"Erhua, take out half of the food in the cellar, including the meat and dried bamboo shoots, and put them in the cellar in my room." For safety's sake, Li Tingyun decided to hide half of it. Otherwise, if someone broke into the cellar when they went out one day, they would have nothing left.
"Let's put in three-quarters. There are only two of us now anyway, and we can't eat that much food." Xu Erhua felt that the cellar in Li Tingyun's room was more hidden and relatively safe.
"Okay!" the two said and started to act.
Li Tingyun went back and moved the bed away, and put the things that had been stored in the space back into the cellar.
It took half an hour to put all the things to be stored in the cellar. Xu Erhua went to cook. She put the things back into the space, covered the cellar board, and moved the bed over.
We had a big meat meal at noon, and in the evening they cooked some clear soup noodles for us to eat.
After dinner, Li Tingyun took out the money he earned from selling ginseng today. "This is the 1,120 you earned from selling that bunch of ginseng. Add that to the money you deposited with me, and you have a total of 1,690. I'll keep this money for you. When we go to Haishi for the New Year, try to buy the house as soon as possible so that we have a plan for our future."
"No, no, no, I can't take all the money. We dug it together." Xu Erhua shook her head when she saw Li Tingyun wanted to give her all the money.
"If we dig together in the future, we will share it together, but not this time. You have to keep this money. It is related to your future." Li Tingyun knew that if he directly gave Xu Erhua money to buy a house, Xu Erhua would definitely not agree.
Such luck doesn't come every day, so she decided not to take any money this time.
"No, really not!" Xu Erhua still refused to accept it.
"Do you still want to be my neighbor? If so, don't refuse." Li Tingyun's tone was also very firm.
Of course Xu Erhua wanted to be neighbors with Li Tingyun, but she always felt uneasy about taking the money.
"Don't do that. I'm really angry. People's luck won't always be so good. It's rare for you to have such good luck, so you must seize it." Li Tingyun stood up after saying that.
"No, don't be angry. I... then you have to promise me that I must give you half of the herbs I dig up, but you can't give me the herbs you dig up." Xu Erhua also negotiated the conditions with Li Tingyun to prevent her from taking advantage of him in the future.
Li Tingyun felt that she could agree to the former, but she was still a little hesitant about the latter.
"If you don't agree, I will be angry too." Xu Erhua also stood up angrily like a child.
Li Tingyun...
She looked at Xu Erhua with a sad face.
Xu Erhua stood there with a sore nose and started crying. Apart from her grandmother, Li Tingyun was the best person to her in the world. She felt that she must have done a lot of good deeds in her previous life, so she could meet such a good person in this life.
"Okay, okay, don't cry. I, I promise you." Li Tingyun saw Xu Erhua crying and could only agree reluctantly.
Wow……
Xu Erhua burst into tears again, crying and saying, "Except for grandma, you are the best person in the world to me. I want to be your neighbor and sister for several lifetimes."
"Okay, okay, we will always be neighbors. During the Chinese New Year, we will go to the city to try our luck. If possible, we will just buy the house. It would be best if we buy one with a shop so that we can do business in the future." Li Tingyun reaffirmed his goal.
"Okay, let's go up the mountain tomorrow. I want to dig more herbs. After the New Year and spring plowing, there will be fewer opportunities to go up the mountain." Xu Erhua felt that she had found a way out. She had to learn more skills and make more money. Only in this way could she keep up with Tingyun's pace.
"Okay, go back to sleep. I'll go tell He Fei and Erniu and the others." After saying that, Li Tingyun took the money back, returned to the room, and took two bottles of malted milk before leaving.
"Heifeng, come with me. Baiju, you stay at home and protect Erhua." She took Heifeng and went out with a backpack.
Xu Erhua did not follow him. She washed her feet and went back to the kitchen to read. She wanted to learn more about medicinal herbs and earn more money.
Grandma, can you see this from heaven?
I am living a good life now. I have met a very good sister. I will study hard and work hard to live a good life.
On the other side, Li Tingyun delivered the things to the agreed time to go up the mountain tomorrow and came back to rest.
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The next day, before dawn, Erniu and Xiaoni, Xiaozhuang's father and mother, and the He family of three all arrived.
Li Tingyun and the others also got up early. When they heard footsteps, Bai Ju shouted a few times. Xu Erhua cleaned up the kitchen and Li Tingyun went to open the door to the yard.
Seeing that everyone was there, he waited for Xu Erhua to come out of the kitchen, took the egg yolk, locked the door, and went up the mountain together.
Li Tingyun brought everyone to the place where the chestnut trees stood. There were not many chestnuts left. After picking them, they peeled the chestnuts and threw the fruits into the backpack.
After finishing their work here at ten o'clock, they went to another mountain. Everyone's backpacks were covered with leaves, and some wild vegetables and mushrooms they had dug were placed on top.
At this time, chestnuts are a good thing. They are not only used as snacks for children, but also used in cooking and stewing soups. Many villagers want to find them.
By noon, they saw not only many villagers from their own village, but also villagers from other villages.
They sat down to eat a sweet potato and drink some water for lunch, and some people stretched their necks to watch.
Yesterday, Xu Erhua told Li Tingyun about the things in the nearby village, so she suggested bringing sweet potatoes today. Unexpectedly, everyone brought sweet potatoes.
Sit down and take a break for lunch, listening to the discussions of the nearby villagers.
"Old Chen, why did you come to this mountain?"
"The food we received this year was very little. If we don't come out to find something, we won't be able to celebrate the New Year."
"Our village is not doing well either. Everyone in the village has come out. I expect there will be even more people in a couple of days."
Listening to these discussions and looking at the people all over the mountains, Li Tingyun had a bad feeling.
At this time, my eyelids began to twitch.
Damn it, something is going to happen!
With a bad feeling in her heart, she whispered to everyone, "Everyone be careful today, my eyelids are twitching badly."
"Okay!" He Fei responded.
There are too many people on the mountain today. If people from nearby villages come here, they probably won’t have to go up the mountain in the future. Even if they do, they won’t get anything.
In the afternoon, they looked around and found themselves followed by a group of people, so they didn't even get to pick a single mushroom. They had to rely on the chestnuts in the small basket in the morning.
As the sun set, they each chopped a load of firewood and went down the mountain.
Seeing Li Tingyun and his companions going down the mountain, many villagers followed them.
When they reached the foot of the mountain, Xu Erhua saw the yard door open from afar and immediately ran over.
Li Tingyun knew that this premonition was right. Damn, his house was robbed!
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