Chapter XI
Soon I arrived at Peach Blossom Village, and I hurried to the mountain, afraid that others would see me. I put my things in a hollow in a tree, camouflaged them with planks and leaves, and left until I couldn't see anything from afar. When I got home, it was getting late, and my grandparents had already returned from their work and were resting in their rooms.
I hurriedly ran over to help my mother cook, and when my mother saw that it was me who came in, I asked, "Where did you go today, and you won't come back for lunch." I hurriedly replied, "I'm going to hunt pigweed today, because the pigweed has been beaten in many places, so I ran to a farther place, so there is no way to come back at noon." I immediately looked at my mother with a wink, and my mother soon knew that I must have gone to sell medicinal herbs, so she quickly didn't continue to ask. Dinner was quickly ready, and there were no meat dishes, but the rice was enough.
After I laid out the meal with my mother, my grandfather said that we would start eating, and everyone immediately began to eat. I also hurriedly started eating, I didn't eat at noon today, and I was very hungry in a hurry.
So after everyone finished eating, my mother and I packed up our things and hurriedly pulled my mother and brother into the room. I closed the door and used my psychic abilities to probe inside and out several times, and when I found that there was nothing wrong, I was relieved.
When I took out the silver on my body, my mother and brother were stunned, and they couldn't even say "you, you, you...... So there will be so much money, where does it come from. "I'm afraid that my mother will misunderstand" Mother, this is what I got from digging medicinal herbs in the mountains, otherwise I wouldn't have come back so late today! "I haven't told my mother about the hot springs, because more is better than less, but the hot springs are wanted by all rich people, besides, if the sulfur in it is known by others, what else can I do to make money." Sure enough, my mother listened to my words and looked better, "That's good, that's good." After saying that, he looked at the silver.
I saw that so much silver was not safe in one place, and it was better to divide it. My brother listened to my words and said very approvingly, "Yes, yes, the rabbits are still cunning, not to mention us, it would be good to have more places to hide money." After hearing what my brother and I were talking about, my mother couldn't help but nod and said, "This is a good way, but where is it good to hide?" When I heard this, I suddenly thought of a place: "Mother, we can hide in the mountains, after all, no one can run into the mountains, I hide there, and when I want to use it, I can go to the mountains and get it back." My mother's eyes lit up when she heard my words, "This is a good way, you will take the money to the mountains tomorrow and take a little more, otherwise the money in the family will be discovered by others, and the money in the mountains will have a way out." With that out of the way, everyone immediately washed up and got ready for bed.
The next morning I finished my meal and went up the hill, and found the hole in the tree where I had hidden my things, and took out one of the little jars, and put the silver in it, and dug a pit under the tree, and put the jar down. For fear of forgetting, I also put a large stone on it.
But I quickly started the pigweed, there is no way, the pigweed I beat yesterday has been used up, and if I don't do it, the pigs and cows will definitely go hungry.
I hunted a lot of pigweed and dug up wild vegetables before slowly walking home. When I got home, I hurried to the kitchen, and when I saw my mother cooking, I immediately helped to light the fire. My mother saw me and asked in a low voice, "The problem is solved?" I nodded, and my mother was much more relieved to see me nodding, so she didn't continue to ask. Today's lunch said that the dry rice made of millet and black beans was stir-fried cabbage, mixed with wild vegetables, and then the pickles were cut and put on the plate.
When everyone came back, my mother and I brought the food and food into the hall. When everyone saw today's dish, a look of disappointment flashed on their faces. When the old man said that he was going to eat, no one could bear it anymore, "I do heavy work every day, and I don't even have any meat, how can I do this!" Sure enough, everyone listened to the eldest aunt and said, "Yes, yes!" When Grandma Wang heard this, she knocked on the bowl with chopsticks very angrily and said, "You still want to eat meat, do you know how much meat costs a catty?" It's good that I'll feed you, but you still want to eat meat, do you want me to cut off my flesh and give it to you? Sure enough, after listening to Wang's words, everyone shouted that they would not do it, after all, no one wants to have a reputation for unfilial piety.
The old man looked at this farce and said, "Okay, don't talk about it, old woman, cut two catties of meat tonight and come back to make up for everyone." Sure enough, as soon as the old man's words came out, Grandma Wang could only say yes. Soon everyone couldn't swallow the meal, after all, there was still heavy physical work to be done in the afternoon. After everyone finished eating, they went back to their rooms to rest, and my mother and I stayed to clean up.
When everyone got up and was ready to go to work, Wang went to my mother and said, "Take the money, go sell two catties of meat tonight, and I tell you, if I find out that you have swallowed it privately, you will die." My mother hurriedly said yes.
Seeing that my mother agreed, my grandmother turned around and left. After my mother and I finished washing the dishes, I hurried to the mountain, because I couldn't stand the itching on my body. It's not that I don't wash at home, but my mother still has a lot of things to do today, you don't think that my mother just cooks, of course not, my mother wants to wash clothes, my clothes, my brother's, and grandparents', fortunately, because I want to avoid suspicion, so I don't have to wash the clothes in the big room and the second room. We also need to remove weeds from the garden and plant vegetables. Chickens, pigs, cows, and pigsty are also fed. There's so much work to do, and I certainly can't trouble her.
Running to the hot springs in the mountains, I quickly took off my clothes and entered the hot springs. As the hot water poured over my skin, I let out a soft sigh of comfort, "Comfortable." "This time, I also washed my hair, and under the pretext that I had thought about it, I said that I would wash it at home, and my mother would not demolish me anyway. When it was washed, I quickly put on my clothes, this time the wash was very good, but there was no soap, next time remember to buy it back.
After washing, I hurried to the place where I had hidden my things last time, and I was relieved to see that things were okay. I grabbed a handful of millet one by one, put it in a big jar and boiled it, and when the millet porridge was ready, I quickly drank it without fear of being hot. After drinking the millet porridge, I quickly felt much better about my stomach.
I quickly packed up my things, put them back in place, and put the planks in place before I slowly and leisurely prepared to work.