Travel to the mountains and make a fortune in silence

I went to the seed shop again, and there was still a bag of seeds and over 400 jin of dried chili peppers, but the varieties were mixed, like small red chili peppers and Erjingtiao chili peppers...

The potatoes weighed over 1,500 jin this time, and we didn't finish hauling them all away today. We agreed to haul them away tomorrow.

There were two large baskets of cantaloupes and a basket of limes; this was quite an unexpected bonus.

The loquats were just ripe these days, and Mu Nan picked two baskets of them. She also picked a large basket of loquat leaves, which were a gift from the host.

Mu Nan also bought five loquat saplings, two of which are already bearing fruit.

This loquat orchard belongs to the Yun family and is not far from their town. Mu Nan used to go there with Yun Kai.

Loquats are a rare fruit here; they are all transported to the county town for sale, and are generally not sold in the town.

The orchard manager knew Mu Nan, and when he heard that Mu Nan wanted some saplings, he generously sold him five.

The steward felt that although the master and the young lady had divorced, they still had a child.

Although she was raised in the Mu family, she couldn't sever this kinship, especially since the eldest young master and the son-in-law were classmates.

We had to give him face; it was just five loquat saplings, and besides, he had paid for them.

After unloading their things, Mu Nan took some loquats and returned to her small courtyard.

As soon as he entered the courtyard, he heard his wife coughing, and each cough made Mu Nan's heart clench.

His biggest worry was that his wife had contracted tuberculosis, but he dared not say it out loud. Several doctors he consulted said there was nothing wrong, but her condition never improved.

If only his master were here, he decided to take his wife to the county town tomorrow, hoping that his master would be back from gathering herbs.

Wang Qing'er actually knew she was fine; she was coughing because her throat was itchy and she had some phlegm.

She had experienced this in a past life, coughing for a month or two, so she stopped taking all her medication and refused to drink it no matter what. Actually, she was very afraid of drinking Chinese medicine.

"Qing'er, why are you coughing so badly again?" Mu Nan walked into the room and saw that his wife's face was red from coughing.

"Brother Mu Nan, you're back. I'm fine, I just choked on some saliva." She had indeed choked on saliva.

"I've picked the loquat leaves, bought what you wanted, and gone to the seed shop. I have a lot of stuff this time, including several hundred pounds of dried chili peppers and even more potatoes. I'll have to go pick them up twice more tomorrow." Mu Nan picked up a loquat and peeled it for her.

"Try it, this loquat is very sweet." Mu Nan handed her a peeled loquat, and Wang Qing'er took a bite from his hand.

"Mmm! So sweet." Wang Qing'er hadn't expected that this small loquat would be so sweet.

She lowered her head and ate the rest of the loquats. She wanted to keep the loquat seeds, wondering if they would sprout if she buried them in the ground.

Even if it sprouts, will it grow into a loquat tree? If it can, then we'll have loquats to eat every year.

"More, more, Brother Mu Nan, peel it for me quickly." Wang Qing'er couldn't stop eating, and since she didn't want to peel it herself, she urged Mu Nan to peel it for her.

"You can't eat anymore, you can eat them tomorrow!" Mu Nan saw his wife eat more than a dozen loquats in one go and was worried that she would feel unwell if she ate too much.

"Brother Mu Nan, I'll have one last one." Wang Qing'er knew that even the most delicious food shouldn't be eaten in excess.

"Really the last one? Okay, you can't eat any more tonight after you eat this!" Mu Nan had no choice but to peel another loquat for her.

"Qing'er, shall we go to the county town tomorrow?"

"What would I do in the county town? I don't want to go." She remembered the last time she went to the county town by horse-drawn carriage, and her body was shaken to pieces, so she felt a little scared.

"Go see if my master has returned. I didn't see him last time."

"Then you go by yourself, I don't want to go." Wang Qing'er refused without hesitation. Suddenly remembering what Mu Nan had brought back, she pulled Mu Nan up and said, "Brother Mu Nan, come on, let's go see what you brought back today."

"Okay!" The two went to the front yard together. The chili peppers were put into the storeroom in the front yard, and the potatoes that were brought back today were placed under the eaves.

"Sister-in-law, come and eat some loquats! My brother picked a lot of loquats and brought them back," Mu Qin called out as she saw Wang Qing'er approaching.

The whole family gathered together to eat loquats.

"Mommy, come and eat some fruit." Mu Yao called out in her childish voice, and even took one to give to her.

"Okay, thank you Yao..."

Just as Wang Qing'er was about to take the loquat from Yao'er, Mu Nan snatched it away first, saying, "Your mother has already eaten. Yao'er can eat it herself, but she shouldn't eat too much."

Seeing that she wouldn't be able to eat loquats, Wang Qing'er decided to check the other things she had bought that day.

"Wow, so many cantaloupes! Brother Mu Nan, why didn't you tell me there were cantaloupes? I want to eat some."

She doesn't seem as interested in potatoes and peppers anymore; she just walks straight over to the two baskets of cantaloupes she sees.

My mouth really wants to eat, but my stomach is already quite full.

"No, I can't eat any more today," Mu Nan firmly refused.

"This, this is a lime? There are limes here?" Wang Qing'er picked up a lime and smelled it.

"Qing'er, you really can't eat any more fruit tonight." Mu Nan thought she was holding the lemon because she wanted to eat it.

"Uh! I don't want to eat this, Brother Mu Nan, how about I peel it for you?" Lemons are very sour, she's not that stupid to eat lemons. She suddenly wanted to tease Mu Nan and make him not let her eat fruit, since she hadn't eaten fruit in a long time.

"Mother, I want to eat that," Yao'er said, pointing to the lemon.

"I've never seen this fruit before, but it smells very fragrant. Sister-in-law, have you ever tried it?" Mu Xiao also came over and asked her.

Sigh! You guys have defeated me. I originally just wanted to tease Brother Mu Nan, but I didn't expect that I wouldn't take the bait, while you all joined in.

Fine, I'll let you off the hook.

"This fruit can't be eaten directly, it's very sour. You can soak it in water to make a drink. I'll make it for you tomorrow."

"Sister-in-law, you just said you were going to peel it for my brother?" Mu Lin asked, leaning closer.

Mu Lin, you brat, if you don't speak, no one will think you're mute.

"Mu Lin, have you finished your homework?" Wang Qing'er forcefully changed the subject to Mu Lin's homework.

Mu Lin said, "I finished my homework a long time ago."

"Then you should go and rest early, you have class tomorrow."

"Sister-in-law, I have a day off tomorrow and will not be going to the private school."

"Uh, okay."

You little rascal, you're something else.

The next day, Wang Qing'er made some loquat syrup using loquat leaves, adding fritillaria and honey. Unfortunately, there were no loquat flowers at the time; adding some flowers would have made it even better.

Any leftover loquat leaves were washed, dried, and boiled in water to make a good cough remedy.

I also made lemons and a jar of lemon jam.

I dried some lemon slices in the sun.

I also made some honey lemon, by slicing lemons thinly and soaking them in honey, which can be used to make lemon water.

Then there's the lemon-flavored soap, which I only made for a little over a hundred yuan, since I only had one basket of lemons.