Wake up suddenly, back to the time when my wife and daughter had an accident

"Although Haiqing Town is not in a straight line with the county town, it is not far away. If you two deliver together, it will only be one hour later than usual."

"It's early now, so just get up a little earlier. At worst, you can deliver the salad and then catch up on your sleep."

"But can you carry 300 kilograms of salad on a bicycle?"

Meng Guangzhu's eyes widened when he heard Meng Haisheng say this.

"Let alone 300 kilograms, I can carry even 400 kilograms."

Meng Guangzhu quickly calculated his account in his mind.

What Meng Haisheng said made sense. Meng Haisheng and Meng Hailian were both young and strong, and they dug more Bupleurum than him.

And the so-called early rise must be at least 4 o'clock, when it was already bright, and he usually got up at that time to prepare to go to the field.

"Give me your address quickly, I'll go deliver the cold dishes tomorrow."

Meng Haisheng asked Meng Guangzhu to deliver the cold dishes to Haiqing Town first, because it was flat and there were no big ups and downs there.

He rode his bicycle to unload 80 kilograms of cold dishes first, and then ran to the county town for the rest.

The weight of more than 200 kilograms was not a big deal for Meng Guangzhu, a man who was used to doing heavy work all year round.

"Dad, I won't let you run for nothing to deliver cold dishes. We are father and son, so let's settle the accounts. I'll give you 5 yuan a day for running errands."

"You little brat, you're paying your dad for his work."

Meng Guangzhu had a dark face and looked unhappy.

"As long as you don't think it's too little."

Although five yuan is much less than what Meng Haisheng earns, Meng Haisheng always likes to settle the accounts clearly.

Meng Hailian only gets 2 yuan for delivering him a trip, so he can't give Meng Guangzhu 10 yuan.

Of course, when it comes to giving money as a gift, Meng Haisheng is not a stingy person. He would not even blink an eye if he was given a few hundred yuan.

"Okay, then I'll make five yuan from you."

Meng Guangzhu looked nonchalant, but he was already very happy in his heart.

He had been doing farm work all his life, and this was the first time he made money from business.

He only needed to ride his bicycle out for a while and come back with five yuan.

And it didn't delay his work. Only his own son could give him such a good thing.

Thinking of this, Meng Guangzhu was even happier.

After arranging the delivery of the cold dishes, Meng Haisheng went home to sleep early. He was very tired after being busy for these days.

Early the next morning, Meng Haisheng gave Meng Guangzhu the cold dishes and the addresses of the houses that needed to be delivered.

He was about to pack up and called Meng Hailian and Lang Tieniu to go to the mountain to dig Bupleurum together.

Before he even left the house, Lang Tieniu came over carrying a bundle of grass.

"Uncle San, I'll bring you a bundle of grass."

Lang Tieniu threw the bundle of grass on the ground, making a muffled bang.

"Good boy, when did you go to cut such a big bundle of grass?"

Meng Haisheng stepped forward and weighed it. It weighed at least 50 kilograms.

"I cut some yesterday evening, and I cut some more this morning."

The grass was still very heavy. Meng Haisheng weighed it and it was about 53 kilograms as he expected.

Meng Haisheng gave Lang Tieniu 53 cents very readily.

"Uncle San, can I come to deliver it in the afternoon?"

Lang Tieniu tightly held the 50 cents in his hand, and was so happy that he was about to take off.

He wanted to eat popsicles these two days, but Ma Jinying was reluctant to spend a dime. He begged for several days but still couldn't eat.

This is good, he doesn't need to ask his mother for money anymore, he can earn money to buy popsicles.

Soon Lang Tieniu ran away with the money.

There were several boys of the same age as Lang Tieniu waiting for him at the entrance of the alley.

As soon as he went over, everyone gathered around him and talked, and no one knew what they were discussing.

"Mu Cheng should have children coming to deliver green grass in the morning, you can help me collect it, I will be back early in the afternoon."

"After collecting these green grasses, just open them and pile them at the door, I will come back in the afternoon to dry them."

Meng Haisheng reminded Lin Mu Cheng with some worry.

Lin Mu Cheng was still pregnant, and now as the month was getting bigger, Meng Haisheng was more careful.

"Okay, my mother and sister-in-law will come over soon, they can help if there is anything, and I will definitely not be tired."

Meng Haisheng thought so, so he carried the basket to find Meng Hailian and Meng Daniu.

"Haisheng, I haven't been with you to the mountain to dig Bupleurum these two days, and I have dug much less Bupleurum."

When Meng Daniu went to the mountain to dig Bupleurum with Meng Haisheng before, he could dig at least 100 kilograms each time.

But during the two times when Meng Haisheng went to the county to deliver cold dishes, Meng Daniu went to the mountain to dig Bupleurum with his father.

As a result, the most he dug was only 100 kilograms, and the least was only 60 kilograms.Compared with when I went to dig Bupleurum with Meng Haisheng, there were nearly half less.

"You can't stay in one place all the time, go around the mountain more."

"I have been going around the mountain without stopping. I went around the mountain for most of the day yesterday. It was dark when I came back."

"Then let's go to the mountain together today to try our luck and see how much each of us can dig."

The three of them talked and soon reached the mountain.

As usual, Meng Haisheng found a place to set rabbit traps.

"Haisheng, did you trap all the rabbits on our mountain? I also learned to make rabbit traps with vines from you, but I didn't catch any for several days."

Since Meng Daniu picked up a lot of rabbits last time, it seems that his luck has run out. No matter what trap he set, he couldn't catch any rabbits.

"How could it be? I caught two yesterday."

Meng Daniu was speechless. It seems that it's not the rabbit traps he made that are problematic, but the people who made them.

Meng Haisheng didn't make too many this time, still ten rabbit traps.

When setting the rabbit trap, Meng Haisheng saw a lot of Bupleurum husuo here and there.

While he was setting the rabbit trap, Meng Daniu and Meng Hailian were busy digging Bupleurum husuo.

The three of them were scattered on two large hillsides, and they could see each other as soon as they stood up.

After setting the rabbit trap, Meng Haisheng also started digging Bupleurum husuo.

Just like yesterday, he bent down to dig Bupleurum husuo and soon found small and dense patches of Bupleurum husuo.

Meng Haisheng was still wondering in his heart, there were Bupleurum husuo everywhere, why couldn't Meng Daniu and Meng Hailian dig it?

After filling the first basket, Meng Haisheng stood up to rest.

At this time, Meng Daniu had walked quite far, and Meng Hailian was near Meng Haisheng.

"Brother, how much have you dug? Is the first basket full?" Meng Haisheng looked in the direction of Meng Hailian and shouted loudly.

"Not even half a basket? Should we go to another place?"

"No way? Why don't you come to my side? My basket is full."

Meng Hailian didn't believe what Meng Haisheng said.

Just now, when Meng Haisheng was setting the rabbit trap, he had already started digging. How could he run ahead of him?

So Meng Hailian came to Meng Haisheng with a basket.

When he saw the bupleurum thicker than a thumb in Meng Haisheng's basket, he was stunned.

"No way, we are all on the same mountain, why can you dig so much, and I only have so little?"

Meng Hailian showed his basket to Meng Haisheng.

There were only about three or four pounds of bupleurum under the basket.

"Maybe the bupleurum has grown here, let's dig bupleurum here."

Meng Haisheng called Meng Daniu again.

He walked forward about ten meters and found another small piece of bupleurum.

But Meng Haisheng didn't go to dig, but called Meng Daniu over first.

Meng Daniu's situation was even worse than Meng Hailian's. He only had two kilograms of bupleurum in his basket.

"Brother Daniu, don't run around. Bupleurum doesn't grow on the top of the mountain. When I came to call you just now, I saw a small patch of bupleurum halfway."

"Did you find a bupleurum nest?"

Meng Daniu looked at Meng Haisheng in surprise.

When the two of them first started digging bupleurum on the mountain, Meng Haisheng and Meng Daniu found several bupleurum nests.

But later when Meng Daniu went to the mountain to dig bupleurum by himself, he never encountered them again.

Meng Daniu was naturally very happy to hear Meng Haisheng say that he saw a bupleurum nest again.

The three of them gathered together to dig bupleurum again.

Meng Daniu and Meng Hailian had discovered it. As long as they were with Meng Haisheng, they couldn't sit still, as if all the bupleurum on the mountain were running to their feet.

Every bupleurum root dug out is worth money. In just one morning, the three grown men didn't want to rest for a moment, and they all worked hard to dig bupleurum root.

"I can't do it anymore. My arms are a little sore."

Meng Haisheng sat directly on the grass.

It hasn't rained on their side of the mountain for a few days, and the soil has become relatively dry, making it particularly difficult to dig.

"Let's take a break. How much have you dug?"

The two fertilizer bags beside Meng Hailian were already full, and the two baskets were almost full.

This was the most bupleurum root Meng Hailian dug when he came to the mountain, and it only took half a morning.

"My side is already full."

Meng Haisheng took two relatively large fertilizer bags today, and now they are full.

Even the two baskets, which were scattered all over the place at the beginning, are now neatly stacked with all the bupleurum root, and there is not even a gap in the basket.

Meng Daniu is in a similar situation.

"If I had known that I could dig so many radix bupleuri today, I would have taken a bigger bag."

Meng Daniu's face was sunburned, revealing his simple and honest expression.Smile.

Every extra kilogram of Bupleurum he dug, he could save more dowry, hoping to marry Lang Chunhua home as soon as possible.

"Then let's take a break, eat something, drink some water, and then go down the mountain."

Meng Hailian and Meng Daniu both prepared a lot of food.

They originally planned to eat on the mountain at noon today, but they didn't expect to have dug up the amount of yesterday's whole day before noon.

The water the three brought up the mountain had long been finished. When they went down the mountain, Meng Haisheng took a kettle to the mountain spring to fetch water to drink.

"Haisheng, can the spring water on the mountain be drunk? Will it cause diarrhea?"

Meng Hailian was a little hesitant and didn't dare to drink the water on the mountain casually.

When they were young, they drank spring water several times.

But later the village promoted drinking hot water instead of cold water, so everyone stopped drinking spring water on the mountain casually.

"It's okay, I drank a kettle yesterday, and it's fine now."

The spring water on the mountain is not polluted and can be drunk now.

In another twenty or thirty years, a large number of fruit trees will be planted on the mountain, which will need to be sprayed with pesticides. Over the years, the spring water will also be polluted, and people will not be able to drink it even if they want to.

Meng Hailian was relieved when he heard Meng Haisheng say that he had drunk it and it was fine.

After all, when they were young and playing in the mountains, almost everyone had drunk spring water and had never had any serious problems.

The location of the spring was a little far away, so Meng Haisheng asked everyone to rest on the spot, and he took the kettle to fetch water.

When Meng Haisheng went to fetch water, he wiped his head and face with a wet towel.

When it was a little cooler, he took the kettle filled with spring water to find Meng Hailian and the others.

It was almost August, and after digging Bupleurum for a whole morning, the three of them were so hot that they didn't know how many times they had wet and dried the vests they were wearing.

"The mountain spring water is cool and it's so comfortable to drink. Haisheng, why didn't I remember there was a mountain spring here before?"

Meng Hailian looked at the mountain stream not far away, and he had no memory of it at all.

"When I was a child, I liked to catch squirrels in the mountains the most. There should be no one in our village who is more familiar with this mountain than me."

Rural children have nothing to do since they were young, except going to the river and climbing mountains.

When Meng Haisheng was a child, there was a period of time when he liked little squirrels very much.

Little squirrels are not easy to catch, so he could only run to the mountains to see them eagerly.

Later, when he had free time and money, he raised a little squirrel himself, but unfortunately he no longer loved it as much as he did when he was a child.

The three of them carried the heavy shoulder pole and went back to the village together.

When they came back, it was just noon when they got off work.

They met many villagers along the way.

Some curious people asked them what they were doing.

Meng Haisheng and others all answered openly.

They went to the mountain to dig Bupleurum and prepared to sell it for money.

The villagers had heard that Meng Haisheng collected Bupleurum Root, but they all felt that Meng Haisheng was unreliable, so they didn't think much about it.

Now seeing the three of them coming down the mountain with a full load of Bupleurum Root, they all cast inquiring eyes.

"Haisheng, are you really collecting Bupleurum Root?"

"Uncle, how can this be false? Didn't the village loudspeaker already say it? Clean and dry Bupleurum Root is one yuan per catty, as many as you can get."

"I will be cleaning Bupleurum Root at home in the afternoon. If you want to dig Bupleurum Root, you can come to my house and have a look."

Meng Haisheng talked to the villagers in a neither humble nor arrogant manner, and the villagers were somewhat tempted.

One yuan per catty of Bupleurum Root, if you can dig so much in one morning like Meng Haisheng and his friends, you will be rich.

The villagers who were originally a little skeptical about this matter were somewhat relieved.

When Meng Haisheng was carrying Bupleurum Root home, he was startled by the pile of green grass at the door as soon as he walked to the door of his house.

"Mu Cheng, are these the green grasses sent by the boys in the village?"

How come there are more than a dozen green grass bundles piled up at the door? It's too much to have so many in just one morning.

"Yes, I told them that we will collect them this afternoon and not tomorrow."

"We need to dry the bupleurum at home, where can we find a place to dry so many green grass bundles."

Meng Haisheng smiled bitterly. He really didn't expect the boys in the village to be so powerful.

At the same time, he felt a little sour in his heart.

In the end, this is all because of poverty.

It's really troublesome to have a place at home to cut vegetables and make cold dishes, and then dry the green grass bundles.

"I'll go ask the old man in the front yard later to see if I can borrow his yard to dry the green grass bundles."

Mr. Meng's yard is at least twice as big as Meng Haisheng's, and there is a large open space outside the gate.

If this side is pressed flat, it will be more than enough to dry the green grass.

"Don't worry, you've been digging bupleurum in the mountains for the whole morning, go inside and rest."

"Okay, I'll go wash my face, the weather is getting hotter, go out to work, and a little movement will be enoughSweating all over."

Meng Haisheng went to the main room, took a towel and went to the well to fetch water to wash his face.

Before he fetched water, Momo came over.

"Dad, eat watermelon."

Meng Haisheng just thought Momo was eating watermelon.

He rubbed Momo's head with a smile.

"Dad will buy you watermelon this afternoon, okay?"

"Watermelon, in the well."

Momo pointed to the wooden cover of the well.

Meng Haisheng realized that Momo meant that there was a watermelon in the well.

Lin Mucheng, who was cleaning up the food in the kitchen, heard the conversation between father and daughter and poked his head out of the kitchen.

"Haisheng, Dad came to deliver the money for vegetables in the morning and also sent two watermelons."

"We ate one and left one for you in the well. It's just right for you to take it out and eat it now. "

Meng Haisheng asked Momo to step back a few steps, opened the well cover, and slowly lifted up the basket hanging in the well.

Eight or nine out of ten families in the village did not have a refrigerator, but every household would dig a well in the yard.

The temperature in the well was relatively low in summer, so everyone liked to put fruits and vegetables in a basket and hang them in the well.

After working in the fields, eating a bite of cool fruits and vegetables was also very enjoyable for them.

Meng Haisheng lifted the watermelon and patted it gently with his hand, and the big watermelon made a dongdong sound.

"Momo, you are really Dad's little cotton-padded jacket. Dad will go to the county to sell Bupleurum in a few days. Momo, do you have anything you want? Dad will buy it for you, okay?"

Meng Haisheng's face was full of happy smiles at this moment.

Momo didn't want to eat watermelon just now, she wanted to remind him that there was watermelon to eat.

Such a warm little cotton-padded jacket, Meng Haisheng wanted to pick the stars in the sky for her.

"Momo wants a flower skirt. "

Momo turned around in front of Meng Haisheng.

The skirt she was wearing was made by Lin Mucheng himself from the artificial cotton fabric Meng Haisheng bought a few days ago.

"Our Momo is now a big girl and loves beauty. Daddy, go to the mall and buy Momo a beautiful floral skirt."

"Momo loves Daddy the most. "

The father and daughter carried the watermelon into the main room.

The tip of the knife just touched the watermelon skin, Meng Haisheng hadn't used any force yet, and with a click, the big watermelon split open.

The bright red watermelon flesh inside was exposed, and Meng Haisheng was thirsty.

He took the knife and cut the watermelon into small thin slices, but he didn't rush to let Momo eat it.

Instead, he gave Momo a piece of White Rabbit milk candy and let the watermelon cool down for a while, so as not to eat it too cold, so as not to get diarrhea.

Meng Haisheng personally took a piece of watermelon to the kitchen and gave it to Lin Mucheng to eat.

At noon today, we had noodle soup at home. Lin Mucheng's hands were full of noodles, and she couldn't take the watermelon at all.

"You eat first, I've already eaten in the morning."

Lin Mucheng wanted to refuse, but Meng Haisheng handed the watermelon to her mouth.