Chapter 175 - On Fire
"That's too much valuable. Last time I asked, people said that the prepared isatis root and licorice are in good market this year, 35 cents per kilogram, and this acre of land must have a hundred and eighty kilograms. ”
Zhao Shengru calculated, "Speaking of this, we want to sell prepared herbs, but it's even better, and at least earn hundreds of dollars more."
"That's natural. I have learned to prepare herbs and have learned a skill." Chen Wanniang also agreed.
Having said that, everyone looked at Chen Wanniang.
"My wife, Jun'an, since that's the case, we have planted herbs anyway, and we have to sell them anyway. You can just take us all to learn how to make herbs, so we can make more money."
"Yes, Jun'an's wife, just teach us."
More than half of the people in Qingquan Village are here, but they all look at Chen Wanniang.
Zhao Shengru even lowered his head and said, "Miss Chen, just help everyone. You can't be rich in your family, so that our entire Qingquan Village will become rich!"
What else can Chen Wanniang do? Everyone is counting on her.
"Okay!" she agreed loudly, "Let's harvest first today, and I will take everyone to make herbs together tomorrow!"
"Very good!"
Under the blue sky and white clouds, a group of farmers are working hard.
Until the setting sun hangs in the sky, people are reluctant to dissipate. Their faces are full of yearning for harvest, with sweaty red faces.
Everyone picked up firewood and the flames were high.
The big guy followed Chen Wanniang to clean, cut, dry and process it, and he worked very actively every day.
After seven or eight days, all these herbs were cured.
Because it was fabricated, it was concentrated on a clean open space in the village.
It was hard until dark again.
The women in the village set up fires to cook, lit bonfires, and let everyone eat together.
Most of the people in the village came. The adults talked about the family affairs in the village, while the children carried a stick and shouted that it was a horse riding game.
Chen Wanniang was immersed in this simple and lively atmosphere of the country people, and deeply felt that all the hard work was worth it.
It's getting a little deeper.
Xiao Yue'er was tired of running with them, so she fell asleep on Shen Wanniang's lap.
Chen Wanniang also felt a hint of chill and signaled to Huo Junan: "It's getting late, the children will go to school tomorrow, so we have to go back."
"Then we're back, too."
Everyone stood up one after another.
Zhao Shengru told everyone in charge, "The fire has been put out, so you must not leave Mars. Also, who will be vigil tonight?"
"Brother Zeng and me." Erpang replied in the crowd.
"Then thank you for your hard work, you must watch out for the herbs of big guys. These prepared herbs will be sold for money immediately, and big guys will be relaxed."
Everyone went home one after another, leaving Erpang and Aniu's father behind.
These days have been really hard. As soon as I got home, all the five members of the Huo family went to bed.
Chen Wanniang likes to leave a gap in the window before going to bed, so that she won’t be too bored when sleeping.
I don’t know how long I slept, but Chen Wanniang turned over in her sleep.
She sniffed.
Why does it taste like cooking after a fire?
Is this time already time?
Chen Wanniang opened her eyes vaguely and smelled the smell of burning fire.
At this time, it was dark, who was burning fire?
Chen Wanniang suddenly shuddered, "Jun'an, Jun'an, get up quickly, go and see if something happened to the herb!"
After Chen Wanniang shouted like this, Huo Junan woke up and ran out quickly.
The dog barking sounded everywhere, and many people came out around.
"Not good, it's on fire!"
"Come and put out the fire!"
Chen Wanniang comforted Xiao Yue'er and ran out of the door.
I saw that the place where they piled up the medicinal materials was already shining, and Huo Junan and Erpang kept carrying buckets back and forth.
Finally the fire was extinguished, and bursts of smoke filled the air, making everyone cough.
"cough."
"Ahem, what the hell is going on."
"Oh my God, our herbs are all burned." A family's wife pulled over the burnt black herbs on the ground and suddenly burst into tears.
“My house was burned too.”
"And my family's."
"Who is so immoral? He actually burns other people's herbs."
"This is our hard work for more than half a year. We can't afford to buy rice at home, so we just wait for the herbs to be sold."
"It's really a god-killing."
Several families cried and scolded each other again.
This time, the fire burned several households' herbs. If Chen Wanniang hadn't discovered it in time, all the herbs would have been unable to be preserved.
Suddenly someone remembered, "Dad Niu, wasn't you a vigil today? What's going on? You have to give us an explanation."
A Niu's father grabbed the back of his head, "No, I'll watch the night with Erpang today. I agreed that I will be in the middle of the night before and Erpang's second midnight. When these Erpang came to me, they were still fine."
"Erpeng, it's you!"
Almost everyone found Erpang and pushed Erpang. Erpang was confused at this moment and allowed to be pushed to the ground.
Pei Xiuhe was anxious to stop everyone, but she couldn't speak, and everyone didn't know what she was talking about.
Seeing this, Chen Wanniang quickly found Zhao Shengru.
Zhao Shengru was also angry when he learned about the fire. He saw Erpang and asked, "Erpang, please explain the matter clearly, why did it catch fire when it was your turn to watch."
Erpang recalled in confusion, "Yes, it's my turn in the middle of the night. After I arrived, I asked Brother Zeng to go home. It was quite quiet around here, and there was no spark. It was dark and cold at night, so I was there Let's take a walk here."
"Later... Later I heard someone calling my name in the east, so I walked over, but after I passed, I saw nothing." Erpang was puzzled, "I just wanted to come back here to see herbs, but the result was There were people calling me in the distance, so I kept walking forward.”
"It was at this moment that I heard the movement behind me and found that the herbs behind me were on fire..."
Chen Wanniang was confused when she heard it, "Erpang, are you sure you remembered it correctly? Who called you?"
"I don't know who it is. It's dark at night and I don't see anyone."
"Maybe, as you say so, isn't this a haunted person?" The man from the family who was burned with herbs was so aggrieved. He grabbed Erpang's collar angrily, "I think it was you who burned it! You compensate us for it. !”
"This is really not me." Erpang felt guilty and aggrieved, "Heaven and Earth are in a conscience, everything I just said is the truth."
Chen Wanniang thought about it carefully and murmured, "Erpang is a kind person. He shouldn't lie to us. In other words, this fire was deliberately released by someone after he released it."
Chapter completed!