Song Sanniang's Journey to Wealth

What comes into view is a waterfall more than one meter wide, rushing down from the mountain wall.

After years of sedimentation, the place where the waterfall flows down has been washed into a large pool.

Rocks of varying heights are scattered inside and outside the pool, with tall and green calamus taking root among them from time to time.

When the water in the pool is full, it flows forward, turning the road in front of the pool into a fast-flowing stream.

Where there are rocks blocking the stream, it will become turbulent; where there are no rocks, it will become gentle.

Along the way, the sides of the stream were covered with lush green grass, interspersed with a few weeping angels.

Some of them have lush grass on both sides, shrubs, bamboo forests, and tree branches extending to the water surface, dropping fallen leaves into the water.

Before the adults walked over, the children ran over, cheering and screaming.

They did not dare to go to the pond, but only to the stream in front of the pond, which was only up to their calves.

The stream water is so clear that you can see the black snails clinging to the rocks or at the bottom of the stream.

There are also schools of small fish swimming around, and if you turn over the rocks, you may be able to find small crabs and shrimps hiding underneath.

Several children rolled up their trouser legs and rushed into the stream. Qin Haoxi was the happiest one. He was the only one among the children who had never seen such a beautiful natural scenery.

He jumped happily in the water, and from time to time shouted, "Here are fish, come and catch them; here are snails, come and pick them up." For a while, only his voice and Niu Zhuangzhuang's voice could be heard.

Song Laoer and his wife went to the pond to pick up snails, leaving Song Sanniang to look after the children by the stream.

Song Sanniang also squatted down to pick up stone snails. The stone snails here were bigger than the field snails they had picked up at the foot of the mountain before, almost as big as a finger.

The water was gurgling, and she waded through the water, picking up the snails one by one and putting them in her backpack. Si Niang and the others would run over to give them to her after picking up a few.

Song Sanniang simply placed the backpack in the stream among the group, weighed it down with stones, and let it stand upright in the middle of the stream so that everyone could easily put the snails in it.

"There is a crab here, come and catch it, Fourth Brother." Fourth Mother shouted,

Because "xi" and "si" sound similar, Wu Niang called him the wrong name once, and Si Niang thought "sige" sounded better, so from then on they called Qin Hao "xisige".

Qin Haoxi and Niu Zhuangzhuang were catching small fish, but the small fish in the mountains were very clever, and they had no tools and their hands were small, so they couldn't catch them at all. When they heard Si Niang and the others shouting, they ran over immediately.

Qin Haoxi followed the direction Si Niang said and turned over the stone. The little crabs had their nests uncovered and immediately began to run away.

Niu Zhuangzhuang quickly grasped the crab's two claws and lifted it up. He laughed and said, "I caught it."

Niu Qianqian took the lead in praising her brother, "Brother, you are really amazing."

Si Niang and Wu Niang also followed Song San Niang's example and gave them a thumbs up, just like she had done before.

Niu Zhuangzhuang didn't understand what it meant, but that didn't stop him from proudly puffing out his chest. Qin Haoxi also applauded him.

Seeing how they made such a big fuss just to catch a crab, Song Sanniang couldn't help but laugh.

While the children were playing, Song Laoer and his wife had already picked up most of the snails in their backpacks.

From time to time, in the mountains and forests, the laughter of children playing can be heard, accompanied by the sound of waterfalls hitting the water.

Seeing that the time was almost up, Song Laoer and his wife asked everyone to wash their hands and feet, put on their shoes, go ashore, and prepare to pick the jujubes.

Everyone had enough fun, so they put on their shoes and went ashore.

Song Sanniang picked up the backpack and poured the snails in her basket into Song Laoer's basket. Then a group of people started walking towards the place where there were jujubes.

The place was not far away. We followed Song Laoer and his wife and arrived in about ten minutes.

There are seven or eight jujube trees in this area. Many ripe jujubes have fallen to the ground, forming a shallow layer on the ground. The sweet fragrance of rotting flesh and the sour smell of fermentation begin to emanate.

There are a lot of mosquitoes here, so everyone who had rolled up their trousers and sleeves quickly let them down.

I don’t know how many years these trees have grown. Each one is as thick as a large bowl, and the lowest branches are several meters high. It seems that no one can reach it.

Song Laoer used a machete to cut a long bamboo, trimmed off the leaves, and then broke open the top and inserted a branch into it to make a fruit picker.

Just put this clip on the branch with fruits and twist it hard to break the branch.

He gave the finished fruit picker to Song Ersao, and then he found a tree that was easy to climb and climbed up in a few strokes.

Then he began to wander around the trees, throwing the jujubes he picked directly to the ground. The four women waved excitedly.

"Dad, give it to me, give it to me, throw it here."

"Dad, I want one too." Wu Niang shouted.

"Uncle Song, I want one too." Qin Haoxi was not to be outdone.

Niu Zhuangzhuang also kept waving his hands.

Song Laoer was very busy, picking the fruits and throwing them to this one, then to that one, while having to be careful not to hit them.

The ripe jujube is brown in color, and the fruit becomes a little shriveled. It tastes super sweet when eaten.

Eat more, and the sweet taste seems to get stuck in your throat and won't go away.

However, if you eat unripe jujubes, your tongue will become dry, as if it were stuck with glue.

The four women and their friends were full of jujubes in no time. They began to compete to see who had picked up the most jujubes, and several of them ran around under the tree.

As the backpacks were filled, it was time for everyone to go back.

Just like when they came here, Song Laoer led the way in front, Song Ersao and Song Sanniang held the children in the middle, and the group of people happily headed home.

When she got home, Mrs. Song saw that everyone's clothes were not wet, and she felt relieved.

She kept the snails in water and gave the jujubes to Song Sanniang and the others to deal with, then she began to prepare lunch.

To make wine from jujube, you need to first remove the jujube fruit, remove the seeds, wash it, and then dry it.

One pound of jujube is mixed with three pounds of wine. No sugar is needed. If you are afraid of the bitterness, you can steam the jujube and dry it before soaking it.

But Mrs. Song thought that steaming would evaporate the flavor of the jujube, so she just soaked it directly.

Song Sanniang and her friends hurriedly took the jujubes off the branches. The seeds of the jujubes were grayish-white round grains stuck to the jujubes.

Niu Zhuangzhuang playfully flicked the seeds he had picked up onto Qin Haoxi's body, making Si Niang and the others laugh.

Ta-da-da, there was the sound of a donkey running outside the courtyard gate.

"My brother and his friends are back." Qin Haoxi stood up excitedly and ran out to see. Sure enough, two donkey carts stopped at the door, raising a cloud of dust.

Because Niu Laosan didn't sleep well last night, Qin Haodong was driving on the road.

He parked the car and saw his brother running towards him. It was the first time he was separated from his brother.

He walked forward and hugged Qin Haoxi. "I was in a hurry to come back this time, so I didn't bring you a gift. I will bring you a gift next time."

Qin Haoxi nodded happily, "I am having a lot of fun here. Today we also went to touch the stone snails and picked jujubes.

I also saw the waterfall, and I caught fish and crabs, which was fun." Qin Haoxi couldn't wait to share his good mood with his brother.

Boss Song and his men also parked their cars and entered the yard.

When Song Laoer saw everyone coming back, he happily asked everyone to sit down, and then brought them some water to drink.

After drinking the water, Huang Shi Tu tactfully said goodbye and went back to sleep. Song Lao Er told him to come back at the same time the next day and then sent him away.

After he left, the eldest brother Song took out the banknote. It was the first time that the second brother Song saw the banknote. He studied it for a while out of curiosity.

Then he asked about the situation in the provincial capital. When he heard them talk about the splendor of the provincial capital, he couldn't help but feel longing for it.

Song Sanniang, who was listening nearby, actually had the idea of ​​going to the provincial capital to find out what was going on.

Seeing that the three of Song Lao Da looked exhausted, Song Lao Er urged them to go home and rest first, and come back after they had enough sleep.

Song Lao Da and Niu Lao San were indeed very tired, so they said goodbye to Song Lao Er and went home.

Niu Qianqian and Niu Zhuangzhuang hurriedly followed Niu Laosan, and along the way they kept asking Niu Laosan what he had seen, what he had eaten, whether the city was fun, and when he could take them there to play.

After Boss Song and his companions left, Boss Song also urged Qin Haodong to go to bed. Qin Haodong did not hesitate and went back to his room and fell asleep.