Affection for Sidaogou during the Famine

He turned around and moved out two boxes from the back. He picked up a book and looked at the title, then reached out and took out a stack of old books from one of the boxes. Han Zhaozhao had sharp eyes and found that more than half of the books in this box were well-preserved thread-bound books.

"Put it here first, I'll help you look for it!" Han Zhaozhao gathered the books on the stall together and made some space for him.

After he put it down, she calmly started to look through the books one by one.

The more she flipped through the pages, the more shocked she was. Good books, all good books! Among them, there were six precious Ming Dynasty handwritten medical books.

The content involves acupuncture, moxibustion and massage of the human body's meridians and acupoints. Each book contains not only hand-drawn pictures, but also the medical practitioners' experience and notes.

These medical books were so rare for Han Zhaozhao! She tried hard to control her facial expression, put the six medical books aside, and decided to buy them no matter what!

"I found it. I told you I must have brought it out. Little sister, here, give me thirty cents for these three books!"

Han Zhaozhao: "You charge 1 cent for one copy, and 30 cents for three copies? Don't you understand the discount for large quantities? If it's any cheaper, they are all handwritten books, and must be the product of someone practicing calligraphy. The handwriting is blurry and really not as good-looking as printed books."

She was gambling that the young stall owner was a newbie in the business who knew nothing and could only buy in goods and sell them to make a profit from the difference.

Han Zhaozhao was lucky. After some bargaining, the second-hand bookstall owner forced her to buy a package of nine books.

After paying 80 cents for the book, Han Zhaozhao went home with the book under the sympathetic gaze of Niu Xiaoyun.

That night, after sending away the three little guys, Han Zhaozhao also secretly went out with her grandmother.

The grandparents and the third child were not going to the same place. After walking for twenty minutes with lanterns, they turned into the mountains.

"Grandma, tell me, from a distance, do we look like a will-o'-the-wisp floating in the wild?"

For some reason, scenes from the TV series "Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio" suddenly appeared in Han Zhaozhao's mind. If it were accompanied by the opening music, the atmosphere would be even more similar!

"Don't talk nonsense and scare yourself. I've cleaned up battlefields and carried corpses before. I've seen everything.

Okay, we should be far enough away from the road now, why don't you take out your precious flashlight?"

Han Zhaozhao looked around and found that she had reached the place where the scorpions were active. She took out a purple flashlight from her military backpack and made sound effects with her mouth: "Grandma, please look here, thump, thump, thump!"

As a purple light swept across the front, not far away, a pair of large scorpions were playing enthusiastically. Their bodies were transparent, like elves in the dark night.

"Oh my! It's amazing! How come this scorpion still glows when the flashlight shines on it?

This is great, it’s so bright, you can’t hide anywhere!”

Han Zhaozhao: "Grandma, stop looking and start catching! We have to get home before Xiao Sanzi and the others!"

"Yes, yes, yes, look at me, why are you so dumbfounded? Hey, where did I put the tongs?" The old lady was reminded by her granddaughter, and she hurriedly took out the tongs and looked for the bottle.

Han Zhaozhao held the flashlight while the old lady caught scorpions. Both the grandparents and grandchildren were very brave and kept catching scorpions in the dark night.

Half an hour later, the grandparents took over, with the old lady holding the flashlight while Han Zhaozhao caught scorpions.

The grandparents walked deeper and deeper into the valley. On the sunny side of the hillside, there were many scorpions. When the purple light was swept, there were bright spots everywhere, all of which were big scorpions.

However, there was no road, and the hillside was covered with wild jujube trees and yellow broom bushes more than one meter high.

The vigorous Lala vines were as high as an adult's knees. Every few steps, one would be pricked by the jujube trees, and the cuts on his arms and legs would hurt.

"Grandma, we can't go in any further, my calves are bruised and choked.

Let's go down the hillside, or look for scorpions along the hillside dam. When we get to the edge of the field, we can catch some more, and then it's time to go home."

The old lady sighed and said, "What a pity, there are still many scorpions over there, at least forty or fifty.

There are too many jujube trees here. I don’t have time. If I had time, I would definitely use a sickle to cut down all of them!

What a waste of time! Okay, the jars we brought are almost full, let’s find a good path and catch some more while walking back!

Zhaozhao, look, going up from that side, the slope is quite gentle and shadowy, and it seems that there are not so many bushes and jujube trees.

Tomorrow night, let’s go there and catch it!”

Han Zhaozhao lit the lantern hanging on his waist and handed it to the old lady, who led the way with a flashlight.

"Grandma, please be careful and watch your feet."

It’s easier to go up the mountain than to go down!

The grandparents caught scorpions while stumbling and groping their way down the mountain. At the foot of the mountain, they walked along the ridges of the fields, wading through knee-deep weeds, taking one step at a time, and caught a dozen large scorpions before slowly returning to the main road.

"Haha! Most of the scorpions we caught tonight were female, and they were pretty big!"

The jar was full and the old lady was finally able to walk properly without looking around.

Han Zhaozhao turned off the purple flashlight and put it in his schoolbag. "Yes! The only scorpions that can be seen with the purple light are big scorpions. Small scorpions have not grown up yet, so their bodies won't glow, and it's hard for us to spot them."

"Oh! So that's how it is. I was wondering why we only saw big scorpions tonight and not even a small scorpion!

Zhao Zhao, how much can this can of food sell for? Why can't I partner with you guys?"

Han Zhaozhao: "It weighs at least one pound, so it should be able to sell for nine to ten yuan!

Grandma, don't come out to catch scorpions in the middle of the night next time. It's dark, the grass is deep, the road is difficult to walk on, and there are many rocks on the mountain.

You are so old, if you fall it would be a big deal. I can’t even carry you back.

For this little money, if you happen to get hurt, it will affect your work.

Wouldn't it be like a black bear trying to pick cobs, with the harvest being less than the loss?"

The old lady just stared at the road without saying a word.

Han Zhaozhao knew that the old lady was stingy with money. There were so many scorpions in the wild, and catching scorpions was no different from picking up money.

He then advised: “You have a salary, and the government also gives me child support every month, so our family is not short of money now.

You can't do this with us! Think about it, if they knew you were involved, would they ask their families to join in?

The more people there are, the greater the possibility of leaks, right? Not making money is not a big deal, but I am worried that money will attract people's attention, arouse jealousy, and cause conflicts, which would be bad. "

"Yeah, look at me, I'm getting old and confused! How about this, I won't come out every night in the future, just ten or eight days a month will be enough.

I'm not greedy, just a few dozen dollars a month is enough. I'll save it up so I can buy you some cotton to make wedding quilts when you grow up."

Han Zhaozhao: You're thinking so far ahead. I haven't even started school yet, but you've already planned my marriage!

"Okay! Let's do it this way for now. We'll talk about this later!" Han Zhaozhao didn't dare to stop her from wanting to breastfeed right away, so he decided to persuade her slowly.