Spring returns to the earth, and everything recovers.

They are all hard-working farmers.

Everyone else is a hoe and a hoe, but the old Chen family is different, and the old ox is the main force in plowing.

Chen Ping led in front to prevent Lao Huang from going astray, and Chen Duohai was responsible for supporting the plow in the back.

After a while, the sun rose high and became hot.

The old ox gasped for breath in his nose, lowered his body and pulled the plow hard, Chen Duohai also pushed hard behind, and the soil quickly rolled to the side.

"Hey, fourth, this is almost over."

Uncle Chen Duoguang was late and a little embarrassed. was originally ploughing his family's land, and he was dragged by the Zhou family at home until now.

"Big brother."

"Uncle."

No matter how unhappy Chen Ping is in his heart, he still has to have the politeness he should have.

Chen Duoguang also went down to the ground with a hoe, smashed those large pieces of mud and bones, and reorganized the places that could not be cultivated.

Soon it was noon, and Chen Duoguang greeted the two, "I told your sister-in-law, go to my place to eat at noon today." Chen Duohai wanted to refuse, but Chen Duoguang felt ashamed in his heart, so he dragged the two over.

Back to the old Chen family's mansion, Zhou's face was a little ugly. Chen Ping knew what was going on at a glance, Zhou was an egoist, just work for her, and feel distressed after eating her food.

Although Chen Duoguang is also a strict wife, it does not mean that he does not distinguish between affairs, and said during the meal: "The fourth child and Ping'er have also worked hard, so let's do it, our family will pay 100 wen for these five acres of land." ”

He also knew that he was going to send Chen Ping to study, and it was already unkind and righteous not to borrow money, so he could only use this reason to express it. Besides, not counting Chen Ping's child, just a strong laborer and an old scalper, the salary is more than 100 yuan.

Before Chen Duohai could speak, Zhou couldn't sit still, "His father, it's all a family, so he helped a little and talked about wages." ”

Chen Duoguang frowned and said: "This money should be given, I am the boss, I have to be a little exemplary, today we called the fourth, then there are second, third, and fifth, let him help and not pay the salary, isn't the fourth child busy every day, and he earns more than this by working for others!" ”

Zhou's face became more and more ugly, he glared at his husband, and cried: "Give it, you are the master of this family, our mother's life is miserable, who pities us ......"

Chen Duohai opened his mouth and wanted to refuse, lest the husband and wife fight again after he left. Chen Ping secretly gave his father a look, what are you involved with the affairs of the husband and wife? If the cheap dad continues to be so honest, the boss's family will only get more and more inches, so he should take the opportunity to knock it.

The dinner table was quiet, and Zhou howled twice, and he felt embarrassed.

"That's it!"

Chen Duoguang looked at his daughter-in-law and asked her to stop talking. Zhou dropped the dishes and chopsticks, pulled his son and daughter back to the room, and reluctantly responded to this matter, after all, his family did not lose money.

After plowing the land in the afternoon, Chen Duoguang sent a hundred yuan. Later, several other families also came to Chen Duohai for help, this time it was not a white gang, and they also made some money in a few days.

Xiang knew that everyone had opinions, but now she would rather be a little blind, and send Chen Ping to read and write, just to fight for this breath.

"Dad, this money is not enough, why don't I go back to my parents' house and see if I can borrow some?"

Chen Duohai shook his head, he also knows what the situation of his father-in-law's family is, everyone's life is almost the same, not to mention the water spilled by the married daughter, the woman has nothing to do with her mother's family after she marries, if she goes back to borrow money, those mother-in-law and uncle should have an opinion.

Chapter 7 Up the Mountain

Chen Ping lay on the wooden bed, listening to his parents worrying about his tuition again.

It wasn't until he heard Chen Duohai say that he was selling old scalpers again, he finally couldn't lie down, although it was good to lie flat, but he felt guilty in his heart.

I have to do something, either I'm sorry for my parents, and I'm sorry for my 'friend' Lao Huang who listened to his many secrets.

After the farming is over, the fur on Lao Huang's back is bald, and now he can finally take a breath and go to the mountains to have a good meal.

Wang Ping and Lao Huang walked leisurely, and greeted everyone politely when they met along the way.

Early in the morning, all kinds of birds in the trees chirped. I didn't come for a few days, and the grass at the foot of the mountain also grew wildly, and it was as tall as Wang Ping's calf.

"Moo!"

The old scalper screamed excitedly, thanked nature for the gift, and rushed to the food.

"If you are a fool, you know how to eat, and you don't know if you want to be sold."

Chen Ping sighed, he was thinking about how to help his parents make money, so he didn't have to sell Lao Huang, but when he made money, he would be sent to a private school to study, didn't this mean that he had pitted himself?

Don't question what kind of earning power a child can have, making money depends on the brain, the way of thinking, not hard work. Some people are idle all day long, and their income is still very considerable.

A fat rabbit suddenly popped out of the grass and startled Chen Ping, and the rabbit was obviously frightened by him and ran fast. Chen Ping patted his chest, fortunately it was not a poisonous snake that woke up from hibernation.

A few hairy children appeared in the distance, and when they saw Chen Ping, who was herding cattle, they ran over and called him to go up the mountain to play together.

At this time, Qingshan is a paradise for children, with all kinds of trees growing luxuriantly and many wild fruits to satisfy their cravings.

You can't eat anything in the mountains, and it's best not to touch anything you don't recognize, because it might be poisonous. Children who grow up on the mountain naturally know what they can eat and what they can't eat, which is clear.

Chen Ping can't behave too abnormally like ordinary children, and he still often plays with these children, but peeing and playing with mud and the like are exempt.

Then he followed these 'mountain kings' up the mountain, searching everywhere for edible wild fruits.

I don't know which child shouted, "Here's the raspberries!" The kings of the mountains rushed over in a puff of smoke.

It was a nondescript low-lying place, with red raspberries crawling densely.

Raspberry is also called prickly puff and April paulow, and is named because it has thorns on the plant and the fruit is bubble-shaped. It belongs to the Rosaceae family, and the fruit is not large, and it is nine points similar to strawberries.

Chen Ping picked a crystal clear fruit and threw it into his mouth, his mouth was full of sweetness, and there was a slight sourness in the sweetness, which made people have an endless aftertaste. This fruit is not big, but it has plenty of moisture, but it is sweet and delicious when it is red, and it is very astringent if it is not ripe.

Chen Ping looked at this raspberry thoughtfully, because he knew that this raspberry was not only a wild fruit that could be eaten, but also a Chinese medicinal material.

Raspberries are used in medicine with roots and leaves. Dig the roots in autumn, pick the leaves from spring to autumn, wash and chop them and dry them. The root has the effect of invigorating blood, stopping bleeding, dispelling wind and dampness, and is used for vomiting blood, blood in the stool, enteritis, dysentery, rheumatoid joint pain, bruises, and menstrual irregularities. The leaves can reduce swelling and detoxification, and external use can treat carbuncles, swelling and poison.

The reason why Chen Ping knows so much is due to the "Compendium of Materia Medica" bought by Chen's father before his rebirth, it was not convenient to go to the hospital in the countryside in the seventies and eighties.

In the eyes of children, these raspberries are just wild fruits that can be eaten, but in Chen Ping's eyes, they are all money!

Soon the children had enough to eat, and they clamored to find other wild fruits to eat. "Brother Ping, let's go." A child younger than Chen Ping rushed over, but he didn't stop the car, knocking Chen Ping back in thought.

Chen Ping came back to his senses and saw that his friends were about to run away, what kind of thing is this! These are free labor.

"Hey, hey."

The child who hit Chen Ping looked up and smiled embarrassedly, and his mouth showed a missing front tooth, I don't know if it was when he fell when he was skinned, or when he was changing teeth.

Chen Ping couldn't help but laugh when he saw this scene, the corners of his mouth hooked, and said: "Don't worry, everyone do me a favor, pick the leaves of this raspberry, and I will invite everyone to eat candy when the time comes." ”

There is no such thing as free, and it must be tempted to make a profit, and these little dolls will work very hard.

"Really? Why can't you eat this thing! ”

The children all stopped, looking at Chen Ping inexplicably, the temptation of sugar is still very great, and the children in the countryside can only eat sugar at the end of the year, and the sweetness is much better than raspberries.

Chen Ping nodded solemnly, and said step by step: "Really, when did I brag about cowhides, if I pick too much, I can give two pieces!" People can't eat this leaf, I can feed the cows! ”

It's a very reasonable reason, these little kids just ask casually, as long as they give candy at the end.

Chen Ping immediately divided the labor, let the two children go home first to get the bamboo basket, as long as a bamboo basket is full, you can exchange a sugar, he doesn't know how much money raspberry medicinal materials can be exchanged for in this era, want to exchange a sugar is more than enough, and finally told the friends not to prick their hands when picking.

The children soon picked a small bamboo basket of raspberry leaves and sent them to Chen Ping's house to fall in the yard.

However, there were a lot of six or seven children who picked them up, and Chen Ping swept his eyes and piled up a small bag, which he had to clean and dry, which was enough for him to be busy.

After receiving the candy, the children dispersed in a hurry, and Xiang Shi came out of the house and was a little surprised to see the raspberry leaves in one place, and asked the same question as the children, "What do you do with so many raspberry leaves, eat them as wild vegetables?" ”

"No, mother, don't ask." Chen Ping smiled mysteriously, and didn't want to reveal his plan to sell medicinal herbs for the time being, after all, he didn't know how much he could sell, so as not to make his parents happy.

He took out the red raspberries from his pocket and sent them to Xiang like a treasure, "Mother eat, it's sweet." ”

Xiang Shi was smiling as he ate raspberries and wild fruits, he was really a filial child.

In the days that followed, Chen Ping didn't dare to do more, so he asked his friends to help pick the raspberry leaves for three days and call it a day, and wait for all the sun-dried and chopped to see if this first business could be done before making plans.

If you want to sell it, you have to go to the town, and the Nanxi village where they live doesn't even have a Tulang Middle School, let alone a medicinal herb shop.

Everything is ready, only the east wind is owed, Chen Ping is waiting for an opportunity, a chance to enter the city.