Chapter 19: Sharing
Although there were only four people eating, it was not appropriate for Mrs. Li to eat at the same table with Dr. Zhang, so Mrs. Li and Lin Zhu dined at another table.
Dr. Zhang was very satisfied, and he ate very happily, and the village chief Lin Changqing was a good drinking friend, and the two unexpectedly fell in love. On the one hand, it is a casual come, and on the other hand, it is a deliberate friendship, and the atmosphere is very harmonious.
After they were full of wine and food, Lin Zhu originally wanted to find an opportunity to ask Dr. Zhang about the drying method of wolfberries. But because Dr. Zhang drank some wine and was a little red after eating, Lin Zhu couldn't help but ask. The village chief Lin Changqing was the same, but under the threat of Aunt Li's eyes, he didn't drink more, so there was still a lot of wine left from Dr. Zhang.
"The first time I ate rabbit meat in this way, Xiaozhu's craftsmanship is really good." Dr. Zhang thinks that it is incredible that such a young child can have such a skill, and he is very curious about her life experience, but it is inconvenient to ask more now. I can only praise her cooking skills. "Yes, she is as big as our Xiaoyu, but she is much stronger than Xiaoyu." Village Chief Lin Changqing couldn't help but compare his daughter with her, but at this point, he sincerely admitted that Xiaoyu's cooking skills were indeed not half a star worse than Lin Zhu. But when I think of her background, I am relieved.
"You two have won the award, I just happened to be at the meeting." At this time, Lin Zhu can only be modest, what he has done today is a little too much, and it is better to cover up the edge.
"Ha Luha, you are too humble, it's good to be good, it really impresses the old man." Doctor Zhang patted his stomach informally, "I didn't expect that there was such a culinary master as you hidden in this place, it was worth the trip." Before Lin Zhu and the others understood what he meant, Doctor Zhang had already gotten up and was about to leave, and before leaving, he told Lin Zhu to go to him the next day.
Zhilu Dao Doctor Zhang did not forget to teach himself, and Lin Zhu was also relieved. Lin Changqing, the village head, glanced at her, and also went out with Dr. Zhang, he felt that it was better to send her home in person.
There were only two people left in the house, Aunt Li and Lin Zhu were left in the house, and Aunt Li asked her curiously, "Look at this, Dr. Zhang seems to take good care of you, I heard you Uncle Lin said that he took three people out to play in the mountains and rivers, went to Xiaoqingshan for a turn, and borrowed it in our village for one night, and decided to buy a house here the next day, and it happened that one of the families in the village was going to move to the town, so he sold the house to him." A medical clinic was opened in the village. It stands to reason that this hospital has to be located in the town, so that people will come to see the doctor and get medicine, what kind of money can we make in such a small village. There are also the few people he brought, the housekeeper is fine, and the other two, one by one, nostrils to the sky, ignoring people. ”
"Does anyone else usually come out? Why is Dr. Zhang the only one who goes out to collect medicine? Listening to Aunt Li's words, Lin Zhu became more and more curious about his origin. The housekeeper seems to come out to buy often, and the two sometimes come out to follow Dr. Zhang, but they are always driven back. Aunt Li thought about it and said.
"He came to me three times, the first time was just in time for me to be sick, I didn't see it, the second time and this time today, he passed by here after collecting medicine, saying that he came in after drinking saliva. It didn't look like someone with bad intentions, so I let him in. Aunt Li treats her like a close junior, so Lin Zhu also knows everything about Aunt Li.
"In my opinion, it's okay to get close to Dr. Zhang, you are still weak, and it is also a good thing to have him to guide you. Besides, he often goes to Xiaoqingshan to collect medicine, if he knows that the mountain is yours, he will also accept your personal feelings. Hearing Aunt Li mention the matter of Xiaoqingshan, Lin Zhu suddenly remembered that there was something to ask, "Auntie, I also went up the mountain today, but I couldn't walk after only going up a little." Speaking of this, Lin Zhu touched his head a little embarrassed. Although Xiaoqingshan is not very big, there seems to be no one around who has gone up, except for Dr. Zhang, who has never seen anyone go up. ”
I didn't expect Lin Zhu to ask like this, Aunt Li looked at her in surprise, "There were people who went up before, but since Steward Lin came with you, he said that this Xiaoqingshan is the owner's thing, and he didn't let the villagers go up, in fact, not far from the village is Daqingshan, most of the people in the village went there to chop firewood and hunt, and few people came to Xiaoqingshan, and when he said this, no one went up again." Didn't they tell you that? ”
"I haven't been out before, and they haven't told me these things, and you know about it, and I only learned that there are these fields and mountains in Lu Dao not long ago." Lin Zhu pushed everything to the two Lin stewards and the Wang family who had left.
"That's right, Dr. Zhang shouldn't have thought that this Xiaoqingshan is the owner's thing, and it is understandable that he went up the mountain to collect medicine." Aunt Li looked at Lin Zhu, "If you don't want him to go up the mountain again, I'll talk about it for you." ”
"That's not true, it's just that it's okay to go up the mountain to collect medicine, it's also a good thing to have him in our village, when someone doesn't have a head and brain fever, collect medicine from the mountain, and maybe it will be cheaper when you diagnose the disease in the village." In Lin Zhu's opinion, she didn't know the herbs on the mountain, so it was better to be a water messenger.
Knowing that Lin Zhu thought so, Aunt Li also agreed, and was also pleased that Lin Zhu could think so long-term, so that not only Dr. Zhang had to accept her love, but even the people in the village had to accept her love more or less.
"However, I have to remind you about this, don't just kindly let the people in the village go up the mountain, you don't have an adult by your side here, if someone always goes up the mountain from behind your house, it is not safe, anyway, everyone in the village knows that the mountain has an owner." Aunt Li is really thinking about Lin Zhu, so she will have such a remark. Lin Zhu was also greatly moved in her heart, originally she was still thinking about wolfberries, should she mention it to her, people here only rely on farming for a living, if they can have one more way to make money, they can make up for their lives. Now seeing that she thinks about herself a little, Lin Zhu decided to mention it to her. So she took out the wolfberry and showed it to Aunt Li. "Isn't this beetroot? Where did you pick so much? Aunt Li picked one up and put it in her mouth, "I haven't seen it for several years, it turns out that I use this as a snack for the children." ”
"You also know this, this is what I picked from Xiaoqingshan, and I just showed it to Dr. Zhang after taking it home, and he said that this is called wolfberry and can be sold for money." Lin Zhu didn't hide it at all, and told Aunt Li everything.
Listening to Lin Zhu's words, Aunt Li was very surprised, firstly, she did not expect that the wild fruits that had been used to make snacks for the children could be sold for money, and secondly, Lin Zhu told her the news so generously. After all, it was an entry item, and after telling himself, Lin Zhu might make less money, and now Lin Zhu is short of money.
"I only found a few trees on the mountain, not too many, I haven't been halfway up the mountain, maybe there are other places, I want to let my aunt go with me." Regardless of whether Aunt Li followed her or not, if she didn't say it in advance, Lin Zhu was afraid that she would have an idea in her heart, so she had only been together for a few days, but Aunt Li put herself in her shoes, and in return, she was defenseless to tell her this.
"Is this true? No one knew before that such a small thing could be sold for money? Aunt Li was a little difficult to write, "It turned out that there were also in Daqingshan, but people went up the mountain to chop firewood and often used it as firewood, and slowly there were fewer on the mountain." I didn't expect there to be on Xiaoqingshan. Xiaozhu, you're so lucky, you'll be able to find a way to make money in just a few days. She paused and said, "I won't go with you, it's not easy for you to be alone, just use these to add some input." ”
Hearing Mrs. Li say this, Lin Zhu is even more determined to pick wolfberries with Mrs. Li's family to sell, from Dr. Zhang said that wolfberries can be taken out to sell, she has an idea, transplant some wolfberry trees in the yard, just plant a circle on the side of the courtyard wall, because there are thorns on the trees, there are many branches, and the wall can also play a protective role. In this way, the amount of wolfberries obtained is more, and if the village chief's family is willing, they can also grow some at home, and have money to earn together. It also avoids the situation that Lin Zhu eats alone, and she will not know the Tao if she secretly goes up the mountain and picks up the tree, so the gains outweigh the losses, and when the village chief's family participates, others will also converge a lot.
Lin Zhu, who has this kind of thought, naturally will not easily listen to Aunt Li's words, so she still sincerely expresses the meaning of picking together to make money together, "Auntie, there are so many on the mountain, when will I be able to pick it alone, you and I will pick it together than rot there if you can't finish it, and if you make money, you can also buy delicious food for Xiaoyu." ”
In fact, Aunt Li was also very moved when she heard Lin Zhu's proposal, after all, there is a large family here, the second son is studying in a private school, and he is about to get married, which is not a small expense, and he will have to discuss marriage in two years, so he has to prepare a dowry. But she thought it would be better to go home and discuss it with the village head, Lin Changqing. "Xiaozhu, I'll go back and discuss this matter with your Uncle Lin before replying to you."
"Okay, I'll wait for your letter," although he didn't get a positive answer, Lin Zhu was eighty percent sure that Lin Changqing would agree. "Auntie, there is something I have to trouble you to take me there, last time I didn't say that I could buy some back berries and baskets in the village, I want to buy them and use them when picking wolfberries."
"Okay, then you can go to my house tomorrow to find me, and I'll take you there then."
"Tomorrow, Dr. Zhang asked me to go to his house, just to tell me how to dry wolfberries, and I can only go to you when I learn it." Lin Zhu was busy telling Aunt Li about tomorrow's important things,
"It's okay, I'll wait for you at home." Aunt Li heard Lin Zhu say so much, she couldn't sit still at her house, and wanted to go home to discuss with the village chief Lin Changqing, it was best to go with Lin Zhu to pick wolfberries. So she quickly said goodbye and went home.
After Aunt Li left, Lin Zhu found a shady place to store the wolfberries picked back, and today was going up the mountain and cooking, and his body was a little unbearable, so he was ready to go to bed and rest for a while.