The most important thing about this is to take care of the sticks, especially in this era without herbicides and pesticides, which relies entirely on labor. The Xu family has always lived in the mountains, and Zhixinye and others would go to the ginseng field to clean up whenever they have time, so the Xu family's sticks this year look better than last year.

A lot of big sticks were dug out of the field, and this year everyone was careful. When they met big sticks, they put them all alone. Jinghan picked up the sticks and laughed secretly. Unfortunately, the villagers could not do this, otherwise it would be fun.

Pengcheng, like Jinghan and the others, knelt on the ground in old clothes and picked up rods. While picking them up, he exclaimed, "Oh, there is such a big rod, which is really amazing."

Jinghan looked up at Pengcheng, "Brother Pengcheng, please keep your voice down, are you afraid that people don't know what the big stick in our house is? This big one needs to be kept for sale, so you can't hand it over."

Pengcheng then realized after hearing this, he quickly nodded and said in a low voice, "I'm sorry, Sister Jinghan, I understand."

Looking at Pengcheng's cautious look, everyone couldn't help laughing. "Okay, it's normal, don't be so careful. We are taking our own sticks openly, and we didn't come to steal them. Why are you so careful?" Xue said with a smile while picking up the sticks. "Jinghan, don't scare you Brother Pengcheng."

Jinghan stuck out her tongue, stopped talking, and lowered her head to pick up the hammer.

The Xu family had a lot of people, and they got up early. Zhixin and Zhiming stopped them again with four teeth, and then they carried sacks and walked back. The children also followed behind with various household items. Jinghan and Wenhan still hid the big ones and let Wenchang and Wenxuan watch from afar.

When they arrived at the gate of the sect, some villagers had already handed over the sticks and went home. Some were lined up there. Seeing that every household handed over so many sticks, Jinghan felt very distressed. The Xu family asked for thirty feet of ginseng soil this year, so they had to handed over 120 kilograms of sticks. Now, Jinghan's heart was bleeding. He gritted his teeth and watched the sticks that he had worked hard to plant in his family. Jinghan secretly swore that one day, he would have to buy a forest at his own house, and that he would not handed over so much.

The people in the yamen worked hard for a day, and at the beginning of the You hour, they drove a big car and walked back. Jinghan looked at the backs of those people and thought in a spoof that it would be great if they encountered robbers halfway. Haha, these robbers could sell more money. However, I guess no robber could do such a thing. The key is that these robbers are too eye-catching and will be known by the yamen when they are sold. Alas, I am just thinking about it.

When the yamen and the villagers left, Wen Han found the sticks and hammers. This year, the fifteen-foot sticks were raised in total, and after paying 120 kilograms, the only one hundred and seventy kilograms left in his family. The old man was a little disappointed, after all, he paid 40 kilograms more than in previous years. However, when he thought about the increase in the future, the old man felt a little better.

Jinghan understood grandpa’s thoughts and came to grandpa’s side and said, “Grandpa, don’t be sad. When we make more money, we will buy a piece of forest and then plant a stick at home. Then we will pay at most some taxes, so how can we give them so much? Besides, the land we bought in our home can still plant other things at that time. Unlike this one, we will use it for a while and it will not belong to us next.”

The old man's eyes lit up after hearing Jinghan's words, and then darkened, "What you said is pretty good. Buying forests is not something that is cheap. Our family has not reached that point yet. Okay, don't think too much. Let's hurry up and make a fuss and do it step by step."

The next day, the family started to make goods. Yue Pengcheng gained knowledge this time, and all his thoughts were done in this trip. He has been to Xu's family for seven or eight days, so he will go back to the town on August 18th. Zhixin asked Wenhan to drive a ox cart and take Pengcheng back, and prepared some other things for Pengcheng to take them back.

"Uncle Xu, don't bring me things anymore. The family's life is not easy, so it's better to keep it for some money. Look, Jinghan and the others are so young, so it's not easy to work with each other." Pengcheng said as he saw that the Xu family had prepared a lot of things.

"These are not for you, but for your elders. We people in the mountains don't have any good things, they are just local products. It's just a little bit of our thoughts when you have time. When you have time, you will come back. This time, you will also let you work with us. It's really." Zhixin put the things down in the car.

The Xu family prepared the ginseng that was newly launched this year. Chen picked out four large ones, each of which must be more than three liang heavy. Then there were the deer whip, deer tendons, the pair of deer antlers left that day, and two fox skins and one deer skin. The rest were some mushrooms, fungus, small fish, etc. Anyway, a lot of them were prepared.

Pengcheng refused again and finally accepted it. Wenhan drove the car, and Wencheng followed him and took Pengcheng back to the town.

Because I tasted the sweetness of blocking the sticks last year, everyone decided this year to stop the sticks first and then make the ginseng soil. Anyway, the ginseng soil was almost done. So Zhixin Zhiming, along with the Xue family, Zhu family, and even the old man went to the ginseng field to block the sticks. Wen Han and Wen Chengshao had to participate, and they were all busy in the field. This year was almost the same as last year, and they blocked a lot of sticks and beards, and now the old man smiled.

After stopping Bangchui, Wenhan and the others should go back to the town to study. Zhixin drove a ox cart to send the two children back to the town. Wenhan and Wencheng lived in Huixin, so Chen prepared a lot of things for them and brought them. You can't just use the Tao family, right? So the car was loaded with a lot of grain, vegetables, and so on. Zhixin and the old man discussed that after planting Bangchui, they would also send Wenchang and Wenxuan to the town to study. These two children are not young anymore. Wenchang was nine years old and Wenxuan was eight years old, so they should go to study.

The old man discussed with everyone about buying a house in the town. Jinghan thought about it and felt that it was too early to buy a house. First, the money in his hand was not that much, and second, now it was in the town in winter and in summer, and it was not cost-effective to sell the house. Moreover, Jinghan also had to make mushrooms and other things. These were not good in the town and there was not such a big place, so he told everyone about these things. After hearing Jinghan's words, the old man felt that it was right, so he decided not to buy it this year, and wait.

Jinghan took the time to ask his father to clean up the two houses, undress the kang, and then changed it to two fire walls in each house, so that the place could be more abundant. The fire walls occupy a small area and can keep warm, so there is no need to worry about heating in winter. Anyway, there is firewood on the mountain. After all these are done, everyone moved the wood into the house. Jinghan found a way to cushion all the wood. stacked it up layer by layer, and there was still a gap in the middle, so it would not affect the mushrooms. Jinghan was thinking about the technique of cultivating mushrooms in his previous life, which could actually be done, but the taste would definitely not be as good as the wood.

This year is the first time I have done this, and I really don’t know what it is, so Jinghan tried it like this first. If it really works in the future, I might really have to use that method. After the wood was moved into the house, Jinghan was particularly concerned and went to check the temperature and humidity every day. The weather gradually became colder, and the house started to burn in the morning and evening to keep the temperature inside.

After all the knives were dried, Zhixin went to the county and sold them all. This year, it was not as high as last year's production, so naturally it was not as much as last year's sales. Even the knives that were blocked were sold in total, and there were more than 180 taels of knives. These were also quite a lot. How could they have such money in the past year? The family had some money left last year, and the expenses this year were basically enough for Zhixin and others to hunt and sell fish in Wenchang, and all the money they had saved. By this calculation, the family also saved some money.

Jinghan and the others still took the time to pull things at home. Most of the pine seeds, walnuts and other things were sold to the town for those who collected them, leaving a part for favors. In September, the villagers came to ginseng plants and found that the ginseng fees were collected, which was almost the same as last year. Chen counted the money at home that day, and there were still more than 250 taels, which was something he had never dared to think about before.

"Let's save money for a few years. Then we won't watch the venue, so we will buy a piece of forest. Just as Jinghan said, you don't have to pay too much sticks and do something else with those fields. It's better than this." The old man looked at the money and felt so beautiful. "I didn't expect that we could pay back the famine and save money in less than two years. At that time, I thought that the house was gone and the land was gone, so I couldn't go to beg for food? I didn't expect that this step was right, more than we had done in several years before." The old man remembered the past and sighed.

"Who has no ups and downs in life? Don't think about those things in the past. Now we just watch the venue and save some money. In two years, we can buy a house and buy a place. When the fifth brother becomes a relative, I don't have to worry about anything and live our happy life." The old lady said there. Zhixiang has been out for a year and a half, but later he sent someone back two letters, which only said that it's good outside so that the family members don't have to worry, and didn't say much about the rest. As an old man, no matter who is not around, he will be in mind. The old lady always talks about Zhixiang's affairs for a while.
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