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The herb that Zhou Qingwu picked up the mountain is called Neem bark, which is the most commonly used insect repellent herb. Besides it, there are also some medicines for treating diarrhea. I don’t know if it is useful for dogs.However, Zhou Qingwu had a clear understanding of the properties of herbal medicines, so he thought it would be useless and non-toxic, so he could only try it.

After boiling the herbal medicine, the two of them poured it down with great effort, tossing the medicine juice all over the place.Meng Chuxi poked the little guy who was whining in the nest: "It's really not good, look at the tossing."

Zhou Qingwu smiled and pulled Meng Chuxi: Give it a name.

Meng Chuxi thought for a while, looked at this little guy, and said with a smile: "Always whining, so why not?"

Zhou Qingwu chuckled: Why are you so casual.

Meng Chuxi looked at her, turned her eyes slightly, and the smile on her mouth deepened: "Woo, it's pretty good."

Zhou Qingwu was a little stunned, before she could react, she continued to gesture: I really want to call...

She was a little uncomfortable with gesturing, so she pursed her lips while gesticulating and compared two silent woos.

Seeing the little girl's surprised face still pouting and whining, Meng Chuxi was so amused that she laughed for a long time and got up and rubbed and rubbed the face of the little girl who was really pouting and getting angry with her: "No, why is my Qingwu so cute?"

Her face was wrinkled again, Zhou Qingwu was a little helpless, this man liked rubbing her face too much.The eyes were full of helplessness but did not hide, Meng Chuxi couldn't help laughing more and more, finally let go of her with a chuckle and said: "That's why I decided to call it Wuwu." There is a Wuwu here.

Just because of this thought, this puppy was given a strange name, woo woo.The puppy stuck its head out of the kennel, tilted its head to look at the two people in front of it, and whined a few more times.

"Woohoo." Meng Chuxi squatted down and barked at the puppy a few times.

"Woo, woo." This was the puppy's response, and Meng Chuxi laughed again: "Look, it likes it."

Zhou Qingwu looked at the suddenly childish Meng Chuxi from the side, smiling with crooked eyebrows, hoping that Wuwu could survive.

Meng Chuxi took out the picked morel mushrooms and dried them in the sun. When they had enough money, they could make soup. Its growing season was long, so Zhou Qingwu could try it when it was picked again.

Because they didn't have time to eat at noon, they decided to cook earlier in the afternoon.Seeing Zhou Qingwu washing rice, Meng Chuxi went over to take a look and was stunned: "When did you have glutinous rice at home?"

Zhou Qingwu glanced at her and put the rice into the pot with a gentle smile. Meng Chuxi recalled: "Did you buy it today?"

Zhou Qingwu wiped the water from his hands, gestured and said: You said that grass mushroom glutinous rice is delicious, and there just happened to be fungus at home.

This was already a sentence she casually mentioned in October last year. Unexpectedly, Zhou Qingwu remembered it, and went to buy glutinous rice today.

At that time, glutinous rice was very expensive, and the yield was low and there were few varieties. The price was almost three or four times that of rice. It was really a luxury to cook glutinous rice with it.

Meng Chuxi couldn't help it: "Glutinous rice is so expensive, I just said it casually, why did you buy it?"

Seeing her distressed face, Zhou Qingwu wanted to laugh a little. After cutting the washed wild mushrooms into slices, he gestured unhurriedly and said: I just bought two liters. It's rare to have mushrooms. Try it.

Meng Chuxi was even more moved. After buying everything, if she struggled with it, it would ruin Zhou Qingwu's heart.Moreover, looking at the rising heat and the chopped wild mushrooms, she remembered the deliciousness again, and couldn't help drooling.

The glutinous rice is very simple, the water is less than usual, add oil and salt to taste after the water is boiled, put the wild mushrooms in it, mix well and steam it.

The best thing about firewood rice is the fragrance, and the golden crispy crust at the bottom of the pot. The glutinous rice is even more unique because of the oil.When burning the fire, Zhou Qingwu controlled the heat very well, and adding water was also suitable. After the pot was cooked, the unique aroma of glutinous rice came to the face.

The orange-red color of the wild mushroom seeds mixed in the rice is especially beautiful. The glutinous rice is sticky and crystal clear, and the rice grains are very plump and soft.Zhou Qingwu glanced at Meng Chuxi, and held a bowl for her. Mixing the mushrooms and rice in the bowl stimulated her appetite soaring. After the rice was filled, the rice crust was exposed. It looked great, and Meng Chuxi was too late Just eat and look around.

Zhou Qingwu shoveled down the spatula and turned it over, the steaming rice crust was turned over, the oil was shiny and golden, it was perfect.

After breaking off a piece with chopsticks, Zhou Qingwu turned around and handed it to Meng Chuxi. She opened her mouth and bit into it. Crispy and savory, it's simply amazing.

Seeing how she liked it, Zhou Qingwu asked her to try glutinous rice again. Rice made from glutinous rice tastes sticky and soft, and because it contains oil and condiments, it tastes more delicious.The most important thing is the unforgetable umami in the mouth. After chewing, the salty and fresh glutinous rice has a sweet taste, which is really delicious.

"Qingwu, eat quickly and don't work too hard, you're going to starve." They haven't had lunch yet.

Zhou Qingwu took a chopstick of rice and put it in her mouth. She had never steamed glutinous rice with fungus before, but she tried it today, and it was amazing.The mushrooms are tender and slightly crispy, and the glutinous rice is soft and glutinous. Every bite is enjoyable.

The portion of glutinous rice cooking is also small, and the glutinous rice is not hungry, so the two of them just ate a bowl each, and then finished the crispy rice. This delicious meal is enough to keep them full until tomorrow.

Puppies can’t eat glutinous rice. Meng Chuxi specially bought some sweet potatoes, steamed them, mashed them with rice soup, and fed them to him. The little thing didn’t have much appetite, so he stopped eating half a root, but it can be seen that he likes sweet potatoes. of.

In the following days, Wuwu was well taken care of by Zhou Qingwu, eating almost the same as them.The puppy’s digestion ability is not good, the dog food is soaked soft, each meal is fixed and quantitative, and it is still being fed with medicine to deworm, and it is not allowed to sleep outside at night, so I put a soft bed next to the bed Xiaowo, seeing its spirit getting better every day.

After raising him for seven or eight days, the little guy was already able to chase after Zhou Qingwu to play, but he was still a little smaller and very clingy.

Meng Chuxi joked a little: "This little guy is a bit more courageous, and he dared to play with you. Hey, he really looks like another little guy."

Zhou Qingwu was playing with his hands, when he heard this stunned, he immediately thought of something, blushed, retracted his hands and stood up.Wuwu originally raised her front legs to reach her hand, but after sprinting in vain, she spun around and fell directly to the ground.

Zhou Qingwu was so anxious that he squatted down to take a look, then pouted and looked at Meng Chuxi resentfully while hugging Wuwu, and was amused by her. Meng Chuxi touched her head and teased Wuwu again: "Okay!" , I was wrong, it’s different.”

It's just that her appearance didn't convince Zhou Qingwu. After casting a glance at her, Zhou Qingwu took a hoe and opened the gate of the courtyard, and knocked on the fence.After hearing the movement, a group of small pompoms chirped, flapping their small wings and rushed over to follow behind Zhou Qingwu. Looking at Meng Chuxi from behind, he covered his mouth and smiled even more happily.

Zhou Qingwu is very attractive to small animals. These ten chickens are well raised. Zhou Qingwu will dig earthworms when he has time. The chickens have formed a habit. When they hear the sound of a hoe touching the fence, they will rush to follow Zhou Qingwu one by one.

Wuwu also likes to follow the past. Although it is still small, it is very clever. It follows along the way. Once a chick is playful and falls behind, Wuwu will call there to drive it over.

Dig the soil very carefully, because these stupid chickens are always chirping and jumping up and down around the hoe, looking for the worms dug out of the soil to eat, digging fast but digging them with a hoe.

Zhou Qingwu didn't go far, and Meng Chuxi was watching from the gate of the courtyard. It was obviously a very ordinary scene, but when he saw the little girl bowing her head, the little chicken and the gray-white puppy wagging its tail followed her. She is really, really beautiful.

Infinite hope surged in her heart, if her future life could be as plain and warm as this, it would really be enough.

The sunset on the western mountain, the afterglow of the sun was rendered golden yellow, falling on the eaves and in the courtyard, it fell on Meng Chuxi who was standing there. As the weather got warmer in spring, Meng Chuxi's clothes were thinner, showing her slim and tall appearance even more.

Seeing the chickens flipping for food, Zhou Qingwu subconsciously raised his head to look at Meng Chuxi. The person under the setting sun is completely different from the feeling of twilight in the setting sun. She is so beautiful in the golden afterglow that makes Zhou Qingwu's heart beat fast, but the man smiled at her one time.So in the next moment, she immediately lowered her head to hide the sudden hotness on her face, the shyness in her eyes was clearly seen only by the little pup, Wuwu, who couldn't pry into it.

Zhou Qingwu's sudden emotions have appeared many times, all because of Meng Chuxi, she was a little confused and uneasy, but frankly speaking, she didn't hate this feeling, and even felt faintly happy.

In March of Yangchun, the eight mulberry trees in their field had sprouted. Meng Chuxi also divided the mulberry trees into branches and pressed them into the soil, waiting for the new ones to grow and take root, and then they could branch in autumn.

There are not many silkworm farmers in Jiangyin County, and Meng Chuxi got the silkworm seeds after asking someone to inquire. It is a good thing that there are mulberry leaves at home to raise silkworms.Raising one foil of silkworms can yield twelve catties of silkworms, and one catty of silk can produce an average of one tael or eight yuan. If one is good at this method, one foil of silkworms can produce more than 20 taels of silk, and five taels of silk can be used to weave a small piece of silk.Although a piece of silk can be sold for less than [-] yuan by itself, the market price can be sold to [-] yuan, which is far more profitable than an acre of land.

The idea of ​​planting mulberry and raising silkworms is particularly strong. Meng Chuxi also raised silkworms when she was a child, but she raised silkworms just for fun. How could she know this.But ever since she remembered the incident of being chased and killed that day, and saw the mulberry tree next to the ground, these things flooded into her mind like a few treasures.Therefore, seeing the buds of the mulberry tree, she spent a lot of effort to find the silkworm eggs.

However, raising silkworms is hard work. From picking and selecting mulberry leaves to raising silkworms, it is extremely labor-intensive, which is why there is a saying in "Silkworm Woman": A person who is covered with silkworms is not a silkworm raiser.

If the silkworms get sick because of improper breeding, it will be even worse. This is why there are few silkworm farmers in Jiangyin.But to be honest, if you can bear the risk, sericulture is far more profitable than farming.

There are not many fields at home, and no one cares about the eight mulberry trees and the wild mulberries in the village. They are perfect for raising silkworms.

For the sake of the silkworms at home, Zhou Qingwu and Meng Chuxi discussed and built another silkworm room close to the house.Silkworm rearing needs to open windows on all sides, paste them with paper, dry the soil and paste them outside to avoid drafts, and use cattail grass as curtains on the door, which is quite elegant.

Zhou Qingwu didn't understand these things, but she cooperated exceptionally. In her heart, what Meng Chuxi said was naturally correct.

Meng Chuxi looked at Zhou Qingwu who was burying his head in the weaving curtain, and felt a little guilty.She knows a lot, but she can't do these things, often she has to rely on Zhou Qingwu's skillful hands to implement her ideas.

Meng Chuxi didn't want to be idle alone, so she took a dustpan and sorted the dried herbs, cut them into sections with a cutter, and prepared to sell them later.She was cutting the medicinal materials in her hands, but she was looking at Zhou Qingwu, and she didn't realize until the little girl who was concentrating on raising her head was resting because of her neck pain.

With a shy smile, Zhou Qingwu gestured and said: What's the matter?

Meng Chuxi put down her things and went over to rub her neck and shoulders for her. The little girl was a little embarrassed but she didn't refuse. She could only hear someone behind her whisper, "I've made you tired these few days."

Knowing that Meng Chuxi was talking about doing silkworm business, she smiled and patted Meng Chuxi's hand, turned her head and gestured: "I'm not tired. There are people who are more tired than this in the past. You all help me. It's much better than me alone." .

After she finished speaking, she turned her head and looked at the almost finished silkworm room behind her, her eyes full of anticipation: everything will be worth it when the silkworms spin silk.

Meng Chuxi squatted down slightly and looked up at her: "But I don't remember a lot of things, so I just said this, let you do this and that, in case what I said is wrong, this silkworm can't make money after wasting energy. what to do?"

In fact, sometimes she felt that she couldn't see through Zhou Qingwu, why did this little girl trust her so sincerely, knowing that many aspects of her behavior were unreasonable, but she obeyed her words.After getting along for so long, she knew that this seemingly introverted girl had an exquisite heart. Although she was speechless, she was far smarter than girls of her age, and she was by no means a country girl without her own ideas.

There was a smile in Zhou Qingwu's big eyes, agile and dazzling, she stretched out her hand and gestured slowly: Because Chuxi is a very powerful person, what you said must have a basis.There are many rich and noble families in Jiangyin, and there are also many silk and satin clothes. Sericulture can indeed be profitable.Now that you know something, why not try it.Even if it is a loss, it is still a start, you can accumulate experience, and you will be better next time.

After making the gesture, she pursed her lips a little bit shyly, and the pair of pear dimples were also pursed out, and she continued to gesture: Chu Xi is not an ordinary person, she likes peace but is not content with mediocrity.

Looking up at the small mountain village, she fixed her gaze on Meng Chuxi: You have great ambitions, and so do I. This is not a place to live for a long time.

She could feel that Meng Chuxi had read many, many books, and she hadn't even thought about many thoughts in her mind.Many of the stories she told, and the things she often said to her, made her feel for a while ignorant.

Others said that she was the lone star of the gods, that she was against her parents and relatives, that no one would marry her, and that she was a mute. All these had deeply hurt her and made her fearful.But Meng Chuxi told her that everyone is an independent individual with dignity and the right to pursue happiness. Even a woman can support herself and support the sky. Even in such a bad situation, the two girls have already moved forward. The steps are better.

So, if you can try, why not try, there is someone who is willing to take you with you, what's so scary.