Zhou Qiufeng got up early in the morning, ate breakfast with Yueqing, fed chickens, ducks and pigs, cleaned up, brought things, and left home at the same time.

Out of the village, Le Dad went to work in a small workshop, Zhou Qiufeng drove a tricycle straight to the parking lot in the township, she arrived at the open-air parking lot at just six o'clock, and the morning bus to the county had to leave at twenty o'clock.

Zhou Qiufeng drove the car to the bus shuttle, first carried two packs of mushrooms to the waiter and the driver, and asked them to help carry things to the county to send couriers.

The driver and waiter happily received the local goods, nine rice produces wild mushrooms, each season has different mushrooms, they are from the county, sometimes sports cars to the township also buy some by the way.

After receiving the local goods sent by others, the waiter helped move the boxes into the car, and asked with a smile: "Sister, send things to the capital again?" ”

"Yes."

"To relatives? Or is it a takeaway? ”

"My girl is studying in the capital, and I sent it to the girl to entertain her classmates." Zhou Qiufeng was extremely proud, paying for the mailing fee and the cost of building things.

The waiter was a little jealous, because they wanted to collect money, so they didn't ask more, they received the local goods, and they didn't want to charge the cost of taking things, because the owner insisted on giving, saying that they would often ask them to send things to the county to send couriers in the future, they didn't charge money, she was embarrassed to ask them to help again, so they accepted it.

Zhou Qiufeng went home and had something to do, so she didn't delay, drove to cut a few catties of fresh pork, and rushed home, she just got home less than three minutes, all the way to Lejia to work, the specific work is to lay a few circles of bricks on the third floor and then do the installation of railings, build a stairwell house, and to dismantle the mold, paint the interior and exterior walls.

Lejia August 15 3rd floor capped, after 20 days, the floor is dry, can be dismantled, the autumn weather is dry, in fact, half a month can be dismantled, because the contractor of the Lejia house builders undertook another three and a house, rushed to build, a time is not free, until now to do the follow-up project.

Most of the construction team went up to the straight building to build the wall, some of them dismantled the mold, removed the formwork, and could paint the interior wall first, wait for the third floor to build the wall, and paint the exterior wall together.

The first thing to paint is coarse sand, and when the exterior wall is painted, the interior wall can be scraped putty, and then the exterior wall putty is scraped, the putty is scraped, and it can be lived in for a few days if it is vacant.

According to the time, when they are finished, they will have to harvest the late rice at intervals, and then the rice can be dried on the third floor.

The house was contracted out, Zhou Qiufeng didn't care, and the construction staff only looked for her when she needed any materials, so she gave everyone a pack of cigarettes and entrusted everyone to help take care of the house by the way, and she went to the mountains to pick up mushrooms with the basket on her back.

Some time ago, when she had free time to climb the mountain, she picked up a lot of mushrooms, sent some to her mother, occasionally sent some to a few elders in the village, ate some by herself, and sometimes took some of the better ones on the street to dry and accumulate them.

I've been saving for nearly a month, and I've been accumulating a lot older, so today I sent all the best dried mushrooms to Lele.

Yesterday, Lele called her and Yueqing at noon, and called again in the evening, she and Yueqing knew that the children were very happy in the capital, and they were also relieved that Lele was not responsible for the tuition and living expenses, and the family could take out some local mushrooms and send them to Lele for dinner.

Zhou Qiufeng felt that it was more important to pick up mushrooms first while the mushrooms were in season, so she was not in a hurry to take care of the affairs in the field and went up the mountain to find mushrooms.

Compared with Zhou Qiufeng's leisurely mood, the He family is particularly cautious, Qian Yuying and Luo Xiulan got up the earliest, got up before dawn and went down to the kitchen to make breakfast, the two of them moved slightly when they got up, pushed the door to the corridor, and the east wing and north room were quiet, only the window showed a faint light.

They went lightly to the kitchen, which was the upper room of the landlord, and the west side of the room was used as a study.

When the sky was slightly bright, He Panpan, He Mingjing, He Mingtao, He Qishu, He Qiwen and others also got up one after another, some went to the kitchen to help, some went to buy vegetables, and some waited to wait for the ancestors to live.

It was almost six o'clock, He Mingjing and He Panpan Mei Chaixi served the old ancestor to get up, waited for the old man to comb his hair, brush his teeth and wash his face, and then helped him to the main hall.

Old Ancestor He was helped out of the bedroom, and when he saw his eldest son and daughter-in-law who came over to support him, he was full of surprise: "Xiaomei, aren't you cultivating very well in the south, why did you come back?" ”

"Mom, I miss you, so come back and have a look." Lu Xuemei stepped forward to replace Xiao Wu and held the arm of the old ancestor.

"Grandma, grandson greets you for the elderly, grandma Gui'an." Xie Yiyuan hurried up to greet his grandmother, he grew up in the He family, and when he was a child, his father-in-law and mother-in-law couldn't take care of him, and he and his brothers were brought up by their ancestors.

Xie Mingyi also hurriedly greeted his grandmother: "Grandma Jin'an." ”

He Zirui, He Qiwen and others also whispered hello to their ancestors.

"You father and son are also back, Mingyi's little grandson, come to grandma's side, let me see if you are more handsome." When Old Ancestor He saw the father and son of the Xie family, he grabbed the small one, squinting his old eyes to admire the handsome face of the great-grandson of Yi.

"Grandma, I've always been so handsome, you look at it a lot, I don't know if you are old enough to be as handsome as you are, and you look as handsome as Xiaolongbao."

Xie Mingyi stepped forward and took over the position of Mrs. He San to support the ancestor.

Xie Yiyuan once wanted to change his name according to the generations of the He family, He Zigong did not agree, respected the meaning of the brothers of the Xie family, and asked him to use the name taken by his parents, after he grew up to marry a wife and have children, in order to remember the nurturing grace of the He family, he named his sons according to the generations of the He family, and also used the word "Ming", the eldest son Mingen, the second son Mingyi.

Although Xie Yiyuan and his son Xie Mingen and Xie Mingyi were not ranked by the He family, they were on the He family tree and were the descendants of the He family.

"Don't, you can look as handsome as your father, don't look like Xiao Longbao, a little Longbao will dazzle me when he runs in front of me, and one or two equally handsome grandchildren will not be blinded by me, Xiao Mingyi, you have a fall?"

Everyone in the He family reconciled with Yiyuan and looked at the sky silently, and the ancestor asked if there was a partner when he caught him, he was really anxious to die.

"Grandma, I'm trying to find a partner with my eyes wide open, and I will definitely try to find you a beautiful, virtuous, gentle and filial good great-granddaughter-in-law, and then I will have a big fat boy, so that you can hold my great-grandson, grandma, you always sit here, drink some boiled water first or have some fruit before dinner?"

Xie Mingyi smiled and helped the old ancestor to sit down, and diligently helped beat his shoulders, He Mingsheng was afraid that the grandmother would catch them again and ask if there was a partner, so he hurriedly poured water, handed over the fruit, and coaxed the old ancestor to eat something first.

Everyone in the He family spoke and acted quietly and quietly, trying not to make a loud noise, and soon the old man saw the clues, and asked strangely: "Zirong Zirui, you all speak softly, what's the matter?" ”

"Mother," He Zirong hurriedly explained: "That's the case, the doctor who treated you came over last night to develop pills for you in the room north of the East Wing, we were afraid of making noise to the doctor, so we didn't dare to speak loudly." ”

"The doctor is here? Why didn't you say it earlier, the doctor pulled my old bones back from the ghost gate, and I have to thank you. "Old Ancestor He is a little anxious, these children are too serious, why don't you tell her such a big thing at the first time, let her be rude.

"Mother, sit still," He Zirui hurriedly persuaded: "It's not that we don't tell you, it's that the doctor said last night, she didn't come out of the pharmacy, let none of us disturb her work, Xiaolongbao also said let us listen to the doctor, don't affect her medicine, mother, you always listen to Xiaolongbao, let's wait for the doctor to make the medicine and then thank you." ”

"The doctor doesn't let people make noise, so wait." Old Ancestor He lowered his voice and spoke in a small voice.

The old ancestor cooperated so much, He Zirui and He Zirong breathed a sigh of relief, their old mother was stubborn and more stubborn than a cow, only their sister Lao Si could persuade them before, and when Ziqiong left, the one who could persuade the old ancestor was Xiaolongbao, without Xiaolongbao by his side, if the old ancestor was strong, they were often powerless.

Old Ancestor He knew that the doctor was in the East Chamber, which was very attentive, and he just talked quietly, and urged the child to be as quiet as possible, so when a cadre went to the main hall to serve breakfast, they all stepped on the cat's step.

When breakfast was served, he still didn't see the doctor, and after looking at it many times, he asked puzzledly: "When will the doctor come out for dinner?" Do you want to bring it in, or do you want to come out and eat it together? ”

"Mother, doctors don't walk out of the pharmacy at will when they make medicines, and they eat three meals a day in the pharmacy."

"You sent the food?"

"Mother, according to the doctor's request, we prepared the dry food in the pharmacy a few days ago, and the doctor will take about three or four days to come out."

"Dry food?" Old Ancestor He was shocked.

"Yes, I prepared noodles and dry noodles, and the doctor said that she would cook them herself, and she wouldn't let us into the pharmacy for fear that the wind would affect the temperature in the room."

"It's really hard to be a doctor, no matter what, you have to remember the doctor's kindness."

"Mother, we understand."

He Zirong and He Zirui responded respectfully, Chaixi helped the ancestor to serve porridge, and everyone hurried to breakfast.

After breakfast, He Qiwen, He Qishu and others hurried to work, Xie Yiyuan accompanied the old men at home, He Panpan and Luo Xiulan went to buy vegetables and buy angelica herbs, the two old ladies accompanied the ancestors, and He Mingsheng, He Mingjun, He Mingtao, He Mingjing, and Xie Mingyi The five young people immediately embarked on a journey to find lotus roots.

The little doctor said that it is better to dig in the fields by yourself, which indirectly means that it is best to go to the fields outside the city to find it, and the ponds in the urban area are generally polluted by domestic sewage, which is really unreassuring.

The young people drove to the city to look for lotus roots.

It is easier to find lotus root outside the city than in the city, there are many things outside the city, there are all kinds of crops, it is rare to have fields in the city, only the lakes and ponds in the scenic area and park are planted with lotus, and there are lotus flowers in the gardens of private houses.

Five young people arrived outside the city, the soldiers divided into two roads, divided to look for them, drove around the various roads, lotus fields are easy to find, some have not yet reached the digging period, some before the National Day a large number of digging to supply the market, find the lotus field, but also to find the master.

The young man of the He family spent a little half a day wandering around, and then found the lotus field that felt that the environment was good, and then ran to the owner to buy lotus root, even if the number of purchases was small, the price of the open was high, there was a way to be a warrior under the heavy money, and the master was naturally willing to help dig the lotus root at a price of more than 100 times.

First find the red lotus, the lotus leaves and lotus pods are collected by the way, and then make some inquiries, from the owner of the red lotus root to the house of the white lotus, and go to buy it at a high price.

Before noon, the lotus root was collected, and the five young people hurried back, encountered the rush hour of traffic on the road, and the turtle crawled home until one o'clock in the afternoon.

He Panpan and Luo Xiulan went home early from grocery shopping, put the medicine in the east hall, and then cleaned up the dishes, and cooked at noon, because the ancestors were more punctual for three meals, so they didn't wait for the five juniors to eat first.

After twenty minutes after they finished eating, the five children rushed back, Chai Xi let the children go to eat, and she and Lu Xuemei put the lotus root in the yard and washed it with water.

The little doctor said that the red and white lotus roots should each have buds and fibrous roots, and He Mingsheng's brothers and sisters bought back more than ten sections of each piece, picking the end of the lotus tail, leaving five or six knots, and a dozen lotus roots are quite spectacular together.

Mrs. He San and Mrs. He used a toothbrush to clean the lotus root and lotus leaves, picked out the most tender ones and put them in a basket, and put them in another basket with a little worse appearance.

After she finished washing, He Mingsheng's brothers and sisters were full, how could they dare to let their grandmothers carry heavy objects, He Mingjun He Mingsheng He Mingtao and Mingyi were men, and they had great strength, so they hurriedly ran to carry the basket into the main hall of the East Chamber.

As soon as the young people carried their things into the east wing hall and put them down, they heard the sound of pulling the bolt from the pharmacy, and then the door creaked open, and the little girl who had not shown up since last night's retreat poked her head out.

He Mingsheng was stunned for a few moments, and He Mingtao asked absently: "Little beauty, have you eaten?" ”

"I've eaten dry food." Seeing the stunned expressions of the four young people, Le Yun couldn't help but smile and bend her eyes: "He Xiaoer, He Xiaoba, you come in to help." ”

"Hey! Come on! He Mingsheng and He Mingtao rushed to the pharmacy with their legs, He Mingsheng was also clever, and he also took ginseng and angelica cinnamon in his arms and sent them to the pharmacy.

"We can help too." He Mingjun and Mingyi were depressed, and they always ordered the second brother and the eighth brother for the Mao Xiaomei doctor, and never called them?

"It's enough to have two miscellaneous ones," Le Yun went out of the door, put on his shoes to pick lotus roots, and saw the two handsome guys who quickly took off their shoes and wanted to jump to the pharmacy, his eyebrows trembled: "He Xiaoer He Xiaoba, squeeze slowly as noodles by yourself, don't make the door too wide, such a big person is still so frizzy, it's true." ”

“！” He Xiaoer and He Xiaoba were so embarrassed that they pushed the door gently, and really squeezed into the door like noodles.

He Mingjun and Xie Mingyi heard the little girl's words, a black line floated out of his forehead, and he silently watched He Xiaoer and He Xiaoba go to the pharmacy room.

The lotus root that the handsome guys of the He family found was very good-looking, the buds at the tip of the last section of the lotus root and the buds between the nodes were complete, she picked two pieces of the red and white lotus roots, and carried them to the pharmacy with a basket of lotus leaves and lotus flowers.

"The surplus can be sent to the kitchen as vegetables."

"Hey." He Mingjun and Mingyi silently carried the basket and transported it out of the east hall.

When the little girl was talking to the juniors of the He family, the old and young people in the main hall of the upper room also heard it, and wanted to take a look, but they were afraid of getting in the way, so they had to wait under the eaves of the hall with their eyes blank.

When they saw He Mingjun and Mingyi move out of a basket, they didn't say anything, and when the juniors moved out the second basket, and then watched the two children each hold a basket and go straight to the kitchen of the upper room, they still didn't make a sound.

When the children put the lotus root out of the kitchen, men, women and children hurriedly retreated to the main hall of the upper room and quietly asked the two children how the little doctor was.

"It's good, white and tender, with a ruddy complexion." Ask the little girl? The little girl is bright and not tired.

Hearing that the little doctor was in good spirits, He Zirui and the others relaxed a little, and waited for Xiao Er and Xiao Ba to come out to report the situation.

When he cautiously entered the pharmacy room, He Mingsheng He Mingtao only felt that the heat wave was coming, and it was like entering a sauna, and a layer of sweat broke out at that time, and even his eyes were covered with sweat.

The brothers who were hit by the heat wave were terrified, just now they saw the little girl's face white and sweatless, why did they sweat like rain as soon as they came in?

I waited for a little to get used to the situation, and in general, the appearance in the pharmacy was not much different from last night, that is, there was a fire burning in the cement pool of the trolley, and some large bowls were filled with chopped herbs.

The two handsome men who were caught in hard labor didn't know what they needed to do, so they stood and commanded in restraint.

Moving the lotus roots into the pharmacy room, Le Yun moved them far away from the fire, moved them to the open space near the bathroom in the east for storage, and then folded back to the fire pool, took off the bricks of the pressure cooker lid, opened the lid of the pot, took out the medicine that had been boiled all night and half a day and put it in a basin, and boiled it with a lid.

"Your task is to break these up with a machine, and to chop up the herbs over there." Le Xiaoxiao pointed to some medicinal herbs at the root of the wall, stood up and went to the side of the bed on the shelf to hold a thick book, hid far away, and sat on the ground to nibble on his own book.

He Mingsheng He Mingtao: "What kind of person is the little girl ......, she can still read quietly in such a hot room, it's just amazing."

The two didn't dare to slack off, connected the grinder to the power supply, put the medicinal materials in the basin into it, turned on the switch to crush it, crushed it and poured it into a large bowl, and reloaded the medicinal materials to crush.

He Mingtao first worked with his second brother to crush the medicinal blocks, and later because He Mingsheng was getting more and more comfortable with his work, he ran to chop the medicinal materials, and they couldn't figure out why the boiled medicinal materials had to be crushed, of course, they didn't dare to ask.

The indoor temperature is high, the two handsome guys sweat like rain, they are still not afraid of hardship or tiredness, while burning the fire, they work diligently against the high temperature, no regrets, and they are more dedicated than the old cow.

Crush the medicinal herbs that have been boiled once, and then crush other designated medicinal herbs, all pour them into the pot and cook again, and also add some herbs chopped by He Xiaoba.

After they had finished all the assigned work, it had been two hours, because the hard work that should have been done was done, and the two handsome guys were useless.

The two handsome guys who came and went when they were called: "......" little beauty grinded and killed the donkey...... Phew, they're not donkeys, they're crossing the river and tearing down the bridge, is that really good?