's favorite.

The three of them walked for a while, only to see the red wolfberry tree in front of them. The number of wolfberries is not high, and there are too many branches of wolfberries, and the fruit bends the branches, so it is easy to pick. The two said, "That's it, don't get caught by the thorn, pick it off slowly"

Yang Weisong nodded knowingly when he saw it. It turned out that the goji berries that the little niece mentioned meant these sweet and sour fruits.

The three of them did what they said, put the basket on the side of the wolfberry tree, stretched out their hands to pull the branches and began to pick them seriously.

Chunqiu has something in mind, she is planning to buy this big mountain, that's right, to buy the entire back mountain, Chunqiu has observed carefully, the environment of the back mountain of their Yangjia Village is very suitable for the growth of some Chinese herbal medicines, can be It is said that the geographical location is unique, because no matter what kind of Chinese herbal medicine Chunqiu digs, it is highly praised by Dr. Zhou. Of course, some of it is due to the sun-drying of Chunqiu, but most of these Chinese herbal medicines have good congenital conditions, especially the following ones. There are so many tea trees, which are all treasures.

Their behavior of running up the mountain with a basket on their backs has long attracted the attention of the villagers. The wild cabbage, that is, the cabbage, has been dug by the villagers a long time ago, and these things in front of them were discovered. It's just a matter of time, so the best way is to spend money to buy this back mountain, and it's the safest way to become your own.

Chunqiu planned in her heart. She didn't know what was required for buying mountains in ancient times, so she could only wait until the evening to go home and discuss it with her mother, and this matter could not be delayed any longer. No one in the village knew her, and every time she went home, she would put a layer of wild vegetables in the basket. When the villagers saw it, they thought it was for feeding chickens, so they didn't pay much attention.

"Uncle, do you know where to buy land?" After picking all the goji berries on one tree, Chunqiu walked towards another tree full of goji berries with a basket on his back. After a pause, he said to Yang Weisong not far away.

"Buying land? Our family wants to buy land?" Yang Weisong was carefully picking goji berries at the side, and when he heard Chunqiu's words, he quickly let go of the branches in his hand, looking at Chunqiu half puzzled and half curious.

"No, our family has earned so much money, grandma doesn't want to buy land?" Chunqiu asked.I thought to myself, Grandma has earned so much money this year, so it stands to reason that if the farmer wants to save money, isn't it all about buying land?
"Oh, what are you talking about, the normal land purchase is after the Chinese New Year, and the government will handle it uniformly, which is convenient. Mother planned to buy it after the Chinese New Year," Yang Weisong explained with a smile.

And this particularity?Chunqiu looked back slowly, she thought it could be done anytime.

"But it's not forbidden to buy now, it's just that the seeds have been bought, and there is no way to plant them after buying them." Yang Weisong saw the tangled expression on his niece, thought about it, and added.

"So that's the case, uncle, I know." Chunqiu looked at Yang Weisong and said with a smile.

The three of them picked it very quickly, and it didn't take long for them to fill up the small back basket, and then they also planned to go home.

"Let's wait first," Yang Weisong said with a serious expression.

"Huh? What's the matter? Uncle, what's the matter?" Chunqiu looked at the serious uncle in front of him with his back on his back, and couldn't help but feel a little worried. He immediately pulled the tiger from the side over, and looked around nervously. There are beasts here?
"I remembered. When I came here with my second sister-in-law, I put a few iron traps behind the mountain. Uncle will go and show you if any prey has been hooked." Yang Weisong said here with a somewhat excited tone.

"Really? Uncle, go and have a look." Huzi shook off Chunqiu's hand and looked excited at Yang Weisong, saying that they have meat tonight.

"Hey, you two don't wander around, the iron clip is not far behind, I'll come back after I go and have a look." Although Yang Weisong also wanted to eat meat, he was still worried about Chunqiu and his wife.

"Go, uncle, Huzi and I are waiting for you here." Chunqiu also let go of her high-hanging heart, and waved her hand at Yang Weisong indifferently. She thought there was something dangerous, but it turned out to be wild game.

After Chunqiu finished speaking, he put down his back basket and sat down, and Huzi also followed suit, and the two raised their heads in unison to look at Yang Weisong not far away.

"Okay, that uncle is gone." Yang Weisong put down the basket, and rushed out backwards with three thuds.

Chunqiu looked at the agile monkey-like uncle, and then at his thin and thin figure, he really did not show his face.

Yang Weisong came back very quickly, not only came back by himself, but also carried two fat pheasants in his hands. When Chunqiu saw it, he quickly stood up and ran to Yang Weisong, pointing to the pheasants and said, "Uncle, you can eat braised chicken tonight." what"

"Uncle is really amazing!" Hu Zi also ran over with a thump.

"Hehe" Yang Weisong was embarrassed by the praise, and quickly waved his hands and said, "Let's go home, the second sister-in-law should come to find someone later."

"That's right, let's go quickly, mother should be in a hurry." Chunqiu thought about how angry Yuan was when she went back late before, and nodded in agreement, her mother getting angry is also very scary.

"Uncle, I'll carry it for you." Huzi reached out and took the pheasant in Yang Weisong's hand.

"Here, just give me the basket." Yang Weisong didn't refuse, but asked for the basket behind Huzi.

Huzi led the battle with a pheasant in front, Chunhua walked in the middle with a pannier on his back, and Yang Weisong broke his back with a pannier in one hand.

"Why did you come back? Hurry up and wash your hands and eat, the food is ready and served." Yuan Shi stood in the yard, took Chunqiu's basket, and rebuked the few people in front of her with some distress.

"The meal is ready, second sister-in-law, then I'm going to eat." Yang Weisong had sharp eyes, said to Yuan Shi, and ran away without a trace.

"Hey, you haven't washed your hands yet," Yuan turned around and shouted, but seeing her uncle's unstoppable footsteps, she just shook her head.

"Mother, this is the pheasant my uncle caught. Here it is for you. I'll wash my hands and eat." Hu Zi put the pheasant in Yuan's hand, and turned and ran away.

Chunqiu took a look and ran away while Yuan was not paying attention. Chunqiu said that if she didn't run away, her mother would start nagging again.

When returning to the house after dinner at night, Chunqiu saw no one around, and ran to Yuan's side, "Mother, do we want to buy a mountain?"

"Buy a mountain? Why?" Yuan Shi continued before she could react.

"It's Houshan, what if the tea leaves are discovered?" Chunqiu said Houshan was still a little cautious, this is their family's source of income, if they are discovered, they will not be able to do business.

"Oh, niuniu, if you don't say mother, you'll forget about it. You should buy it." After hearing Chunqiu's words, Yuan Shi came to her senses, and patted her head angrily, "but your father hasn't come back yet. Our family hasn’t separated yet, so we can’t buy it.” Yuan Shi said that there is also a difficulty here, and now the head of their family is old man Yang, and all the land and house deeds are in the hands of Yang Li, and others have no way to buy it.

"Mother, it's okay, I asked my uncle, and my uncle said that grandma will buy land after the Chinese New Year, how about we buy mountains with grandma?" Chunqiu is not in a hurry, just beg grandma when the time comes ?

"That's right, it's really a good idea to reconcile." Yuan Shi said thoughtfully, and then the more she thought about it, the more reasonable she became, and then she said, "Well, that's it, I'll go and talk to my mother when the time comes, you go to bed now, There will be a market in a few days, and your second brother is coming back, and your second brother’s house has been cleaned up, and it’s just time to buy something and settle it, and you can live in it when you come back.”

"Mother, I also want to live by myself." Chunqiu acted like a baby to Yuan Shi, she also wanted to live by herself, how wonderful.

"Good boy, we don't have enough houses. Next year, grandma will build a house, and then there will be a place for my daughter." Yuan patted Chunqiu's head to comfort her.

"Really? Then I have to clean up properly." Chunqiu's eyes lit up.

Yuan Shi smiled and stretched out her hand to tap the tip of Chunqiu's small nose, and said, "No problem, mother will buy you a lot of things."

"Yup"

"Okay, go to sleep, your aunt will go back to her mother's house tomorrow, she must be busy with something."

"Auntie is back, is the little cousin coming too? That's really good."

"Alright, let's go to bed." In the end, Yuan Shi had no choice but to send Chunqiu to sleep.

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