Chapter 5 Nothing can stop me from getting rich
Together with three or four children from the village, we drove a dozen and a half-grown calves to the barren hills south of the village. Several children dispersed carrying baskets. , the calves enter the barren mountains to graze freely. In addition to herding cattle, the children also have another task: cutting pig grass.
Lin Shu also wants to cut pigweed, but for an adult, cutting a basket of pigweed is too easy. You must know that pigs in this era eat wild grasses, and they can be cut as long as they are not poisonous. Go back to feed the pigs, so the pork of this era is particularly delicious and has the aroma of meat. Even the simplest cooking is better than the pork of later generations.
Lin Shu carried the basket and walked toward the direction where no one was.
Everything revives in spring, and many shrubs in the barren mountains sprout new buds and grow new leaves. It is the tender time. Lin Shu picked up a lot of leaves and cut a lot of twigs. For half an hour Just fill the basket.
Xiaohe Village, also known as Xiaohe Production Team, is built under a valley. Behind the green hills behind the village is a river, and the other side of the river belongs to another township.
This river is the boundary between towns. You can imagine how remote the river is. It takes more than two hours to walk on a mountain road to go to the countryside. If you follow the dirt road connecting the villages, It takes three hours to reach the township due to a detour.
Because of its remote location, the vegetation on the barren mountains and green hills throughout the creek is well protected.
Lin Shu turned off the mute function of the system, and the system prompted that there was a small piece of polygala at his feet.
Lin Shu knelt down and stroked the short grass at his feet. Some of the grass had small purple flowers on it.
"System, you said this lanceolar plant is Polygala?"
[Yes, Polygala is a perennial herbaceous plant of the Polygala family, also known as grass. There is a saying that it grows as grass in the mountains and grows as Polygala outside the mountains. Its effects are: calming the mind and improving intelligence, communicating with the heart and kidneys, eliminating phlegm and reducing swelling. The roots are collected in spring and autumn and used as medicine. A complete plant costs five cents. 】
“Because its roots are used as medicine, so it costs five cents per plant?”
You must know that some common grasses such as plantain, goosegrass, etc. cost one penny per plant.
[Back to the host, the system evaluates the value of Baicao based on the difficulty of mining and its rarity. 】
This time when he went to the mountains to herd cattle, Lin Shu not only brought a sickle, but also a small hoe. Fortunately, the polygala plant was short, so it was not difficult to dig.
In this small piece of Polygala, I roughly dug up some healthy plants, a total of fifty-two plants, and sold them to the system for 2.6 yuan, which was temporarily deposited into the system's balance.
After digging, Lin Shu straightened up and breathed a sigh of relief. She found a stone and wanted to sit down and rest for a while, but the system reminded her again.
[Ding, I discovered drumsticks. The whole plant is used as medicine and is worth three cents a plant. 】
"Drumstick?" Lin Shu listened to the system prompts, his eyes blank. There are so many plants around him, which one is drumstick?
The system seemed to know the doubts in her heart.
[Host, the plant at your feet has a leaf of two colors, green on the front and white on the back, with downy hair and opposite leaves. Picked before flowering, it can clear away heat and detoxify, stop dysentery and stop bleeding. The underground rhizome is a holy product for lowering blood sugar. 】
Lin Shu suddenly understood according to the introduction of the system, "The grass you are talking about is called radish here. The rhizome has a sweet taste. When we were children, we often dug it out and ate it in the wild."
In fact, when the leaves of this kind of grass are young, they will cut them and use them as pigweed.
This kind of drumstick is also called white grass and drumstick. It is easier to dig than polygala. You can dig out a plant in basically two digs.
Watching the balance in the system continue to increase, Lin Shu was so happy that he temporarily forgot about the hard work of digging for medicine.
"Sister-in-law, sister-in-law, are you full of pig grass? Do you want our help?"
Lin Shu was digging vigorously, watching the balance rise to 6 yuan, and was very excited. When someone called her, she straightened up and looked down the mountain.
I found out that it was her second brother’s daughter, Lin Xiaoyu, a little girl who was only ten years old this year. There was also a little tail trailing behind her, Lin Xiaoshuang, also the second brother's daughter, seven years old this year.
"Xiaoyu, Xiaoshuang, why are you two here?"
Walking closer, Xiao Yu replied obediently: "Grandma asked us to cut half a basket of pigweed in the afternoon. We have completed the task. I heard that my sister-in-law came to the mountains to herd cattle. We thought we would come and play with you." Lin Xiaoshuang saw Lin Shu's hand little hoe, and asked curiously : "Sister-in-law, what are you digging for?"
"Digging for radishes."
"Will you dig them for us to eat?" Lin Xiaoshuang looked up at her, A pair of big eyes blinked, full of expectation.
“.” Lin Shu twitched the corner of his mouth and pointed at the drumstick not far away, “If you want to eat it, dig it yourself with a sickle.”
The rhizome of drumstick is not deep, so it is easy to dig it out and eat it yourself.
Even her biological niece can't stop her from making a fortune.
Children in this era do not have much snacks, especially children in rural areas. Rural children who are native and wild can always find some plants in the wild that can be used as snacks.
For example, this drumstick has sweet thatch roots, sweet and sour red azalea petals, etc.
Lin Xiaoyu picked up the sickle stuck next to the basket and took the lead: "I am the sister, I will dig it, sister, you will pick it up."
"Be careful not to get cut by the sickle." Lin Shu warned and then went about his business.
Children in rural areas are extremely skilled in using farm tools. Basically, they don’t have to worry about cutting their hands. Of course, accidents sometimes happen.
The sisters dug up more than a dozen plants, then sat on the ground and rubbed the mud with their hands, gently peeled off the outer skin and put it directly into their mouths to chew.
Lin Xiaoyu threw one into her mouth. The sweetness of the radish made her enjoy it and she narrowed her eyes slightly.
"Sister-in-law, in the afternoon we found Zhu Zhiqing and Wei Zhiqing gathering together to whisper."
"Huh?"
Lin Xiaoyu's words made Lin Shu slightly stunned, "Why would you pay attention to the two of them?"
"Didn't my sister-in-law ask us to pay more attention to Zhu Zhiqing?" Lin Xiaoyu asked, tilting her head as if confused.
“Huh?”
Lin Shu tried hard to think back and then remembered that in her previous life, in order to know more about Zhu Zhengliang’s movements, she specially asked her nieces and nephews to pay more attention to Zhu Zhengliang and tell them in time if there were any movements. she.
Tsk, the past is too painful to look back on, so it’s okay not to mention it.
Speaking of Zhu Zhengliang and Wei Zhiqing, Wei Zhiqing’s real name was Wei Miao. She heard that her parents divorced and they each started their own families, and she became the little burden that her father didn’t love her mother.
When she grew up, she graduated from junior high school and stayed at home for two years before being sent to the countryside. She had lacked love since she was a child. After going to the countryside, she met Zhu Zhengliang, who cared about her from time to time, and she secretly fell in love with her.
It’s just that Zhu Zhengliang is a polite scum, a well-dressed beast. He maintains an ambiguous relationship with Wei Miao in the educated youth spot, and hangs on Lin Shu in the village.
One lacks love, the other lacks knowledge, both of them are deceived by Zhu Zhengliang.
If Lin Shu hadn't been reborn, he still wouldn't know Zhu Zhengliang's disgusting face.
"Sister-in-law, I see that Zhu Zhiqing and Wei Zhiqing are talking and laughing. It seems that they have a very good relationship." Lin Xiaoyu said her findings while nibbling drumstick grass.
She knew in her heart that her sister-in-law liked Zhu Zhiqing, but Zhu Zhiqing was from the city. If her sister-in-law and Zhu Zhiqing were in a relationship, would she be able to follow him to the city?
If my sister-in-law marries in the city, can they find opportunities to go to the city during the winter and summer vacations?
Lin Shu didn’t know what the little girl was thinking, otherwise he would have to wake her up.
"There is no need to pay attention to him in the future. He is an insignificant person. It is a waste of energy to pay attention to him."
(End of Chapter)