Chapter 017: A shameless family
Xu Qingmo first tied a frame with some wooden sticks and rattans, put grass on it, then tied it with black snakes, put it in, then put a lot of grass on it, then took out wild eggs to put it in, and finally put a lot of grass on it.
After Xu Qiming hugged the wooden frame with both hands, the father and daughter walked back.
On the way, I met many villagers and asked Xu Qiming what was in the wooden frame, and Xu Qiming said it was a mushroom.
There are a lot of mushrooms on the mountain, and the villagers often find baskets and baskets, so no one thinks it's strange if it's a mushroom, but if they know that it's a black snake and a wild egg, it will be a big deal.
In this era when there is not enough to eat, how rare it is to be able to eat meat and eggs!
When the father and daughter returned home, Zhou Suyun saw the wooden frame and thought that she had caught a fish!
But he still asked, "Did you catch the fish?" ”
"No, it's a black snake and a wild egg." Xu Qingmo said.
"What?"
As soon as he heard the snake, Zhou Suyun was frightened.
She didn't know about the black snake, but the word snake was scary enough.
"The black snake is not poisonous, it can be eaten, it can be medicated, but we don't eat it, and after brewing, we will sell it, and it should cost dozens of dollars!" Xu Qingmo said, she doesn't know how much she sells, but she just guesses according to the current prices, mainly because this black snake is not small.
Although their family needs to make up for it very much, what they lack more is money, so it is important to earn money first, and then if they catch it again, they will eat it for themselves.
"That's a lot!" Zhou Suyun was stunned.
After Xu Qingmo took the wooden frame to his home and put it down, he didn't have time to deal with it, and told Zhou Suyun not to move, so he took Xu Qingmo out, saying that Xu Qingmo was bitten by a snake and went to the clinic to take a look.
When Zhou Suyun heard this, he was very worried and wanted to follow, but he was appeased by Xu Qingmo.
Saying that the snake is not venomous, it will be fine, let her watch it at home, lest the snake be stolen, and they will lose a lot.
In this way, Zhou Suyun can only watch the snake at home, but she is afraid of the snake and does not dare to look at it.
Xu Qiming took Xu Qiming to the clinic and truthfully said that she was bitten by a snake, because it was not poisonous, so she only needed to clean the wound and then bandage it, and told her not to touch the water for two days.
On the way home from the clinic, the villagers saw Xu Qingmo's hand bandaged and asked what was going on.
Of course, asking doesn't mean caring, but mostly out of schadenfreude.
Xu Qiming said that he was scratched by a branch.
After sending Xu Qingmo home, Xu Qiming went to catch fish.
Xu Qingmo wanted to deal with the black snake and wild eggs he got back, but was stopped by Zhou Suyun and told her to rest and wait for Xu Qiming to come back and deal with it.
About two hours later, Xu Qiming came back with five fish, the fish are not big, and the sum of the five should not exceed three catties, but two catties is exceeded.
Then Xu Qingmo and Xu Qiming sent the fish to Li Xiaoxiao's house.
Liu Chunfen was not afraid that Xu Qingmo would not bring the fish, so after seeing their father and daughter bring the fish, she was not surprised, but was overjoyed.
When Li Xiaoxiao saw Xu Qingmo, she looked guilty for a while, and wanted to talk to Xu Qingmo, but when she looked at Liu Chunfen, she didn't dare to say anything.
Xu Qingmo only glanced at Li Xiaoxiao, and didn't have much emotion.
She will not deny Li Xiaoxiao's friend because of this incident, but like this incident, she will not do it again.
"This fish weighs more than two catties, do you want Aunt Li to weigh it?" Xu Qingmo asked.
Liu Chunfen took the fish and weighed it, and it did exceed two catties: "No need." ”
The fish was delivered, Xu Qiming and Xu Qingmo didn't linger, and turned to leave.
Liu Chunfen just snorted coldly and didn't say anything.
"Wow! Today we have fish to eat at home. Li Xiaobing was overjoyed.
"Yo! You've got fish to eat tonight! Li family, you have five fish, why don't you give me one to try! Aunt Wang next door looked at the fish's eyes shining, this fish is fishy, but she can still afford to fry it, if she takes one for nothing, she will not lose.
"Humph! Why give it to you, if you want to eat it, you can catch it yourself. Liu Chunfen said coldly, she also wanted to take advantage of it, dreamed, and directly took the fish into the door.
Aunt Wang spat angrily: "Phew! What kind of thing, it's not by making trouble, a shameless family. ”
Liu Chunfen didn't hear this, but Li Xiaoxiao heard it, and she herself felt faceless.
I don't know if Qingmo will be angry with her!
When Xu Qiming's father and daughter returned home, they had time to deal with the black snake and wild eggs.
There were a total of 22 wild eggs, which surprised Zhou Suyun for a while, she thought there were only two or three!
"Why don't you send 10 wild eggs to the village chief's house? Thank you to him for helping us so much. Zhou Suyun said, she has never been a person who picks the door, she will be grateful and generous to those who are kind to them, as long as she has.
"Okay, then you take 10 eggs and deliver them." When Xu Qiming heard this, he happily agreed.
Then Zhou Suyun took 10 and felt that he had gone to the village chief's house.
"How do you make this thing?" Xu Qiming asked Xu Qingmo.
"We don't have a jar at home, and such a big black snake needs a big jar and some medicinal materials. This snake is not dead yet, and it will be fine if you let it go overnight, but we have to tie the snake up, so as not to break free and run away, and tomorrow we will go to the county to sell the medicinal herbs, and then buy the medicinal materials we need. Xu Qingmo said.
You can sell it without brewing, but in that case, the price will be lowered a lot, and if you brew well, the price will increase a lot.
The village chief was not at home, only the village chief's daughter-in-law and eldest daughter-in-law were there.
"Sister-in-law Chen, my family Qiming and Qingmo went to the river to find 20 wild eggs, I brought 10 to you to taste, thank the village chief for his help to our family, if there is no village chief, my family is afraid that our family will not settle down so quickly." Zhou Suyun said, this is gratitude from the bottom of my heart.
The village chief's daughter-in-law is a kind woman, and she is also very sympathetic to what happened to Xu Qiming's family.
"Qiming daughter-in-law, you better take it back! Your family needs to replenish your body! I will understand your heart. The village chief's daughter-in-law said that because Xu Qiming's family was in difficulty, she didn't plan to accept the eggs.
The village chief's daughter-in-law is also surnamed Xu, called Xu Yueqin, but she is not in the same vein as the old Xu family, but married from other villages.
"Sister-in-law Chen, just take it! I'm afraid there will be a lot of things to trouble you in the future! If you don't accept it, we'll all be embarrassed to open our mouths in the future. Zhou Suyun stuffed directly into Xu Yueqin's arms.
Xu Yueqin couldn't refuse, so she had to accept it: "Okay, then I'll accept it, if you need anything in the future, come to my family Lao Chen, where you can help, I will try my best to help." ”