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 had no room to sleep 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 cleaned myself up and meditated quietly.
She knew when her father and Aunt Feng got up, and she was not in a hurry to go out after the meditation. Her father and Aunt Feng wanted her to sleep a little longer, so they did everything lightly. She followed their wishes and stayed later.
Come on again.
After meditating, I quietly changed into my home clothes, and quietly packed my luggage, including the tent, food, clothes, shoes, rainproof cloth, mineral water, and a big empty Coke bottle that I was going to take to the mountains.
Put it in a backpack.
When it was already dark, Le Yun walked out of her room, sneaked to the backyard and ran into a hut, washed her hands in the backyard, walked into the cow and pig stalls, secretly took out a small handful of sweet potato vines from the space and threw them to the pigs, and then from the corner
After carrying the hoe and running away, I dug 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 members probably have a genetic legacy. Grandpa Le Tai loved to eat konjac at first, so he planted it in front of and behind the house. Later, his children and grandchildren all loved to eat it, and they also moved the konjac to the corners 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 stems of konjac are generally round, and only the small konjac that grows have long 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 very large konjacs. Judging by their shapes, she could grind out a lot of konjac tofu during the Chinese New Year.
Cover it with light soil again, return the hoe to its original position, and watch the big pigs and little pigs in the pig pen eat up all the sweet potato vines without even leaving any residue. I feel relieved and run 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 quite a few. I came to grind it during the Chinese New Year. When I came back, I dug up a few medicinal materials and brought them back. I boiled water and lime water and ground the konjac. The konjac tofu was more delicious and crispy.
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"I dug it out a long time ago. There are four in the corner of the back garden that are larger than bowls, and there are two older ones. One is as big as a washbasin. In the corner of the front garden, there are seven that are larger than bowls, and one has a small one.
The washbasin is big. I told your Aunt Feng that the one with the biggest New Year's wear should be picked up and brought to the capital to give to the Chao family when school starts. The ones that are too big will be difficult to carry."
"Hmm, I'll just take the little one as big as a basin to the capital, and keep the others to grow, and they will grow to the size of a basin next winter. Dad, you are not allowed to dig 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 when 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 giant konjac, so you can enjoy it. I'll help you guard it and don't let your dad touch it." Zhou Qiufeng was listening to a father and daughter fighting to dig konjac, and smiled on the side.
Watching the battle, I was dragged into the battle, so I had to help the girl.
"I feel 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.
"Okay, 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 are 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 single and weak, and he can't defeat the three of them.
Le Yun held the bowl and ate, enjoying herself while eating; Zhou Qiufeng ate breakfast, put the pig food on the pot stand to heat, and after little 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 clean up before going to 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 had dinner? Lele came home just before dark yesterday and 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 was so cold that Lele was allowed to get into trouble.
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." Lele's dad feels so wronged. Every time Lele goes deep into the mountains and forests, the elders will
If you hold him accountable, he, a veteran father, will take the blame for his daughter.
"Forget it, you two are both soft-hearted. I won't talk about you anymore. Did Lele say when he would come back? Qiu Feng's brother said he would kill pigs on the 26th. I came here just to say in advance that I wanted to scream.
Lele, don’t run around, go over and eat pig head meat that day.”
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"What did you do if you didn't come back that day? Want to have some fun? You're a good person."
"No, no, I didn't say fight. What I said was that when Lele didn't come back that day, I dug up all the konjac in the back garden and didn't help Lele."
"You two, father and son, compete every year to dig up konjac for profit. I also have konjac behind my house. Lele loves digging, so let her help dig and have fun."
"Auntie, Lele will help you dig up konjac. Once she digs it, she won't be able to give it to you. She will take it back and play with it." Lele's father burst into tears. His girl has had a soft spot for konjac since she was a child. She never dug it back without playing with it.
He wouldn't let go for two days, and used it as a millstone and a wheel to play with. Sometimes it would fall into big holes and make it impossible to grind 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 and returned.
my home.
Le's father took off his apron, put on his shoes, and drove to work. As soon as he walked not far from Village Chief Zhou's house, Village Chief Zhou stopped him and took him to the street. He asked him a question: "Yueqing, I heard that Le
Lele is back? Let me tell you, Leleyazi, that my family will kill pigs on the 25th and ask her and Qiufeng to come and have some soup, so you won’t have to come and just go to your class."
"..." Lele's father 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 and said, "It's the father's fault that he failed to control the girl and let her run away. Anyway, the child is right."
Dad Le's soul was once again hit by 100 million critical points. He didn't dare to cry out for injustice. His heart was extremely miserable. He had to endure the spit from Village Chief Zhou and waited for the old Village Chief to be sent to the street to park.
place, as if escaping to the workshop.
Compared to Le's father's depressed mood, Zhou Qiufeng felt much more relaxed. 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 to deliver the person to the foot of a mountain in the Shennong Mountain area.
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 towards the mountains. We still found a relocated village.
She is not a resident of Shennong District, so she doesn't know very well which small villages in Shennong District have been relocated to districts and towns with convenient transportation. However, she can find out by asking people. After all, relocation is a big deal, especially collective relocation.
In terms of subsidies, housing and other matters are related to the vital interests of the people, and many people are paying attention to them.
It was already noon when we climbed up the winding mountain road to the abandoned village that had been relocated. 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 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 grass three or two feet high.
saplings.
Le Yun climbed to a higher ground and observed it. She didn't see any aura. She walked around in front of and behind the residents' buildings and picked up useful things. She didn't pick up anything valuable, but she picked up several items.
The old wine jars are relatively old. The jars made with the most rustic method have no fancy, but are particularly thick and solid.
I also picked up an old-fashioned wooden basin, a bucket, and two water jars that were not broken. One of them had a side broken by a falling wall, and the other was intact. I also picked up a set of stone pounders for pounding rice, one for grinding tofu and grinding corn flour.
I picked up the medium-sized stone mills, old sand jars, and a few bottles and cans that were eye-catching and usable, moved them to the waterside, scrubbed them clean, and put them back into space to become collections.
I wandered around the abandoned village, but there was really nothing to gain. I went deep into the mountains and headed towards my goal. Because my aunt was here, I walked slowly. I dug up medicinal materials as I walked. I collected all the fungus and mushrooms. Eat when you are hungry.
Drink fruit 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 the mountains and ridges to the field and found a big tree where the 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 was exposed. It looked like the honeycomb was very big.
Seeing the results, Le Yun became even more cautious. She opened the window wider and pried away the clods of soil, quickly revealing the hive. There was an empty space under the stone. The bees found it somehow and used it as their home, part of the hive.
It sticks to the stone, and part of it sticks to the soil layer.
The bees hollowed out the surrounding area, and the nest was more than enough to nest in the soil. Naturally, the honeycomb was not as big as the nest in the cave in Taihang Mountain. It was only as big as a small basin about one or two meters in diameter.
Bees that make nests in the soil are called stone bees or soil bees in rural areas, and the bees are relatively small.
The nest was dug open, a cold wind invaded, and 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 people, nor would they come out in large numbers.
A small number of bees smell the fragrance and go to pick flowers, while others stay 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 sheet honey back into space, and removes nine pieces of honey nest in a row, leaving half for the bees.
During the winter, even if it is not many days before the beginning of spring, it will not be warm until the end of the second lunar month in the northern part of the country, and then the bees can work, so they need to leave enough food.
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.
Block and protect the home of bees, remove the bees from the dendrobium flowers, and put away the bouquets. It is too cold and the bees will smell the fragrance and run out to pick the flowers. They may freeze to death. Keeping the bouquets will kill them, so it is better not to keep them.
After harvesting honey, Le Yun embarked on a journey to find medicinal materials.
