After listening to this, Zhou Huaian felt that what Brother Yang said made sense. When they went up the mountain to collect herbs, the places where these herbs grew were exactly as he described.
Yang Chunyan and the other two finished picking the corn, picked some watermelons and cantaloupes, and carried them home to cook.
Zhou Huaian and Brother Yang finished cutting the corn stalks, moved the stalks and corn to the cart, and went up the mountain to check on the fruit trees they had planted.
Brother Yang said happily: "The lower plot is planted with white peaches, the middle plot is planted with pears, and the upper plot is planted with cherries. Several trees in the middle died, but fortunately we left some to replant."
Zhou Huaian followed him around and saw that the leaves on the branches had turned green again. "Yes, they are all alive. How many trees are planted in this area?"
"We planted more than 2,000 mangoes on more than 30 mu of mountain land, spending more than 300 yuan. They were all the latest varieties of fruit tree seedlings that Wang Zhen helped me buy at the Agricultural Technology Station, and there were also a few mango trees that they had newly cultivated."
"When you go up the mountain to collect herbs, find some herbal seeds and scatter them under the trees. You can sell them for a small fortune next year."
"Okay, next time I go into the mountains I'll find some seeds and herbs that can be transplanted and planted."
The two men took a look around, then went back and pulled the corn stalks back. After walking back and forth a few times, they pulled the corn stalks from several acres of land back home.
"Yan'er likes to eat fish. I put a trap in the river. Let's go and have a look!"
After being married for so long, this was the first time that Brother Yang asked him to go fishing. Zhou Huaian was a little flattered. "Brother, do you have any shrimp bait? Yan'er likes to eat rock crab and crucian carp. Let's go and get some."
Yes! "
Brother Yang felt very touched after hearing this. He knew what Chunyan liked to eat and was willing to prepare it for her. It was worth it that the girl insisted on marrying him.
The two of them went to fetch the bucket and shrimp basket and were about to go out when two younger brothers Ding came running over from the backyard. One of them hugged one of Brother Yang's legs and said, "We want to go too."
"No, you are too young. Wait until you grow up."
Da Shuang looked at him with his dark eyes, "Grandma said we have grown up, and told us to be obedient and not to be naughty!"
Zhou Huaian touched his nose and thought: I don't know! Adults are like this. When they want you to do something, they tell you that you have grown up and need to be obedient. When they don't want you to do something, they tell you that you are still young and should wait until you grow up.
Brother Yang looked at the two little guys and said with some amusement, "Next year, next year I'll take you there."
Mrs. Yang came out of the kitchen, holding one in each hand, and said, "What's so fun to do by the river? Grandma has cooked some big bones, let's go and gnaw on them!"
Xiao Shuang put one hand around her neck and spread out five fingers with the other hand, "I want 1, 2, 5 big bones, and so much candy!"
"Okay! Mom will ask grandma to chop five big bones for you."
Mrs. Yang hugged the two little kids and left, while Zhou Huaian and Brother Yang went out carrying shrimp baskets and buckets.
Yang Chunyan and her mother were sitting in front of a wooden basin in the backyard plucking chicken feathers. The old mother killed an old hen and planned to stew mushrooms for the two of them.
"Life is much better this year. Your old man goes to the brigade clinic in the morning and comes back to help in the afternoon. But sometimes he has to walk a long way to treat patients. It's okay during the day, but sometimes in the middle of the night, I worry that something might happen to him."
Yang Chunyan smiled and said, "It will be fine. Those who come to call him will take good care of him."
She remembered that the year she passed away in her previous life, her mother and husband were already eighty years old. They both had ruddy complexions, were in good spirits, and were more efficient than she was. She was afraid that they would fall seriously ill after they knew she was gone.
Mother Yang laughed and said, "He also said that, and he also said that I was worrying about nothing. I wanted your eldest brother to learn from him for two years, so that he wouldn't have to go out in the middle of the night, but now there are so many things to do at home, where can I find the time?"
Yang Chunyan recalled what Wang Zhen said that day, "I think when there is a lot of work in the fields, we can hire someone to help for two days so that my brother can study hard and pass the medical license exam.
It is different from the days of eating from a big pot. Every household has so much land. Even if we don’t harvest much food from our land, we can buy it from the families in the village who have more food.
Working in the fields is hard work, and at most you can only make ends meet. You have to borrow money to buy decent household items. It is better to study medicine, which is at least easier than farming. The other day, Doctor Xiao Wang even said that it was a pity that Big Brother didn’t concentrate on studying medicine.
She thought that in her previous life, her eldest brother could only set bones and treat common colds, which was really a pity.
After hearing this, Yang's mother thought about it and agreed, "Yes, I'll talk to them. It's better to lose money than to lose people." Then she pointed at Yang's father in the vegetable garden and said, "Look at your old man. When he comes back, he not only helps take care of Da Shuang and Xiao Shuang, but also looks at the herbs."
Yang Chunyan put the plucked chicken into a basin and said, "I'm going to see what herbs the old man has planted."
"Go! I'll stew the chicken." Mother Yang walked towards the well with a basin in her hand.
When Yang Chunyan went to the vegetable garden, she saw several Fritillaria liliifolia planted in the garden and a row of Tripterygium wilfordii planted in the shade near the wall, but they didn't seem to be growing very well.
There are two tiger whiskers planted in two broken clay pots next to it, and they seem to have grown.
Most of them are herbal medicines for treating injuries and sprains, and some for treating colds and flu, which are herbs that are not easy to find at normal times.
Father Yang looked up, smiled at her and said, "It looked like it was alive and well in the mountains. It's not as fresh as it was when we dug it back."
"Huaian asked Dr. Wang to help him find a book on growing herbs. I took a look and it said that herbs should be planted according to their original habits so that they can survive easily."
Father Yang nodded. "Your eldest brother said the same thing. He planted the clover he dug up in a cool place near the wall, and it soon turned green and grew well. The clover is easy to plant. As long as the soil is fertile and moist, it will grow well."
He pointed at the Paris polyphylla and said, "He dug up the Paris polyphylla I planted and planted them in a mixture of rice husks, sand and rotten soil dug from the forest. Only then did they grow better."
After hearing this, Yang Chunyan smiled and said, "When you have figured out the experience of planting, my barren mountain land will be open, then you can come and learn from me."
Father Yang looked at her in surprise, "Are you planning to grow herbs?"
"Yes!" Yang Chunyan told him their plan.
Father Yang thought for a while, looked at her and said, "Growing herbs is also a way to get rich, but you have to discuss it with the elders in your family first, so that they don't misunderstand."
Yang Chunyan smiled and said, "I talked to the old man and the ancestors, and they told us to try a few acres of land first."
Father Yang looked at her with relief after hearing this. "That's good. I was worried that you were stubborn and unwilling to talk to your elders properly."
"Grandpa, Grandpa!" Da Shuang shouted as Father Yang ran in, "Grandpa's leg is broken."
"What's wrong?" Father Yang hurriedly grabbed a handful of blood serum and ran out with Da Shuang. (End of this chapter)
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