Chapter 219 Do you like eating pears?
Lei Chuntian was confused, she didn't know.
Most of the wild vegetables they eat in the mountains are the dozen or so commonly eaten ones. Perhaps their ancestors discovered that these were inedible or not tasty. Anyway, the few dozen kinds that have been passed down are more than enough to eat, so they never thought about developing new ones.
She stammered: "Should, maybe, probably"
Shen Qing took over the conversation: "This is also a medicinal herb called Qiang Huo. Come on, come on, let's pull it out. The most important thing is not to break the roots."
The Lei family was most surprised when they heard that it was medicinal herbs.
Are the wild grasses and weeds they often see near mountain springs also medicinal herbs?
What about the hard times they had lived through before? Were they stupid, lacking a pair of eyes that could see clearly?
Zhao Mingyue suddenly shouted, "There are so many seeds here. Let's pick out the ripe ones, collect them and go back to plant them. The others can be collected every few days!"
Zheng Hui then added, "We can't tear out all the plants here. Leave the mother plants behind so they can continue growing year after year. You can still have a harvest without having to plant anything."
Although they have never grown medicinal herbs, they have been growing grains and vegetables for decades. Which one does not require seed preservation?
You can tell at a glance which ones are sprouts from seeds scattered from the mother plant.
Shen Qing thought that when she got back she would have to hurry up and buy some books on these two medicinal herbs to learn how to prepare and grow them. She would also buy some other medicinal herbs so that she would know in advance to be prepared.
It is true that one never stops learning, and I never thought that even in ancient times we still had to read books to learn new knowledge.
Fortunately, what I learned is not only useful, but also brings tangible rewards!
Shen Qing didn't have to worry about the rest of the matter. Zhao Mingyue, Zheng Hui and other older women were in charge, and a group of young people followed their orders to collect seeds and pull out medicinal herbs.
The division of labor is clear and the work is completed quickly and well.
The Lei family also participated in helping to pick medicinal herbs.
Zhao Mingyue had discussed this with Shen Qing in advance, and smiled and promised the younger generations of the Lei family, "We'll divide the money after these herbs are sold."
Everyone collected the Qianghuo together and put them together. Naturally, the silver was divided according to the number of people. The Lei family was also among them, but they would have to wait until they sold them to see how much silver they could fetch before they would know how much each person would get.
The younger generation of the Lei family was surprised and said, "No, no, we are just helping you out. You don't need to give us any money!"
"It's not the herbs we discovered. You can harvest them yourselves. We're not helping just to get a piece of the pie."
"Yes, that's right. We have to wash and dry them before selling them in the city. That's too much trouble. We just plucked them a few times. How can we split the money?"
Their parents asked them to lead the way mainly because they were afraid of encountering wild beasts or wild boars. Finding medicinal herbs was their own ability. If they just led the way and asked for money to be taken back, they would be scolded to death by their parents!
Of course the women in the village wouldn't agree.
"If Shen Qing hadn't told us about the medicinal herbs, then these would be worthless weeds. Now we're just pulling them out, doing the same work as you. Since we have money to share, how could we leave you out?"
"We still have to rely on Shen Qing to sell them in the city. Let's just wash and dry them. We're all used to doing this work, so how tiring can it be?"
Finally, Shen Qing made the final decision: "I don't know what the medicine shop will offer for the purchase yet, but let's make it a point today. Regardless of whether you are rich or poor, everyone present will have a share of the money earned from Qianghuo!
It's getting late, let's pack up and go back, because tomorrow we'll be even busier."
Shen Qing spoke, and no one had any objections anymore.
They quickly tore off all the roots of the Notopterygium wilfordii and washed them in spring water, leaving the leaves in the mountains - firstly, they didn't know if they were edible, and they were afraid that they would be harmful even if they were used to feed chickens, ducks, and geese; secondly, there might still be seeds on them that had not been picked clean, and the environment here was suitable for growth, so the rotten stems and leaves would become fertilizer to enrich the soil.
After collecting the Qianghuo, everyone returned along the same route.
When passing by the pear orchard, the men of the Lei family climbed up the trees nimbly and picked a large basket of ripe pears for each family to take home and try.
Shen Qing was so happy that bubbles were about to pop out of her mouth.
Seeing Shen Qing's happy expression, Jiang Yu was even happier than if she had eaten all the food herself. She thought about leaving it all for her sister-in-law when she got home, and asked, "Sister-in-law, why don't you pick some more and take them home so you can eat them slowly?"
Shen Qing swallowed and shook his head firmly: "No, we agreed to come together to pick the fruits when they are riper and save them for the winter. We can't break the rules."
She likes to eat fruit, but she is an adult after all, and she can restrain herself even if she is greedy.
Besides, fruits can supplement vitamins and fiber, but now all the trees are still withered and there are still many wild vegetables, so using wild vegetables to supplement is enough;
When winter comes and the snow is heavy and everything is white, there are no fresh wild vegetables to eat and people can only rely on the stored vegetables and dried vegetables. Pears are more useful then than they are now.
Jiang Yu looked at Shen Qing who wanted to eat but was holding back, and did not continue the topic.
It is inevitable that the scene will be messy when there are too many people, especially when most of them have never been to the mountain before and everything they see is new to them.
Jiang Yu glanced at Lei Chuntian's direction, bit her lip, walked over, and whispered, "Chuntian."
Lei Chuntian was startled, but when he saw Jiang Yu being so gentle and soft, he even lowered his voice unconsciously, "What's the matter?"
The sisters grew up in the mountains and were used to being free and unrestrained, so they always had loud voices. Feng Xing, Feng Tao and Jiang Shui were also loud, and women like Zhao Mingyue and Zheng Hui were even louder. She always thought that everyone in the village was the same, the only difference was whether they liked to talk or not.
Now she discovered that there were women who could speak so beautifully! Her voice was also low, but unlike her second and third aunts' timid voices, she had no timidity at all, but was very soft and sweet. She had never been educated and didn't know how to speak, but she just loved to listen!
I want to hear her talk, say a few more words!
Lei Dafu, who was standing by, looked over, then quickly looked away, but took a few steps closer to Damei.
Jiang Yu's cheeks flushed slightly as she asked softly, "Do you know where there are still pear trees? The same kind of pears we saw in the woods just now."
Her sister-in-law was right. Their family couldn't break the rules, but her sister-in-law loved to eat pears, so she went somewhere else to pick pears so that her sister-in-law could eat them without breaking the rules.
Lei Chuntian blinked and reacted. His first reaction was: "Isn't what we picked just now enough to eat?"
Seeing Jiang Yu's increasingly rosy cheeks, he hurriedly added, "You like to eat, so it's normal that you don't have enough."
Jiang Yu couldn't say that her sister-in-law liked it. Her sister-in-law was very powerful in everyone's eyes and couldn't leave the impression of being greedy.
She nodded seriously: "Well, do you know where there are other pear trees like this?"
Lei Chuntian thought that there were quite a few trees on the surrounding mountains, but he came here because the terrain was the flattest and the pear trees were concentrated together.
But not only were the other mountain pear trees scattered, but the mountain road was also difficult to walk on, which was simply not feasible for Jiang Yu.
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