novelhk Chapter 34: Making money is harder than eating shit
Chapter 34: Making money is harder than eating shit
"Don't be sad, mom. We can find something to eat. We won't starve to death."
She just sighed and had no time to be sad. She had to apply manure quickly, turn the soil over, and sow vegetable seeds. This way she could exchange it for some money, otherwise she would have nothing to eat in the winter.
It took two days to spread manure, turn the soil and plant vegetables on two plots of land. Lan Qiyan was so tired that he couldn't get up and seemed to have lost a little weight.
She got up early in the morning and watched for a long time with a basin of water in her hand.
Yu Xiu yawned and walked over, "Mom, what are you looking at?"
"Second brother, look at me and see if I have lost weight."
"You've lost weight. Before, the ground moved when you ran, but now you can't even run."
Lan Qiyan slapped him with a dark face, "Get out of the way, I'm going to wash my face, and then you can go up the mountain with me to catch snakes."
"Mom, please let me dig shit. I'm most afraid of snakes."
"You're afraid of snakes? You're such a big guy, and you're afraid of snakes."
"Yeah, really, if you don't believe me, ask my eldest brother and younger brothers."
Yuzhen came over and said, "Mom, my second brother is really afraid of snakes. Let me go with you. I'm not afraid."
"Yuzhen can go, then Yuze, you can take them to find work."
Yuze carried the meal and said, "Mom, please see if there is any Chinese medicine we need to find. Please assign some tasks."
"Okay, let me think about it. Yuze, how much do we have left for household expenses?"
"Four taels."
"I see."
Lan Qiyan sat on the stool. Four taels of silver could allow him to survive a winter.
She took a look around last night. It's already November now, and there may still be some Peucedanum chinense in the mountains. This Chinese medicine has the effects of lowering qi, resolving phlegm, dispersing wind and clearing away heat.
It looks a bit like wild radish and can be picked in winter and spring.
She didn't know much about this mountain, and herbs were hard to come by.
She was not as confident as catching snakes, so she went to dig up everyday herbs such as dandelions in the spring. As for ginseng and Ganoderma lucidum, she had never even seen a hair of them.
Lan Qiyan asked them to take care of the rabbits at home and tidy up the small vegetable garden in the yard, with the main focus being on catching snakes.
Yuze brought them two pots of tea and some steamed buns, which Yuzhen was responsible for carrying.
Lan Qiyan carried a large backpack and caught snakes while picking some grass for the rabbits.
Yuzhen was indeed not afraid of snakes and knew to catch them by grabbing them at the weakest part, but he did not dare to let his children catch some poisonous snakes.
The mother and daughter worked from morning to evening. They finished drinking all the water and eating all the steamed bread, and they caught a total of seven snakes.
Three are non-toxic, four are highly poisonous. Lan Qiyan took a look and decided that it was worth two taels of silver.
Seeing her mother so happy, Yu Zhen didn't care about being tired anymore, "Mom, are we going to town tomorrow morning?"
"Of course I will go, otherwise how will I exchange for silver? Is there anything you want?"
Yuzhen shook his head and said, "No." It's not easy for his mother to earn money, so he doesn't want anything.
As they walked, Lan Qiyan stopped, and Yu Zhen also stopped, "Mom, what's wrong with you?"
"This looks like Arisaema. Hurry up and give me the shovel. This thing is really good. It can dissipate lumps and reduce swelling. It can also treat hemiplegia. All pharmacies sell it."
Lan Qiyan saw it on page 250 of Taobao space last night. The whole plant is worth thirty cents.
There are probably hundreds of plants in this area. We are going to make a fortune.
"Mom, you are amazing. You know so many herbs. You must be a doctor."
Lan Qiyan: It can be considered as such, but it’s not for treating humans. Veterinary medicine is also medicine, and it belongs to the same system, but the subjects are different.
"No, but I used to dig herbs with the old doctor in our village. He paid me a penny a day. Otherwise, how could I make a living under my stepmother's care?"
Yu Zhen looked distressed, "Mom, we will treat you well."
Lan Qiyan was also moved, "Son, if you take your feet away from mine, I will believe it."
Yu Zhenyi lowered her head and quickly moved her feet away, "I'm sorry, mother, I didn't mean it."
"It's okay, it's okay, dig quickly, this is all money." Lan Qiyan dug half with a shovel, and then dug it out with his hands.
"Son, use your shovel to dig half and I'll give you the rest."
"Good girl."
The two of them worked together, digging one after the other. By dark, they had only dug eleven plants.
Yu Zhen looked around at the backfilled pit and said, "Mom, my brother and I will come to dig tomorrow. Now let's go back. It's too dangerous in the mountains at night."
Lan Qiyan looked at the dark mountain and felt a little scared. "Let's go. We'll talk about it tomorrow."
When the mother and daughter returned home, Old Lady Yu, Yu Ze and Yu Zheng were standing at the door.
"Mom, you're back. I thought you were eaten by a wild boar."
As soon as he finished speaking, several slaps came up, "You little brat, do you know how to talk?
Hurry up and get some water for your mother to wash her face. Yanyan, come back earlier next time, or your mother will worry."
"It's okay. We are safe. We have made a great harvest today. I will go to the town to exchange silver and money tomorrow morning. We feel safe now."
Yuze and several of his brothers took off their backpacks, and then they heard a scream and Yuxiu fainted.
Looking at the large, thick, colorful snakes crawling around on the backpack, they also got goose bumps.
Lan Qiyan lifted the person into Old Lady Yu's arms and said, "Yu Ze, pinch your Ren Zhong point.
I told him not to touch the backpack, but he just couldn't help it. He must be scared silly."
Then he tied the snake into a bow with his bare hands and put it in the backpack.
Yu Xiu came to himself after being violently strangled by his elder brother, and cried loudly while hugging Yu Ze.
He is afraid of snakes. Why does his mother catch so many snakes?
Lan Qiyan pursed his lips and assured him that he would go to the town to exchange for silver tomorrow morning.
In fact, she had changed it at midnight the day before: seven snakes for 2 taels of silver and eleven aconite plants for 300 wen.
However, in order to make the show more complete, she still went to the town early in the morning, before everyone woke up.
She originally thought she had arrived quite early, but she didn't expect that the streets were already crowded with people and the sounds of hawking were everywhere.
Fresh air, clean sky, simple people, it would be better if we ignore her rough face.
Since I'm here, I still have to bring some things back. The salt and rice at home are almost gone.
Alas, if you don’t run a household, you don’t know how expensive firewood, rice, oil and salt are. It’s really hard to be the head of a household.
She went to the grain shop on South Street and bought 20 kilograms of brown rice for 100 wen, and 3 kilograms of oil for 300 wen.
But a pound of salt costs 80 wen. No wonder everyone wants to be a salt merchant. It’s so easy to make money.
Then he touched the refined rice beside him and asked, it was 30 wen for one dou. He counted on his fingers and found out that one dou was 12 jin. 30 wen for 12 jin was not too unaffordable.
I made up my mind and bought one for 60 cents, and ate it mixed with brown rice. It's really harder to make money than to eat shit, but spending money is faster than having diarrhea.
Passing by a pork stall, he made up his mind to spend 40 cents to buy a pound of pork, and paid ten cents for four large ribs.
The backpack was already full of these things. She was thinking of going back when she suddenly yelled at someone to make way, which shook her 140-pound body.
Then there was a chaos and turmoil. Lan Qiyan held on to her backpack tightly, as it was her life and property.
In an instant, people and horses were thrown into chaos on the street, and dust was flying everywhere. After a long time, they saw a carriage stopped in front of them.
"Seeing that the noble has arrived, you lowly people should kneel down and pay your respects."
Lan Qiyan was so angry that she thought, how could a woman of 1.7 meters in height kneel down just like that?
The old woman at the side pulled her and said, "Kneel down quickly, girl. We can't afford to offend you."