After marrying the sister next door

Angie went back and picked some dried herbs, put the herbs in a cloth bag and put them in the back basket. Whether tomorrow's work is successful or not, she has to go to the county town to sell these herbs and add the money in her hand to build a stone wall. , By the way, let's see what else I can do to make money.

Dahe Village is more than 50 miles away from the county seat, and it takes more than half a day to walk and nearly an hour to ride a mule cart. Two texts back and forth four texts at a time, and you can come back on the same day if you spend some money.

Fortunately, there is no big expense in the countryside, but the premise is that if she alone feeds the whole family and is not hungry, if she marries a daughter-in-law in the future, she will not be able to bear the responsibility of supporting the family, so making money must be on the agenda.

After finishing these things, I didn't want to go up the mountain because I had something on my mind, so I went to the next door to talk to Sister Bai first. She knew that the two boys of the Bai family had gone to the landlord's house in the village to work as long-term workers, and they came back only once in ten days and eight days.

The gate of Bai's house is ajar. In the countryside, the door is only locked when sleeping at night or when there is no one at home. She can't do this. She likes to take precautions before they happen. It's better to be cautious when living alone.

Although the Bai family's house is dilapidated, it is very clean inside and out. Anji entered the house and saw Miss Nine doing embroidery work, and the appearance of a good wife hit her little heart immediately.

Baicha sensed that someone was there, looked up to see Anji, frowned slightly and asked, "Anji is looking for me?"

This person usually calls her in the yard, why did he just enter the house today? I don't know why since Anji said in the morning that he would marry her, it was a bit unnatural to face her.

Anji calmed down and sat down opposite Baicha consciously, raised a smiling face and said, "Sister Bai, I'm here to talk to you. I know if Sister Bai heard it or not."

She didn't talk nonsense that there was indeed movement in the middle of the night. She even got up to check and was kissed several times by mosquitoes. It turned out that Wang Orion of the village came back in the middle of the night because he went into the deep mountains. When he came back, he always carried his prey on his back. It doesn't look like a person at all, and with the few hounds following it, it's really scary to see it without knowing it. I just want to resonate with Sister Bai.

The blood on Bai Cha's face gradually faded when she heard the words. It turned out that there was a movement because she was not thinking about it. Since her two younger brothers went to work as long-term workers, she often heard the movement at night, and she didn't dare to go out to see it. The torment was not over until the sleepiness hit and I couldn't stand it and fell asleep.

Anji saw that Baicha had also heard the movement, and thought of the helplessness and fear of a girl at home, and immediately felt sorry for her.

"Sister Bai, what I told you this morning is actually not all for you. The main reason is that I live alone as a girl and dare not sleep at night. I especially want to find someone to accompany me. I believe my sister can understand this feeling."

Noticing that Bai Cha didn't answer the call, but her embroidery work stopped, Anji continued: "Sister Bai, you know my situation, but anyone who doesn't lack arms or legs won't marry into my house, let me find someone The handicapped husband will still serve him in the future, to be honest, I have a hundred conflicts in my heart, and seeing Li Matchmaker treat you like that today, I will think, why don't we just work together."

"Sister Bai, look, our two families are next to each other, from now on you can take care of Dafu and Ergui brother at any time, right...We don't have to face the fate of being forced to marry and fined money, do you think it makes sense?"

Anji gave full play to the true meaning of moving with emotion, understanding with reason, and she spoke clearly. She felt that if she couldn't convince Jiu girl today, she would not agree to it even if the village chief came tomorrow.

In fact, she understands Baicha's psychology. If it is not born crooked, who would be willing to give up the rights as a woman, especially the women in the ancient feudal society, where girls were taught to follow their father at home, husband after marriage, and son after husband's death, etc. Concept brainwashing, this kind of concept has been deeply rooted in their hearts, and they must struggle in their hearts if they want to break through the shackles.

The reason why she acted like this was not to destroy people's happiness. After Bai Cha followed her, no matter whether the two of them would collide with each other in the future, she could at least treat her well.

Of course, there is also a pity mentality, and she doesn't want the woman she likes to fall into an unbearable situation. When she went to the county to sell herbal medicine, she heard that if she didn't take money to manage it, she would marry crooked melons, and some would even be sold. Go to a brothel.

After hearing this, Bai Cha fell into deep thought, and after a long time he said relaxedly, "Anji, you go back first." At this moment, he was in a state of confusion, and only when he didn't want to see Anji would he yell out to chase people away.

Anji raised her eyebrows, whether she was moved or not. After watching it, she could find that Miss Jiu's complexion became more and more serious. She pulled the corners of her lips and had to get up and leave.

Angie didn't want to think about it at home, so she took a sickle and went up the mountain to dig herbs.

The mountains in Anling Mountain are huge, but she doesn't know how big they are. In her memory, people in the village say that there are monsters, wolves, black bears and other monsters in the depths of Anling Mountain.

In Dahe Village, no one goes to the deep mountains except Wang Orion. The villagers are all picking wild fruits and some common herbs on the outskirts, so hey, this mountain is equivalent to Anji’s private medicine garden. She only picks those herbs that grow well and have medicinal properties. Picking, such herbs are willing to be accepted by drugstores in the city, and the price is still high.

For those herbal medicines that have been dried at home, she will keep some commonly used medicines for her own use. People can’t tell if they will get a minor illness one day or someone in the neighborhood needs something urgently. These are all bad things, but she likes that sentence Be prepared to prevent problems before they happen.

To find herbs, you can’t follow the path on the mountain. You have to go through the bushes and go to places that people don’t often go to. Anji looked and decided to go to places that he had never been to before. After passing through several bushes, all he saw was wormwood. .

Anji had a happy smile on her face. She occasionally saw wormwood when she went up the mountain, and picked it up every time. She had never seen so many.

Wormwood is also known as Artemisia mugwort. The people here are called Artemisia. Every Dragon Boat Festival, the villagers will pick a few and hang them on the beams to drive away evil spirits. This is a good thing. It can cure diseases and repel mosquitoes. , dried and made into moxa and sold for money.

Moxa is made from leaves of mugwort which are dried, tanned, and impurities removed. Some diseases can be treated by lighting and moxibustion on human acupoints. This treatment method is called moxibustion.

After a while, Anji filled the baskets, tied several bundles with ropes and went up the mountain on her back. Because this place is not far from the foot of the mountain, she planned to make several trips later, and would definitely bring this piece of wormwood home. Moxa is fine as long as it is kept out of moisture for a few years, and she plans to make more while the raw materials are sufficient.

When I met villagers on the way back, everyone thought Anji was cutting the grass and going back to dry it for firewood.

Because the light in the house was dark, Jiu Niu went to the yard to do show work. Seeing Anji delivering artemisia seeds to the house, she really wondered what happened to this man, knowing that there was nothing left after the artemisia seeds were dried, why did she take so much money? If you work hard on this, if you have doubts in your heart, you will pay attention unconsciously.

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