Yang Chunyan smiled and nodded, "Yes, today we finally have a relaxing day, let's make some delicious food to replenish our body."
Zhou's mother smiled and said, "Okay, what delicious food do you want to eat?"
Yang Chunyan thought of the two old pumpkins in the vegetable garden. "First, go to the wine cellar to get some white fungus and lotus seeds, stew a pot of white fungus soup, peel the rabbit and braise it, then pick two old pumpkins to steam pumpkin buns, boil some cowpeas and mash them into sweet bean paste, how about steaming sweet and white pork?"
Zhou's mother nodded readily, "Okay, I'll go scoop some rice wine and add some warm water to soak it, you guys go pick pumpkins, Yumei go call your husband back to peel the rabbit."
It was a rare day of leisure, so Zhou's father and the old man went to collect manure for composting. Throughout the year, except for rainy days, New Year's Eve and the first day of the first lunar month, the two old men were rarely seen sitting down for a while.
Zhou Yumei nodded, "By the way, call grandpa back to rest for a while. They can't sit still in such a hot sun."
"Unless they are sick or in pain, how can they stay idle!" Zhou's mother said as she took the porcelain basin and walked towards the wine cellar.
Zhang Xiuxiang and Zhao Huifang took scissors to the vegetable garden to pick pumpkins. Yang Chunyan looked at her son who was sleeping soundly with his belly bulging, got up and mixed half a bucket of warm water, went to the kitchen to scoop some rice wine and pour it into the bucket to soak.
Before she sat down, she heard a dog barking at the gate of the courtyard. She hurriedly patted Xiao Jiuer and Zhou Xiaoxi, who were frightened and about to cry. When she saw Zhou's mother carrying a porcelain basin towards the gate of the courtyard, she did not go over.
As soon as Ma Chunhua saw Zhou's mother, she asked, "Aunt Chen, is your Chunyan here?"
"Yes, what do you want to see her for?" Zhou's mother called Gou Zi and took her to the backyard.
Ma Chunhua: "I heard from Xiuxiang the other day that Xiaokang had diarrhea, and Chunyan found some Eclipta prostrata and boiled some water for him to drink. My Xiaohui also had diarrhea, so I was wondering if I could get some for him to drink?"
"How long have you been having diarrhea? Why don't you go find a barefoot doctor?"
"I looked for it and took some medicine to stop the diarrhea, but it didn't help. There was blood in my stool just now."
"It's so serious. The last time Xiaokang was sick, it was Chunyan who saw her old husband treat someone. I wonder if your Xiaohui has the same disease." Zhou's mother was worried that if Lin Xiaohui got sick from eating too much, the Lin family would blame Yang Chunyan.
Ma Chunhua said after hearing this: "I'll ask Chunyan, and if that doesn't work, I'll send him to town."
Yang Chunyan looked at the two of them and asked, "What's the matter?"
Ma Chunhua said hurriedly, "My son Xiaohui has diarrhea. The barefoot doctor said he ate something unclean and prescribed some medicine to stop diarrhea. He has taken it twice and is feeling better than this morning, but he is still having diarrhea. I want to ask if you can give him some Eclipta prostrata to take?"
Yang Chunyan thought for a moment, "It's probably not good to eat Eclipta prostrata if it's not clean. I'll get you some Polygonum multiflorum and Plantain. You can take them home and boil some water for him to drink. These two together will help stop diarrhea."
"Chunyan, thank you so much!" Ma Chunhua originally thought that Zhou Jiakang would be fine after eating Houttuynia cordata, and thought that his Xiaohui would be fine after eating that too. When she heard her say to eat these two things, she thought that Polygonum multiflorum could be used to make wine yeast, and they also dug up Plantain and boiled it in water to drink, so it would be fine if they ate the two together.
"It's okay, we have some in the warehouse." Yang Chunyan went to the warehouse and found Polygonum hydropiper and Plantain, and grabbed about one or two grams of each, and went out to give them to Ma Chunhua, "Take it back and boil some water for him to drink."
"Okay, okay." Ma Chunhua took the herbs and left gratefully.
Seeing that they were all edible herbs, Zhou's mother didn't say much. She washed the white fungus and lotus seeds and put them into the pot to stew. She scooped a bowl of red cowpeas into the casserole and cooked them into bean paste.
Zhao Huifang talked about how she felt the bamboo forest was eerie. Zhou's mother said, "I've heard from the elders in the village that the forest is where those who can't enter the ancestral tomb are buried. Maybe you don't have a strong fire in your heart, so you'll feel it when you go in."
Zhao Huifang rubbed the goose bumps on her arms, "No wonder I felt uncomfortable when I went in."
Zhou's mother smiled and said, "Where there are graves, there is a lot of yin energy. People with low spirits will feel uncomfortable passing through there. You should not go in. Let the eldest brother and the others go."
Zhao Huifang nodded repeatedly, "They also said that they would call the youngest brother and the others to go pick bamboo fungus together tomorrow, but I still won't go. I'm scared just thinking about it."
Zhou's mother smiled and said, "It's okay. The ghost that has been exposed is not scary."
Zhou Yumei laughed after hearing this. "When I was little, what I liked most was to sit in the yard and cool off on hot days, listening to my grandma telling stories about mountain spirits and ghosts. I enjoyed them while listening, but I didn't even dare to go to the toilet after listening."
Yang Chunyan and Zhang Xiuxiang also said after hearing this: "We are the same..."
Father Zhou came back and helped skin the wild rabbit, then went to pick up manure for compost. Seeing that he and the old man would not listen, Mother Zhou had no choice but to let them go, and the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law stayed at home and cooked meals.
At around four o'clock, a dozen villagers brought more than 100 kilograms of mushrooms. With just these few people, they didn't call Jiang Yu and the others. After washing them, they didn't go to the barbecue room but directly dried them in the oven.
Seeing that it was getting dark and Zhou Huaian and Zhou Yiding had not returned home yet, Yang Chunyan worriedly took her child to the back mountain but still did not see them.
The old man came out after locking up the chickens. Seeing her standing there, he comforted her, "They have guns. They'll be fine."
Yang Chunyan said worriedly: "I am worried that they will go to the old forest opposite because they have guns."
After hearing this, the old man thought it might be possible, "I'll go to Liangzi to take a look."
"Don't go. I'll go call my brother and the others to take a look."
Yang Chunyan hurriedly carried the child down the mountain to the backyard. After she told Zhou Huairong and hadn't set out yet, she saw the old man and Zhou Huaian enter the yard.
"Sichuan people can't tell. Chunyan asked me to go to Liangzi to have a look. Why haven't you come back yet? You're back now." Zhou Huairong hurried forward to take the backpack. "Did you kill another badger?"
Zhou Huaian wiped his sweat and said, "I should have returned a long time ago, but halfway through, Wangcai found two badger dens and emptied them before returning."
Zhou Yiding put down his backpack and fanned himself with a palm-leaf fan. "It's so hot, and the water we brought is all gone. We can only drink water from the ditch. I think I need to bring a kettle to boil water when I go into the mountains next time."
"Wash your face with hot water and it won't be so hot." Yang Chunyan and Zhou Yumei hurriedly scooped hot water for the two to wash their faces.
Zhou's mother and Zhao Huifang's sister-in-law began to set the table. "Yiding, we've cooked rabbit tonight, and also steamed pumpkin buns and sweet pork belly. Let's eat here before we leave!"
Zhou Yiding smiled and said, "No, Xuejiao is waiting at home!"
After hearing this, Zhou's mother said, "Then I'll pack some steamed buns for you, and you can take the sweet and sour pork back home to eat."
"Mom, give him some more steamed buns. His mother-in-law is also at his house." Zhou Huaian sat down on a chair and took the handkerchief handed to him by Yang Chunyan. "It's still more comfortable at home."
Zhou Xiaoqian said obediently: "Dad, Uncle Yiding, the Tremella soup will cool you down after you drink it. I'll bring it to you."
Zhou Huaian smiled and said, "Be good, Dad has some delicious food here, I guarantee you've never eaten it before!"
Foodie Zhou Jiakang didn't even do his homework, "Dad, what's delicious?"
Zhou Jialiang and others also looked at him curiously.
"Mushrooms!" Zhou Huaian laughed, "White mushrooms!"
"Tsk~" Zhou Jiakang and the others all curled their lips together, "I thought it was something good. What's so special about white mushrooms? They're either Alpinia hortensis, Old Man's Head, or Cow Shit Mushroom."
Zhou Xiaowen raised his hand and added, "And the white goose egg that ate the lying board!"
"I'm too lazy to talk to you. I'll open your eyes after you drink the Tremella soup." Zhou Huaian and the other man took the Tremella soup brought by Zhou Xiaoqian and started drinking it.
Mother Zhou put the basket of steamed buns and sweet stewed pork next to Zhou Yiding and said, "Take it home and eat it."
"Hey!" Zhou Yiding put down the bowl, took out a handful of chopped Hericium erinaceus from his backpack and put it into the basket, then smiled at Zhou Jiakang and the others, "Did you see that? This is the white mushroom your father was talking about."
"Let me see!" Zhou Jiakang and his friends stopped eating and gathered around the basket, picking up the Hericium erinaceus inside. "Wow! I've never seen mushrooms like this before."
"Second Grandpa, Second Dad, Second Mom, it's time to leave!" Zhou Yiding smiled, patted Zhou Jiakang, and left with the basket.
The old man also stepped forward to take a look and said happily: "You two are lucky. I haven't seen anyone picking Hericium erinaceus for a long time."
"Ding Ding Cat saw it and picked more than a dozen!" Zhou Huaian said, patting his head, "There are also chicken mushrooms in the basket, but Ding Ding Cat forgot to take them."
Yang Chunyan said, "Put the basket with wine in the cellar first, and then send it to him after dinner."
Zhou Huaian nodded, "There are also badgers. After dinner, big brother, please help peel them out."
Zhou's mother asked, "Do you want to keep the badger lard or sell it for money?"
Zhou Huaian: "We have two full jars at home. We will sell the leather this time. I will ask Lao Xiazi to help with the nitration. Together with the leather from before, I will make a coat for you and the old man."
Mother Zhou and Father Zhou said in unison: "We have cotton coats to wear, and the weather is not cold, so we can sell them for money."
Zhou Huaian: "Don't worry about it, I know what's going on!"
Zhou Huaijun came forward to take a look and said enviously, "You two are really lucky. Hericium erinaceus, wild honey, and four badgers can be sold for a lot of money. Seeing this makes me want to follow you into the mountains."
Zhang Xiuxiang stepped forward and pinched the soft flesh on his waist, twisting it, "You are a money-grubber, you just divided up so much money today, and you still want to get involved in everything."
Zhou Huaijun rubbed the soft flesh on his waist that was twisted and painful, "I'm just saying it, I don't really want to go."
Zhou Huaian laughed, "After working on it for a long time, one or two of them are still the same. I have to use five fingers every time."
Yang Chunyan rolled her eyes at him and said, "Hurry up and take the basket to the wine cellar to have dinner!"
"Oh!" Zhou Huaian and Zhou Huaishan picked up their backpacks and walked towards the alley.
Zhou Huaijun felt relieved after hearing this, "Hehe, it turns out that the youngest sister Chunyan also likes to pinch people. I thought only your second sister-in-law was like this!"
Zhou Huairong took over and said, "Not only Chunyan and Xiuxiang, your sister-in-law is like this too!"
"And your mother!" Zhou's father also said in a muffled voice, and was hit by Zhou's mother with five fingers.
Zhou Jiaming and the others all laughed, but Zhou Jiakang pointed at Zhou's mother and said, "Old man, I saw it. My grandma pinched my grandpa."
Zhou Xiaoqian pinched him and looked at him with disapproval, "You're the only one who talks too much!"
Zhou Jiakang said with a bitter face, "My sister also pinched me. All the women in my family like to pinch others."
"It serves him right. Xiaoqian, pinch his mouth a few times so he won't forget it." Zhang Xiuxiang glared at him. She had no idea what to do with her son. He was always like this no matter how she taught him. (End of this chapter)
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