Qiao Xiazhi looked at the other pheasant in Qiao Daguo's hand and said, "Brother, then you go and send the other pheasant to my uncle and aunt. This pheasant was caught from the mountains and is difficult to raise. It's better to eat it while it's fresh. I think you can raise a rabbit."
After these few days, Qiao Daguo has gradually become accustomed to Qiao Xiazhi's occasional behavior. He is the happiest one to see his sister change.
"Okay." He agreed immediately, put down the basket on his back and delivered the pheasant to his uncle and aunt.
When Qiao Xiaoshan and his wife heard that Xia Zhi had sent them a pheasant, they were so happy that they couldn't stop smiling.
"You two silly kids, you should just keep the pheasant you worked so hard to catch for yourselves, and give it to your grandparents and your parents as a nourishment. Why did you send it to your uncle and aunt?" Xu Li said politely.
Qiao Daguo stuffed the pheasant into Xu Li's hands and said, "We had a good trip today. We caught two. Xia Zhi asked me to bring them to you. You can just take them and eat them. My grandparents and my parents can't do without them. I'll go back after I deliver the pheasants."
"Wait a minute." Xu Li called out to Qiao Daguo, "Take some dried bamboo shoots and stew the pheasant."
Qiao Daguo: "We dry a lot of them at home. On the day we came back from the city, Xiazhi went up the mountain to pick a lot of bamboo shoots and dried them in the sun."
After saying that, Qiao Daguo turned around and ran away.
Xu Li shouted at him, "Thank you and Xia Zhi for still thinking about my uncle and aunt."
Qiao Daguo waved his hand: "We are a family."
Hearing this, Xu Li's eyes suddenly turned red.
"Don't stand there anymore, go and cook. We'll also have pheasant stewed with bamboo shoots for lunch. The children will be back from school soon." Qiao Xiaoshan said happily.
Qiao Moli and Qiao Xiaohua are currently in the first grade of junior high school and the first grade respectively.
My primary school was in a big team, so I could come back to eat at noon.
Qiao Moli went to junior high school in town. She usually came back to eat after school in the afternoon, and she brought her own lunch box to eat at school.
Qiao Erguo only finished primary school and then stopped going to school because his family could not afford to support him, so he went to the fields to drain water.
Qiao Moli learned this from Qiao Xiazhi. She was very stubborn and insisted on going to school, so after finishing elementary school, she went on to junior high school.
Fortunately, Qiao Erguo did not go to school, and his family can still afford it for the time being.
"Xiazhi, what are you going to do this afternoon? Are you going up the mountain again?" Qiao Daguo asked Qiao Xiazhi at the dinner table.
Qiao Xiazhi replied: "No, I will process the herbs I dug this morning in the afternoon. I will keep some commonly used medicines at home, and take the less commonly used medicines to the brigade clinic to see if I can exchange them for some money."
"Brother, if you have time, please help me deal with it. If we can get it done sooner, we can go to the health center to exchange money earlier."
Qiao Daguo was embarrassed when he heard this: "Ah, this... I don't know these herbs, let alone how to deal with them."
Qiao Qiping: "I will help Xia Zhi process these herbs in the afternoon, and Daguo will be responsible for watching over the water in the fields in the afternoon."
Qiao Daguo nodded: "Okay, I'm good at this."
After the decision was made, everyone started to work in the afternoon.
After the herbs were processed, Qiao Xiazhi took them to the brigade clinic to exchange them for money.
Two baskets of herbs were sold for 78 cents.
It’s pretty good. After all, they are fresh, not dried, and much cheaper.
Two people managed to catch two pheasants and two rabbits in one morning, which was a very good harvest.
From time to time, there is some income, and by catching some pheasants and rabbits and picking up some pheasant eggs, the family’s living expenses are covered.
In fact, Qiao Xiazhi also thought about getting Ganoderma lucidum and ginseng, but she had just started learning to identify medicinal herbs. It would be a bit too exaggerated to get ginseng on her first trip up the mountain to dig for medicinal herbs.
So we have to wait a little longer.
Wait until the time is right before you do it.
Recently, she has been starting from the basics.
I would go up the mountain once every two days of reading, and then go to exchange herbs.
From time to time, you can dig up some relatively expensive medicinal herbs.
This way you don't end up with only a few cents every time.
Like this time, Qiao Xiazhi exchanged more than four yuan.
When she took out four dollars and gave it to her grandmother, everyone was stunned.
"Xiazhi, what precious medicinal herbs did you dig up this morning that you sold for four dollars?" Qiao Daguo asked curiously.
Qiao Xiazhi replied: "I sold it for 4.60 yuan. I kept the 60 cents for myself and gave it to my grandmother for household expenses."
Hearing this, Qiao Dongzhi looked envious, "Second sister, next time I have a day off, take me up the mountain with you. I'll help you dig, and you just tell me what to dig. I don't want much money, just give me a dime or two."
Qiao Xiazhi did not refuse: "Sure. But the prerequisite is that you have to finish your homework first before I take you up the mountain."
Qiao Dongzhi was very happy: "Then it's settled. I'll finish my homework when I get back this Friday, and I'll go up the mountain with my second sister on Saturday and Sunday."
15-year-old Qiao Dongzhi is also in the first grade of junior high school.
Her grades were neither good nor bad, and she originally didn't want to go to school. But now she was the only one in her family who went to school, and Qiao Dashan could afford to support her, so he forced her to go.
Qiao Xiazhi seemed to see through her intention to cheat, and said, "After you finish your homework, check it for me and make sure it's all correct."
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