The sun had just set that day, and Zhang Qiang and his wife, who had been busy for many days, took Erya's two uncles, Zhou Dafu and Zhou Dagui, to walk from the path on the mountain to the embankment with a basket on their backs, and then carefully entered the hall of Ling'er's house through the back door along the bottom of the embankment. Min'er prepared cool boiled water for everyone, and although the temperature here is not as high as in summer, it is much drier than in summer. After drinking a few bowls of water hard, she felt alive, Aunt Zhang's usual voice was very loud, but now she suppressed her voice and said:

"A few of us went to the birch slope at the back of the west mountain, where no one usually goes, and there are many forest frogs. Look, it's a hundred and forty or fifty pounds. "She knew it was worth a lot.

"It's almost inseparable, your family can't finish it in winter, and it's not good to eat until the beginning of spring next year." Zhou Dagui felt very uncomfortable, can this thing be delicious? It's really hard for these two babies.

"Aunt Zhang, you?" As soon as Ling'er heard Zhou Dagui's words, she knew that Aunt Zhang didn't tell them the truth of the matter, and she couldn't help but admire Aunt Zhang's character even more.

"Hehe, it's up to you to call the shots." Zhang Qiang explained.

"I believe in you, as long as it is someone you can trust, I can trust you." Ling'er immediately said that she had seen the first batch when they sent back the first batch just now, and these frogs were very large. Almost 25 can produce a catty, that is to say, 25 can only produce about 100 grams of oil, and 75 can produce a catty of oil. She plans to sell it to Dr. Wang at a price of one tael per penny, not because she is kind-hearted, but because she doesn't want Lin Frog to be hunted madly for her own reasons. After she found a long-term livelihood, she stopped selling frog oil.

"Sister, is Dad asleep?" Ling'er saw Min'er come out of her father's room, so she asked.

"Uncle Zhang, Aunt Zhang, eldest uncle, second uncle. Daddy is asleep, are we going to come out tonight? Min'er first said hello and saw a large pile of dried frogs, and turned her head to ask Ling'er.

"Well, let's go to town tomorrow." There are still about 20 days to go into winter, so it's better to prepare things for the winter as early as possible.

"I don't understand what you're talking about?" Zhou Dafu didn't understand after listening for a long time, so he asked.

"Brother, is it like this......" After Aunt Zhang briefly explained the matter, several people began to follow Ling'er to learn how to take frog oil, and the Zhou brothers didn't have time to sigh and be surprised, so they could only hurry up and work with everyone.

"Aunt Zhang, what is this grass?" Ling'er found that there was a lot of grass in the frog pile, and it seemed that it should be Ula grass.

"This is what was cut on the mountain to pad the bottom of the basket, at first glance?" Aunt Zhang didn't understand what was so strange about this weed.

"Is there a lot of grass like this in the mountains?" Ling'er was not calm in her heart, thinking that frog oil was not a long-term livelihood, so she came for a long time.

"There is no such grass on the mountain, but there are more birch slopes we go to, and there are everywhere on the mountain, even in the meadow next to the mountain." Zhang Qiang saw that Ling'er was interested, so he told everything he knew.

"Yes, such grass is found on the birch slopes, and we don't see it on the mountains over there." Chow Tai Fu added. If this kind of grass hadn't been caught on the birch slope this time, I would never have seen it before.

"Also?" Min'er couldn't help but get excited when she saw Ling'er's eyes, you must know that it was the eyes that represented making money. Ling'er first gave Min'er an affirmative look before speaking:

"Tomorrow, Uncle Zhang, you and the two uncles will find a few more trustworthy people in our village to cut more, and think of a way to bluff the past, whether to give them a few pennies per person or whatever, the key is not to make them suspicious." Ling'er is very excited now, if this is really done, then a long-term livelihood will be found. It's just that this time is a bit tight, and it is estimated that this year is enough.

"After cutting, I put it in my backyard to dry, and when it is dry, I put it in my warehouse. The more the better, and don't hurt the roots when you cut it, it will grow next year. By the way, that birch slope is from our village, isn't it? "It's no wonder that Ling'er knows everything, even when her father is good, he doesn't like to talk, and she can't hear him say three words a day. So she basically doesn't know about this Murakami, Min'er is not much better than her, but she knows a few more people than her. After the development of Ling'er's social activities, most of the people in the village knew each other, even more than Min'er.

"It's from our village, not to mention this birch slope, even the two mountains to the west of the birch slope are also from our village. You can rest assured about mowing the grass, but this frog seems to be incomplete. Zhang Qiang looked at this large pile of frogs, and then looked at what they had finished, counted the hours, and estimated that they would have to work all night.

"It's okay, it's as much as you want, it's all done anyway, and it's bad if you put it away." Ling'er also knew that it was unrealistic to finish it all, so she asked Min'er to string the frogs with threads, so that they could be hung in the kiln when the time came.

"I'll bring your father with me tomorrow, or I'll have to let him go to your second uncle's, he doesn't want to go there." The last time they went to town, Zhang Qiang sent Zhao He to stay there for a short day because he wanted to go up the mountain to catch frogs, and when he went to pick him up, Zhao He was very unhappy and lost his temper with him, and he promised him that he would never send him there again, so he stopped.

"Okay, anyway, I'm looking for someone to cut, Uncle Zhang, you watch them work while looking at my father, don't cut it yourself." Min'er can think about it, but in her heart, she is annoying the people over there, and less contact is the best.

"Yes, let's be a master. Haha......" Zhang Qiang smiled, in fact, Min'er didn't explain that he also planned to do so, if Zhao He made a little mistake because of his mistakes, then he wouldn't have to live.

"Ling'er, what do you want so much grass for?" Zhou Dagui saw that others didn't ask, and he was embarrassed to ask, but he was really curious and couldn't help but ask.

His question was immediately responded to by everyone, and they all stopped staring at Ling'er's face. This time it can make Ling'er sad, what excuse is it used this time? Aunt Zhang is with them almost all the time, which is not easy to make up. But I couldn't help but speak, and when I was about to talk nonsense, I heard Min'er speak:

"We can't talk about this yet, and we'll tell them what we're doing when we get back from town tomorrow." Min'er immediately noticed Ling'er's embarrassed expression, so she had to help her cover it.

"That's it, it's just a question anyway, hehe" Zhou Dagui smiled a little embarrassedly, he felt that he shouldn't ask, but he didn't care about the reaction of the Min'er sisters, so he started working with confidence. It's all because he was so anxious that he forgot what his brother-in-law said to them on the mountain today. In fact, Zhang Qiang didn't say anything, just told them to talk less and work more if they wanted to live a good life.

"Actually, it's nothing, and now it's okay, but I'm not sure if it's the kind of grass I've heard about, and I have to dry it to see it." Ling'er saw Zhou Dagui's embarrassment, so she had to speak hard, not wanting him to be guilty. If nothing else, these people are her future confidants, of course, this is only her initial idea, as for whether it can be successful, it depends on their personal performance. After everyone stopped looking at her, he continued:

"The last time we went to the town to borrow money from Dr. Wang, we heard from a person who came to see a doctor from out of town that there was a kind of grass called Ula grass. The difference between this grass and other grasses is that it does not give birth to insects, it is warm in winter and cool in summer, it can remove the flavor and remove the taste, and activate the meridians, anyway, it is very useful. You can also use it to weave kang mats, straw sandals or something, the most important thing is that it is warmer than cotton and breathable and sweaty, if it is waddled in winter into shoes made of leather and wears warm and does not have chilblains. Ling'er thought about it, that is, Aunt Zhang didn't follow the two sisters that time, anyway, they wouldn't ask Dr. Wang, even if they asked, it was fine, she could say that she heard about it when she was waiting for Dr. Wang. This is really a lie!

"Then you knew this was Ula grass at first glance?" Aunt Zhang can always grasp the crux of the problem at once.

"That's what I asked, and that's what he said. How else would I know? "Ling'er is about to collapse, if you ask her again, you will be out of words.

"That's a good feeling, it's about to enter winter, and it's a blessing to have shoes that don't freeze your feet." Zhou Dagui changed his embarrassed expression and said excitedly. The winter in this area of Hung Yen Province is long and cold, and even cotton shoes do not keep warm, mainly because they are easily soaked by snow. Besides, cotton is a precious thing, who is willing to use it to make shoes? Therefore, most of the people of Hung Yen Province have chilblains on their feet.

"No, Ming'er, I'll find more people for him, and I can make more shoes with more grass." Zhang Qiang also felt that this was a good thing, and he was more energetic when he thought of working here.

"Uncle Zhang, tomorrow you will say that this is your business, don't mention our sisters." Min'er reminded.

"Save it, I know the severity of this matter, Min'er, you can rest assured." Zhang Qiang understands the reason, now he has to think about talking to the people in the village tomorrow?

A few people were busy, but the second girl, who was sleeping in a daze, came. Aunt Zhang looked at her with heartache and anger, and couldn't help but say:

"What are you doing here in the middle of the night? Not scared? Er Yawn and complained:

"When I wake up from sleep, it's almost the third watch (23:00), but you haven't come back yet, can I not worry? That's why I thought I'd come and have a look. After Erya mentioned that everyone paid attention to the time, Ling'er hurriedly said:

"Let's rest, everyone, this work is not done in a day, you have to go up the mountain tomorrow."

In the end, Erya heard that she was going to the town tomorrow and muttered to go together, and Min'er helped to intercede with Aunt Zhang before agreeing.

"Min'er, how is the town? I haven't been to the town since I'm so old......" It's no wonder that Erya is so excited, most of the women and children in the village have never been there, except for Lu Yuan, there is no money. Even Aunt Zhang had only been there once or twice before, which was still among the top in their tunzi.

"What do I mean? Won't you find out tomorrow when you see it yourself? Min'er smiled, and after helping Ling'er wash, she lay down and fell asleep. Although Ling'er should be a four-year-old child, she is actually only three years old. Because in this era, it is said that the age is false, which means that you are born at the age of one, and when you are twelve months old, you are two years old. If you were born before the year, then you will be two years old after the New Year, even if you are born in your thirties, you will be two years old on the first day of the new year overnight.