Chapter 21: Unexpected Surprises
Xia Sihan didn't know anything about Xuejia Village, but after several days, she didn't see the Lizheng family come to trouble them, which really surprised her.
She has only been in Lijia Village for a few days, but she can't hold back when she encounters such a thing, which is also what she did on purpose. Except for Li Jinyan's factor, it was really because she didn't want to endure it anymore. In her previous life, she blindly forbeared, kept her head in obscurity, but in the end ended up miserable. Now that she is reborn, she wants revenge, but she doesn't want to endure it to the end like she did in her previous life. But in this small Lijia Village, it is indeed easy for Li Zheng to take revenge.
In recent years, taxes have increased, and even adult men who do not marry are included, and many well-connected people would rather go to the city to be beggars than stay here and be oppressed. Lao Li Tou in the east of the village is one of them, and it is only because Lao Li Tou gives Li Zheng a considerable amount of money every year that he conceals this matter.
To say that Lizheng's rights are still quite easy to use in this village. Now that he doesn't give him any face, but their family has no movement, Xia Sihan is indeed a little uneasy. The village was very calm for a few days, and no one talked about it, but Xia Sihan heard Hu Ziniang talk about it, as if Ruoxia's family matter was decided. In the end, he wants to marry into a big family, but it is not the previous family, but a rich family in the town, but he is a concubine.
Hu Ziniang sighed when she talked about this, and sighed that the good girl's family should not delay her future for the sake of anger. But it's just a small talk between them, and as for the people, maybe they are happy that their daughters can marry rich people!
Xia Sihan felt that his heart was settled, as long as they stopped pestering Jinyan.
It was clear early in the morning, and Huzi came to the door, saying that he wanted to try his luck with Li Jinyan on the mountain. Xia Sihan thought that there was a lot of game in the space, but there were not a few vegetables, and there were medicinal herbs, all of which were scarce, so he wanted to follow along.
"No, there are many fierce beasts in the back mountain, if you go and run into it, how can it be good? You're at home with your mother! Li Jinyan refused, but Xia Sihan would not give up easily.
"Brother Jin, I'm not made of paper, if I can't beat it, I'll run, and besides, don't you have you. I won't run around, just go and see if there are any medicinal materials that can be exchanged for money, and you just let me go! ”
Xia Sihan saw that Li Jinyan still didn't agree, so he walked up to him and said softly: "I'm idle at home in the past day, it's better to let me go out and breathe a sigh of relief, I promise not to go again in the future, okay?" ”
Li Jinyan saw her looking up at herself, her handsome little face was full of redness, and her eyes flashed with expectation. knew that she was cautious, but she still gently reminded her: "Then you change your clothes and follow me on the road." ”
"Okay, you wait for me!"
Xia Sihan suddenly became energetic, and immediately turned around and went back to the house to change clothes.
Mother Li took out a small rake and a basket from the kitchen, knowing that she was stubborn and would not change her mind no matter what she said, so Mother Li had to follow her.
Xia Sihan changed into a floral narrow-sleeved cardigan, with a red loose pleated skirt on the bottom, a belt of the same color tightly tied around the waist, and a silver hairpin in her hair tied up in a bun, looking refreshing and generous.
When Xia Sihan walked out, Li Jinyan's eyes lit up, his wife looked so good in any clothes! I couldn't help but raise the corners of my mouth.
"Mother, let's go, if you feel bored, you can go to Huzi's house and sit down, and wait for us to come back at noon to give you some food!"
Before leaving, Xia Sihan took the bamboo basket on her back and took the rake to say goodbye to her mother-in-law, and Mother Li smiled when she saw this: "Be careful on the road, it's okay if you don't find it, you can eat some coarse tea and light rice, don't be stubborn!" ”
"Got it, mother!"
Xia Sihan smiled, she really liked her mother-in-law, and her mother-in-law told her that she looked very much like her mother, and she felt very kind.
In the previous life, Xia Sihan returned to Shangshu Mansion, and the housewife in the mansion treated her with a smile in front of others, and she was as cold as frost, allowing Sister Xia Yingxue to humiliate her many times. She didn't feel the slightest warmth when she returned to Shangshu Mansion, but here, she could see that her mother-in-law was really treating her well.
Xia Sihan followed Li Jinyan and Huzi up the mountain, remembering her mother-in-law's words in her heart, she was cautious all the way, and did not dare to make a wrong half step, for fear that she would drag Li Jinyan down.
This mountain does not belong exclusively to Lijia Village, and several nearby villages will also come here to hunt. It's just that Lijia Village is the closest, Li Jinyan has come a lot of times, and the situation in the mountains is also the clearest, so every time he comes here to hunt, he will have some gains.
Li Jinyan went up the mountain alone at the age of twelve, and he knew everything about the grass and trees here, but he rarely went into the deep mountains, not because he was timid, but because he saw a hunter in the village come out of it covered in blood, and died that night. If he had no choice, he would not put himself in danger, not for himself, but for the sake of supporting his mother. Now, there is one more person to protect with his life, and Li Jinyan has to cherish his life even more.
Entering the mountains today, Xia Sihan was really excited. The last time she went up the mountain, she picked Tian Qi to stop the bleeding, and at that time she didn't care about it because Li Jinyan was seriously injured, but now when she came to the back mountain, she actually found a large area of dandelion and honeysuckle, and there was actually mint!
Thinking of the reproductive ability in the space, Xia Sihan wondered if he could transplant some into it, if the embroidery workshop really opened in the future, and needed to turn over money, these medicinal materials alone would be able to take charge of themselves.
Xia Sihan carefully took out the rake and dug out the rhizomes with the medicinal herbs, dug up a few of each, and planted them in the soil when he saw the opportunity to enter the space. Everything that was found afterwards was dug up and put in a back basket for later use.
Li Jinyan turned his head and saw her squatting on the ground digging some weeds, and couldn't help but be suspicious.
"Sihan, what are you digging up these weeds for?"
"Yes, sister-in-law, this grass has a strange smell, and I don't even eat sheep!"
Huzi's words made Xia Sihan sneer, she took a mint plant and said: "This is a medicinal material, called peppermint, which can refresh the mind, relieve the liver and regulate qi, can also treat wind and heat, and has the effect of labor pain, if you take it to the pharmacy to sell it, you can also exchange it for a good price." ”
Xia Sihan's words surprised Huzi and Li Jinyan, they didn't expect such a strange-tasting grass to have such an effect!
"Sihan, then, let's keep one or two, lest they be gone after digging."
Li Jinyan is worried that in the future, everyone in the village will know about it, and everyone will inevitably learn from it, if they know that they have been dug up, they will definitely attack Xia Sihan.
Xia Sihan said: "This is a gift from the mountains to us, if it can help us make a fortune, it doesn't matter if we dig it up, Huzi, you can also bring some back, plant it in your yard, and prevent mosquitoes in summer." ”
Xia Sihan's words made Huzi nod again and again, he hurriedly took off his coat and made it into a blanket, dug out a few mints and gently put them in.
"Sister-in-law is right, if there is no person who knows the goods, these herbs will also be left to fend for themselves, so let's sell them for money and dig them!"
After Huzi finished speaking, he started to act, and Li Jinyan also joined in when he heard this, and the three of them worked together, and it didn't take long to hollow out this piece.