In one afternoon, nearly half of the ginseng was cleaned, and it was very tiring after twenty or so people worked. "Let's eat at Diaoshuilou tonight. I'll ask if there's a place." It was getting late, and it was getting dark.
"Xiaobao, forget it, I won't go. His father and children are waiting at home. Let's go back." Eating banquet noodles is rare, but thinking about the children and husbands at home, these women hesitated.
"That's it, let's take the watermelon, fish and shrimp back to eat at night." There were a lot of crucian carp and shrimp in the water tank, as well as vegetables, some of which could not be seen in the mountains. Li Feng picked some and packed them for the busy man.
After a moment the women.
"Xiaobao, this dish is quite scary." Li Feng picked some bergamot. He hadn't seen it often in the village. It was really scary when he looked at it. "This is chayote. It can be stir-fried or cold, but it's good to eat."
Wine side dishes, by the way, you can stir-fry them with dried shrimps, it tastes really good.”
"I really haven't eaten it before. I have to try it when I get back. Mom, why are there snakes? It scares me to death." Aunt Fuguang happily stuffed the Buddha's hand into the bag. Who knew she was startled by a green snake in the bag?
The bag fell to the floor.
"Snake?" Li Feng was stunned. The few little snakes he raised were very good and didn't run around. As for the wild snakes, he hadn't seen them for more than half a year. There were four-legged snakes all around the Taolin courtyard. The little wild snakes had been there for a long time.
They were driven away. When did the snake come?
"Let me take a look, haha, Aunt Fuguang, I was just about to tell you, this is a snake gourd. It tastes good when cooked in soup, and it's good stir-fried, but it's not a snake." Li Feng was delighted. It turned out to be Guoguo with a tea table.
When the little guy was picking vegetables, he was reluctant to give up and picked some snake melons as a prank. He didn't pay much attention just now.
"Snake melon?" A group of women gathered around, pointing at the snake melon that looked like a plate of snakes. "Why is there such a dish? It's scary. Xiaobao, this is really delicious." "It tastes very good.
, it’s more delicious than loofah. People in the city like snake melon, and it’s usually very popular.”
"No, sister, don't look at how scary it is. A kilogram in the provincial capital is only six or seven yuan less." Zhang Lan showed a hint of pride on her face. Her son grows vegetables. Her daughter-in-law sells vegetables at sky-high prices.
People in the city are still rushing to buy them.
"It's so expensive. What kind of food is so expensive? It's almost as good as meat. People in the city are really rich, so why are they willing to eat it?" Several aunts spoke with a bit of sourness, wondering if they could grow some at home.
, but when I think about my wife visiting a big shop in the provincial capital, where can I buy what I have grown? Besides, I don’t have other people’s skills, but Li Feng is a talented person who is known from all over the country.
"People in the city try something new, but they don't eat it every day." Li Feng said with a smile.
"That's right, who's money is not blown by the strong wind? Haha, sister-in-law, Xiaobao, let's go back first. Let's taste the food eaten by the people in the city today." Aunt Fuguang was the oldest and could answer these questions quite well.
Women are willing to listen to her.
"I'll give it to you." Zhang Lan sent the women away, and Li Feng began to sort out the ginseng. After cleaning it, he put it directly into a glass jar filled with wine together with the prepared herbs. Because the wine was purchased, Li Feng
Add half a bowl of midnight spring water to the jar, so the effect of the medicinal wine will be much improved.
I kept busy until dinner, and finally the cleaned ginseng and herbs were sorted out. "Big Fat, Long Hair, Second Fat, Long Red, wash your hands, we have dinner, it's getting late." After working all afternoon, a few of them
They were all very tired, and the food was all bought from Diaoshuilou and the entrance of the village, including grilled fish, donkey meat, and some of Diaoshuilou's specialties. "Come, drink some wine to relieve your fatigue." Li Feng filled the wine glass and held it
stand up.
"Eat some food quickly, I'm very tired in the afternoon." Zhang Lan greeted the long-haired few to eat vegetables. There was a table of good vegetables and rice. The fat ones often ate at Li Feng's place. You're welcome. They opened their arms to eat and drink. Zhang Lan and
Li Shan was very happy to see these young people eating and drinking, and kept greeting them.
A table of food and rice was not wasted at all. After dinner, Li Feng sent his brothers back. "Slow down on the road." "Third brother, please go back. It's okay. I can walk back with my eyes closed."
"Okay, I won't send it away." After not drinking too much, Li Feng sent it to the outside of Taolin and came back. "Mom, Dad, you guys take a rest and I'll take care of it."
"It's okay, this little work is nothing." Zhang Lan put away the dishes and chopsticks, and Guoguo and the others were helping. "It's getting cold, please use hot water. I'll fetch hot water." The weather is not bad today.
Yes, there is hot water in the solar.
"Brother, I'm going to fetch it." Lingdang and Chacha rushed to the bathroom to put the water in the little red bucket first. "These two little girls are quite sensible." Li Feng didn't even bother to put away the dishes and chopsticks when they saw the fetching water.
I made some tea for myself, made a pot of tea and brought it over. "Dad, try it. This is the tea someone sent me a few days ago. How does it taste?"
Li Feng usually drinks tea that he picked himself, and of course some of it is space tea. "It tastes pretty good, but I'm still used to my own tea." Li Shan knew that the tea brought back by Li Feng was definitely not cheap, and he felt heartbroken when he drank it.
"I drink it every day, and occasionally change the taste. By the way, Dad, have some strangers come to the village these days? A few people came this afternoon to collect mountain goods, but I always feel that these people have some other purpose.
." I was busy in the afternoon and didn't have much time to think about it. Shao Feng and the others didn't look like they had traveled all the way to order mountain products. There weren't many mountain products around Lijiagang, and they were quite ordinary. The only game species were pheasants and
Hare is not like the big guys like wild sheep, deer, or even wild boar in the mountains.
"I didn't pay much attention to this matter. Let's ask Xiao Can tomorrow. Xiao Can is at the entrance of the village and sees a lot of people coming and going." There were a lot of things going on at home, and Li Shan didn't have much free time to pay attention to them.
Li Feng didn't know that his parents were busy, and Li Feng really looked down on the harvests in his family's fields. Last time, he thought about his parents going out for a trip. But the old couple didn't want to go out at all, and were busy working in the fields and gardens every day.
Chickens, wild boars, cattle and sheep, there is no idle time every day. Li Feng thought about selling the wild boars and processing the lambs. The small animals at home are busy enough. As for buying laying hens, these are for grasshoppers. Now after autumn
The grasshopper can only hop around for a few days, and the time has come to kill the donkey.
Li Feng expressed his thoughts, and Li Shan and Zhang Lan disagreed. "We don't have much to do at home. Wild boars and chickens don't cost much. We feed them several times a day. You don't know these days. The price of eggs has increased. One day
Two to three hundred eggs, one hundred and fifty sixty yuan, all the food and drinks are in the mountains. If you don’t eat any food at home, it’s all earned. What will you do if you sell it? You can’t sell wild boars. Our wild boars are different from other families. There are many
Smart." Zhang Lan said she disagreed.
"Mom, don't I think you and dad are working hard? There are so many things at home." Li Feng poured a cup of tea for Zhang Lan and handed it to him. "Who's not busy? Lai Hanzi is not busy. Your dad and I are the same age.
He's not big, he can do activities, don't worry about that, how's the wedding going, have you found a hotel?"
"Brother Wang helped us book the hotel." Li Feng didn't even dare to say how many tables he had booked, otherwise he wouldn't scare his parents.
"It's settled. Xiaoying and her parents have seen it and haven't said anything. If the money is not enough, your dad and I still have some money from selling vegetables here. You can take it." Zhang Lan breathed a sigh of relief.
It's different here. Getting a marriage certificate counts as getting married, but in rural areas, if you don't hold a prosperous banquet, people won't consider you married.
"Mom, don't worry. Xiaoying, uncle, and aunt are very satisfied with it." Manying's parents were very reasonable about this matter. They originally thought it would be better to find an ordinary hotel, but the two old people didn't like it very much.
What a waste. Man Ying had explained this matter, but the two old men didn't say anything.
"My family is nice, Xiaobao, please be more filial in the future." Mangu and Shi Xiulan are both good people. They didn't say anything about the baby. Li Feng felt sorry for Manying a lot, but they finally forgave her. Zhang Lan said
Li Shan and Li Shan kept it in mind that they felt sorry for the couple.
"Mom, I understand. It's getting late. You and Dad have been busy all day, so go to bed first." Li Feng also wanted to sort out the ginseng and herbs in the yard, so he might fall asleep later.
"Then let's go. You guys go to bed early. Guo Guo, watch the bells and don't play too late. We have school tomorrow." Zhang Lan told Guo Guo and Li Shan, and Li Ya went back to the small courtyard and took them
Spotted dog.
Li Feng sent him out and returned to the yard to start packing up the ginseng and herbs. The herbs were prepared, and the ginseng was added. After working for a few hours, he finally cleaned the ginseng and processed it. Li Feng returned to the living room to put the bells and tea.
Xin, Taotao, and Zhuangzhuang were still watching TV. "It's getting late, go back and wash up and go to bed." Li Feng chased the little ones and went back to the house to sleep. He took a hot bath and changed clothes.
, lying on the bed, fell asleep after a while.
Early the next morning, there was a lot of noise outside, and Li Feng quickly put on his clothes. "What's going on? It's early in the morning." Li Feng was curious, and after asking, he found out that wild boars came into several fields yesterday, and the sweet potatoes will be harvested soon.
when.
"Are you sure it's a wild boar?" There have been no traces of wild boars around Lijiagang for more than 20 years. There have been traces of wild boars in the mountains for so many years, but they have disappeared outside.
"Fourth uncle saw it this morning, but it was a wild boar." Li Can, this kid came to join in the fun.
"Xiaobao, we came to you to make up your mind. These wild boars are causing harm to the crops. Should we organize manpower to hunt these wild boars?" The fourth uncle, the fifth uncle, and Chang Gui all looked excited. How many wild boar hunts would they take?
Nothing happened this year.
"This matter is really difficult to handle. These wild boars are protected animals and protected areas, so we really can't kill them casually." Li Feng is now becoming more and more aware of protection.
"Then what should we do? We can't give all the sweet potatoes we grow to these disasters. In that case, aren't pigs eating people?" "Yes, Xiaobao, what do you think should be done about this matter?"
If you can’t fight, there’s no good way.”
"Let's look around first. It's best to drive them away. If that doesn't work, I'll lead everyone to catch the wild boar. The worst is to keep it." Li Feng thought about it. It's really hard to hunt wild boars in the open. To be continued
