Chapter 138: Digging Bamboo Shoots

The weather has been very hot and dry for several days, this afternoon, a sudden rainstorm came down, the bean-sized raindrops fell on the roof tiles and made a crisp sound, after the rainstorm the sky fell softly, the drizzle fell intermittently for three days and three nights.

The surrounding green hills were watered by the drizzle for several days, which appeared more verdant, and the raindrops hung on the leaves, delicate and delicate, and even the seedlings in the rice fields were watered by the sudden drizzle.

After this drizzle, the bamboo shoots on the mountain finally began to sprout.

At about five o'clock, Le Lang got up, took the bamboo shoot knife for digging bamboo shoots, stepped on the clouds and mist that had not yet dispersed in the mountains, stepped on some dew drops under his feet, came to the mountain, shuttled through the bamboo forest, and dug up bamboo shoots.

Some people may say that this kind of life is very freehand, but in fact, this kind of life is very hard. When the green bamboo shoots first came out, there was a pound of ** yuan in the market, and the dealers collected about five or six yuan, but at this time the output was very small.

When the green bamboo shoots are large, there are about two catties in the market, and the dealers charge even lower at this time, but if you don't sell bamboo shoots, do you have to eat so many bamboo shoots yourself? In the spirit of being able to pick up a dollar is a dollar, farmers will sell even if the price is cheaper. Because green bamboo shoots are not as good as hemp bamboo shoots, hemp bamboo shoots can be pickled into sour bamboo shoots and sold later, but it is too wasteful to make sour bamboo shoots if they are small.

The forest on the mountain is dense with leaves, mosquitoes are piled up, cobwebs are entangled, Le Lang keeps shuttling through the bamboo forest to dig bamboo shoots, and after digging, he throws them directly into the jade Ruyi space, and then takes out the bamboo shoots that have been dug up after a while.

After digging all morning, I was sweating profusely before I finished digging this piece of bamboo shoots. I found a stone, took out all the bamboo shoots in the jade Ruyi space, picked up a green bamboo shoot in my hand, cut it a few times, peeled off the shell, and ate it. Green bamboo shoots, which taste sweet and sweet when eaten raw, are a bit like field potatoes, but the taste is a little different. Tian Potato is water chestnut, also known as horseshoe.

At this time, Lelang's body was covered with mountain dew and sweat, and there were a few strands of spider silk floating on his head, and there were some red clay marks on his body. Looking at the large pile of bamboo shoots in front of him, Le Lang hurriedly tidied up, the head that should be cut off, sometimes he accidentally dug too deep when digging, and the head was a little too thick to be shaved off. Some of the too much dirt should be cleaned a little, put them into a bag one by one after tidying up, put them in the jade Ruyi space, and then take them out when they get to the door, so as to save some effort, and then go down the mountain after they are done.

Along the way, the water in the mountains is murmuring, the early birds are singing, there are some naughty squirrels playing between the branches, seeing someone coming, they hurriedly burrow into the hole, half a sound, and then sneakily poke their heads out.

For these, Le Lang turned a blind eye and just wanted to hurry down the mountain to sell these bamboo shoots. He was a little uneasy to leave San Lang alone at home, San Lang would cry if he didn't see him when he got up in the morning, and the old way was not there, otherwise if Le Lang told him when he went out, San Lang didn't cry or make trouble, and he didn't tell him when he got up too early today, and he would cry non-stop when he woke up.

Bamboo shoots in Xiaoxi Village are usually harvested in the morning, and if they are too late, they will have to wait until tomorrow. However, after one night, the bottom of the bamboo shoots will become thicker, and when they are sold the next day, they will have to cut off some of them, and a lot of effort has been wasted for no reason.

When he returned home, he took a look at San Lang and found that he was still sleeping, and Le Lang didn't care about resting, so he rode a motorcycle and carried a large number of bamboo shoots to the village. When I came to the village, I saw that the square in front of the temple was already full of people selling bamboo shoots, all of whom were from the village and some neighboring villages, Le Lang said hello to a few people he knew, waited on the side, and when he arrived, he sold bamboo shoots, carried a few pieces of paper, and rode back again.

This is the true portrayal of a peasant, a person works hard just to earn some money to support his family, but some people still want to spend this hard-earned money, so the richest person in the world can never be a farmer, and the most bitter can only be said to be a farmer.

Back home, Saburo hadn't woken up yet. Le Lang took out the minced meat from the refrigerator and made the bun skin last night, wrapped the bun and put it in the pot to steam, before calling San Lang up.

After eating, Le Lang soaked in a glass of honey water, lay quietly on the rocking chair, squinting and resting.

People say that "the wind and flowers are chic, the snow and the moon are empty, and only the quiet ones are the main; The withering glory of water and wood, the growth and decline of bamboo and stone, and the lonely idle have their rights. "Now look at Lelang's appearance, and he actually has a few of the true meanings.

After a while, a bunch of well-fed little children ran to Le Lang's house to play with San Lang, San Lang saw someone coming to play with him, and jumped with joy, and some of the little children ran outside to play with the beads. Now that these children are almost on vacation, they all come to Lelang's house to play, and Lelang feels that his home is about to become a kindergarten.

The emergence of this reason is mainly due to San Lang, every time these children come over, he is very proud to take a bunch of things for them to eat, and sometimes teach some smaller boys to ride goats, the last time Le Lang remembered that San Lang also sent some porcupine thorns to these children, but not those picked up on the mountain, but Xiao Hao and the little pig fell down.

Of course, in exchange, these children also brought some things they played with for Saburo to play, and the last "Bo Boy" was brought by these little guys, and sometimes they would bring some wild fruits just picked from the mountains for Saburo to eat, which made Saburo jump with excitement.

Le Lang looked at this bunch of boys digging a pit at the door with a branch and cocking their buttocks marbles, and couldn't help but shake his head, what a bunch of little kids. But think about it, I seem to have come here like this back then, and it seems that when I was in the sixth grade of elementary school, I went to the lower grades to collect beads. At this time, he suddenly remembered some things in his heart, Le Lang was a little embarrassed, at that time, he really, thinking about it, he couldn't help but rub his nose embarrassedly.

The longans of the four old longan trees in the yard are getting bigger and bigger, and now each longan has the thickness of a little finger, and the longan eyelids of the old longan tree are between yellow and white, much whiter than the ordinary longan, which looks very weird. Le Lang didn't know what the fruits of these old longan trees would be, but as usual, he poured the spring water in the jade Ruyi space on the old longan trees every night.

The things in the backyard are ripe one after another, those big pumpkins are growing bigger than the other, Le Lang collected a few big pumpkins that have grown into golden brown and put them in the room, seeing that such a big pumpkin can't be eaten and eaten, so he had to cut some and feed them to the chickens and ducks. These chickens and ducks love pumpkin.

The big pumpkin seeds in the pumpkin were washed and fried in salt water to eat, not to mention, the taste of this fried pumpkin seeds is really different, sweet with a natural pumpkin sweetness, delicious very much, even the shell of those pumpkin seeds can be chewed slowly, and the taste is also very sweet.

The sweet potatoes in the backyard are also ripe, all of them are big and red, and Le Lang took the largest one of the sweet potatoes dug out and weighed them, about 10 catties, but they are still a little smaller than the sweet potatoes in the Yuruyi space. The sweet potatoes in the Jade Ruyi space were also dug up by Le Lang, and they were all piled up in the room in the Jade Ruyi space, and he dug out the sweet potatoes and planted another batch.

He dried some of the sweet potatoes in the yard and piled them in a dry corner with wooden planks and stones, while others were peeled and washed and cut into sweet potato chips and shredded sweet potatoes to dry. In the middle of summer, boil these shredded sweet potatoes and mung beans into sweet potato and mung bean soup and put them in the refrigerator, take them out when they are cold, and put some sugar to eat, which is a good holy product to cool off the heat and remove poison.

It's a lot, and he dries the mung beans and sesame seeds and puts them in bottles, and then takes them out when he wants to use them in the future. Those spring corns have also begun to wither, Le Lang simply pulled them up, and after applying fertilizer, he continued to plant corn, and the remaining useless fields were also planted by him with sweet potatoes.

In the south, you can grow two crops a year, and around October, you can also grow some hardy crops, otherwise you can only grow vegetables.

The ewe in the yard didn't know how to seduce the ram of the family, as if she was pregnant, and she was irritable all day long and screamed "bleating, bleating, bleating" over there, which made Le Lang's mood also irritable, according to his investigation, suspected that it might be a sheep raised in the village and a domestic sheep, because recently he always put the sheep by the lake to chew grass, maybe that's how he did.

Le Lang lay on the rocking chair and swayed leisurely, and Naruto walked in outside the door, "Ah Lang, do you have anything to eat?" ”

Le Lang didn't raise his head, pointed to the kitchen, and said, "There are still some buns and peanut pulp in it, take a look at it yourself, and if it's too cold, warm it up yourself." ”

"Hmm," Naruto replied and walked inside.

Seeing Naruto coming, Le Lang's heart suddenly came to life, these days he has been trying to go to the cave of that stone mountain to see if there is really any treasure, but there has been no chance, today Naruto came just right, just let him take a look at the door.

"Why didn't you see Lao Dao?" Naruto asked Rakuro as he grabbed a few buns in one hand and drank peanut milk in the other.

"I was invited to see Feng Shui early yesterday morning, and I haven't come back yet."

"It's almost July and I still help people look at feng shui, this old man is crazy about money." Naruto squatted on the rock, saying as he ate.

July, also known as the "Ghost Festival", refers to the opening of the ghost door in this month, which is the day when the ghosts of the underworld go out to play, and it is generally inappropriate in this month. In southern Fujian, this month is called "Pudu", which means to purify all sentient beings and surpass the souls of the dead.

In this month, every house in southern Fujian will hang a lantern at the door of every house, one to drive away evil spirits and keep the family safe, and the other to guide the dead relatives to go home to find their relatives.

(To be continued)