Chapter 101 I hit her with a stone
Lin Qingqing and Xiaomei were not familiar with the mountains, so this time it was Sister Xiuhong who led the way up the mountain. The places she took them to were all lush with vegetation.
Lin Qingqing didn't plan to teach them how many kinds of herbs there were. She just wanted to understand them first and be able to sell them for money.
If you know too much, you might even feel dizzy.
Xiaomei had been dealing with the winter weather for a whole day the day before yesterday, so she was able to pick herbs by herself. While Lin Qingqing was teaching her two sisters-in-law, she went to the side to dig with a bamboo basket on her back.
Xiuhong felt like she had suffered a loss when she saw this, and she followed Lin Qingqing anxiously, listening to her talk about how she looked.
After the two got to know each other, Lin Qingqing asked them to follow behind her and watch for a while to learn how to collect the medicine.
"We mainly want its leaves, so we just scrape them off the stems. The roots are in the soil, so they can grow again."
"Even though you only want the leaves, you can't just pull them off. If you do, water will get into the leaves when you wash them, affecting the efficacy of the medicine."
The two sisters-in-law understood and went out to pick the fruits.
Lin Qingqing was leisurely picking herbs with a small bamboo basket on her back. It was summer now, the season when wild fruits were growing. After searching for a while, she found a few bunches of wild grapes.
Other military families or villagers in the mountain should also come to pick fruit. There are only a few bunches of grapes hanging on such a large bunch of wild grapes.
When I saw the grapes, I remembered that I had planned to plant grapes under the pergola, but I hadn’t planted the right grape vines yet.
She dug up a small sedge and planted it right behind the pergola. When the time comes, the branches will climb on the pergola, making it cooler in the summer and also strengthening the pergola.
Looking to her left, she saw Xiaomei and her two sisters-in-law busy digging herbs. An idea suddenly struck her, and she released a space rabbit.
He grabbed the jumping rabbit, picked up a stone on the ground, and before the rabbit could react, he hit it on the rabbit meat with a "bang", knocking it unconscious.
The rabbit was easier to carry, so she put it directly under the backpack.
The four of them dug until eleven o'clock, their bags and backpacks full. They gathered together to prepare to go down the mountain. Xiaomei saw Lin Qingqing holding a grape vine and asked, "Sister, are we going to plant it behind the shed?"
Lin Qingqing nodded. When Xiaomei talked about this, her heart ached. She was afraid that she would not be able to see the grapes next time.
The four of them went down the mountain, and the two sisters-in-law left the herbs at Lin Qingqing's house. They had to come over in the afternoon to learn how to process the herbs.
When Xiaomei got home, she poured a full basket of herbs into a large basin, squeezed out a basin of water, and began to clean the stains on the herbs.
Lin Qingqing took out both the grapes and the rabbit.
When Xiaomei saw the rabbit, she opened her mouth wide and said, "Sister, you can hunt rabbits too." This rabbit was not easy to hunt, as it ran fast and was cunning.
Lin Qingqing: "I happened to see it, so I knocked him unconscious with a rock. Cook the rabbit and send another bowl to Xiuhong and Honghua's house. We can't finish it all."
Xiaomei nodded happily.
Lin Qingqing took out a knife from the kitchen and bled and skinned the rabbit.
Xiaomei was stunned by the look, and she quickly turned her back to avoid watching the skinning scene.
Isn’t I spoiled at home and never asks for anything? Why would I skin a rabbit?
The rabbit's bare body was covered with a bloody film. Lin Qingqing didn't even blink at the bloody look, and Xiaomei felt scared when she saw it.
Xiaomei quickly washed the herbs and placed them all on the bluestone slab to dry out the water droplets, and would deal with them after dinner.
Lin Qingqing washed the rabbit, chopped it into pieces, and put it in a bowl for Xiaomei to cook.
The pot was already filled with boiling water. Xiaomei blanched the rabbit and started to cook it.
The aroma of meat soon wafted through the yard. Fortunately, the chief and the political commissar lived next door, so there were no weird neighbors who would come to visit out of curiosity.
The chief and Aunt Wang were both busy in the army, so they both had lunch in the cafeteria.
Political Commissar Wang’s sister-in-law didn’t come, so the political commissar ate in the cafeteria.
Lin Qingqing hasn't seen either family open their doors at noon these past few days.
While Xiaomei was cooking, Lin Qingqing dug a big hole behind the pergola. The roots of the grape vines are long, and a big hole is needed for the roots to stretch out, and the vines can grow taller.
Xiaomei made the rabbit and put it in two small bowls, then took them to Xiuhong and Honghua's home.
This time, Xiaomei only added some beans to the braised rabbit. There was a lot of meat in one bowl, it was really delicious.
When she came, she was carrying a bag and a basket of vegetables.
Baoqi was going to see Sister Xiuhong drying mushrooms, and the basket of vegetables was given by Honghua's family.
Xiaomei put down her things and quickly served the rabbit, filling a whole small bowl. The two of them sat at the table and began to eat slowly.
After dinner, Xiaomei washed the dishes and then moved the herbs on the bluestone slab into basins and started processing them under the shed.
In the afternoon, I have to teach my two sisters-in-law how to process herbs. Lin Qingqing won’t take a nap. Seeing how excited they were in the morning, I guess they will come over after dinner.
Sure enough, before 1 o'clock, the two of them arrived.
In their hands, they also held baskets and basins to hold herbs and dry winter melon leaves.
Gou Wa also came with Xiuhong, and as soon as he arrived he went to find Xiaomei.
Xiaomei also knew how to make the best use of people, so she asked Gou Wa to clean the leaves of the plant in the small pot and then put it in the sun to dry.
"Gou Wa is really capable. Auntie will earn money to buy you White Rabbit candy."
When the little guy heard that there was candy to eat, he worked harder. When the small basin was not full, he would pick it up and pour it into the basket.
Xiuhong watched from the side and felt so jealous.
Her son usually says that he is as thick as a wall, but Xiaomei can coax him into doing anything with just a few words.
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