Crossing the farm gate, the whole family reunites in the disaster year
Chapter 14 Discovering the Chestnut Forest
The sky is getting dark.
The village, bustling during the day, became quiet.
Lin gave Cui Jingwen a small portion of the roasted chestnuts and asked her to give some to Yu.
Xiaoliu was a little full, and when he heard that his elder brother was going out, he followed him like a little tail.
While Xiaoliu was away, Cui Zhaozhao bought 150 liters of water. The iron pot on the stove could boil more than 30 liters of water at a time, which was just enough for one person to take a bath.
I also bought a bar of ordinary soap and cut it into small pieces.
As soon as the water in the pot heated up, Cui Jingwen brought Xiaoliu back with two vegetable pancakes in his hands.
When Lin saw the vegetable pancakes, she immediately thought of something. Yu was probably embarrassed to accept them, but she couldn't refuse, so she took the pancakes as a favor.
Lin instructed, "Go and bring the wooden basin in and put it in the inner room."
The whole family lined up, Xiaoliu was handed over to Cui Jingwen, and Lin and Cui Zhaozhao were the last to wash, and they kept washing until the moon was high in the sky.
After secretly pouring the last basin of water outside, Cui Jingwen returned to the house, shook his wrist, and muttered softly, "How strange, this soap smells exactly the same as the one I used in my previous life."
Cui Zhaozhao was cleaning up the water on the ground with a broom when he suddenly remembered that his brother seemed to be unaware of the existence of the shopping mall.
The cock crows in the morning.
The day-to-day work in Xiahe Village began.
There was only one kang room in the east room. Lin and Cui Zhaozhao slept at the head of the kang, while Cui Jingwen and Xiaoliu slept at the foot of the kang.
After taking a bath, he felt comfortable all over. Although the straw mat hurt his bones, Cui Zhaozhao still slept soundly all night.
Half asleep and half awake, she felt her arm being pressed down until it lost consciousness. When she opened her eyes, she found that Xiaoliu had crawled to the head of the kang without her noticing and was sleeping soundly with his head resting on her arm.
When Cui Jingwen saw that she had woken up, he greeted her listlessly.
Cui Zhaozhao gently pulled his arm out, got off the kang and put on his shoes.
"Did you sleep well last night?"
Cui Jingwen was filled with resentment: "He didn't sleep well and bit my hand in the middle of the night!"
He even kicked the quilt, which prevented him from sleeping well the whole night!
Cui Zhaozhao patted his elder brother sympathetically and said to him, "Just bear with it for now. We'll be fine after we build a house."
Cui Jingwen had to accept the promise made by Cui Zhaozhao with a feeling of frustration.
When the new house is built, let this brat sleep in a room of his own and don’t torture him anymore!
The headman's house is in the middle of the village. There is a flat ground at the door. In the middle of the ground stands a big black stone, and next to the stone is a big locust tree.
The old people in the village said that Xiahe Village came into being because of this black stone. This stone is not an ordinary stone, but a magical stone from the sky. If you touch it every day, it can bless the people of Xiahe Village with longevity and good harvest.
Later, hundreds of years ago, another locust tree was planted next to the sacred stone.
The big locust tree is rooted in the soil, accompanying the sacred stone, and has witnessed generation after generation of Xiahe Village.
As spring comes and summer goes, the big locust tree diligently provides shade and coolness for the villagers, and the sacred stone silently guards the village. Whenever something big or small happens in the village, people gather here.
The village head set up a shed under the tree early in the morning and glanced at the village main road from time to time.
Lin and Yu had arrived a long time ago. There were two large pots under the shed, and a large bag of grain was leaning against the pots.
There were three other people helping in the kitchen, and Widow Qin was among them. Her hair was wrapped in a piece of light purple cotton cloth, with two strands of hair hanging down, looking extremely weak.
Yu was secretly annoyed. There would always be some leftovers from the big pot of rice, and the remaining food would be distributed to the kitchen helpers. The village head uncle was sympathetic and would assign such lucrative jobs to widows and orphans.
Just like Xinghua who came to help in the kitchen, her father was bedridden all year round, and her mother left the family and ran away because she couldn't bear the burden. She had to farm to support the family at the age of a teenager.
Look at Widow Qin again. She is dressed up so gorgeously that she doesn’t look like she is working at all.
Lin took a look and then looked away. Widow Qin's skin was originally yellowish, and the purple made her look even more earthy and not pretty.
Most of the people in the village came, and the noise was loud.
Only three people got off the carriage sent by the county. The village head looked behind them and asked cautiously, "Excuse me, sir, when will the others arrive?"
The middle-aged man in the lead remained silent. Someone beside him scolded him, "How dare you! The county magistrate has already shown special favor to Xiahe Village by allowing Master Pei to come. Don't push your luck."
The village head bent down to wipe the cold sweat from his forehead, and the villagers behind him dared not even breathe. Even the village head did not dare to offend him, let alone them.
Master Pei reached out and helped the village head up. "The county magistrate also cares about the people, but it's not just Xiahe Village that's been affected by the disaster. Bandits have been rampant lately, and the county simply can't spare any manpower."
"The county magistrate wants someone from Xiahe Village. Pei, who has some knowledge of feng shui, can definitely help dig a new well for Xiahe Village with his guidance."
The village head nodded hurriedly. What the village lacked the least was strong laborers, and since everyone was here, he named Cui Chengliang first.
More than ten men were selected, and a group of people followed Master Pei to choose a new well location.
The area under the big locust tree suddenly became deserted.
The kitchen helpers also started to get busy. Widow Qin took over the job of picking vegetables and pulled another kitchen helper to sit under the shade of a tree and slowly process the mushrooms that had just been picked from the mountain that morning.
The water in the bucket was used by Widow Qin. Xinghua opened her mouth and said, "How about I go get some water and soak the rice first?"
The soaked rice will become soft as soon as it is cooked, which will save a lot of trouble.
Due to long-term malnutrition, Xinghua is as thin as a stick. Although she is the same age as Lichun, she looks more than ten years older than Lichun.
Yu stopped Xinghua and sent her own Dalang to fetch water. Lin took out some sugar-roasted chestnuts and forced them on Xinghua. The three of them ate the chestnuts while waiting for Dalang to come back with water.
Widow Qin was so sharp-eyed that she saw that what Lin took out was actually oil chestnuts, and her teeth were about to break.
Is this Lin family here specifically to defeat me?
No one in Xiahe Village knew about oil chestnuts, so they lived on the oil chestnut trees in the mountains. Unexpectedly, there was another person who knew about chestnuts and even took them out to eat in public, for fear that the villagers didn't know that this thing was edible.
Usually, she was afraid of arousing others' suspicion, so she always carried a little secretly, and she didn't even tell Mrs. Wu.
If everyone knew that this thing was edible, how would I survive in the village?
Fortunately, they didn't know the exact location. After the work was over in the next few days, they would secretly bring more back and store them. They would not go up the mountain again in the next few months.
While Widow Qin was thinking about it, Cui Zhaozhao was standing under the oil chestnut forest, his mouth wide open in shock.
The ground was covered with mature and fallen burrs, and the trees were hung full of them.
Xiaoliu drooled, "I'm dreaming. I'm definitely dreaming. Sister, pinch me to wake me up."
Cui Zhaozhao was amused by him and gently pinched his smooth face, which felt especially good after taking a shower.
"are you awake?"
Xiaoliu's eyes lit up: "I'm not dreaming. There are so many chestnuts!"
The chestnut forest is hidden behind a pine forest. If Xiaoliu had not carefully discovered the footprints on the ground, they would not have found this place by following the footprints.
There are at least several hundred kilograms of chestnuts falling on the ground, and together with those hanging on the trees, it is definitely over a thousand kilograms.
Not to mention storing these oil chestnuts, just transporting them home would require dozens of trips back and forth.
But they can't keep it all for themselves.
Widow Qin also knew about this forest. If the chestnuts were gone, she would tell the villagers in anger. The villagers would be starving and they would not be able to keep the chestnuts.
My mom has to decide what to do with this matter, but now that they have discovered it, we can secretly transport some home.
Xiaoliu hurriedly picked up the things into his small basket. Cui Zhaozhao also picked up a basket and returned home with heavy steps.
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