There is nothing to do in the third year of junior high school, and after a busy few days, it is time to rest.

The sun rises early today.

After breakfast.

Wei Zhijie held a small medicine hoe, a sickle pinned to his waist, rolled a bag, and led Zhao Xinxin, who was jumping around, out of the door.

The five girls also followed behind with a curious face.

Each also holds a small medicine hoe.

Wei Zhijie said that tomorrow the reservoir will release water, and there are all kinds of precious yams in the streams and cols under the reservoir, so it is a pity not to dig them.

So, I took the five daughters who had nothing to do with me.

Dingguo Village is at the end of the continuous mountain range, and at the foot of the village, there is a small river that circles around and goes into the distance.

Follow the river down for about 20 miles, and you will enter Dingbian County, Dingjun Village.

On both sides of the river, at each col, a small stream winds its way down the col.

What Wei Zhijie is going to is a mountain col on the edge of the village.

There is also a small stream that meanders down.

More than 100 years ago, the Wei clan dug both sides of the creek in a gentle place down the stream.

Forming one small reservoir after another.

In this way, it is possible to irrigate the terraces on the side of the mountain, which are built on the side of the mountain.

Between each small reservoir, there is a distance of about fifty to one hundred meters.

And these distances along the mountain cols and streams, all kinds of dense trees and vegetation grow.

Tomorrow there will be the largest reservoir in the middle of the mountain.

Therefore, Wei Zhijie took the girls to the bottom of the mountain and slowly walked up with the small stream.

It didn't take long for Wei Zhijie to find a wild ginseng, and most of its vine had been eaten by cows or sheep.

Only a small section of the root remains.

"There's a wild ginseng here."

Wei Zhijie was smiling, and all the women were dazzled, and they hurriedly gathered around to see.

Zhao Xinxin's face was excited: "Dad Zhijie, where is the wild ginseng?" Is it delicious?"

In the past few days, Zhao Xinxin has followed her friends in the village everywhere and eaten a lot of fruits and roots from the mountains.

Wei Zhijie took the medicine hoe, gently picked up the weeds around the wild ginseng, and said softly: "Take the wild ginseng to soak in wine, or dry it for soup, and only when you are young can you eat it raw, crunchy, sweet." ”

"Wow, really? That Zhijie's father digs quickly. ”

Wei Zhijie cleaned up the weeds around the wild ginseng, pointed to the plant with vine mans exposed in the middle, and said: "This is wild ginseng, everyone will pay attention to its vines and leaves for a while." ”

"There should be quite a few along the way."

Wei Zhijie said, and began to dig, the land by the creek was very moist, and it didn't take long to dig out the wild ginseng.

This wild ginseng is not big, and the main stem is about a thumb.

Seeing Wei Zhijie divide it by two in three clicks, the women were speechless for a while.

When digging ginseng, don't you have to tie a red rope and then slowly pick up the soil with wood chips?

Wei Zhijie like this, clear the surroundings, knock down a few hoes below, push up, and then pull out the wild ginseng directly.

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All the women who watched it were a little skeptical about life.

Digging out the wild ginseng, Wei Zhijie washed it in the creek, and then looked at the stem of the ginseng.

Counted, 6 years.

Zhao Xinxin said with a strange expression: "Is this a wild ginseng?" A few days ago, I dug a lot by the stream with my friends, and it tasted crunchy and sweet. ”

Zhao Yanan looked nervous and scolded: "How can you eat indiscriminately." After speaking, she looked at Wei Zhijie with some nervousness.

Wei Zhijie smiled: "It's okay, we often ate it when we were children, and the adults taught us that if we encounter it for more than ten years, we can't eat it if the ginseng skin is aging, and we dig it up and take it back to dry." ”

"Some people will come to collect it from time to time, and a wild ginseng that is more than ten years old can be sold for 180 yuan."

Ji Weiwei looked strange: "So cheap?"

Wei Zhijie nodded: "This thing is not expensive in the mountains, it is everywhere, you can taste it." ”

As he spoke, Wei Zhijie removed the beard, then cut it into several pieces and distributed them to the women.

Zhao Xinxin chewed it in her mouth when she got it.

Crunchy, the younger you get, the sweeter you get, the older you get, you start to become astringent, it's not delicious, and it's used as medicine.

And so it was when the women ate.

Chew, absorb water, spit out the ginseng residue.

Dong Xuanxuan sucked, spit out, and smacked her mouth: "It's a bit like sugarcane, it's sweet after eating." ”

At this time, Zhao Xinxin looked like a person who had come over and said: "I have eaten too much and my little belly is warm." ”

"Dad Zhijie, look for it, I still want to eat."

"Okay, let's go."

A few meters up, I found another one, this time it was more than ten years old, Wei Zhijie's income pocket.

When the women saw the complete vine man, they knew what it looked like and began to look for it.

After a while, Zhao Jingwen was the first to find one.

She began to dig up excitedly, and Zhao Xinxin's eyes were shining.

One morning, the crowd started at the bottom of the mountain and went up to the bottom of the reservoir.

Dig to less than 10 years to eat, dig more than 10 years to keep.

When they came to the bottom of the reservoir, they really let them dig more than 30 catties of wild ginseng for more than ten years.

Zhao Xinxin's little belly was full of ginseng water, and she had already eaten it.

But her little face was full of brightness.

Halfway up, I also found two fig trees.

Under the tree were red, fist-sized figs.

Zhao Yanan and Zhao Jingwen both know each other.

Dong Xuanxuan and Fang Zhengxin grew up in the city since they were children and have never seen each other.

Ji Weiwei was also surprised, mainly because she had never seen such a big one.

Under the leadership of Zhao Jingwen, all the women ate a few.

Figs have a transparent, jelly-like syrup inside, and the flesh is very sweet.

But this fig cannot be eaten more.

It's easy to drool when you eat too much.

The fruit was very sweet, and Zhao Xinxin clamored to take some back and share it.

So, Wei Zhijie got some and took it with him.

When I come back at noon, I wash the wild ginseng, dry it on a charcoal fire, and then place it on a dustpan and hang it on the eaves of the charcoal fire.

It needs to be left for three months before it can be taken off.

According to Wei Zhijie, there are about 40 of these 30 catties of goods, and each can be sold for 100 yuan.

The fruits of everyone's labor today are 4,000 yuan.

But it's still going to take care of a few months.

It's hard money, too.

In the afternoon of this day, under the organization of the uncle, the ridges downstream of the reservoir were opened, and then the reservoir began to release water.

Because of the strainer, I don't have to worry about the fish running away.

As a rule of thumb in previous years, the water will not be drained until at least tomorrow morning.

Watch as the clear reservoir water begins to be released.

Entering the ridge layer by floor, everyone cheered.

This is the guarantee of this year's harvest.

Wei Zhijie took Zhao Xinxin and the five daughters and watched the whole process of releasing water together.

Zhao Xinxin knew that she would catch fish tomorrow, so she was very excited, watching by the reservoir, and was reluctant to leave for a long time.

Looking at the reservoir the size of most of a football field, Wei Zhijie is actually looking forward to it, after all, there has been no water release for 20 years.

It is also not known how big the fish are in it.

At this time, in the reservoir, a large grass carp jumped out of the water, poofed, and splashed in the reservoir.

"Wow, Zhijie Dad, there are big fish."

Wei Zhijie smiled and nodded.

After watching it for a while, everyone went back to the house.

Dong Xuanxuan looked at the charcoal fire in a daze, and said leisurely: "When you retire, it's not bad to come back to the village to recuperate." ”

Zhao Yanan also nodded: "I hope that by then, it will be full of children and grandchildren." ”

Wei Zhijie smiled: "Then you work hard, work hard, there are fifteen of three in one life, and you will definitely surpass the uncle." ”

Fang Zhengxin's face flushed and she took a bite of him.

Seeing this, Wei Zhijie immediately shook off his husband.

picked up Fang Zhengxin and went to the hut.

Fang Zhengxin hurriedly shouted for help, and the women watched happily.

Fortunately, Zhao Xinxin was not there, and she followed many friends to watch by the reservoir.

After a while, Fang Zhengxin gasped in a low voice.

It came out, and all the pretty women's faces were flushed.

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