The White-Bone Demon of the Farm is as rich as a country
Chapter 5 Entering the Mountain
After tossing and turning for more than an hour, the three siblings were so sleepy that they fell asleep immediately. However, even so, they were used to getting up early and got up at the sound of the rooster crowing.
Meng Ruyue picked a handful of wild vegetables by the river and made wild vegetable dumpling soup with coarse buckwheat noodles. Although the ingredients were rough, Meng Ruyue's cooking skills were amazing. The simple wild vegetable dumpling soup was cooked into a delicious and appetizing soup.
Meng Anping looked at the thick soup in the pot and hesitated to speak several times, but finally couldn't help but said, "Sister, this is all the food we have. If we don't eat it sparingly, it will be gone soon."
Meng Ruyue looked at the already cooked soup, poured a full bowl for each of them, and sat down to gently stir the boiling soup. Just when Anping was wondering if his sister hadn't heard what he said, Meng Ruyue said, "Anping, food is not saved."
Anping listened, but there was deep doubt in his eyes.
"We only brought this little food from the old Meng family. No matter how frugal we are, it's only enough for a month. How long do you think we can survive with these bland meals?" Meng Ruyue didn't look at her brother, but just ate small sips of her dumpling soup. Seeing Anping speechless, she continued, "We have no one to rely on. If we want to survive, we must increase our income. If we just rely on saving, we will eventually run out of food."
Anping didn't quite understand what her sister said, but he roughly understood what her sister meant. "Sister, what should we do?"
Meng Ruyue ate most of the soup, put it down, looked at her brother and sister-in-law, and said slowly, "Over the years, the three of us have suffered a lot in terms of health. If we don't eat more, I'm afraid it will be even more difficult to handle the work ahead."
Meng Anping saw that his sister suddenly changed the subject, and there was even more confusion in his eyes.
Meng Ruyue didn't keep the secret and continued, "Only if we take good care of our bodies can we make more money. If our bodies are broken, how can we make money?"
When he heard about making money, Meng Anping's eyes lit up for a moment, but then dimmed again immediately.
"Don't worry, we're guarding such a huge treasure trove, we don't have anything we need." Meng Ruyue smiled mysteriously and pointed to the mountain behind her. "There are wild animals and rare medicinal herbs on this mountain. We don't have land, but we can live off the mountain!"
Meng Anping finally understood what his sister meant. Knowing her plan, he felt relieved and began to eat the soup in big mouthfuls.
After breakfast, the three siblings washed and put away their things. Meng Ruyue gave her younger brother a small bamboo basket to carry on his back and handed him a small pickaxe. She herself carried a bamboo basket half a person's height and an axe, and went up the mountain with her younger siblings. Before leaving, she did not forget to bolt the door with a rope.
Early summer is the busy farming season. Everyone in the village is busy working in the fields, and few people go to the back mountain. The three siblings walked along the way without meeting anyone.
"Sister, we've never been to the mountains before, so how would we know what medicinal herbs are there?" Meng Anping started to worry again. "Besides, we're small and weak, so how can we possibly hunt wild animals?"
"You are so worried at such a young age. Will you worry yourself into an old man?" Walking between the mountains, the fresh air, the deep and lush forests, and the occasional ray of sunlight shining through the leaves on her face made Meng Ruyue excited, and she couldn't help teasing her brother.
"Sister, I'm serious."
Meng Ruyue looked at her eight-year-old brother, her heart aching for no apparent reason. He was such a sensible child, yet he was already worrying about such things at such a young age. She put away her playful thoughts and said seriously, "Dad and I went up the mountain together, and he taught me to identify herbs. I'll teach you and Xue'er when I see you later." She patted her brother's head and added, "We can't catch prey with just our strength, but we can set traps. Dad taught me all these things, and I didn't expect them to come in handy now."
Meng Ruyue is really good at identifying herbs and setting traps to hunt. The small village where she lived in her previous life happened to be based on the medicinal herb planting industry. Because it was located in the mountains, there were always some wild animals coming out to harm the medicinal fields. The villagers had to dig traps around the medicinal fields. Every year when she went back home during the holidays, she would help in the village. Over time, she learned these things. She didn't expect that in her new life, not only would she use them, but they might also become the means for her to make a fortune in the future.
Seeing that her brother was finally at ease, Meng Ruyue turned around, stood still, squatted down and said solemnly to her brother and sister-in-law: "Remember, nothing is important except life and death. Since we are starting a new life now, making money and living a good life is our next goal." Hearing his sister say this, Meng Anping's uneasy heart was finally completely at ease. Even the usually quiet Ruxue cheered happily at this time.
Without any worries, the two children became active. "Sister, was it really poison that you gave Ma Xiaoliu and the others last night? Was it really what Dad left for you?" Anping couldn't help but ask after holding it in for a whole night.
Meng Ruyue looked around and said with a smile, "How could such an honest man like Dad give us poison?"
"Then why did their faces turn pale when you asked them to take a deep breath?" An Ping was even more puzzled.
Meng Ruyue smiled mysteriously, "Try taking a deep breath."
Meng Anping did as he was told, and then he felt a sharp pain in his chest, and his face turned pale immediately.
Seeing this, Meng Ruyue stopped trying to scare him and explained, "We beat them up last night, so they already had injuries. Sudden rapid inhalation causes the chest to expand suddenly, which naturally causes a stuffy and painful sensation. It's the same with you being breathless while walking."
After hearing what his sister said, Meng Anping's eyes showed sincere admiration.
After more than an hour, they arrived at a spring. The three of them were a little out of breath, especially Xiao Ruxue. Although her brothers and sisters would take turns carrying her from time to time, most of the time she was reluctant to see them too tired, so she tried to walk by herself. After all, she was such a young child, and she was really tired after the journey.
Meng Ruyue looked at the sky and saw that the sun was already high in the sky, so she asked her brother and sister-in-law to stop and rest. She took out a soup pot wrapped in cloth from the bamboo basket, which was actually from her space. The soup contained the dumpling soup cooked in the morning. She also took out a bowl and filled it with soup. The three siblings began to eat. Because the soup had been kept in the space, it did not get cold as when it was first put in. However, her brother and sister-in-law thought it was because of the hot weather and the fact that it was wrapped in cloth, and Meng Ruyue fooled them.
While her brother and sister-in-law were resting, Meng Ruyue observed the surroundings. This spring should be the only water source nearby, which means that this is where wild animals often appear. She looked at the ground again, and the tiny claw marks and scattered feces also confirmed her guess.
She chose a spot and started digging with a pickaxe. The soil near the water source was soft, and she soon dug a pit ten feet square.
Seeing that she had already started digging the trap, Anping took a few mouthfuls of soup and then took the pickaxe and continued digging.
Meng Ruyue warned her younger brother and sister-in-law to be careful and walked deeper into the woods. Not far away, she was stunned by a vast expanse of white and yellow flowers. "Oh my god, what a vast expanse of honeysuckle!" Meng Ruyue was stunned by the sea of flowers before her. It really proved the saying "On April 8th, pick honeysuckle." In her previous life, picking so many honeysuckle would have made her rich. But she wondered if honeysuckle was valuable in ancient times.
Meng Ruyue immediately ran back to take Xiao Ruxue to pick honeysuckle. In just a short while, Anping had already dug the trap higher than his thigh. "Anping, just keep digging deeper. It should probably be as deep as my shoulder."
Anping was only just above her waist, still a long way from the position she requested. She told him where to go and repeatedly reminded him to be careful before taking Xiao Ruxue to pick honeysuckle.
She accompanied her sister in picking flowers for a while, then she opened the cloth that was wrapped around the clay pot and spread it on the ground. She said to her sister, "Xue'er, when the bamboo basket is full, pour it on the cloth. Sister, go check ahead."
The little guy knew that these flowers could be sold for money, so he started working without even raising his head. After listening to his sister's instructions, he just nodded twice and then didn't move. This made Meng Ruyue laugh and cry.
It can be said that women who travel through time are naturally lucky. Meng Ruyue walked for a cup of tea and happened to see a few Nandina jasmine trees. These are really good things, natural anesthetics. If they are sharpened and inserted into the trap, even if a large animal falls into it, it will be paralyzed if it is stabbed. This is really God's blessing. When she wanted to sleep, someone handed her a pillow. She took a hatchet and chopped a few branches and started cutting.
Since the tools were quite handy, Meng Ruyue quickly carved the wooden arrows. Thinking that her brother and sister-in-law were busy and the surroundings were relatively safe, she did not rush back and quickly entered the space.
The space still looked the same as when she first entered. She didn't expect to discover anything new. She just wanted to pick some fruits to exchange for money. Because she didn't know what was available in this era, she didn't dare to get too many rare things for fear of causing trouble.
Meng Ruyue looked at the dozen or so fruit-laden trees in front of her, hesitated for a long time, and decided to pick some of the fruits she had eaten before so that she and her brother and sister-in-law could satisfy their cravings, and take the rest to the town to sell. This era cannot be compared with the previous life, and there will definitely not be too many varieties of fruits, especially in this season, so it should be possible to sell them at a good price.
The two children were busy, so she didn't dare leave for too long. After she finished, she slipped out of the space and rushed back to the honeysuckle bush.
Seeing that little Ruxue was busy and had a lot of fun, she didn't even notice her coming back. She finally let go of her worries. A lot of honeysuckle had been spilled on the cloth towel on the ground. She put down the bamboo basket behind her, and while Ruxue wasn't paying attention, she put some of the flowers on the cloth towel into the bamboo basket, and put the rest back into the space. She then called out to Ruxue to put all the flowers she picked into the bamboo basket.
The little girl was so busy picking flowers that she didn't pay attention to her sister's actions.
Ru Yue accompanied her sister to pick flowers for a while, then ran to her brother to help dig a trap. After going back and forth several times, she finally dug the trap. She inserted the sharpened wooden arrows into the trap, found some branches and grass as camouflage, washed it in the spring water, and then took her brother to find her sister.
Xiao Ruxue had already filled the big bamboo basket and the small bamboo basket. She was worrying about what to do when she saw her brother and sister coming to find her. She immediately smiled and looked like a cute little kitten.
Seeing that everything was ready, Meng Ruyue reached under the bamboo basket and took out three fruits to share with her brother and sister-in-law. Seeing that it was getting late, the three of them did not stay any longer and went down the mountain the same way they came while eating the fruits.
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