As time entered mid-May, the two families became busy again.
Corn seedlings need to be transplanted, cotton seedlings need to be transplanted, and the wheat in the terraced fields has not been harvested yet. It cannot be planted here and can only be planted on the hillside.
Several people were crawling around on the burned hillside, digging holes and burying seedlings.
Fortunately, there were only a few dozen cotton seedlings and only a little more corn seedlings. It took three days to plant all the seedlings.
When it rained, the young seedlings with the fat balls adapted to the new environment without even wilting the leaves. Seeing this, Little Man sighed in admiration: "This will be the way to raise seedlings in the future. Although there are two extra steps, it saves seeds, and it is not as good as before." It’s a good thing to hurt the seedlings!”
In addition, sweet potato seedlings should also be planted.
This is much more convenient. After all, this is a vine, and more and more seedlings are cut in the nursery, so they are stuffed wherever there are gaps in the mountains and fields.
This time the focus is on planting widely and harvesting as little as possible.
As time passed, beans and sorghum grew, as did various side dishes.
The two families added young vegetable leaves to the soup, and a few drops of oil were generously added to the soup. The most difficult days when they first went up the mountain gradually passed by.
If it weren't for the refugees walking along the official road at the foot of the mountain, as well as the messengers running with flags on their backs, it would appear that the war was still in chaos, as if it had returned to normal.
At the end of May, the rain gradually began to increase. It rained every night, and everything in the mountains and forests was wet.
Moreover, the weather in the mountains is unpredictable, and it often rains heavily when a cloud passes by.
Nowadays, Jiangzhi is harvesting more and more herbs. The rooms he lives in are filled with grass roots, bark, flowers and fruits, and the smell is very strong.
She simply built a stilted wooden pavilion next to it to store the medicine bags, so that they could be dried on rainy days.
The mountains in summer are a treasure house, with endless herbs and berries.
Various thorn vines produce red fruits, which are called raspberries when eaten fresh and used as medicine when dried.
In addition to the sweet and sour taste, it also has the functions of benefiting the kidneys and strengthening essence, nourishing the liver, improving eyesight, and reducing urination.
Jiang Zhi picked the thorns and went back. Everyone ate them until their mouths were stained purple. The rest was put into boiling water for two minutes, then taken out to dry out the water, and dried in the sun.
Xu Errui's problem of frequent urination at night also needs to be replenished, so he can eat these dried raspberries slowly.
In addition, Jiang Zhi also found a few mulberry octopuses to boil water for Xu Errui.
It is big as a thumb, and is grey-brown like a loofah that is firmly adhered to the branches. It looks like a plant, but it is actually the dried egg sheath of a mantis insect. It is also called a "walking dog" in the local dialect.
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Mulberry octopus has the functions of consolidating sperm, reducing urine, tonifying kidneys and supporting yang. In rural areas, when a child wets the bed at home, the elderly will find some to boil water for the child.
Now paired with raspberries, it is just right for Xu Errui.
There is more food on the mountain, and even the rabbits and pheasants no longer just focus on the crops and no longer guard them tightly, and Xiao Man Ye can finally breathe a sigh of relief.
The small green-skinned pineapples tasted like crumbs in your mouth, while the peaches were too hard to chew but were crunchy and sweet, and the green-skinned walnuts were getting bigger day by day.
Although the number of unattended wild fruits was small and they were hidden in various mountains and forests, they were still found by Jiang Zhi and the other three people who ran all over the mountain.
Qiaoyun and Nini have a good taste. They eat all kinds of fruits every day until they are full. If they can't eat anymore, they throw them into the rabbit pen.
Now the rabbit has grown up and eats wild grass, bean leaves, and fresh vegetables such as sweet potato and vine. After eating it, its coat is shiny and it starts to pluck out the wool and prepare to give birth to its cubs.
The big cock lives up to expectations and wants to be a father.
There was a hen in Jiangzhi's family who, after eating and drinking enough to grow fat, fluffed its feathers, blurred its eyes, and jumped up and down to make a nest.
This made Jiang Zhi so happy that he quickly built a hay chicken coop in the corner of the house. Then he put all his five eggs and the eggs given by Xiaoman Nai into it. The hen couldn't wait to lie down. .
Now Qiaoyun is nine months pregnant and has already given birth. Her feet are swollen and her waist is sore. It is unbearable to have Xu Errui rub her back every day.
Jiang Zhi was also anxious. Giving birth was like going through hell. The conditions were so difficult. Even though she had tried her best to take care of Qiaoyun's food and drink, and Xiao Mannai said that the fetus was in good condition, she was still worried.
During this month, there will always be someone left at home to accompany Qiaoyun, so something will inevitably happen.
The time has entered June, and this night, a heavy rain came!
The thunderstorm in the mountains was very heavy, and each thunder was like a round sledgehammer, hitting the top of the head with clang, as if there was a fairy who was hiding in the mountain to overcome the calamity.
The bright lightning tore through the dark clouds, making it difficult to open one's eyes.
The strong wind brought heavy rain, and it fell crazily. The bark roof survived the continuous rain, but finally could not withstand the wind and rain and began to leak.
The first is the room where Qiaoyun and his wife live.
The mountain fire burned the grass roof. Although Xiao Manye repaired it, the location was right at the wind outlet, and the surrounding trees were burned by the fire, so the wind-proof wall was missing. Now the roof was torn off by a strong wind.
When there is wind, there is rain, as if it is intentional, and the rainwater pours in through the gap.
Jiang Zhi quickly asked Qiaoyun to carry the quilt and move it to his room. Although the water was leaking here, using a bucket to catch it was better than standing in the rain.
Xu Errui braved the wind and wanted to go up to the house to repair, but Jiang Zhi pulled him back: "You are crazy. You are on the roof. If the wind sweeps you away with the roof, you will be killed."
He quickly pulled Xu Errui down. He could only use wooden sticks to prop up the roof to prevent the wall from being soaked by rainwater.
The situation was urgent. Jiang Zhi braved the wind and stood on the edge of the cliff and shouted to Xiaoman's family below. After receiving a response and knowing that they were all safe, he returned to his house.
In fact, there was a problem. It was so dark now that she didn't dare to go down the cliff.
Qiaoyun was heavy and soon fell asleep against the wall. Jiang Zhi and Xu Errui did not dare to sleep.
We can only use the light of lightning to check the conditions of the hillsides around the house over and over again to avoid being destroyed by landslides and flash floods.
It was windy and rainy all night, and the snapping sound of branches breaking was mixed with the roaring sound coming from unknown places, which made people fearful.
Finally, the sky was getting slightly brighter, the wind and rain had not completely stopped, but were gradually weakening. Occasionally, there was thunder rolling over the head, and the night was finally over.
But Qiaoyun, who had been nervous all night, suddenly felt a stomachache. He went to the toilet twice and wanted to go out and squat in the rain.
Jiang Zhi's heart skipped a beat, he was really afraid of what might happen.
Although she is not studying medicine, she has also learned basic knowledge of various subjects.
When the fetus enters the pelvis, it will squeeze into the rectum and cause a feeling of defecation. Unknown to the pregnant mother, she habitually squats in the pit and gives birth to the baby in the bathroom when labor pains come.
Now that there is a toilet in the house, Qiaoyun still wants to go to the latrine, because she is probably going to give birth.
She quickly asked Qiaoyun to lie down on the kang, and asked Xu Errui to boil some boiling water on the stove in the rain to boil scissors and cotton thread.
He also opened the cotton bag that he had prepared long ago. Inside was an old cloth that had been cleaned and ironed repeatedly.
After putting these away, Jiang Zhi went down the cliff and asked Xiao Mannai to come and sit in battle for him.
I'm going to deliver my daughter-in-law's baby.
I am just an armchair strategist. Even though I know the necessary procedures, I have never given birth to a child myself, nor have I ever delivered a child myself.
She panicked when she thought about the bloody scene that was about to come.
But as soon as he got off the cliff, Jiang Zhi was shocked by the scene in front of him.
The mountain stream next to the cliff was originally just a trickle of water flowing through the cracks in the rocks, but now it has turned into a surging Yellow River.
The sound of water roared, and the muddy water rolled down with sand and gravel. A groove was also washed out of the hillside on our side. The water overflowed to the road and then flowed down the cliff.
Oops! It's Xiaoman's house down there, and water needs to enter the house!
Jiang Zhi was anxious, treading water carefully and hurried to Xiaoman's house. When she saw it, she frowned.
