mesbooks Chapter 80 Two People with Heavy Thoughts
Chapter 80 Two People with Heavy Thoughts
A group of people cheered and jumped for joy, divided up the tasks, tied up the wild boar tightly, and carried it down the mountain.
Seeing that Uncle Lin and Brother Zhengmin were alright, the two sisters gestured to each other, preparing to leave quietly.
At that moment, a few words spoken by this group reached their ears, forcing them to pay attention.
"Great, it's been so long since I've had meat."
"In our family too, sigh, my wife just gave birth."
"Good heavens, this is really driving people to the brink of despair!"
What does this mean? What happened?
Upon hearing this, the two men pressed down on the cubs that had already turned around and stopped again.
"God is truly capricious..."
"Sigh, if we hadn't gone into the mountains several times to find this water source, we probably would have all died of thirst."
Look, it rained lightly just a few days ago, but the water level is still dropping! That's really strange!
"That's right. And this year has already been tough enough. In the last six months, taxes have been collected twice, supposedly because of some disaster in the south!"
Damn it, the South is suffering from a disaster, but we in the North are experiencing such a drought, so isn't that a disaster too?
These people are literally trying to kill us ordinary people!
"Sigh, don't say anymore. Our Magistrate Zhao has been considerate of us, giving us a lot of time to raise money and grain."
I heard that the magistrate of the neighboring county sent people to rob people door-to-door!
"Alright, that's enough. We can't control what's going on up there. Let's hurry down the mountain; my parents are waiting for me at home."
The group of people then happily left along the path down the mountain.
The two sisters realized something was wrong, and after they had all gone far away, they headed in the other direction, towards the deep mountains.
They live in the valley and, apart from feeling it was hotter than last year, they didn't experience any other effects.
Therefore, the fact that even deep in the mountains it can get this hot means one can only imagine the kind of disaster that must be happening down below.
Not to mention, the two of them were like idiots, completely unaware and oblivious to whether the water level had dropped...
What would happen if this rain didn't come?
What if this rain is completely useless and the drought continues?
The two were lost in a jumble of thoughts, barely speaking a word the whole way, and the atmosphere was rather heavy.
They continued walking deeper into the mountains.
They found the ginseng with a small red fruit and four leaves.
The two squatted down and looked at the red berries, examining them from all angles, finding them extremely fascinating.
Lin Chunyi said, "I knew you didn't run away, you're right here."
"Sis, do you want these red berries? They're not seeds, are they?"
"Probably. Whatever, let's take it all back, leaves, stems, and fruit. What if it's full of treasures?"
"Then how..."
"Crack!" "Crack!"
"quack……"
"Aren't you asking for a beating! Aren't you asking for a beating! Every time there's something new and exciting, you two have to take a bite!"
"Aren't you afraid of getting poisoned one day? Just stay quietly to the side!"
Peach and Tuan Tuan were so frightened that they dared not move.
Why does my owner seem unusually irritable today, and why is he hitting me so hard?
It turned out that the two of them were carefully examining the red berries when An'an and Kang Kang came over and started eating them.
Lin Lanshan was already in a bad mood, and she got angry and slapped them on the head twice, sending them flying.
Then he turned his head and asked, "What was I about to say?"
Oh, I remember now, how do you dig this thing? I've only heard that there are many rules to follow when digging it.
"It requires a lot of preparation, including using bone needles to dig, but it's not mentioned in our book."
Lin Chunyi shrugged and said:
"We're not professional ginseng diggers, why be so fussy? A few strokes of the shovel and we've got it..."
That's what they said, but the two sisters still started digging a hole far away from the ginseng.
Lacking the skills and experience to dig medicinal herbs, the two of them could only rely on sheer strength to dig the pit as large as possible.
They thought that digging the whole thing out would reduce the damage to the roots.
Lin Lanshan examined the ginseng she had dug up and said excitedly:
"How much can this sell for? Can it be sold for a hundred taels?"
Lin Chunyi gently placed it in her hand. "I don't know. We've never seen real ginseng before."
The fact that we can find these things today is entirely due to the knowledge we have in books.
When you get to the city, just remember to ask at several clinics before selling it.
Lin Chunyi didn't dare to wrap it in any cloth, so she put it directly into her space, which was better than using any kind of container.
The most important and valuable ginseng has been dug up, and both of them are in much better spirits now.
Lin Lanshan had been holding back her thoughts all the way, but finally couldn't hold back any longer.
She asked nervously, "Sister, are they talking about the drought described in the novel?"
Does natural disaster mean there will be wars and famines?
It's been raining for almost half a month, so everything should be fine outside now, right?
"The people down the mountain won't venture deep into the mountains to find our location, will they?"
Faced with her sister's barrage of questions, Lin Chunyi was just as bewildered, and could only answer them one by one:
"I don't know if this is a drought, but since ancient times, whether it is a natural disaster or a man-made disaster, the people at the bottom of society are the first to suffer."
According to them, it only rained lightly for a few days down the mountain, which didn't seem to have any effect.
But in our mountains, it rained moderately for almost half a month...
Ugh, I don't know, my mind is a complete mess right now.
Let's wait two more days, then go down the mountain to Uncle Lin's house and ask around.
Lin Chunyi thought that it was precisely at times like these that they couldn't stay in the mountains and remain ignorant of everything.
If the situation outside worsens, all the villagers in the vicinity will be forced to retreat into the mountains...
No matter how well they hide, they will be discovered one day, and then they won't even be prepared!
After considering it for a while, she felt a little lighter and smiled faintly:
"Let's go, nothing can stop us from filling the house to the brim."
The more food we have, the more at ease we feel. Let's go find some more mushrooms and dry them when we get home.
"Yes, and pick all the wild fruits too. No matter how important the matter is, we can't go hungry!"
If there is any trouble outside, they will find even more food and bring it all home to keep it safe.
Along the way, the two sisters picked a lot of hazel mushrooms, pine mushrooms, and plump chicken leg mushrooms.
They were satisfied and went into the deep mountains only after filling both baskets, which were about half a person's height, with their own.
Then we walked to the hawthorn tree and started picking fruit.
They were all tiny red fruits, about the size of a fingernail, growing in clusters like cherries.
Lin Lanshan jumped up and grabbed the nearest branch, picked a handful, and tasted one first.
They're sweet with a slightly tart flavor. They're edible, pick them all!
The hawthorn tree was quite tall, and the two of them picked all the hawthorns they could reach.
Lin Lanshan quickly climbed up the tree.