Chapter 120 Mountain Spring
Ma Zhaolan glanced in the direction of his daughter, and when he saw her expression, he felt delighted.
Mei'er's engagement was broken off, and it was not easy for her to find a good and wealthy family. Although the Huang family already had a mistress, they were richer.
A concubine in a wealthy family is also a legitimate master, with maids and old women serving her. Her life is much better than that of the common people from peasant families like them.
Before, Huang Heyu was willing to spend twenty taels of silver in order to take Song Yuntang back as a concubine.
If her daughter could really seduce Huang Heyu's soul, she might be able to get a dowry of twenty taels of silver. In this way, her youngest son's permanent marriage would be hopeful.
Thinking of this, Ma Zhaolan's face showed a little more enthusiasm.
"Mr. Huang, we ordered a pot of tea over there. Would you like to have a cup to quench your thirst?" He then smiled and rubbed his hands embarrassedly, "But it's all coarse tea. I'm afraid Mr. Huang won't be used to it."
"I really don't have time. I have to rush back to Shili Village. Let's talk next time when I'm free."
After Huang Heyu finished speaking, he raised his leg and was about to leave.
Seeing this, Ma Zhaolan hurriedly said, "Mei'er, go and see Mr. Huang off."
Seeing Song Zhimei hurriedly running towards Huang Heyu, she said, "I will go back with Grandpa Sun's ox cart later, so I won't wait for you."
Song Zhimei turned around and smiled and replied, "Mom, you don't have to wait for me. I will walk back by myself later."
Watching the two figures walk away, Ma Zhaolan returned to the tea stall with great joy. When he thought of the twenty taels of silver that was about to be in his hands, he couldn't suppress the corners of his lips.
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Under the guidance of Song Yuntang, Grandpa Sun drove a ox cart to the farm she bought.
It only takes a quarter of an hour to get from Cile Town to Zhuangzi.
The ox cart stopped in front of the adobe house, and Song Yuntang jumped off the cart, "Big cousin, second cousin, come and help me."
Hearing the sound, Song Xiangming and Song Chengren hurried out of the yard.
"Tang'er is here."
Song Yuntang didn't need to say much. The two men saw the things on the ox cart, one of them stepped forward to carry the brown rice, and the other carried the big pot and went into the yard.
Song Yuntang paid Uncle Sun ten cents and let him leave.
As for herself, she was worried about running into Huang Heyu again, so she didn't rush to leave and followed him into the yard.
Because it was hot, everyone moved all their things to the main room and did their work there.
There are currently six people working. Qiao Da and Qiao Er remember the kindness Song Yuntang had shown them in saving their father, and now they are paid for their work. Although they are a generation older than her, they are very polite to her.
"Yun Tang girl is here."
The third cousin from her uncle's family was also busy greeting her.
The only one who feels awkward is probably my uncle’s youngest cousin, Song Changbai.
After all, when Lin Zhaozhao went to Rongshu Village before, he defended Lin Zhaozhao in front of Song Yuntang. Later, when he learned that Lin Zhaozhao was not as simple and kind as she seemed, he finally realized his mistake, but he still owed her an apology because he was too embarrassed to speak up.
However, Song Yuntang did not seem to take this matter to heart. After greeting everyone, he observed the rooms one by one.
Although it is a mud house, fortunately the beams are quite solid. The four corners of the house are fixed with large tree trunks as pillars, and there are large stones underneath. As long as the adobe bricks do not collapse and the weak wood on the beams is replaced, I think it should be no problem to use it for another ten or eight years.
The only problem is that the walls inside and outside are too mottled. If you accidentally rub against them, you will definitely be covered in mud.
"Uncle Qiao, if you have time, please repair the walls of this house. Also, the broken wood on the beams should be replaced to avoid accidents that might hit someone."
Since Song Jinsheng has handed over the affairs here to Qiao Da, there is nothing wrong with her handing these matters over to Qiao Da.
It's a good opportunity to observe Qiao Da's abilities.
Qiao Da agreed, "Okay."
"Have you heard of any place nearby where medicinal herbs are grown?" Song Yuntang asked again.
There are more than ten acres of dry land here. If I grow vegetables all over, I won't have much time to take care of them. If I could plant medicinal herbs partly, the rate of return would definitely be much greater.
Qiao Er said, "We don't have any near here, but I heard that many people in Dongming Village grow them, but it's too far away, and it's not easy to make the trip."
Dongming Village?
Wasn’t Wu Wei, who had previously failed in his marriage proposal to her, from Dongming Village?
No wonder the families there are well off, it turns out most of them made their fortunes by growing medicinal herbs.
"I see. I'll ask my brother to check it out later."
"When will Jinsheng come back today?" asked Qiao Da.
"He helped me deliver the goods to the county town. If he's fast, he should be there by noon." Song Yuntang said as he walked out of the yard and took a walk outside the house. Although the weather was hot now, it was much cooler in the mountains than in the small courtyard in the town. Perhaps the only drawback was the inconvenience of using water.
But the weather was obviously not suitable for digging wells.
"Uncle Joe, is there a place to fetch water here?"
"Yes." Qiao Da walked out of the yard and pointed in a direction, saying, "When Jinsheng led us here yesterday, he found a spring over there. The water flow is not big, but it is very cool. We have been going there to get water for the past two days."
"I'll go take a look." Song Yuntang said, and walked in that direction.
Qiao Da was afraid that something might happen to her, a weak woman, in the mountains, so he hurried to catch up.
"It's not safe in the mountains. Let me take you there."
Song Yuntang did not refuse and followed Qiao Da to walk about a hundred meters to the side and front, and finally saw the mountain spring he had just mentioned.
The water was flowing out from a crack in the rock at the top of the mountain. The water column was not large but clear. There was a half gourd ladle placed next to the small spring below, which should have been what they brought to scoop water.
After all, the spring pool is too small, and it is not convenient to scoop water directly with a bucket, and it will make the spring water turbid.
The spring water was icy to the touch, instantly eliminating most of the summer heat in the body.
“It’s a pleasant surprise.”
When the servant brought them here, he did not mention the spring here when introducing the place. Perhaps he hadn't discovered it, otherwise the head of the pawnshop would have definitely raised the price by using this spring water.
"Isn't it? This spring water is sweet." Qiao Da said happily.
Song Yuntang walked upstream along the mountain spring and came to the crevice where the spring water flowed out. He didn't know if it was because of the water flow, but this place was particularly cool compared to other places.
I reached out and touched the crack in the rock where the spring water flowed out. My hands actually felt slightly cold. The crack wall was slippery and cool, a bit like -
Ice cubes? !
Song Yuntang was a little surprised. How could there be ice in this weather?
I scraped off a small piece from the stone wall and took a look at it in my hand. It was a transparent thin piece like glass. It melted into water in the sunlight. It was indeed an ice cube!
It is impossible that the ice from winter has not melted yet. In her previous life, she had heard about making ice with saltpeter, so there might be saltpeter inside the mountain.
She just couldn't be sure whether it was true or not, and she didn't know how much saltpeter it contained. In the absence of certainty, in order not to destroy the spring, she would not touch anything here for the time being.
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