Chapter 242 241: Bad Luck
Zhao Huifang and Li Qiuyue also plucked up the two flowers next to them, looked around, and waited for Zhou Huaishan to catch up, and then they continued to move forward.
Yang Chunyan pointed to a large rock and said, "Those on the rock are olives. Let's go up and pick them."
Zhao Huifang: "Chunyan, what does this thing do?"
Yang Chunyan thought for a moment and said, "I heard that stewing pork ribs and chicken can clear away heat and nourish yin. We will save some of what we harvested this time to make chicken soup."
She thought that the chickens raised now were purebred native chickens, which cost only a few dollars per pound, and it would be a shame not to eat them.
Zhao Huifang smiled and said, "She was reluctant to let me kill a chicken for her! The ribs that the youngest child bought were blanched in water and marinated with salt, saying that she would eat them slowly."
Yang Chunyan: "I will be willing to give it up when life gets better at home."
The few of them found the top of the mountain, and only then did they find more than twenty purple Ganoderma lucidum. They did find quite a few olive trees and Drynaria fortunei, and also picked up some Chicken Mushrooms.
Yang Chunyan looked around but didn't see Yang Xiaoxue, the mother-in-law and the daughter-in-law, so they went back down the mountain. When they were almost at the stream at the foot of the mountain, they found a lot of Pinellia ternata growing on the hillside.
Thinking that now was not the best time for mining, he took note of this place and went down the mountain with the three people.
When they arrived at the creek, they waited for the mother-in-law and the daughter-in-law for a while, but when they still didn't see them, the four of them went down the mountain.
Not long after they left, Yang Xiaoxue and the other two also came down the mountain. "I wonder if Chunyan and the others have come down the mountain?"
Fang's mother said unhappily, "There are so many people there, I'm afraid they would have left long ago."
Yang Xiaoxue was not angry at all, and said with a smile: "That's right, we will go down the mountain too, and we can sleep for a while after eating."
Fang's mother glared at her and said, "I think you deliberately took us to a place without Ganoderma lucidum. Your cousin and her friends must have found a lot of Ganoderma lucidum!"
Yang Xiaoxue smiled and said, "Mom, you think too much. I'm not a fool. I can't get along with money."
Mrs. Fang curled her lips and walked straight down the mountain with her empty basket on her back.
Fang's mother patted her waist and said, "I am so tired. I got up very early and only picked two flowers as big as a dipping saucer. It's not even enough to pay for my hard work."
Yang Xiaoxue stepped forward to support her, "Mom, my uncle said that going up the mountain to look for mountain products depends on luck. We were unlucky today, but who knows, we might have better luck next time."
Fang's mother shook her head. "Forget it. My waist is not in good condition. Next time, you can come with your sister-in-law. You two will have company."
Yang Xiaoxue's eyes darkened for a moment. "Okay, after we have dinner, I will go and call my sister-in-law. But let me make it clear first! Finding mountain products depends on the luck of the mountain. When you are unlucky, you can only go down the mountain with an empty basket."
"What can I do if I can't find you!" Fang's mother's tone softened a lot.
Mrs. Fang, who had been listening at the front, also stopped with a smile and waited for the two of them, and walked down the mountain together.
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As soon as Yang Chunyan and her friends arrived at the gate, they saw Zhou Huaian turning over and drying herbs in the yard. "You're back?"
"I've been back for a long time." Zhou Huaian smiled and stepped forward to help put down the backpack. "How was your harvest today?"
"I didn't find much today. I found about two kilograms, and some..."
"Not bad, we found so much in just this morning."
Zhao Huifang saw that he was smiling, "Youngest brother, how much did you make today?"
"More than 1,200. I'll go get the money for you." Zhou Huaian said and walked towards the room.
Zhao Huifang and the others were grinning so hard that they couldn't stop. After dividing the money, they were busy picking the herbs and taking them to the ditch to clean them.
After dinner, several people were busy packing things to go back to their mother's house.
Zhou Jiakang and Zhou Xiaowen also changed into new clothes that they wore for visiting relatives, and proudly showed off to Zhou Jiaming and the others, "We are going to my mother-in-law's house."
"I don't like going there. My mother-in-law's place is not as good as my home." Zhou Xiaoqian turned around and left with disdain.
Zhou Jiaming looked at Zhao Huifang and Zhang Xiuxiang, pouting unhappily, "Can't you wait until we have a holiday?"
"You can go during the Mid-Autumn Festival holiday!"
Zhou Jialiang refused to do it, "Mid-Autumn Festival is still a long way off, the day after tomorrow is Sunday, let's go together the day after tomorrow!"
Zhao Huifang glared at him and said, "I think your skin has been itching recently. Do you want me to give you a few beatings?"
Zhou Jialiang pointed at Zhou Xiaowen in dissatisfaction, "Mom, you are biased. You always take Xiaowen with you and never take me and my brother with you!"
Zhao Huifang thought about it and took out a few cents from her pocket, giving two cents to each person. "I'll buy you some candy. We'll be back at noon tomorrow."
"Oh!" The two brothers got the money and left satisfied.
After Yang Chunyan and her husband washed up, they changed into clothes for going out and hung the backpack on the back seat of the bicycle. "Mom, we're leaving first!"
"Yes!" Zhou's mother looked at the back of the bicycle and said, "Be careful with the oil can, don't break it."
"I understand."
It takes at least two hours to walk to Hengshan Town at a fast pace, and it won't be much faster by bike because most of the way up is uphill.
One person may be able to climb up by pedaling the bike, but two people together cannot climb the slope at all, they can only push the bike up.
At noon the sun was shining scorchingly on the asphalt road. The heat was rising in waves. There was not a breath of wind, and it was so hot that people could hardly breathe.
Yang Chunyan looked at the pork in the back of the bag and said, "It's so hot, the meat won't go bad, right?"
"How can it be so fast? I asked my mother-in-law to cook for me when I got there." Zhou Huaian glanced at her and said, "I wonder if my brother-in-law is here? I feel a headache when I think about learning to drive a tractor from him in half a month."
Yang Chunyan smiled and joked: "You are fearless, so why are you so afraid of my brother?"
Zhou Huaian glanced at her and said, "I'm not afraid of him, I'm just afraid that you'll be caught in the middle and get into trouble!"
"I know you're good!" Yang Chunyan smiled at him, "You're different now. My brother won't make things difficult for you anymore."
"That's right, where can you find a brother-in-law as good as me!"
"Wang Po is bragging about her melons!"
By the time the two men arrived at Yangjiaping, where the Yang family lived, they were already sweating profusely. The Yang family lived in the center of the village. Almost all the people in Yangjiaping were surnamed Yang, and everyone was a relative.
After the two entered the village, everyone they met greeted Yang Chunyan with a smile.
Yang Chunyan also responded with a smile.
Some looked at the bicycle Zhou Huaian was pushing with envy, while others peeked into the backpacks at the back of the bike to see what was in them!
When they were almost at Yang's house, Yang Chunyan saw a smiling woman standing at the intersection, wearing a straw hat and carrying a basket on her back.
She looked at her mother, who looked much younger, and almost burst into tears. "Mom, what are you doing in such a hot sun? Where are my old man and my brothers?"
"I was going to pick corn, and I saw you two coming here."
"Mom!" Zhou Huaian also shouted with a smile.
"Hey!" Yang's mother responded and greeted them with a smile on her face, "It's so hot, why don't you go out earlier? You two are sweating profusely, hurry home."
Yang Chunyan took her hand and said, "My mother-in-law asked us to bring back some rapeseed oil."
Mother Yang happily held her daughter's arm and said, "Thank you, mother-in-law! We don't have anything to give you."
(End of this chapter)
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