Chapter 9 The Silly Boy Who Falls into the Eye of Money
After a while, Zhu's father couldn't stand it anymore. In his simple mind, boys should not get involved with flowers and plants. They should either study and gain fame, or work honestly at home and farm the land.
"Well, today's harvest is pretty good, let's go down the mountain." Zhu's father stopped his two sons who stuck their butts out to pick flowers to prevent them from going astray. "We have to go down the mountain before the sun goes down. It's not good for the forest to be late."
It’s not safe to walk.”
Zhu Ping'an saw that his small backpack was full of honeysuckle, and he pressed the flowers gently. When he saw that he couldn't let them go anymore, he clapped his hands unwillingly and followed his father down the mountain.
On the way back, Zhu's father took the two of them to the place where they had set a trap to catch rabbits before coming here.
The first trap was empty and had no harvest. Zhu Pingan was a little disappointed.
But then I got excited again, because there was a fat rabbit in the next two traps, which was still alive.
Zhu's father tied their rabbit legs with wild grass and asked Zhu Ping'an to touch the rabbits enough before putting them in the basket.
Going into the mountains for the first time, he harvested pheasants, rabbits, fish, bamboo shoots, mountain mushrooms, and honeysuckle. Zhu Ping'an was full of longing for going into the mountains in the future. Even the soreness in his calves didn't seem to matter.
"Yeah, second brother is back."
Zhu Ping'an and the others had just entered the door when their fourth aunt, Mrs. Zhao, rushed over with a quick stride. She was as virtuous as a wolf that had been hungry for several days, and her eyes were all green.
Even Ms. Chen, who had been waiting for her husband and children at the door for a long time, didn't even react. The fourth aunt had already gone to grab the basket on Zhu Shouyi's back.
Those who didn’t know better thought it was the fourth aunt waiting for her husband and children.
Zhu Ping'an stared at the fourth aunt who was unusually enthusiastic.
"Ah, second brother also caught two fat rabbits and two pheasants, ah, there are so many fish, mother, mother, come quickly..."
At this moment, the little fourth aunt transformed into an airport security inspector. She screamed and started rummaging in the basket. She screamed when she saw something, for fear that others would not know.
Father Zhu Shouyi looked at Mrs. Chen with an embarrassed look on his face. He was so troubled by the fourth aunt that he didn't know where to put his hands.
Mrs. Chen looked at the fourth aunt with disgust!
Really, do you think everyone is just like you and your fourth brother, hiding things privately and being so stingy!
The fourth aunt screamed, and the grandmother over there also walked over quickly. She didn't ask her son and grandson if they were working hard in the mountains or if they were in trouble or danger. Instead, she asked, "That's all."
,Did any of them fall somewhere else?”
ha?
Suspected of hiding something?
"Without my mother, I only shot so much. With the two of them helping to pick fungus, mountain mushrooms, and bamboo shoots, my son harvested a lot more than the last time he went to the mountains." Zhu Shouyi didn't seem to hear what Mrs. Zhu was hiding.
, answered very honestly, and helped his son take credit.
Old Mrs. Zhu also knew that her second son was honest and would not hide it secretly as long as it was not in the hands of the second daughter-in-law, not to mention that the fourth daughter-in-law was supervising her, so she felt relieved.
But when she saw the small basket Zhu Pingan was carrying, Mrs. Zhu rubbed her eyes. Why did she see that her grandson was carrying wild flowers?
Mrs. Zhu put her hand into Zhu Ping'an's small basket and looked through it. It was really full of wild flowers.
"You silly kid, why are you carrying so many flowers?" Mrs. Zhu wondered if her grandson's brain was abnormal. He was just a girl. Boy, why were you carrying so many flowers?
"Sell for money!" Zhu Pingan answered simply and neatly.
The afterglow of the setting sun hit Zhu Ping'an, and the white teeth reflected in his mouth were golden, making him look like a silly boy who had fallen into the eyes of money.
Poof
The fourth aunt was laughing so hard that she couldn't stand up straight, and coughed again and again, "Giggle, what Xiao Zhi said really made me laugh to death, these wild flowers can also be sold for money, hahaha, second sister-in-law, it couldn't be you who said that, right?"
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When Mrs. Zhu heard this, she looked at Mrs. Chen with her eyes.
Mrs. Chen wished that a big-eared melon seed had knocked off little Mrs. Zhao’s smiling face! She was fanning the flames and causing trouble. The fourth family couldn’t calm down even for a moment!
"It's not what my mother said, it's just that I think it can be sold for money." Zhu Ping'an said quickly before Mrs. Chen got angry.
Old Mrs. Zhu is right in front of me. If my mother and my fourth aunt are fighting, there will definitely be no good results.
"Hahaha, Xiao Zhi is not tired from going up the mountain. If you want to sell wild flowers for money, then everyone in our village will be a rich man. If you can sell them for money, the sun will come out in the west."
It can be said that the fourth aunt's mouth has no virtue at all, her mouth is poisonous and her heart is bitter, she is two-faced and double-dealing. She smiles at the top but makes a stumbling block at the foot. She is obviously a pot of fire, but secretly is a knife.
"How can you speak? Do you know how to speak? You are so tired and stupid!"
Mrs. Chen just quit. She can scold her dear son, but no one else can say a word! Just now the old lady said it’s okay with my son, but you still keep saying it! Although she also thinks that the younger son is picking a basket.
Wildflowers behave like that, but others say they just can’t do it!
"Okay, stop arguing. You all go and help me put things away." Grandma only had things in her eyes. She waved her hand and asked Mrs. Chen and Xiao Zhao to follow Zhu Shouyi and put things away.
, As for the wild flowers in Zhu Ping'an's basket, her grandmother didn't care at all. What's the use of wild flowers? They won't eat them even if they are fed to pigs. "You can keep the wild flowers for yourself to play with."
It seems that no one in the village can discover the value of honeysuckle, which would be a disadvantage to myself.
Honeysuckle can be said to be the easiest Chinese herbal medicine to prepare. Just place the flower buds on a reed mat stone shed or spread out on the field to dry, or dry in the shade for 1-2 days. Just be careful not to turn the flowers when drying.
Reed mats are out of the question. Grandma won't give them, so we have to find a place to dry them. We also need to clear the ground in the yard. We're worried that the chickens raised at home will damage them. Well, let's put them on the small shed in the pig pen.
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Zhu Pingan, with his short legs and a small bench, successfully dried the honeysuckle above the pig pen.
Looking at the flat honeysuckle, Zhu Pingan seemed to see copper coins running towards him.
This is hope!
It was his mother Chen's turn to cook for dinner, and Zhu Pingan followed the fire to make the fire. Chen couldn't even push her away. Because just now Zhu Pingan heard his grandmother ask him to make fish soup for dinner, even though he also ate fish on the mountain at noon.
, but after all, the seasonings on the outside are not complete, and the cooking method is rough, failing to truly bring out the delicious taste of the fish.
Chen removed the scales, internal organs and gills of the crucian carp, washed and cut them into pieces and put them in the pot. Washed the fresh bamboo shoots and peeled off the shells. After slicing, add an appropriate amount of water with the fish, boil for half an hour, the soup will be as white as milk and the meat will be tender.
Fresh and smooth, the kitchen is filled with the taste of delicious fish soup.
Mrs. Chen looked at her second son, who was looking eagerly at the pot, and couldn't help but smile, "Look at how greedy you are, come on, let me taste the saltiness of the fish soup." She picked up a piece of fish and put it in the bowl.
Be careful to remove fish bones.
It is said that it is a taste of saltiness, but in fact it is just a small start for Zhu Ping'an.
"Well, then I'll give it a try." Zhu Ping'an washed his hands in the basin next to him, waving his fat paws with a reluctant look, but the look of drool flowing out still made Mrs. Chen quite amused.
The soup is fresh and delicious. Mother's cooking is a hundred times better than what father made for lunch. It's so delicious that you almost want to swallow it in your stomach, and it's so delicious that you'll cry.