On the mountain, Ye Chuqiu was about to ask Huang Tiesheng if he knew the Camellia oleifera tree, when suddenly a woman walked over and took the initiative to say hello to her.
"I am, who are you?"
Ye Chuqiu turned around and took a look, only to see that the woman who was talking to her was short in stature and her dark skin was covered with spots.
"My husband's surname is Qiao, you can just call me Sister-in-law Qiao." The woman looked at Ye Chuqiu's plump and healthy skin, a trace of jealousy flashed across her face, then turned her head and pointed to a small hillside on Ye Chuqiu's side near the village, "
My family lives there, not far from your home."
"Oh." Ye Chuqiu nodded and said, "Hey, when I just registered my name, you didn't seem to be there?"
"I'm not here to work, but our two families are very close together. I want to get to know you so that we can take care of each other if anything happens in the future." Sister-in-law Qiao said quickly.
"Oh." Ye Chuqiu nodded again and said with a smile: "That's just right. Our family needs help now. You see, we don't even have a place to live now and we need people to work. If you are free,
Come and help me?"
"Our family just moved here last year. Winter is coming soon, and our family also needs to re-strengthen the house." Sister-in-law Qiao was not here before and didn't know that she would be paid for coming to work, so she declined.
"Okay, then go ahead and get busy. I'm also busy and I don't have time to greet you right now." Ye Chuqiu said and walked towards Huang Tiesheng.
"You know her?"
When Huang Tiesheng saw Ye Chuqiu coming over, he glanced at Sister-in-law Qiao. Seeing him, Sister-in-law Qiao quickly moved her eyes away, pretending to be looking elsewhere.
"I don't know her. She said that her family moved here last year and lives nearby, so she came to talk to me and get to know each other." Ye Chuqiu replied.
"The Qiao family does live near your home, right down there."
Huang Tiesheng said, "But they have relatives in the village. The head of the village originally planned to give them the land by the river. I don't know why they insist on living on this mountain. Is there any treasure on this mountain?"
?Otherwise, how could I have become so popular in your eyes?"
"Of course the mountain is a treasure house. There are countless kinds of game, medicinal materials, wild vegetables, etc. Even cutting firewood is closer than others."
Ye Chuqiu said and joked again, "If we could dig out a thousand-year-old ginseng plant in this deep mountain, we wouldn't be able to make a fortune."
"Aunt Lin, you are really good at joking. If there is really ginseng in this mountain, who can take your turn? I have been in the village for decades and I have never heard of anyone digging ginseng in the mountain."
"Others may not tell you if they find it. What if our family is so lucky?"
Ye Chuqiu said: "Actually, I like the mountains. They are quiet and not far from the village. It is also convenient to go to the city.
Brother Tiesheng, you don’t know something. There are no mountains in Lusu City. A small hill is what everyone thinks of as a mountain. I took a few children to escape from famine and walked hundreds of kilometers before I saw a mountain. When I saw a mountain, I just saw it.
Knowing that we are saved, there are wild vegetables, tree bark, water, and mountains in the mountains. Even if we eat tree bark, we will not die of hunger."
After hearing Ye Chuqiu's words, Huang Tiesheng was silent for a moment, and then said after a long time: "It's really not easy for you."
"Actually, it's not bad. I have brothers, a son, and a nephew. We have a large number of people, and the refugees on the road don't dare to bully us."
More importantly, she also had a sign-in system. With the help of the sign-in system, she didn't starve to death on the road.
"Your life will get better and better in the future. I am here to wish you prosperity."
"Thank you for your good advice. By the way, Brother Tiesheng, I picked this up on the mountain. Do you know this thing? Can you eat it?" Ye Chuqiu took out the tea seeds and asked.
"This stuff is everywhere on our mountain. It can be regarded as a kind of medicinal material. If a child has diarrhea, he can pick two of these fruits and soak them in water." Huang Tiesheng said.
"Oh." Ye Chuqiu nodded, "Since it is a medicinal material, I'm afraid a lot of people come to pick it."
"Who picked it?" Huang Tiesheng waved his hand, "Although this thing can cure diarrhea, it is just a folk remedy here, and not many people usually want it."
"Oh, that's it." Ye Chuqiu nodded again. Seeing her like this, Huang Tiesheng asked, "Mrs. Lin, do you know it?"
Ye Chuqiu originally wanted to have this mountain forest to herself, but then she thought that since she didn't lack the money anyway, and she was new here and needed an ally, she might as well share the tea seed oil.
Thinking of this, she motioned for him to go away, and then whispered: "These are called tea seeds in our place, and they can be used to extract oil."
"Can it be used to extract oil?"
Huang Tiesheng was surprised when he heard what Ye Chuqiu said. Nowadays, lard extracted from pork is usually used for cooking. Vegetable oil is rarely used, so cooking oil is very expensive.
"Yeah." Ye Chuqiu nodded solemnly.
"Is the tea seed oil you mentioned used to light lamps?" Huang Tiesheng asked again. Even lamp oil is actually not cheap.
"It's for cooking. I don't know if it can be lit." Ye Chuqiu said.
"Really?"
Huang Tiesheng expressed doubts about this, because the appearance of this tea seed is really ordinary.
"It's really possible." Ye Chuqiu nodded, "When it matures, the black tea seeds inside will fall out. Just use the tea seeds to squeeze oil, and the shell can be used for burning."
"Why did you tell me?" Huang Tiesheng said: "If these tea seeds can really be used to extract oil, they will be very valuable."
In this poverty-stricken era, oil is still a precious commodity, and most ordinary people eat cooked vegetables. Not to mention eating oil, they don't even have enough to eat.
Even if it's the New Year, they just put a little oil on the edge of the pot. They buy a piece of meat during the New Year, squeeze out a small can of oil, and eat it until the next New Year.
"Thanks to Brother Tiesheng's blessing, we can live here peacefully, so even if I hide it from others, I will not hide it from you, Brother Tiesheng."
Ye Chuqiu smiled and said: "I know you don't dare to eat this kind of oil. Then you can sell it to me and I will buy it at the price of lard."
Huang Tiesheng suddenly laughed. After laughing, he looked at Ye Chuqiu and said, "Okay, don't worry, I will keep it a secret for you. As for the tea seeds, you can just pick them yourself when they are ripe. I am often out, and our Sanniang
I don’t have time to come here to pick it, but if you are interested, just give me a jar of tea oil to try."
"good."
Ye Chuqiu responded, turned around and was about to leave, but found Mrs. Qiao standing in the crowd, looking at her from a distance.