Today is a good day, the second day of February is the day when the dragon raises its head.
On this day, villagers will go to the mountains to pick wild vegetables to make dragon food, and it is also the busiest day for barbers.
On this day, many families make a kind of food called spring pancakes, some of which look like dragon scales and are called dragon food.
It means good fortune and success in career in the year.
There will be special barbers in the village who will provide door-to-door service. On that day, they will give preferential treatment to those who order more. It only costs three or five cents to get a very clean head, so everyone will participate enthusiastically.
Zhao Wei also went with his grandfather and father Zhao Yong.
It turned out that there was only one master but too many people. By the time it was their turn, it would probably be a long time later, so they turned back.
When Er Laizi and the others saw them halfway, they naturally went to meet them.
"Master, what are you doing? Aren't you going to do it?"
Zhao Wei shook his head: "Forget it, forget it, I won't join in the fun, I can shave them myself, how difficult is that!"
As a soldier, it is common to shave your own head.
Sometimes you even need to disguise yourself and learn how to put on makeup.
He usually goes to someone to get his hair cut, but there's no point in making a special trip to the city now. There are crowds of people everywhere, and there are not enough barbers to meet everyone's needs.
The second leprosy man thought for a moment and said, "It took me a lot of effort to get my leprosy scar healed, but I can't bear to shave it. If I break it, it will cause trouble. You four can go!"
The four hesitated for a moment, then stepped forward with a shameless face: "Master, you always say that it doesn't matter if you drive one sheep or two sheep. Now you don't mind driving a few more of our sheep, right?"
"Yeah, that's right. Can you shave our heads for us? We can benefit from your help and save some time for exercise!"
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"Okay, okay, it's rare to see you guys being so motivated. I'll shave a few of you first, that's fine, right?"
Well... I can use these guys' heads to hone my shaving skills, so that I won't shave my family members' scalps when I come back, hehe...
Zhao Wei also usually has a razor with him.
This thing was bought at the supply and marketing cooperative. It is the simplest model, similar to a small knife. The blade can be sharpened so that it is easier to scrape.
But if your skills are not good, your scalp will really be scratched.
Zhao Wei usually uses it to shave. At the beginning, he was not very skilled and got scratched.
But after a winter of hard training, he can now control it easily.
While the men were getting their hair done in the yard, women from the whole village went to the fields in groups to pick wild vegetables.
People in the village usually only know some dandelions, shepherd's purse, vegetable, and vegetable, and they don't touch anything else.
But Wang Caigu, Yunxiu and Liu Xiaoyu, under the influence of Zhao Wei these days, have already become familiar with the edible wild vegetables around here, and they led these women to work hard.
At this time, they set their sights on a bunch of Curcuma longituba, the edges of whose leaves had small serrations. If the stems were pinched off, white latex would flow out with a bitter medicinal aroma.
This thing is both medicine and food, and it has the effect of promoting intestinal motility and relieving excessive liver fire.
There are also some others such as Allium macrostemon, kudzu leaves and flowers, water celery, etc.
These are all gifts from nature. Eating a little bit of them occasionally can help strengthen your body.
All the wild vegetables that the villagers knew about were picked by them, mainly because their families were in financial difficulties and they used wild vegetables to relieve their hunger.
Their life is not as good as Zhao Wei's family, who eat meat for every meal.
At this time, hearing them spare no effort to teach everyone what dishes to cook and how to make them delicious, naturally they couldn't stop thanking them.
"If I hadn't listened to you, I would have taken this stuff back and cooked it all together. I'm afraid it would have been wasted. I didn't expect that cooking a dish requires so many details."
"We have broadened our horizons this time, but unfortunately, no matter how delicious the wild vegetables are, they still have a slight bitter taste."
"It's still better to eat elm seeds and locust flowers. Unfortunately, they have just grown some leaves and it will take a long time before they bloom!"
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Life is too bitter, and everyone just wants a little sweetness. This wish is so simple that it makes people uncomfortable.
Wang Caigu and Yunxiu looked at each other and felt sad after hearing what they heard, but they had no way to help everyone. They could only carry a bunch of wild vegetables and prepare to ask Zhao Wei if there was any way to help the villagers improve their lives without violating the rules.
One person’s wealth is not wealth. Only when everyone can live a good life together, can life be good!
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In the yard.
Zhao Wei had just finished shaving the heads of Erlaizi and the others when he saw Wang Caigu coming back with Yunxiu and Liu Xiaoyu.
Everyone had a bamboo basket on their wrist, filled with wild vegetables piled high, the kind that were about to burst.
He raised his hand to wipe the hair on his forehead, ignoring the painful expressions of several disciples, and joked with the three of them.
"Hey, did you collect a mountain of mulberry? Why so many?"
"Son, we have something to discuss with you."
Wang Caigu put the wild vegetables on the ground and said hesitantly, "You said that the villagers are living a tight life. They are almost suffering from eating wild vegetables every day. Can we think of a way to help?"
Zhao Wei squatted down, picked up a plant of radish, twisted the leaves with his fingertips and pondered for a moment: "There is a way, but it has to be done slowly, like the spring rain that moistens everything silently."
He doesn't want to do it in a high-profile manner anymore, otherwise he will be in trouble again. Although he is not afraid, he will have the illusion that his kindness has been futile.
Yunxiu sighed, "Take the wild vegetables for example. They are picked quickly and eaten quickly. After a while, all the wild vegetables on the mountain are gone. I don't dare to go up the mountain. Sigh... It's too miserable!"
Zhao Wei's eyes lit up and he suddenly remembered what he had learned from his grandfather.
He took out a pen and paper from the house and drew a simple diagram on the wall of the courtyard: "Now it is spring, the peak flowering period, we can try to grow honey, this thing can be sold at a high price in the supply and marketing cooperative."
Er Laizi came over, scratching his newly shaved head. "We don't know how to do it. This thing doesn't listen to us. The best we can do is go to the mountains and get some wild honey."
Zhao Wei chuckled: "You don't know how to do it, but I do. It's not that difficult to raise bees. We can just raise them in the mountains and harvest them a few times a year. We don't need anyone to feed or manage them."
This can be considered a business with no capital.
There are also some things that are quiet and don't attract attention, such as artificial cultivation of oyster mushrooms.
You can go up the mountain to borrow seeds for this thing, and then plant them in the cellar.
As long as the planting is successful, you will have food to eat every year and every month. The extra ones can be dried and can be kept for your own consumption or sold for money.
Thinking of this, he was naturally a little excited, and quickly shaved his grandfather and father's heads to free up time to do big things.
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