Farming Beneath the Changbai Mountains

Jinghan and Wenxuan did not go out today. Instead, they led their two puppies around the venue, always paying attention to what was going on outside. Everyone was very tired last night, and we were afraid that someone would take advantage of the situation today.

Fortunately, at noon, the wind stopped completely and people came to the village, so everyone felt relieved. Village Chief Zhou and his people came over to take a look at the situation in the venue. "Zhixin, thank you for your hard work. Did you not sleep well last night?"

"No, how can I sleep this night with ghosts crying and wolves howling? Thanks to the bad weather, no one dares to come to the mountain. Otherwise, it would be really terrible." Zhixin was afraid after thinking about it. What if this happened? Someone sneaked in last night and probably suffered a lot of damage. However, no one would dare to go out in such weather to seek death.

"Okay, let's go work in the ginseng fields and clean up the sheds. There are a lot of people at the moment. You all need to rest for a while. You have to be more careful tonight." Village Chief Zhou's tone was a little heavy. In previous years, sometimes people would come to steal ginseng, and the villagers would come up in shifts to help keep an eye on it. Old Liu drank so much every day that he didn't even know he had lost his mallet. If someone just pointed it at him, the whole place would be stolen. The original small shacks in the ginseng field were where the villagers stayed when they came to see the ginseng. "This year has been decided. The sticks will be put up on August 16th. This will only take ten or eight days. Zhixin, you have to work harder. I have discussed it with the villagers. The price of ginseng will be determined by those who make goods this year. If you add five cents to an extra foot, the villagers won’t come up.”

Zhixin was a little embarrassed after hearing this, "Uncle, no need. We are just doing the work of looking at ginseng. This is the only time in the year that we are tired, so there is no need for a raise. Originally it was only one foot and five cents, plus For five cents, the villagers will have to spend nearly a hundred cents more. "It would be nice to make more money, but Zhixin was afraid that the villagers would say that the Xu family was too greedy.

"As you said, didn't we send people from each household up to the mountain to help look at the ginseng in previous years? This year we don't need people from the village. They seize the time to collect the land and so on. What does this hundred yuan mean? That's it. You can take this money with peace of mind. Everything is expensive this year. Look at the price of Bangchui. If it is good, the village will discuss raising the price. You are in the mountains, so you are better than Lao Liutou. It's much better. The money should be increased." Village Chief Zhou praised Zhixin, then took his belongings and walked into the field to clean up the shed that was damaged by the wind.

Zhixin felt relieved when he saw many people coming to the venue. He barely slept a wink last night, and now he was really sleepy, so he and Zhiming all went back to the house to sleep. Although Mrs. Xue and Mrs. Zhu didn't sleep well at night, they still stared at each other for a while. Besides, it was hard for them all to sleep. No one was in charge of the place, so the two sisters-in-law were cleaning up the bean rack outside. The wind last night knocked down a lot of crops and vegetables in the fields, especially beans and cucumbers. Both of these things had to be set up on racks. They were already high, but now they all fell to the ground.

According to solar terms, beans and other items should be taken off the shelves at this time. This year there is plenty of space in the mountains, so they planted a crop of late beans and late cucumbers, which produced quite well. The weather is pretty good these days, and it doesn't look like there's going to be frost, so I'm not in a hurry to pick it. Now, you have to pick them all off, otherwise they will rot in the ground even if there is no frost.

Jinghan and the others didn't go for a walk in the morning, so they were all in the fields helping to grab vegetables. It's sunny today, but maybe there will be frost in the evening. If these vegetables are hit by frost, they will be in vain. The eight children in the family are like ants, constantly moving things into the house.

"Mom, do you have to pick these little eggplants too? It's delicious when stewed with little potatoes like this." Jinghan saw that there were still little tender eggplants on the eggplant seedlings, and she couldn't bear to throw them away, so she wanted to put them all away pick up.

"Okay, if you are busy enough, just pick them all. For the older ones, let's pickle the garlic and eggplants. For the smaller ones, just like you said, they can be eaten stewed." Mr. Xue didn't even raise his head, just busy picking beans. The bean racks were all lying on the ground, so it was much more difficult to pick them up. When she picked them, she also picked all the tender beans. It would be good to keep them for pickles. Farmers, when autumn comes, want to take everything home and pickle it. If you work a little harder in autumn, in winter and spring, you will have more dishes on the table at home, and it will not be difficult for you to cook.

"Sister-in-law, look at Jinghan, she's really spoiling you. Having a girl like this makes you worry-free." Mrs. Zhu was picking cucumbers aside. When she heard the conversation between Mrs. Xue and her daughter, she couldn't help but smile.

"You don't have to envy me. Your family Jingwan and Jingxian are both pretty good, and I think they are quite capable. I think these two girls will be able to live a good life in the future. Speaking of which, these two girls in our family are very good. This girl, Jinghe, the younger one in the fourth family, I can’t tell. Among the rest, my Jinghan is the wildest, Jingya is too quiet, but your Jingwan and Jingxian are just fine. "It's crazy." Ms. Xue said about the girls in her family, "Seeing that the children are growing up day by day, in a few years, Jingya will be married. We don't know how many years we can stay in the mountains." If it's too many years, I'm afraid it will be delayed for these girls to say goodbye. "A mother will always worry about her children.

"Sister-in-law, it's all us who have caused trouble for the family." When Zhu thought that if Zhiming hadn't had an accident, her family wouldn't have come to this mountain to see ginseng, she felt sorry for her family.

Xue didn't expect that her words would remind Zhu of this matter, and she quickly advised, "Auntie, don't be like this. No one in our family will say anything. We are all family members. If there is something, we will naturally share the responsibility. Okay, don't think so much. How long has it been? Isn't it good for us to come to the mountain? I think it's much better than at home." The two sisters-in-law worked and chatted at the same time. Some of the children were picking vegetables in the fields, and some were sending the picked vegetables home. They were all busy and happy. Chen was naturally not idle either. She sorted the vegetables sent by the children home and found a big basket to pack them first. Even pickling vegetables takes time. How can you finish them all at once? Besides, you have to keep some for eating now. These big and small ones have to be separated. After a busy afternoon, the things in the vegetable garden were basically done. Jinghan straightened her back and was really tired. In the farmyard, spring and autumn are the most tiring. When I was walking in the morning, I saw that the crops in the field were also blown by the wind. It seems that we have to harvest the crops in the next few days, otherwise if there is another rain, these crops will be ruined.

In the evening, Chen cooked a meal, stewed beans with bacon, and stewed eggplant and small potatoes in a pot, with some bacon in it. The children were tired during the day, and the meal in the evening was so delicious that they were full in a short while. "Grandpa and grandma, we don't want to eat anymore, we are so full." Jinghan touched her belly and smiled and got off the table. Farmers don't understand those health preservation things. It's good to have a full stomach, so they don't care whether they are full or not. Besides, they have to go out for a walk later.

"Okay, go out for a walk when you are full. It's not dark yet. You little ones go out for a walk first, and let your father and others go for a walk in the evening." Chen was afraid that the children would eat too much and sleep directly, so she deliberately let them go for a walk.

Wenhan saw that everyone had finished eating, so he led them out. "Slow down, we just finished eating, don't walk too fast." Wenhan carried the dog food bucket, just in time to feed all the dogs along the way.

It was not the autumnal equinox yet, but the daytime was not very long. In the middle of the You hour, the sky had gradually darkened, but it was not completely dark yet, and the sight was not too far, but there was no problem with the nearby places. The children strolled along the stick to see if there was any problem.

When they walked to the northwest corner, Jinghan saw that a section of the stick seemed to be missing, revealing a big hole. "Brother, look over there, it didn't seem to be like this when we took a walk at noon?" Jinghan's heart skipped a beat, could it be that someone came in?

Wenhan also saw it, and whispered, "Everyone, get your stuff ready first, whether it's a human or an animal, it looks like something has come in." Wenhan and Wencheng pulled out the daggers tied to their legs. This was specially prepared by Zhixin for the two of them. There are too many variables in the mountains, and the children have things to protect themselves. "Jingwan, you take the copper basin, if you find something wrong later, you knock it hard. Wenxuan, Wenchang, you two take Dahuang back to report the news, and say that something seems to be wrong here. We will leave Dahei here, it should be okay." All four boys in the family came out, and the girls were Jinghan and Jingwan. Jingxian was too young and Jingya was too quiet, so the two did not come out. "Brother, be careful." Wenxuan said, and then he and Wenchang quietly took Dahuang back. This Dahuang was a dog originally raised in the ginseng field. It was quite big. Wenhan and his friends loved these dogs very much and often made some delicious food to feed them. The dog was psychic, so Wenxuan didn't need to lead it, and it just walked in front. Jinghan and the others asked Dahei to go to the big hole to smell it. In fact, Jinghan didn't have much hope. This dog was not a police dog, and it didn't have a sharp nose. It hadn't been trained, so it was afraid that it wouldn't be able to smell anything. Unexpectedly, Dahei sniffed a few times and then sniffed all the way into the ginseng field. Jinghan was a little surprised when she saw this, and nodded to Wenhan, signaling everyone to pay attention. Then several people followed Dahei all the way, slowly walking south, and came to the frozen area.

There were several large tree roots just above the heads of several Chichuaners in front, and they were not cleaned up at the time, so they were left there. Dahei came to the side of the big tree roots, and then shouted hard at the middle.