Most of the people present were women, because Zhou Man said that they should be smart and quick at work, so most of them were young. Most of them were young wives in the village who were in their twenties and below, and some children who were twelve or thirteen years old.
girl.
The young men and teenagers obviously did not want to mix with them, so they did not come. However, the eight or nine-year-old boys in the village were at a naughty age, so they also came to join in the fun.
But when it came to making money, the brothers, sisters, and sisters didn't talk about it, and they themselves became quiet.
When the group of them came down the mountain, everyone returned with a full load. Manbao even picked what he wanted to pick. Even if it was not medicine, he was very satisfied.
Keke was also very satisfied.
The village is also lively. Bai Shan is keeping records and dividing grain crops for them. At this time, they have almost distributed the grain.
People in Zhaojiagou also save their own seeds, but when Bai Shan asked about last year's rice yield, his intuition was that he saved the best ear, but the seeds would not be much better.
So he forcefully asked all of them to plant all the grain he distributed and not to eat the grain.
He said: "I have calculated that the grain seeds I gave you are only enough to plant two acres of land. You should use your own grain seeds for the rest. This county knows that you have doubts about the new planting method of new grain seeds. This county
The county does not force you to soak the seeds you save at home, but the grain seeds distributed by the yamen must be soaked."
Most of the grain they brought was distributed, and the rest was taken by Bai Shan to Ergou Village, which was also very poor at the foot of the mountain next door.
Ergou Village and Dagou Village are connected by a large ditch. They have less population and less land. Most of them are mountains and forests. Of course, there are more medicinal materials and various species in them.
Man Bao was like a mouse that fell into a rice vat. Seeing that it was getting dark, she couldn't help but said to Bai Shan, "You go back first tomorrow, I want to stay."
Bai Shan looked at the various flowers, plants and trees she dug up that seemed familiar to him but could not name them, and asked, "Are we not together anymore?"
Man Bao said seriously: "We all have different responsibilities. We have grown up, how can we be together all the time?"
Bai Shan: "...We want to be together because we grow up."
Man Bao refused: "You go back first, I want to work here."
Whether it was work or digging, both of them knew it well. Bai Shan looked at Zhou Man intently for a while, and finally gave in helplessly.
"I'll stay one more night and go back to see Liushan tomorrow."
He had already asked people from the county government to notify the local officials in each township to meet in the county for a meeting. The day after tomorrow was the official day, so he had to go back no matter what.
Man Bao nodded and waved goodbye to him, "Don't worry, I won't cause any trouble. Goodbye."
Bai Shan clapped her hand and said, "I won't leave until tomorrow. You can say this to me again tomorrow."
Zhou Man happily sent Bai Shan away early the next morning. As soon as he left, Zhou Man turned around and took Daji and Xibing into the mountains.
Bai Shan left several of Daji's bodyguards with Zhou Man, and also left behind a government servant who was proficient in the local dialect. However, Zhou Man was always used to taking Daji with him when he went into the mountains, and at most one Western cake, while the others stayed in the village.
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When Zhou Man came down the mountain with a basket of things on his back in the afternoon, before he reached the mountain pass, he saw the village chief leading many people waiting at the mountain pass. The yamen servant and a few guards were squatting aside, watching Zhou Man come down. Several people immediately
Get up and greet him.
Man Bao put down his backpack, took out a few common medicinal plants in the mountains, showed them to them, and taught them how to pick them.
Some herbs are dug from the roots, and some herbs are used as medicine as a whole. However, there are also many herbs that only take the leaves and stems, especially some wild tea trees, only the bud tips are taken.
Man Bao discovered two kinds of tea trees on the mountain. Neither of them has been recorded, but they are recorded in the encyclopedia, so Ke Ke can call up their information as soon as she sees them.
Zhou Man found several clumps of wild tea trees like this on the mountain. She picked a lot of them and dug up three seedlings, which she just put in Daji's basket.
At this time, she took out the seedlings and showed them to everyone, saying: "This tea has the effects of clearing away heat and detoxifying, lightening your body and prolonging your life. You can pick it and fry it dry, or put it in a pot and dry it in the shade to eat at home."
I heard that it was something I ate at home, but no one was very interested in it.
The village chief rubbed his hands and asked: "Sir, you said yesterday that there are many medicinal herbs that can be picked to make money on the mountain. I wonder what others are there?"
"Here, I have picked them all for you. I will leave some samples for you later. You can take them up the mountain for comparison." Man Bao said with a smile: "The medicinal materials on your mountain are quite diverse, so for a while
It's normal not to recognize them all. Just pick the ones you recognize, just the same ones, and be careful to save the seeds."
Man Bao said: "You can't pick immature plants. Otherwise, if you pick them and send them to the county, the drug stores won't accept them, so your efforts are in vain. And we always have to calculate for future generations. If we don't save seeds, what will happen to future generations?"
What to pick?”
The village chief nodded repeatedly, turned around and asked, "Have you all written it down?"
The villagers shouted excitedly, "Remember it."
Then Manbao taught them how to identify the medicinal materials she collected at the foot of the mountain. She could also roughly tell them where they grew and their habits.
The villagers all recognized it very actively, and even the children listened attentively, but it was not certain how much they could remember.
Sure enough, before nightfall, the cries of children began to be heard in the village. Man Bao pricked up his ears to listen, and vaguely heard the adults howling angrily, "The adults said it so clearly that you can't remember, you are
Do you want to eat dry food?"
Then came the children's cries, "You didn't recognize it, you didn't remember it either."
Then came the irritable voices of the adults, "How dare you talk back to me?"
Then there was a snapping sound.
Manbao trembled, frowned, and suspected that he had heard wrongly, so he asked the yamen servant if his translation was correct.
The yamen servant was surprised: "Sir, you are really amazing. Can you understand what they are saying?"
Man Bao said embarrassedly: "I can barely understand them when they speak not fast. After all, they often said this yesterday. By the way, if you get sick in the future, go to the county for consultation. Don't delay your illness. This sentence is important."
How to say it?"
The yamen servant taught her.
Manbao followed suit and said it three or four times before memorizing it, and then asked, "Then what do you mean by 'you don't have to pay for medical treatment and medicine'?"
When Bai Shan finally met Zhou Man in another village, she was no longer the Zhou Man she was before.
She was already able to chat with the old men and women in the village in the local dialect that was not very standard. She waved excitedly when she saw Bai Shan, and then turned around and introduced Bai Shan to everyone in a bad dialect, "This is my husband.
The magistrate of Beihai County, if you have any difficulties in the future, just go to him, he is your parent official, and he will take care of anything you have to do."
Different from the fear they received every time they entered the village in the past, the old men and women nodded immediately, and then looked at Bai Shan with admiration and love in their eyes.