Chapter 38
"Mom, you are still amazing. You managed my mother-in-law to be docile. I have never gotten any advantage from her in all the years I have been married."
Lin Xue watched Deng Cai come back with a load of crushed grain and gave Liu Xiao'e a thumbs up.
Liu Xiao'e: "Actually, your mother-in-law is not a bad person if she is not cruel, but she is more clever and careless. She always likes to take advantage of others. With these one hundred kilograms of grain, your family can persevere this year. It’s time to grab it.”
“I still have to thank mom. If it weren’t for you, my mother-in-law wouldn’t have lent us this hundred catties of grain.”
"Since your mother-in-law lent the grain to you, whether it is for filial piety or to show it to outsiders, when our tofu is ready, we will invite your mother-in-law and father-in-law over for a meal in the evening."
Lin Xue humbly Taught: "I know, there are still fried fish and shrimps at noon, plus bacon and tofu, it can make a hearty dinner." , blacksmithing, grinding tofu.
A bucket of soaked beans must be ground slowly with a stone mill to get the soy milk out. It doesn’t matter whether it is bitter or not, but at least you have to be patient.
Lin Shu was not interested in grinding tofu. In the afternoon, Liu Xiaoe and Lin Xue made tofu at home, while she took Lin Xue's eldest son Bingbing to the back of the village.
"Auntie, there are a lot of prey in the mountains behind our village, such as rabbits, pheasants, wild boars, and forest musk deer."
"There are many prey in the forest, which means that the ecological environment of your village is good and there has been no harm." Destroyed. "
Lin Shu is more interested in the lush mountains and forests. Xianfeng Village is located in a remote location, and the mountains and forests are still in their original state, which shows that the vegetation inside has not been destroyed.
Lin Shu felt like a gold mine was waving to her.
“Our village cuts firewood mostly on the outskirts. My dad said we can’t go in deep into the mountains because we might encounter wild boars,” Bingbing said.
"Okay, let's just walk around the outskirts."
When we arrived at the outskirts of the mountain forest, the shrubs in the forest were relatively short, but this did not mean that the medicinal materials were also of low vintage.
Not long after entering the forest, she discovered a Smilax cocos that was more than ten years old. However, the plant was cut down by the villagers every year for firewood, but the underground rhizomes kept growing.
It took a lot of effort for Lin Shu to dig it out.
“Auntie, is it useful to dig out this stem?”
"Well, this is a kind of medicinal material."
"Medicinal material?" Bingbing stared at the large piece of rhizome, "Can I change it for money?"
"Hey, you kid still knows how to Exchange money?”
Lin Shu put the Smilax cocos dug out into the basket and found a few more plants nearby, so he dug them all out at once.
Half of it was put into the basket. Lin Shu weighed it up and it weighed about twenty kilograms.
"Auntie, is this plant a medicinal material?" Deng Bing casually pulled a vine next to him.
Lin Shu was looking at the surrounding plants. After listening to his words, he turned around and smiled: "Hey, I said you are lucky. This kind of branches and leaves has milk, which is also called milk grass. Also called golden leopard, Codonopsis pilosula and Codonopsis pilosula, its rhizome is also a relatively precious medicinal material. ”
Codonopsis pilosula is known as a treasure-level decathlon herb, and it is very popular in the south.
Looking at the two or three-meter-high rattan, Lin Shu dug without saying a word.
The rhizome of this plant is particularly long and has been growing for at least twenty years.
"Wow, I've made a lot of money."
Lin Shu looked at the rhizome with teeth and claws in surprise, [System, how much does this wild Codonopsis pilosula weigh? 】
[Returned to the host, weighing 3.1 kilograms, 20 years old, worth 2 yuan per kilogram. 】
【How much did the Smilax smilax just now weigh? 】
【26 catties of Smilax cocos, worth 0.5 yuan per catty. 】
Lin Shu raised an eyebrow. The medicinal materials dug out in just over an hour were worth nearly 20 yuan. As expected, money is easy to make if you have a system.
Lin Shu looked at Deng Bing, who continued to look for wild codonopsis ginseng, "Bingbing, how much tuition do you pay per semester when you go to school now?"
Deng Bing didn't know why Lin Shu suddenly asked I couldn't afford the school tuition, but I still answered honestly: "Two yuan."
Tuition fees are really not expensive in this era, and two yuan is equivalent to more than ten kilograms of food.
In addition to books, schools also distribute homework. It can be said that students going to school in this era only need to prepare stationery.
There is no material fee, and you don’t have to prepare homework yourself.
“Auntie, look at the lily fruits growing on that rock!”
Lin Shu looked in the direction pointed by Deng Bing. There was a piece of limestone in front of him with many lily fruits growing on it.
Green fruits hang on it, shaped a bit like weights.
“With such a large area, don’t the people in your village go up to the mountain to pick fruits?”
"My mother said that she is very busy with farm work and has no time to make these snacks that are not enough to fill her stomach. I think other people in the village also find this fruit difficult to handle."
As he said that, Deng Bing looked at Lin Shu His eyes were full of hope, "Auntie, let's pick some back and make jelly." Okay?”
“Okay, let’s pick some. I just don’t know if the fruit is ripe at this time and whether there is much pulp inside.”
Lin Shu picked a fruit. When I broke it open, I found that the inside of the fruit had turned red.
[Tongzi, is this prune fruit a medicinal material? 】
[Returning to the host, Piper belongs to the vine of the genus Ficus in the Moraceae family. The whole plant can be used as medicine. The fruit is sweet and mild in nature and has the effects of aphrodisiac, fixing essence, stopping bleeding, and lowering breast milk. The value of lily fruits is 0.5 yuan per catty, and the value of plants is 0.02 yuan per catty. 】
Sure enough, there are no weeds in the mountains, and knowing them is all treasure.
"Bingbing, pay attention to safety and don't climb on the rocks to pick." While picking, Lin Shu did not forget to throw some into the system to exchange for money.
When the sun set and the aunt and nephew came down the mountain, the baskets they brought up the mountain were full, and the plum fruit Lin Shu threw into the system was exchanged for 5.3 yuan.
After her efforts in collecting medicinal materials in the past few days, the balance of the system is now 432.1 yuan.
If all the Smilax cocos and Codonopsis pilosula are sold to the system, the system balance will increase to 472 yuan. However, they cannot be sold directly to the system at the moment. They must take them back and find an excuse to go out to the county.
After returning home, Liu Xiaoe noticed the roots in their basket and motioned to Lin Shu to put them into the house.
The tofu has been pressed with a mold.
Lin Shu glanced at it for a moment, then took out the layer of plum blossoms on the top of the basket.
Lin Xue saw the muddy roots in the basket and asked curiously: "What kind of roots are you digging?"
"Smilax poria and wild Codonopsis pilosula."
Liu Xiao'e's heart moved and she asked in a low voice: "My youngest, is this Smilax cocos and Codonopsis pilosula valuable?"
Lin Shu nodded: "It's okay. This half basket is worth two big unity."
"His!"
"Mom, you said this is medicinal material?"
Liu Xiao'e nodded to Lin Xue and said with a smile: "Unexpectedly, these common rhizomes are actually medicinal materials. In the past, when we dug out these rhizomes from the wasteland, they were even used as firewood and they were not easy to burn."
Lin Xue was delighted. He looked at Lin Shu: "Little sister, who do you sell these medicinal materials to?" "There is a medicinal material purchasing station in the county. Yeah."
"Medicinal materials purchasing station, how come I haven't heard of it?"
Lin Shu scratched his head and said embarrassedly: "My friend told me too. Otherwise, we don’t know that these common weeds in rural areas can be exchanged for money.”
Lin Xue: "Your friend seems to be pretty good to you. Is he a boy or a girl?"
Lin Shu noticed that Liu Xiao'e was also looking at her with a gossipy face, "Ahem, it's a girl, don't you guys?" Think more.”
< br>Liu Xiao'e was slightly disappointed, "I thought it was a man willing to help you like this."
If a man is so willing to help her, it means that the man has a good impression of her, and then there is hope for his son-in-law. That’s it.
Lin Xue and Liu Xiao'e entered the kitchen, and Lin Shu sat in the main room cutting lily fruits. If you want to eat jelly, you must squeeze out the juice of the fruit, filter it, and then sediment it.
It was time to make dinner, and several families living in this Sishuiguitang were cooking, and the whole house felt smoky.
Lin Shu looked up at the smoke-blackened house, with its carved beams and painted roofs, which were so smoked that it was hard to see what the patterns were.
As you can imagine, it would have taken a lot of work and materials to build this house.
[System, did you say that when you first built this house, were you careful about the materials used? Is there any golden nanmu? 】
Lin Shu watched the news in his previous life and heard about an inconspicuous wooden house in a mountainous area. The entire house was made of golden nanmu. At that time, many people wanted to buy the house at a high price.
Most of the large houses with blue bricks and black tiles in Xianfeng Village belong to landlords, so maybe they can be missed.
[Back to the host, the beams and columns of this house are made of cypress and catalpa. They are both good quality hardwoods. The wood does not rot over the years and is a high-quality wood for building a house. 】
【Sure enough, the landlord has a surplus of food and is more particular about building houses. 】Lin Shu was not disappointed.
[However, host, the desk placed against the wall opposite the main room is made of huanghuali wood and is of some value. 】
Huanghuali wood?
Lin Shu looked at the desk opposite. It was the furniture of the house opposite. The table was covered with a layer of pulp and looked dark and dirty. There were chopping boards, pots, pans and other cooking utensils on it.
Beside the desk is a small earthen stove. At this time, the earthen stove is burning, and the woman in charge of the household opposite is cooking.
Lin Shu entered the kitchen that Lin Xue had renovated and walked around, "Sister, it's a little inconvenient to make a living in your room. It lacks a desk."
Lin Xue smiled helplessly. : "We just separated for a few months and wanted to buy something Furniture is also difficult. I will buy more later when I have money."
Lin Shu pointed to the door, "The desk they put next to the stove in the house opposite your house is nice. Why don’t you buy it back if you don’t want me to pay for it?”
Lin Xue didn't take it seriously and joked: "You are so generous, how much are you going to pay?"
"Five yuan!" Lin Shu stretched out a slap. If it was really a huanghuali wood desk, five yuan. It's not expensive to buy for 1 yuan.
Lin Xue laughed at her arrogant tone, "Do you know how many legs you can buy for five yuan? I bought that old table for five yuan. I didn't have water in my head. "
For five dollars, she could have the carpenter make twenty legs, a table and four benches, a total of twenty legs.
“I’m not asking you to pay five yuan to buy it back. You can negotiate the price.” Lin Shu chuckled: “Sister, you have to believe me, that table is definitely worth five yuan. .”
When Lin Xue heard this, she thought a little. She had heard that the desk belonged to the landlord's house. Is it really a good thing?
"Don't be anxious about this, you can take your time." Lin Shu comforted her.
When I came back from Xianfeng Village, I brought back not only half a basket of medicinal materials but also half a basket of fried tofu, as well as Zhuang Zhuang, who was six years old and had not yet gone to school.
As soon as Zhuang Zhuang arrived at his grandmother's house, he walked around the house and asked, "Auntie, can I sleep with you tonight?"
Lin Shu shook his head: "No, My aunt has no experience in taking care of children. What if you kick the quilt in the middle of the night and catch a cold?”
Zhuangzhuang looked aggrieved, "Then who should I sleep with tonight?"
"Sleep with your grandma, she has experience, or worse, your eldest cousin. You are a boy, and he happens to be a man too." Child." Lin Shu said matter-of-factly.
"Grandma has grandpa sleeping with her. My eldest cousin and I are not familiar with each other. What if he doesn't want me?"
"Salad."
"Wow wow wow wow ! ”
Liu Xiao'e picked up a few eggs from the henhouse and deliberately glared at Lin Shu: "You bullied him again!"
Lin Shu raised her hands. She really wasn't bullying him, she was just tired of raising children in her previous life. She was a It's not easy to raise a son, and now I don't even want to take the child to bed anymore.
Having a poor night’s sleep with your children affects your sleep quality too much.
Liu Xiao'e coaxed: "Zhuang Zhuang, don't cry, sleep with grandma tonight. Look, grandma picked up a few eggs. How about I give you scrambled eggs for lunch? I won't give them to your aunt."
Zhuang Zhuang sniffed aggrievedly, with tears in his eyes, "Grandma, my aunt doesn't like me anymore."
"Pfft!"
Liu Xiao'e turned around and glared at her.
Lin Shu hurriedly covered her mouth and blinked her innocent eyes.
Early in the morning, Gu Jiu was dragged out of bed by Xu Ming. Before he could wash up, he pushed him into the car. He hurriedly hurried all the way to the town and bought a bag of steamed buns before heading into the mountains. .
“Hey, you haven’t woken up yet?”
Xu Ming looked at someone who was walking up the mountain with slightly squinted eyes, and handed him a bun, "Eat some."
Gu Jiu took the bun, took a bite, and looked at the person carrying the tool bag climbing up the mountain. The person asked, "As an employee of a power supply station, how can you help by following these technicians up the mountain?"
Climbing power poles and connecting wires are not good enough. It would be too crowded to follow them to make up for the loss.
Xu Ming took a bite of the bun and said, "I am taking you to experience the intensity of the power supply work first."
"Say yes first, don't force me to turn my back on you. ." Gu Jiu frowned unhappily and reminded him again, "I'm here for a transition, not for work. I'm not interested in the work of your power supply station."
Xu Ming observed the situation around him, stuffed the last bite of the bun into his mouth, and then took a sip of water, "Then tell me, what kind of job do you want?"
"The job I want. It’s a job where I can go to work when I want to, rest when I don’t want to go to work, and be late if I don’t want to get up in the morning. Can you help me find it?”
To put it bluntly, now I have no choice but to go back to my hometown in the county, Gu Jiu Just don't want to do anything.
He feels that he goes to work on time and eats on time every day, and the life between three o'clock and one line is boring.
“My family wants you to go to the army, but you can’t stand the overload of training every day, so they want you to go to school, and you think school is boring. Then tell me, what do you want to do? ?" Xu Ming laughed angrily at him.
Gu Jiu felt that the time was not right now, and he would naturally have his own considerations when the time came.
After eating a few steamed buns to fill his stomach, Gu Jiu looked at the situation in the forest and took out the slingshot he had prepared earlier. "Do you think I can hunt a pheasant and make soup today?"
< br>"Come on, I'll go to your house to drink chicken soup when you catch the pheasant." Xu Ming patted him on the shoulder, his comforting tone too obvious.
Gu Jiu raised his eyebrows: "Who are you looking down on? Do you think I can't catch prey?"
He tried the elasticity of the slingshot's rubber band. It was very elastic and powerful.
(End of this chapter)