Zhao Dashan took Cheng Wanwan to the back of the house.
There are many weeds here, but due to long-term exposure to the sun, these vigorous weeds have almost dried up.
Qi mugwort is no exception. The leaves have dried up and the rhizomes have turned yellow.
Cheng Wanwan lowered her head and smelled it. The aroma was rich and it was indeed what is commonly known as mugwort in modern times. This was what she was looking for.
She said: "Cut off this patch of wormwood and throw it into the yard."
Zhao Dashan scratched the back of his head: "Mom, the qi moxa won't burn. It makes a lot of smoke when it burns. I'll cut some other hay."
"Who said I want to use it to burn firewood?" Cheng Wanwan said with a smile, "I just like it because it smokes a lot. If it doesn't smoke a lot, I don't want it. I quickly cut it and put it in the yard. It will be of great use to me."
Zhao Dashan harvested it quickly with a knife. In fact, it was not much after cutting off a large piece of Qi moxa, and piled it in the yard.
Cheng Wanwan took out a backpack and put the Qi Ai into it until it was full.
Zhao Ergou got up and asked curiously: "Mom, what are you doing?"
"Come up the mountain with me after lunch." Cheng Wanwan put the backpack at the door, "We'll find out when the time comes."
For lunch, we had white rice, a stir-fried jade bamboo shoot, and a wild mushroom. It was simple and refreshing, and all six of us were very full.
After the meal, the mother and son went up the mountain.
Everyone in the village spent yesterday in the mountains, but today very few people went up the mountains.
Walking deep into the forest, no one was seen. When he reached the dry pond, Zhao Sidan keenly heard the voice of someone speaking: "Mom, there seems to be someone where the jade bamboo shoots are being dug!"
Cheng Wanwan's eyes narrowed.
The people of Dahe Village were busy all day and night yesterday. It was impossible for them to go up the mountain again now, so they could only be the people of Osmanthus Village.
What are the people from Osmanthus Village doing?
She made a gesture and asked the children to stand where they were. She pushed aside the thorns and walked over gently.
Dozens of strong men stood in the dug lotus pond, all of them with pale faces.
"Fuck you, a bunch of bastards in Dahe Village don't leave a way for people to survive!"
"This hilltop is between Dahe Village and Guihua Village. This thing should be half the size of one village."
"Li Zheng from Dahe Village is too shrewd and won't let half of it go to us. If you're not smart enough, then we'll do it as a trick."
"Anyway, there have been a lot of food thieves recently. We can disguise ourselves as thieves and steal all the food in Dahe Village!"
"..."
Cheng Wanwan's eyes suddenly turned cold.
She stepped back lightly and said coldly: "Go back today."
The people in Osmanthus Village are going to cause trouble, so it's not a good time to go looking for water.
The mother and son hurried down the mountain with serious expressions. Halfway up the mountain, Zhao Sidan exclaimed: "Mom, look, there is a bird's nest over there."
As soon as he finished speaking, Zhao Sanniu dropped the things in his hands, spit in each hand, and climbed up the tree. After a while, he dug out the bird's nest, with a total of seven eggs.
Zhao Sidan licked his lips: "I have bird eggs to eat today."
Cheng Wanwan took the eggs and put them into the basket. In fact, there were many eggs in the mall. You could buy two for one penny, but there was no reasonable excuse to take them out.
Perhaps you could pretend to find a wild hen and then rely on the wild hen to lay eggs?
She silently looked at both sides of the road. The inside was very deep and very suitable for operation. One chicken might be difficult to catch, so it would be better to release two.
Just as she said, Cheng Wanwan spent a hundred cents to buy two chickens in the mall and placed them directly in the grass.
"Cack!"
A cock crows in the forest.
Zhao Ergou's eyes turned green: "It's a chicken, there are chickens nearby!"
The other three boys immediately held their breath and concentrated, searching the jungle with four pairs of dark eyes.
Zhao Sidan pointed to the jungle, and then made a gesture, and the four children rushed towards him in unison.
The cock crows louder.
"Two chickens!" Zhao Sidan's face turned red with excitement, "We caught two chickens!"
Zhao Dashan scratched the back of his head: "Why do these two pheasants look like they were raised at home? Why are they in the deep mountains and old forests?"
Zhao Ergou sipped his saliva and said, "You can eat chicken tonight."
Zhao Sanniu was eager to give it a try: "These two chickens are so fat. I'll break their necks to prevent them from escaping halfway."
Cheng Wanwan: "..."
She released two chickens not so that these boys could eat the chickens, but to eat the eggs!
She said: "These two pheasants seem to be hens. A hen can lay one egg a day, and two chickens can lay two eggs a day. If you raise these two chickens, you will have eggs to eat every day."
The eyes of the four boys began to shine.
There are eggs to eat every day, which I would never have thought about before.
Zhao Sidan swallowed his saliva and said, "Mom, can these two chickens really lay eggs?"
Cheng Wanwan thought about buying an egg and throwing it under the chicken's buttocks, pretending that the two chickens had laid it themselves.
At this time, two chickens suddenly sat on the ground.
The four boys also squatted down and stared at the two chickens intently.
Zhao Sidan asked in confusion: "What are they doing?"
Zhao Dashan hissed: "It seems to be laying eggs."
Zhao Sanniu stared at the boss: "It's happening, it's happening, it's really happening!"
Zhao Ergou was also in disbelief: "Two of them were born!"
Cheng Wanwan was ashamed.
What a fuss these four boys made.
People who didn't know heard it and thought it was a baby.
The two chickens wanted to run away after laying eggs, but Zhao Sanniu carried them back, tied straw ropes to their feet and stuffed them into the baskets on their backs.
The mother and son returned to Dahe Village in a good mood.
Cheng Wanwan asked her four sons to go back with their backpacks, and she walked towards Li Zheng's house.
When she walked to the middle of the village, she saw Li Zheng standing on the cracked field edge looking at the situation in the fields. Many people gathered around to ask questions.
"Li Zheng, what did the magistrate say?"
"There is no food in the fields. Will the county magistrate give us government relief food in Dahe Village?"
"I heard that the price of corn in the town has increased to twelve cents a pound. Is it true or false?"
"..."
Li Zheng had a headache.
He didn't know how to answer these questions. He told lies because it was not his way of dealing with people. He told the truth because he was afraid of causing panic in the villagers.
At this moment, Cheng Wanwan walked over and said solemnly: "Li Zheng, I just went up the mountain and saw more than thirty people from Guihua Village wandering around the top of the mountain in our Dahe Village."
Li Zheng frowned: "So many people are here, what are they doing?"
"The leader is a fat man. He wants to gather a group of people to steal food from our Dahe Village."
Cheng Wanwan did not hide anything and told everything he heard. This was not the matter of Li Zheng alone, but the matter of everyone in Dahe Village!
As soon as they heard her words, all the surrounding villagers went crazy.
"The people in Osmanthus Village are so shameless!"
"The two villages had a fight more than 20 years ago. Our Dahe Village won, but they still dare to come?"
"Didn't Sister-in-law Zhao say that the people in Osmanthus Village want to steal food? If they can't be defeated openly, they do it secretly!"
"Then let's go teach them a lesson first!"
"..."
