Farmhouse Pastoral Notes

Chapter 77

Because Chunqiu often goes up the mountain these days, she already knows everything in the mountain like the back of his hand, and she has marked the places where Chinese herbal medicines appeared before. something appears.

The spring goji berries in June have already been picked, and when the summer goji berries are ripe in August, the family is busy with cold skin, so naturally there is no manpower to pick them, so Chunqiu had to take advantage of the gap to go up the mountain to pick some, but Fortunately, there are not many new branches of goji berry this spring, and the fruits that have been grafted are not as many as before. Chunqiu picked it for two days and it was over.Now it's September, and Chunqiu just happened to take a look at how the autumn goji berries that matured in October are doing now.

The main purpose of Yuan's going to the mountain today is to pick tea leaves. Tea leaves mature for a long time, and there can be several months of maturity in a year. Before Yuan's family went to the shop for half a month, the tea has grown several rounds of new stubble. Naturally, Shi has fallen a lot. Not only did he not have enough rest just after returning home, he hurried out to continue picking.

Both mother and daughter were fully equipped this time, and Yuan Shi even prepared the meal for noon, with a basket on his back with a basket of tea in it.Put the sickle that opened the way aside into the back basket, and then pulled Chunqiu up the mountain together.

Yuan shi was afraid that there would be a lot of dew in the morning when he went, so it was okay for adults, but it would be bad for a child like Chunqiu to get cold if his clothes were wet, so both of Yuan shi took time to go out.When entering the mountain, the morning dew in the mountain has been evaporated by the sun, and there are crisp birdsong in the forest, and there are some unknown wild flowers or unknown wild fruits on both sides of the road, and the whole branch is covered with red.It's really a bumper harvest!

Yuan Shi was opening the way ahead with a sickle, and Chunqiu followed behind, chattering with Chunqiu about the work to be done for a while, "Niu Niu, we haven't picked this tea for half a month. I guess it's new buds and old buds." There are a lot of them, when the time comes, you can pick the fresh buds, let your mother pick those old buds, and you can’t put them together to dry, I asked the shopkeeper of Pinmingxuan before, the new and old tea leaves The degree is different, and the price is naturally different. Before we went to sell tea, the shopkeeper didn't lie to us, and he can be regarded as a benefactor of our family. We can't deceive others about this kind of thing..."

"Yeah, mother, I know, don't worry," Chunqiu replied, thinking in his heart that the shopkeeper is a good person, so he can deceive them, but what her mother said was right, she sold it to them at the beginning. For the tea, the other party didn't lower the price, and the shopkeeper is considered a good person.

The mountain road is rugged, there are many roads that turn left and right, and there are naturally many obstacles on the road. From time to time, Yuan Shi cut off the branches blocking the road with a sickle and threw them aside.Leave just enough space between the two of them to let them pass.Chunqiu is also experienced, and the back mountain is not high, there are no tigers, wild wolves and other medium and large beasts, so Yuan can rest assured that she will come out.

If this was a deep mountain, old forest, and intertwined place like Heishan, where Yang Weibo and others went, even if there were many good things in it, Yuan would not come out.

The two went up the narrow mountain road, and then walked towards the dense forest on the west side. After walking for about half a stick of incense, Chunqiu saw the dense medlar tree in front of him, with knots growing on it. It is full of dense wolfberries, but they are not yet ripe.

Chunqiu cheered inwardly, took two quick steps, pulled down the branch closest to her, stretched out her hand and picked a small wolfberry that was not too red, looked left and right, um!It seems to be growing well, and it is estimated that it will mature in 20 days, and then it can be sold for a considerable amount of money.Thinking of making money again, Chunqiu smiled again.The small eyes are squinted, like a little money fan.

Standing at the same place, Yuan Shi saw that the girl in the distance had no intention of coming back, and she was also thinking about the tea leaves not far away, so she shouted out anxiously, "Qiu'er, if it's okay, let's go quickly, after picking the tea leaves, we can go again." come back"

"Hey, here we come." Chunqiu turned his head back and let go of the wolfberry branch in his hand, then picked up the small back basket she put aside, and trotted back all the way.

"Hey, run slowly, the road is full of stones, don't fall..." Looking at Chunqiu's movements, Yuan Shi was stimulated up and down in her heart, for fear that her daughter would accidentally knock her down.

Spring and Autumn ran to Yuan Shi's side in a hurry, then took Yuan Shi's hand, and said with a smile, "It's okay, mother, do you think I'm not doing well? Let's go."

Yuan's teeth were itching with hatred, and she patted Chunqiu's back vigorously, "See if you dare to scare your mother like this?"

Chunqiu didn't evade Yuan Shi's actions, but just giggled and laughed straight in Yuan Shi's arms.

Yuan rolled her eyes helplessly, and was so pissed off by this wicked girl, she reached out and poked Chunqiu on the forehead, seeing the girl's aggrieved expression, she couldn't help herself, so she had to change the subject, "Let's go, let's go, let's go!" Hurry up and get home early..."

After Yuan Shi finished speaking, she took Chunqiu's little hand and walked forward...

The tea tree was not far from the wolfberry tree. The two of them took two small turns that were not too steep, and then climbed a rockery, before arriving at the ground.

The few tea trees in front of me have not been picked for a long time, and the branches are densely packed with tea leaves, and most of the tea leaves are old. Looking at Yuan Shi, hey, he felt distressed, and all he saw was money!

Because she was so stimulated, Yuan didn't even bother to rest when she arrived on the ground. She took out the basket from the back basket, walked to the tea tree, and started picking the tea tree in front of her.

Chunqiu originally planned to take a rest, after all, her face was already sweating, but seeing her mother's movements, she had no choice but to resign herself to her fate, and picked up the small basket that Yang Weibo specially made for her in the small back basket, Chunqiu She followed Yuan Shi's movements to learn it well, and besides, she had picked this tea in her previous life, and the previous tea was brought back by Spring and Autumn, so it didn't bother her.

After the mother and daughter picked it, no one stopped. At noon, each of them ate a bread and picked it up again, until all the tea trees were picked clean.

Yuan Shi looked at the basket full of tea leaves in the basket, nodded in satisfaction, reached out to wipe the sweat off his face, and said with a smile to Chunqiu, who was sitting aside to rest, "I'm afraid these tea leaves are still there. It can be picked for a month, plus the dividends from our shop before, and your money from selling prescriptions and picking herbs, our family should have enough money to buy mountains next year." Thinking of buying all the mountains in this area, Yuan's heart can be regarded as letting go of a stone, there is no way, there are so many good things in the mountains, she is really reluctant to take advantage of others.

"Does it cost so much to buy a mountain? A good rice field is only 3 taels of silver per mu, mother, is this barren mountain worth so much?" Chunqiu was a little shocked after hearing Yuan's words. According to Yuan's statement, Those silver coins add up to as little as 100 taels.

"This is wrong." Yuan looked at Chunqiu and explained seriously, "This is the property of the government. Don't look at it as a barren hill and no one wants it, but if it is really sold, the opposite and south hillsides will be painted. Yes, this adds up to hundreds of acres, so of course it can't be cheap." After Yuan Shi finished speaking, she rubbed Chunqiu's hair.

It turned out to be calculated in this way. Chunqiu sat on a high platform on the rockery, looked down, and could have a panoramic view of Yangjia Village not far away, even pedestrians coming and going in the village could see it.

"Mother, can't I just buy one side?" Chunqiu asked, the mountain forest on the opposite side seems to have a lot of trees, so it would not be a disadvantage to buy them together, but the south side is full of hillsides, all of which are low bushes, and nothing can be done. What are you doing buying it for?
Yuan shook her head amusedly, "No, are you an idiot when you are an official? It wasn't that no one in the village thought about this back mountain before, but the official killed him. If you want to buy it, you have to bring it to the south, just this one. Conditions, Houshan has not been sold so far.” No one is a fool, who spent tens of taels more for nothing to buy Nanshan, which is useless, who can do it.

"That's it, then I know." Chunqiu nodded thoughtfully, no wonder no one bought so many good things in Houshan, it turned out to be a matter for the government, and the common people's money is not easy to earn, plus Of course I didn’t want to buy the last Nanmian, which was not very useful, but now it’s cheaper for Yuan Shi and the others.

You know, in addition to tea and Chinese herbal medicines, there are fungus, fungus, mushrooms and other good things in the back mountain. Yesterday, my uncle took Chunni Chunhua out, didn’t she just want to take advantage of the mushrooms and fungus after the rain? Time to collect points and sell them in the market for money?
"Okay, these are all thoughts of you, a little girl. With your father and the others, besides, our family's money is almost enough. I will buy it and think about how to use it in the south." Yuan looked at Chunqiu. With a pensive look on her face, she knew that the girl was trying to make money again, so she stretched out her finger to poke Chunqiu's frowning brow.

"Mother~" His train of thought was interrupted by Yuan Shi, so Chunqiu had no choice but to stretch out his hand and pull Yuan Shi to act coquettishly.

"Okay, mother is afraid of you. Yesterday mother saw you staring at the fungus picked by your aunt. What's wrong? Is it because I want to eat?" Yuan shook her head helplessly, then remembered what happened yesterday. matter, asked casually.

"Of course I want to eat it." Chunqiu nodded. She wanted to eat it yesterday. The big and unpolluted fungus must taste good when stir-fried. I can't see Chunqiu's expression, which makes Chunqiu very depressed.

"Well, it's still early. Let's go shopping across the street. There are a lot of mushrooms, mushrooms, and fungus there. You can pick some and go back to eat." Then go down the mountain.

When the two went down the mountain, there was a small accident, that is, Chunqiu discovered the trap set by Yang Weibai to catch the hares, but my uncle didn't go back to the mountain much recently, and the villagers also liked the opposite side. No one came here, and the cover was left unattended for a long time, so naturally there was nothing there.

The covers Yang Weisong set up are very simple. They are all made of straw ropes and wooden sticks that can be seen everywhere. The two small covers are tied with straw ropes, and then fixed with wooden sticks. Then he waits for the hares and pheasants to drill , but the cover in front of him is broken.

When Chunqiu saw it, he became very curious. At first, he wanted to fix it, so that next time Yuan Shi came over, he might be able to catch some wild animals such as pheasants and hares. This kind of talent, Chunqiu tried it several times while Yuan Shi was holding back his laughter. He either tied the grass rope into a dead knot, or threw the wooden stick aside to be useless, and finally calmly put the cover under Yuan Shi's playful gaze. After throwing everything out, she decided to destroy the corpse.

Yuan Shi covered the corners of her mouth, rubbed Chunqiu's drooping little head, and comforted softly, "Okay, this kind of thing is not something you would do as a child. It just so happened that your father went to Montenegro today and brought back some wild game. Mother left some fungus for you to stew, what do you think?"

"..." Chunqiu: Mother, if you don't laugh out loud when comforting her, it will be more convincing!

Chunqiu didn't speak, but buried her head lower, hum, she didn't want to talk to her mother who laughed at her.

"Okay, okay, let's go, it will be dark in a while, if you haven't picked the fungus by then, don't blame your mother for not reminding you?" Yuan Shi decided to scare her daughter, otherwise what will happen in a short while? It's time to go down the mountain.

Chunqiu directly raised his head and widened his eyes, because he was frightened by Yuan Shi.Obviously, the threat of no fungus is more important than the embarrassment before, Chunqiu pulled Yuan Shi out and walked out, oh my god, she still wants to eat fungus, okay?

Yuan Shi covered her mouth and smiled, but did not break Chunqiu's careful thinking. The mother and daughter had different thoughts, but the purpose was the same, and the speed of going down the mountain was much faster than before. Yuan Shi reminded Chunqiu from time to time Two words, be careful of the stones in front, and the two went down the mountain without any danger.

Standing at the foot of the mountain, Chunqiu looked up at the east side, which was more lush than the west side. The densely packed trees really felt like a forest of forests?

"Mother, the mushrooms and fungus that my uncle and the others carried back yesterday were picked from here?" Chunqiu raised his head and looked at Yuan Shi who was on the side.

Yuan Shi nodded and smiled, "That's right, everyone in the village likes the east side. There are a lot of wild animals here, and they are easy to pick."

"Oh? Is there anything else here?" Chunqiu noticed Yuan's words that there were a lot of wild things, and asked quickly.

"Of course, there are wild grapes, wild scum, and wild persimmons, but the persimmons are not yet ripe and taste astringent. If you want to eat them, come back in October," Yuan explained.

"Persimmon?" Chunqiu thought in his heart, it couldn't be the same as what he thought, that kind of persimmon cake?

Yuan Shi smiled and said, "That's right, after a while Jin Shanniang will take you to have a look, it's not far away, and it's all fruited."

"Okay, okay." Chunqiu nodded.

"Okay, okay, are you tired? After talking so much, are you thirsty?" Yuan Shi looked at Chunqiu's excited face, took out a handkerchief and wiped Chunqiu's face, the sweat was drenched The appearance is not too tired.

Hearing what Yuan Shi said, Chunqiu was really thirsty, swallowed, and Chunqiu asked, "Mother, is there a stream here?"

Mrs. Yuan shook her head, "There is no brook, but the spring in the east is a mountain spring? Everyone in the village has drunk it, and it's delicious."

"Where is it? Where is it?" Chunqiu looked left and right curiously.

"It's just ahead, let's go over here, and then we can rest." Yuan Shi pointed.

"Then let's go, mother, I'm thirsty." Chunqiu anxiously wanted to drink the spring water again and again, pulling Yuan's cuff and acting coquettishly again.

"Okay...then let's go...quickly loosen mother's cuffs, otherwise what if I fall down..."

"Hey, don't you have a mother to follow..."

"You ghostly little girl..."

"Giggle cluck..."

The sound of footsteps became smaller and smaller until they disappeared, and the crisp laughter of a girl came from the distant mountains, drifting away with the wind...

　Thanks Baozi, sunshine.Very warm true love red envelope~

　　
　
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