boyutpedia Chapter 245 Click!
Chapter 245 Click!
After walking a little further, the two men entered the yard and knocked on the door.
"Brother Xingjie, Sister Dongmei, are you asleep?"
About half a minute later, the door opened from the inside: "Sanlin, Brother Xu, come in quickly."
The two men were burning charcoal in a brazier, apparently discussing something.
After Xu Wenyan sat down, he got straight to the point and said, "Brother Xingjie, I know what you are worried about. You should know better than me that the court will not take any action at this critical juncture."
"Alas, the imperial court can't possibly manage a small place like ours. I've been thinking with your sister Dongmei about what to do." Chen Xingjie has looked much more haggard since he became the village chief.
Xu Wenyan picked up a wooden stick, poked it in the brazier, and shook off the outermost layer of ash from the charcoal fire: "Being a village chief is like this at the beginning, just take it slow and don't put too much pressure on yourself.
You can take the villagers to repair the fields and save the seedlings tomorrow. Just waiting won't work. We need to minimize the losses. When a person encounters difficulties, he always thinks of saving himself first. "
After chatting with Chen Xingjie for a while, he told him that a midwife would come to the village in two months and asked them to clean up the guest room.
"Brother Wenyan, thank you so much for your help." Wang Dongmei was very pregnant and her belly looked quite big at this moment. As for the knowledge of prenatal care, Xu Wenyan didn't know much about it.
"Sister Dongmei, you should have a good rest and get some sun. I'll ask Huzi to bring you a chicken tomorrow and you can stew it for Brother Xingjie."
After a few pleasantries, the two went back. Xiaoman also gathered people. At the beginning, it was enough to find this many people. Thirty people would cost one hundred and fifty coins a day.
Today, Xu Wenyan took Rong Xiaoliu and Wang Cuijuan with him. He and Chen Sanlin needed to go down the mountain to collect medicinal herbs. The slippery old mule could not go down the mountain that day, so they had to find someone to watch from above.
By the way, pick dandelions and the like on the side.
While sitting on the mule cart, Xu Wenyan was thinking whether he should build an enclosed shed on the mountainside and lock the mule inside when he went down the mountain. It would be a pain to carry the mule down the mountain every time.
There are not so many wild fruits to eat in the summer, and the wild vegetables are all old. There is nothing to pick in the mountains. We have to wait until autumn, and then we will probably be very busy.
"Brother Xu, I saw several yam trees on the roadside." Rong Xiaoliu stuck his head out and observed the surrounding environment.
"Then remember the location, and when we are free, we can dig together."
The mountain road was muddy, and it took the mule more than two hours to reach the mountainside. After instructing the two men on some things, he and Chen Sanlin went down carrying the backpack and the burlap bag.
Mulberry leaves, willow bark and roots are not heavy and can be loaded into a backpack with two sacks of them.
We just got to the bottom of the mountain. The river water has risen a lot due to the heavy rain and is now up to people's knees.
"I'll carry you." Chen Sanlin took off the backpack and squatted in front of Xu Wenyan.
Xu Wenyan took the backpack and put his arm around Chen Sanlin's neck: "Walk steadily, and watch your feet. There are a lot of stones washed down here, so step carefully."
"Okay, hold on tight."
Just after getting ashore, Chen Sanlin was putting on his shoes when Xu Wenyan heard some noise coming from the orchard nearby.
Picking up the machete, Xu Wenyan walked over slowly. Just as he passed the pear tree, he saw several wild boars hiding under the tree.
When the wild boars saw Xu Wenyan, they immediately ran away. As the wild boars ran away, there was also a lot of noise coming from the shelter above.
"Brother Chen, I'll go up and take a look."
As we walked onto the gravel road, we saw seven or eight wild boars running out of the pumpkin field, all of them adult wild boars. When we got closer, we found that most of the pumpkin field had been destroyed.
Ever since no one lived here anymore, wild animals have been active in front of the shelter, and even half-grown melons have been eaten by wild boars.
"I actually forgot about this." Xu Wenyan looked at the melon field, his expression becoming serious. He had originally been thinking of growing watermelons here in the future.
Chen Sanlin chased over from below at this time. Seeing the scene in front of him, he put his hand on Xu Wenyan's shoulder and comforted him: "Second uncle and his friends came here just a few days ago, which means these wild boars have only been here for a short time. I'll go and rearrange the traps around."
While Chen Sanlin was setting the trap, Xu Wenyan started using a machete to deal with the big willow tree above, cutting off some of the extra branches.
He also learned a lot of gardening knowledge in his previous life.
Xu Wenyan was seen grabbing the lowest branch: "Diaodiao, the willow catkins have fallen to the ground and rotted, snap!" As the machete rose and fell, a section of willow branch was solved.
"Little Diao Diao, click!"
"Cut the bottom part but not the ends. Snap! Snap! Snap!"
As if he was not satisfied, Xu Wenyan climbed up the tree directly: "Second branch, click!"
"Little bud, snap! snap! snap!"
A quarter of an hour later, Xu Wenyan felt that the cracking was almost over, so he went down to the tree and saw that the willow branches had piled up into a small hill.
Looking at the results of his "clicking" work, Xu Wenyan's face was full of pride.
The next step was a job that required endurance. Xu Wenyan brought a small stool and sat under the tree. He scratched the branch with a carving knife and then peeled it off along the way.
The inside of the willow tree is smooth and the bark is easy to peel off. When Chen Sanlin came back from setting the trap, Xu Wenyan was still peeling it.
"Wife, look."
Xu Wenyan looked up and heard a "click".
"Oh, shit! My neck is sprained." Chen Sanlin put the things in his hand back into the backpack and took two steps forward to massage Xu Wenyan.
"Gently, gently."
After massaging for a while, my neck finally felt better: "Brother Chen, what were you going to show me?"
"Oh." Chen Sanlin took the backpack not far away.
After Xu Wenyan finished reading it, he immediately showed joy on his face: "This is a turtle, where did you get it from?"
The turtle stew was so delicious that Xu Wenyan had eaten it twice. Once was when he caught it in the countryside as a child, and another time was when he had just started a staff position and had dinner with some city leaders.
Every time he ate it, Xu Wenyan was left with a good impression, but this thing was really too expensive. Normally, it would cost at least more than three hundred yuan to buy one.
"I found it in a mud pit when I was setting the trap. I couldn't have noticed it if it hadn't moved." Chen Sanlin naturally knew what this thing was, but he hadn't caught it in a long time.
"This is a good thing. Brother Chen, help me peel the willow bark quickly. We'll go take a look later."
The two of them worked much faster and worked for more than an hour. After peeling the willow bark, digging up the roots of a few small willow trees, and picking a lot of mulberry leaves, Xu Wenyan asked Chen Sanlin to take him to the place where the turtle was found.
When taking action, it is natural to prioritize things, and the work must be completed before moving on to the next step.