Chapter 32: Buying Honey
Finally, before dark, the group reached the lake at the foot of the mountain, and then a few more people rode in an ox-and-horse cart in the direction of the village.
After it was completely dark, a group of people returned to the village, and then went home.
"Old woman, we are back, and the old man called inside at the gate of the courtyard.
After a while, the grandmother who heard the voice walked out, "I'm back, how about Chengxin, are you tired?"
Grandma came out and asked Chengxin.
"Hehe, milk, I didn't feel tired for a day, only when I came back, I felt a little tired, Cheng Xinhan said with a smile.
After responding to grandma, Chengxin and the old man put the back of the mountain goods in the hall, and then sorted it out, and grandma also went to the kitchen to cook.
The grandfather and grandson tidied up, and this time they went into the mountain, and received a total of more than three catties of fresh chicken fir and more than one catty of fresh huanglian.
Half a catty of gastrodia, four taels of fresh golden clematis, one and a half catties of wild fungus, and two catties of miscellaneous wild mushrooms.
See 20 catties of serum, 8 catties of five horses, and finally two hundred-year-old He Shou Wu.
These are all the receipts of the grandfather and grandson, because they are entering the mountain, so they are carrying small backpacks.
Don't look at this thing is less, but it's still quite valuable, as for the price, you'll know when it's sold.
Wait for the grandfather and grandson to fiddle with it, keep it fresh, put it aside and lie down if it doesn't need to be fresh, and then start eating dinner.
At night, Cheng Xin lay on the bed and went to bed early, he didn't feel much tired on the mountain today, after going home, he felt that his whole body was boring, and even the old man couldn't compare.
The next day, Chengxin suffered, his shoulders hurt, his back hurt, his thighs and calves, and the soles of his feet hurt, and his whole body was basically sore everywhere except for his head and buttocks.
This is a normal phenomenon, a person who does not work much, walks over the mountains in one day, and is not sore the next day.
I slept until after ten o'clock, Chengxin didn't get up, and Chengxin didn't plan to practice today's morning exercise.
After breakfast, holding the old man's recliner, Chengxin lay in the yard and snorted the sun, fortunately the sun is not too spicy now, and in another ten days, Chengxin will not dare to do this.
The two elders didn't go out, they were all at home, and they didn't say anything when they looked at the lazy Chengxin, they all knew that this kid was tired yesterday and couldn't stand it today.
After lying down for less than half an hour, the grandfather, who had just gone out, came back with the two old men.
"Chengxin, don't you want to buy honey? The two brothers called you over, and the things were also brought, the old man said to Chengxin.
Eh, I almost forgot about this, Chengxin hurriedly stood up on both sides of the recliner, and then said hello to the two old men.
"Two old men Chen, how much are you going to sell this honey?
Cheng Xin looked at the two pots of honey brought by the two old men Chen, and then asked.
"Hehe, Chengxin, I also got this thing in the village last year, and the one who collected the mountain goods was one hundred and eighteen, let's go according to the price, one of the old men Chen said.
"Oh one hundred and eight, didn't I hear that this thing sells for more than two hundred outside? You won't suffer too much about this one hundred and eight, Cheng Xin asked.
He is not short of people who have money, although he will not be a bad person. But there is no need to write about the aspect to make the villagers suffer.
"No, no, we have no way to sell it ourselves, and now there are too many fake honeys outside, and everyone generally won't believe it.
"And it's wild honey, it's only more than a hundred, this stone cliff honey is a little better, it's more expensive, one hundred and eight is about the same.
"Okay, then, two hundred, how many catties to weigh, don't tell me anything else, don't the village say that I have money? That's it, master, weigh it, Chengxin said.
The old man didn't care that the grandson had extra money, turned around and went back to the house to get a scale, and then peeled and weighed it.
A total of fifty catties and 3 taels are more, which is a few catties worse than the fifty-four or five-kilogram catties said by the people in the village.
"Old man Chen, this is a little different from what the people in the village said, or do you go to someone else's house to weigh it?
After all, there are fewer of them, so you have to let someone else find a scale.
"No, no, Chengxin, in fact, a little more than fifty-four pounds in total, and my brothers and I left two pounds each, so it's just more than fifty points, let's count it according to fifty.
"You've already given more money, just a few taels, Old Man Chen said.
"Okay, old man, I'm not pretentious.
After saying that, Chengxin turned around and went back to the bedroom, then took out 10,000 yuan from the cabinet, and then came out and gave it to the two old men.
The two old men counted them one by one, and then took their leave and left.
"Master, is there a jar at home, and it can't be used in a basin, right? Cheng Xin asked the old man.
"There are a few plastic ones, I don't know if it's enough, I'll find it for you.
After saying that, the old man entered the house, and after a while, he didn't know where to find the kind of plastic jar that filled bubble gum for five hours.
"Chengxin, do you think this is okay? The old man asked.
"No problem, that's it, that's it.
Chengxin took the jars, then went to the sink to wash the sink, uncorked the water pipe, and then cleaned it.
That's right, it's the water pipe, the spring water, don't think that there is no running water in the mountain villages, in fact, many mountain villages have running water.
In this mountain village in my hometown, 30 years earlier, the villagers found a spring in the mountain and bought water pipes from the town. It was drained to the highest point in the village.
A pool was built at the top of the house, and then each family bought their own water pipes and connected the mountain spring water to their homes from the reserved joints.
Use a large and small brush to wash the five small plastic jars clean.
Then Chengxin used a clean towel to clean the water inside, and then prepared to can.
This stone cliff honey is very large, unlike ordinary honey, the largest is only two or thirty centimeters.
This stone rock honey, the big one can be more than one meter, Chengxin doesn't know, how big these two pots are when they are not treated, but I think they will not be small.
Wash your hands. Cheng Xin reached out and broke up the large piece of stone cliff honey in the basin so that it could be filled into a jar.
Until all five cans were filled, Chengxin pressed them by hand, but there were still a few pieces left unloaded.
"Master, there are no other bottles? Chengxin asked.
"No, that's all, by the way, there are three glass bottles of honeysuckle dew, do you think it's okay? The old man replied.
"Well, okay, no, there's no way.
In the end, the three bottles of honeysuckle dew were filled, and there were still two pieces left, and Chengxin directly opened his mouth and ate his stomach.
This honey is delicious, sweet and delicious, with a slight sour taste, the crystals are crispy when they enter the teeth, and there is a taste of traditional Chinese medicine, which is very light.
"Master, you and your milk make some water to drink every day, there are four cans left, I will keep one can for myself, get two cans for my mother, and let him give one can to my grandmother."
"As for the rest, I plan to divide it into four parts and get some for a few uncles," Cheng Xin said to the old man.
"Hehe, okay, you can watch it yourself, I'll take those cans away.
The old man was not hypocritical, he went back to the bedroom with a jar of seven or eight pounds, and in the countryside, good things were put in a cabinet in the bedroom.
Putting everything in her bedroom, Chengxin was ready to lie on the recliner again, but as soon as she was about to lie down, the village square rang.
"Hey, hey, hey, the mountain goods are here, the villagers, those who have mountain goods have gotten to the dry grain dam here in the village.
"Repeat, the collector of mountain goods came, and everyone brought their own mountain goods to the village.
As soon as these words were finished, the village radio was silent.
"Yo, the collector is here, old woman, get out the things that were sifted before, and then sell them, and the old man also entered the house after speaking.
Check it out? Cheng Xin thought, well, take a look