After the weather got warmer, all the children who were restrained in winter ran out. Many children like to jump into the mountains. Naturally, these children dare not go in the deep mountains. If it is only on the periphery of the mountains, many children dare to go. of.
Mushrooms, bamboo shoots, and wild vegetables in the mountains are good things for many children.
Many people in the village are not very rich and have to live frugally. In this winter, many people can only eat half full every day. Now that they finally have food, many children go to the mountains to look for it.
The same is true for Chen Xiaocai and Chen Maimai. After a winter, the two children have grown a lot taller. It may be because of the long blooms. The two children look a lot better.
Lu Lin packed some fried beans for the two of them, took out some bamboo baskets, and said to Chen Xiaocai with a smile, "Xiaocai! Go find some people to pick wild berries, and give a basket of ripe wild berries to Sanwen money."
Chen Xiaocai frowned and said, "Three Wen!" Could it be too much money
Lu Lin smiled and said, "Not many."
Chen Xiaocai scratched her head, and said awkwardly: "They don't play with me, I can't call anyone."
Lu Lin looked at Chen Xiaocai condescendingly, and said: "Look at you, you're so big, you can't even do this little thing well, how can this be good? If you can't call anyone, you can call Shen Chi up and ask Shen Chi to help you." How many people do you call?"
Chen Xiaocai blushed and said, "I... got it."
Lu Lin handed over a dozen baskets to Chen Xiaocai.
Chen Xiaocai said suspiciously: "Where are there so many baskets?"
Each basket is not very big and looks very delicate. However, villagers usually do not weave such small baskets.
"Five cents a piece, I asked the old people in the village to make it up." The labor force in this place is really cheap. From this aspect, the folk customs in the village are still very simple.
Chen Xiaocai gave Lu Lin a weird look, and said, "I'm leaving."
Chen Xiaocai felt that it would be a waste for Lu Lin to ask someone for five cents to weave a basket, but he is now much used to Lu Lin's extravagant behavior, so he didn't say anything more.
Lu Lin shook his hand towards Chen Xiaocai and said, "Go."
Chen Xiaocai first went to Shen's house to find Shen Chi, Grandma Shen saw that she was very happy for her grandson to play with Chen Xiaocai, so she readily agreed.
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Shen Chi held a bamboo basket and followed behind Chen Xiaocai, and asked curiously: "Brother Lin, what do you want wild berries for?"
Chen Xiaocai shook his head and said, "I don't know, maybe it's used to brew a bar."
"Wine making!" Shen Chi's eyes flashed with reverence. In the eyes of the villagers, making wine is a very powerful thing.
The weather is getting hotter and hotter, and the fruits in the forest have gradually increased. There are many wild berries growing in the forest. The children in the village like to pick them and eat them. They have a sweet and sour taste.
Zhang Dahu sat on the tree picking raspberries and ate them, his fingers and lips turned red when he ate them.
Seeing Chen Xiaocai and Shen Chi coming with a dozen baskets, Zhang Dahu suddenly jumped off the tree and stopped in front of them.
"What are you two doing with so many baskets? This basket is too small." Zhang Dahu asked carelessly.
Chen Xiaomi made a lot of money last year, and the news spread in the village. The children in the village knew that Chen Xiaomi was capable and made a lot of money. Seeing Chen Xiaocai and Maimai wearing new clothes, I couldn't help being a little envious.
Chen Xiaocai raised the basket and said, "My brother asked me to pick wild berries, and I'll give you three pennies per basket."
Zhang Dahu rolled his eyes, looked at the basket in Shen Chi's hand, and said, "Shen Chi, can you help him?"
Shen Chi said hastily: "The side dishes are too late for one person, I'll help pick them, and brother Xiaomi will give you three pennies for a basket."
Zhang Dahu's eyes lit up, he looked at Chen Xiaocai and said, "If I pick it for your brother, will you give me three pennies per basket?"
Chen Xiaocai was thinking about how to speak, when Zhang Dahu took the initiative to ask, he felt happy, but quickly covered up his expression, "Okay! But, if you want good and familiar ones, you can't refill with bad ones. "
Zhang Dahu nodded and said, "That's no problem."
Zhang Dahu is the king of children, several children who had been waiting and watching saw that Zhang Dahu and Chen Xiaocai had reached an agreement, so they all joined together and asked questions in a hurry.
Chen Xiaocai agreed, and the children all asked Chen Xiaocai for a basket to pick wild berries.
A lot of wild berries grew in the mountains, and the children were busy.
There are three main types of wild berries, one that grows on trees and two that grow on the ground.
The three kinds of wild berries are about the same size. The wild berries that grow on the tree are purple when ripe, a bit like mulberries...
There are two kinds of wild berries that grow on the ground, one is like a strawberry, much smaller than a strawberry, and the other is a bit like a cherry.
Chen Xiaocai said that all three kinds of wild berries are needed, but they should be packed separately.
Soon everyone picked a basket full of wild berries.
Zhang Dahu took two baskets by himself. He finished picking two baskets of wild berries quickly with his hands and feet, and the child with slow hands and feet didn't finish picking a basket.
"Chen Xiaocai, is this enough for a basket?" Zhang Dahu asked.
Chen Xiaocai nodded and said "En".
"Now send it back to my house, and you can exchange money with my brother."
The children were still a little timid towards Brother Chen Xiaocai, but they couldn't resist the temptation of copper coins, and thinking of their large numbers, they went to Lu Lin's place together.
Lu Lin didn't expect Chen Xiaocai to complete the task so quickly, and he was a little impressed by Chen Xiaocai.
Chen Xiaocai looked at Lu Lin with appreciative eyes, blushing and proud.
Lu Lin checked the wild berries picked by several children. The wild berries picked by several people were basically fine. Lu Lin gave each child three pennies.
Lu Lin took out three large bamboo baskets, and put away the wild berries picked by several children separately.
The children seemed a little excited when they got the money. Three pennies can buy two steamed buns. Making money is also something worth showing off. The children here usually don't have much pocket money.
Lu Lin put away all the wild berries that he sent over, and asked a few children who wanted to make more money to take the empty baskets.
The children who had already received the money, seeing that it was so easy to earn copper coins, saw that it was still early, and took empty baskets into the woods one after another.
A few children came and went, picked at least five or six baskets of wild berries a day, and some quickly picked eight or nine baskets. In the end, all the wild berries near the foot of the mountain were picked, leaving only half-ripe ones.
Lu Lin was afraid that some children would go to the deep mountains in order to make money, so he said that he would not accept them in the short term.
Hearing that Lu Lin said that he would not accept it, the few children who had just tasted the sweetness of earning copper coins were a little disappointed.
Zhang Dahu said unwillingly: "Xiaocai, next time you have something to make money like this, come to me!"
As soon as Zhang Dahu opened his mouth, several boys surrounded Chen Xiaocai.
"Yes! Xiaocai, come find us next time!"
It was rare for Chen Xiaocai to be treated so warmly, and for a while, he was at a loss.
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Zhang Dahu returned home with twenty-four Wen in his pocket.
"Brother, where did you get so much money?" Zhang Meizi asked.
Zhang Dahu said with some pride: "Your brother, I earned the money. I have the fastest hands and feet and pick the most."
Zhang Dahu is agile, and he is the best at climbing trees among all the children. After almost all the wild berries under the tree were picked, everyone turned their attention to the tree, but none of them could compare to him.
Zhang Meizi blinked and said, "Brother is really amazing, but how did you make money!"
Zhang Dahu said: "It's fine to pick wild berries and give them to Xiao Cai's brother, but it's only today, and he won't collect them in the near future, what a pity." After picking a round of wild berries in the outer mountains today, there are not many wild berries left. If you come out, you have to go to the deep mountains, and the deep mountains are not easy to go!
"Lu Lin? Why does he want so many wild berries?"
Zhang Dahu shrugged his shoulders and said, "Who knows, but Chen Xiaomi made several tens of taels a year ago, probably because he thought it was too much money."
In this era, there are not many recreational activities in winter. Chen Xiaomi sold gloves and earned dozens of taels.
Zhang Dahu and Zhang Meizi were chatting, and Father Zhang walked in.
"It's really making money!" Zhang Linsheng patted Zhang Dahu on the shoulder, and said in admiration, "Okay! Brat."
Zhang Dahu grinned and said, "I earn the most."
Zhang Linsheng nodded and said, "It's quite a lot." Zhang Linsheng put away all the copper coins as he spoke.
Zhang Dahu frowned and said, "Father, this is my money."
Zhang Linsheng glared at Zhang Dahu and said, "Father, I'm still ignoring your money! Next time I go to the market, I'll buy you steamed stuffed buns."
Zhang Dahu asked a little excitedly: "Then when are you going to the market?"
"What's the rush? I'll be leaving in two days." Zhang Linsheng said perfunctorily.
Zhang Dahu wrinkled his nose and looked at Zhang Linsheng, his eyes were full of resentment, Zhang Linsheng was embarrassed by his son.
Seeing that the money was taken away, Zhang Meizi blinked and said, "Brother, it's all gone."
Zhang Dahu smiled, and said: "There are three coins left, brother will buy you eggs to eat."
Zhang Meizi didn't expect that Zhang Dahu had hidden a few copper coins in advance. Seeing this copper coin, he couldn't help being a little excited.
The same thing happened everywhere in the village.
If the adults in the village go to work in the city, sometimes they can only earn more than a dozen coins a day, and the chances of running out are very high. A few children actually earn more than a dozen coins a day, which shocked many villagers. The villagers were so shocked that they couldn't say anything about keeping their children away from the two little brothers of the Chen family.
Lu Lin rested his chin and looked at the bamboo basket in front of him, thoughtfully.
Chen Xiaomi looked at Lu Lin and said, "What's wrong? Is there something wrong with this bamboo basket?"
"One is missing." Lu Lin said.
Chen Xiaomi was a little surprised and said: "Is one missing?" Lu Lin specially hired someone to make the small bamboo basket. It costs five cents each, which is not a big deal, but it is quite strange that one is missing for no reason.
"Look for Xiaocai to ask." Chen Xiaomi said.
Lu Lin shook his head, and said: "It's rare for a child to have a bit of self-confidence. Let him know that one basket is missing and he has to think about it. Maybe someone saw the exquisiteness of the basket and forgot to return it. Forget it." It's just a basket , It's not good to make a big fuss. It's rare for the little ghost to play with a few children, and it's not worth it to go to war over a basket.