Chapter 419 The Bitter Le Dad
When Le Dad Zhou Qiufeng went to bed, he thought about how much money his child had and that there were things worth tens of millions around him. He was afraid that someone would know about it and had evil intentions. The more he thought about it, the more uneasy he became. He tossed and turned and couldn't fall asleep. .
A couple didn't sleep much, so they had dark bags under their eyes when they woke up in the morning. The couple quietly went to the kitchen to boil water and wash their faces. Le's father went to feed the chickens and ducks, and Zhou Qiufeng made food.
They didn't sleep well all night. Leyun slept very soundly. On the first day back home, she had no room to sleep at night. After taking care of the space crops, she lay down on her old wooden bed that she had slept on for more than ten years and slept soundly. I woke up on time and found that my aunt was here. I hurriedly packed myself and meditated.
She knew when her father and Aunt Feng got up, and she was not in a hurry to go out after the meditation. Her father and Aunt Feng wanted her to sleep more, so they did everything lightly, so she followed their wishes and stayed later. Come on again.
After meditating, I quietly changed into my home clothes, and quietly packed my luggage, including tents, food, clothes, shoes, rainproof cloth, mineral water, and a big empty Coke bottle that I would take with me to the mountains. Put it in a backpack.
When it was already dark, Le Yun walked out of her room, sneaked to the backyard and ran into a hut, washed her hands in the backyard, walked into the cow and pig stalls, secretly took out a handful of sweet potato vines from the space and threw them to the pigs, and then from the corner After carrying the hoe and running away, I dug the soil in a corner of the garden. After digging for a while, I dug out a few small konjac and quietly threw them into the space.
Konjac, also known as konjac, is a perennial herbaceous plant. Like sweet potatoes, it is a plant that grows stems in the soil. The whole plant is poisonous and cannot be eaten raw. However, after being made into food, it is a delicacy and medicine. It has anti-cancer and intestinal cleansing properties. effect.
Konjac is rare in the city, but more common in the countryside. It can usually survive in the corners in front of and behind the house.
The Le family members probably have a genetic legacy. Grandpa Le Tai loved to eat konjac at first, and he planted it in front of and behind the house. Later, his children and grandchildren all loved to eat it, and they also moved the konjac to the corner of the back garden and the front garden.
The shape of konjac is a bit like a water chestnut. The difference is that the top of the water chestnut is convex, while the top of the konjac is concave. The stems of konjac are generally round, and only the small konjac that grows have long or other shapes.
Le Yun dug slowly and found a dozen konjac seeds and threw them back into the space. Then she carefully dug down the soil and dug out several large konjacs. Judging from their shapes, they could grind out a lot of konjac tofu during the Chinese New Year.
I covered it with shallow soil again and returned the hoe to its original position. I saw that the big pigs and the little pigs in the pig pen had eaten all the sweet potato vines without leaving any residue. I felt relieved and ran home to wash my face and brush my teeth.
"Lele, why are you digging in the back garden so early in the morning?" The girl rushed into the kitchen excitedly, and Lele's father smiled and gave her a small chair.
"Dad, Aunt Feng, I went to the back garden to look at konjac and found several. I will grind it during the Chinese New Year. When I come back, I will dig up some medicinal materials and grind them together with boiling water and lime water. The konjac tofu will be more delicious and crispy. "
I have dug it out a long time ago. There are four in the corner of the back garden that are larger than bowls, and there are two older ones. One is as big as a washbasin. In the corner of the front garden, there are seven that are larger than bowls, and there is one. It's as big as a small washbasin. I told your Aunt Feng that the one with the biggest New Year's wear will be picked up by you to bring a few medium-to-large ones to the Chao family in the capital when school starts. It's hard to take care of the big ones." "Yeah, I'll take the little one
. Just go to the capital for the ones with bigger basins, and keep the others to continue growing. They will grow to the size of basins next winter. Dad, you are not allowed to dig until I come back. You have to leave them to me." "What if Lele is not twenty-eight years old
? When you come back, I will dig it up and not save it for you. Digging konjac is the most enjoyable. The big one is like rolling a millstone." "Dad, you said you
would leave it for me."
"I'll give it to you when you come back on time. Dig."
"Aunt Feng, come quickly, my dad is bullying your girl." "
Okay, let Lele dig the giant konjac for your enjoyment, I will help you guard it and don't let your dad touch it." Zhou Qiufeng Originally, I was listening to a father and daughter fighting to dig up konjac, laughing and watching the battle, but was dragged into the battle and had to help the girl.
"I'm so sad when I have a girl but not a husband." Le's father pretended to be jealous.
"Dad, why are you not as popular as your little cotton-padded jacket?" Le Yun chuckled.
"Okay, little cotton-padded jacket is very popular, but I am not popular."
"Dad, you don't need to be very popular, you just need to have popular children and a wife."
"These words touched my heart. My wife and children are connected, so it's okay even if I don't even care about the dog." "You're
not a meat bun, it's strange that a dog can care about you." Zhou Qiufeng prepared the food and handed it to her. Chopsticks were given to Yueqing, who was bickering with her daughter.
Dad Le: "..." He is weak and weak, and he can't defeat those three women.
Le Yun held the bowl and ate, enjoying herself while eating; Zhou Qiufeng ate breakfast and put the pig food on the pot stand to heat. After little Lele had packed up, she drove the tricycle with a carport in Yueqing to take the girl to Shennong Mountain.
Dad Le stood at the door and sent Zhou Qiufeng and the little cotton-padded jacket away. He turned back to mix the pig food and feed the pigs. He had done the housework and was about to pack himself up before going to work in the workshop when his mother-in-law came.
Grandma Zhou ran into Lele's house wearing a thick cotton-padded jacket and asked cheerfully: "Yueqing, I heard Lele's voice last night. Was it Lele who came back?" "
Aunt, have you eaten yet? Lele?" Le came home just before dark yesterday. I didn't go over to talk to you. She went into the mountains again this morning. Xiaofeng sent her there. Her son must have left the countryside by now." "I didn't even sit on the stool when I got home
. Did you go to the mountains again?" Grandma Zhou wanted to scold: "How on earth did you two become parents? The child finally came back, and it was such a cold weather and you let Lele go to the mountains. You are not afraid of the child being cold outside. You will get sick from the cold."
"Aunt, I don't want Lele to run into the mountains, but Xiaofeng and I can't stop her at all. If we don't agree, she will sneak away." Le's dad feels so wronged, every time Lele went deep into the mountains and forests, and the elders blamed him, and he, the daughter of a gangster father, took the blame.
"Forget it, you and your wife are both soft-hearted. I won't talk about you anymore. Did Lele say when you will come back? Qiufeng's brother said that pigs will be killed on the 26th. I came here just to say in advance that I wanted to scream. Lele, don't run around, go eat pig head meat that day."
"Lele didn't say when she would come back, it might take four or five days. Xiaofeng and I told her to kill the pigs on the 28th, but if she couldn't come back, I would..."
" What did you do if you didn't come back that day? You want to beat Lele? You're a good person."
"No, no, I didn't say fight. What I said was that when Lele didn't come back that day, I dug up all the konjac in the back garden. I won’t help Lele stay.”
"You and your son compete every year to dig up konjac and make a profit. There is also konjac behind my house. Lele loves to dig, so let her help you dig and play with it." "Aunt, Lele helps you dig konjac, but she won't be able to part with it after digging
. Here it is, I'll take it back and play with it." Dad Le burst into tears in his heart. His girl had a soft spot for konjac when she was a child. She would dig it up and play with it for a day or two without letting it go. She would use it as a millstone or a wheel to roll a cart. When I was playing, I would sometimes fall into so many potholes that I couldn’t even grind the tofu.
"If she likes to play, let her play. Forget it, Lele is not at home, and I won't be here with you anymore. I'll come back when Lele comes back." Not finding the pistachio that jumped up and down every day, Grandma Zhou didn't sit down either. my home.
Le's father took off his apron, put on his shoes, and drove to work. As soon as he walked not far from Village Chief Zhou's house, he was picked up by Village Chief Zhou and walked to the street. He was immediately asked: "Yueqing, I heard that Le Lele is back? Let me tell you, Leleyazi, that my family will kill pigs on the 25th and ask her and Qiufeng to come and drink soup. You won’t come and just go to your class." "..." Le’s father gritted his teeth
. Answer: "Uncle Zhou Man, Lele came back yesterday, but he went to Shennong Mountain again this morning." "Going to the mountains again
? Yueqing, you bastard, today is the New Year's Day, and you still let your girl run away, you Why are you so stupid, you can't always defeat your girl..."
Village Chief Zhou Bala Bala scolded her, saying in just one sentence, it was the father's fault that he failed to control the girl and let her run away. Anyway, he made all the mistakes and the child was right. .
Dad Le's soul was hit with 100 million critical hit points again. He didn't dare to cry out for injustice. He felt extremely miserable in his heart. He had to endure the spit from Village Chief Zhou and waited for the old Village Chief to be sent to the street to park. place, as if escaping to the workshop.
Compared to Le's father's depressed mood, Zhou Qiufeng felt much more comfortable. He drove on the country road and stopped at a small store in a passing village to buy dry food.
Because the road was a bit far and the wind was strong in winter, the speed was a little slow. It took about two minutes to deliver the person to the foot of a mountain in the Shennong Mountain area.
Zhou Qiufeng didn't say any harsh words. She only told her children to take care of themselves and go home as soon as possible. Then at Xiao Lele's insistence, she turned around and drove home. After walking a long way, she looked back and saw that Xiao Lele was still watching, feeling warm in her heart. hot.
After watching Aunt Feng and the car turn into a small dot, Le Yun carried her luggage and walked deep into the mountain along the foot of the mountain. When she walked to a place where no one was around, she returned to space first and picked up the small mushroom brush she dug in the morning. Clean the soil, wash it with well water, plant it in the medicinal field, and water it with well water.
After checking the space, there was nothing to collect. We went out again and walked toward the mountains. We still found a relocated village.
She is not a resident of Shennong District, and she doesn't know very well which small villages in Shennong District have been relocated to districts and towns with convenient transportation. However, she can find out by asking people. After all, relocation is a big deal, especially collective relocation. Subsidies, housing, etc. are related to the vital interests of the people, and many people are paying attention to them.
It was already noon when we climbed up the winding mountain road to the abandoned and relocated village. Winter in the north of E is generally relatively dry, and it was also a sunny day with bright light.
There are only five or six households in the abandoned village, which have been moved for four or five years. The old mud-walled or wooden houses are dilapidated and overgrown with weeds. Some roofs are covered with grass or small grass three or two feet high. Saplings.
Leyun climbed to a higher ground and observed it, but didn't see any spiritual energy. She wandered around the front and back of the residents' buildings, picking up useful things. She didn't pick up anything valuable, but she picked up several small items. The old wine jars are relatively old. The jars made with the most rustic method have no fancy, but are particularly thick and solid.
I also picked up old-fashioned wooden basins, buckets, and two water jars that were not broken. One was broken by a falling wall, and the other was intact. I also picked up a stone pound for rice, and one for grinding tofu and corn flour. A medium-sized stone grinder waiting to be used, old sand jars, and a few bottles and cans were all picked up that caught the eye and could be used, moved to the waterside, scrubbed clean, and returned to the space to become collections.
After wandering around the abandoned village, I really didn’t get much. I went deep into the mountains and headed towards my goal. Because my aunt was here, I walked slowly. I dug up medicinal materials as I walked. I collected all the fungus and mushrooms. Eat when you are hungry. Drink fruit when you are thirsty, go to bed early and get up early, and try not to catch cold.
Searching for medicinal materials like locusts crossing the border, she arrived at her destination on the third day, the afternoon of the 22nd - the wild honey nest she had discovered before.
Honey nest is halfway up a hill on a large mountain in the Nantianmen area of Shennong Mountain. Because of the steep terrain, no one or few animals visit it.
Le Yun traveled over the mountains and ridges to the field and found a big tree where the bees had made their nest. The tree was thicker than her waist, and it grew close to a stone. The bees' nest was in the soil under the stone.
When you arrive at the place, you observe for a while, take out the sickle to clean up the weeds, use the hoe to dig the soil, and conduct reconnaissance based on experience. The bee family is very prosperous, so there is plenty of honey.
I dug slowly, from the bottom up, to find a place, and then dug out the soil. After digging for a while, I finally found the honeycomb. Only a little bit was exposed. It looked like the honeycomb was very big.
Seeing the results, Leyun became more careful. She opened the window wider and pried away the clods of soil. The hive was soon exposed. There was an empty space under the stone. The bees found it somehow and used it as their home. It was part of the hive. It sticks to the stone and partly to the soil layer.
The bees hollowed out the surrounding area, and the nest was more than enough to nest in the soil. The honeycomb was naturally not as big as the nest in the cave in Taihang Mountain. It was only as big as a small basin about one or two meters in diameter.
Bees that make nests in the soil are called stone bees or soil bees in rural areas. The bees are also relatively small.
The nest was dug open, and a cold wind invaded. The bees on the honeycomb were buzzing and crawling, and some flew out of the nest and flew in the air.
Le Yun took out a large handful of dendrobium flowers and put them aside, then took out a knife, put on gloves, and carefully took out the honey. It was cold in winter, and bees generally did not sting people, and they would not come out in large numbers.
A few bees smell the fragrance and go to pick the flowers, while others remain on the hive.
Retrieving honey is a technical job. Le Yun has experience and is very handy. She cuts off a piece, pushes away the bees attached to the honeycomb block, throws the piece of honey back into the space, and removes nine pieces of honey nest in a row, leaving half for the bees. During the winter, even if it is only a few days before the beginning of spring, it will not be warm until the end of February in the lunar calendar, and the bees can work at that time, so they need to leave enough food for them.
Put away the knife, change into a pair of gloves, find a few rocks to build up the dug hole, then cover it with soil, and finally cover the surface with grass and reset the dug place to prevent the bee nest from being invaded by wind and rain. Or freeze to death.
Protect the bees' home, remove the bees from the dendrobium flowers, and put away the bouquets. It's too cold and the bees may smell the fragrance and run out to pick the flowers. They may freeze to death. Keeping the bouquets will kill them, so it's better not to keep them.
After harvesting honey, Leyun embarked on a journey to find medicinal materials.
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