Chapter 140

After a rain, the stream in the mountains became larger, flowing down from the mountains and forests, and the riverside was lush with water and grass.

After the fall, the thin-shelled green snail slowly appeared, and Lu Gu, Shen Yan and Shen Xuanqing went up the mountain to touch it together.

This thing is very expensive now, so when there is a chance, people will come up the mountain to look for it. Along the way, they meet many people from the village, and the mountain is far away.

In many streams in the front mountain, people were rummaging under the stones and in the water to find the green snails.

There is no road in the mountains, and when encountering rough and bumpy places, we can only go forward one deep and one shallow. Fortunately, the shade is not so hot in the mountains and forests.

Either Shen Xuanqing is very strong. In order to pull the prey down the mountain, he just dragged the scooter up and down the mountain. Thanks to his accustomed to the road to the deep mountain, he knew where to go to be smoother, otherwise he would encounter a big hillside or pit. The cliff can’t be crossed at all.

People who are more flexible are like this. It is even harder to let a donkey or a mule pull a scooter. Although this year is not as much as last year, people are not as tired as last year and panting. The shoulders and back are also worn out. not enough.

Now that he is more skilled at hunting, he catches a lot of prey alive, so he chooses sheep or deer to hunt, and he can make money in one trip, but if he wants to raise more sheep, he doesn’t sell the mother and the baby. .

Lu Gu heard the sound of the stream, and naturally Shen Xuanqing and Shen Yan also heard it.

Da Hui is the most clever, and can tell the direction of the stream faster than people, and immediately runs towards that direction, leading the way in front.

Lu Gu walked out of the half-leg-high grass, glanced around the stream and said, “No one should have looked for it here.”

They entered deeper than others, and Shen Xuanqing also nodded: “Well, I’ll look for it here.”

The mountain stream has been flowing for many years, scouring the trail. Shen Yan pulled up her trousers and stepped on the stones in the water. She bent over the stones and found several green snails. After seeing the little crabs crawling under the stones, she said: ” There are two belly purples.”

This kind of mountain crab only has a purple belly. Flip the belly over with a branch, and she can eat it at a glance. She caught it and threw it into the bamboo basket in front of Shen Xuanqing. If the crab climbed out, it would not be caught between her and her. Lu Gu, just let the second brother clean up.

In a few days, the autumn beans will be harvested. Before I get busy, I will get some seasonal food and go back to eat well, and then I will have the strength to work.

When the snail meat was in the shell, it looked quite a lot. When the snail shell disappeared in the wine, there were not many red snail meat left.

On the way, they also said that if they caught less, they would eat it themselves, and if they caught more, they would sell some, and all the restaurants and pubs in the town would charge them.

It was okay on the shore. After walking for so long, my body was hot, and it became cold as soon as I stepped into the water, and the clear stream was not less cold.

“Let’s touch quickly, we can go home and soak our feet.” Shen Yan is young, not as good as Lu Gu and Shen Xuanqing, who are a few years older than Lu Gu and Shen Xuanqing. Going home.

Lu Gu threw a handful of green snails into the basket, straightened his waist and said, “Then you can go to the shore and take a break and dry in the sun.”

Hearing this, Shen Yan originally wanted to say no, but her legs and feet were really cold, so she found a place to bask in the sun for a while.

The three of them must be working faster. The thin-shelled green snails just started to appear in the early autumn, and there were not many. They only touched a small half of the basket together, and the belly purple was also a small half, not too much, but it was enough for them to entertain themselves.

Shen Xuanqing is okay. Seeing Lu Gu and Shen Yan eating ice cream, he said that he would not touch it. No matter how expensive Hong Qiao is, people suffer from soaking in the stream. Lu Gu is weak, and Shen Yan is a daughter. Money, will not suffer from this.

Because the bamboo baskets were not full, they broke off some water bamboo shoots by the mountain stream, and took the tender stems and leaves of red amaranth back with them.

This kind of water bamboo shoots is small, but it is better than being crispy, tender and sweet. Ji Qiuyue, who has been confinement, has been in and out in the past two days. Walking around, she is in a better mood.

When she was pregnant, she couldn’t eat many things. When she saw the water bamboo shoots pulled out from the bamboo basket, she did not need anyone else, so she picked it up by herself, and said that she would make a stir-fried bamboo shoots in the afternoon.

The child hasn’t woken up yet, so no one needs to take care of it. At most, Wei Lanxiang gently pushes the door open from time to time and glances at the bed, fearing that the child will fall off.

Lu Gu was washing the amaranth leaves next to him, which was delicious when boiled into a vegetable soup, with a different kind of vegetable fragrance.

Wei Lanxiang and Shen Yan were washing the green snails and mountain crabs. She sat on the small stool and looked at the sun finally showing up in the sky. She felt a little at ease and said, “The autumn beans are about to be harvested, so I will point to the sun to bask in more. As soon as the sun shines, who knows that it rained yesterday, and I look forward to the sunny days in the next few days.”

Shen Xuanqing was sharpening the sickle and kitchen knife in the courtyard. Hearing this, he glanced at the sky and said, “The sky has cleared, so it shouldn’t rain any more.”

No one can say for sure, but Wei Lanxiang still nodded, and could only hope so.

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The crops in the field were said to be ripening very quickly. Within a few days, Shen Yaoqing said that the beans could be harvested, and the whole family went to the ground to pull out the bean poles.

Their family has planted ten mu of autumn beans, more than others, and this time they hired a part-time worker to help.

Now it’s not as hot as the summer heat, and the daily wages have dropped to the usual twenty cents. In order to collect them as soon as possible, this time, besides Lin Jinhu and Lin Jinlong, Shen Yaoqing called He Zhi and Chen Dongdong again.

A cart by cart of Qiudou was pulled into the new house. Ji Qiuyue had to take care of the children. She would take care of the food, drink and lasa by herself. Only when the baby was sleeping could she have time to go to the kitchen to cut a vegetable. For Lu Gu and the others, no matter he, Shen Yan or Wei Lanxiang, after working in the field for a while, they have to rush back and do a good job.

There are many people who have been hired at a loss. Ten acres of autumn beans and three acres of peanuts are pulled out in four days. They are spread out to dry in the open space of the new house, and they are even more busy after drying, beating, and sieving the beans.

The peanuts planted this year are considered a new ration. I picked up the tender ones and boiled some in salt water. They tasted salty and tender. According to Wei Lanxiang, anything cooked with salt is not bad, it is precious.

After turning over the bean pole, the sun was quite bright, and Lu Gu and Shen Yan sat back in the main room to rest.

“Brother Millet.” Shen Yan took out a bowl of salted peanuts from the basket, peeled it, and just squeezed it and eaten it.

This thing is very good as a snack. Lu Gu squeezed a few and chewed it. In his heart, he brought some when he went back up the mountain. When Shen Xuanqing beat the fox, he had to eat dry food outside, and got a small cloth pocket to put some peanuts for him. Rice is better than just eating dry food.

“The beans will be dried in the sun in two days. Let’s pick some up and let my mother fry the beans for us to eat. It’s crunchy when you bite into it. Although it takes a bit of teeth, the more you chew, the more fragrant it becomes.” Shen Yan put the bowl away. Put it on the table, lift the teapot and pour water for both of them.

“Yeah.” Lu Gu nodded and said again, “But depending on when your second brother wants to go up the mountain, maybe it will be in the past two days.”

There are seasons to fight foxes. After this period of time, it gets cold, and if it snows, you will not be able to go up. Shen Xuanqing said last night that it was time to pack up and go up the mountain.

Shen Yan had to say, “Okay, I’ll keep the beans for you two and eat them when you come back.”

She doesn’t have many worries and troubles. She sees that in addition to work, she is thinking about what to eat all day long. Not only is she thinking about it in her heart, but she is also “outspoken”. Lu Gu smiled quietly, thinking that fortunately her mother was not here, otherwise she would have to say Shen Yan again. thirsty.

There were a lot of livestock in the house, so they rested for a while and then went out to hunt grass in the sun.

The sun in autumn is much better than in summer, not so vicious. Lu Gu bent over to mow the grass. He never thought that the sickle in his hand was out of control, and the sharp blade slipped for some reason. flowed out.

He put down the sickle in pain, and clenched his left thumb tightly with his right hand to look for the big thistle or the small thistle to stop the bleeding.

Not far away, Shen Yan realized that he was wrong and asked, “Brother Guzi, what’s wrong with you?”

“I didn’t pay attention, I cut my finger.” Lu Gu found the big thistle in the weeds, and he had a lot of blood on his hands, so he said, “Help me dig out the big thistle.”

Hearing this, Shen Yan hurried over. After digging out the big thistle, he didn’t even need the bamboo basket and sickle. The two of them hurried into the back door.

The good boy was playing by the river, but when he saw that they both ran away, he caught up with him, but he saw his sickle and bamboo basket halfway, stopped and circled around the bamboo basket for several times, he seemed a little helpless, and finally he stayed there. next to the bamboo basket.

After the thumb was wrapped, Lu Gu moved, the other four fingers were not affected, and the work was still capable, but it was not easy to get wet in the past two days.

His right hand was still stained with blood, and one hand was not easy to wash, so Shen Yan helped him clean it.

Shen Yan wiped her hands and put the towel on, and said, “Brother Guzi, then you can rest here.”

“No, it’s all wrapped up, it’s just mowing the grass, it won’t get in the way.” Lu Gu didn’t take this little injury to heart, and he wrapped several layers of cloth, which was thick enough.

Shen Yan is young, and her temper is not as stubborn as Shen Xuanqing’s. She can listen to what the adults say. She is only twelve years old this year. In her eyes, Lu Gu is not an adult. She hesitated, but she didn’t care when she saw that Lu Gu was , walked to the back door with her, and didn’t say much.

As soon as he came out and found that the good boy was looking at something, Lu Gu rubbed his head and exclaimed in a low voice, “It’s really good, I know we’ve seen things in our house.”

“Wow!” The boy called out, his fluffy and soft ears were rubbed by Lu Gu for a few times, but he didn’t resist at all, and it was quite comfortable to look at it with narrowed eyes.

Patting the boy on the head, Lu Gu stopped teasing him, picked up the sickle on the ground and continued to work.

After a while, Shen Xuanqing and Shen Yaoqing came back from the field and went straight to the river without going home.

There are many livestock and poultry at home this year. It is autumn now. Naturally, I have to worry about the forage for winter. Sun-dried grass is not as satisfying as fresh grass. It is better to accumulate some hay. , winter can be difficult.

Therefore, they came to help mowing the grass, so that Lu Gu and Shen Yan could take a break. There are not many sickles at home, only three, and they have to buy one when they come back, or buy a blade and come back. Get a sickle and put it on.

Shen Xuanqing frowned when he saw the strip of cloth wrapped around Lu Gu’s thumb at a glance, walked up to him in two or three steps and asked, “What’s wrong?”

“Accidentally cut it.” Lu Gu said in a low voice, the injury actually didn’t hurt much to him, and there was no pain in his expression.

Don’t talk about him, people who work a lot will get hurt a little bit, it’s not a big deal.

On the contrary, Shen Xuanqing was a little unhappy, took the sickle in his hand and said, “Then you rest, I will tell my mother when you go back, don’t let you cook these days, and you don’t have to do other work, at most Chop chicken grass at home.”