Chapter 25 Going up the mountain to collect food
Uncle Bai's movements were in sync with his second brother's. "Your second uncle is right. We have to be on guard. But Uncle Bai has to remind you that it's best not to let your father know about these things. I'm afraid that your eldest brother will get confused."
Bai Jing was really stupid this time. It was okay for her second uncle, but her third uncle was also like this. She really didn't expect it.
But she turned her gaze to her two aunts to see what they thought.
The two smiled without saying anything and met Bai Jing's gaze.
Bai Jing had no choice but to look at her mother and ask her what she thought.
Unexpectedly, her mother also said, "Keep it. Since your second and third uncles trust you, and I believe in you too, you can keep all this money and things. You have the final say on all the expenses of the family."
She usually doesn't leave the village and doesn't spend much money, but now that her family has money, she should pay off the children's tuition to avoid embarrassing them in school.
"But you have to go to school tomorrow and pay your siblings' tuition. It's been a long time since they've owed it."
She had been planning to sell blood after the autumn harvest, but now her family has money and she doesn't have to go anymore.
"Okay, let's go tomorrow." Bai Jing's eyes warmed. She had not forgotten that her brothers and sisters were able to finish their studies by relying on her mother selling blood.
She finished high school first, but unfortunately, she can no longer take the college entrance examination.
Otherwise, she would definitely bring honor to her mother and get her into university.
"Speaking of tuition, our family also owes it. Since Xiaojing is going tomorrow, why don't you help your brother and sister-in-law pay it as well."
Elementary and junior high schools are both in the village. Their village is a big village, so it has its own village school. High school students need to go to the town, so apart from her, there is no other high school student in the family.
Second uncle and third uncle each took out five yuan from the stack of money.
The older child pays three dollars, and the younger one pays two dollars. This is the tuition for one semester, so five dollars is just right.
Even though it was only five yuan, people working in the fields could not earn ten yuan in a whole year. If the work points were deducted from the money, they would get less food. Therefore, families with many children could not earn even one yuan in a whole year.
Now it is not a matter of exchanging work points plus per capita rations.
So if you want to make money, you can only exchange it for food rations.
This is also the main reason why the three brothers of the Bai family are so poor.
Of course, they were not the only three families that were poor. Other families were equally poor, but not as miserable as them.
Bai Jing didn't say anything about paying, but took the money they handed over and said, "Okay."
In the afternoon, Bai Jing took her uncle, aunt and her mother to the mountain to the right of their home.
When the villagers who were working saw them going into the mountains, some of them asked curiously.
After hearing that they were going into the mountains to pick wild vegetables and try their luck, everyone lost interest.
But they walked up the mountain, talking and laughing.
There are few people coming to this village, so there are a lot of harvests in the mountains.
"It's just that it's a little dangerous here, otherwise we wouldn't have a chance to pick these mountain products." The three sisters-in-law picked up a lot of good mushrooms and chatted happily there.
Bai Jing didn't pick up the mushrooms. As soon as she got to the mountain, she spent money to buy a map of today's grain cave in the system.
There are fields at the foot of the mountain and many big trees, so naturally there are many homes for broom rats.
"Uncle, look, there's a broom rat over there." When Bai Jing saw a broom rat jumping out from the nearest tree, she immediately called out to her uncle who was closest to her.
Bai Quanlu naturally also saw the broom rat that had just jumped away from the tree that Bai Jing pointed to.
"Let's go and take a look."
Uncle Bai was surprised. In his joy, his voice became louder and his movements became more hurried.
The man slipped and fell before he even reached the tree. If he hadn't quickly grabbed a small branch nearby, he would have had a close contact with the ground.
"Uncle, don't worry. You can't escape from the tree hole." Bai Jing hurried forward to help the man up, and then said jokingly.
Uncle Bai, who was not far from them, also laughed out loud, "That's right, don't worry, second brother. I won't compete with you for it."
It’s okay to be teased by his niece, as she is the younger generation and he can tolerate it, but it’s different with his younger brother, “Hehe, you talk like you are so capable, don’t fall later.” It is normal to fall when going into the mountains.
"That's not necessarily true. My feet are steady." As he said that, he walked to his second brother and stretched out his hand to support him.
But Bai Quanshou didn't expect that his second brother had no martial ethics and used force to make him lean forward and lose his balance. With a thud, Bai Quanshou wished his eldest brother a happy new year.
Bai Quanlu didn't try to be too harsh on his brother. He didn't let him fall to the ground and instead caught him halfway.
"Haha, you're welcome. It's not Chinese New Year yet."
The two brothers immediately started fighting, and Bai Jing looked helpless.
In her previous life, she knew that her second and third uncles were not calm people. They were lively, but they had been oppressed by life for too long. It was not until their children started their own families that they returned to their true nature.
But the good days didn't last long, as my second uncle passed away due to illness. As for my third uncle, although he lived longer, he was eventually angered to death because his daughter married a beast.
When she grew up, her second and third aunts had a close relationship with her, but no matter how close they were, they had their own children and could not take care of her much.
They could only help her with all their strength when she asked, and they were powerless to do anything else.
Now that she saw her second and third uncles return to their original nature in advance, she was quite happy.
"Okay, second brother, you're playing tricks on me."
While the two brothers were still fighting, Bai Jing had already gone to dig a hole in the tree.
The hole was not shallow, and a lot of food and grains were taken out from it. Not only that, there were also some mountain nuts.
This is also a good thing. Bai Jing put all of it into her backpack, "Second Uncle, Third Uncle, you guys can make a fuss for a while, I'll take it out first."
When they heard Bai Jing's cheerful voice, the two brothers realized that their niece had gotten there first.
"No, let your uncle see what good stuff you got." The two of them immediately surrounded him.
The three sisters-in-law who were still picking mushrooms also rushed over.
Of course, they also went into the mountains to forage for food, but they rarely got anything good. They probably didn't get as much as Bai Jing did in a day after a month.
"How is it? Is the hole deep?" Aunt Bai San was a little excited and immediately asked Bai Jing who had climbed up the tree.
Bai Jing nodded, her arms already deep in the tree hole, "It's deep, there's a lot in there."
After searching for a while, Bai Jing pointed at a nearby branch as if she had made an accidental discovery. "Second Uncle, Third Uncle, come up quickly. This tree is big and has a lot of holes on it."
Upon hearing this, the two of them did not delay any longer and climbed up the tree directly. Fortunately, the tree was big and could bear the weight of three people.
"Yes, there really is, but there are no stones yet." Uncle Bai started to dig it out without caring whether there was anything inside.
I grabbed a handful and immediately became excited.
Second Aunt Bai was delighted when she saw her husband find something. "Hurry up and look for another tree hole. My sister-in-law and I will come up too."
Bai Jing immediately pointed out a few more places, some of which were on the same tree, and some were not on the same tree.
All of a sudden, several people went to dig.
Seeing her family so happy, Bai Jing felt that the money was well worth it.
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