Chen Xiaofang straightened up, looked at Liu Qingshan in the car, and asked without changing his face: "Didn't you see me hoeing? What do I see you doing?"

As he spoke, he rolled his eyes fiercely.

Liu Qingshan smiled: "You really have no conscience, I have helped you so much, you will not lose a piece of meat if you meet." ”

"Not available. Chen Xiaofang replied and continued to hoe.

Liu Qingshan asked, "Chen Xiaofang, why didn't you dig bamboo shoots yesterday?"

Chen Xiaofang stopped again, thought for a while, and then replied: "Now the bitter bamboo shoots are worthless, and there are more people digging bamboo shoots, and it is difficult to dig too many bamboo shoots. ”

"More than 100 yuan is also money. Liu Qingshan said, "If you want to dig more bamboo shoots, then let's go to a farther mountain tomorrow, and we will definitely be able to dig more." ”

"Nope. Chen Xiaofang refused without hesitation, "I'd better hoe the ground honestly." In a few days, peanuts will be planted, and if they are not planted in the spring and harvested in the autumn, I don't want to waste the work in the fields for that little cash. Although peanuts are not valuable, as long as they are well managed, the family does not have to worry about a year's oil. Although you can sell bamboo shoots immediately, no amount of money is enough to spend. In this case, it is better to farm the land honestly and manage the crops well. ”

Liu Qingshan nodded and said approvingly: "Well, it makes sense." But it's too early for you to start hoeing now. ”

"It's not early. My grandmother is not in good health, so I work alone at home. There are so many fields at home, and I don't know how to drive a cultivator, so I have to hoe slowly from now on, otherwise I will have to plant peanuts before hoeing. ”

"That's right. Liu Qingshan nodded thoughtfully, "Then you should be busy first, I'll go to the county seat." ”

Liu Qingshan took a large cart of bamboo shoots to the county seat, ran to many restaurants and restaurants, spent a lot of tongues, and pushed the price very low before selling out the bamboo shoots.

It's not the same now.

As the temperature rises, bamboo shoots have grown.

When the bamboo shoots grow, you can see the bamboo shoots, and there are more people digging bamboo shoots.

In this small county town, there are hundreds of villages, although not every village has people digging bamboo shoots, but, in total, it is estimated that there are hundreds of people digging bamboo shoots.

In this way, there are more bamboo shoots on the market, the competition will be greater, and the price will be very low.

Liu Qingshan's bamboo shoots today are almost all sold at a price of two yuan a catty.

In this way, the bamboo shoots that were dug for a day were sold for more than 1,000 yuan after hundreds of catties.

When he returned to the car and counted the money, Liu Qingshan felt that the work of digging bamboo shoots should end here.

Moreover, without Chen Xiaofang's follow-up bug, it seems that digging bamboo shoots is not so interesting.

Back at home, Liu Qingshan said helplessly: "Alas, it's difficult, now the price of bamboo shoots is getting lower and lower, and I only sold a thousand yuan today." ”

"So many bamboo shoots were sold for a thousand yuan?" Liu Yuanhe felt incredible, "That's hundreds of catties of bamboo shoots." ”

"Yes, what can be done, there are so many people digging bamboo shoots now, the price of bamboo shoots is getting lower and lower day by day, today I can sell for a thousand yuan, but in two days, I estimate that it will only be sold for a few hundred yuan." Liu Qingshan said helplessly.

"A few hundred dollars is not bad. Liu Yuanhe, "Look at how many people can earn a few hundred yuan a day now." ”

Liu Qingshan shook his head: "That's right, but you have to know that I dig bamboo shoots for a day and sell bamboo shoots for a day, and the income is only a few hundred yuan for two days, so on average, it is only two or three hundred yuan a day, which is really boring." ”

Liu Qingshan can't look down on the income of two or three hundred yuan a day now.

Although this is still a good income in the general population, it is really a waste for a man like him with divine powers.

"If you don't dig, don't dig. Wu Cuimei is very supportive, "Digging bamboo shoots is so fortunate, if the income is not high, then Qingshan, you might as well continue to dig your three forks, sell it when the price is high, raise it yourself when it is not high, and it will not be bad, unlike bamboo shoots, you must sell it if you dig it." ”

"yes, Mom, you have a point. ”

"However, the three forks are not in a hurry. Wu Cuimei said with a smile, "Qingshan, look, tomorrow is the second day of February, although it is not a big festival, but this glutinous rice cake cannot be missing, don't you say?"

"Well, then what. ”

"Well, then, of course, when you have a full lunch, you go to the mountains to help me pick some bamboo leaves. Wu Cuimei said, "Wait a minute, I'll let your dad go to your second grandfather's house to mill rice, what about you, go to the mountains to pick bamboo leaves, this afternoon, let's make glutinous rice cakes." ”

"Do you want to wrap zongzi?" Liu Qingshan remembered the zongzi Chen Xiaofang had given before.

The girl's zongzi is really delicious, soft and not greasy, and fragrant, so she must have put a lot of thought into it.

"What kind of rice dumplings to wrap. Wu Cuimei said, "Wait for the Dragon Boat Festival to wrap zongzi, today let's wrap some simple ones first, just wrap leaves and dumplings, you hurry up and pick more bamboo leaves." ”

Since his mother gave the order, Liu Qingshan didn't dare to disobey, and casually ate a few bowls of oil tea and rice, and then took the snakeskin bag into the mountain.

To pick bamboo leaves, you don't need to go too far, from the newly built mountain road all the way up, you can see a lot of bamboo leaves here at Taro Lake.

And the so-called bamboo leaves are not the kind of bamboo leaves that grow bamboo shoots.

The bamboo leaf in my mother's mouth is a kind of leaf specially used to wrap zongzi, which has the same shape as bamboo leaves, the same body shape, and the same structure.

However, there will be a layer of fine hairs on the surface of real bamboo leaves, which are a little prickly to the touch, and are used to wrap zongzi or glutinous rice cakes, which will have a slight impact on the taste.

And the bamboo leaves to be picked now are scientifically known as hoop leaves.

The leaves are the leaves of the plant of the genus Bamboo, a plant in the subfamily Bambooaceae.

Although there is also a bamboo character, it is still different from those bamboos with straight and tall bamboo poles.

Most of the bamboos grow in the low and humid hilly areas of the south, although they are evergreen all year round, and they are also considered relatives of bamboo, but in the mountains where this kind of bamboo is full of slopes, the bamboo is really inconspicuous and short.

Although its leaves are very broad, because the poles are small and weak, it looks like grass rather than grass, and bamboo rather than bamboo, so I really don't know how to divide it.

Even if it does belong to a type of bamboo, it is too inconspicuous compared to those bamboos that can produce bamboo shoots.

It can neither produce bamboo shoots, nor can it be used for other purposes like real bamboo, such as weaving bamboo flats or baskets. It doesn't seem to be of much use other than wrapping zongzi in leaves.

Therefore, many times, when the mountain people open up the wasteland, they will especially cherish the bamboo that can produce bamboo shoots and have a large use, but they will not be particularly generous to the guys who have a wide area and no big use, and often put a wildfire into them.

As a result, in the vast mountain forest, there will be a wail, and a huge piece of bamboo will turn into a puff of green smoke in this burst of crackling wail.

However, when it comes to the need to use the bamboo leaves to wrap the rice dumplings and wrap the zongzi, people will think of the bamboo again.

It's sad.

Probably because of the long life of the sufferer, the root system of the bamboo is very developed, and the vitality is extremely strong, even if it has been devastated by wildfires, but as long as it is spring, the weather is warm, the rain comes, and its thousands of descendants will break through the soil again, like an ignorant child, looking at this world of flowers and flowers on the ground.

The bamboos that have just poked out of the ground do not yet have large leaves, but in a few months, they will grow into stubbles and join each other, scattering countless palm-sized leaves in the wind.

Bamboo is wild, and in such a big mountain, no one would ever plant these guys all over the mountain.

They grow freely in the mountains, and their ancestors have lived comfortably in humility for generations.

Liu Qingshan herded cattle when he was a child, but he liked to lead his cow in the foggy forest to look for leaves.

The young leaves of the koba taste very good, and the family cows love to eat them.

The cow took the calf to eat the tender leaves leisurely in a huge forest of leaves, and he lay on the grass beside him, overlooking the blue sky and white clouds, and listening to the whispering of the mountains and forests. When the evening comes, the evening breeze blows lightly, and the green leaves dance in the breeze, which is very pleasant.

When I walked to Taro Pond, I was just about to look for the bamboo forest, but I unexpectedly saw a few cows.

Those cows were standing on the tea forest of Liu Qingshan's house, eating the grass on the ground leisurely.

Next to the tea woodland is a small stream, the stream is babbling, and there is a constant sound of rattling. On the other side of the creek is a large barren meadow. Because the terrain is a little lower and a little muddy, it is not easy to grow, so it has been barren.

Cattle are scalpers, one big and two small. When they heard the movement, they stopped chewing, tilted their heads slightly, and looked at Liu Qingshan with big bright eyes.

Liu Qingshan was stunned.

I just thought of the cow in the family, but I didn't expect to see the cow in the blink of an eye.

Naturally, this cow was not the same cow that his family had raised before.

His cattle were sold when he was very young.

So, whose cow is this?

Liu Qingshan turned his head around and looked around, and finally found the owner of the cow.

It was a child of about ten years old, sitting on a large rock next to a mountain stream that went vertically down.

The child was a boy, with long hair, sitting cross-legged on a large rock with a book on his lap, and was fascinated by it.

"Agui. Liu Qingshan called at him.

The boy's name is Ah Gui, a child from the village.

Today, Sunday, I don't have to go to school, so I'm going to herd the cattle.

However, Agui didn't hear Liu Qingshan's call, and was still reading the book intently.

Liu Qingshan called again: "Agui." ”

"Huh?" Ah Gui raised his head and looked at him a little stunned.

After discovering Liu Qingshan's figure, he was startled again, and hurriedly ran down from the big rock, and said while running towards Liu Qingshan: "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, Brother Qingshan, I'm sorry." ”

His hair is really a little long, almost covering his eyes, and when he runs, he jumps and jumps, and if he doesn't look carefully, he can still think that he is a girl.

"I'm sorry for what?" When Agui ran to him, Liu Qingshan looked at the panting Agui and asked, "What are you sorry for?"

Although Agui's appearance is a little rough, he is a child after all, and he is a child in the mountains, so he will always have more aura on his face and his eyes will be exceptionally clear.

However, because of his dealings with Dashan, his skin is very dark, and he is almost as black as Liu Qingshan.

Although it was dark, it was very clean, and there was not half a pimple on the whole face, and there were no red marks or anything like that.

He raised his head, looked at the tall Liu Qingshan, and said embarrassedly: "Brother Qingshan, I just read a book, and the cows ran to your tea woodland and didn't find it, I'm sorry, I'll go and drive them out now." ”

After that, the little guy didn't wait for Liu Qingshan to speak, so he ran again, ran to the cow, picked up a small stick, and shouted that the cow came out of the tea forest with the calf.

After driving them to the open grass on the opposite side of the creek, he ran to Liu Qingshan again, and said with a pleading face: "Brother Qingshan, I'm sorry, I'm really sorry, don't tell my mother." Please. ”

As he spoke, the child's eyes welled up with tears, and his voice was a little choked.

Liu Qingshan didn't mean to blame him, but now that he saw him like this, he wanted to ask what was going on.

He pretended to be angry and asked, "Your cattle have all run into my family's tea plantation, why can't I tell your lord?"

"Don't say, don't say. "Although Agui is as tall as a child of the same age, he is very thin, very thin, and very dark, and he looks very weak.

With tears in his eyes, he begged: "Brother Qingshan, I beg you, don't tell my mother, if you do, she won't allow me to go to school." ”

Liu Qingshan was a little confused by the second monk.

Although the conditions of Agui's family are not very good, you must know that the children are now nine years of compulsory education, and the state not only exempts the children from all tuition fees, but also provides food for the children.

In other words, it is equivalent to the state educating these children for free and still supporting these children, so even if the family conditions are not very good, it is not enough to say that they do not let their children go to school.

"Why are you not allowed to go to school?" Liu Qingshan asked, "Why are you not allowed to go to study without paying tuition, and there are free meals to eat?"

Agui hung his head aggrievedly, "Because my mother said that if I don't take good care of the cows and let them run into other people's fields and eat other people's crops, then I will lose money to others." But my family has no money, and if I want to lose money, I can only drop out of school and work to earn compensation. Brother Qingshan, please, don't tell my mother, when I grow up in the future, I will definitely make money and pay it back to you, but now, I want to study. ”

Hearing this, Liu Qingshan couldn't cry or laugh.

It turned out to be because of this. It seems that Agui's mother scared him a lot in order to make Agui optimistic about the cow.

However, then again, the conditions of Agui's family really can't afford any accidents.

Even if a cow eats someone else's crop, it is an unbearable burden for their family.