After packing up, Sakura and her parents and younger brother went to greet their grandparents for the New Year.

Walking on the road, I saw two children jumping on bamboo poles.

The head of the bamboo pole is covered with colored paper horse heads, which are the two bamboo horse sets that Sakura Bao gave to Yuan Bao and Huzi.

"Haha! Drive! Drive! Hurry up! Yuan Bao ran away with the tiger for a while, attracting the surrounding children to follow.

There were also several children in the village who had the same horse's head, so they lined up proudly to see who could run the fastest.

The children who did not have a horse's head could only ride a bare rod and follow behind, lonely and imposing.

Sakura wanted to laugh when she saw it, and suddenly the idea of trying it came to me.

But this is a boys' game, girls can't play it, and they are not allowed to play.

When I go to my uncle's house, I first kowtow to my grandparents, and then kowtow to my uncle and aunt, and when the second uncle comes, I kowtow to the second uncle again, and then kowtow to my father and mother again.

After surviving this rush, Sakura's head was dizzy.

Dani and Erni are not far behind, and they all knocked around.

After the New Year, the eldest uncle Zhang Luo eats dumplings and rice cakes.

The dumplings are filled with purple cabbage and pork, which is very delicious, and the cherry treasure is small, and it will not work until it is not good to eat seven, so it can only be regretted.

The rice cake is made of glutinous rice and red beans, and honey is added to it, which is sweet and glutinous, and very delicious.

Ying Bao took a piece of red bean rice cake in her hand and went out to play with Sister Dani and Sister Erni.

There are very few games that girls can play, and most of them stand on the side and watch the boys running around, watching them ride bamboo poles and divide into two teams and play games against the two armies.

Sakura lost interest after looking at it for a while, and offered to go home and sleep.

She still has a lot of work to do in the cave, and she can't settle down at all.

So she said goodbye to her cousin, went home by herself, climbed on the kang and got into the bed.

On the first day of the Lunar New Year, the villagers were idle and happy, and in addition to eating and drinking, the villagers were visiting each other to congratulate each other on the New Year.

Only Sakura Bao has been hard pressed, and he has been busy in the cave for a whole day, grinding the bald skin of both palms.

Alas, next time you must not grow so much food, just rely on yourself to work as a small person, and you can't let others help, you will die of exhaustion.

The next day, Sakura went with her father and mother to her grandmother's house ten miles away to pay New Year's greetings, had a lunch there, and hurried back in the afternoon.

In the evening, I recognized my aunt's family who came back from the county seat and harvested a silk flower.

My aunt is in her thirties, her face is yellow, and her spirit is not very good, and she only brought her youngest son with her when she returned to her parents' house this time, which is about the same age as Yuanbao.

Sakura Bao is not familiar with her aunt's family, and it seems that she has only met her once in her previous life, and even if she later settled in the county, she never thought of looking for her.

In the midst of the hustle and bustle, a new year passed.

In February, the dragon raised its head, the spring rain was pouring down for a few days, and when the rain passed, the ice and snow melted unconsciously, and the weather warmed up.

On the five mulberry trees in the Yingbao Cave Mansion, more than a dozen golden ears the size of adult palms have grown, like golden pig brain flowers, which are very beautiful and gratifying.

Carefully cut one and put it in a pottery bowl, and the roots were divided into several parts by Sakura Bao and planted on a dozen dead mulberry trees.

Before planting, she had drilled holes with scissors and stuffed them with finely chopped wheat stalks and husks.

After that, sprinkle water once a day and wait for them to grow again.

On this day, Yingbao took Yo You and Dani Erni to the field to pick up vegetables, walked into a small forest, and took out two golden ears from the cave and put them in the basket while the two cousins were not paying attention.

"Let's go home." Dani straightened up, picked up the basket and said, "I've already picked up half of the basket." ”

Sakura immediately nodded: "Go home." ”

Erni agreed.

The three little sisters each carried a basket and walked back, passing a small ditch, and Dani soaked the basket in water to wash the vegetables.

After the ground vegetables are washed, they are tender and watery, and they are boiled at home with bean dregs, and they are fragrant and full.

After the rains in early spring, the villagers usually pick up the vegetables from the ground, wash them and dry them, put them in baskets, and hang them on the beams of the houses as spare food.

Occasionally grab a handful and soak it and cook it with wild vegetables, which can also deal with a meal and a half.

Dani carried the basket of her little cousin, ready to help wash it, and suddenly saw two strange mushrooms in the basket, and asked curiously, "Sakura, what is this?" ”

"Golden Ears." Sakura replied truthfully.

Dani wondered: "What golden ears?" Where did you pick it, it won't be poisonous, right? ”

Yingbao shook his head: "Picked in the woods, it's not poisonous, Yoyo likes to eat it, we can eat it too." ”

Yoyo turned her head to look at it, blinking her eyes and looking innocent.

Dani picked up the golden ear and put it under her nose and sniffed it, "Hey, it's a little fragrant." ”

Golden fungus has a faint medicinal fragrance, like the smell of osmanthus.

Erni also took it and sniffed it, wrinkled her nose, and put it back: "It doesn't smell good." "She didn't like the scent.

Ying Bao wrapped the two golden ears around his clothes, shook his head and said, "This is a medicinal herb, it is very valuable." ”

The two little girls were noncommittal, washed the vegetables, and took the little cousin home.

As soon as he got home, Yingbao handed over the two golden ears to Chun Niang, "Mother, shall we cook this and eat it?" ”

Chun Niang picked it up and looked at it, frowning: "What is this?" Who told you you could eat it? Bao'er, things you don't know will be poisoned if you eat them, so we can't eat them blindly. ”

Sakura paused and made up a nonsense, "This is the golden ear, the old woman in the West Village said that the golden ear is valuable, and it sells dozens of taels of silver in the city." ”

"What?" As soon as Chunniang heard the word valuable, her eyes immediately widened, "Which old woman in the West Village?" ”

Sakura scratched her head, "I don't know her name." ”

Chunniang automatically made up for her brain to Xicun Wu's foot doctor, that is, the mother-in-law of the midwife Wu Sijiao.

If Granny Wu really said so, then it is really possible, after all, Grandma Wu's dead wife used to work as a partner in the county pharmacy, and her family originally made a fortune by collecting and selling medicinal herbs.

Moreover, her four sons also know a little about the art of Qihuang, and even her four daughters-in-law are famous midwives in the village.

Chun Niang picked up the golden ear again and looked at it, muttering, "It's really so valuable? ”

Now the family is short of money. Last time Jiang Erlang and Li, the fifteen taels of silver were borrowed from Jiang Da and Sanlang, and my father and mother also made up some, and sold two sheep in the family for this purpose.

It's only been two months, and although Jiang Erlang doesn't take medicine anymore, he can't afford to pay back for a while.

And Jiang Saburo said, it's not too late to wait for the second brother to have money when he is rich.

So Chun Niang is poor, and the poor can't even get thirty wen.

But these things can't be told to the little girl.

"Mother, why don't you let your father take it to the pharmacy in the town, what if it's really valuable?" Sakura Po added fire to the side.

Chun Niang's mind moved slightly.

Yes, let the husband take it to the pharmacy to identify it, what if it's really valuable?

"But, it's just two ......" Chunniang hesitated.

Sakura knew what her mother was worried about, and whispered, "I can still find a lot." ”

She gestured with her little hand, "So much." ”

"Really?" Chun Niang's eyes lit up, "That mother will go with you to take a look." ”

Sakura shook her head and said, "No, I'll get it now." ”

As he spoke, he ran out of the yard, slipped into the grove at the door, and after a while, he ran out with two mulberry sticks and handed them to Chunniang.

Chunniang was stunned.

On the two black mulberry sticks grew more than a dozen yellow golden ears, all of which were bigger than fists, and they were not as beautiful as they could be.

"This ......" Chun Niang carefully held the mulberry stick, for fear of accidentally breaking one.

"When your father comes back, let him take it to Grandma Wu in the West Village first to see if it's really valuable."

Sakuraho: ......

Do you know what it means to move a stone and shoot yourself in the foot?

"Don't! Let's go to town, Li Langzhong must know more than Mrs. Wu. ”

Chun Niang thought about it and nodded in agreement.