Chapter 8: Yams
At this time, there were not many pedestrians in the village, every household was having lunch, and the Tian family lived at the back of the village, close to the river behind the village, so the Xia Zhi sisters hardly met anyone on the way back, only a few wild dogs.
When they got home, Xia Zhi and Tian Xiaoman were so tired and sweating profusely that they sat on the ground and didn't want to get up.
In fact, it's no wonder that they are the yam, the yam is already thick, and it has grown in the mountains for several years, and one looks at least about a catty, and they dug at least forty or fifty catties on the summer solstice.
Before, it was all up to the three of them to carry and hold by themselves, but later, although they met with the other sisters, the three of them were exhausted, and they only relied on a force to support them, and now they are naturally weak when they return home.
But this is the most tired Tian Lichun, who called her the eldest sister of the sisters, only more tired, but she bent down with difficulty to put down the basket, and the yam in her arms, found a small horse and sat down, not like the summer solstice Tianmen sat on the ground. Xia Zhi blushed when he watched Tian Lichun's movements, and only felt that he was very embarrassed, and immediately jumped up from the ground.
Several sons and daughters-in-law of the Tian family couldn't help but ask when they saw their daughters panting tiredly, and saw the lumps in the yard.
"What are you doing when you come back with so many wooden lumps, your father has cut all the firewood at home, and it can be used for several months!" This was said by the Wang family to Tian Lichun, after all, she is the eldest sister. Most of them say that the farmers collected the grain and piled the remaining straw into a haystack, which was kept for cooking or feeding the cattle. When spring came, he fertilized the straw and cut down the dead wood on the mountain for firewood. Wang thought that a few little sisters were worried that there would be no firewood at home, so they came back with this wooden pimple.
"Auntie, you don't know what to do, this is not a lump, at this time yam, the sixth sister said that this can buy medicine and make money!" Tian Lichun opened his mouth and was about to answer her aunt's question, but Tian Xiaoman, who was sitting on the ground, said excitedly.
Xia Zhi listened to her answer, and suddenly had an urge to touch her forehead, and she wanted money when she felt emotional, and she also said that she could take it to eat, which is important for the current Xia Solstice to eat, and only when she is full can she have the strength to pay off her debts! What's more, the current Tian family members are all yellow and thin, and this yam is a nourishing.
"Really?" When the Tian family heard that they could make money, they all asked in unison, and when they finished asking, they felt that they were excited, and they were busy 'coughing' to relieve the embarrassment.
"Xiaoman, don't listen to your sixth sister, your sixth sister is scolding you! Think about it, how did she know that this was a yam and could sell it for money! Zheng didn't believe that this was a yam at all, and it could still be sold for money, so he only made up this reason to deceive her when his daughter deliberately tricked her in order to make fun of Xiaoman.
Xia Zhi heard her mother say that she was the seventh sister and teased her, and saw that Tian Xiaoman's eyes were full of grievances when she saw her, and immediately exploded her hair to defend herself.
"Mother——, when did I get the seventh sister, this is the yam, it can be sold, the last time I went to the town's medical hall and saw it, the doctor also said that the yams he had there were all transported from the south, not to mention the expensive, the effect of the medicine was broken, I don't believe you asked Daddy, Daddy also heard it at the time."
This is not made up by Xia Zhi, it is purely true. When Xia Zhi went to the follow-up clinic, it happened that the doctor was talking to the little medicine boy, so he and Tian Laosi listened to it. The doctor also said that most of the medicines in their store were purchased from the south by the caravan, not to mention the high cost of the medicines, because the distance was long, and the caravan did not know how to preserve the herbs, and the medicinal properties were lost a lot. When Xia Zhi heard this, he didn't think much about it because he had something in his heart, and then he remembered it when he saw the yams of Shili Mountain.
After listening to the words of the summer solstice, everyone already believed seven or eight points in their hearts, and only the last hammer was left. So everyone unanimously twisted their heads to Tian Laosi, waiting for his answer.
"Yes—yes, it seems to be such a thing." Tian Laosi couldn't help but get nervous when he saw everyone staring at him.
"Could it be that this lump is really the yam, and it can really be sold for money?" Li stepped forward and flicked the yams that were piled on the ground with his hand, and muttered to himself in disbelief.
"Ah grandma, really, I saw the yam in the pharmacy at that time, it really looks like this, and if it's not, it's a big deal to burn it as firewood." Xia Zhi saw that everyone still looked incredulous, so he had to say affirmatively. Anyway, this is a yam, as long as you get it to the pharmacy, you will naturally see it. After she finished speaking, she also gave Tian Xiaoman a look, meaning, look, I didn't lie to you!
And Tian Xiaoman immediately replied with a little look that I was ashamed of you. The two girls were squeezing their eyebrows, but the Tian family was excited, if they could really make money, they wouldn't want everything but they could reduce the burden! From this point of view, the Tian family is content.
"The summer solstice girl is right, even if it's not, it doesn't matter, it's a big deal to burn firewood." At this time, the head of the family, Lao Luotou, spoke.
"Dad is right, anyway, this is a business without capital, but it takes some effort to put it on the table, and the children are fine," Lin echoed, and turned his head and thought that if he could really make money, he couldn't let others know about it, so he asked again.
"Have you ever told anyone about this yam?" But this time it was not Tian Lichun, but the summer solstice.
Xia Zhi secretly thought that the second aunt was really shrewd, and now he thought that he couldn't tell others, but he replied: "I didn't say it, only the eldest sister and the seventh sister said it before, and even the second sister didn't say it." We've been digging yams, and when we came back, we didn't meet anyone," Xia Solstice means that no one knows about this yam except our family.
"Huh...... Xia Zhi is so smart, he can't tell others! Lin lowered his head and smoothed the head of the villain who was following the summer solstice.
"However, Grandpa and Grandma, there are still a lot of yams on that slope, and it is estimated that with just a few of us, I am afraid that we will not be able to dig them up today. I thought it would be better to let the uncles dig it for us, and let the fathers and uncles sell it tomorrow, and the province will have a lot of nights and dreams! As soon as these words came out, everyone looked at her in surprise.
In fact, as soon as Xia Zhi finished speaking, he secretly bit his tongue, did you say this by a five-year-old child, a five-year-old child knows a fart, afraid that everyone will be suspicious, Xia Zhi immediately remedied: "I-I, I just want to sell it quickly for money, and pay back the money of the eldest grandfather, second grandfather, and third grandfather's family, I know that because I am sick, the aunts have gone home and borrowed a lot of money!" It's all my fault! After speaking, he looked at everyone with tears in his eyes.
The summer solstice immediately conquered everyone in the Tian family. Hearing Xia Zhi's well-behaved answer, everyone's hearts immediately felt sour. forgot what happened just now, and surrounded her and comforted: "It's not your fault, it's that everyone is sick" Especially Zheng cried and hugged Xia Zhi into his arms, and his mouth was still saying: "My hard-working daughter!" For a while, the Tian family was full of back injuries.
After eating lunch, Lao Luotou did not tell the aunts and Xia Solstice to dig yams together, but took a few granddaughters to Shili Mountain, and the rest of the people still went to the fields.
In the afternoon, with the addition of Lao Luotou, coupled with the four sisters Tian Yushui, Tian Chunfen, Tian Guyu and Tian Lixia, the speed was obviously faster, and hundreds of catties of yam were dug in just a few hours.
After digging the yams, I just wait to go back to wash and dry, and tomorrow I can go to the pharmacy to sell them. Thinking of the money spent in vain, Xia Zhi felt hungry. Hmph, when I have money, I want to eat fragrant, drink spicy food, live in a mansion, and wear gold and jade. Xia Zhi touched his stomach and secretly hated himself.