The fierce peasant woman is busy farming

What? Five Finger Mountain? Is there Sun Wukong here?

If you look closely, you can see that the mountain has five peaks from big to small, and it truly deserves its name.

"I guess no one in the village has ever walked the road between Shuilian Mountain and Wuzhi Mountain. It's deep in the mountains and forests, full of wild animals, so no one dares to go there.

I also saw on the big land deed in the village that this piece of forest belongs to our village.

By the way, that winter peach tree under the cliff of Shuilian Mountain is quite nice. It will belong to your family from now on. You guys take good care of it and pick some in late autumn. They are very sweet. Remember to give me a few so that I can try them.

I ate it once when I was a kid, but I never saw the peach grow bigger and it disappeared.

"Winter peach? Master Qi, how do you know it is a winter peach?"

As Yuan Mo grew up in the village, he must know the only fruit tree in the mountain. That peach tree is full of pink peach blossoms in spring, which is so beautiful.

But he didn't know when the peach would be ripe, and he had never tasted its ripe taste.

“I only knew it after I tasted it that time.

This has been said for several decades. That year, a plague broke out in the local area in the early spring.

There were also patients in our village, and soldiers from the county came and sealed off the village.

They were not allowed to walk or go out, and the government sent people to deliver medicine and food every day.

The villagers were extremely anxious. They couldn't leave the village or go to the fields, as this would miss the farming season.

If we miss the farming season, what will we eat?

Later, a senior official came and said that the government would provide compensation.

Everyone calmed down and hid at home, not daring to go out, waiting for orders from above.

That's what they said, but with disasters happening everywhere, the government can still provide some relief in the county, but in our remote village, the relief grain distributed by the court only has a little left when it reaches us ordinary people.

That year was really miserable. After the ban was lifted, it was early winter. Looking at the weather getting colder and colder, and with the little bit of food in hand, everyone was afraid of starving to death and not being able to survive the winter.

So they all ran to the mountains to find things, hoping to store them for the winter.

My father was a hunter. He knew there was nothing in the nearby mountains, so he took my older brother and me and ran like the wind.

Heading deep into the mountains, I wanted to hunt some rabbits, pheasants, etc.

Even he did not dare to climb up Shuilian Mountain to take a look at Wuzhi Mountain.

The Shuilian Mountain is too high and too steep. It is said that the Wuzhi Mountain is even steeper and higher.

We wasted no time and ran fast. After three seasons of exposure to the elements, the wild animals in the mountains were no longer afraid of humans.

We shot some pheasants and mountain rabbits along the way, and even a roe deer.”

The village chief paused for a moment, seeing that the mother and son were listening with great interest, and continued:

“My father and my older brother were both strong and healthy at that age, and I was a teenager and could carry some things.

We walked under the peach tree and saw that the tree was full of big red peaches.

I picked one and tasted it. Oh my god, it was so delicious, sweet and crispy.

We picked a lot that day and filled our backpacks.

My dad is so smart. Seeing that there were too many peaches and we couldn’t carry them all at once, he thought of a way.

He was used to running around in the mountains, so he asked my brother and I to pick all the peaches.

Then he found a cave nearby and hid in it.

We will then slowly transport it back home later.

People say peaches make you full while apricots harm you, but this peach can be eaten as a meal.

Although eating too much makes you feel uncomfortable, it is better than having nothing to eat and having to eat dirt.

"No, Master Qi, aren't peaches only ripe in summer? How come there are still peaches on the trees when you go to the mountains in late autumn?"

Yuan Mo couldn't help but ask.

The village chief paused, drank a sip of water, ate a piece of dessert, and continued:

"I asked my father why there were still peaches when it was almost the beginning of winter. He said that they were winter peaches and they were ripe at this time.

The reason why it was not discovered before was because it was picked before it grew and matured.

"Oh, then who planted this tree?" Yuan Mo asked curiously.

"Haha, no one planted it. Maybe a bird brought it here, or the wind blew it here or something."

The village chief was enjoying the meal and talked a lot.

"So, this peach tree is really a fairy peach."

Yuan Mo sighed.

“Haha, I don’t know if they are fairy peaches or not, but my family relied on those peaches to avoid starvation that year.

After we brought the peaches home, we ate some of them and put them in the cellar to eat slowly over the winter.

But I ate so much of them that I felt sick when I saw peaches, especially red ones.”

Hahahaha, all three of them laughed.

"Uncle Qi, speaking of cellars, my family wants to build one, what do you think?"

"Your family? Yours may not be suitable. Your land is the lowest in the village.

It’s very close to the river, and I’m afraid water will come out if I dig a few feet deeper. The cellar must be at least half a foot deep, otherwise it will be useless.”

“Then my family can dig a well.”

Yuan Mo joked.

The speaker may not mean it, but the listener may take it seriously. Zhou Yue's heart moved. Yes, there are many people in the family, and in the future he may have to raise more livestock and poultry, and open a food stall, a workshop or something.

But no matter what you do, water is essential.

Just fetching water from the public well in the village would probably take up a whole man's time every day.

It would be better to dig a well while you still have money.

Thinking of this, Zhou Yue said:

"Uncle Qi, speaking of digging a well, how much does it cost to dig a well now?"

Digging a well requires professional skills. No matter how capable your family members are, it is impossible for them to dig a well by themselves. Professionals should do professional work. This money cannot be saved.

"Your family wants to dig a well?"

The village chief and Yuan Mo were both surprised.

Yuan Mo didn't expect that his casual words would make his mother think of digging a well.

It would be nice to have a well at home.

Not to mention the water used for daily drinking and washing, even the vegetables in the backyard will wilt if they are not watered for two days.

It would be so easy if we had a well at home.

"Well, I have this plan. Please ask the village chief for me. There is no rush."

"Ms. Zhou, I'm not being arrogant, but now that you have some money, you have to spend it sparingly.

Your family wants to buy land and send your children to school, which are big expenses. You have to think about it in your mind.

As the old saying goes, if you have enough food to eat and enough clothes to wear, you will be poor, but if you don’t plan ahead, you will be poor.”

The village chief said seriously.

"Yes, I'm grateful for your advice. I have my own plans."

Zhou Yue knew that the old man had a kind heart and knew that he had divorced the Ning family and that it was for his own good.

"Okay, as long as you know what's going on, I'll ask for you.

The people who dug the well were from the town. A few years ago, someone in the village dug a well. I remember it cost five taels of silver, which was not cheap.

I haven't dealt with them for several years, so I don't know if their prices have increased.

Look at this price, are you willing to accept it?"

"Yes, it can be a little more expensive. My family really needs a well. We can't dig a cellar, so let's dig a well. It can save a lot of labor."

"Okay, I'll ask for you when I get back."

"Thank you, Uncle Seventh."