Chapter 338
In fact, according to the current price of bracken, Liu Qingshan can continue to pick bracken and sell it.
However, if he continues to pick bracken and sell bracken, the amount like him is often hundreds of pounds, which will definitely affect the overall price of bracken. Perhaps, under the impact of his bracken, the price of bracken this year may fall below five yuan. In this way, many people like Agui's mother who hope to save some money on bracken will be disappointed and even fail to eat.
Moreover, there were not so many bracken in the mountains for him to pick.
After more than ten days of picking, the bracken in the mountains has been almost finished, and there are some bracken in the mountains near the village.
However, there are not many bracken and are relatively scattered. They are suitable for women like Agui’s mother to pick, but not for Liu Qingshan to pick.
If Liu Qingshan wants to pick hundreds of kilograms a day, he probably has to walk many mountains to collect it.
But Agui's mother is different. She only needs to pick dozens of kilograms a day. She can collect it by just a few hills. It only takes some time, but she doesn't need to travel back and forth to several mountains in one day.
Moreover, Liu Qingshan also thought about it. Even if he didn't pick bracken, there were still many things in the mountains that could be used for him. So, let the bracken in the village be picked for others. As for him, he will pick it here first this year.
When he got home, Agui's mother hurriedly ate two bowls of rice.
I was too hurrying to go out at noon today and didn’t have time to have lunch.
When selling bracken in the county town, I asked the noodle shop next to me that a bowl of noodles costs seven yuan the cheapest one. It was too expensive, so I couldn't bear to eat it, so I was hungry until now. When I got home, I hurriedly ate two bowls of rice to satisfy my hunger.
After dinner, I was going to cut the cow grass again.
Her life is hard and busy, unlike Liu Qingshan. When she returned home and complained a few times, her mother brought him a bowl of hot tea.
"Nah, you big landlord, you have to serve someone to drink tea." Wu Cuimei put the hot tea on the table and said gossip, "Qingshan, didn't Agui's mother go with you to sell bracken today? How much did her bracken cost?"
Liu Qingshan picked up the hot tea and glanced at his mother: "What are you asking about this?"
"I'm just curious." Wu Cuimei laughed, "I'm just asking."
"If you want to know, just ask her, I have a different path from her. How do I know how much she sold?" Liu Qingshan said angrily, "Also, it doesn't matter how much money someone earns to you. Don't inquire about these things."
Wu Cuimei curled her lips.
Liu Qingshan's eyes rolled. When he was in the county town, the conversation between the old couple and Agui's mother was immediately mysteriously poked out half of his body, pulled his mother's clothes, and said, "Mom, when I was in the county town today, I saw Agui's mother talking to an old couple who looked very rich. You said, Agui's family is so poor, how could he know such a rich person? Moreover, they seem to be very familiar with each other, and they also said they want to buy things for Agui."
"So what?" Wu Cuimei asked back in anger.
"Mom, I just want to ask, do you know what relatives Agui's family has in the county?"
Wu Cuimei shook her son's hand and said, "I'm not from Agui's family, how do I know? Also, whether others have rich relatives, what does it have to do with you? Inquire about other people's family affairs."
Hey!
Liu Qingshan was so amused and laughed: "Mom, you are quite revenge."
"What does it have to do with you if I remember revenge?"
OK, I'll shut up.
Liu Qingshan closed his mouth tactfully, and then, while drinking tea, he planned what happened next.
If you don’t dig the bitter bamboo shoots and pick the bracken, you must find something else to do.
What I can think of now seems to be digging the azaleas in the tea forest of Agui’s mother’s house.
Those rhododendrons are rare large rhododendrons. Even if they can’t be sold for money, they will definitely add a lot of bright colors to their yard.
Moreover, if he didn't poach the azaleas, Agui's mother would cut all the azaleas to death in order to make the tea tree grow better.
Therefore, even if it is to save those beautiful flowers from death, this should be implemented as soon as possible.
Early in the morning, Liu Qingshan had breakfast and brought his tools to the tea forest land of Agui's mother's house.
Although Agui's mother is just a wife, her tea forest land is really well managed. Not only does there be no extra shrubs in the field, but the tea trees are also more energetic than each other. You can tell at a glance that she often takes care of these tea trees.
The tea trees are very energetic and the tea field is also very large. However, around this huge tea field, there are only a few azaleas growing on the underground edge of the tea field. On both sides of the tea field, except for the bamboo bushes that are used as dividing lines to separate the ground from the ground, the shadow of the azaleas cannot be seen.
Most of the azaleas in the mountains have a bad life. They are either cut and burned as firewood or removed as debris that rob nutrients and occupy the ground.
Therefore, as the mountain people cleared the land, the azaleas in the mountains gradually decreased.
I especially remember when I was a child, every Qingming Festival, there were azaleas everywhere in the mountains and fields. There were clusters here and there, which was so spectacular.
But now, the azaleas are still there, but the number is far less than before. When I was a child, I felt like I was in the mountains and seas, and the magnificent feeling of being in a country of flowers disappeared without a trace.
Looking at these azaleas scattered everywhere, Liu Qingshan felt very sorry.
Although he is not an environmental defender or a botanist, everyone has a love for beauty, especially a beautiful girl like azalea, which makes people love it even more love. How can they bear to watch them be cut down or burned?
Therefore, Liu Qingshan felt that digging these azaleas himself was really to give them a way out. If he didn't dig, Agui's mother's hatchet would definitely fall ruthlessly on the pole of the azalea.
Agui's mother was trapped by life, and she would not have such a lot of compassion for the flowers and plants in the mountains as he did.
Therefore, the only way to make these azaleas live is to dig them home.
He did it right away. Liu Qingshan first used a hatchet to clean the weeds and shrubs next to the azalea, and then dig the soil with a shovel and a hoe.
Azaleas are more delicate than cinnabar roots, so it takes longer and more effort to dig these azaleas.
He had to draw a circle with a diameter of about thirty or forty centimeters with the main trunk of the azalea as the center, and then, using tools, dig out all the soil in this circle together with the roots of the azalea.
In this way, azaleas can be transplanted with original soil, and they do not have to withstand the damage caused by plant transplantation.
The wild azaleas in the mountains are very delicate. Generally speaking, it is difficult to survive with flower buds. Therefore, it must be poached and transplanted with large soil balls at the roots.
The azalea is already very big, and with such a large earth ball, it weighs at least dozens of pounds.
Therefore, after Liu Qingshan dug a rhododendron, he quickly used a cut snakeskin bag and a rope to wrap the soil ball first to prevent moisture from evaporating and soil from scattering. After wrapping this tree, dig another one and wrap it in the same way.
After wrapping the two azaleas, I grabbed one with one hand and took the two azaleas back to the pickup truck. Then, I returned to the tea forest to continue digging.
In one morning, Liu Qingshan dug up almost all the azaleas around the tea forest land of Agui's family.
By the time he brought the last two azaleas back to the pickup truck, nearly ten azaleas were already placed on the truck.
Because they all carry native earth balls, although these azaleas are separated from the old environment, they can still maintain their original appearance and stand proudly in the warm spring.
In order to avoid excessive appeal, Liu Qingshan had no intention of appreciating these azaleas. After driving the car, he hurried home.
When Wu Cuimei saw her son keep moving the stone flowers in the mountains into the yard, she didn't feel much, and she no longer made a fuss as before.
She is now used to her son doing things and always making unexpected things.
However, seeing that her son moved two stone flowers at a time, and had not finished moving back and forth several times, she couldn't help but say, "Qingshan, aren't you tired of moving like this? Can't you just pull it up with a car?"
Qingshan put down the azalea in his hand and kicked the big rooster who was about to come to look for flowers and ask for the willows. He took a breath and said, "I want to use the car to pull it up directly, but the problem is that my pickup truck cannot get on. The road in front of our yard is so small, not to mention that my pickup truck cannot get on, it is difficult to get on even the mini cars driven by old men in the town."
That's right? Although the yard at home is very large, the steep slope in front of the yard is very small, and it is OK to pass a motorcycle, but it is difficult to pass a four-wheeled car.
"I'm talking about a bucket car. Wouldn't it be easier for you to pull it up with a bucket car?" Wu Cuimei said, "You use a bucket car to pull it, pull a few trees at a time, so that you can pull it back in two pieces, why run so many times back and forth?"
Liu Qingshan was originally standing in the yard, staring at the steep and small slope in a daze. When he heard his mother's words, he said, "Mom, what do you know? These stone flowers are very delicate. If they are piled in the bucket truck, they will be crushed."
"Tsk, isn't it just a few stone flowers? What's the point of being so cute? There are so many in the mountains." Wu Cuimei disdains.
Liu Qingshan said funny: "Mom, if I don't fight with you, I still have to work."
"You still have to dig? You won't have lunch."
"I won't dig anymore, but I'll plant all these flowers." Liu Qingshan went into the house and ate a few bowls of rice, and then started to work hard again.
Although these so-called stone flowers, that is, azaleas, all carry native earth balls, there is no place to live, and for them, it is always not that good.
Moreover, the big rooster in the yard was eyeing him, and Liu Qingshan was really afraid that if he was not careful, the big rooster who should have entered the stew pot would harm the azalea he had worked hard to dig back.
However, at present, how to prepare a place to settle down for these azaleas has become a difficult problem.
Such a large azalea can obviously not be planted in those plastic gallon pots like the cinnabar roots before.
Azaleas are far larger than cinnabar roots in both height and crown. If they are still planted in those small flower pots, they will not only appear to be top-heavy, but also not conducive to the growth of azaleas.
After thinking about it, Liu Qingshan decided to make some large flower pots for these azaleas.
However, the flower pot is not just done, so you have to prepare something. Therefore, you can only temporarily plant these azaleas in the field with snakeskin bags. When the flower pot is ready, you will transplant it again.
Because the soil balls at the root are still wrapped, the secondary transplantation has little impact.
After making up his mind, Liu Qingshan took advantage of the fact that the big rooster at home was chaotic in the woods opposite him and quickly planted these azaleas into the flower shed with cinnabar roots.
After the spring rain, the cinnabar roots in the shed grew well, not only were the leaves shiny, but they also drew a lot of new leaves.
At this time, add azaleas, and the originally monotonous flower shed will immediately become colorful.
The red and green leaves of the cinnabar root and the freshness of the azaleas are like close sisters, swaying their bodies gently under the breeze, as if they are waving, or as if they are dancing a gentle dance.
They are gentle, elegant, fresh and lively. Just take a look at them and make people feel infinitely beautiful.
I may think that after several years, I would walk through these plants and trees with a cute little baby. His little hands kept pulling the delicate leaves of these flowers and trees, but his little hands were so delicate that no matter how hard he pulled it, he could not pull off a complete leaf.
I will also think that after several years, I will grow old, but I still have these flowers, plants and trees around me, every sunrise and sunny day.
Even in a daze and distracted moment, I felt as if I saw my childhood time. The sunlight smells, the breeze has color, and even the grass and trees in the mountains seem to be talking to me.
Liu Qingshan smiled unconsciously. For a moment, he felt that how much money is really not that important in life in this world. What is important is to do things that make you happy.
In this case, then, buy some larger flower pots for these flowers, plants and trees that can make him feel happy.
The type is big and big, so big that it can be filled with dozens or hundreds of kilograms of soil.
In this way, these cute azaleas and cute cinnabar roots can grow recklessly.
Moreover, Liu Qingshan thought about it again. He thought that so many cute azaleas in the mountains might be killed in the future. So he became ruthless and bit his teeth and said to himself: I'll just work harder and dig all the poor azaleas back. In this way, they might have a way out.
No, although they are all still good now, who knows what will happen in the future? Maybe those azaleas are still good in the mountains and will be executed tomorrow because they have snatched some sunshine or nutrients.
Chapter completed!