The next morning, Song Yun got up early and prepared to go to work.
Qi Mo Nan also followed her out.
Song Yun was curious, "Where are you going?"
"I heard from Ziyi that you are responsible for cutting grass for the pigs. As long as the quantity is sufficient, you don't have to work in the afternoon. I will help you."
She was just cutting grass for the pigs. With Ziyi's help and her efficiency, she could basically finish a day's work in the morning. Now Qi Mo Nan wanted to help, so she could just lie down.
It was impossible to just lie down. She had the chance to take advantage of the free help and finish her pig grass duties early. She could then use the remaining time to go into the mountains and pick mushrooms. There were so many mushrooms in the mountains at this time of year, there was no way they could pick them all. Fangfang had told her yesterday that the farm team was giving a few days off, allowing the villagers to go into the mountains together to pick mushrooms and other wild vegetables. She had to pick some before the main group arrived to avoid having to squeeze in.
The mountains were dangerous, and aside from dedicated hunters, few dared to venture in alone. During the harvest season, the production team would arrange for militia to accompany the villagers into the mountains, both to protect the villagers as they went in to gather autumn produce and to see if they could snag some game for themselves.
Picking mushrooms and wild vegetables is just a small job, so a two-day holiday is the best you can do. In autumn, when chestnuts, pecans, and pine nuts ripen, you need at least a seven-day holiday. After picking chestnuts, pecans, and pine nuts, you process and dry them. Besides eating them yourself, you can sell the excess to the supply and marketing cooperative, which brings in a good income, so the villagers are very motivated.
In addition to these dry goods, there are actually quite a few wild fruit trees in the mountains, but you need to go deeper into the mountains to find them. If the villagers are not protected by the militia, they generally dare not go deep, because the old hunters have said that beasts such as wild boars and black bears also like to eat wild fruits. They will appear around the fruit trees from time to time, digging up the trees to pick fruits to eat, so no matter how greedy they are, no one dares to risk their life.
In short, there are plenty of supplies in the mountains, but you have to have the ability to get them back.
Song Yun asked Ziyi to take Qi Mo Nan to wait by the Qing River, and she would go to receive the task herself to avoid anyone getting jealous.
I met Liu Fangfang when I was taking the task of collecting crops in the threshing ground. She had been feeling better recently and was tired of staying in the air, so she also came out to take the task of collecting grass for pigs.
Captain Liu really felt sorry for his daughter and was afraid that her healthy body would get sick from overwork, so he specifically asked Song Yun to help take care of the pigs. It didn't matter whether she cut grass for the pigs or not, as the family did not need the work points she earned.
Captain Liu said these words without hiding from others. Many girls in the village looked at him with envy. They were really miserable. They worked so hard to earn work points, but their families still scolded them for being money-losers and eating free meals. It was obvious that they also earned work points, and they also had to do housework. It was obvious that they contributed no less to the family than their brothers.
Song Yun was also lucky. Not long after she left with Liu Fangfang, Sun Dahong from Guizi Village ran to the threshing ground crying and howling. She didn't care whether she knew the people in front of her or not. She sat down on the ground, slapped her thighs, cried and cursed, like she was singing an opera.
Someone recognized Sun Dahong and whispered to the people around him, "Isn't this the mother of that vagrant from Guizi Village?"
Word spread quickly, and soon the villagers still in the threshing ground knew that the crying and making a fussing person was the mother of the vagrant from Guizi Village. They all guessed that the old woman had come to cause trouble for Song Zhiqing.
Captain Liu rushed over from the brigade headquarters and got a headache when he saw Sun Dahong like this. These old women are more troublesome than each other, which is so annoying.
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