The fierce peasant woman is busy farming

Several children asked questions at once.

"Well, I forgot about it before, but when we met that time, I remembered some of it bit by bit..."

"mother……"

"I remembered that this Polygonum hydropiper can not only be used as medicine for fish, but also as a yeast for making wine."

Zhou Yue suddenly had an idea and blurted out that she had seen a video before that talked about the uses of Polygonum hydropiper.

The three main functions of this humble weed are to use it as medicine, to make wine yeast, and to make persimmons less astringent.

"Make wine? Uh, no, we don't have enough food to eat, so we definitely can't use it to make wine. Besides, we at Dahui need a license to make and sell wine, so how can we get that license?"

Qingmo is still older. The other children were about to agree when they heard Qingmo say this.

Yes, not to mention whether this Polygonum hydropiper can really be used to make wine yeast, even in a place like our village, it is good enough to have enough food to eat, so where can we get extra food to make wine?

Even if you have enough grain to make wine, you can't get a license. You worked so hard and spent a lot of money to make wine, but if you are not allowed to sell it, can you still drink it all yourself?

There was silence.

"No, who says wine can only be made from grains? We can make fruit wine."

"Fruit wine? What is that?"

“It’s wine made from fruit.”

"Fruit? Mother, have you really forgotten where there are fruit trees in our village? On the dry land we want to buy, there is a peach tree under the cliff of the water curtain, and I have never seen its peaches grow.

It is the only wild fruit tree in our village. It grows so far away and every year when it grows to the size of a thumb, it is pulled out.

Not many people in the village have fruit trees in their yards. Even if there are one or two, they are apple trees, grape trees, etc. There are not many of them. "

"Well, next time you go to look at the land, can you point out that peach tree to me?"

"Well, that tree is very old. Grandpa said it started bearing fruit when he was a kid."

"Oh, the fish are turning over. Go catch them quickly."

After a flurry of activity, the topic was changed.

There’s a market day after tomorrow, so I have to fry some fish and try it out.

When they got home, some people cleaned the fish, and some people mixed the oil.

Chunniang pulled Qian into her room to talk on the pretext of asking her for advice on needlework, while the others were busy in the kitchen.

The fish was quickly processed and marinated with onions, ginger and wine.

Then start preparing the meal.

There were sounds of jingling in the yard and in the kitchen, as if composing a beautiful and harmonious family song.

After finishing the meal, Zhou Yue walked into the yard with the rice bowl and saw Yang Mo holding some wooden boards and planing them flat with a planer.

Put down the rice bowl and call people to eat.

Zhou Yue picked up the wooden boards and strips that Yang Mo had planed, and was amazed at the smooth wood that looked like it had been polished.

Yang Mo’s craftsmanship is so good.

In the afternoon, they made an appointment with the village chief to go to the mountains together. Zhou Yue, Yuan Mo and Brother Dao went to the village entrance to wait for the village chief.

After standing under the big willow tree at the entrance of the village for a while, I saw the village chief walking towards me.

Three people and a dog went up the mountain together.

Zhou Yue and Yuan Mo both carried baskets. On the one hand, the journey was long and the weather was hot, so they brought some food and water.

On the one hand, a trip to the mountains cannot be in vain, and you have to pick up everything you see.

Even the village chief, who was not short of money, carried a large backpack.

After passing the Ning family's original mountainous area, a place called Xishanao, Yuan Mo pointed out to his mother where their family's original dry land was.

When they reached the cliff that Zhou Yue saw last time, Yuan Mo pointed it out to her.

"Mother, I heard that you were collecting firewood and foraging for pigs here when you met Lord Song and Brother Jun. Take a look, do you remember them?"

"Well, I don't really remember."

Zhou Yue stretched his neck to look at the top of the cliff, but the angle was wrong and he couldn't see the ginseng plant with fruits.

She didn't dare to look too obviously, for fear that the village chief would find out.

Halfway through the journey, we sat down to rest and called Brother Dao to scout the way ahead.

Brother Dao ate well and was in an even better mood. In a few months, he became fat and strong, with shiny fur, just like an adult dog.

Taking it with me when I go out, I feel at ease.

Sitting on a large bluestone by the roadside, Zhou Yue took out a bag of snacks and gave it to the village chief first. He then took out a water gourd, and the three of them tilted their heads back and took a few sips.

After all, the village chief was old, and his sons later did well in business and paid more respect to him.

Although he still cultivates some of the irrigated land at home, most of it has been rented out.

The dry land here hasn't been cultivated for more than ten years, and I haven't been to the mountains for several years.

The mountain road was difficult to travel on, and his family wouldn't let him go up the mountain.

Today, the village chief's wife agreed because Zhou Yue and Yuan Mo, mother and son, were accompanying them.

The village chief swallowed the snack, drank a few sips of water, and nodded with satisfaction.

This Zhou is becoming more and more thoughtful and considerate in her work. What a good woman she is. But Yuancai, that fool, doesn't know how to cherish her.

Speaking of which, Zhou is not too old, and Yuan just doesn't want her anymore. I and my wife should still pay more attention to see if there is a suitable family to introduce her to, and then take the next step.

Zhou Yue didn't know that the village chief had already put her remarriage on the agenda.

She asked, "Uncle Qi, how far is it?"

"Are you tired? It's not far, only halfway."

Oh my God, this is not far. We have been walking for two hours.

I estimated that two hours would not be enough to cover the second half of the journey, and we were walking slower and slower.

"Haha, Zhou, you used to love walking around in the mountains, why are you complaining of being tired after walking deep into the mountains?

You have to come here often in the future. If you feel it doesn’t work, you can always regret it.”

"No, Uncle Qi, I heard from Yuan Mo that the piece of land my family wants to buy is the westernmost piece of land in our village?"

"Yes, if you go further, it belongs to Shanxi."

When they reached the place where Yuan Mo took Zhou Yue to look at the land last time, the three of them were exhausted and out of breath.

The village chief said: "I can't reach the water curtain you mentioned with my old bones, so I will show it to you here.

I will write it clearly when I draw up the deed and the document."

"Okay, Uncle Qi, you've worked hard. When my father can go out again, I'll invite you to the town for a drink."

"No need for that. When your father is able to go out, I will take him out for a walk. It will be fine if I treat him."

"Uncle Qi, drink some more water. After you've given us instructions, let's go back. There's no need to go to the other side of the mountain."

"Okay, you see, that water curtain also belongs to your family. The higher mountain to the west of the water curtain mountain is the dividing line.

It is the boundary of the village, the county, and the state capital.

This side of the mountain belongs to our village, and the other side belongs to others.

The westernmost part of the mountain land where your house is is there. It starts from the western valley of your house in the east. You know this, right?

South to that mountain, north to that mountain. "

"Uncle Qi, how long does it take to walk from our village to that mountain?"

Zhou Yue pointed to the mountain road that marked the boundary of the westernmost provincial capital.

"It takes four hours to get from the village to Shuilian Mountain. When we get to that mountain, yes, the older generation said that the mountain is called Wuzhi Mountain.

I haven’t been there either. The farthest I’ve been is to Shuilian Mountain, and that was more than ten years ago.”