The leisurely life of Lin Yuxi

"Third aunt, I will trouble you for the second baby and the third baby. I will come back tomorrow night." He lowered his head and looked at his younger brother who was hugging his leg. Clothes. Brother will be back in a week at most." Although it has been half a year, the second baby still can't forget what is wrong, and she has no sense of security, so Yuxi can only explain patiently.

Lin Yuhu pouted and said reluctantly, "Okay, my brother will come back earlier, and I will obediently look after my brother."

I couldn't help laughing, and the coldness between my brows dissipated, "Well, the second baby is the best. I will make you a pony when I come back."

"I want a big one, bigger than the three fat ones."

"It's good to make a big one."

After deciding to raise her two younger brothers alone, Yuxi wondered what she could do. Yuxi is only 12 years old this year, and his parents love him very much, especially Zhang Han. Although he has been in the countryside for many years, some ideas still have not changed, and he usually grasps Yuxi very much. Education, he is not allowed to do anything, but now he feels a little unsure what to do.

The few mu of land in the family is subcontracted out, and they can get several hundred yuan a year, because it is entrusted to the third uncle, the best brother of my father, who also manages the rations of the three brothers, and the price is also high. This is also a fixed income for a year. Without the burden of Sanba's medical expenses, the money is enough for them to live.

Yuxi also learned carpentry from his father, but it's just a hobby, and his strength is weak, so he can only make small things.Can't buy anything.

In addition, Yuxi took advantage of the autumn harvest and followed the women in the village to go up the mountain to pick a lot of mountain goods, earning a few bits and pieces.Finally, the family was propped up.

I entrusted my younger brother to the third aunt next door. Their village is close to Beiling. Although it is remote, the natural environment is good. Many people in the village rely on the mountains for food. The wild fungus mushrooms in the mountains are good things, and they can be sold for a lot of money when dried. If it is sent to the city, it can be doubled.After a few months of this, I finally saved some money, but it was still far behind the medical expenses.

Entrusting the younger brother to the third aunt, Yuxi went into the mountain with the eldest brother Dazhu from the third uncle's family and the second fat brother from the second uncle's family.

Entering November, there have been three snowfalls here, and sometimes it is [-] degrees during the day, and it is even colder at night.Most people are preparing for cat winter, so they don't easily go into the mountains.The two elder brothers of the third uncle's family have been learning hunting with the sixth uncle for four or five years.It is also reassuring for Yuxi to follow, otherwise the third uncle and the others would not let him follow.

"Brother Dazhu, I heard from Sixth Uncle that hunting is banned here, is that true?" Yuxi suddenly remembered the news he heard yesterday, and asked Dazhu who was walking in front.

"Well, it seems to mean that."

"Cut, it's not like I said it once or twice. I didn't mean it once." Er Fatty disapproved.

"It seems to be settled this time. People in the county found Uncle Liu and asked Uncle Liu to help organize a mountain patrol. Uncle Six discussed with my father the other day and wanted the two of us to follow."

"Hey, why didn't Uncle Six tell me?"

"I haven't seen anything yet. Hey, there's something here." While talking, I heard a few dogs barking, and after a while, Da Zhu's rhubarb came over with a hare in its mouth. Da Zhu reached out to pick it off and rubbed it. Rhubarb's head, "Good job."

The three of them paused for a while and went on the road again. This time they were going far away, and they planned to spend the night in the mountains.

After walking for almost a day, in the evening, the three of them came to the wooden house in the woods. This house has been built for an unknown amount of time. In the first half of the year, Uncle Six led people to repair it, so that people who enter the mountain have a place to stay.

After entering the wooden house, put down the things they brought, Dazhu and Erpang went to cut firewood, Yuxi carried a bucket to fetch water from the stream next to it, the stream was a little frozen, so he picked up ice cubes, and went back to put them first. Kang burnt, go to the moisture.

I ate pancakes at noon, and I was a little hungry. Dazhu cleaned up two rabbits and a pheasant, and Yuxi chopped them and stewed them, with corn pancakes from home steamed on top.The cauldron boiled quickly, and the three and a half people ate it in no time.Got some hot soup bones for the four dogs.

After dinner, Dazhu and Erpang went to inspect the surrounding area. The wooden house in the mountains is not so safe.

Yuxi woke up twice at night and vaguely heard wolves howling several times.But it was far away, and there were a few dogs guarding the door, so they slept peacefully.

The next day he got up early, had something to eat, and went on the road again, but Yuxi was not far away, so he turned over the hill in this wooden house, "I'll leave the rhubarb for you." Da Zhu was worried that Yuxi was here alone.

"I'm not going anywhere else. I'm familiar with this firecracker. It's not dangerous. If there is anything, I can't control the rhubarb." Yuxi said while gesturing with the firecracker in his hand.

Dazhu felt relieved when he looked at Huozhu, Dahuang was their hunting dog, and besides their family, it was really difficult to order others around.

The two wandered around the valley, seeing that there were no wild animals, and left.

People in the mountains will not enter the mountain to pick mountain goods so far. Lin Yuxi has only been here twice, but this time it has a purpose. The last time I entered the mountain, I found a small valley not far from the hunter's cabin. It is about the size of an acre and shaped like an oval bowl with the rim buckled inward, so you can't find it unless you walk up to it.

Surrounded by mountains, the temperature here is much warmer than outside. Uncle Liu has been to this place before, but because of the terrain, there are no prey, and Uncle Liu has no interest. But according to him, it is like spring all the year round, and winter is the coldest time. That's minus one or two degrees.

Yuxi walked around the valley but knew it was a cornucopia.There are a lot of medicinal materials in it, such as windproof, astragalus, bellflower, tinea alba, and other medicines are all grown in pieces.

This small valley is troublesome, there is only one trail, very steep, and there are no wild animals.He was still holding the firecracker modified by Uncle Liu, so his safety could still be guaranteed.

This time, we mainly dug up astragalus and fangfeng. When digging, we selected the age, and kept the ones that were not old enough.There are many medicinal materials in the mountains, but there is no place where they grow as well as here, so he can't let him dig up the roots.

When I was hungry, I ate two bites of pancakes, and I took a full rest in between.In order to support this family in the past six months, he also suffered a lot. His delicate palms were already covered with calluses, and his body was also tanned a lot. No matter how hard it was, he persisted with his tenacity.Looking at the two younger brothers who were well raised by him, all the pain has passed.

Carefully put a plant of Astragalus membranaceus into the basket, no one picks it all year round, the land is fertile, and the wild Astragalus membranaceus is very good.My mother often went to the mountains to collect herbs, and Yuxi was with me when I was a child. At that time, my father was collecting firewood and hunting nearby, guarding the mother and son. skills.

I stood up and hammered my waist twice. The back basket was already full, and more than half of the bag was filled. It seemed that there was still a lot. It had snowed before, but it melted quickly. The land was wet, and the astragalus was easy to dig.The younger ones are kept, and he dug them for more than four years, and he plans to come back next spring.Naturally, the longer the wild medicinal materials are, the better, but it is a pity that there are still many years old, and the roots have turned black.

"Huh—this is really long." Lin Yuxi carefully dug with a hoe, and the more he dug, the more surprised he was. This astragalus was more than two meters long, and the thickest part was almost ten centimeters.

"This is really a treasure land." Lin Yuxi couldn't help laughing, as for the medicinal materials dug up today, sending them to the pharmacy can make a lot of money. "A piece of eighty-one kilograms. How can you get a hundred catties of these medicinal materials, and there are many years old ones that are more expensive, so you can earn 100 yuan." After doing the math, he will enter the mountain a few more times. You can send your second child to school.In two or three years, I can almost earn out the medical expenses.

"Big boy, how are you doing? How much have you dug?" Er Fatty shouted from a long way down the hillside.

"There are two big sacks. The second fat brother has a good harvest." His face was full of joy.

"Hehe, I'm lucky today. I ran into a big wild boar, weighing [-] to [-] catties. Damn, it's going to take a long time."

"That's not small."

"Let's go, it will be dark later. Go back first, and come back tomorrow. I even wore a silly robe today. It weighs [-] catties, which is enough for the three of us to eat for a few days." After saying this, he picked up the things that Yuxi had packed up on the ground. The medicinal materials are carried on the body. "Big baby, can you sell this for money?"

"Yes, there are some in the county. These can sell for forty or fifty."

"So many?" Er Fatty heard that it was quite a lot.At this time, the wages of workers are only more than 100 yuan, forty or fifty is really a lot.

"I think you should stop hunting these days, come and dig with me too, there are plenty of them here."

"Forget it, it's still a good time to hunt." Although the second fat man is also a little tempted, he will not really dig, one is because he can't handle things well, and the other is that he doesn't want to rob the big boy.

He digs medicinal materials during the day and returns to the hunter's hut at night. He still needs to tidy up. He learned how to handle medicinal materials from his mother. He started to stumble, and now he is proficient.Spent five days at the hunter lodge.

Er Pang and Da Zhu's harvest was also very good, two wild boars, four roe deer, and quite a few pheasants and hares.

The sky was cloudy, and it snowed heavily in the evening, the flakes were like cotton wool, they were just waiting for this snow.There were too many things and the three of them couldn't get them back. After the snow fell, they got a sledge, and the three of them and four dogs dragged them away.Faster.