Chapter 77 What's there to be afraid of?
"Four more jars are empty. Let's go dig some more kudzu root!" The villagers prefer kudzu root powder with high yield.
Without waiting for the village chief to speak, everyone hurriedly tried to search for kudzu everywhere.
"Don't be in a hurry. We have just picked up some mountain products. Let's deal with our own mountain products first. There is no need to rush to deal with the kudzu root. Tomorrow, when the starch is fished out and dried, we will dig together and fill the seven jars." Su Ying suggested.
"Yes, yes, yes! Forget about this!" The villagers then remembered their treasure.
In the past, only men would go up the mountain to pick up some mountain products, but there weren’t many, and they would save them for the New Year.
Unlike this time, all the laborers went up the mountain and picked up a lot of chestnuts, pecans, hawthorns, and oil-tea fruits. If they are not collected quickly, they will go bad.
With mountain products, kudzu root powder and fern root powder, the villagers suddenly felt that they had become very rich and were too busy to handle everything.
The villagers dispersed and the Su family went back to do their own things.
When I walked out of the yard, I saw Xiao Qin standing outside looking around, as if she was looking for someone in the crowd.
Everyone in the Su family was stunned. What was she doing here?
"Erlang!" Xiao Qin looked gentle and lovely, as if she was newly married.
Seeing that the woman from noon was not in the crowd, Xiao Qinshi felt much relieved.
"Qin Jiuniang, what are you doing here? Go back quickly!" Su Laoer frowned. It was bad enough that there was a commotion at home, but he also came here to embarrass himself.
After saying this, Su Laoer strode away, not wanting to get entangled with Xiao Qinshi any longer.
I was afraid that any inappropriate words would irritate her, and she would throw a tantrum without any care, making everyone embarrassed.
Su Bucheng and his daughter, as well as Su Laosan, also took a detour and left, leaving Xiao Qin behind.
The other villagers saw that Xiao Qin looked unfamiliar and guessed that she was from the Su family.
Because of Su Bucheng and Su Ying, and because they had a good impression of the Su family, the villagers smiled friendly at Xiao Qin.
Xiao Qinshi was not entertained by Su Laoer. When she saw the villagers smiling at her, she thought they were making fun of her. She rolled her eyes, snorted coldly, and walked away proudly with her head held high.
The villagers were met with a cold shoulder and put away their smiles in embarrassment. It seemed that this woman was not very smart.
The three brothers of the Su family continued to work in the fields. There was still so much land to be dug, so they had a lot to do.
Su Bucheng grabbed the hoe and felt a burning pain in the palm of his hand. He opened his hand and saw that it was rubbed with water.
Some have broken skin, some have not, they are the size of soybeans and crystal clear.
"Brother, what's wrong?" Su Laoer saw his brother staring at his hands in a daze.
"It's okay. I haven't been in the fields for many years, and my hands have become so delicate!" Su Bucheng shook his head and smiled, then went to the side of the road to break off a thorn from the iron fence.
I often went to the countryside in Chang'an County and would often touch the fields and dig a few times, unlike now when I have to dig all day long or every day.
"Let me see!" The two younger brothers took their elder brother's hand, "Why are there so many? Brother, don't use too much force, take it easy."
This was too much force. Su Bucheng was anxious because he couldn't finish digging such a large area.
Su Laoer gently pricked the blister on his brother's hand, and a pool of water flowed out.
Su Bucheng looked at his two younger brothers' hands with thick joints and calluses, and his own slender hands with distinct joints, which were like two clearly defined classes, and felt very uncomfortable.
When he was young, he relied on copying books to supplement the family income, while his two younger brothers did the rough labor and worked in the fields.
Rather than saying that Su Bucheng is the smartest and most promising, it is better to say that his two younger brothers have always supported him.
Solving the household chores allowed him to concentrate on his studies.
"Brother, take a rest today. Once the blisters scab over, you will be healed soon." Su Laoer comforted him.
"With so much land to work on, we can't afford to waste any time. How can I rest while you guys are working?" Su Bucheng blushed as he spoke, and then he picked up the hoe and started working.
He is the elder brother, but he needs to be taken care of by two younger brothers.
"Brother, be careful with your hands! Just take care of it, there's no need to rush in a day or two." The two younger brothers grabbed their brother's hoe.
They have experienced the feeling of having blisters on their hands. It is very painful and burning.
My hands didn't heal from the continuous work and I couldn't sleep all night.
"Alright, I'm your elder brother, I'm not that spoiled, didn't you guys go through the same thing back then?
"I'm old now, how come I'm not as good as you guys were back then?" Su Bucheng said with a smile.
He pulled back the hoe with all his strength and said, "Get to work! It will be dark soon if you delay any longer."
Not only the Su family, but other villagers were also wielding hoes to turn the soil bit by bit.
The two oxen were not resting either, they were panting heavily and plowing the fields with great effort.
Dry land is more difficult to cultivate than paddy fields, and the heavy straight-beam plow makes both oxen and people extremely tired.
With such a rate, it is no wonder that there are still large tracts of wasteland here that have been vacant for nearly two decades.
It is autumn, but the sun is still very strong at noon, making people's mouths dry and thirsty.
"Aye, drink some water!" Su Ying came over with a few large bamboo tubes and a bowl of cooked chestnuts.
The water came at the right time. The three brothers, who were extremely thirsty, walked to the edge of the ground and sat down.
I took the bamboo tube and took a big gulp of water. The water was warm and tasted sweet with a hint of saltiness.
"Hey, why does it taste like chestnut?" Su Laosan drank it and found it refreshing.
"Well, it would be a shame to pour out the water I used to boil the chestnuts, so I'll add some salt and bring it to you to quench your thirst."
The water boiled with chestnuts had a slightly sweet taste. Seeing the hot sun, Su Ying boiled some more so that everyone could drink more water.
The boys digging mulch in the woods were brought water by their two little cousins, Xiaotao.
"Aying is really thoughtful. She brought me both water and food." Su Laosan grabbed the chestnuts and put them in his mouth. This treatment was much better than the previous few days.
"You can't eat and drink well when you do farm work! Life will be better in the future. You can eat dry rice every day, and you can drink wine and eat meat!" Su Ying made a big promise.
"Tsk!" Su Lao San laughed, "Aying, I believe you can eat dry rice, but I can't imagine having wine and meat every meal!"
In Chang'an City, they were considered a relatively well-off family, but they did not have meat every meal, let alone wine.
Not to mention the turbid wine, that cheap one is actually fermented glutinous rice water, which cannot be considered wine.
Real wine is the kind of clean, clear, refined liquor, which is very expensive and not affordable for ordinary people.
"Uncle San! What's there to be afraid of? As long as we work hard, it's not impossible!"
There are so many good things here that have not been developed. Don’t think that it is a wild place now. Once it is developed, it will be a good place no worse than Jiangnan.
Let’s solve the problem of food and clothing first, and take it slow, it will be achieved one day.
"You guys are the ones who know how to enjoy it!" Yang Erlang, who was in the field on the other side, put down his hoe and came over to chat.
"Uncle Yang, drink some water!" Su Ying handed over the bamboo tube.
Yang Erlang was sweating all over, with a circle of white stains on his back. It was obvious that he was thirsty.
"Thank you!" Yang Erlang took the bamboo tube and gulped down a few mouthfuls. "It's so refreshing!"
"Brother, come here and have a few drinks!" Yang Erlang called out to his brother loudly.
Yang Dalang stood up, looked at the sun, wiped the sweat off his face, and dropped his hoe.
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