After a while, Zhu's father couldn't stand it anymore. In his simple mind, boys should not get involved with flowers and plants. They should either study and gain fame, or they could just farm the land at home and pick flowers and mess with the grass. What a good man does.
"Well, today's harvest is pretty good. Let's go down the mountain." Father Zhu stopped his two sons who were sticking their butts out to pick flowers to prevent them from going astray. "We have to go down the mountain before the sun goes down. It's not good for the forest to be late." It’s not safe to walk.”
Zhu Ping'an saw that his little backpack was full of honeysuckle, and he pressed the flowers gently. When he saw that he couldn't let them go anymore, he clapped his hands unwillingly and followed his father down the mountain.
On the way back, Father Zhu took the two of them to the place where they had set a trap to catch rabbits before coming here.
The first trap was empty, with no harvest. Zhu Pingan was a little disappointed.
But then I got excited again, because the next two traps actually contained a fat rabbit, which was still alive.
Zhu's father tied their rabbit legs with weeds and asked Zhu Ping'an to touch the rabbits enough before putting them in the basket.
It was the first time he went into the mountains and he harvested pheasants, rabbits, fish, bamboo shoots, mountain mushrooms and honeysuckle. Zhu Ping'an was full of longing for going to the mountains in the future, and even the soreness in his calves didn't bother him anymore.
"Yeah, second brother is back."
Zhu Ping'an and the others had just entered the door when their fourth aunt, Mrs. Zhao, rushed over with a quick stride. She was as virtuous as a wolf that had been hungry for several days, and her eyes were all green.
Even Ms. Chen, who had been waiting for her husband and children at the door for a long time, didn't even react. The fourth aunt had already gone to grab the basket on Zhu Shouyi's back.
Those who didn’t know better thought it was the fourth aunt waiting for her husband and children.
Zhu Ping'an stared at the fourth aunt who was unusually enthusiastic.
"Ah, second brother also caught two fat rabbits and two pheasants, ah, there are so many fish, mother, mother, come quickly..."
At this moment, the fourth aunt transformed into an airport security inspector. She screamed and started rummaging in the basket. She screamed when she saw something, for fear that others would not know.
Father Zhu Shouyi looked at Mrs. Chen with an embarrassed look on his face. He didn't know where to put his hands due to the nuisance of his fourth aunt.
Mrs. Chen looked at the fourth aunt with disgust!
Really, do you think everyone is just like you and your fourth brother, hiding things privately and being so stingy!
The fourth aunt screamed, and the grandmother over there also walked over quickly. She didn't ask her son and grandson if they were working hard in the mountains or if they were in trouble or danger. Instead, she asked, "That's all." , did any of them fall elsewhere?”
ha?
Suspected of hiding something?
"Without my mother, I only hunted so much. With the two of them helping to pick fungus, mountain mushrooms, and bamboo shoots, my son harvested a lot more than the last time he went to the mountains." Zhu Shouyi didn't seem to hear what Mrs. Zhu was hiding. , answered very honestly, and helped his son claim credit.
Mrs. Zhu also knew that her second son was honest and would not hide it secretly as long as it did not pass through the hands of the second daughter-in-law, not to mention that the fourth daughter-in-law was supervising her, so she felt relieved.
But when she saw the small basket Zhu Pingan was carrying, Mrs. Zhu rubbed her eyes. Why did she see that her grandson was carrying wild flowers?
Mrs. Zhu put her hand into Zhu Ping'an's small basket and looked through it. It was really full of wild flowers.
"You silly kid, why are you carrying so many flowers?" Old Mrs. Zhu wondered if her grandson's brain was abnormal. It's just a girl. Boy, why are you carrying so many flowers!
"Sell for money!" Zhu Pingan answered simply and neatly.
The afterglow of the setting sun hit Zhu Pingan, and the white teeth reflected in his mouth were golden, making him look like a silly boy who had fallen into the eyes of money.
Poof
The fourth aunt was laughing so hard that she couldn't stand up straight, and coughed again and again, "Giggle, what Xiao Zhi said really made me laugh to death. These wild flowers can also be sold for money, hahaha, second sister-in-law, it couldn't be you who said that, right?" ?”
Upon hearing this, Mrs. Zhu looked at Mrs. Chen with her eyes.
Mrs. Chen wished that a big-eared melon seed had knocked off little Zhao’s smiling face! To fan the flames and cause trouble. The Fourth Brother’s family can’t stop for a moment!
"It's not what my mother said, it's just that I think it can be sold for money." Zhu Ping'an said quickly before Mrs. Chen got angry.
Old Mrs. Zhu is right in front of me. If my mother and my fourth aunt are fighting, there will definitely be no good results.
"Hahaha, Xiaozhi is not tired from going up the mountain. If you want to sell wild flowers for money, then everyone in our village will be a rich man. If you can sell them for money, the sun will come out in the west."
It can be said that the fourth aunt's mouth has no virtue at all, her mouth is poisonous and her heart is bitter, she is two-faced and double-dealing. She smiles at the top but makes a stumbling block at the foot. She is obviously a pot of fire, but secretly a knife.
"Why are you talking? Do you know how to talk? You are so tired that you are stupid!"
Mrs. Chen just quit. She can scold her dear son, but no one else can say a word! Just now the old lady said that my son would be fine, and you still keep saying it! Although she also thought that her youngest son's behavior of picking baskets of wild flowers was very strange, others said it was not okay!
"Okay, stop arguing. You all go and help me put things away." Grandma only had things in her eyes. She waved her hand and asked Mrs. Chen and Xiao Zhao to follow Zhu Shouyi and put things away. , As for the wild flowers in Zhu Ping'an's basket, her grandmother didn't care at all. What's the use of wild flowers? They won't eat them even if they are fed to the pigs. "Just keep Xiao Zhi's wild flowers for yourself."
It seems that no one in the village can discover the value of honeysuckle, which would be an advantage to myself.
Honeysuckle can be said to be the easiest Chinese herbal medicine to prepare. Just spread the flower buds on a reed mat or a bluestone board and dry them for a day or two. The only thing you need to pay attention to is not to turn them over when drying, otherwise it will be easy to prepare. Break off the stamens.
Reed mats are out of the question. Grandma won’t give them, so we have to find a place to dry them. The ground in the yard should also be cleared. I'm worried that the chickens raised at home may cause damage. Well, let's put it on the small shed of the pig pen.
Zhu Pingan, with his short legs and a small bench, successfully dried the honeysuckle above the pig pen.
Looking at the flat honeysuckle, Zhu Pingan seemed to see copper coins running towards him.
This is hope!
It was mother Chen's turn to cook dinner, and Zhu Ping'an started to light the fire, but Chen couldn't even drive her away. Because just now Zhu Ping'an heard that his grandmother asked him to make fish soup for dinner. Although he also ate fish at noon on the mountain, after all, the seasonings outside were not complete and the cooking method was rough, which failed to truly bring out the delicious taste of the fish.
Mr. Chen is a good fish cook. He removes the scales, gills and internal organs of the fish. Then he rinses the whole fish with clean water and puts it into a pot with water. Then he adds the bamboo shoots and dried mushrooms at home. And put it into the pot, raised the heat and simmered slowly. Slow work pays off, turn the high heat to low, and soon the aroma will come out of the pot.
Mrs. Chen looked at her second son, who was looking eagerly at the pot, and couldn't help but smile, "Look at how greedy you are, come on, let me taste the saltiness of the fish soup." She picked up a piece of fish and put it in the bowl. Be careful except for fish bones.
It is said that it is a taste of saltiness, but in fact it is just to open a small stove for Zhu Ping'an.
"Well, then I'll give it a try." Zhu Ping'an washed his hands in the basin next to him, waving his fat paws with a reluctant look, but the look of drool flowing out still made Mrs. Chen quite amused.
The soup is delicious and my mother's cooking is a hundred times better than what my father made for lunch. It's so delicious that I almost want to swallow it in my stomach, and it's so delicious that I'll cry. ;
