Chapter 18: Divide the Fruit
Li Lanxi pushed open the courtyard door and went in, and saw two girls kneeling on the ground, what was wrong?
Li Xiaohua and Li Xiaoduo, who were kneeling in the yard, were trembling with tears in their eyes, they had just been scolded by their grandmother, and they knelt for a long time, their legs and feet were numb, not to mention, their hearts were still tormented, and their already thin bodies looked even more pitiful.
When the two saw Li Lanxi, tears flowed uncontrollably, and they trembled and shouted, "Milk, milk, auntie, aunt is back..."
In the house, Mrs. Yao was wiping her tears, and when she heard the voice, she didn't care about putting on her shoes, so she staggered out barefoot, and when she saw that it was indeed her daughter, she hugged Li Lanxi and howled, "Woo... Girl, where have you been, my mother is looking for you everywhere, you can't think about it, you are gone, my mother can't live....."
While crying, he hugged Li Lanxi and didn't let go.
Li Lanxi's heart was warm, and she blamed herself a little, patted her back with her hand and comforted her softly, "Mother, I'm fine, I'm going to find wild fruits, don't you see that I'm coming back well."
Mrs. Yao saw that she was really fine, so she put her mind at ease and scolded softly, "What wild fruits are you looking for, there is no shortage of food at home, mother, as long as you stay at home safely."
The people in the big room and the second room in the house all came out, they were scared enough, and when they came back, they heard the two girls say that the old girl went out, and they didn't say where to go, and they couldn't ask for a long time, Mrs. Yao scolded angrily for a long time, and the anger in her heart couldn't go down, so she could only blame the two girls for taking care of them unfavorably, so that the two of them knelt in the yard, and the big house felt sorry for her daughter, but the old lady started a fire, and they couldn't resist it, so they had to pray that nothing happened to Li Lanxi.
This man is back, and everyone in the family is relieved.
Boss Li helped Mr. Li to drive out, the old man was not lightly frightened this time, his face was pale and pale, although he usually did not put any good words on his lips like Mrs. Yao, but in his heart, his love for his daughter was undoubted.
Seeing that his daughter was safe and sound, he was relieved, and when he saw the two mothers and mothers who were still hugging each other, he said, "Hurry up and go into the house, it's cold at night, the eldest and the second family, hurry up and set the dishes and chopsticks, ready to eat, the second, you go and roar at the third."
Wang and Qian's hands and feet served the food quickly, the family was finally able to eat, tired from a day of work, and the chest was close to the back of the hungry for a long time, but when Li Lanxi happened, the two elders did not speak, and no one dared to mention eating.
Li Lao Er arrived at the gate and began to broadcast in a high voice, and after a few sounds, Li Lao San came back.
Taking advantage of the free time to set the meal, Li Lanxi took out the things in the back basket.
"Yo, little sister, why are there so many wild fruits, and they are still fresh" When Wang saw the fruit, his mouth was greedy, and he didn't help to set the meal, so he stretched out his hand to take a taste.
Yao Pozi slapped her hand quickly, and her hands turned red.
"Mother, what are you doing, I won't just take a wild fruit, you hit me so hard" Wang muttered, looking at Mrs. Yao aggrievedly.
Mrs. Yao didn't take it lightly, and said with disgust, "Do you like to eat?" Take it off yourself, and even grab your sister-in-law's things? Shameless."
Wang rubbed the back of his reddened hand and stopped talking.
Li Lanxi didn't know if these wild fruits could be eaten, so he handed the basket to the old man, "Dad, you can eat these fruits or not, and I don't know if I can eat them, so I picked some of them."
Old Man Li turned over the fruit. Nodding his head, "You can eat it, it's quite big, it's all good."
Li Lanxi took out the wild ginseng under the back basket, "Dad, then look at this, can you sell it for money."
Old man Li looked at it, and quickly took it over to take a look, he knew this thing, wild ginseng, although it is not as valuable as ginseng, but it is also quite expensive, usually people are sick and take medicine, and when they encounter those who need ginseng, people who can't afford it will replace it with wild ginseng.
"This is a good thing..... Old Man Li looked at it cautiously and repeatedly, for fear that one of them would be broken carefully, this thing is fine, and the price of the complete and the incomplete ones are different.
"Dad, is this the medicine that the uncle's family dug up before, it is said that it was sold for hundreds of taels of silver" Qian Lao Er came over and asked happily, in his memory, the uncle's family went into the mountains one year to dig up something, and then said that it was sold for a lot of money, is this it?
Old Man Li shook his head, "No, this is not ginseng, this is wild ginseng."
Boss Li listened on the sidelines, a little disappointed, the second brother said ginseng just now, his heart was about to jump out of his throat, if it was really ginseng, would their family be rich?
Li Lao Er is also a little absent-minded, but it's a pity, if it's really ginseng, it would be fine.
Several children didn't know what ginseng and wild ginseng were, they were only interested in fruits, and they all swallowed saliva with crystal eyes.
"Although it's not ginseng, but this thing is not an ordinary thing to find, take it to the pharmacy, and you can sell it for a little silver" Old man Li has lived for most of his life, and he has never dug up this thing, looking at the year, it is not too big, how much it is, he can't make up his mind, no accident, five or six hundred dollars are still worth it.
Mrs. Yao didn't feel much happy, the ups and downs of the mood had not calmed down, and now she was satisfied with everything when she watched her daughter do well, what ginseng and wild ginseng were not as important as her daughter.
"Okay, let's eat first, eat" Old Man Li gave an order, and everyone ate in a proper manner.
After eating, Mrs. Yao put the wild sweet potatoes in the kitchen, and handed the other fruits to Li Lanxi, "Girl, this is what you picked, put it in the room by yourself, and eat it slowly."
Li Lanxi smiled, "Mother, I can't eat all the fruits, and if I can't finish them, it's easy to spoil, so let's share them with everyone."
Mrs. Yao snorted coldly and said, "What's the point, it's only that much in total, my daughters don't have enough to eat, what do you do for them."
"Mother, I've memorized the location of the wild fruit, I'm going to pick it tomorrow, it's okay"
"Really?"
Li Lanxi nodded seriously.
Mrs. Yao's face looked better at this time, as if she had been cut meat, and said, "Okay, then you can do it."
Li Lanxi chose a few good-looking ones that looked sweeter and left them for her father, and the others were divided into three small piles.
Boss Li looked at the little sister gratefully, he didn't eat these, but he still had children, and the children liked to eat, so he could only accept them cheekily, and took out a few more and pushed them back, "Little sister, these are enough, you can keep some for yourself."
Li Lao Er also echoed, "Yes, little sister, I see that you didn't keep it for yourself, and the second brother has a lot here, so I can't eat so much, so I'll pay you back", and he also retreated a few as he spoke.
Li Laosan blushed and smiled, gratitude was also written on his face, he couldn't put down the wild fruits, which made Li Lanxi a little strange, the eldest brother and the second brother are easy to say, there are a lot of people, and there are wives and children to eat, and they have to accept it, why are these third brothers so interested in fruits!
Li Lanxi waved his hand and refused, "Big brother and second brother, you all take it, I have to pick the fruit tomorrow, don't worry, there is more."
The two of them accepted it with peace of mind, thinking that they would go to help Xiaomei pick fruits tomorrow, but thinking about it, the field is a big thing, so it is better to finish the field first, and then accompany Xiaomei when they are free.
Li Laosan went back to his house and took a clean cloth, wrapped the wild fruit carefully, and after a while, he went out of the house lightly.