Chapter 6 The discovery of raspberries
In fact, her memory of Xinghua Village is already very vague, and her impression of the mountains is even less.
After all, this is a memory of more than ten years ago for her, and she was still young at that time, and she didn't go up the mountain many times, at most she was not far from the village, and she only had a vague shadow of the terrain in her heart, and she really couldn't remember what it was.
Gu Changning walked down the mountain road for a while, her hands and back basket were full of slender branches, but she didn't see any wild fruits or anything.
It's not that there are no fruit trees, there are still a few in the grass on the side of the mountain road, but some fruit trees are not in time, they have not yet borne fruit, or the fruit is not edible, so they can only be skipped.
Some fruit trees did bear fruit, but unfortunately she was not the only one who went up the mountain to look for wild fruits, and the fruits under these fruit trees had been picked when they were almost grown, and she could not reach the top of the tree, so she could only sigh and give up the fruit above.
As the sun gradually moved west, standing on the mottled silhouette of the mountain road, Gu Changning was so tired that he had to lean under a big tree on the side of the road, panting for breath, wiping the sweat from his forehead, and resting for a while.
How could she forget that this body is not when she was in her twenties, and the eight-year-old palm is still small, not to mention that she has no strength for this body.
Of course, this is only relative to the strength she had in her twenties in her previous life, among her peers, Gu Changning's strength is not small, and she has wondered more than once that Daddy's strength has passed on to her.
It's still young now, and the distinction is not particularly obvious, but as she grows up, the strength of that body is gradually revealed.
To put it simply, the same twenty kilograms of items can only be lifted by others with both hands, but she has one in one hand, and it is not effortless.
In his previous life, Gu Changning had been very careful to hide this matter since he discovered that he was as strong as an ox.
Imagine a girl as delicate as a flower and a strong man with five or three thick weights carrying twenty kilograms of goods in one hand, how scary it is.
I can't bear to look at that picture when I think about it, no matter what Gu Changning says, he still has to save face.
The mountain road winds up, climbing the mountain is a very physically demanding thing, plus the weight brought to her by the firewood she is carrying in her hands, she is even more tired, so she can only carry the bundled firewood and go home.
However, just as soon as she turned around, she caught a glimpse of something red in the grass more than a person tall in the distance, she turned her head to look and found that several pairs of red eyes were staring at her tightly, Gu Changning's first reaction was a snake, and she was immediately frightened and let go of her hands, Chai He fell to the ground, looking at that place with a pale face, a cold sweat suddenly broke out on her back, and she stiffened her body and didn't dare to move.
After all, Gu Changning still lived for a lifetime, and she had some experience, she saw that she stood still for a moment, but those pairs of red eyes remained motionless and remained in their original state, and she unconsciously twisted her brows, thinking that it might not be a snake, so she jumped up and walked over directly.
Just in case, she still held a slender branch in her hand, and approached cautiously, the branch in her hand gently tapping against the grass, and looked nervously at the place.
Seeing that there was no snake coming out there, Gu Changning's heart relaxed slightly, and he approached more curiously.
There are many plants and trees in this area, and the cover is dense, Gu Changning pulled out the grass and walked in front of those pairs of red eyes, only to find that it was a false alarm, and it was really not a snake's eyes, but raspberry fruit.
The shrubs more than one meter high were hidden in the grass, quietly growing in a row, the raspberries were red and bright growing on the shrubs, they couldn't be counted, the number was very large, Gu Changning was overjoyed when he saw it, his face was full of excitement, and he secretly said that the first way to make money was coming!
She picked a large leaf, and instead of picking all the raspberries, she picked enough for her, her brother, and her mother, and covered the rest of the raspberries with grass to prevent others from discovering them.
Gu Changning is not a stingy child, but it also depends on the situation.
If Daddy is still there, the family doesn't have to worry about food and clothing, she will pick the raspberries and share them with the children in the village to eat.
But now the situation at home is very much in need of silver taels, so she doesn't want to slap her swollen face and become fat, so she decided to take care of her family first.
Gu Changning plucked a large leaf from the dwarf tree next to him, rolled the leaf into the shape of a funnel, and used it to hold the fruit, the lowest end of the funnel was tightly rolled to prevent the fruit from falling down the bottom, and then sealed the opening with the top two ends.
Seeing that a leaf couldn't cover it, Gu Changning picked a few more large leaves, wrapped the whole one, put it in the empty back basket, and was about to carry the two bundles of firewood that had just fallen on the ground and walked home.
I don't need the firewood in the back basket, anyway, there are many trees on the mountain, so I can pick it up later.
However, after only two steps, she felt that this was not good, and she thought about it in place, just in case she went to the side of the road and grabbed a large handful of sheep's hoofed grass everywhere, put it in the basket, and covered the raspberries underneath, and then went down the mountain road with confidence.
I can't blame her for being so cautious, it's really that some aunts and aunts in the village are too conscious, and when they see others coming back from the mountain, they always have to pick up and pull twice, for fear that something good will be taken away by others and make their own family lose.
In light of this, she had to be cautious.
Sure enough, it is still beneficial to prepare in advance, no, there is a group of village aunts walking far away on the mountain road in front, carrying the same back basket as her, but it is much more than this one on her, and the wooden handle can still be seen at the mouth of the back basket, Gu Changning knew at a glance that it should be filled with a sickle, and this group of aunts came up the mountain to cut pigweed.
It's just that she hasn't seen her for more than ten years, and although she looks familiar, she is very strange in her heart.
What should I do, I always have to say hello when I see people, but she can't remember a name, how can she say hello?
Gu Changning was twisting her eyebrows and thinking of countermeasures, and the aunt standing in the middle had already shouted at her from afar.
"Ah, isn't this Changning, what's behind you? Yo, back basket, look at this back basket pile, go up the mountain is to find something good, if you really find something good, don't forget our Yueya, she is the best with you, what is thinking about you. ”
Gu Changning's eyebrows jumped, thanks to this big voice, she finally remembered.
This aunt's husband's family name is Cao, and she has a son and a daughter, and her daughter Yueya is one year older than her.
Aunt Cao's name in her mother's house is rarely mentioned in the village, and the people in the village call her Cao everyone's, or Yueya's mother, Cao Hai's daughter-in-law, etc., and over time, Gu Changning's generation calls her Aunt Cao or Aunt Cao when they see her.
Thinking about it, the corners of Gu Changning's mouth twitched after hearing what she said.
Yueya is the best with her? Thinking of her for everything? Aunt Cao is not sorry for what she said.
Cao Yueya has always liked to compare with her, as long as she has any object that is better than Cao Yueya's use, she will give her a face, and she never calls herself any good things, but she doesn't call anything that needs to be helped.
She can't wait for Cao Yueya to stop bothering herself in the future, and give her the best of the best?
In response, Gu Changning could only laugh dryly twice.
"My basket is full of sheep's hoof grass, which is used to feed the chickens, if the aunt needs it, I will give you some of it." Gu Changning tried his best to pull out a less stiff smile and looked at her, and immediately took off the bamboo basket he was carrying behind him, and gestured to take out the sheep's hoof grass to give it to her.
Sheep's hoof grass is not a rare thing, it can be seen everywhere on the mountain, like roadside grass, on the edge of the ridge, everywhere, grab a handful, Gu Changning doesn't believe that she even wants to take advantage of this.
Sure enough, as soon as she finished speaking, Aunt Cao's face immediately showed disgust.