Chapter 19 Going to Town
Ming, Kangjian and the other six people knew that there were wild fruits in the mountains. They planned to go to the mountains to pick wild fruits when they had time. Unexpectedly, they had to eat them before they could go.
"Is this a grape?" Mo Mingyang immediately took a liking to the small black fruit. With such a dark color, it should be very sweet.
"Yes." Lin Qi knew what he was referring to without even looking.
"What is this thing that looks like chicken feet?" Gan Tian pointed at another one.
"Jujube." Lin Qi said.
No one had ever heard of the jujube, so no one went to pick it. Everyone chose grapes.
“Hmm—”
"This wild grape is sour and sweet, absolutely delicious."
“My teeth are falling out!”
"I'll try this jujube." Jane Tongyi chose to be the first person to try it.
"Is it delicious? It looks so weird."
"Hey, why don't you say anything? You're eating so fast, you must be starving. Oh, oh, oh, I'll eat it all, why did you pick it all up?"
"Jane Tongyi, put down the jujube!"
“No!”
"Oh my god, this jujube is sweet, fragrant, and juicy. It tastes better than White Rabbit candy!"
“.......”
Lin Qi watched everyone scrambling for the jujubes and felt a little relieved. Fortunately, she put the backpack back to the room.
On the other side, Uncle Luo also returned home.
"Wash your hands and eat." Aunt Luo said to him.
"You guys eat first, I'll wash the fruits." Uncle Luo took out a bamboo vegetable basket and poured the grapes and jujubes in the straw hat into it.
"Fruit? What fruit?" Lowe ran over, accompanied by his sisters.
"Wild grapes and jujubes—"
There was some disappointment in everyone's tone.
"It's good to have something to eat, but you're still picky!" Uncle Luo said unhappily, "This is Lin Qi's for you. When you see her in the future, you have to take the initiative to say hello, understand?"
"I know, I know. She saved me, so we will definitely treat her well. It's just that our destiny hasn't arrived, so we've never had the chance to meet." Sister Luo said.
"Dad, what kind of person is Lin Qi?" Luo Wei was very curious about Lin Qi who saved him.
"She is a very well-behaved and sensible child, but she is slow in movements and speech. However, we cannot judge a person by their appearance. She has a kind heart, which is precious." Uncle Luo said.
Several children nodded in agreement.
"The fruit has been washed, let's eat it." Uncle Luo handed the basket to Sister Luo and asked her to share it with her younger brothers and sisters.
There are many wild fruits on the mountain, but there are also many children in the team, and they don’t have many opportunities to eat wild fruits in a year. At this time, you grab a handful, I grab a handful, and the whole basket of wild fruits is almost divided among them, leaving two bunches for Uncle Luo and Aunt Luo.
The Lowe siblings and others, who originally had no hope for wild fruits, all had their eyes light up when they ate the jujubes.
“So sweet!”
Lowe exclaimed, his eyes wide, "It's much sweeter than the jujubes we ate last year!"
Uncle Luo was a little surprised, "Is it really that delicious?"
"Really. Sweet and juicy, without any residue." Sister Luo put the basket back into Uncle Luo's hands, "You and mother can try it too."
Uncle Luo took a bite and nodded, "It's really delicious, mother, you should try it too."
Aunt Luo seemed to be unconvinced. It was just a jujube. How sweet could it be? She picked a small piece and put it in her mouth. The next second, her eyes lit up, "So sweet!"
After eating the wild fruits, the whole family was still not satisfied.
"Shall we go pick them the day after tomorrow?" suggested Luo Erjie.
"Okay, we'll all go if we don't have to work the day after tomorrow." Sister Luo made the decision.
Luo Wei and his friends were so excited that they decided to carry two more baskets to pick more jujubes and save them for later consumption. However, they did not know that even after searching several mountains, they still could not find such sweet jujubes.
The method of making jujube honey is very simple. First, wash the jujube, mash it, filter out the residue, discard the residue, and boil the jujube juice over high heat. Stir constantly during the boiling process until the liquid becomes thick and sticky, and stirring becomes difficult. Then turn off the heat. What you get now is jujube honey.
Lin Qi started working after lunch and spent three hours making half a jar of jujube honey. She put the jujube honey into two glass jars, with half a bowl left outside.
The sun was setting and was still some distance away from setting. Lin Qi planned to deliver the jujube honey to Xu Hexiao first and then prepare dinner after returning.
Lin Qi poured most of the bowl of jujube honey into her aluminum lunch box, covered it with a lid, and wrapped it together with the two glass bottles of jujube honey in black cloth. She then put the black cloth package into a backpack and walked towards the straw shed on the other side of the cowshed carrying the backpack.
Xu Hexiao injured his head, so the captain gave him three days off, and today happens to be the third day.
When Lin Qi came over, he just came down from the mountain.
Their eyes met, and Xu Hexiao looked around nervously. Seeing that there was no one around, he whispered, "Go in quickly, be careful not to be seen."
The inside of the straw hut is bigger than it looks from the outside, about a dozen square meters, empty and completely visible.
"This room is for cooking and eating, and for storing miscellaneous items. The other room is the bedroom, used for sleeping," Xu Hexiao introduced.
The walls were made of thatch, the roof was made of thatch, and even the door was made of thatch. Lin Qi finally understood why the two thatched huts were three or four meters apart - to prevent fire.
Seeing Lin Qi examining him seriously, Xu Hexiao looked embarrassed and said, "This place is shabby, nothing to see."
"Is it cold in winter?" It's all grass, so it definitely can't break the wind.
"It's cold!" Xu Hexiao smiled bitterly. "It's cold but there's nothing we can do about it. They don't allow us to build houses. They say we have to transform and endure hardships, haha~"
Lin Qi didn't know how to comfort Xu Hexiao, so she took out a black package and said, "Jujube honey."
"It's done!" Xu Hexiao was surprised. He looked at the two glass jars of turmeric-colored liquid and couldn't help swallowing.
Lin Qi first put two glass bottles on the table, then took out the aluminum lunch box and opened the lid. As soon as the lid was opened, a rich and sweet smell hit her face.
Xu Hexiao swallowed even louder.
"Bring a bowl." Lin Qi ordered him.
Xu Hexiao hurriedly took his bowl and said, "This looks like honey."
Lin Qi poured all the jujube honey in the lunch box into his bowl, "It's as sweet as honey, try it."
Xu Hexiao dipped a little with chopsticks and put it in his mouth.
"You can also drink it with water." Lin Qi reminded him.
"It's very sweet, as sweet as honey." Xu Hexiao gave his verdict on the jujube honey. "How much do you plan to sell it for?"
Lin Qi shook her head, "I don't know, you decide."
Xu Hexiao thought for a moment and said, "Then I'll sell it at the price of honey. Honey is a rare commodity that you can only encounter by chance. Wait for my good news."
Lin Qi hummed, "I still need a glass jar."
Xu Hexiao was stunned, "How do you know I still have it!"
When she came out of the straw hut, Lin Qi had four more empty glass jars in her backpack. In addition, she had five more dollars in her pocket, which she borrowed from Xu Hexiao.
Tomorrow she plans to go to town to mail a letter home, and also send home some dried fish and shrimps that she has saved.
"You want to write a letter?" Ming Kangjian was surprised, "Can you write?"
Lin Qi rolled her eyes.
Ming Kangjian said embarrassedly, "I don't look down on you, I'm just surprised. I can lend you a pen and paper. Can you write a lot? Do you want me to help you?"
"No need." Lin Qi refused.
"You want to write a letter home? Didn't your family abandon you? Why are you writing a letter back? It's a waste of money." Ma Guizhi said sarcastically.
Lin Qi gave her a cold look and said, "I didn't abandon her."
Ma Guizhi curled her lips and said, "I won't give up until I cross the Yellow River. Even if you write back, they won't reply to you. Don't cry then."
Lin Qi had accumulated more than ten pounds of dried fish and small shrimps. She sewed two of her clothes together to make a simple cloth bag, which was filled to the brim with more than ten pounds of dried fish and small shrimps, leaving no gaps.
When the sky was just getting light, Lin Qi set out with her backpack on her back. There were no cars in the village, so she had to walk. Lin Qi roughly estimated that at her current speed, it would take three hours to walk from the village to the town, not including the time for rest along the way.
Today is a day off, and many people are going to town. At first, Lin Qi was the only one on the road, but slowly, people kept catching up with her and surpassing her.
Every person who passed by would take a look at her backpack, and seeing the old and ugly cloth bag inside, they would show a look of contempt, and stay away from it as if it were the plague.
Lin Qi seemed to know nothing about this. She walked slowly towards the town at her own pace. When passing by the river, she even went down to the river to wash her face.
There's fish!
Lin Qi looked at the big fish bubbling up in the middle of the river and her hands started to itch. It would be a pity to let go of such a big fish.
Lin Qi thought for a moment and put her hand into the water. A thin stream of wood-related energy flowed from her fingertips to the location of the big fish.
At the end of the world, she discovered that her wood-related ability not only promoted the growth of plants, but also had a strong attraction to animals. At the end of the world, she used her ability to lure prey many times.
As the supernatural power flowed out, the big fish slowly swam towards Lin Qi. At this time, Lin Qi also saw the full appearance of the big fish. This fish probably weighed more than ten kilograms.
There was drought everywhere in the past few years, and Lin Qi guessed that the fish must have come from the deep mountains.
She became more determined to get this fish. Fish raised in mountain springs must taste delicious.
Getting closer.
The big fish stopped two meters away from Lin Qi, refusing to move closer or leave.
Lin Qi narrowed her eyes slightly and increased her supernatural power output, but the big fish still did not move.
Tie up!
Strips of water plants were quickly woven into a cage, covering the big fish from all sides and tying it up tightly.
Done!
Lin Qi's eyes curved.
Lin Qi set out on the road again. This time, under her backpack was a big fish tied up with water plants. Above the big fish was a layer of weeds, and above the weeds was her ugly cloth bag.
The weather was too hot, and Lin Qi was afraid that the big fish would stink, so she had to use her special powers to wrap it.
She had to speed up, otherwise her power would be exhausted.
There was still a lot of distance to go, and Lin Qi hurried as fast as she could, and finally arrived in the town before the weather got really hot.
It was about nine o'clock in the morning, and the town was very busy. Lin Qi asked a passerby for directions and went to the post office first.
There were a lot of people in the post office. Lin Qi said she wanted to send something, and the staff weighed it for her. After she paid the money, they gave her a form and asked her to fill in her address.
"What do you have here? It smells good." The staff was a middle-aged man with a gleam in his eyes.
"Dried fish." Lin Qi replied.
"Not only that, there are also shrimps." said the uncle.
Lin Qi hummed. She could clearly smell it, so why bother asking her.
"Would you like to come to my house and have a drink of water later?" the uncle suddenly invited.
Lin Qi paused her pen, looked at the uncle, and asked silently, "Is there something wrong?"
"It's settled. You've finally come to town, and if you don't visit your uncle, your grandfather will definitely blame your uncle if he finds out." The uncle said to himself.
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