After Xu Sheng and Zhang Juan left, Li Shiqiang came to his field alone.
When he came, he saw that the eldest sister Li Shiying was working with the third and fourth children.
Li Shiqiang rolled up his trousers, picked up his hoe and walked into the field.
"Er baby, why are you here?"
"That's enough, I'm here."
After Li Shiqiang replied with a smile, he told the eldest sister: "I have a treat for lunch today and I have to go back for dinner."
"Okay, then I'll go back early to help mom get food."
After Li Shiying nodded in agreement, she looked at him again and said, "Er baby, can I tell you something?"
"What's going on?" Li Shiqiang was stunned and asked in surprise.
The eldest sister has a gentle temperament and usually helps her mother with work at home. It can be said that she is busy all day long and basically has nothing else to do.
So when he suddenly heard that his eldest sister had something to do with him, Li Shiqiang didn't react.
"Er baby, when your strong brother comes back, can you let him go hunting with you from now on?"
"Follow me hunting from now on!?"
After Li Shiqiang screamed in surprise, he said with some confusion: "Then Brother Qiang won't earn work points?"
Li Shiying smiled sheepishly and said, "How much money can you make by earning work points in a year? Why not let him follow you to pack things and help carry meat and so on. Then you can just give him some money at will." ”
After hearing what the eldest sister said, Li Shiqiang understood immediately.
Several times before, his eldest brother-in-law Tong Shunqiang helped him, and he always shared the money.
After the last money sharing, the eldest brother-in-law also bought a silk scarf for the eldest sister, which made the eldest sister happy for several days.
The eldest sister has always seen Li Shiqiang making money from hunting, and she also knows how much money he has made for the family.
So seeing Li Shiqiang making more and more money, the eldest sister thought about asking her eldest brother-in-law to follow him to hunt in the mountains.
As the eldest sister said, I don’t make much money even if I earn work points in a year, so I might as well just follow him and help with the work.
Just like last time, due to lack of manpower and the absence of his eldest brother-in-law, Li Shiqiang had no choice but to find Zhang Baoshan.
And if the eldest brother-in-law is at home and comes to help, the more than four hundred yuan will probably be divided among the eldest brother-in-law.
When Li Shiqiang heard the eldest sister's request, he didn't think it was anything. Anyway, we are all a family, and the wealth does not go to outsiders.
Even if the money is earned by the eldest brother-in-law, it will not fall into the hands of the eldest sister in the end.
However, Li Shiqiang thought for a while and said to the eldest sister: "Sister, actually, if you don't tell me, I also want my eldest brother-in-law to do something for me. But it's not hunting, but other things."
"What else?"
Li Shiying also had no idea what his brother planned to do with Tong Shunqiang.
Li Shiqiang smiled and said: "Sister, don't forget, I don't just make money by hunting things. Although there are many valuable things in the mountains, they are not so easy to encounter. Even if you encounter them, you still have to take the risk. It’s risky.”
Li Shiying thought for a while and suddenly asked: "You mean herbal medicine?"
"That's right!"
Li Shiqiang nodded and said, "I actually want my eldest brother-in-law to help me open some fields, and my wife to help me grow some herbs to sell."
"Open a field? Plant herbs!?"
Li Shiying stared at him in an unusual way, and said directly: "Er baby, are you talking nonsense? Who would open a field to grow things nowadays! And can you sell some herbs for money? Doesn't it take many years for the herbs to grow? "
Listening to the eldest sister's series of questions, Li Shiqiang sat leisurely on the edge of the field and explained one by one: "I didn't say we would open fields here. Brother Qiang doesn't live in Diaoya, and sometimes he often goes back to Diaoya to take care of his mother. , I asked him to help me cultivate some fields in Diaoya."
"Anyway, it's all deep in the mountains and forests. There aren't many people living there, and no one cares about it."
In fact, with the reform and opening up, the distribution of farmland to each household and the household joint production contract system have been implemented since last year.
But due to implementation issues, they are a little later here.
It is estimated that in the second half of the year, the land allocation will begin.
After the land was divided, it was impossible for Li Shiqiang to use all the land allocated at home to grow medicinal herbs, because he would have to pay public grain in the future.
So you can ask your eldest brother-in-law Tong Shunqiang to open some fields and grow medicinal herbs.
After saying this, Li Shiqiang took a breath again, and then said: "As for whether you can sell some herbs for money, you can rest assured. At that time, Brother Qiang will only need to help me open the fields, and then help me look after it when he is free. Just one moment will do.”
"As for what to grow, I will tell Brother Qiang when the time comes. You see, I have made a lot of money by selling herbal medicines. Can I not know whether growing herbal medicines is profitable or not?"
"As for the last question you asked, I can only tell you that not all herbs take many years to grow. Some herbs are just like crops, vegetables and fruits grown in the ground, and can be sown every year. There is a harvest every year.”
After hearing so much, Li Shiying did not agree directly. Instead, he thought for a while and said, "Then when your eldest brother-in-law comes back, I will discuss it with him."
"Oh, eldest sister, don't hesitate."
Li Shiqiang smiled and advised again: "Sister, don't think that I don't want to make money with my eldest brother-in-law, but I think growing herbs is more profitable than hunting things."
"Think about it, no matter how many things there are in the mountains and how fast they grow, can they be as fast as us? In a few years, if you go into the mountains, you will probably see even the slightly bigger ones. No. Herbs are different, they will only grow more and more, not less and less."
What Li Shiqiang said was not wrong.
As the number of animals in the mountains decreases year by year, there are really fewer and fewer large animals.
If you want to hunt in the future, you have to go to a far away place where no hunter has set foot.
And in about ten years or so, hunting will be banned across the country. At that time, it will be impossible to make money from hunting.
But herbal medicine is different. It is something that can cure diseases and save lives.
With the opening up and growth of the times, the demand and price of herbal medicines will gradually increase, and medicinal materials trade fairs will be held to encourage the cultivation of large quantities of herbal medicines in some places.
"Okay, since Erba has said so, when your brother Qiang comes back, I will ask him to help you open fields."
Li Shiying hesitated for a while, but finally chose to believe his brother's words.
After all, she had seen Li Shiqiang's performance over the past two months.
And compared to hunting, the eldest brother-in-law Tong Shunqiang is more suitable for some work in the fields.
"Don't worry, eldest sister. This year we will open the fields first and plant the herbs. When the herbs are harvested next year, I will keep your share of the money. It will be no less than hunting."
"We are all one family, no matter what you say, we will not be separated!"
Li Shiying smiled, looked up at Tianse and said, "Okay, I've been telling you for a long time, it's time for me to go back and help my mother cook.
You can clean up later and bring the third and fourth children back for dinner. "
"Got it!"
