Chapter 141: Give Them a Hand
Yang Chunyan walked back along the foot of the mountain and saw a lot of fish loach growing on the roadside. It belongs to the Asteraceae family, a perennial herb, and can be used as medicine.
Also known as field chrysanthemum, roadside chrysanthemum, and amaranth.
In March and April every year, when the fish mackerel just grows out, its tender stems and leaves are a very delicious wild vegetable with rich nutritional value.
Its leaves have a layer of short hairs, the surface is green, and the back is light green. The leaves and flowers are very similar to wild chrysanthemums. The petals are lavender and the stamens are yellow. It can be dug in all seasons. The whole plant is used as medicine, and it can be used fresh or dried.
When the leaves on the stems grow up, they are opposite to each other, a bit like the small fish we caught when we were children, so everyone calls it fish string.
Fish loach string: pungent, bitter, cold. The whole plant and root can be used as medicine, with the effects of clearing away heat and detoxification, dispersing blood stasis and stopping bleeding, and eliminating food accumulation.
It contains some volatile oils and pectin that can promote gastrointestinal motility and strengthen gastrointestinal digestion. It can also treat mumps, sore throat, hemorrhoids, carbuncle, erysipelas, and snake bites.
Yang Chunyan picked up all the fish and loach skewers in the grass, put them into the vegetable basket, walked back along the foot of the mountain, and picked a lot of mountain whips and plantain.
He didn't stop and walk back until he had a bundle in his hands and his basket was full.
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Zhou Huaian pushed the chicken bus forward breathlessly, thinking that he must ask Yang Chunyan to go to Ning'an together next time.
In the past, when I walked with her, we could stop a tractor half an hour after we got on the asphalt road. But this time, we didn’t see one until we were almost in Ning’an.
In the past, when the two of us walked together, we would chat and laugh, and no matter how many things we pushed or how far we walked, we would not feel tired.
After finally reaching North Street, he saw several people sitting in Doctor Wang's clinic. He walked to the door and said to Wang Zhen, "Doctor Wang, I'll put the medicine in the backyard. Come back after I deliver the yellow eel."
"Okay!" Wang Zhen came out from in front of the medicine cabinet, "Push into the alley, I'll open the door for you."
Zhou Huaian nodded, took the eel bucket from the car, put it in front of the clinic door, and pushed the chicken bus to the backyard.
He took out a small wooden bucket from the bamboo basket, "There are steel loaches and yellow croakers in the ground trap nets."
Wang Zhen was not polite and took the small wooden barrel with a smile, "Thank you, Brother Zhou!"
Zhou Huaian smiled and said, "There are plenty in the ditch. If you want to eat, just tell me and I'll put down a fish cage."
"Okay!" Wang Zhen put down the small wooden bucket and helped him lift the bamboo basket down. "You go and hand in the eels first. I'll come and weigh them after I'm done with the work outside!"
"Yes! We didn't stop a tractor today and it's a bit late." Zhou Huaian said as he pushed the chicken bus out.
"Brother Zhou." Wang Zhen called Zhou Huaian who was walking to the door, "I bought the bicycle for you. I'll give it to you when you come back. And I also want to talk to you about the steel bars."
"Really?" Zhou Huaian turned around in surprise, "Thank you! Thank you! I'll come when I get there."
Wang Zhen felt relieved when he saw how happy he was, and nodded, "Okay!"
Zhou Huaian pushed the chicken bus out of the alley and onto the street. There were many people buying things on the street. He shouted loudly and hurried forward. Suddenly, someone squeezed up from behind and bumped into him. The chicken bus tilted and the eels in the bucket almost fell out.
"Are you walking with your eyes closed?" Zhou Huaian put down the chicken bus and turned around, only to see a figure in a floral shirt disappearing into the crowd.
He felt his trouser pockets. All the money had been put into his waist pocket, but there were still a few dimes in his pocket. He didn't care and pushed the bus forward.
Zhou Huaian hurriedly delivered the eel to Wang Jianjun, took down the wooden barrel, and said, "Brother Wang, I'm late today. Please weigh it. I'll go to the guesthouse."
Having been selling eels for such a long time, he already knew how heavy a bucket of eels was. In addition, the two had worked together for such a long time that they knew each other's personalities, so he was not worried that Wang Jianjun would play tricks on the scale.
Wang Jianjun stood up and helped, "Hurry up, it's a little late, people will think you're not going."
"Then I'll trouble you."
Zhou Huaian pushed the tricycle out of the alley without touching the ground and hurried to the guesthouse opposite the county government, where he happened to meet Huang Caigou who was pushing a tricycle out.
He put down the chicken bus and handed over a cigarette with a smile, "Brother Huang, I'm late. You've been waiting for a long time!"
Huang Yongcai took it with a smile, "I waited for you for half an hour, and I thought you wouldn't come today!"
"I was unlucky today. I couldn't stop a tractor, so I was delayed walking here." Zhou Huaian put the basket on the tricycle and whispered, "My mother said that thanks to your help in finding buyers these days, she asked me to send you a few goose eggs to try."
"How can you be so embarrassed!" Huang Yongcai looked at Zhou Huaian with a smile, "I know that people in the countryside raise chickens, ducks and geese just to make money from their eggs. Besides, goose eggs are much more expensive than chicken and duck eggs..."
"Brother Huang." Zhou Huaian interrupted him with a smile, "It's too formal for you to say that!"
"Okay, I won't say anything." Huang Yongcai took him inside to weigh the things, took him to the cashier to get the money, and the two walked towards the door of the guesthouse.
The two of them pushed the cart out of the guesthouse, and Huang Yongcai asked, "Youngest, have the bamboo shoots on the mountain come out recently? Also, do you grow a lot of vegetables at home?"
He felt that the Zhou family was honest, but he had already eaten a lot of their food just by talking. It would be fine to buy these things from others, but buying from the Zhou family would help them.
Zhou Huaian understood what he meant and said with a smile: "The bamboo shoots have already come out. The mountain people don't often eat them because they are so oily.
I have a large family, and we grow a lot of vegetables, like pumpkins, potatoes, coriander, chives, and lettuce! The taro seeds in my house are very easy to cook, and they don’t make your mouth numb when you eat them. ”
Huang Yongcai: "The bamboo shoots from these times are used to make beef brisket, and the taste is especially good. Tomorrow you must send me thirty eggs, fifty kilograms of bamboo shoots, fifty kilograms of taro seeds, fifty kilograms of potatoes, thirty kilograms of young pumpkins... and five kilograms each of fennel, chives, and coriander. The price will be the same as what I buy on the street."
"Thank you, Brother Huang, for your care!" Zhou Huaian happily took out a small notebook and wrote down carefully, "Do you like to eat big figs? Yesterday, my wife and I went up the mountain to dig herbs. We saw a tree in the forest that was full of figs. They were sweet and juicy."
Huang Youcai laughed after hearing this, "I've eaten that before at my grandmother's house in the countryside. It tastes pretty good, but you have to be careful of the bugs in it when eating it."
"Yes, the bodies of banyan wasps!" Zhou Huaian looked at him and smiled, "I'll go up the mountain to get them tomorrow and send you a basket."
"Pick out the good ones and send two baskets over!" Huang Yongcai said, glancing at Zhou Huaian. "You guys are digging herbs, did you dig any mountain radish (thistle)?"
"No, if you want, I'll dig it up and send it to you?"
"In four days, someone from above will come. Go back and help me dig ten pounds of vegetables and send them over. I'll pay you according to the price of the medicinal herbs. Every time I send vegetables down, I'll tell you what I need the next day. If you have any at home, I'll buy from you."
Huang Yongcai recalled something when he said this, "Do you have any young hens that have just started laying eggs or young roosters that have just started crowing? If so, send me five of them the day after tomorrow. Also send me five kilograms of the rock crawlers and steel loaches that you sent me last time."
Zhou Huaian looked at him gratefully, "Yes, my mother raises a lot of chickens, mountain radishes and chickens, I will definitely deliver them the day after tomorrow."
(End of this chapter)
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