Chapter 233 Let's dig up peony roots!

"The happy occasion can't be delayed, hurry up and go, get some more wedding candy to share in the joy."

"become!"

After Lao Liu left, his wife cleaned up in the kitchen. Village Chief Li stayed to keep the guests company and expressed his gratitude at length. Bai Ye replied with a few words and then picked up his chopsticks. Seeing this, the others, who were already starving, also picked up their chopsticks and started eating.

"Bai Ye, cicada nymph, come on, have one!"

The cicada pupa, with its six legs spread wide, lay horribly dead in the empty bowl before him. Bai Ye, holding chopsticks, was momentarily at a loss as to what to do.

"Boss Bai, cicada nymphs are a real delicacy, incredibly nutritious. I've heard they cost several yuan a plate in the city, and you can't even get your hands on one if you want to." Village Chief Li said with a proud smile, holding a cicada nymph between his fingers.

"Brother Bai, if you don't like it, could you... give it to me?" Li Chen held up the empty bowl, his eyes full of expectation.

"There are plenty on the plate, why are you taking his? Here, I'll put a few on your plate." With that, she put five on his plate in one go.

Out of the corner of his eye, Bai Ye saw Li Chen eating with his eyes almost squinting. Remembering the cicada nymph in the bowl, which the girl had personally picked up, Bai Ye instantly mustered his courage, stuffed it directly into his mouth, and swallowed it down his throat after only a few chews, immediately experiencing the feeling of his claws pulling at his throat.

"Quick, chew some white steamed buns and smooth it down!"

Upon hearing this, Bai Ye took the piece of steamed bun, chewed most of it, and the pain in his throat slowly subsided.

"The taste is good, but unfortunately... I can't enjoy it!"

"It's a good thing it only has six legs. If it were a crab or a lobster, would you still want to lose your voice? I'll make you some pear water this afternoon to cool you down, otherwise you'll wake up tomorrow with a sore throat and won't be able to speak."

Realizing the girl wasn't exaggerating, Bai Ye nodded. The dishes he picked next were all light and bland. Village Chief Li wiped the sweat from his brow and said apologetically, "It's all my fault. I told Lao Liu to make some special dishes this morning, but I never expected that the big boss would hurt his throat. Sigh!"

"It's not anyone else's fault, I was just eating too hastily. Hmm, the rice wine tastes sweeter than the ones you usually buy outside."

When the village's abundant produce was praised, Village Chief Li immediately started talking non-stop, boasting endlessly, having long since forgotten his earlier guilt.

Even though it's cool in the mountains during the hot summer, people always feel a bit sleepy in the afternoon. After lunch, we chatted for a while and then went back to our dormitories for a nap. When we woke up again, the sky outside was already covered with the glow of sunset.

Thump thump thump! Thump thump thump!

There was a knock on the suite door. After washing her face, the girl pushed the door open to look. "Huh, where did this camera come from?"

Bai Ye waved the camera in his hand and replied with a smile, "I brought it with me. The scenery is so beautiful, do you want to go out and take some pictures?"

Yunxia looked up at the sky. The silk-like clouds painted a series of beautiful pictures against the azure sky. She nodded subconsciously, "Wait for me for ten minutes. I'll get ready and come out right away."

"become!"

When Jiang Chao woke up, the girl was no longer in the suite. He asked the girl in the next suite and found out that Bai Ye was not there either. He snorted and thought to himself that the big bad wolf was really opportunistic. He should not make his 'filthy' thoughts too obvious.

The two, who were not in the suite at the moment, were standing in the fields, admiring the beautiful scenery under the afterglow of the setting sun. The girl occasionally struck a trendy pose and asked Bai Ye to take pictures for her.

"It's no fun just taking pictures of me. Here, give me the camera, I'll take a few pictures of you too."

Bai Ye blinked slightly, a faint smile on his lips, and said, "Okay, I'll teach you how to use the camera."

Cameras are much more complex than mobile phones. Various parameters need to be adjusted according to the background, and there are many buttons. In teaching and learning, some physical contact is inevitable. Yunxia, ​​who was immersed in learning, did not notice that someone's ears were getting redder and redder.

"What...are you doing?"

Worried about his younger sister, Jiang Chao, who had come looking for her after asking around, gritted his teeth and said, "Heaven knows how angry I am right now. I wish I could stride forward and knock someone down with one punch."

"Hey, Jiang Chao, what brings you here? Come over here, let me take a picture of you two. Two handsome guys standing side by side, wow, it's a real treat for the eyes."

Bai Ye narrowed his eyes, watching the girl's excited figure as she walked forward, thinking to himself that someone had really arrived at the right time!

"Take a photo? Is it that simple?" Jiang Chao raised an eyebrow and asked incredulously.

"What else? Once you've mastered the basic camera techniques, you two hurry up and strike a pose. After we're done taking the picture, we still need to discuss with the village chief when to dig up the peony roots!"

Urged on by the girl, the two incredibly handsome men were forced to stand side by side and strike various cool poses. The girl was so engrossed in pressing the shutter button that she never stopped smiling.

"Tsk tsk, it's good to be handsome. Even if he's just standing there with a straight face, he still makes people... Ah, why did you hit me?" Yun Xia covered her forehead, complaining and puzzled.

"Take your lecherous look out of your eyes. Don't go out and say you're my sister, it's embarrassing!"

"Heh, he's even panting because he's praising your looks. Bai Ye, let's go, don't pay him any attention!"

After saying that, he grabbed Bai Ye and strode forward. Jiang Chao stared at the large and small hands clasped together, frowned, and followed.

After having dinner at the small canteen, the group went to the village chief's house, opened the booklet, determined the auspicious day for breaking ground, and asked him to recruit more people to help. The daily wage was 1.5 yuan. After the discussion, they headed back home.

Unlike the city, in the mountain village, after dinner, the villagers sleep on makeshift beds in the courtyard to save on electricity bills. The sounds of cicadas, dogs, and frogs fill the air from all directions.

After taking a shower, Yunxia turned on the air conditioner, closed the windows, put on her earplugs, crawled into bed, and fell asleep in no time.

In another room separated by a wall, Bai Ye was hunched over a table, scribbling and drawing, creating various strategies to pursue someone, until the clock struck 11 o'clock, when he finally yawned and started washing up.

Two days later, at 8 a.m., the weather was clear and the day was considered an auspicious day for breaking ground. Bai Ye, the big boss, said a few words and then gave an order. The villagers who had signed up to do odd jobs got busy with their hoes.

This time, an assembly line operation was adopted. After the peony roots were dug up, weighed, and sent directly to the factory, the surface dirt was cleaned off, the outer skin was removed, and the roots were cut into ten-centimeter-long pieces by machine before being sent to the drying room.

After drying, grind it into fine granules, mix it with other medicinal granules in a certain proportion, and make peony wine packets. When needed, simply put them into white wine, soak overnight, and they can be drunk directly the next day.

The preparation method for peony wine decoction is very similar, except that the medicinal material is finer and in powder form. It is sealed in a jar, and when needed, a spoonful is taken and decocted in sake.

With the drying room available, the villagers and employees were no longer at the mercy of the weather, and the wages were well paid. They were very motivated. Half a month later, the work of digging up peony roots was completed, and the first batch of peony wine packets and peony wine decoction pots were delivered to the cooperative pharmacy for trial operation.