Walking to the edge of the dilapidated shed, I happened to see her carrying a chicken, with a sad look on her brows.
Man Bao glanced at the chicken, and couldn't help saying: "Sister-in-law, did you kill this chicken so young?"
The woman was startled by the sudden sound, and the grouse flew away with her hand.
Man Bao was also a little frightened when he saw her holding the knife.
She has seen people killing chickens since she was a child, but no one holds a knife like this when killing chickens.
The woman came to her senses, quickly lowered the edge of the knife, and said with a smile: "It's my lord, did you scare me?"
Man Bao shook his head, looked at the chickens in the shed, and found that the chickens inside were not big, at least not yet ready to eat.
But such a tender chicken must be delicious when fried, but now there are few dishes, so you can put a little dogwood to enhance the taste...
Bai Shan turned his head and glanced at her, and asked the woman with a smile, "Are you preparing dinner for us?"
The woman replied respectfully, "Yes, the inn is broken, and I have wronged adults."
Bai Shan shook his head and said with a smile: "This chicken looks so young, it's a pity to kill it at this time, we have some ingredients with us, I'll ask them to bring you some, you don't have to kill the chicken."
Man Bao came back to his senses, nodded again and again, and said to her: "Such chickens have to be raised for three or four months before they can lay eggs? It would be a pity to kill them at this time."
Who said no
The woman nodded again and again, and came out of the shed happily, "Isn't that right? I also said I wouldn't kill him, but my family said it's not good to neglect the adults."
She said embarrassingly: "Our inn is remote, and few adults stay a year, so there are not many things to prepare."
Bai Shan expressed his understanding, and asked curiously, "How far is the nearest village from your station?"
"It's not far away. Go down that path and walk about ten miles. It's a bigger village. There are three or four small villages nearby, so there's a small market. Adults who occasionally stay here come here." In the morning, we will go there to buy some fresh meat."
Bai Shanting understood, "All the people who settled down here left at noon?"
"Yes, the journey is faster, and we stop here at noon."
Man Bao asked, "What about the vegetables, did you buy them or grow them yourself?"
"Oh, there are not many vegetables for food. Look, my lord, we planted this vegetable garden. There are not many adults here, so there is enough to eat."
Man Bao pointed to the plant and asked, "I know all the other vegetables, but I don't know that clump of grass. Is it also a vegetable?"
The woman glanced at it and said, "That's it, it's mountain pepper."
Man Bao glanced at Keke's information, but it was blank. He only said that he found a plant that hadn't been recorded, but he didn't detect its name. Obviously, they didn't even have basic data for this thing, so they couldn't identify it.
Man Bao said: "The peppercorns I've seen don't look like this."
She has harvested peppercorns, and she has also collected mountain peppercorns. She has never forgotten the plants she has seen, at least she will not miss them when they see each other again.
The woman insisted, "This is mountain pepper, and the roots can be sold in pharmacies for medicine."
Hearing this, Man Bao lifted his spirits and said, "Then do you have roots? Let me see."
"No, I just planted this clump last year, and I was thinking of selling it at the pharmacy when it grows up," she said, "The people in the pharmacy said that the roots need to be grown for at least two years." OK."
Man Bao wanted to dig even more, "Can I dig one?"
"Oh, I just have one plant. Don't look at it growing big, but it actually grows out of one. If you don't believe me, look at it."
Curiously, Man Bao went up to look at it, and was sure that there was indeed only one root underneath. He was a little disappointed, "Can this thing be cut?"
"That can't be done, it can only be planted with seeds."
"Do you still have seeds?"
"No more," said the woman, "my natal sister-in-law gave a handful of seeds, and in the end only this one grew."
The craftsmanship of this planting is really ordinary.
Man Bao began to fumble for the purse, Bai Shan had already taken off the purse, and took out a bunch of money from it to her, "We have never seen this thing before, and we think it is very strange, we want a plant for research, we will buy it with you." How about coming down?"
The woman looked at the money in his hand and was speechless, and said after a while: "This is not good..."
But she took the money in her hand, with a bright smile on her face, she said: "You dig, you dig, dig whatever you want, see if there is anything you like in this vegetable garden, you can dig it."
Man Bao couldn't help laughing and said: "No, we just dig this one."
The woman glanced at the small hoe in their hands, turned around and said, "This one is too small, it's hard to dig, just wait, I'll find a big hoe for you, and let my kid dig it for you."
After speaking, he took the money and ran away with the knife.
Naturally, Man Bao wouldn't wait for her. Don't look at her small medicine hoe, but it was specially made. It is very strong and sharp. There is nothing wrong with it except that it needs to be hoeed a few more times.
Bai Shan took the hoe in her hand and started to hoe. In order not to damage the roots, he dug a bit too much.
The woman didn't come, and it was Yicheng who ran up last. He was carrying a hoe and the string of money in his hand. When he ran over, his forehead was sweating, "My lord, this is a wild tree, how can I want you?" money?"
Man Bao smiled and pushed back: "You guys used this to make money. Selling it to me is the same as selling it to a pharmacy. How can you not want money?"
Yi Cheng could see that she was not being polite, so he paused and said, "That's not too much, my mother-in-law is ignorant, even if this thing is planted, a pound of root is only seventy or eighty renminbi, so it has to be planted." It can only be dug in three or four years, how much can a plant weigh? You gave too much money."
But Man Bao said: "But this thing in your hands is like an egg. I heard that this is a kind of seed. If the seeds are ripe in one year, you can plant one piece next year. After two years, you can harvest a lot. rhizome."
Just like their family planted yams and privet seeds, didn't they only have a few plants at the beginning, and then year after year, now many families in the whole village planted privet seeds on the mountain and made a lot of money.
Yicheng couldn't laugh or cry, "My lord is too good at talking and joking. This medicine can't grow out just by talking about it, so I have to take care of it. My mother-in-law brought back a handful of seeds from her mother's house, but she sprinkled them and planted them for several years. In the end, only this one survived, and it would be considered good if she could plant this one well."
Bai Shandao: "I'll take it for you. I don't know if your Yue family still has seeds. If so, we want to buy some."
Yicheng immediately said: "Yes, yes, I will let my boy get it in a while, I dare not say buy it, I will pack a bag for you later."
Finally, I don't say anything about money anymore.
Both sides secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
Bai Shan took the big hoe in his hand, thanked him for his kindness, and asked him to go to the front and get the ingredients with Daji, so they can dig by themselves.
After a while, this thing has to be dug up and provided to the father-in-law, who is inconvenient here.