From Cultivator to Widow

Compared to Lin Jingnan's excitement, Xie Rui seemed much calmer.

He made it himself, and it's not that he has done it in other places before, and he knows it well.

This time, the conditions are poor and the weather is not good. There should be very few finished products. To be pessimistic, maybe there will be no finished products.

Thinking of this, he calmed down.

Calmly open the kiln and take out the tiles inside.

Just as he thought, when he took out all of them, only three pieces were made, and they didn't look very good. Lin Jingnan's face was pale. Seeing this, his mood fell to the bottom.

"Is this okay? Shall we burn it again? Or wait until the weather is better?" His voice lost a bit of vitality.

"No, that's fine." Xie Rui didn't want to wait too long, it would take time to prepare accordingly.

"You help me call Brother Chen over now." As the representative of the educated youth point, Chen Donghua needs to tell him first.

Xie Rui waited for Chen Donghua with the finished product. When Chen Donghua was pulled over by Lin Jingnan, he was inexplicable. He didn't say anything. A little helpless: "You slow down, is it so urgent?"

The eager Lin Jingnan nodded fiercely: "It's very urgent, let's hurry up!"

This tile kiln was built in an abandoned Wangliao. After Xie Rui repaired it, he built this experimental kiln next to it. The place is a bit remote and suitable for him.

Chen Donghua was pulled here helplessly. At that time, when he saw what Xie Rui was holding and heard him say, "This is the tile I burned", the brilliance in his eyes made Xie Rui for a while. All jammed.

After staying in the village for so long, doesn't Chen Donghua want to go back?

He thought, he dreamed, but he had no chance, he could only eliminate those thoughts and work here in a down-to-earth manner.

Let yourself think about the positive side, this place is generally okay, as long as you work hard, you can fill your stomach, and you can leave a little to supplement your family. Much better, but if there is a chance to go back, his heart will heat up again. After 8 years in the countryside, he is deeper than they think. Maybe the chance to return to the city will come.

Just as they thought, Zhang Chengye was very excited and expressed his strong support, but he was not overwhelmed by the joy, he was very cautious, fearing that there would be a time to rejoice.

He asked about the process, went to see Xie Rui's molds, kilns, and the rest of his failed products, and then asked his son to help them after asking what he needed, and asked Xie Rui to burn it again. With the finished product, he is more confident to hold a village meeting and put this matter on the agenda.

With his son watching, the core technology is definitely impossible to learn, but it can be guaranteed that Xie Rui and the others are telling the truth, instead of getting it back from other places first, and then pretending to deceive him, it will be a waste of time Human and material resources, but nothing.

Xie Rui is well aware of his thoughts, but he appreciates this approach. He knows himself, so it is impossible to deceive people, but if it is an unfamiliar stranger, it is always good to be cautious.

Su Hui took advantage of the good weather to go into the mountains with a basket to pick up mushrooms. This weather is not suitable for chopping wood. If she was in the name of chopping wood, people would think that she had a problem. There is too much rain now. It’s too heavy to carry, and it’s inconvenient to squat. However, because of the rain, a lot of treasures have appeared in the forest. Whenever there is free time, many people bring their families into the mountains, as long as they are careful not to go deep into the mountains. Go, it's safe.

Zhang Baoguo and Zhang Weiguo also came along, and Dawei was spinning around behind his buttocks.

Su An first went to the bamboo forest, dug up a few bamboo shoots, and planned to make a stir-fried bamboo shoot, or use it for soup.

While she was digging up bamboo shoots, the two brothers were digging wild vegetables beside the bamboo forest. There was a small stream on the other side of the bamboo forest. Sweeping around, I found a surprise.

There were two soft-shelled turtles weighing a pound by the stream, motionless, and one was easily overlooked without paying attention.

Su An caught it, put the soft-shelled turtle at the bottom of the basket, and put the bamboo shoots on top. Then he went to the two brothers, piled wild vegetables on top, covered the things below, and greeted them to go down the mountain.

Zhang Baoguo and Zhang Weiguo didn't want to go back so quickly, Zhang Baoguo looked at his empty back basket: "Mom, we're here, we won't go far, wait for Mom to come back."

My mother didn't let them in here before, and digging wild vegetables was only on the low, discontinuous hillside, which was connected to the deep mountains behind, and it was easy to go deeper.

Zhang Weiguo nodded at the side: "I'll continue digging for wild vegetables. We won't go far, just wait here for mother to come back."

The small hill they were on, because they were close to the bamboo forest, didn't have much to gain. There were only three of them in this area, but Zhao Xialan was there in front of them, and there were others ahead. If they shouted loudly, someone would hear them.

Thinking of this, Su An nodded: "Don't be impulsive, don't talk nonsense, you pay attention, I'll be back soon."

She touched Dawei's head: "please look at them."

"Wang!" Dawei called out, sticking out his tongue.

Looking at the serious mother and Dawei, the two brothers looked embarrassed, making Dawei seem to really understand.

Su An carried two turtles on her back and walked quickly home.

Zhang Anguo was at home, but Zhang Dingguo didn't know where he had gone. Su An kept the two turtles in a bucket, closed the lid to prevent them from running out, and told Zhang Anguo not to tease the two turtles. Be careful that you will bite someone and go back later. When you go back, you see two brothers around and don't know what they are looking at.

"What are you looking at?"

"look."

Zhang Weiguo's face was full of fear and excitement. Just now, he was accidentally too close to the snake and almost got bitten. Fortunately, Dawei was alert and shouted to remind him, and he waved the stick in his hand. , the snake was thrown out by him, and then he was besieged by his elder brother with a stone and Dawei, and he was crushed to death.

This snake is Bamboo Leaf Green, it is poisonous, and the poison is quite strong.

Su An frowned, her heart skipped a beat.

This snake is not big, and it was almost smashed into a mess of meat, but what if it was not discovered by Dawei in time?

There are no big animals in this mountain, but these poisonous snakes and insects really need to be careful.

"Dawei did a good job." Su An patted Dawei's head, "I also did a good job protecting the country, protecting my younger brother, but next time you must be more careful. You are not too old, you should pay more attention to safety, Wei Wei. Guo, you go for a run with your eldest brother every day after you go back, don’t be lazy anymore, don’t think I didn’t know you stopped halfway, and I will not allow you in the future, you are absolutely not allowed to enter the mountains, you know?”

The two brothers hummed obediently.

In summer, when snakes and insects are active, Su An checked the long-sleeved trousers they were wearing. They also had sachets made by her. The sachets contained something to repel mosquitoes, but if they approached actively, and If it is too close, it is a matter of course for them to attack, and the power of this sachet should be adjusted.

Thinking of this, Su An walked quickly with them, catching up with Zhao Xialan in front.

She held a bag with a lot of mushrooms in it. After returning home, they were washed, dried and stored for a long time. In those three years, some people survived by relying on these dried mushrooms. The toughest moment.

Seeing Su Hui coming, Zhao Xialan waved at her and asked, "Didn't you just go dig up bamboo shoots, where are the bamboo shoots?"

"Home, I just went back."

"So fast!" The few times she went into the mountains with her, she had achieved more than herself, and she didn't know how she did it. She was so smart and quick, she hadn't noticed what was there, she had already started.

Su An did not explain this beautiful misunderstanding.

Zhang Baoguo and Zhang Weiguo did not say anything.

This kind of private gain is not suitable for speaking.

After saying hello, Su An chose another direction and took their brothers to pick up mushrooms. She walked in front and stirred the grass with a wooden stick. If there was something in it, she would run out, and Dawei was also quick. Half a year old, following her feet, pricked up his ears, listening to the surrounding movement.

Su An is teaching the two brothers to recognize plants.

They know most of the mushrooms they can eat, and so are the wild vegetables, but there are some they have never picked.

Some things, people who don't know them will only regard them as weeds, but they are actually very useful.

The first thing Su Hui taught was all kinds of plants that could repel mosquitoes.

Zhang Baoguo suddenly realized, no wonder there are no mosquitoes this year.

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Zhao Xialan feels that she is lucky. This is the second nest of wild eggs she has found. She counted three, and just four, adding up to seven, enough for their family to eat two meals. Just make an egg and mushroom soup, they'll love it.

Putting the eggs away, she looked around subconsciously. No one was there. Everyone else was at a distance from her. She should not have noticed. , swallowed it back, and made a fortune in a muffled voice. She didn't ask, and no one else asked him.

When it comes to picking mushrooms, everyone is happy, and they can never eat too much, but when it rains heavily, they can't go into the mountains. Fortunately, it is more dangerous in the mountains when it rains heavily, even if they don't go deep enough. Accidents can easily happen.

Su An and the others have harvested a lot, adding up, they are estimated to have hundreds of pounds after drying, and they have been busy for several days.

Zhang Fenghua came, holding a large bowl covered with a leaf.

Zhang Gen caught a yellow eel in the paddy field. It was very fat and weighed several kilograms. After burning it, he asked Li Manfen to share some for the second child's family.

It wasn't raining outside, but the weather was overcast, and it looked like the situation would continue.

Zhang Baoguo was playing with Dawei in the yard, teasing him with a bone.

"Wang **** wang!" Dawei called twice, and then smelled Zhang Fenghua's smell. It had also been there and didn't call again.

Zhang Fenghua was taken aback: "Bao Guo, is the second aunt at home? Grandpa asked me to bring the food over."

"In the kitchen." At this point, it's cooking inside.

The two entered the house, and as soon as they entered the house, they could smell the aroma of the food.

"It's so fragrant!" Zhang Fenghua couldn't help swallowing his saliva. This fragrance is even more fragrant than the roasted eel made by grandma! what is it?