While talking, Zhang Yue'er came with seven little bean sprouts. They were all older girls from Li Ping'an's and uncle's families. Seeing this, Li Ping'an told them a few words to learn how to make jelly from Cao Ya, and patted them. Butt took Zhang Xiaoshan away.
"What are you going to do later?" Zhang Xiaoshan asked, "If you have nothing to do, just follow me up the mountain to collect firewood. Caoya and the others can make jelly and burn firewood quickly."
Li Ping'an originally wanted to go to the fields to help his parents with some work, but he changed his mind as soon as he heard that, but he joked, "You still have the nerve to say that I worry too much. The peach blossoms haven't even passed the door yet, and you have been helping everywhere." She’s in the house, haven’t you noticed that there’s no shortage of firewood in her house?”
Zhang Xiaoshan kicked Li Ping'an on the butt. To deal with people like Li Ping'an, there was no point in talking. Just take action and make sure no one made a sound.
Sure enough, Li Ping'an immediately calmed down after being kicked. He had no choice but to beat Zhang Xiaoshan.
Although Zhutao Village is said to be surrounded by mountains, it is actually quite a long way from the village to the foot of the mountain, at least a mile. When passing by my grandparents' house, I happened to be caught by little Ruyi who was playing with her cousins here. , who acts like a coquettish and cute person and stalks her to the mountains with her.
Li Ping'an thought for a moment and then brought Ruyi and Jixiang together. The mountains around Zhutao Village are ridges, one after another. Several ridges close to the village are traces of the villagers' long-term activities. They are just mountains. We were collecting firewood, not hunting, so there was no problem in taking two children with us.
The reason why he brought Jixiang was to make her look a little happy.
Along the way, you can see villagers busy in the fields. After days of plowing, the abandoned farmland that was overgrown with weeds has been turned into pieces of cultivated land. In a few days, soybeans can be planted.
Yes, grow soybeans. It’s almost August now, and the time for planting late rice has long been missed. It was originally cultivated land obtained from reclamation. The first rice planting did not yield a good harvest, and if we miss the farming season, the harvest will only be lower. It is better to sow autumn soybeans according to the farming season. .
Even soybeans are not valuable, and grain stores only sell them for thirty-three cents a dou, so the price they sell them for will only be even lower. But money is still money, and they have no right to complain about the lack of money. Every penny they have is earned. And you can still cook beans and rice with brown rice, even though eating too much soybeans will make you bloated and make you fart.
"When the time comes, I will cook beans and rice for little Ruyi, so that little Ruyi will always fart!" Li Ping'an teased the little man in his arms.
Xiao Ruyi refused, "It's the big pot that farts!"
"I don't care. Let's see if you still dare to follow me!" Li Pingan said happily.
Ji Xiang covered his mouth and laughed, jokingly saying: "My little sister is only as tall as my eldest brother's butt. You can smell all my eldest brother's farts."
Xiao Ruyi suddenly became unhappy, squirming and squealing in Li Ping'an's arms.
Li Ping'an controlled Xiao Ruyi and glanced down at the proud Ji Xiang, "What, you're not happy that Xiao Ruyi smelled everything? Do you want to smell it too?"
Ji Xiang shook his head and smiled without saying a word.
When he went to the field to say hello to his parents, he didn't see Fugui there, so Li Ping'an asked. He learned that Fugui was learning to read at Dr. Zhu's house, and he nodded with satisfaction.
Dr. Zhu's family also settled in Zhutao Village. Dr. Zhu's house is at the very edge, and the house and land are chosen by himself. He said that he often goes to the mountains to collect herbs, and living closer to the mountains can save a few steps. . After learning that he was a doctor, the aboriginal people in the village became very enthusiastic. They helped build houses and reclaim wasteland in order to allow Dr. Zhu's family to live in peace of mind. This way, they could easily get medical treatment when they had a cough or fever without having to travel far away. Find a doctor in the grass market.
On the way, Li Ping'an went to Dr. Zhu's house to take a look. Although it was also a bamboo house, with the help of the villagers, Dr. Zhu's house was much more grand. It had a main room, an east and west room, and an east and west wing. The layout was similar to that of Qingfeng County. They did not follow the local customs and follow the house pattern of Zhutao Village.
The yard was also surrounded by a bamboo fence. When Li Ping'an arrived, Dr. Zhu was sitting under the eaves, and Fugui was squatting next to him, practicing writing on the sand table with a small stick.
"Hey, rare visitor!" Seeing Li Ping'an, Dr. Zhu started teasing, "Why do you, a busy man like you, have time to come to my place?"
Li Ping'an lowered his head and rolled his eyes, then raised it again, "Look what you said, why can't I come to your house if I have nothing to do? When I finish my work for a while, I will come to your house every day, and I will bring my younger brothers and sisters with me. , let Grandma Zhu make delicious food for us!"
Dr. Zhu laughed loudly, "You are still interesting. If you have nothing to do, come to my place and talk to me more often."
Li Pingan smiled and said: "Okay, I will come more often in the future, but not today. I have to collect firewood from the mountain. I will stop by to see if Fugui is serious about studying."
"Although Fugui is not as smart as you, he is still diligent and studious. Don't worry, since I have become his master, I will train him to become a talent."
"Okay, it won't be long before I can earn the money to buy the apprenticeship ceremony. Then it will be justifiable."
"Speaking of this, I was just going to ask you. I have tried this jelly and it really relieves heat and heat. If it is used to treat heat stroke, is it useful?"
Li Ping'an: "...you, a doctor, are asking me a question about a peasant boy who didn't know a word before?"
"No matter who you ask, you invented the jelly, and you are the only one who knows it in this village." Dr. Zhu said matter-of-factly, "I heard that you were the first to tell me that jelly can relieve the heat?"
"I only know that it is used for cooking, and I have heard people say that it can relieve heatstroke. I don't know if it can cure heatstroke. You have to think about it and find heatstroke patients to verify it."
"Of course I'm thinking about it. I've been practicing medicine all my life and I've seen too many people die from heatstroke. If jelly can really be used medicinally to treat heatstroke, it's cheap and can be used to prevent heatstroke. I don't know how many lives it can save." Dr. Zhu sighed. , "I will also go to the city tomorrow to discuss it with the doctors here."
Li Ping'an was overjoyed, "It couldn't be better. If it really works, then our jelly business will be even smoother."
Dr. Zhu was startled for a moment, shook his head and laughed, "You are really obsessed with money."
"I can't help it, I'm short of money." Li Ping'an shrugged, "Anyway, our jelly is not expensive. You can buy a pound of it for two cents, and one pound can buy a bowl."
In this way, more sales must be opened as soon as possible and everyone in the village will be brought together to make jelly. He knows that jelly grass does have the effect of treating heat stroke, so he must first prepare the jelly before Dr. Zhu and the others can successfully verify it. It becomes the industry of an entire village.
From the perspective of those who don’t know the inside story, it is undoubtedly a small profit to sell jelly for only two cents per pound, but what if it is sold in excess? Sooner or later it will attract attention. If they are doing it as a family, they will be weak on their own, but if the entire Zhutao Village is doing it, it will always make some people with bad intentions feel wary.
