Rebirth at the starting point of happiness

The mountains are very cold and gray in early spring, but some tenacious plants have already grown.

"Look what this is?" Xu De greeted Su Qiuyue and the others in front.

Digging up the frozen snow, a small yellow flower grew out from the broken snow, about the size of an adult's thumb.

The bright yellow flowers are on purple stems, with petals gathered around the tiny pistil in the middle, blooming in this early spring when the wind is still chilly.

It's so pleasing to look at.

Su Qiuyue and the others were still sighing. When they stretched out their hands and were still freezing, they saw the tender and fragile little flowers blooming at this time. They couldn't help but sigh at the greatness of nature.

"This is an ice flower. It blooms first and then grows leaves. When it blooms, spring comes to the forest." Xu De explained. They were used to seeing this thing, but it was new to Su Qiuyue and the others.

The two of them lay there and watched for a long time before following Xu De and continuing forward.

"Sister Qiuyue, look!" Zhang Chunsheng picked up a pine cone from the ground that was bigger than his hand and held it up to show Su Qiuyue.

"That's what the squirrels had eaten. Look how clean it is. It's much cleaner than what people pick." Xu De said after taking a look.

“Some of the pine nuts you eat fall from the trees, but most are picked by people.

Picking pine nuts is a life-threatening job. It's not like the delicacies from the mountains and the sea, but they're not that delicious. "Xu De said.

"Why?" Zhang Chunsheng didn't understand, so Xu De explained it to him.

Su Qiuyue knew something about it. It's not open yet. By that time, there will be no planned production, only economic development. How many people will risk their lives to pick pine cones for a living.

Pine cones grow on the tips of straight pine trees, and the pine forests in the forest area are tall and straight.

In autumn, the forest area is windy and the pine cones are ripe. Many people who pick pine cones have to climb to the top of the trees to pick them.

Even the strong birch trees could be blown down by the roots.

The pine trees are particularly brittle, and the treetops are like reeds swaying in the wind.

It often breaks off with a "kaba" sound.

There are really many people who have died, been injured, or become disabled from falling down.

Just like now, it is common to see people picking medicinal herbs or other wild delicacies that fall from trees.

"Why do you go up the mountain when it's so dangerous?" Zhang Chunsheng asked.

"What can we do if we don't go up the mountain? We live in the mountains and rely on them for food and drink. We have to go up the mountain to support our families.

The mountains feed so many of us, if we don’t go there ourselves, how can we just wait for the mountains to feed us?” Xu De sighed.

Su Qiuyue and Zhang Chunsheng were silent for a moment.

"Okay, let's not talk about this anymore. Let's hurry up and go up." Xu De interrupted their thoughts. Life had to go on and the road had to go on.

Su Qiuyue found some frozen and dried Acanthopanax and other medicinal herbs and dug them out.

She had to carefully identify that she was not a very talented doctor, even though her family had been practicing medicine for generations.

I am not very sensitive to the properties of medicinal materials, so I can only use the most stupid method to remember them.

Fortunately, she was not interested in this. She just needed to remember the common medicinal herbs that she could use.

I didn't feel anything special when I was on the mountain. I walked and listened to Xu De talking about what he saw and the stories of the mountains. The process was very relaxing and enjoyable.

I only felt tired when I was going down the mountain. My legs felt like they were filled with lead and I couldn't walk.

They finally found horses at the foot of the mountain and had to ride them back. When they got home, they felt like they were frosted.

"We've only just started. You have nothing. We spend a whole day hiking in the mountains. Sometimes we walk so far that we can't come back for days.

When we were going down the mountain, the mountain products we carried were taller than us." Xu De's wife said listlessly while looking at the two children.

"Auntie, how come you are so powerful?" Su Qiuyue couldn't imagine it.

"What's so great about that? It's all the result of practice. The wild vegetables, medicinal herbs and mountain products in the mountains only mature in a few days.

If you go later, you will be old and useless. That's all money, enough for a whole family to live on for a year.

How can I come back empty-handed? I have to memorize everything I can.

I have been following the adults since I was a child and I am used to it." Xu De's wife explained.

Su Qiuyue could only sigh. In fact, she knew how hard they worked in her previous life.

In the evening, Xu De's wife asked Su Qiuyue to soak her feet, and then she beat her legs with a wooden stick.

Let her move more, otherwise it will hurt more tomorrow and will last for several days.

The next day, Su Qiuyue's legs were so painful that they hurt at the slightest touch, but Xu De still pulled them up the mountain, taking another route.

Today's speed is much slower than yesterday's.

But I saw different products along this road.

It is truly a rich gift from nature, and Su Qiuyue's eyes are filled with treasures everywhere.

Zhang Chunsheng even forgot the pain and found everything he saw interesting.

They didn't walk far the next day because their legs were so painful. It hurt even more when they went down the mountain. On the way back, the horse couldn't get on. Zhang Chunsheng lifted her up, but she couldn't move her legs.

Every bump when the horse ran was a huge pain for Su Qiuyue and Zhang Chunsheng.

Su Qiuyue was in tears and her legs were numb when she got home.

"It hurts, right? Let me rub it for you later. It will be healed tomorrow once it's massaged." said Xu De's wife.

After dinner, different calls were heard from both rooms.

Su Qiuyue was really wailing at the top of her lungs, but Zhang Qiu Sheng still had some patience.

I did feel much better after a good night's sleep, but the pain was still there.

It really wasn’t that painful when I came back up the mountain.

When Su Qiuyue's leg muscles still hurt a little, she had to go back. She could come back in half a month and collect some things.

Xu De told her to bring a backpack and some cloth bags next time.

The tools should be ready when they come next time, and can be used then.

On the way back, there was a backpack tied to the bicycle, which contained some dried mushrooms, dried black fungus, pecans, hazelnuts, dried wild vegetables, etc. that Su Qiuyue wanted.

There are also ready-made leather vests.

Su Qiuyue bought a lot and made two pairs of rabbit skin trouser legs. In winter, she could tie them around her calves and knees so that she would not be afraid of the cold when going out.

Two large vests were made from sheepskin, both of which were above the buttocks, and they were worn over the pure leather coat to keep warm in winter. This large vest also has another use, that is, when not worn, it can be spread on the kang as a small mattress, which is particularly useful for keeping out the cold and keeping warm.

Su Qiuyue returned home and told her cousin about what happened. She took some dry goods to her cousin's house, and then went to the commune to send some dry goods to Grandma Fu and Uncle Fu.

Xu De asked Su Qiuyue to make a cloth bag. Su Qiuyue remembered a method she had seen, which was to sew the cloth on the edge of the backpack, so that the basket could hold more things.

Making a drawstring at the mouth of the bag can ensure that the contents will not spill out.

Su Qiuyue also made two small cloth bags. She didn’t think she could collect so much, so she prepared some first.

The team has already started plowing the soil, and after that the next step is sowing.

Su Qiuyue doesn't have to go out to the fields, as she has a lot of things to do.

After resting for a whole winter, she suddenly started working hard, and it was inevitable that she would feel sore all over, so more people came to buy her plasters.

Not all of them can be applied. Su Qiuyue has to be busy at home experimenting with making rheumatism ointment. Summer is the time when rheumatism attacks, so she has to prepare it in advance.

So the bad smell started coming out of her yard again.

But with the experience from last time, the plaster will be ready in just a few days.

There weren’t too many of them, so she had to hurry to Shanghe Village.

The food prepared in advance has been loaded, and Zhang Chunsheng still follows her this time.

If you have walked a road once, it will be much faster to go back again.

In just over ten days, new green could be seen everywhere in the mountains, and Xu De and his colleagues had already started busying themselves picking wild vegetables such as ferns.

Zhang Chunsheng also followed. He remembered that his task was to keep an eye on Su Qiuyue, so he did not stay far away from Su Qiuyue.

Su Qiuyue also picked some, she just wanted to identify them carefully, mainly to recognize the appearance of some of the growing herbs.

Su Qiuyue will stay longer this time, as she needs to carefully identify the appearance of these herbs at each stage.

Once you do it, you won’t make mistakes and you don’t have to follow others all the time.

Su Qiuyue really missed her cell phone at this moment. She could only hold a notebook and write and draw to record it, and she also had to lie on the ground to observe and identify it carefully.

To her, all the new green on the ground looks the same, yet with some subtle differences.

The difference is particularly obvious to an experienced mountain runner, and it takes her a long time to see it. It's like face blindness.

I saw several species that were similar to ferns. One of them was poisonous and could not be eaten, but the roots could be used as medicine.

She can't use it and doesn't know how to use it, but she can plant it in the space later and sell it for money after it is processed.

This time is not as leisurely as last time. The mountain runners are busy harvesting the gifts of the mountains.

In just three to five days, the bracken will become old and inedible.

Su Qiuyue was amazed at the speed. The mountains were slowly turning green every day, and when spring was getting stronger, these ferns had already grown old.

Three days ago, it could be broken with a light pinch, but now it is so old that I have to use a knife to cut it hard.

"It will dry up in a few days, break if touched, and the seeds will fly everywhere. It will be new ferns next year." Xu De told them about the magic of the plants in the mountains.

Just a few days, or less than half a month, is the life of this plant.

This time, Su Qiuyue witnessed how difficult it is for mountain runners.

He went up the mountain early with dry food, and headed straight for the "nest", a place he was already familiar with, where there were abundant wild vegetables and herbs.

Finding new and old "nests" and kneeling on the ground to pick the fruits is not an easy task.

You have to be careful with it. If it's broken and difficult to preserve, you can't sell it.

The wild vegetables and herbs that Su Qiuyue could pick were limited, so she was not particularly anxious. However, when she saw other people going down the mountain in the afternoon with one or two full backpacks, she was still a little excited.

When I get hungry on the mountain, I eat the dry food I brought with me and drink the mountain spring water.

When you get home, you have to wash the picked mountain products, then dry them if necessary and blanch them in water.

There are also those that need to be pickled and processed in different ways, and none of them is without effort.

This time, Su Qiuyue stayed for a whole month before she was able to pick the herbs she needed.

It is not time to pick some medicinal herbs yet, so we have to wait for a while.

Only then did Su Qiuyue go back with Zhang Chunsheng carrying all the bags.

"Sister, you've been gone for more than a month this time." This time Su Xinyue really missed her sister.

When her sister came back she couldn't help but complain that she had been gone for too long.

"I'm back, I'm back. I miss you so much. I'll take you with me next time I have the chance." Su Qiuyue was not coaxing her. She really missed her for such a long time.

When I went to middle school, I didn’t have as much free time as I do now.

My sister has already finished her primary school courses. It won't have much impact if she takes a leave before graduation.

"Sister, is it fun on the mountain?" Su Xinyue helped her sister take things out of the backpack.

"It's fun, but not fun." Su Qiuyue told the truth.

The medicinal herbs in the basket must be taken out and dried quickly.

While she was talking to her sister about collecting herbs, she took out the rack that her cousin had made and spread out the herbs on it to dry.

Turn it over when it’s almost dried.

The sunshine is particularly good in spring, but it rains frequently, so there must be someone at home.

Su Qiuyue looked at the herbs hanging out to dry and continued to make rheumatism ointment at home.

After the boiling was finished, she started to prepare the herbs. The herbs for the plaster had to be fried again, and the others were soaked in wine first because she had no wine.

She had the brigade's approval slip, and the brigade leader knew it was not easy for her to get some medicine, but, but, there was really no wine.

Su Qiuyue couldn't help but sigh. At that time, supplies were really scarce, and everyone had to find ways to meet their needs on their own, so there were many folk remedies.

"Sister, if you go up the mountain again, and if my eldest cousin doesn't come to our house, I will go up the mountain with you to collect herbs." Xinyue suddenly said this after returning from her cousin's house.

"What's the matter?" Su Qiuyue thought she didn't want to leave her, hadn't she already promised to take her there?

"I went to your house for my cousin's sake! I thought I was going to see you! What a shame!

I don't live in your house, I don't eat your food, and yet you still give me a hard time. Do you really think you're something big?

Who doesn't know the little tricks in your mind! You're not satisfied with taking advantage! I won't give it to you! You're so greedy! You don't deserve it!

Bah! Give me some face, you are talking nonsense to my face! If you have the guts, say it to others!

You don’t dare to say it?! You are acting like a decent person. You are shameless! "

Su Qiuyue didn't even have time to react before her sister started shouting and cursing.

Su Qiuyue looked at Little Lajiao who was standing on the wall with her hands on her hips. When did her mouth become so powerful?

Before she finished scolding, she saw Xu Hua had chased out. He listened to her scolding as if nothing had happened, jumped over the wall nimbly, stood at the foot of the wall, and was about to turn around to watch the fun.

"What's the matter?" Su Qiuyue came over and asked.

"Who knows what happened? I went to play with Sister Xu Hua, and I took out the walnuts you brought back and gave them to Xiao Ling and Xiao Hui.

What did I do?! Second cousin, no, that Xu Jing was talking in a weird way!

As the saying goes, a good person doesn't appreciate a good deed. She tried her best to take care of the person but was still not welcomed.

She treats us as relatives, but we look down on her.

Who doesn't know her little thoughts? "Su Xinyue's voice didn't lower at all.

Su Xinyue has lived well with her sister in the past six months, and her temper has gradually returned to normal.

She had been without a mother since she was young, and her family members were full of love and pampering for her.

So even when she was ten years old, her grandfather didn't force her to study medicine, but just followed her interest.

Therefore, Su Xinyue has always been unable to tolerate anger since she was a child.

Later, my grandfather passed away, something unexpected happened in the family, and my sister also fell ill. Having lost my backbone, I felt very insecure and was always cautious.

In the past six months, she and her sister have settled down, and her worries about not having enough food to eat, not having warm clothes to wear, and having no place to live have not happened.

Gradually her original temper was exposed. In addition, Xu Hua also had a bad temper. He led her to fight with the boys in the team. Whenever there was a quarrel, he would climb over the wall to watch the fun. Her temper became even worse.

But usually at home, Su Qiuyue took good care of her, and they talked to each other in consultation, so she had no chance to show her temper.

She also knew that it was not easy for her sister to support the family, so she listened to her sister very much. But today she was bullied at her cousin's house, so she exploded.

Su Qiuyue didn't think that what her sister did was wrong. All she tried to do was to let her sister live a free life and never swallow her anger like she was in her previous life.

Just don't understand what's going on.

I could only wave at Xu Hua and ask her what happened.

You can tell from Xu Hua's expression that it wasn't her sister's fault. When her second sister was scolded, she acted like she was enjoying the fun. I don't know if this kid is broad-minded or just doesn't have any common sense.