Chapter 10 On the way back, Su Tao looked...
On the way back, Su Tao looked a little depressed. Seeing this, Su Li couldn't help but comfort her, "Didn't Dad and the others say that they would be back in ten days."
This was of course a lie. No one knew when Su's father and others would be able to come back. In this dynasty, ordinary soldiers from military families like theirs could only have a certain degree of freedom and the most basic protection as a "human being" unless they had made meritorious service and were promoted. Generally speaking, it was normal for them to work in the garrison or guard the border.
But how difficult is it to achieve merit? Take the Su family father and son for example. It's not that they haven't made merit. Two years ago, when they went to Weihai to suppress pirates, the Su father chopped off five pirates' heads. The second brother, Su Qingshan, was even more valiant, chopping off ten pirates' heads. The third brother was not far behind, taking three. Logically speaking, they shouldn't still be ordinary soldiers now, but when it came to the final reward, they had no share.
The reason is of course very simple. There is no one above and no money to bribe. Even if you have made military achievements, you still have no share. You even have to be careful on the battlefield that your colleagues will take your military achievements as their own.
It sounds cruel, but it is reality.
"Yes, Sister Tao, don't be sad." Li Chunhua also comforted her.
"Yeah, it's okay. I'm much better." As the oldest of the two, Su Tao felt embarrassed to continue being sad when she saw her two younger sisters comforting her.
But after all, he still looked a little listless.
At this time, Li Chunhua suddenly pointed to the bushes next to her and said in surprise.
"Hey, Sister Xiaotao, Sister Ali, look, what is that?"
Seeing this, Su Li and Su Tao looked in the direction Li Chunhua pointed, and found that there was a field of raspberries behind the grass, a large area of red and yellow.
You should know that in the village, you almost never see these kinds of snacks, because there are too many children in the village and they eat very little. For example, raspberries and wild dates are gone before they are ripe, so it is rare to see so many of them.
Perhaps it is because this road is relatively remote and few people walk on it, so there are still so many unpicked fruits.
Su Tao's bad mood disappeared instantly, "It's the thorn gourd."
“A lot.”
"yes."
"Come on, let's go pick it."
"good."
The three of them were hitting the grass with sticks and walking behind the bushes. At this moment, Su Li suddenly remembered something and reminded them,
"Fourth sister, Sister Chunhua, you can pick two leaves to put in the basket." Raspberry fruit is very precious and will be damaged if you are not careful.
"Yes, yes." The two of them remembered then and followed Su Li's example, picking a few leaves and putting them in the basket, and then began to pick them carefully.
"So sweet." Li Chunhua couldn't help but curl her eyebrows.
"Fifth sister, you try some too. These thorny gourds are so sweet." Su Tao stuffed handfuls of them into her mouth, and while eating, she did not forget to pass the raspberries to Su Li.
Su Li took the raspberry, which people nowadays called a thorny gourd, carefully blew off the dust on it before putting it into her mouth.
sweet.
The ripe raspberries have no sour taste at all, and have a strong and refreshing raspberry fragrance and are very sweet. For Su Li, who has not eaten any other flavor for almost half a month, it is really a blessing.
It would definitely taste better if made into a sauce and put into the cake.
Su Li sighed that her favorite flavor of cake was raspberry jam.
It’s a pity that nowadays we can’t even get enough food to eat, let alone cakes. We can’t even afford ordinary mung bean cakes.
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Here, after the three of them had almost finished eating, they started picking.
In a short while, all the ripe raspberries were picked.
"It looks like a lot, but why is there so little after picking it?" Su Tao looked at the shallow layer in the basket and felt a little dissatisfied.
It’s indeed quite little, but there’s nothing we can do. Three of us ate so much, so it’s good that there are still these left.
"Fifth sister, how much have you picked? Let me see." After Su Tao said that, she stretched her head to see how much Su Li had in her hand.
But I saw Su Li looking towards the woods on the left.
"Fifth sister, what are you looking at?"
"Fourth sister, do you think there is a hawthorn tree over there?" Su Li wanted to say this when she was picking raspberries. She looked many times, trying to confirm whether there was a hawthorn tree on the hillside in front of her right. The more she looked, the more it looked like one. However, because the tree was hidden among other trees, it was vague and not very clear.
Su Tao took two steps forward and looked over. "Yes! It's definitely sour jujube."
Their tone was full of excitement. How lucky they were today to see so many delicious fruits at once. Of course, hawthorns were not delicious fruits, on the contrary, they were very sour. But the taste was very strong. After eating one, they wanted to eat the next one. Just thinking about it made them drool.
Li Chunhua was equally happy and said, "It really is sour jujube."
Now that's good, the three of them became excited again.
Those who picked up branches picked up branches, and those who carried baskets carried baskets.
It is easy to pick hawthorns, especially the ripe ones. They will fall down as soon as you shake them, faster than picking raspberries. Even if there are some that cannot be shaken down, you can knock them down with a stick.
Moreover, there are usually more than one sour jujube tree in a place. After Su Li and the other two killed one, they found three more.
"Oh my god, why are there so many? I can't pick them all up."
Su Tao was as happy as a little squirrel, picking up things here and there, and her hands were almost full.
Soon, the two baskets brought by the three people and the backpack that Li Chunhua carried to cut grass for pigs were all full, and even the clothes on the three people were stuffed full.
By the end of picking up the trash, the three of them were even numb. They switched from manual picking to mechanical picking, with a look of despair on their faces.
"Okay, let's pick up the rest later." Su Li suggested because they couldn't pick up all the items.
Su Tao and Li Chunhua had no objection to this, "Then let's go back."
However, Su Li suddenly asked, "Are we going to carry all these back?"
Su Tao was a little confused. If he didn't take it back, where should he take it?
Li Chunhua also looked at Su Li with some confusion.
Su Li organized her words and said, "There are so many, we can't finish them, why not sell them."
As far as I can remember, there are many people in Suli Village who pick fruits to sell, especially in this season, there are quite a lot of them, so Suli thought, maybe someone would want it?
Sell? Su Tao never thought that these fruits could be sold for silver. In her little head, the only ways to make money were selling rice, selling grain, or working as a laborer in the county.
Su Tao was a little hesitant when she suddenly heard that she could sell these fruits.
"Can it be sold?" In fact, some people in the village have tried to sell it, but those who have sold it came back saying that they couldn't sell it, or they couldn't sell it for much money.
Su Tao thought so and expressed all her concerns.
"Of course."
Su Li said, and then analyzed to the two of them why some people would say that they couldn’t earn much money.
"It's actually very simple. If everyone knew that they could make money by selling these fruits, they would definitely follow suit and pick them, and then they wouldn't make any money."
There is another point that Su Li didn't mention, that is, if everyone stops working and goes to the mountains to find fruits to sell, the price of the fruits will also drop, affecting other parties' business.
Hearing Su Li's words, Li Chunhua showed an expression of sudden enlightenment, "No wonder Erdan's family always eats meat."
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Seeing Su Li and Su Tao looking at her with puzzled expressions, Li Chunhua explained the meaning of her words.
By the way, the family living next door to Li Chunhua was a man who made a living by picking fruits and selling mountain products. They always cried poor to everyone they saw, but everyone living next door knew that the smell of meat often wafted from that family's house. Although her mother always said that their family was so poor that they had to eat rats, she had seen it with her own eyes. Such a big piece of meat was definitely not from rats.
So this is what he earned from selling these?
"That must be it." Su Tao was not stupid. After hearing what Li Chunhua and Su Li said, she immediately understood the reason.
"Then let's go sell sour dates." It would be good if they could sell them for six cents. Yes, in Su Tao's mind, six cents could buy six steamed buns, enough for everyone in the family to eat one.
"But where are we going to sell it?" The original body rarely went out and was not familiar with the roads. On the contrary, it was Su Tao who often pestered Mrs. Wu and Chen to go out and buy things.
"It will definitely be too late to go home from the county. Let's go to the dock."
After listening to Su Tao's description of the approximate location and learning that the pier was now closer to them, Su Li made a decision, "Then let's go to the pier."
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