rebirth all over again

On the twelfth day of the twelfth lunar month, Grandma Chen is still picking up the pork that was killed yesterday, and marinating all of them to make bacon. The meat here is not smoked, only salt and pepper are marinated into salt meat, and after marinating, put it in a round The inside of the large round vat is sealed, and it will be turned over again after three or four days, and it can be hung up after about six or seven days.

Chen Xiaoyun and the others basically hang the meat in the main room, some directly on the wall, some on the roof with two ropes, and a piece of wood under the rope, and Chen Xiaoyun's house is like this, after marinating, put The meat is hung on it, row by row, and it makes people happy to look at it.

Grandpa Chen and Chen Xiaoyun picked vegetables in the greenhouse. They planned to go to the county town to sell them again tomorrow. This time they went this time before the next Chinese New Year.

This time there were a lot of dishes, including mushrooms and strawberries, more than twice as much as last time, but this time there was no game, because it was snowing and very cold before, Grandpa Chen and Grandma Chen didn't allow him to go up the mountain.

Grandpa Chen planned to go with the whole family this time, and Grandma Chen also said that this time, she would go to buy some clothes for the New Year. Next time, it will be Chinese New Year and she will be very busy, so she will have no time.

Today happened to be Friday. The last time Chen Zhu went to school, he said that he would not come back today. He would wait at school and then go to the county together.

Everything was packed in the afternoon, and Grandma Chen entrusted the house to the fourth grandma behind. The fourth grandma lived behind Chen Xiaoyun's house, and there was a piece of land in the middle. The fourth grandma's house was above the ground, and Chen Xiaoyun's house was below the ground. Families can have conversations in their own home.

Two bags of tomatoes, cucumbers and eggplants were placed on the back of the cow. Grandpa Chen picked one, which contained melons, cantaloupe, and peppers. Grandma Chen carried strawberries, stove sugar and eggs she made on her back.Holding the ox in his hand, Chen Xiaoyun was riding on the ox's back, holding his pots of orchids in his hands.

This time, like last time, I went to Grandpa Fifth's house on the street first, and then took a car to the county town the next morning, stopping and stopping along the way until it was almost dark before arriving at Grandpa Fifth's house.

Today, Grandpa Chen and Grandma Chen were all tired. Grandpa Chen and the others had a conversation with Grandpa and Grandma Five, and everyone rested. Chen Xiaoyun followed Chen Zhu to sleep in her dormitory.

The next morning, after breakfast, I went to the street to catch a car, and then went to the county seat. Chen Xiaoyun was still sleeping in Grandma Chen's arms, and was woken up by Grandma Chen again when she arrived.

After arriving at the place, they still went to the entrance of the Naga Winery last time, and after talking to the boss, they began to arrange the things for sale. This time, Grandma Chen also picked out a few of each vegetable and sent them to the owner of the winery. , the boss was very happy after receiving the things, and took a few stools from the shop for Grandma Chen and the others to sit on.

Chen Xiaoyun looked at Grandma Chen and thought that Jiang is still old and spicy. I didn't think about it last time when I came with grandpa. Sure enough, women are naturally more sensitive than men when it comes to human relations.

The vegetables and eggs are still the same as last time, and the stove candy is also ordered at 1 yuan per catty. This time, Grandma Chen made about 30 catties. She also bought oil paper bags on the street to hold the stove candy.

One catty of strawberries costs 4 yuan, and three catties costs 10 yuan; cantaloupe and cantaloupe are both 1 yuan each.Pine fungus is also 1 yuan per catty.

Not long after it was set up, many people came, and many of them were bought last time. Chen Xiaoyun recognized one of them as the curly-haired aunt who was the first to buy last time.

This time Chen Xiaoyun still called her elder sister. The curly-haired woman was very happy that Chen Xiaoyun remembered him, and asked him why it took so long for them to come, and there was no game this time. Chen Xiaoyun explained to him that they were from the mountains, it was too far away for convenience, This dish is not available every day. As for game, because it snowed in the mountains before, there is no way to go to the mountains to catch game.

The curly-haired woman bought three catties of each vegetable this time.When she saw the red pine fungus next to her, she asked what kind of fungus it was, why it was red, and whether it was poisonous. Chen Xiaoyun assured him that it was not poisonous, saying that it was the pine fungus growing under the pine tree. I know it, and said that this fungus is not poisonous, and that the taste of this pine mushroom is more delicious than ordinary mushrooms.

The curly-haired woman asked for another 5 catties of pine mushrooms, 10 catties of strawberries, and [-] each of melons and cantaloupe.

This time Grandma Chen and Chen Zhu are both here, unlike the last time when Chen Xiaoyun and Grandpa Chen were in a hurry, this time a few people work together, Grandma Chen remembers what they want to buy, Chen Xiaoyun helps bagging, Grandpa Chen Weigh the scale, and Chen Zhu collects the money.

In less than two hours, almost everything was sold.The pine mushrooms were the first to be sold out. The buyer was a restaurant owner. He bought the pine mushrooms on the stall at one time. He also said that he wanted to cooperate with Grandpa Chen. He wanted to order pine mushrooms from Grandpa Chen. Every day 10 catties, Grandpa Chen told him that he could not do it every day, and explained the reason to him.

Someone also expressed his understanding, and said that if the pine mushrooms from Grandpa Chen's family are always so good, they can be dried in the sun, and then he wants as much as he wants, and the price is higher than the current one, 1.5 kg.

Chen Xiaoyun refused, saying that this pine fungus is very difficult to grow, unlike other mushrooms, there are mushroom bags for sale, this fungus is not all found under the roots of pine trees, it is very hard, and the bacteria are not There are many, and there is no guarantee that all strains will produce bacteria.

Moreover, they are in the mountains, and the journey is far away, and they don't weigh the scales. It will take time and labor to send him this fungus. One yuan and five yuan is too cheap, at least three yuan.

The boss of Jiaren refused again. Three yuan is too expensive, but he doesn’t want to give up this pine mushroom. He also came from the farm and knows this delicious food, especially after drying it and grinding it into powder, and putting some in it for cooking or soup , the taste is very delicious, and this thing only grows under the pine trees, and it is only available during the period of August, September and October every year, and it will disappear after that.

Where are the two of you? You come and I go. The final price is 2.5 kg. The boss left a phone number, and his name is Lu Kaijiang, and he also said the address of his restaurant. It is agreed before the New Year Give him the fungus again, he will use it for the New Year.

Chen Xiaoyun saw that there were not many things left, so he decided to take the orchids to the old man's shop last time.

I told Grandpa Chen that he only brought three orchids this time, among which was the Emei peony. Chen Xiaoyun could only hold one pot, and Chen Zhu helped him hold the other two pots after seeing it, and went with him to the old man's house. where.

Walking into the store, the old man was greeting a young man looking at flowers. He said hello to the old man. The old man had a deep impression of Chen Xiaoyun. He nodded when he saw it, and signaled them to sit on the chair next to him.

He put down the orchid in his hand and pulled Chen Zu to sit on a chair beside him, watching the old man introduce his orchid to the young man, but after looking at it, the man seemed not satisfied with the orchid here, shook his head and said Ready to leave and look elsewhere.

The old man sent people out, came in and washed his hands, and asked, "What are you doing?" Chen Xiaoyun opened the pocket above the orchid, and the old man ran over in surprise when he saw it, and picked up the pot of Emei peonies. Eye.

"This~ this is Emei Peony." The old man's surprised voice was a little knotted.

"Well, it's the dying plant that you took last time, and there are two more pots here." Chen Xiaoyun also opened the pockets of the other two Jianlan plants for the old man to see.

The old man looked at the three pots of orchids, and he couldn't be more excited. "My God, how did you save them? So many people failed to save them. How did you save them?" He reluctantly threw them away because everyone said they couldn't be saved. Yes, but ended up being supported by this little baby, he thought it was incredible.

"You really raised it yourself? Isn't it your lord?" The old man still didn't quite believe it. If it was the elder who loved orchids he said last time, he would still believe it. After all, some masters are in the folk.

"No, I really raised it myself. My elder went to his son in the city some time ago, and he is not here now. It is because I am not here that I want to sell it to you," Chen Xiaoyun remembered. The first time I lied to the old man that there was an elder who loved orchids.

"How did you raise it?" Although the old man believed what he said, he still had some doubts in his bones, so he asked how he raised it.

"That's how I raised it. I took it back and put it in a pot, buried some cow dung in the soil, and then watered it," Chen Xiaoyun answered him seriously, raising his head, and then suddenly said as if remembering something, " If there is a difference, it is that the water I poured is not ordinary water, but mountain spring water."

In fact, this mountain spring water is the groundwater that gushes out from the bottom of the mountain. It is sweeter than ordinary water, and there is nothing else. He said that purely to make the old man suspect this water.

"Mountain spring water?"

"Well, mountain spring water, we have a pit where water comes out of the ground all the time, no matter how dry the spring is, the spring will not stop flowing. Every year, my grandfather and the others will go to worship this spring. The old man said that this spring was born many years ago. During the drought, the mountain gods in the mountains couldn't bear to let them dry out, so they created this spring." Chen Xiaoyun's words were not false.

This spring is really that every family goes back to worship every Chinese New Year, setting off firecrackers, paying tribute and so on.

Hearing what he said, the old man believed it completely, because nature is so amazing, and many old people are usually a little superstitious, and the old man happened to be among them.

Thinking that many things in the mountain are spiritual, this spring water must be too.

The old man put down the orchid in his hand, picked up the phone and made a call.

"Little Tang, have you found a suitable orchid yet?"

"No, why don't you come to me again, I have good products here"

"Yes, yes, you will know when you come to see it, and your grandpa will definitely like it when you buy it back."

After finishing speaking, the old man hung up the phone and said to Chen Xiaoyun, "You saw the young man who just walked out, right? He was looking for orchids and wanted to give them to his grandfather, but he couldn't find them. He must like you now."