Ruoxuan happily handed a pheasant and a hare to He Xinghua: "Pretty sister, thank you!"
He Xinghua still wanted to refuse, but Ruoxuan didn't give her a chance to speak and continued: "I know that pheasants and hares are difficult to catch, but I have been practicing martial arts since I was a child. Catching hares and pheasants is really a matter of whether I want to or not. Don't be polite to me, If I want to catch pheasants and hares, I can catch a hundred or dozens of them in an afternoon. Not only pheasants, but also wild boars, I can kill them with one punch. So a pheasant and a hare are really nothing!"
He Xinghua: "."
Why are you suddenly envious of this little girl's ability?
If she had this ability, her family wouldn't be so poor.
Five rabbits and two pheasants were caught in less than five sentences!
But this little girl has been practicing martial arts since she was a child? She looked at Xiuxuan and thought about how young she was talking about. Could it have been from the mother's womb?
Mrs. Lei noticed He Xinghua's dilemma and said thoughtfully: "Girl, if you don't mean well, please go home and get a hoe to help us dig these five-fingered peaches! You just helped us, and Xuan Bao is a grateful child. If you don't accept this, Pheasants and hares, she was also thinking about it. Now, how about you help us dig out medicinal materials for another afternoon, and then accept the pheasants and hares? I just smelled the smell of the medicine outside your yard, and I thought there was a patient at home. Although this pheasant There’s not much meat, but the soup can also replenish the body.”
He Xinghua stopped being coy. She did want pheasants and hares, but she didn’t like taking advantage of others. However, helping to dig up the medicinal materials for the afternoon and earning money was not taking advantage of others, so she said cheerfully: "Okay, I First deliver food to my parents, and I will help dig out medicinal materials when I come back soon."
Today, her parents and younger brother were planting trees in the mountains, and they happened to have a hoe, so they would just bring a hoe to help.
Mrs. Lei nodded: "Go quickly!"
He Xinghua ran quickly into the mountain carrying a food basket.
Her family also cuts wood on the mountain and sells it. For future generations, there will always be trees cut down. The villagers cut down one tree and plant another. The tree planted by one family will belong to that family when it grows up. However, the process of tree growth It's just too long, especially with the fine wood.
Nowadays, the best wood in the mountains has to be found deep in the mountains. The villagers have one or two strong men from each family who team up to go into the mountains to find good wood.
Her father accidentally rolled down the mountain when he was going into the mountains. After his foot was injured, he could no longer go into the mountains with the villagers. His younger brother was only fourteen years old, his body was weak and he was not strong enough to go into the mountains with the villagers. Find wood.
In the past few years, my grandfather and grandmother had been ill one after another for several years. They spent a lot of money on medical treatment but could not be cured. They died one after another. The money my father earned in the early years was spent. As a result, the family's life became worse and worse.
It took two quarters of an hour for He Xinghua to run to her parents out of breath.
Father He's heart tightened when he saw her running out of breath: "Did you encounter a wild boar?"
Both Mother He and Brother He nervously picked up their hoes and prepared to hunt wild boars.
He Xinghua put down the food basket, gasping for air, unable to speak. She could only bend over and put one hand on her knees, waved the other hand, and said two words with difficulty: "No, it's okay, don't worry."
Only then did the three of them feel relieved.
After a while, He Xinghua regained her breath and explained to her parents why she ran so fast.
The three members of the He family were stunned.
Caught five hares and two pheasants at once?
Or near the foot of the mountain?
He Xinghua didn't have time to talk too much to her family: "Mom and dad, I went to help them dig out medicinal materials! I took the hoe."
Father He felt that it was a big loss for the other party to help him collect herbs in one afternoon. A pheasant and a hare were worth a hundred and dozens of coins, and the pheasant was worth twenty or thirty coins. He said to his son: "Da Lin, You also go and help collect the herbs. Just leave this place to me and your mother."
He Xinghua had no objection after hearing this. After all, the holes for planting trees had been dug.
So the two siblings carried hoes and hurriedly ran to dig five-finger peaches for Xiuxuan and his two grandsons.
He Xinghua returned to where Xiuxuan was and explained: "Mother-in-law, my parents said it was a shame for you to give me a hare and pheasant, so they asked my brother to come and help."
What can Mrs. Lei say? She was also happy in her heart. This showed that the family was honest and kind. If the eldest brother also liked the other party, it would be more comfortable to marry such a family.
Although she didn't have a single horoscope, Mrs. Lei was still happy to have the He family brother come to help collect herbs. After getting along with each other in the afternoon, she would probably know the temperament of the two siblings.
The temperament of a child is closely related to that of his parents, so we can also infer the temperament of the family.
Xuan Bao is really a clever guy, why did he come up with the excuse of going to the mountains to collect herbs?
Because there was a pheasant and a hare, the two siblings decided not to take action from Granny Lei and Ruoxuan. They joined forces and dug up the five-fingered peach tree.
Next, if Xiuxuan points to it, they will dig it.
In one afternoon, we dug fifty or sixty kilograms of five-fingered peaches, seventy or eighty kilograms of Smilax cocos, and dozens of kilograms of other medicinal materials.
Neither brother nor sister knew why there were so many medicinal materials near the foot of the mountain!
There are people who go up the mountain to collect herbs on weekdays. Are all those people blind?
If the two siblings hadn't known each other about some of the medicinal materials, they would have suspected that the grandfather and grandson had picked them randomly.
However, considering that they went up the mountain almost every day, it was not surprising that they did not find those five-fingered peaches and smilax.
While the two siblings were digging hard for five-fingered peaches and smilax cocos, Mrs. Lei had almost asked all the eighteen generations of the He family's ancestors.
And looking at the way the two siblings were doing things and getting along, she felt that this family could get along.
Mother Lei was happy to miss Shu, and Xuan Bao was happy to miss Shu. She took out bird eggs, but it was getting late.
Mrs. Lei reacted and said: "I didn't expect that there are so many medicinal materials on this mountain. I collected enough medicinal materials today. I am really grateful to you siblings. Let's go down the mountain!"
That adds up to more than a hundred kilograms of medicinal materials!
He Xinghua ran home and brought two sacks to pack. They and the younger brother could help carry them down the mountain, but how could the old and the young get home?
She said: "Mother-in-law, which village is your home in? With so many medicinal materials, we can help you carry them down the mountain, and then borrow an ox cart for my brother to take you home!"
Mrs. Lei smiled and said: "No, my son will come to pick me up. He is probably waiting at the entrance of the village! Just help me deliver the medicinal materials to the entrance of the village."
Mrs. Lei then remembered that she and Lao San had made an appointment to wait at the entrance of the village for about an hour. He was probably anxious.
At this time, Ruohe's voice came from the foot of the mountain: "Mother, Xuan Bao. Mother, Xuan Bao."
Ruoxuan hurriedly replied loudly: "Uncle San! We are here!"
When Ruohe heard the response, he ran up and breathed a sigh of relief when he saw his grandfather and grandson safe and sound.
Ruohe waited at the entrance of the village for more than half an hour. Feeling uneasy, he walked into the village to look for someone.
Unexpectedly, after asking almost every household, no one was found. Only one family said they saw their grandfather and grandson going up the mountain.
He didn't care about the carriage, so he stayed at the foot of the mountain and came up to look for someone.
