Chapter 421 The bitter Leba
When Le's father, Zhou Qiufeng, was sleeping, he thought about how much money his child had and that there were things worth tens of millions of dollars around him. He was afraid that someone would find out and have evil intentions. The more he thought about it, the more uneasy he became. He tossed and turned and couldn't sleep.
A couple didn't sleep much, so they woke up in the morning with dark bags under their eyes. The couple quietly went to the kitchen to boil water and wash their faces. Le's father went to feed the chickens and ducks, and Zhou Qiufeng made food.
They didn't sleep well all night. Leyun slept very soundly. On the first day back home, she didn't have any sleeping space at night. After taking care of the space crops, she lay down on her old wooden bed that she had slept on for more than ten years and slept soundly. I woke up on time and found that my aunt was here. I hurriedly packed myself and meditated.
She knew when her father and Aunt Feng would get up, and she was not in a hurry to go out after the meditation.
Her father and Aunt Feng wanted her to sleep more, so they did everything lightly, so she followed their wishes and showed up later.
After meditating, I quietly changed into my home clothes, and quietly packed my luggage, including tents, food, clothes, shoes, rainproof cloth, mineral water, and a big empty Coke bottle that I would take with me to the mountains. Put it in a backpack.
When it was already dark, Le Yun walked out of her room, sneaked to the backyard to run the latrine, washed her hands in the backyard, walked to the cow and pig stall, secretly took out a small handful of sweet potato vines from the space and threw it to the pigs.
Then I picked up the hoe from the corner and dug into the soil in a corner of the garden. After digging for a while, I dug out a few small konjac and quietly threw them into the space.
Konjac, also known as konjac, is a perennial herbaceous plant. Like sweet potatoes, it is a plant that grows stems in the soil. The whole plant is poisonous and cannot be eaten raw. However, after being made into food, it is a delicacy and medicine. It has anti-cancer and intestinal cleansing properties. effect.
Konjac is rare in the city, but more common in the countryside. It can usually survive in the corners in front of and behind the house.
The Le family may have inherited it. At first, Grandpa Le Tai loved to eat konjac, and he planted it in front of and behind the house. Later, his children and grandchildren also liked to eat it, and they also moved the konjac to the corner of the back garden and the front garden.
The shape of konjac is a bit like a water chestnut. The difference is that the top of the water chestnut is convex, while the top of the konjac is concave. The underground stems of konjac are generally round. Only the small konjac produced by reproduction have elongated or other shapes.
Le Yun dug slowly and found a dozen konjac seeds and threw them back into the space. Then she carefully dug down the soil and dug out several large konjacs. Judging from their shapes, they could grind out a lot of konjac tofu during the Chinese New Year.
I covered it with shallow soil again and returned the hoe to its original position. I saw that the big pigs and the little pigs in the pig pen had eaten all the sweet potato vines without leaving any residue. I felt relieved and ran home to wash my face and brush my teeth.
"Lele, why are you digging in the back garden so early in the morning?" The girl rushed into the kitchen excitedly, and Lele's father smiled and gave her a small chair.
"Dad, Aunt Feng, I went to the back garden to look at konjac and found several. I will grind it during the Chinese New Year. When I come back, I will dig up some medicinal materials and grind them together with boiling water and lime water. The konjac tofu will be more delicious and crispy. .”
"I have dug it out a long time ago. There are four in the back garden corner that are larger than bowls, and there are two older ones. One is as big as a washbasin. In the front corner of the house, there are seven ones that are larger than bowls, and one has a small one. The washbasin is big.
I told your Aunt Feng that for the one who has the biggest problem during the New Year, when school starts, you can dig out a few medium-sized ones and bring them to the Chao family in the capital. It’s hard to take care of the ones that are too big. ”
"Hmm, I'll just take the little one as big as a basin to the capital. I'll keep the others to grow, and they'll grow to be as big as a basin next winter. Dad, you're not allowed to dig them until I come back. You have to leave them to me."
"If Lele doesn't come back at the age of twenty-eight, I will dig it up and won't keep it for you. Digging konjac is the most enjoyable. The boss is like a rolling millstone."
"Dad, you said you would leave it to me."
"I'll dig it for you if you come back on time."
"Aunt Feng, come on, my dad is bullying your girl."
"Okay, let's leave it to Lele to dig the big konjac, so you can have fun. I'll help you guard it and don't let your dad touch it." Zhou Qiufeng was listening to the father and daughter fighting to dig up the konjac and watched the battle with a smile. Being dragged into the fight, he had no choice but to help the girl.
"I'm so sad when I have a girl but not a husband." Le's father pretended to be jealous.
"Dad, why are you not as popular as your little cotton-padded jacket?" Le Yun chuckled.
"Well, the little cotton-padded jacket is very popular, but I am not popular."
"Dad, you don't need to be very popular, you just need to have popular children and a wife."
"These words touched my heart. My wife and children are connected, so it's fine even if I don't even care about the dog."
"You're not a meat bun, it's strange that a dog can care about you." Zhou Qiufeng prepared the food and handed the chopsticks to Yueqing, who was bickering with her daughter.
Dad Le: "..." He is weak and weak, and he can't defeat those three women.
Le Yun held the bowl and ate, enjoying herself while eating.
Zhou Qiufeng ate breakfast and put the pig food on the pot stand to heat. After Xiao Lele had packed up, she drove the tricycle with a carport in Yueqing to take the girl to Shennong Mountain.
Dad Le stood at the door and sent Zhou Qiufeng and the little cotton-padded jacket away. He turned back to mix the pig food and feed the pigs. He had done the housework and was about to pack himself up before going to work in the workshop when his mother-in-law came.
Grandma Zhou ran into Lele's house wearing a thick cotton-padded jacket and asked cheerfully: "Yueqing, I heard Lele's voice last night. Is Lele back?"
"Aunt, have you eaten? Lele came home just before dark yesterday. I didn't go over to talk to you. She went into the mountains again this morning. Xiaofeng sent her there. Her son must have left the countryside by now. La.”
"You didn't even sit on the stool until you got home, and you went to the mountains again?" Grandma Zhou wanted to curse: "How on earth did you two become parents? The child finally came back, and it's such a cold weather and you still let Lele get into it. Mountain, we are not afraid that our children will get sick from the cold outside.”
"Auntie, I don't want Lele to run into the mountains, but Xiaofeng and I can't stop her. If we don't agree, she will run away."
Le's father felt so wronged. Every time Lele went deep into the mountains and forests, the elders would accuse him, and he, the father's daughter, would take the blame.
"Forget it, you two are both soft-hearted. I won't talk about you anymore. Did Lele say when you will come back?
Qiu Feng's brother said that pigs would be killed on the 26th. I came here just to say in advance that I wanted to tell Lele to stop running around and eat pig head meat that day. ”
"Lele didn't say when she would come back. I guess it might take four or five days. Xiaofeng and I told her to kill pigs on the 28th, but if she couldn't make it back, I would..."
"What did you do if you didn't come back that day? You want to beat Lele? Are you promising?" "No, no, I didn't say beat. What I said was that if Lele didn't come back that day, I dug up all the konjac in the back garden. , don’t help Lele stay”
"You two, father and son, compete every year to dig up konjac for profit. There is also konjac behind my house. Lele loves to dig, so let her help dig and have fun."
"Auntie, Lele will help you dig konjac. Once she digs it, she won't be able to give it to you. She will take it home and play with it."
Dad Le burst into tears. His daughter had been fond of konjac since she was a child. She would dig it up and play with it for a day or two without letting go. Grinding tofu.
"If she likes to play, let her play. Forget it, Lele is not at home, and I won't be here with you anymore. I'll come back when Lele comes back." Not finding the pistachio that jumped up and down every day, Grandma Zhou didn't sit down either. own home.
Lele’s father took off his apron, put on his shoes, and drove to work. As soon as he reached the village head Zhou’s house, he picked up his beard and took him to the street. He then asked: “Yueqing, I heard that Lele is back. ? Let me tell you, Jia Lele Yazi, that my family will kill pigs on the 25th and ask her and Qiufeng to come and drink soup. You will not come and go to your work."
"..." Lele's dad answered bravely: "Uncle Zhou Man, Lele came back yesterday, but he went to Shennong Mountain again early this morning."
"Are you running into the mountains again? Yueqing, you bastard. Today is the Chinese New Year and you let your girl run away. Why are you so stupid? You can't always defeat your girl..."
Village Chief Zhou Bala Bala scolded her, saying in just one sentence that it was the father's fault for not controlling the girl and letting her run away.
Dad Le's soul was hit with 100 million critical hit points again. He didn't dare to cry out for injustice. He felt extremely miserable in his heart. He had to accept the spit from Village Chief Zhou honestly and waited for the old Village Chief to be sent to the parking place on the street. , and went to the workshop as if running away.
Compared to Le's father's depressed mood, Zhou Qiufeng felt much more comfortable. She drove on the country road and stopped at a small store in a passing village to buy dry food.
Because the road was a bit far and the wind was strong in winter, the speed was a little slow. It took about two hours before we were sent to the foot of a mountain in Shennong Mountain.
Zhou Qiufeng didn't say any harsh words. She only told her children to take care of themselves and go home as soon as possible. Then at Xiao Lele's insistence, she turned around and drove home. After walking a long way, she looked back and saw that Xiao Lele was still watching, feeling warm in her heart. Hot.
Watching Aunt Feng and the car turn into a small dot, Le Yun carried her luggage and walked deep into the mountain along the foot of the mountain. When she walked to a deserted place, she returned to space first and picked up the small mushroom brush she dug in the morning. Clean the soil, wash it with well water, plant it in the medicinal field, and water it with well water.
After checking the space, there was nothing to collect. We went out again and walked toward the mountains. We still found a relocated village.
She is not a resident of Shennong District, and she doesn't know very well which small villages in Shennong District have been relocated to districts and towns with convenient transportation, but she can find out by asking people.
After all, relocation is a major event, especially collective relocation. Subsidies, housing, etc. are related to the vital interests of the people, and many people are paying attention.
It was already noon when we climbed up the winding mountain road to the abandoned and relocated village. Winter in the north of E is generally relatively dry, and it was also a sunny day with bright light.
There are only five or six households in the abandoned village, which have been moved away for four or five years. The old mud-walled or wooden houses are dilapidated and overgrown with weeds. Some roofs are covered with grass or small awnings three to two feet high. saplings.
Le Yun climbed to a higher ground and looked around. She didn't see any spiritual energy. She wandered into the front and back of the residents' buildings and picked up useful things.
I didn't pick up anything valuable, but I picked up several old wine jars. They were all relatively old. The jars made with the most rustic method didn't have any fancy shapes, but they were particularly thick and solid.
I also picked up old-fashioned wooden basins, buckets, and two water jars that were not broken. One of them was broken by a falling wall, but the other one was intact.
By the way, I picked up a set of stone pounders for pounding rice, a pair of medium-sized stone mills that can be used to grind tofu and corn flour, old sand jars, and a few bottles and jars, anything that catches the eye. Pick them all up, move them to the waterside, scrub them clean, and put them back into space to become collectibles.
Wandering around the abandoned village, there was really nothing to gain, so I went deep into the mountains and headed towards my goal.
Because my aunt is here, I walk slowly, digging for medicinal materials as I go. I collect all the fungus and mushrooms. Eat when you are hungry, eat fruits when you are thirsty, go to bed early and get up early, and try not to catch cold.
Searching for medicinal materials like locusts crossing the border, she arrived at her destination on the third day, the afternoon of the 22nd - the wild honey nest she had discovered before.
Honey nest is halfway up a hill on a large mountain in the Nantianmen area of Shennong Mountain. Because of the steep terrain, no one or few animals visit it.
Le Yun traveled over mountains and ridges to the field and found a big tree where bees had made their nest. The tree was thicker than her waist and it grew close to a stone. The bees' nest was in the soil under the stone.
When you arrive at the place, you observe for a while, take out the sickle to clean up the weeds, and use the hoe to dig the soil. Based on experience, you will find that the bee family is very prosperous, so there is plenty of honey.
I dug slowly, from the bottom up, to find a place, and then dug out the soil. After digging for a while, I finally found the honeycomb. Only a little bit was exposed. It looked like the honeycomb was very big.
Seeing the results, Leyun became more careful. She opened the window wider and pried away the clods of soil. The beehive was soon revealed. There was an empty space under the stone. It didn't matter how the bees found it and considered it as their home. In the habitat, the hive is partly glued to the stone and partly to the soil.
The bees hollowed out the surrounding area, and the nest was more than enough to be placed in the mud hole. The honeycomb was naturally not as big as the nest in the Taihang Mountain cave. It was only as big as a small basin about twenty centimeters in diameter and wide.
Bees that make nests in the soil are called stone bees or soil bees in rural areas. The bees are also relatively small.
The nest was dug open, and a cold wind invaded. The bees on the honeycomb were buzzing and crawling, and some flew out of the nest and flew in the air.
Le Yun took out a large handful of dendrobium flowers and put them aside, then took out a knife, put on gloves, and carefully took out the honey. It was cold in winter, and bees generally did not sting, nor would they come out in large numbers.
A few bees smell the fragrance and go to pick the flowers, while others remain on the hive.
Retrieving honey is a technical job. Le Yun has experience and is very handy. She cuts off a piece, pushes away the bees attached to the honeycomb block, throws the piece of honey back into the space, and removes nine pieces of honey nest in a row, leaving half for the bees. During the winter, even if it is only a few days before the beginning of spring, it will not be warm until the end of February in the lunar calendar, and the bees can work at that time, so they need to leave enough food for them.
Put away the knife, change into a pair of gloves, find a few rocks to build up the dug hole, then cover it with soil, and finally cover the surface with grass and reset the dug place to prevent the bee nest from being invaded by wind and rain. Or freeze to death.
Protect the bees' home, remove the bees from the dendrobium flowers, and put away the bouquets. It's too cold and the bees may smell the fragrance and run out to pick the flowers. They may freeze to death. Keeping the bouquets will kill them, so it's better not to keep them.
After harvesting honey, Leyun embarked on a journey to find medicinal materials.
(End of chapter)