Before the heavy snow blocked the mountain pass, every household in Wujia Village began to stock up on firewood.
If used sparingly, firewood is generally enough for the whole family to last through the winter.
When winter came, some people actually saw the two sons of the Jiang family going into the mountains to collect firewood.
If I remember correctly, it was two truckloads, right?
Based on the number of people in her family, two cartloads of firewood would be enough for the entire winter!
Little did they know, Jiang Yue took a hot bath and washed her hair every two or three days; not only did she do it herself, but she also made sure her family members did too...
There's not enough firewood to burn!
Now, when people see Wu Qingshan driving an oxcart, leading his brothers and Jiang Shi into the mountains to chop firewood, they find it very strange.
However, after the initial excitement, the discussion among the crowd turned to what medicinal plants to plant next year, following the example of the Jiang family.
You should know that even the worst-performing families who planted medicinal herbs this year earned a considerable amount of money!
As for those families who were the first to split the spoils 50/50, they are now directly supporting Chiang Kai-shek.
Whenever someone spoke ill of Chiang Kai-shek, these families, regardless of age or gender, would rise up in rebuttal, sometimes even resorting to physical violence...
The village chief turned a blind eye to this, letting them cause as much trouble as they wanted as long as no one got killed.
"Shut up! It's not even dark yet, and you're already drinking? Do you want to die?"
Old Mrs. Qin had just returned from outside when she spotted her husband secretly drinking alcohol, and she immediately glared at him angrily.
"Oh, old woman, this is some good wine that Jiang sent through Qingshan. I was afraid it might spoil, so I just tasted it to see if it was alright. I haven't drunk any yet!"
The village chief quickly put down the wine jar with a forced smile and reluctance.
"Hmph, wine can spoil? You think you're so great!"
Old Madam Qin sneered, glared at the old man, snatched the wine jar, and prepared to hide it.
"How about we cook two good dishes tonight, and then have a drink?"
The village chief coughed lightly, trying to cover his ears while stealing a bell.
"You'll drink yourself to death, but you'll lose your bearings after just a little bit of cat pee. Wait until our son gets back, and I'll give you a piece of my mind!"
Old Qin cursed and hid the wine in the rice jar in the kitchen, thinking, "Now it should be safe, right?"
"Grandpa~"
Yin was carrying a basket of cabbages and had just come out of the backyard.
"Hey, take this basket of cabbages to your Aunt Jiang's house."
The village chief felt rather embarrassed after accepting the wine from the other party.
The road was slippery, and this old man didn't want to meet his maker so soon, so he had to rely on his grandson.
"Okay, I'm going right now!"
Yin was overjoyed, and happily took her dog, Little Black, to Aunt Jiang's house...
"Woof woof woof~"
The little black dog hasn't grown very big yet and hasn't been out much, so it's full of novelty.
At first, it would slip and fall, looking helplessly at its little owner.
Gradually, it started running around freely.
"Woof woof woof~"
Since some families in the village became wealthy and had surplus grain, they have started raising dogs.
Sure enough, with Xiao Hei's bark, the barks of other dogs echoed back and forth, and the village became lively.
The back mountain was covered in a blanket of white snow.
There were some small animal footprints on the snow, like squirrels or pheasants. Seeing that there were no footprints of large animals, Jiang Yue told her sons to continue deeper into the snow.
When they reached the vicinity of Kudzu Root, they saw slightly larger animal footprints on the ground. Fearing danger, Jiang Yue quickly stopped her sons, tied the cow's rope to a tree, fed it some hay, and then each of them took on their assigned tasks.
The two brothers, Qingshan and Qingsong, were responsible for sawing wood and collecting timber.
Jiang Yue was responsible for wandering around the neighborhood—or rather, looking for herbs.
Not wanting to go far and to stay within her sons' sight, Jiang Yue grabbed a shovel, carried an empty bamboo basket, and began searching the vicinity.
Several months ago, several large beehives reappeared at the site where the beehives were removed.
Jiang Yue wasn't well-prepared today, so she'll let them go for now.
With her back to her sons, she opened the system, and a simple map appeared in front of her, marked by the system.
The red dots, moving like living things, and the larger ones being farther away, indicate that the place where the mother and her two children were located was not dangerous.
The yellow dots are stationary, and the closest one is the one to the left front.
After searching, Jiang Yue used a shovel to dig around the exposed vegetation and found several snow ginseng plants!
It seems the yellow dots are valuable, whether it's for indication or not, let's dig them up first!
Dig here, then there, dig in all directions, dig and dig~
"Bang!"
A tree fell down, and the two brothers, panting heavily, rested for a while before starting to saw wood again.
I kept glancing at where my mother was squatting and digging; it seemed she had a good harvest.
"Big brother, guess what good thing Mom dug up?"
When Qingsong swung his axe, wood chips scattered everywhere.
Qingshan moved further away, sawed from a different spot, and said:
"No matter what it is, as long as Mom is happy, I'll dig up grass."
Qingsong nodded, "That's exactly the point."
Anyway, now that we have money at home, we can buy anything.
Jiang Yue, who was considered to be "digging grass," probably wore a lot of clothes and didn't sneeze even though her nose was a little itchy.
We can't finish digging, we really can't finish digging!
She had no idea there were so many treasures in the back mountain!
Half a day later, she exchanged most of the medicinal plants, and her points soared, now her balance was in the hundreds!
It's a pity her son called her home, otherwise she would have wanted to continue digging deeper.
However, she knew when to stop.
She left behind a small half-full bamboo basket of medicinal herbs, then picked up a shovel and joined her sons.
"Mom, what treasure did you dig up?"
With a grin, Qingsong took the shovel from his mother's hand and also took the bamboo basket to carry on his back.
"Great stuff! Have your sister-in-law make chicken soup tonight, add some in, it'll be a real health boost!"
Jiang Yue gave her sons a half-smile, a mysterious look on her face.
In fact, although Qingshan and Qingsong knew that their mother was teaching their sister how to cultivate medicinal plants, they had no interest in this area and knew nothing about it, so they didn't pay much attention to it.
"Let's go home!"
"Moo moo moo~"
The blue ox, having been frozen in the cold wind for a long time, understood its mistress's meaning and immediately raised its head and bellowed.
"This cartload of firewood is enough for us to burn until next spring."
"That's good. We have a large family, so we boil water many times a day. If we have a baby next year, we'll need to prepare even more water."
"Okay, Mom, I'll prepare even more next year!"
"Big brother, Mom says we're expecting a baby, so you and sister-in-law need to work hard!"
"Cough cough~"
"Giddy up!"
He didn't dare to whip the cow's rump; he just used it to scare it by striking the wooden board.
The cow isn't stupid; it quickened its pace, wanting to go home to its kennel too!
Jiang Yue pulled her collar tighter and sat up straight.
She thought to herself, "When the new year comes, if cotton fluffers come to the village, I'll have to invite them to my home to fluff a few new quilts!"
Use the reddest piece of cloth to cover the snow-covered green mountains!
The thought of having to be a breastfeeding mother at such a young age gave her a strange feeling of getting old...
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