Chapter 10: Backing the mountain and eating the mountain

"Sister-in-law, here, I only secretly took out half of the brooch, and my mother almost caught me." Mu Yuntian handed a bundle in his hand to Mingyue with some frustration.

Mingyue took it calmly, "It's okay. I know it's not easy for you to get it. This is already good."

In fact, there was already a turmoil in her heart. The baggage on her hand weighed five kilograms, and this was only half of it! Oh my god, were the Mu family blacksmiths?

Mu Yunhe was pouring seeds into the yard from outside the door. "Sister-in-law, do you have any leftovers from breakfast? We only ate a few bites of the leftovers you made last night. We are so hungry that we almost have no energy left."

Mingyue asked: "Didn't mother cook for you two?"

Mu Yuntian took out a steamed bun from his arms and handed it to Mingyue, "I made it, but it didn't even open even after soaking it in boiling water! I couldn't even bite it, and my mother didn't eat it."

Mingyue stretched out her hand, intending to take the steamed bun and study it, but she missed it and hit her foot. The pain made her gasp, "Oh, let me go, this is a steel steamed bun!"

Xiaomeng almost burst out laughing.

Mu Yuntian quickly apologized and asked: "Sister-in-law, are you okay?"

"It's okay, no matter how hard it is, I can melt it. I'll go get you two down, and after moving the things, come to the kitchen to help light the fire." Mingyue waved her hand, bent down to pick up the tempered buns and went to the kitchen.

The meal was prepared quickly, and Mingyue didn't forget to bring a portion for Mrs. Mu.

"Yunhe, have you finished eating? Go and bring a bowl of the egg custard in the pot back to your mother. The bowl of pimple soup is also for her. When you come over, bring the rice, noodles and vegetables. I will cook three meals a day from now on.

, you two eat here, and then send a portion back to mother."

After listening to Mingyue's words, the two brothers looked at her with strange eyes.

"Your brother needs to rest for his illness. You have also seen that my mother will scream for most of the day when it comes to me. Your brother cannot recover at home, so we must be separated temporarily. I will not let my mother come to my house, otherwise

Your eldest brother's illness needs to be treated again. This

Do you understand? Remember, you are not allowed to enter the main house to disturb your elder brother, otherwise you will not enter my house in the future!" After Ming Yue explained, she hurriedly urged: "Hurry up and deliver food to your mother! Come back.

We have to work in the fields after that!"

"Mingyue, are you at home? Your eldest brother will take everyone to the town later. Do you have anything to sell in the town?"

Hearing Sister-in-law Wang's enthusiastic voice outside the door, Mingyue opened the door and welcomed her in. "Sister-in-law, there is yes, but I can't leave."

Sister-in-law Wang looked around, "Where are the things? Bring them here. Our bullock cart is right outside the door. I will follow him today. If you can't leave, put the things on the cart and tell me a price range."

, I’ll help you sell it.”

Mingyue asked her two brothers-in-law to carry the two newly weaved bamboo baskets into the car together with the newly dug spring bamboo shoots and yams this morning.

She smiled and said to Sister-in-law Wang: "Sister-in-law, I can't let you and Brother Wang work in vain. When the time comes, you keep 10% of the money sold as hard work."

Sister-in-law Wang smiled heartily, "You child, how come you are recovering from your illness and yet you don't want to see us? How can we ask for your money? I heard from the village chief that when you finish your work, you will treat the people in the village to a feast.

It’s a meal, just thank us all when the time comes, don’t worry, I will take my tiger head with me to eat, hahaha.”

Brother Wang shook the bag in his hand and said, "Sister, have you sold so many pins? Are you leaving any for use?"

Mingyue waved her hand, "They're all sold. That's the bottom of my mother-in-law's box. She still has so much, so I'm not afraid it won't be of much use. When I find a chance, I can take out what she has left and give some to each family.

"

After sending off Brother Wang and the others, the sun had already risen a bit high, so Mingyue hurriedly took her two brothers-in-law to clear up wasteland in the fields.

"Sister-in-law, how do you know how to use a sheep fork and a shovel? You didn't do that before."

Mu Yunhe pushed his third brother, and Mu Yuncai quickly retracted the word "idiot".

Mingyue didn't care at all. She smashed the lumps of earth with a shovel and said, "I did have a bad mind before, but I have a good memory. I can remember what others did after seeing them."

Mu Yunhe didn't know how to use a shovel, so Mingyue gave him a sheep's fork and gave Mu Yuntian a hoe. The two brothers worked together, but Mingyue still fell far behind.

Mingyue felt that speed was secondary, and the main thing was to let them have the ability to survive independently. Although it was working this time, it was more about learning.

Mu Yunhe's arm hurt after he rolled on the ground for a while. He said, "Sister-in-law, let's rest for a while! I'm going to hold the grass I pulled out and throw it farther away. Maybe I won't be so tired if I do something else."

"

Mingyue hurriedly stopped the two brothers who were about to throw away the straw with their eyes wide open, "Stop! I kept those on purpose. Didn't you see that I had already sorted them out? The ones with the purple flowers are thorns and thistles.

, are herbs that can stop bleeding, and a bunch of broken

Copper money grass, that is the centella asiatica in the drug store, can cure bruises, and the other pile is even more valuable. Those are Panax notoginseng. If you mess with me, I will not cut you! The remaining weeds

You can’t throw it away either, it needs to be dried and used for retting.”

Mu Yunhe and Mu Yuntian were stunned.

Mu Yunhe couldn't help but asked the truth, "Sister-in-law, weren't you stupid before? How did you know these herbs? Do you still remember your mother's medical practice? Or, your mother gave it to you

Did you leave a medical book? Don’t tell me that you have medical skills, then I really don’t believe you.”

Mingyue stopped the shovel, raised her sleeves and wiped her sweat, "I don't have medical skills, but I have medical books, I have a good memory, I know all the medicinal materials, and I understand medicine, so as long as I confirm what the disease is, I know how to use it."

What medicine."

Mu Yuntian felt that his sister-in-law must be teasing them, but what Mingyue said next made more sense and he had to believe it.

Just listen to Mingyue say: "Don't confuse medicine with medicine. Medicine and pharmacy are two very complex subjects. Our ancestors have studied the two separately since ancient times. Medical treatment is needed when judging diseases, but once

Once you have identified the symptoms, or some very common ones, the doctor’s role is not big. You mainly need to see a pharmacist. With good medicine, you can definitely get rid of the problem.

Get twice the result with half the effort. You should know the "Huangdi Neijing" and "Shen Nong's Materia Medica". You see, our ancestors all knew that medicine is very complicated and needs to be studied separately. What I said is well-founded and is really a fact. I am the inheritance

Heirs of medicine who inherited the legacy of Shen Nong's ancestors, but you should keep a low profile and not go around saying that I know medicine, I don't want to cause unnecessary trouble."

Xiaomeng couldn't help but applaud in Mingyue's mind, "Master, you are so awesome. You can fool people so clearly and confidently. I admire you!"

Mingyue smiled proudly, "What's the matter? You just need to memorize all the medical records and herbal medicines, and then tell me the usage and dosage of each Chinese herbal medicine. Of course I will be a proper pharmacist! I am telling the truth and I am not lying.

Why can’t people be confident?! Xiaomeng, you have to be confident!"

Xiao Meng, who was not very confident at first, raised a confident smile and nodded solemnly, "Yes, Master! Please call me Meng Confident from now on! I am the most powerful pharmacist in Great Liang!"

"Okay! Please guide me into the mountains to collect herbs!"

Mingyue looked at the sun and said to her two brothers-in-law: "Yunhe, you and Xiaotian continue to dig the ground. I will go into the mountain to collect some medicine for my mother and your elder brother. By the way, I will take a look at the plot set up a few days ago."

Have you harvested the bear trap? Remember to look up at home from time to time when digging the ground, and call me if anything happens. I won't go into the mountains, and I can hear you when you call."

Mu Yunhe and Mu Yuntian also wanted to go into the mountains. Hunting was much more fun than digging the ground, but they did not dare to be disobedient and could only watch Mingyue get into the bamboo forest with envious eyes.

Mingyue came out laughing not long after she entered.

Mu Yunhe trembled when he heard the laughter.

Mu Yuntian stared at the direction of the laughter as if he had seen a ghost.

They saw Mingyue walking out domineeringly with a chicken in her left hand and a wolf in her right hand.

"Xiaotian, go and call the village chief. The appearance of wolves in the back mountain is not a trivial matter. You need to ask him to set up a trap in the back mountain to protect the villagers. In addition, there is a wild boar inside. I can't drag it out by myself. Go and tell the village chief.

Let him bring people back to kill him, and divide the pork equally among everyone. Just keep the pig offal and suet for me. By the way, give the pig head and pig trotters to the village chief's family, brother Wang's family, and share them in half. These are what I specially told you. No.

Take their share of the meat.”

Mu Yuntian was so excited that he threw down his hoe and ran to the village chief's house.

Mu Yunhe looked at the back of his third brother, then turned to ask Mingyue, "Sister-in-law, you dug the trap with great difficulty. If you catch the wild boar and wolf, we can sell it for a lot of money in the town. Why do you want to share it with the villagers?"

"

Mingyue knocked on Mu Yunhe's forehead and said, "You, as a human being, don't be obsessed with money! People in the village have helped us a lot, especially the village chief and Brother Wang's family. We have to thank them first, so that they can

Only then did we realize that we are people who know how to be grateful, and

We don't take their efforts for granted. We want them to know what good things we have. We care about them first. We can hunt again after the prey is divided. But how much does the sincere support we receive from the villagers cost?

You can’t even replace it.”

Mu Yunhe nodded. His sister-in-law's words made sense. Why didn't he think of it before?

The village chief quickly summoned the villagers to eliminate the hidden dangers in the back mountain, and also dealt with the pigs and wolves.

The whole village is very lively.

There were half-grown children running around the village shouting.

"It's time to kill a pig! It's time to celebrate the New Year!"

"As long as Aunt Mingyue is here, there will be no shortage of meat to eat."

"There are also sweets to eat."

Village Chief Wang laughed loudly and told the men who were killing pigs together, "Go home and tell your mothers, thank you all for Mingyue."

Then he glanced around again, and when he saw that the women hadn't arrived yet, he quickly lowered his voice and said, "I'm going to save three big ribs for Mingyue girl to send over later. You all should shut up, if you let me hear you."

If any mother-in-law comes out to gossip, I can't forgive her."

Several men nodded heavily.

"Don't worry, village chief. We can keep this matter secret."

"Uncle, when you go to find Mingyue, you need to tell her carefully that you can't go into the mountains by yourself in the future. It's too dangerous! If she wants to go in the future, she can call us to come with her. We promise to be there when you call her!"

Aunt Wang grabbed her tiger's head and said, "You go home and run away with food in your mouth. You finish eating before you come out to play! Is this the sugar cane that Mingyue gave you? You won't be allowed to do that in the future."

I want it again! It was planted by Mingyue Niang in the back mountain specially for Mingyue, you are not allowed to snatch it from her."

Hu Tou pointed to a few friends not far away aggrievedly, "Grandma, they all have it too. Aunt Mingyue gave it to us. She said she couldn't finish it herself. Everyone else had it, so why can't I?"

want?"

Uncle Wang stood at the gate and opened his arms, "Come on, dear grandson, grandpa will hold you. It's okay. I'll give it to you. Just take it. But you have to remember to thank auntie, okay? Also, if you eat Mingyue's food, remember

Be sure to tell us when you get home!"

The tiger's head swung around grandma and went straight to his grandfather's arms, smiling brightly, "Okay, grandpa, I remember it!"

Aunt Wang glanced at her old man and said, "Just spoil him! You stay at home and take care of the house. I'll go over there and take a look. I'll ask the village chief to get the pig skin back and make some skin jelly. Tiger heads like to eat. I'll take a look.

Let’s see if we can order more meat. Mingyue girl has loved eating the meat sauce I made since she was a child. I’ll make more and send her some. Seeing that the fields are about to be planted, she can do it when she doesn’t have time to cook.

Get the meat sauce and mix it with the noodles."
Chapter completed!