"Erniu, you caught so many?" Li Xiyue took it and saw that there was half a bucket of leeches.
Erniu smiled shyly.
Li Xiyue asked in a low voice: "Do you want candy, food, or money?"
"I still want money." Erniu said in a low voice.
Li Xiyue took out two cents from her pocket and gave it to her, "Keep it safe and don't let anyone see it."
Erniu quickly put it in her pocket and held it with her skinny hand. "Then I'll go back, sister."
"Wait." Li Xiyue couldn't bear it and gave her two White Rabbits. "Take it and eat it."
Erniu shook her head and said, "Sister, I don't want it. I've already taken the money."
"You earn more than them, so naturally you get more reward. Take it and don't tell anyone." Li Xiyue stuffed the candy into her pocket.
Erniu's eyes were misty, she nodded, turned and ran away.
Li Xiyue breathed a sigh of relief. This child made her feel pitiful no matter how she looked at her. She wanted to help her more, but she didn't dare to do too much at the moment. She was too sensitive at this time and might get into trouble if she was not careful.
She has a kind heart, but she also needs to know how to protect herself. She cannot sacrifice herself to help the children, otherwise she will not be able to help them even if she wants to in the future.
Forget it, take your time.
No one can become fat in one go.
Just these three buckets of leeches made her feel creepy.
"Yueyue." Huang Xinrui came back from work and saw Li Xiyue staring blankly at buckets of leeches. Something clicked in her mind and she asked, "There were several kids catching leeches. I thought they were just playing around, but they were actually helping you?"
Every day there are children catching tadpoles, small fish and shrimps in the fields, but today she saw them catching leeches. She was surprised to see that the hobbies of these children had changed.
Li Xiyue nodded and said, "I went to work in the fields today and found a lot of leeches. They are excellent Chinese medicinal herbs. I didn't dare to catch them, so I asked the children to help. Look, they caught so many in this morning."
"How scary! This is actually a medicinal herb?" Huang Xinrui's scalp tingled when she saw it.
Li Xiyue said: "Yes, there are medicinal herbs everywhere in the countryside."
"How do we do these?" Huang Xinrui asked.
It’s hard to accept the thought that she might have gotten sick because she ate leeches.
“Use tiles to dry and then grind into powder.”
Huang Xinrui swallowed hard, "Is this thing really medicine? What's it good for?"
"It can promote blood circulation, dissipate blood stasis, reduce swelling and relieve pain. It can treat women's diseases, as well as stroke, hemiplegia, and injuries from falls." Li Xiyue thought of something and said, "Oh, didn't you say your gums hurt yesterday? You can use..."
"No, no, no, I'm not in pain anymore." Huang Xinrui quickly refused, "I'll just drink more water."
Li Xiyue laughed, "It just looks scary, but it's actually not that scary."
"You're not afraid. Why did you look like you didn't know what to do with them just now?" Huang Xinrui joked.
Li Xiyue said: "This is the first time I have seen so many live leeches. I couldn't accept it at first, but now I am not afraid anymore. I will roast them when I have time."
"Ah, they crawled out." Huang Xinrui was so scared that she hid behind Li Xiyue.
Li Xiyue was so scared that she took a few steps back, her heart trembling.
It won't crawl everywhere, will it?
Fortunately, Wang Jiaxing came back at this time and helped catch the leeches. He also found a wooden board to cover the mouth of the bucket and pressed it down with a stone.
"No, we have to roast them soon. Don't let them crawl all over the house." Li Xiyue didn't dare to wait any longer and went into the kitchen to roast tiles.
Huang Xinrui and Wang Jiaxing followed them in, and soon smoke rose from the kitchen.
Li Xiyue put the tiles on the fire to burn them red, and used a net bag to catch some leeches and put them on the tiles. As the crackling sound was heard, some of the jumping leeches curled up, and some became straight.
"Yueyue, this smell is so bad." Huang Xinrui couldn't stand the smell of roasted leeches.
Li Xiyue also covered her mouth and nose, "It really does smell bad, I'll go to the yard and deal with it."
Wang Jiaxing took a few stones and built a simple stove for her, and Li Xiyue roasted leeches in the yard with a look of despair.
Having been a doctor for two lifetimes, and as a young lady getting married, it was the first time for her to come into contact with such primitive medicinal materials.
Two and a half buckets of leeches roasted them to the point that she questioned her life.
Fortunately, the leeches were roasted before dinner. Now we can dry them in the sun and grind them into powder when we have time. Anyway, the leeches can't escape now.
The taste of roasted leeches was too sour and refreshing, which affected Li Xiyue's appetite. She didn't eat much at noon, and couldn't fall asleep when she returned to the room for a nap. As soon as she closed her eyes, she saw the image of dense leeches wriggling in the water.
When they went to work in the afternoon, Lai Di and the others started catching leeches with a smile on their faces. Li Xiyue quickly told them to stop, saying that they had enough leeches and wanted to change to something else.
The children then went to the fields to dig for earthworms.
As a result, after work in the afternoon, Li Xiyue harvested several buckets of long, fat, wriggling earthworms.
Li Xiyue: "..."
She shouldn't have been so kind.
She had had enough today and would not cook these earthworms anymore. She covered them up and put them in the yard. She quickly ate dinner and went to the river with Wang Jiaxing and Huang Xinrui.
When we reached the river, all the villagers were there.
Except for the villagers of the first team, everyone in the production team gathered at the riverside. The first, second, and third teams stood on one side, and the fourth and fifth teams stood on the other, forming a confrontation.
"What is this for?" Huang Xinrui couldn't help but ask curiously.
Wang Jiaxing said: "March 3rd is a very important festival in the local area. Every year on this day, people from the brigade come to the river to celebrate."
"What should we do?" Li Xiyue also asked.
"It's basically just washing your hands and feet in the river, then singing songs," Wang Jiaxing murmured. "This festival used to be very grand, with prayers, feasting, and exorcism... But now, since we're getting rid of the Four Olds, we definitely can't do that, so it's been kept simple."
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