Chapter 106: Medicine Garden
In mid-April, the sun is warm and the breeze is pleasant.
All things in Tubei Mountain are revived, and there is a vibrant scene everywhere.
Even the chattering and shouting in the vegetable garden had a unique kind of anger.
"Gentle, gentle! I told you to swing a hoe, not a knife! You're digging such a big hole to plant a medicinal seedling. Who are you trying to bury?"
"How many times have I told you to cover the roots of my medicinal plants with a hoe of dirt as soon as I planted them? Roots, roots! Damn it, you've covered up all my medicinal plants. How can they survive? This is Ophiopogon japonicus! You're so stupid to plant them shallowly!"
"...Oh my, I just said it casually, why are you so angry? Put down the knife, peace and harmony bring wealth. Come on, pick up the hoe and keep digging, keep digging!"
When Su Xiuer came back with water, she heard a monologue in the medicine garden next door. Looking through the low wall, she saw that half of the medicine garden, which had been empty for several months, had been planted with seedlings. The seedlings were wilted and dull in the sunshine and breeze.
In the ridge, the old man followed the man, waiting for him to dig a hole and then throwing a seedling into it, his movements so casual that it seemed like he was just playing.
But he was extremely demanding of the person in front, and would deliberately find fault with them. If they threw a few seedlings, they would pinch them.
"Mr. Du, are we going to plant the medicinal seedlings today?" She suppressed her laughter.
Du Buqin turned his head and rolled his eyes at the man. "We have to plant the crops, right? If someone hadn't held us back, we would have finished planting this tiny place long ago."
After pouring the water into the reservoir and placing the wooden bucket and shoulder pole in the corner behind the house, Su Xiuer rolled up her sleeves and walked through the two small garden gates, saying with a smile, "I just happen to have some free time. Let me help you."
"Oh, come on, come on," Du Buqin immediately pushed the broken knife away and handed the hoe to Su Xiuer, "I have tolerated him for a long time! If you hadn't come at the right time, I would have poisoned him--"
Duan Dao leaned over and picked up the Moon-Drinking Sword that was placed aside.
"I must tire myself to death! Ah, Broken Blade has to suffer with me too. My conscience is really guilty!"
Duan Dao glanced at the old man coldly, flew onto the roof, lay back and began to bask in the sun.
In just a few moments, Su Xiu'er had already dug several small pits of uniform size and depth in the ridge. "Master Du, do you think this will work?"
"Okay, okay, okay! You young lady, despite your young age, are really good at work!"
"Please tell me how to bury the poison in the soil, so that I don't make mistakes and ruin the seedlings."
"Just bury them with a shallow layer of soil. This medicine garden only grows common medicinal herbs, so I won't feel bad if they are wasted." With his reliable partner, the old man became more skillful, and soon nearly half of a ridge was planted. The work became easy and smooth, and the old man became more talkative.
"Did you just go carry water? Isn't this kind of physical work done by Su Da and Su Er? Why would a woman like you carry water? It's such a long journey back and forth, you must be exhausted."
Su Xiuer smiled and said, "I'm not tired. I come from a farming family. No matter if we are boys or girls, we have to work in the fields since we were young. My mother, my eldest sister-in-law and my second sister-in-law are more efficient at work than me."
Some time ago, the family was planting rice in the fields, and her parents, brothers and sisters-in-law took good care of her and didn't let her go to the fields much. They just asked her to stay at home and help with cooking. Cooking is the easiest job during the busy spring farming season.
Now that things in the fields have been sorted out, my parents and my brother and sister-in-law have lost a lot of weight from all the hard work.
She felt sorry for him and tried her best to do the housework she could.
While everyone was taking a nap, I quietly brought back a few buckets of water to share some of the burden.
The whispers of people in the vegetable garden, accompanied by the scorching sun, gentle breeze, and the fragrance of the earth, form a corner of the spring world that brings warmth to people's hearts.
"It's different with a good helper!" A medicinal garden was full of plants. The person who was taking a nap next door had just woken up. Du Buqin stretched his body and stretched his muscles. "Xiu'er, can you help me water the plants later? Just water them like you would with vegetables!"
"Okay." Su Xiuer pulled up her sleeves to wipe the sweat from her forehead. She smiled softly, her eyes shining with a little joy.
The fact that Du Lao gave her this task shows that he trusts her and that she is useful.
She hesitated for a moment, then lowered her voice and reminded him in a roundabout way, "Master Du, these... are just ordinary medicinal herbs. Would you like to take some more expensive ones?"
Otherwise, anyone who knows a little bit about the subject would still be suspicious when seeing these inconspicuous medicinal herbs all over the garden.
What their sweet baby took out was not ordinary!
Du Buwei put his hands on his hips, shook his shoulders, and snorted, "You don't understand this, do you? An old man with valuable medicinal herbs naturally wants to plant them somewhere unknown. If he planted them directly in this herb garden, wouldn't that be like blatantly shouting to everyone, "I have good stuff here, come and steal it!" Don't show off your wealth!"
That villain Bai Xiaofeng has been waiting for an opportunity to get back at him. The good medicinal herbs are planted in the open-air vegetable garden. Not to mention others, that dog will be the first one to rush out and mess up his garden.
Besides, it’s not possible to grow any good medicinal herbs in Tubei Mountain.
Tianbao took out those ginseng, snow lotus and Ganoderma lucidum. If they died in his herbal garden, wouldn't he be heartbroken? What's the difference between that and bleeding him?
Su Xiuer immediately understood, "I know, Master Du."
Only Du Lao knows where the good medicinal herbs are. If someone asks, she will say this.
This way, no one can find or see it, and the Poison Master will have the final say on what kind of valuable medicinal herbs he has planted in his secret place. "You are a teachable child! I will leave these medicinal seedlings to you!"
"Okay, I'll definitely take care of it!"
Du Bujin put his hands behind his back, looking extremely satisfied. He stomped his foot and headed to the next yard. "Tianbao! Are you awake? Come on! Grandpa Du will take you out to play! Xiaoan, Xiaowen, Xiaowu, come out quickly!"
Almost immediately, the children's cheers were heard.
"Grandpa Du, where are we going to play today and what are we going to play?"
"There are loaches in the ditch beside the field! Want to catch them?"
"That loach is only as big as my little finger. I only saw one, so I didn't catch it! Grandpa Du, shall we go to the reed marsh to smoke out the field mice? I found a mouse hole!"
"How do you know it's a rat hole? Maybe another cobra will come out and piss you like last time! Grandpa Du, let's go play in the city?"
The man lying on the roof sat up, supporting his sword with one hand, and glanced down calmly, "You'll be doing horse stance this afternoon, so you can't go anywhere."
"..." The kid's wailing and Du Lao's cursing merged into one.
Su Xiuer smiled and carefully tidied the medicine garden again before going home.
In the Su family courtyard, everyone who was taking a nap got up.
Old Mrs. Su stood in the yard holding a small wooden stick. She waited until Tianbao and the three little monkeys had done the horse stance before she threw away the stick and went to find something to do.
Old man Su picked up his hoe and went to the fields to water the rice seedlings.
Su Da and Su Er went to the back of the vegetable garden to get the pole to carry water back. When the two brothers went out, they could still hear them whispering that there seemed to be only half a pool of water in the reservoir in the morning, and they just saw that the water level had risen.
Liu Yuelan and He Daxiang cleaned the house while the other picked vegetables to prepare dinner.
Everyone is busy with their own work, and everything they do is for the sake of home.
day to day.
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