Farming Beneath the Changbai Mountains

Jinghan saw everyone chatting there, so she hurried to the old man's house and told everyone about the situation here. "Grandpa, grandma, you don't have to worry, it's okay. These people can't be offended, otherwise we won't be able to bear it if they do whatever they want. In this way, mother, you bring two dishes, and I'll bring some wine. My father drinks some with them. These people are actually very loyal. We don't have to be close to them, but we can't be enemies." Jinghan made everything clear to the old man and the others.

Mrs. Xue had been here with the old man all the time. When she heard this, Mrs. Zhu and she hurriedly lit the lamp and went to the kitchen to make four side dishes. Then Jinghan and Wenhan arrived at the house where Zhixin and the others lived, carrying wine jars and vegetables. "Dad, third uncle, uncles, I brought wine and some side dishes. In this way, you can chat while drinking. Uncles, don't worry, I didn't poison it."

As soon as Jinghan said this, the whole room laughed. "Brother, you really have a good daughter, who is as good as a boy. She is smart and courageous, and her arrows are really accurate." Lao Wu glanced at Jinghan. "Girl, you are really brave, okay." He gave Jinghan a thumbs up.

Jinghan ignored them, lowered her head, placed the food and wine on a table, and poured wine into each cup. Then he said, "As long as uncles don't hold grudges against me for hurting you."

Lao Wu shook his head, "What are you talking about? We are here to steal things, and you are here to see the ginseng. This is normal. Why should we hold a grudge? How can we still have face after injuring a little girl?"

After hearing what Lao Wu said, Ye Laoer looked at Jinghan carefully. "Brother Xu, this girl in your family is a real person. You will be blessed to have such a daughter in the future."

When Zhixin heard people praise his daughter, his heart naturally bubbled with beauty, but he had to be modest. "She has been wild since she was a child, like a tomboy. People in the village say that our three sons are all in trouble. Well, with this temperament, won't she be troubled in the future?"

"What's there to worry about? Most of our women in the North are good at horseback riding and archery, and have strong kung fu. Although it's not a troubled time, girls still need to have some skills to be safe." Ye Laoer said his opinion.

"Okay, let's not talk about this and drink first. Big brother, brother of the Ye family, it is fate that we meet here. Come, drink." Zhiming quickly brought the topic back and everyone drank together.

All men in the Northeast love to drink. Although the men of the Xu family do not drink all day long like other families, their drinking capacity is not bad. Now he relaxed and started drinking with them. The meal was not over until Haishi.

When Zhixin saw that it was already midnight, he wanted these people to stay in the venue, but Ye Laoer refused, "Brother, we came here in a car, and the car is still outside. You are attending the venue, leave us here to drink." It's very difficult, we can't live here. Brother, if you have anything to do in the future, come to the town and say goodbye." Then he led a few people out.

Zhixin sent these people out of the venue, and then gave the lantern to Ye Laoer. "Brother, today is only the sixth day of the Lunar New Year, and the moon is black. Please hold the lantern to illuminate the road."

Ye Laoer took the lantern, and then the four found their carriage. Lao Wu and Lao Liu drank little, and they drove the carriage all the way back to the town.

After struggling for most of the night, I finally felt clean. Zhixin and Zhiming drank some wine and felt a little tired, so they went back to their rooms to sleep. Everyone took a rest. The old man and Wen Hanwen became three people and took the time to take a nap. When Chou was in the middle of the night, he got up and took a walk. Seeing that nothing happened, he went to sleep peacefully.

Since almost all the crops planted by the Xu family this year were blown down by the strong wind, everyone was busy harvesting the crops in the next few days. Although this year's crops have not been fertilized, they are growing well. The corn cobs are still quite big and the kernels are full. The rest, including sorghum, millet, millet, soybeans, etc., are also growing well. There are two thousand feet of stick land in total, which is twenty-five or six acres. The whole family will go out and it will be over in a few days. On the newly erected racks, the corn hung on hangers was hung to dry, and the rest of the grain was put away separately. When it was almost dry, the grain could be harvested. In fact, grains all undergo a process of drying and post-ripening. Grain without post-ripening will not taste good and taste bad.

Looking at the food everywhere, the old man couldn't close his mouth. "I didn't expect that our family had no land this year, but we could grow all this food on this land. Okay, that's great. This is more than we have in previous years." , Our family only had fifteen acres of land before, how could we have so much?" The old man's eyes were all filled with the golden grain in front of him.

"Why don't you say that this is all Jinghan's credit? If she hadn't come up with this idea, how could we have thought of it." Mrs. Chen was also very happy. She glanced at the old man and couldn't help but smile too.

When the old man heard this, he couldn't help but nodded, "Yes, you are right. It's all thanks to Jinghan that she could think of it. Speaking of which, it was that girl's idea for us to go up the mountain. Now it seems that we really have to take this step. You're on the right track. This girl is a lucky star. You see, they just harvested so many ginseng seeds. None of us adults have the brains like her."

The old man's words moved Chen's heart, "Old man, if you don't tell me, I have forgotten that before nothing happened, I just thought that this child liked to drag things around the house. Ever since Zhiming's accident, I have felt that this child seems to be... She seems to have more ideas than before, don't you think it's strange? "This old lady cares about the children the most, so she noticed Jinghan's change.

"What's the point? Is the child getting older? A child of this age changes very quickly every day. Female babies are already sensible earlier than boys. It's a good thing to think more. Don't think blindly." The old man said about this. Jinghan is very satisfied with her current performance, so she doesn't allow her wife to make blind suspicions.

"I didn't say anything. I was just afraid that there were some weird things in this mountain. If I bumped into Jinghan, she would be ruined. You are right. The children of the poor have already become the masters of the family. Jinghan is a carefree person and has become sensible early. I want to It’s no wonder.” After hearing what the old man said, Chen felt that it made sense and stopped thinking about it. I quickly got up and turned over some corn with slightly bad kernels to dry it twice. These are reserved for feeding the livestock at home, as the good corn is hard to part with. This year, my family has fed five geese, four dogs, a few chickens, and a cow, which also require some food.

While Chen was drying corn, she was thinking about whether to catch two pigs and raise them next year. From the looks of it, she could grow more grain next year and raise enough pigs. Besides, there are a lot of oak trees nearby. If you pick up more acorns, you can save some food. Raise two pigs, kill one for the New Year and one for the spring. If nothing else, just because the children are so capable, they have to eat something good.

Jinghan and her brothers went into the mountains again. They said they went into the mountains, but in fact they just left the Shenchangzi. They could go wherever they wanted. They were all mountains and forests. The place they came to today is a mixed coniferous and broad-leaved forest, with various high-quality trees such as red pine, oak, spring elm, and purple linden. Jinghan and the others naturally have to break the pine seeds. At this time, the pine seeds are fully grown. They are full of seeds and rich in oil, which is the best thing.

Zhixin and Zhiming also came this time, and there was nothing going on in the venue. We had to wait until everyone was together, so the old couple stayed and the rest of the people came. Zhixin and Zhiming led Wenhan and Wencheng up the tree, while the others picked up pine cones under the tree. Xue and Zhu led Wenxuan Wenchang and the girls to pick up pine cones at the bottom. Jingya also came out with everyone. Everyone was looking under the tree. Whenever a pine cone fell, they quickly found it and picked it up.

With the addition of adults, and the fact that there are a lot of red pines here and there are many pine cones on each tree, the number of pine cones is increasing rapidly. "Okay, Third Brother, let's go down first and carry the pine cone back, otherwise your sister-in-law and the others won't be able to carry it." Zhixin saw that the pine cone below had become a big pile, so he got down from the tree. , put on a large basket and carried it to the venue. Zhiming also came down from the tree, carried another big basket on his back, and went back to the venue together.

Wen Han and Wen Cheng were naturally still on the tree. They continued to throw the pine cones down, while the people below continued to pick them up. Zhixin and Zhiming carried it three times and finally carried the whole pile back. Then the two brothers climbed up the tree again, and when there were too many pine cones, they carried them back home, repeating this back and forth. Then everyone walked further and further away, but the pine cone was also filled with a warehouse.

By the time all the pine cones nearby were finished, it was almost the Mid-Autumn Festival. Seeing how busy everyone was, the old lady said she wanted to have a good Mid-Autumn Festival. So he asked Wenhan to bring back some meat when delivering fish in the morning, and he wanted to make dumplings at home.

Wen Han and Wen Cheng drove the bullock cart and left Shenchangzi early. Today they not only brought fish for the restaurant, but also some things for Huixin. The festival was coming, and Mrs. Chen was thinking about her pregnant daughter, so she asked Wenhan to bring some fish, half a deer, some mushrooms and dried fish to Huixin. This deer was found in the trap outside Zangzi this morning. Zhixin divided it into half and gave it to Huixin and the others.

When we arrived in town, we naturally went to Tao's house first. It was just early in the morning, and Qing Nian hadn't gone to the drug store yet, so he happened to be at home. Wenhan went to meet the old man and the old lady of the Tao family, and then gave a portion of the things to the old man of the Tao family, leaving the rest to Huixin. "Little aunt, my grandma told you to cook whatever you like. After you finish eating, I will bring it to you. We live in the mountains now. These things are not rare and can be obtained often."