Chapter 125: A Bear in the Forest
The hammer has already been lifted, so of course we have to steam it out and dry it quickly. The sun is good in autumn, so the hammer that is sunny is better. Xue and Zhu took Li and Zhou, and Honglian and others, and we all started to brush ginseng. Of course, Jinghan and Jingwan also started to do it. This hammer cannot be kept for too long, otherwise it would rot.
Jinghan had an idea before, and went to the blacksmith at the foot of the mountain to make a large steamer, which was several layers inside, so that there could be more hammers. A lid was also put on it, and the lid was covered, which was very good. After hearing Jinghan's words, Zhixin put a stove in the yard so that the hammers could be steamed outside, so that the kang in the house was too hot.
Such a cage can be three or four times as strong as a large basin at once, but it saves a lot of trouble than before. Zhixin put the brushed hammer layer by layer in the cage, then fill the pot with water, put the cage on it, and then cover it with the lid. Jinghan is afraid that the lid is not tight, so he asked Zhixin to cover it with cowhide, so that it can be safer.
This method will take a little longer, which will take about two hours. Zhixin saw the water in the pot boiling, and then handed over the task of watching the fire to Mingyu. He went to his own ginseng field to make soil. This year, he planned to use 90 zhang of ginseng soil, and it didn't take long before planting ginseng, so he had to work hard there. In addition, Wen Cheng and Wenhan took Guoqiang and Ankang to stop the gangbang. This was a free pick, so why not stop it? Besides, after waiting for two years, there would be no gangbang to stop. After all, they were not watching another gangbang.
Mingyu sat in front of the stove, watching the firewood in the stove pit not too much, so he filled it in, so that the water in the pot kept the boiling state.
Xue and the others were brushing ginseng in the shed outside the house. Jingxian suddenly turned around and saw Mingyu sweating heavily by the fire. "Brother Mingyu, you don't have to be so close to you. Come here, come to the shed, and fill in two more flakes later." Jingxian couldn't help but speak.
After hearing Jingxian's words, Mingyu hesitated for a moment, then moved the bench to the shed. Jingxian took out a handkerchief to wipe Mingyu's sweat, "Brother Mingyu, you are so stupid. You don't need to get too close to that thing? You just need not let the fire break, don't have to be in front of you, you will suffer a lot."
Mingyu smiled, "I don't know. Uncle Xu said that he couldn't let the fire break inside. I thought he had to watch it." He had never done these jobs, so how could he understand these things?
Jingxian couldn't help but sigh, "I really don't know what kind of life your family is, but I can't raise you anything. It's not right, you are very good at studying, probably better than my elder brother. Forget it, you don't need to do these jobs, so you don't have to take it to your heart." After saying that, he still brushed ginseng on the ground.
Mingyu learned his lesson now and saw that the firewood in the stove pit was about to burn out, so he found two large pieces of steaks and threw them in. This way, after an hour and a half, Xue said that there was no need to put firewood in it anymore. The ones in the stove pit were enough, so Mingyu had completed the task.
After the bulging cowhide gradually faded, Xue went forward and untied the rope and lifted the cowhide. Then she waited for a while before she lifted the lid of the cage, revealing the slightly reddish ginseng inside. Zhu came to help, moved the cage layer by layer, and put it down on the rack next to her.
Jinghan and the others also brought forks, and everyone started to put the sticks on the forks. The cooked sticks that were just out of the pot seemed to be almost the same as the freshly cooked sweet potato, which was soft and would break if they were not properly handled. Especially the whiskers on the ginseng, they would easily fall off. When everyone swayed upwards, they would be very careful. If there were whiskers that fell off, they would put them on the separate forks.
The hammer in this cage can be placed with about a dozen forks. Everyone started to work together and it was finished soon. Jinghan and Honglian carried all the forks to the specially-built racks, so that they would easily dry when they were sunny in the sun.
The Xu family has raised about 830 to 40 kilograms of hammers this year, and it would be nice to steam 200 kilograms in a cage. These hammers have to be divided into at least four times before they can be steamed. In addition, the hammers that Wen Han and the others blocked back will probably have to be added again.
It took the Xu family a total of four days to steam the hammer and dry it. Mingyu watched the entire process of ginseng processing with his own eyes. He couldn't help but admire the wisdom of the ginseng farmers. It turned out that life was really full of knowledge. When my elder brother sent him out, he told him that the farmer had the fun of the farmer, and it was true.
All the sticks were steamed and hung on the fork. The steamed ones on the first day were half dry. Jinghan looked at the sticks and put a few whiskers in his small purse. Then he came to Jingxian and Mingyu and said softly, "Come with me and give you delicious food."
Jingxian and Mingyu didn't know what was going on, so they quietly came to a corner behind the house with Jinghan. Jinghan took out the few whiskers and divided three for the two of them, "Then, eat it, this thing is delicious."
The half-dried ginseng tastes very delicious, sweet and a little bitter, and has a unique ginseng flavor. This is something that children from ginseng farms love to eat in their previous lives. After coming here, Jinghan has never eaten it. Not to mention how much this thing can be sold, but Jinghan is used to hard life and is really reluctant to eat it.
Logically speaking, life is getting better now, even if the children eat some, adults won’t say anything. However, children will have the feeling that the things they get secretly taste better. Although Jinghan has been a human being for two lifetimes, she is still naughty at heart, so she secretly ate ginseng ginger for Jingxian and Mingyu.
"Is it delicious?" Jinghan looked at Jingxian and Mingyu each ate a whisker.
"Well, it's delicious, sister, this thing is quite delicious." Mingyu nodded quickly. "I have drunk ginseng soup before, so it's not as delicious as this."
Jinghan almost choked himself with saliva. Ginseng soup is not as delicious as this one? I feel dizzy. Just by Mingyu's family, I'm afraid that the ginseng soup must be a real old ginseng? This guy who doesn't know the goods was. Jinghan endured it and did not shout it out, "You can't eat too much of this thing. If you eat too much, be careful of getting angry and bleeding from nose. Moreover, the reed head of ginseng can't be eaten. That's even more powerful, and you will have nosebleeds. Today I will give you two, just eat it. Don't eat it again in the future, do you know?" Jinghan instructed.
The two nodded, "Yeah, sister, we know." Mingyu listened to Jinghan everything, and Jingxian knew that this thing was very valuable and could not be sold after eating it, so both of them agreed very happily.
"It's nothing, let's go and build a pine tower later. Make a fire at night and then cook some pine towers for food." Jinghan was so idle that he couldn't sit still. Seeing that the baton had been finished, he thought about going into the mountain to get things.
"Okay, I haven't eaten the cooked pine nuts yet." Mingyu became excited when he heard this. Since he came here, he found that he had never seen many things and had never eaten them.
Jinghan led Jingxian and Mingyu to find two brothers and told them that they were going to build the pine tower. Wenhan agreed without saying anything. Anyway, there was only the little ginseng soil on the mountain, and there was no more work left. "Hurry up and go back to change clothes, and then we will enter the mountain. It is not until the end of Chenyu. Today we can get a lot of good things back." After Wenhan finished speaking, everyone hurried back to change their old clothes.
Guoqiang and Ankang also came with them. They were younger, so Zhixin didn't use them to fight the turtle or something there, but asked them to follow Wen Han and others.
A group of more than ten people entered the forest, so they naturally had to find places with many pine trees to build the pine tower. Wen Han and his team had been on the mountain for so many years, and they knew what was the most clear place. When they arrived at a place with many red pine trees, Wen Han, Wen Cheng, Guoqiang and Ankang all climbed up the trees to build the pine tower, while Jinghan led Jingxian, Mingyu and Honglian to pick up the pine tower below.
It takes two years for the red pine to bloom to form a pine tower, so there is a saying that this pine tower is a small harvest every three years and a large harvest every five years, which means that there are not many pine towers every year. This year, it happened to be a small harvest. There are still enough pine towers on the trees, so it didn’t take long, and everyone’s carrying baskets were filled.
"Brother, you guys come down quickly, you can't even hold on." Jingxian shouted below.
Several boys slowly slid down from the tree, and then each carried a basket on their backs and walked home. Jingxian and Mingyu were young, and Jinghan was afraid that Mingyu would be tired, so he did not let them carry a basket on their backs. Jinghan handed over the crossbow she carried with him, and she would carry a crossbow no matter when she went up the mountain.
Wenhan walked in front, Wencheng was at the end, and Jinghan was in front of Wencheng. Several people were walking home, and Jinghan heard that the sound from behind seemed to be incorrect. Jinghan turned back and looked back, and was shocked, "Brother, be careful, there is a black blind man behind us."
It turned out that when Jinghan turned around, he happened to see a black bear following everyone, getting closer and closer, and he could be less than a hundred steps away from Wencheng. When Jinghan shouted, the black bear stopped for a moment and continued to follow.
"Jingxian, give me the crossbow in your hand. Honglian, you four protect Jingxian and Mingyu and walk home quickly. This place is not far from our house. Let my father and others come here quickly. There is only one big guy here. We are fine, so you can go back quickly." Jinghan and Jingxian came next to each other, took the crossbow in Jingxian's hand, put the crossbow arrow on, and aimed at the black bear while retreating.
Originally, Wen Han and the others should have used a crossbow to deal with the black bear. But everyone in the Xu family added up, and no one was as accurate as Jinghan's archery shooting, even Zhixin included. Wen Han and Wen Cheng were far worse than Jinghan, and I don't know how Jinghan practiced it. So at this time, Wen Han and Wen Cheng could only hold daggers in their hands and were always on guard. If Jinghan failed to hit a blow, everyone would have to face the injured and crazy black bear.
Chapter completed!