Chapter 4 The Three Treasures of the Northeast
When the fat man woke up, it was already afternoon, and he wiped a handful of hara on his mouth, only to find that there was an extra pillow under his head. There were a few kittens sleeping on the side of the pillow, and the old cat was squatting on the kang and napping, shooting sharp eyes here from time to time.
Deftly jumped to the ground, feeling a little thirsty, went to the outhouse to find the water tank, scooped half of the water with a large gourd, and poured it down, and felt comfortable from the stomach.
This water nourishes people. Thinking of the gratifying changes that have taken place in himself, the fat man sighed in his heart.
Seeing Aunt Li coming out of the opposite room, the fat man hurriedly asked, "Auntie, where did Qiqi go?"
"Went fishing with those wild boys. The old man came up to me and told me to take you to the house. ”
The fat man followed Aunt Li out, and originally wanted to go around the village, but who knew that the house was in the courtyard, and the east and west courtyards of the village chief's house.
The first feeling for the fat man is that it is big, two small grass houses, the front and back of the house are big gardens, and there are more than 100 meters in the east, west, north and south. The fat man who is used to living in a snail is an eye-opener.
The yards are sparsely planted with fruit trees, and the rest of the places are also abandoned.
The fat man's two little eyes shimmered: If this is in the city, every inch of land is valuable, and the land alone is worth millions. But in my hands, I also have to make good use of it, plant some fruits and vegetables, and it should be no problem to be self-sufficient, not to mention that there are so many fruit trees?
Standing under the tree, looking up, the fruit trees are several meters high, and the fruit has been hung on it, but the fat man is not diligent in his four bodies, and he does not distinguish between grains and grains, and he does not know the same.
"These are apples, the tall ones are jujubes, and there are pear trees and mountain cloves in the backyard, and you see that these peaches are all going to be red. Aunt Li regarded the fat man as an educated youth and introduced him one by one.
The more the fat man listens, the more beautiful he becomes, and he doesn't have to worry about eating fruit in the future. As long as it can be coated with food, the fat man will be happy.
Entering the house, the outhouse is full of pots, water tanks, pots and pans, and the inner room has a large kang, the kang mat and the walls are old, but they are still clean, and it seems that Aunt Li has cleaned them.
This is your home. The fat man's heart suddenly became hot, after graduating from college, he has been wandering, never had a decent nest, and never imagined that he would travel to thirty years ago and finally settle down.
After a while, the fat man suddenly remembered that the moonlight treasure box didn't know where it went, and asked Aunt Li, but he didn't know. The fat man couldn't help but panic: even if he lost it, he couldn't lose the treasure box.
was in a panic, I saw Xiao Qiqi break into the yard in front of a group of girls and boys, and threw a wooden box on the ground, and the Zen magic skill of one finger attacked again: "Uncle Strange, what kind of broken box are you, the little fish in the box are gone." ”
The snow-white princess dress on the little Lori collapsed a lot of mud spots, and the hands and faces were also there, but the fat man didn't care about her, grabbed the moonlight treasure box, fortunately there was no damage, and hurriedly hugged it in his arms, secretly hating in his heart: "If it breaks, you will never want to go back to your mother." ”
Gradually, in the evening, the chimneys of every house rose from the smoke, and the backing mountain was shrouded in a peaceful smoke.
One after another, there are many aunts and aunts who come to visit the door, all of them are empty-handed, the sister-in-law with big feet carries two salted duck eggs, and the second fat mother and fat aunt carry a small jar of new sauce, some take some green vegetables, and some grab a handful of salt, which is very lively.
The fat man was busy greeting and sighed secretly: "I didn't expect my popularity to be so good." ”
I don't know that when I nag, people say that they came to see the dolls, and the fat man is so depressed.
Aunt Li brought half a pot of flatbread and sorghum rice porridge, and helped the fat man make a fire to boil some vegetable soup, and the first meal in the temporary home was considered to be on fire.
The fat man let go around, but let all the people run, so he sat opposite Xiao Qiqi on the kang table, which was also a reunion dinner.
Qiqi is a picky eater, but he has a soft spot for the salted duck eggs brought by his sister-in-law, and eats all the duck egg yolks. The fat man looked at the red, oily duck egg yolk with a blank eye, and he almost dripped.
In the last breath, he pulled the egg whites of the two big duck eggs into the porridge and snorted and ate them all.
At night, lying on the kang, the little Lori began to smoke again, the fat man really had no choice, ran to Aunt Li's house and picked up a kitten, Qiqi then fell asleep with it in her arms, according to her, she slept with the woolly bear at home.
The fat man smacked his lips, and also felt that a seven or eight-year-old little doll had left his hometown and left his father, and he felt that the burden on his shoulders was not light.
When I came outside, I took out the moonlight treasure box and swung it for a while, although the moon was empty, but the wooden box did not react at all.
With a sigh, the fat man held the treasure box in his arms, closed his eyes and pondered: The most important thing now is to improve the living conditions, coarse tea and light meals are okay with one or two meals, and it must be greasy to eat often, it looks like you should also raise some chickens, ducks, geese and dogs or something, and it is best to raise more pigs......
Just as I was thinking about beauty, I suddenly felt a large pool of water appear in my consciousness, clear and bright, and there were small fish swimming in the water.
The fat man was excited and opened his eyes: "Hehe, I want to get dizzy, go to sleep." ”
The first night in the backing mountain tun was spent in the snoring of the fat man, and the fat man slept so deeply that he didn't even hear Xiao Qiqi call his mother in his dream.
Early the next morning, Captain Li led people to drive a big carriage to the fat man's house. Only then did the fat man remember to build a straw house, so he hurriedly pulled two leftovers out of the house.
Little Lori was very curious about the arrival of the big carriage, and she had never taken such a means of transportation, so she also shouted to go, and the fat man was afraid that she would cry, so he also hugged Qiqi into the car.
The owner of the car flicked his whip, and the carriage drove out of the backing hill and headed for the hazelnut ditch to the east. Rhubarb also followed, running unhurriedly.
The fat man saw that the forest was getting denser and denser, and there was only one mountain road in the middle, and he could barely pass the car, so he couldn't help asking: "Uncle Li, are there wolves in this forest?"
"Not to mention wolves, even bears and blind bears and wild boars are also common, but as long as you don't provoke them, there is no danger. waited for Lao Qiu, and asked Wang Sanpao to lead you to fight the siege, which was exciting. ”
As soon as Xiao Qiqi heard that there was a wolf, she immediately climbed onto the fat man's lap, stared at a pair of black eyes and listened carefully.
"Strange uncle, it's still soft on you. In the end, little Lori's words almost caused the fat man to fall from the car.
After walking for more than ten miles, the car boss let out a long "call", and the carriage stopped on a barren hillside, and as far as the eye could see, there was a sea of grass, a small wind blowing, and green waves rolling.
"That's it, the camphor here is the most neat, and the toma house can last at least ten years. As Captain Li was talking, he saw Qiqi getting down from the car, running away, and hurriedly shouted:
"Come back, don't meet any wild animals. ”
The fat man didn't dare to slack off, jumped over in a few steps, grabbed the little Lori back, and then said with a smile: "Even the grass in this mountain is a treasure, it must be well developed and utilized, and everyone will soon be able to live a good life." ”
"Of course. Li Chunsheng, the owner of the car, tied the horse to the peg, and then took over the conversation: "Ginseng, mink, and indigo grass, these three treasures of the Northeast are inseparable from grass." ”
Ginseng mink skin fat people have heard of it, they are all rare things, but where is this indigo grass sacred, it can even be called a treasure.
"It's cold in the northeast, and in winter, I wear indigo on my feet. Indigo grass is used to keep warm in Xuan. But now I don't wear it much, and my standard of living has improved. Captain Li knew that the fat man didn't understand anything in the mountains, so he explained to him with a smile.
Everyone smoked a bag of cigarettes, and then began to work, the long sickle and short knife were waved, and the small leaf camphor brushed down, tied into a small handful, and a dozen of them were gathered in a circle, as long as they were dried for more than ten days, they could be used.
The fat man didn't know how to use the sickle, so he had to follow the bundle of grass and stand up the grass, and this busy work, little Qiqi disappeared.
When the fat man looked up, he found that he was so frightened that he almost lost his soul, and hurriedly shouted at the top of his voice: "Qiqi-"
Captain Li also stopped what he was doing: "It's okay, I can't run far, and there is rhubarb following." ”
After shouting a few times, he saw a small white dot in the distance, and a yellow shadow flashed behind him.
"Uncle Fat, I plucked a turnip, you wash it for nothing, Qiqi wants to eat it. Kiki ran with a red face, and held in his hand a white object, thicker than a finger, full of tendrils.
"Radish?" Although the fat man is not very knowledgeable, he also knows that this is definitely not a radish.
"Stick!" Li Chunsheng exclaimed.
"What's a mallet?" the fat man was a little confused.
"We call the wild ginseng a mallet, and look at the arm is the arm and the leg is the leg, and the year is up. ”
Everyone gathered around, and finally unanimously agreed: This is an old mountain ginseng that is at least 20 years old.
The fat man doesn't care how "good mallet" he is in identifying mountain goods, his eyes are full of golden stars, such a wild ginseng, let alone tens of thousands of yuan, but that is the price after 30 years, I don't know what the price is now, it should be very valuable, after all, it is the first of the three treasures in the Northeast.