Xiang Jin drew pictures for more than an hour and felt like dozing off, so she went to lie down on the bed.
But when she woke up, she and Xiang Nan were the only two people at home, and the little girl had her back turned to her and didn't know what she was doing at the desk.
She got out of bed, walked over and took a look, and her eyes twitched. The little girl was drawing there with the colored pens and drawing paper she bought before.
But what is she painting? The water doesn't look like water, the trees don't look like trees, even the flowers and plants beside her are all painted with random colors.
The flowers, leaves, and leaves are probably green, but she insists on painting you some red, yellow, and blue. The same goes for the flowers. One flower is painted with more than a dozen colors.
It was absolutely ugly, but she seemed to be painting it very seriously.
"Is this how you wasted my colored pens?"
There was a sudden sound, and the little girl's hand shook, and she was startled, and the colored pen drew out of bounds.
The little girl turned her head and looked at her with an unhappy face and said, "Sister, you scared me so much that I destroyed the painting."
Xiang Jin stood behind her with his hands folded across his chest and raised his eyebrows, "Is that a painting of yours? I can't see anything else except the color."
The little girl was dissatisfied and said, "Why don't I just paint? Look, there are trees, flowers, grass, and rivers?"
Xiang Jin frowned and said, "The trees grow in the river. Are you not afraid of being drowned by the water? And the flowers and plants, are there so many colors?"
Xiang Nan wanted to refute, but Xiang Jin stopped her, "Okay, if you want to learn to draw, I will teach you when you have time later. Don't waste my materials now."
The little girl wanted to say angrily that she didn't want her to teach her, but when she thought about how beautiful the house she drew was, she immediately changed her mind, "Is that what you said?"
Xiang Jin nodded, "I said, okay, let me ask you, where are mom and Aunt Liao?"
"Aunt Liao went to pull grass in her mung bean field, and Mom went to help her."
Since Xiang Qun was admitted to the middle school division, she became part of the national population, and then her land was handed over, and so was Xiang Yang. Since he was promoted to a soldier, her household registration was also transferred, so Liao
Auntie and her family now only own the land, which is probably only a little over an acre.
Because she had the experience of peeling corn kernels in the past few years and her hands hurt, she planted very little corn this year. She only planted two or three acres of corn, and then planted peanuts and mung beans in the rest.
Now that she had soybeans, she thought that it would be the same thing if she would beat these beans and sell them and then buy some corn.
But their family is different. Now their family is basically planted with corn, and only a little more than one point of land is planted with peanuts.
Before her mother divorced Xiang Hai, Lao Xiang's family planted a lot of peanuts and mung beans in their land, because there were several pieces of sandy land in front of them, and that kind of land was very suitable for growing peanuts and mung beans, because
Sandy soil leaks water quickly, making it difficult for seedlings to be flooded.
However, it is not possible to plant shallow-rooted food crops such as corn, because the roots of corn are exposed outside the soil. If the weather is slightly dry, the crops will not be able to get water and will easily die, and then there will be no crops.
harvest.
Xiang Jin nodded.
But when it came to pulling weeds, Xiang Jin suddenly remembered the large field of money grass she had seen when she had just woken up and was dragged to hunt pig weeds by several peers in the bay.
There were a lot of things going on at home recently, and she couldn't take them into consideration. She didn't know if the money plant was still there or what it had grown into.
So she hooked her fingers towards Nan, stood up, and leaned her head towards her, "What are you doing?"
Xiang Jin asked her seductively, "Do you want to save some pocket money for yourself?"
Xiang Nan's eyes suddenly lit up, and then he nodded fiercely, "Think about it!"
Xiang Jin said, "Remember the pile of medicinal materials hanging on the wall next to it, right?"
Xiang Nan nodded sharply, "Yeah, yeah."
Xiang Jin said, "Come on, let's lock the door. Now that the sun is not as fierce as it is at noon, let's go out and get some herbs and come back. Then we can dry them and sell them for money."
"Okay!" The little girl's eyes suddenly narrowed into slits as she smiled.
The two sisters locked the door, then went out each carrying a bamboo pole, but Xiang Jin also brought a hoe.
Xiang Nan asked, "Why are you taking the herb with you, if you don't mind blocking the road or something?"
Xiang Jin said, "What if there are some stubborn plantains that are difficult to pull out? So bring a hoe to dig them out when the time comes!"
In fact, the real reason why she brought the hoe was that it was now the hottest summer, and she was afraid that she would encounter a snake then. You should know that those kind of things like to hide under the grass and trees, so she still felt guilty trying to pull her away.
What if you get caught?
Hey, just thinking about the soft, icy and slippery touch of that flesh made her heart tremble uncontrollably.
But there is no way, their family is short of money now, and in this era, in this place, and at this time, she really hasn't thought of any money-making business at the moment. Only this herbal medicine can barely make a living.
Already.
Therefore, she didn't dare to tell the truth to the little girl, for fear that if she told her, she would no longer accompany her to get herbs. What should I do?
She didn't say anything, but the little girl thought of it herself. She saw that they had already walked out of the house dozens of meters away, but the little girl suddenly turned back to her and said, "No, I have to go back and get a shoulder bag. When I arrive,
Sometimes I use the shoulder bag to pull out the money plants, so as not to let the insects hide in them."
Xiang Jin was startled, then cast an appreciative look at her and nodded, "What a great idea!"
The little girl put down the basket on her back and ran back. Xiang Jin was waiting for her at the same place. Soon the little girl resisted and came back.
In fact, the so-called shoulder bag is nothing more than a palladium-like agricultural tool woven by rural people out of bamboo. It is usually used to collect firewood or to remove grass clippings from the grain when harvesting grain.
Those gather together in a pile, thereby leaking out the grain below.
The two sisters came to the place where Xiang Jin first discovered. The money plant was still there, and it seemed to be growing better than before. It was green and had not bloomed yet. The leaves were also large and plump. It was probably due to
Because it rained before.
"Wow, so many? Sister, we made a fortune today," the little girl couldn't help but exclaimed after seeing it.
Looking at her exaggerated expression, Xiang Jin couldn't help but laugh and said, "You won't make a fortune from this, but you can probably sell this for a few or ten yuan after it's dried."
"How many ten yuan? Wow, that's a lot," the little girl was surprised again, with a look of longing on her face.
It's also like they might only get a few dollars of lucky money during the Chinese New Year, which they usually don't have, and judging from their previous status and situation in Lao Xiang's family, people from Lao Xiang's family must be reluctant to give it to them.
If they want to receive New Year's money, they can only get it from their grandparents and two uncles.
But money in this era is very valuable, so even if you collect them, you won't receive much money. At most, it will only be one or two yuan per person. When she was in the city in her previous life, when she was a child, the New Year's money received was only five yuan or so.
Ten yuan, which is even more conceivable in rural areas.
Moreover, the New Year's money received by children is not their own in the end. It has to be handed over to adults. Therefore, it is extremely difficult for them to actually get the money in their hands.
Therefore, it is no wonder that the little girl showed such surprise when she saw the piece of money grass.
The little girl resisted her shoulder and was about to pull out the money plants. Xiang Jin stopped her and said, "Wait a minute, let me come. Your shoulder can easily pull off the leaves on them. I'll shovel them with a hoe first."
Later, you can use your shoulder bag to gather them into a pile and put them directly into your back basket."
The little girl thought for a while and then nodded, "Okay!"
Then she stood aside, and Xiang Jin went over with a hoe to shovel it. In just ten minutes, Xiang Jin shoveled all the money grass cleanly.
Then the little girl took the shoulder bag and carried it. Xiang Jin saw that she was struggling to carry it, so he took the work from her hands. In a few minutes, they stuffed the full bag with all their strength.
篼.
The results were gratifying. Seeing that his small back basket was still empty, Xiang Nan suggested to Xiang Jin, "Sister, why don't we look around here again, maybe there are still some."
Xiang Jin shook his head and said, "Don't look for it yet. There are a lot of Plantago seeds here. Let's pick these Plantago Plantae first and then we'll talk about it. This Plantago Plantagum won't be weighed."
"okay!"
So the two sisters started digging up psyllium seeds again.
Finally, they lived up to their trip in vain. As the sun was setting, the two sisters each carried a basket full of medicinal materials back.
In order to continue this profitable business for a long time and prevent others from imitating it, which would lead to the depletion of the surrounding medicinal materials, the sisters put a layer of pigweed on the top of their backs before returning home.