Chapter 103: Camellia Seed Tree
Yu Lizheng was walking with a group of people on the barren hills north of Gouxiong Village.
The mountains are full of autumn colors.
Gouxiong Village is a typical southern landscape, much more lush than Qianniu Village in the north.
Chen Xinli looked at the trees all over the mountains. The leaves were yellow, red, and mostly green. Even the bushes were lush and green. Her mood suddenly became beautiful.
Such a beautiful scenery, now I have the leisure to enjoy it.
Buying land was a big event for the family. Except for Old Mrs. Wu who stayed at home to look after the land, the whole family moved to the mountains.
Chen Xinli was jumping around searching on the mountain.
I had only been walking along the grass-covered mountain road for less than half a quarter of an hour when I looked up and saw the camellia tree above my head that I was so familiar with.
Under the mottled light and shadow, the green-red shell of the round fruit on the tree turned into three petals, and most of the tea seeds on the tree fell to the ground and were covered by the grass.
Only those fruits that have not fully opened are left, with yellow and dark brown tea seeds hidden in the shells.
After some time, these tea seeds will fall to the ground.
Chen Xinli felt extremely distressed when she saw this.
Now she not only wants to buy land, she also wants to buy a barren mountain!
Tea seed oil is a natural vegetable oil in modern times. It has special effects in preventing cardiovascular sclerosis, lowering blood pressure, lowering blood lipids and fighting cancer.
In later generations, the price of tea seed oil was driven up very high and ordinary families could not afford it.
Chen Xinli's family made and sold camellia oil every year when she was a child in her previous life, so she was very familiar with this stuff.
But, in this Gou Xiong Village, are there more tea-seed trees on this mountain or in other areas?
Chen Xinli wanted to know more.
Yu Lizheng reached halfway up the mountain and stopped walking.
"Let's do it here," the old man said, taking a deep breath as if he hadn't climbed a mountain for a long time.
He explained to everyone, “If we go any higher, it will be difficult to cultivate the land!
Our village used to have a lot of land, but there were also a lot of snakes. Working alone in the mountains would be scary, and villagers would often be bitten by snakes.
Most of the land halfway up the mountain has been abandoned. In just a few years, it has been taken over by these trees and grasses."
The old man said this with a lonely look on his face.
Shen Fuyou was quite curious: Is he scared of working alone in the mountains?
The men in this village are really cowardly.
Thinking back to when my family and I encountered so many snakes when we entered the village, I... myself, well, I’m also very afraid of snakes!
Shen Fuyou had already forgotten about it, but when he heard Yu Lizheng mention it again, he immediately kept it in mind.
He cowered, and when he looked towards the bushes, he jumped in fright at the slightest movement.
Zhang’s brows were so furrowed that they could pick up a mosquito!
It was so painful. This stinky man grabbed her arm so tightly that it hurt her arm.
Fortunately, there are only my family and this old man here, otherwise I would have been laughed to death!
The two of them were pulling each other, without any regard for others.
Yu Lizheng, on the other hand, was looking at them with a sad face, saying: Young people are so energetic!
The naughty kids in the family were like a flock of birds entering the forest, running around in the mountains.
Except for Shen Jinshan and Shen Xinli who stayed with their family, all the other boys in the family were searching in the mountains and fields.
Meng Yun is the leader of this group.
The young man was doing nothing else but directing people to dig medicinal herbs in the mountains!
Well, this is the best Astragalus, Codonopsis, Schisandra...
The young boy directed a group of little kids to work, while he himself leisurely strolled around looking for them.
He had already negotiated with this group of people that after selling these medicinal herbs, the profits could be split 40% to 60%. Of course, he would split 40% and the boys from the Shen family would share the remaining 60%.
Yu Lizheng just watched and said nothing.
Because there is no doctor in the village, only an old man named Uncle Niu who knows how to treat cows.
They don't recognize this herb either.
If villagers get sick, most of them have to rely on themselves to get through it. If they can't, they will just wait to die.
After all, it is too troublesome to leave the village.
If you are bitten by a snake, you will need to rest. If you don't rest well, it will be even more troublesome as your legs and feet will be inconvenient to move.
Therefore, children in the village were strictly forbidden to go up the mountain.
Everyone spends their days guarding their own three-acre land at the foot of the mountain.
"Grandpa Lizheng, don't worry, we can just buy this piece of mountain and then slowly cultivate it."
Chen Xinli comforted carelessly.
She could see that the old man seemed a little sad.
"Buy a mountain?" Yu Lizheng looked at the little girl in surprise.
The Shen family members all looked at Shen Xinli and were shocked by her generosity.
"Ali, we...we have no money!"
Wu stammered and looked at her daughter.
Although he had received the reward from County Magistrate Zhang, he had already spent a lot of money on buying food on the journey.
My daughter later sold some fruits and eggs, but the house now needs to be renovated. They have a large family, Jinshan is already big, and the boys will gradually grow up.
My parents also came along.
They can now have one room for men, one room for women, and one room for children!
The thatched hut that lets in moonlight must be repaired before the continuous autumn rain arrives, otherwise it will be a problem when the weather gets colder day by day.
Mrs. Wu knew the situation at home.
I am still worried about my daughter's optimistic attitude.
Being a god is great, but it is more real to earn your own money.
This is also Shen Fugui's idea.
I relied on my daughter for support before, how can I continue to rely on her in the future?
As elders, they have to support their families well.
Chen Xinli knew that her family might not agree, so she smiled slyly and said, "I was just saying it casually. Dad, Mom, Uncle, and Aunt don't have to worry."
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