"Why?" Su Fang asked with a puzzled look.
Qiao Xiazhi smiled and simply replied, "It is difficult for a judge to judge family affairs." He didn't say anything more after that.
Then I went to the kitchen and cooked tomato and egg noodles for the five little ones.
After Qiao Xiazhi left, Grandpa Qiao Qiping explained the whole matter to Su Fang.
Grandma Zhu Shizhen also understood what Qiao Xiazhi meant, and would add a few words from time to time.
The yard was filled with harmony, completely different from the scene in the brigade just now.
I cooked tomato and egg noodles for the little one, and then asked Grandma Aunt Xu and the others to feed one each. If it was not enough, Grandpa and three younger sisters would help.
Qiao Xiazhi went to the kitchen to cook lunch.
Although there are many people in the family, there are also many children, so whoever is free will cook.
After lunch, Qiao Xiazhi prepared to go into the mountains in the afternoon. It was a rare opportunity for him to come back, so naturally he had to "sell" some things to cash in.
Su Fang stayed at home playing chess with his grandfather, while his three younger sisters followed their aunt to catch snails.
When he came back in the evening, Qiao Xiazhi's backpack was naturally full, and he even caught two big fat rabbits.
As soon as I joined the brigade, I saw the villagers washing their hands, feet and farm tools by the river after work.
When Aunt Ma Er saw Qiao Xiazhi carrying two fat rabbits, she smiled and said, "Look, Aunt Zhu's kids are really good at catching rabbits."
"Every year when I have free time, I can go into the mountains to catch rabbits, whether it's big or small, big or small. Now that the summer solstice is here, I can catch two fat rabbits each time I go into the mountains."
After she finished speaking, Wang Cuihua smiled and said, "What's the big deal? Since I heard that Xia Zhi had dug ginseng in the mountains, didn't the brothers Dalin and Xiaolin, and my husband, also go into the mountains to dig ginseng last year?"
"After the ginseng was sold, Xiaolin got married."
When talking about ginseng, Aunt Ma looked at Qiao Xiazhi curiously and asked, "Did Xiazhi dig any ginseng in the mountains today?"
Qiao Xiazhi smiled and didn't answer.
After seeing this, what else is there to not understand?
Wang Cuihua immediately said, "Did you find it? Xia Zhi, you studied medicine, so you can teach us how to dig ginseng."
"The ginseng we found earlier, because we didn't know much, we dug it out like a radish, saying that the roots were damaged and the pulse was broken."
"Later, we went to several places but no one was willing to pay us much. We had no choice but to exchange it for a few dozen yuan at the health center."
"I heard that if the ginseng is dug well, it can be sold for hundreds of yuan. We didn't believe it before, but later we found out after digging ginseng ourselves."
Seeing that the aunts had asked, Qiao Xiazhi naturally had nothing to hide, so he said, "Digging ginseng requires careful work and slow work, digging down slowly along the root little by little."
"Don't be impatient and don't use brute force. Most herbalists have a set of ginseng digging tools, but these tools are not easy to make. We can make a small brush with a few cents."
"When digging ginseng, use a brush to gently remove the dirt from the tiny roots, so that the roots can be preserved as much as possible."
After hearing what Qiao Xiazhi said, Wang Cuihua nodded and said, "I see, it turns out you have to use a brush to do it."
"Then we know. Next time my man goes into the mountains again, I will prepare a brush for him."
"Thank you, Xia Zhi, for telling us these things."
Qiao Xiazhi smiled and said, "It's nothing. Whoever finds the ginseng in the mountains owns it. I tell you how to dig it because I don't want to damage the ginseng and waste it."
Aunt Ma agreed: "That's right, if we dig well, it's good to get more money."
"Xiazhi, go back and ask your eldest brother and Erguo if they want to go into the mountains to take a look since you don't have to go to work tomorrow." Ma Daqiang asked Qiao Xiazhi.
"Okay, I'll go back and talk to my eldest brother and the others later." After agreeing, Qiao Xiazhi went home first.
As soon as she left, several aunts started talking about it.
"Mrs. Wu San from the Qiao family is really a careless person. I heard that she went into the mountains and dug up several ginseng plants before Xia Zhi got married. And during that period, she often went into the mountains to collect herbs, which could also be exchanged for a lot of money. Aunt Zhu must have given a lot of dowry when they got married. In addition, the man must have saved some money before getting married. How could he not be able to support several children?"
"I have the most say in this matter. Our Dayong is also in the army. He came back for the Chinese New Year this year. The regiment commander level subsidy is not small, and there are also subsidies for missions. Sometimes the subsidy is higher than the salary in a month."
"That's right. I saw Xia Zhi's four children. They were fair and clean. You can tell at a glance that they were raised by a wealthy family. It's obvious that they are not short of money. They are not as bad as Grandma Wu San said."
"I see that she is jealous of others. She thinks that Aunt Zhu's family was not as well off as theirs before, but now it is so good all of a sudden. She must be feeling uncomfortable."
"When people got married on Xiazhi, they brought a bag of candy to their relatives, but she despised it. Now, she doesn't even give a shit."
"Just wait, Xia Zhi's family will have good days ahead of them. Both girls in the family have been admitted to high school. With Xia Zhi leading the way, the other two girls will surely be no different."
"After the summer solstice, you will become a doctor. I heard the salary is not low. Both of them have high salaries, and grandma also has a subsidy. Their life is much more comfortable than ours. How can they not be able to raise four children?"
"That's right~~~"
The aunts were not worried at all that Qiao Xiazhi could not raise four children. On the contrary, they were very optimistic about their family.
We already have a good relationship with their family, and now the relationship is even better.
Build a good relationship with their family. You never know when you will need their help one day. Whose elderly person will live his whole life without any illness?
An acquaintance of mine who works in a hospital was also wrong.
On the contrary, everyone couldn't understand the side branches of the Qiao family, but Qiao Qiping's family itself didn't have a very good relationship with those side branches.
Now that their conditions are better, it's better for them not to move around. It would be troublesome if they were to come and get entangled with each other.
After Qiao Xiazhi returned home, everyone was preparing to go to his aunt's house to help prepare dinner.
We agreed that the whole family would go to my aunt's house for dinner tonight.
Qiao Xiazhi locked the backpack in the room, then carried the two rabbits and followed over.
Two rabbits are just the right amount of food.
While the two brothers Qiao Daguo and Qiao Erguo were dealing with the rabbits, Qiao Xiazhi said, "Big brother, second brother, just now brother Daqiang asked me to tell you whether you want to go into the mountains together tomorrow."
Hearing this, Qiao Erguo said, "Tomorrow, tomorrow I, I probably won't be free."
Qiao Xiazhi: "Where are you going?"
Qiao Erguo chuckled and said, "Matchmaker Wang from the brigade has introduced me to a girl. I'll go over to see her tomorrow."
When Qiao Xiazhi heard this, he asked curiously, "Which girl is this? Do I know her?"
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