Cheng Fangyuan saw this scene as soon as he came back, and couldn't help but ask curiously, "What happened?"
When Song Tangzi heard the voice, he quickly remembered his purpose, stood up and ran to Cheng Fangyuan, and asked expectantly.
"Brother-in-law, I found a herb on the mountain. It's too big for the three of us to dig it up. I was wondering if you could help us dig it after work. Don't worry, I'll pay you. I'll use my pocket money to pay you."
Song Tangcheng rolled his eyes when he heard this and couldn't help but ask, "Didn't you say that your pocket money was taken away by your dad when you went to the countryside? How come you have money again now?"
"Yes, it was scratched off, and now there are only 10 yuan left! I hid it very carefully, and my dad didn't find it." Song Tangzi said this with confidence.
It was a rare opportunity that he finally managed to hide his private money after battling wits and courage with his father for so many years.
Every time he got his pocket money, half of it would be taken away by his dad. He never wanted to experience this kind of frustration again.
There was no way. He was isolated and helpless at home. His fourth sister was not around and there was no one to protect him.
Cheng Fangyuan saw the two siblings bickering and asked curiously, "Xiao Zi, what herbs did you find? Do you need someone to help dig them up?"
"It's Astragalus. There are a lot of them nearby that look like that. They're all quite large, so they should have large root systems as well."
Song Tanglan didn't know anything about Chinese herbal medicine, so he remained silent.
Seeing his face full of anticipation, Cheng Fangyuan nodded and said, "Okay, I'm going up the mountain after work this afternoon, so I'll go with you guys then!"
"Okay, okay!" Song Tangzi almost jumped for joy when he heard he agreed. He was still smiling even when he went back to take a nap after lunch.
Song Tanglan went to cut two more baskets of pig grass, then said goodbye to the two little guys and went home. Since her second brother-in-law was accompanying them, she was too lazy to go with them. She even didn't go to pick mint as agreed.
Go back and pick fruit.
Song Tangcheng had just finished feeding and was about to take a breath when she saw Song Tanglan putting down her tools. She asked in surprise, "Didn't you go with them?"
"They're all accompanied by others, so I'm too lazy to go. Besides, I don't know if that's real astragalus. If it turns out to be fake, it would be so embarrassing. I'd better come back and pick peaches!"
Song Tanglan still felt a little guilty after saying this.
"What are you afraid of? Even if it's fake, your second brother-in-law can make it up. The baby is asleep now, so put him in the crib. I'll go with you to pick fruit."
After saying that, he moved out the crib that Cheng Fangyuan had made for the baby from the room and placed it in the shade under a tree so that it wouldn't be exposed to the sun. Then he took the baby out and placed him on the crib.
Seeing this, Song Tanglan also went to get a basket, intending to use it to put the fruit in it later.
Xiao Cheng's backyard is very large. In addition to many fruit trees, there are two chickens and a small vegetable patch.
There are also new grape vines planted in the past two years.
Song Tanglan looked at the three or four meter tall trees and decided to climb up to pick the fruits from the top of the trees. The fruits were not all ripe yet, only some of them were ripe.
If they wait until all the fruits are picked, some of them will go bad, which will be a waste. So they pick the fruits every once in a while, trying to pick all the ripe ones to avoid waste.
"Lanlan, your brother-in-law said that many yellow peaches are ripe. Let's pick them first and make canned yellow peaches later."
"Okay." Song Tanglan said nothing more. She stepped carefully onto the tree and picked the ripe yellow peaches on the top one by one and put them in the basket.
Song Tangcheng walked around the tree and picked the ripe yellow peaches.
There may not seem to be many yellow peaches on a tree, but when you pick them all, you will find that the basket is full.
There were several that were bigger than her palm.
"Second sister, these peaches are so big, look, they are even bigger than my hand."
After saying that, she picked it up and gestured to Song Tangcheng to see. Seeing her happy look, Song Tangcheng couldn't help but laugh too. After picking the peaches, she began to pick the ripe fruits from several other fruit trees. When they were all piled together, there were quite a few.
Seeing that it was getting late, they decided to put the fruits back in the cellar and deal with them tomorrow.
On the other side, the small team that went up the mountain to dig Astragalus, led by Xiaohu, finally arrived at the place where they found Astragalus.
When Song Tangzi saw the few remaining Astragalus plants, he quickly introduced them to Cheng Fangyuan.
"Brother-in-law, this is the astragalus I told you about. Look, there are several more here. We can dig them up and sell them for a lot of money."
Cheng Fangyuan didn't know what Astragalus membranaceus was, but he had seen what the root looked like. He once got one from an old man when he was helping Xu Qi collect medicinal herbs.
I just waited until it was dug out, looked at the similar appearance in the middle of the roots, and asked curiously.
"Xiao Zi, how do you know this is astragalus?"
"I know, I know. Uncle Zi said he had read several books on herbal medicine, so he remembered it." Xiaohu quickly helped him add. The two of them had been very good friends during this period, and he had listened to him talk about Chinese medicine knowledge a lot today.
Gradually he memorized it.
"Yes, I wanted to go up the mountain with my dad before, but he didn't take me. I had no choice but to satisfy my curiosity by reading books." Song Tangzi was looking at a plant of astragalus he had dug out with sparkling eyes.
The description above is very similar to what is in the book. The surface of the skin is rough, and after washing it, you can see obvious insect bites. The shape of the root core is exactly the same.
When Cheng Fangyuan saw that this was indeed astragalus, he couldn't help but praise him. "Xiaozi is really amazing." After saying that, his hands kept working, and within an hour, he had dug out the entire piece of astragalus.
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