From the end to the other world

After the food in the field was brought back, the weather began to turn cold. The remaining cabbages and radishes were not in a hurry, as long as they were taken back before the frost hit.

Qin Luochuan and the others have a small vegetable field in Lijia Village, not far from where Third Uncle and the others live now. They grow peppers, eggplants, beans, etc. in the field, which were planted when they lived in the mountains. Later, when they moved into a new house, Qin Luochuan bought the land. When I was young, I reserved a vegetable field next to the house. After the vegetables grew here, I seldom went there to pick vegetables.

Before the garden is cleared in autumn, the last batch of vegetables can still be produced in the field, and there are still a lot of them. Qin Luochuan and the others are not short of this, so they simply let the third aunt pick them.

Pickled peppers can be dried or made into pickled peppers, eggplants can also be made into dried eggplants, and beans can be made into dried beans or sauerkraut. These things are very precious in winter when vegetables are scarce.

Qin Luochuan and the others did more by themselves. They made a lot of dried vegetables and sauerkraut as early as summer, and they also made a lot of pickles with oily eggplant, beans, and last year's laba beans. Looking back at the mustard greens, let them ferment in a jar for a period of time, and they will become salty vegetables with a strong fragrance.

While preparing food for winter like hamsters, we did not forget another thing.

Camellia oleifera is produced near Yuxi Town, and Chengjia Village and Lijia Village are both at the foot of the mountain. Camellia oleifera trees are planted on several nearby mountains. Every year from the end of August to the beginning of September, it is the time when camellia oleifera matures. No matter men, women or children in the village , Almost all go to the mountains to pick tea seeds.

This phenomenon is caused because camellia oil is deeply loved by dignitaries and wealthy businessmen in the capital. At this time of year, the prices of tea oil purchased by shops in the town range from ten to twenty yuan. Work harder, it only takes half a month, and the money you earn is enough for half a year or even a year's expenses.

This is one of the reasons why the people in Chengjia Village and Lijia Village are relatively well-off.

There are tea trees in several mountains, but you can’t go to the mountains to pick them if you want to pick them, because every mountain and even every piece of land in the mountains are divided.

Most of the people in the village lived here from their ancestors, passed down from generation to generation, and some of them would be allocated some mountain land. Last year, Qin Luochuan also accidentally bought a few acres of mountain land.

The third aunt's family didn't know that tea seeds would be picked here, but when they heard about it, they came over to ask Qin Luochuan if they needed help.

Qin Luochuan's family only had a few acres of land, and the family of three could finish picking it in a day's work. After thinking about it, he said, "Our family doesn't have much land, so it will be enough for Ming Huai to come over and help."

The third uncle had already found a shop in the town to be the accountant, and the third aunt also took over some sewing work. Since he could finish the work by himself, Qin Luochuan felt that there was no need to bother them.

As for Shang Minghuai, he is still young, in fact, if he is really asked to pick tea seeds, he may not be able to pick anything, but there is one thing that suits him very well.

There are many ravines in the mountains, and there are dense branches blocking it. Even if it is only a few acres of land, you may not be able to see the scene on the other side. Qin Luochuan asked Shang Minghuai to help him, that is, when he was picking tea seeds, Patrol around his own land, lest someone with unclean hands and feet come to steal tea seeds.

I have never seen this kind of scene where all the people in a village go to work in the mountains before, not to mention Shang Minghuai, even Shang Qingyue finds it very novel.

On the morning when the garden opened, before dawn, Qin Luochuan prepared breakfast, and was about to wake up Shang Minghuai, who had come over the night before, when he saw the child standing at the door of the kitchen, asking with sparkling eyes: "How about we?" Are you going into the mountains now?"

Qin Luochuan laughed, "Let's go after breakfast."

I don't know why this kid is so interested in working in the mountains because he often went to the mountains to cut firewood.

When they set off, it was just dawn, and there were already many people on the road. Everyone was talking and laughing and walking towards the mountain, which was very lively.

The location of the mountain that Qin Luochuan bought is very good, not only facing the sun, but also not too far from home.

After arriving, he first took Shang Minghuai around, told him the scope of his land, and then started picking.

After picking two baskets full, Qin Luochuan sent them back first, while Qin Yan and Shang Qingyue continued without stopping.

The four of them didn't stop all day, and it wasn't until the evening that they picked all the tea seeds and completed a major event of the autumn harvest.

When returning home, Shang Minghuai looked at the pile of tea seeds piled up like a hill in the yard and smiled silly.

Seeing this, Qin Luochuan said, "Minghuai has worked hard all day today, and when the tea oil is squeezed out, I will give you a few catties to taste."

Shang Minghuai wanted to refuse, but in the end, the desire to get rewards for his labor prevailed, "Thank you brother-in-law."

In a few days, it will be the day when Shang Feiyao gets married.

It may be because both sides have ghosts in their hearts, the marriage is actually more urgent than what Qin Luochuan and the others had originally planned.

Before, the old lady Shang told Qin Luochuan and the others to dress decently that day. When Shang Qingyue was looking for clothes in the morning, she brought them both new clothes that had just been made.

Since it was said over there long ago, they dress better, so we can't find fault with them.The more important point is that many people will definitely attend such a happy event today. My husband is a scholar after all, and Shang Qingyue doesn't want him to be looked down upon by others, especially for such insignificant things.

Shang Qingyue is a married twin, and there is no need to add a dowry to her cousin, so the two of them went a little late.

As a result, after entering the gate of the courtyard, Shang Qingyue was shocked by the scene in the courtyard.

Eight big mahogany boxes, tied with cloth strips of the same color, were placed in the middle of the yard, very conspicuous, they were Shang Feiyao's dowry.

The third uncle and the third aunt came before them. Seeing Qin Luochuan and the others, the third aunt walked over silently, and said in a low voice, "Do you know why the old lady is willing to give the fourth girl so much dowry?"

Shang Qingyue shook her head.

He was indeed a little shocked at first, but then he thought about it. Given the current situation of the merchant, if he is willing to give so much dowry, the only possibility is that the dowry from the other party is enough, and the eight large boxes are all covered. Don't know what's in it.

The third aunt said with a sour tone: "I don't know much about other things, but I heard that there is a shop in the dowry over there, which is a grocery store, and it is now under the name of Shang Mingchi."

There is a shop in the town, and it still has a stable income. No wonder the big house would so easily ask them to split it out. After all, if they don’t separate their families, eating at the same table will inevitably be taken advantage of by their family. .

The third aunt then shook her head to shake off this idea. Although her family’s income is not much now, they can still save some money every month. A person's complexion, what could be more important than this.

So he said: "Forget it, let's not talk about this, the fourth girl will bid farewell later, let's go there together."

The farewell of the third aunt means that before the woman gets on the sedan chair, she will come out to say goodbye to her relatives one by one. The rules are not strict, so Qin Luochuan, a foreigner, can also go with her.

On the way there, I met Shang Mingchi, and after seeing the three of them, there was obviously an elder, the third aunt, but Shang Mingchi didn't say hello, but looked up and down at Qin Luochuan and Shang Qingyue's clothes.

Then he clicked his tongue and said: "I heard that the third brother's family has picked a lot of tea seeds this year, when the oil is sold to brother's shop, it will definitely give you a good price."

Shang Qingyue lowered her eyebrows and said: "There are not many picked, and my husband said that I want to keep it for the family to eat."

Hearing this, Shang Mingchi gave Qin Luochuan a strange look, and Qin Luochuan looked back indifferently, neither of them spoke.

The farewell was in the old lady Shang's room in the backyard. They were the only people in the room. Shang Feiyao hadn't covered her head when she came here, but she had already changed into wedding clothes and combed her hair.

Qin Luochuan had nothing to say to her, so he stood in the far corner of the room, listening to the old lady Shang and his aunt's advice to Shang Feiyao.

I was a little curious for a while, wondering what it was like when Qingyue came to say goodbye when they got married.

But it is definitely different from the current situation.

As far as the wedding clothes of the two are concerned, there is an obvious gap. The wedding dress Shang Qingyue wore before was the simplest style, without any tattoos on it, and her hair was only tied with a thin ribbon of the same color.

In contrast to today's Shang Feiyao, the fabrics of the wedding clothes are much more high-end, the tattoos are even more exquisite, the ornaments in the hair are shining golden, and there is a crisp collision sound when they move.

When talking about the emotional part, Shang Feiyao raised his hand to wipe the corners of his eyes, and the fingers protruding from the red sleeves were white and delicate, just like tenderness.

Qin Luochuan subconsciously turned his head to look at Shang Qingyue's hand next to him. Those small wounds had long since healed, and the slender fingers were very beautiful, but he clearly knew that the palms of these hands had a layer of calluses that destroyed the beauty.

Qin Luochuan suddenly felt a little sore in his heart, maybe he should try to change his current life to make Shang Qingyue's life better, instead of following him to work up and down the mountain like now.