bookcurios Chapter 199 The whole village mobilizes
Chapter 199 The whole village mobilizes
Feng was equally excited. As soon as the head of the village left, she took the herbs in the basket and marveled at them, asking questions left and right.
Chen Tong and Chen Ning were talking one after another, leaving Feng stunned. These two children were well taught and their words were so logical that she couldn't understand them.
However, this also stimulated Feng's enthusiasm for learning, and he vowed to listen carefully to Cheng Yue's speech.
Her two sons and two daughters-in-law all have jobs that can earn money, and even her eldest grandson earns hundreds of coins a month. As an elder, she cannot fall behind!
While they were talking, the head of the village came back, followed by a large group of people.
Cheng Yue took a look and exclaimed, "Wow!" She thought that except for the people who helped her build the house, all the villagers had come out.
As expected, making money is the best way to motivate people!
It was quite surprising that Li Manying was there too. This guy would rather lie down than sit, and would rather sit than stand. How could such a lazy butt actually move?
It seems that he was indeed stimulated to the point of being abnormal by Chen Ping.
Seeing Cheng Yue staring at her, Li Manying shrank her neck as much as possible, fearing that she would be driven away.
The head of the village followed Cheng Yue's gaze and felt a little helpless. Although Li Manying had not done that for a long time, she still had a grudge against Cheng Yue.
I could only whisper: "Cheng Yue girl, I went to look for Zhang Lazi, but I didn't expect her to follow me..."
Cheng Yue knew that in this situation, the village head would never leave anyone alone, nor would he ignore Zhang Laita for the sake of Li Manying.
She had already avenged her old grudges with Li Manying, so she would not target her. "Uncle Lizheng, it's okay. She can come if she wants. Don't bother with her!"
Collecting herbs is not like picking up stones on the ground. You need to look carefully and dig hard. You may not get anything in half a day. It is hard work. It depends on whether she can bear the hardship.
The headman nodded and saw Li Manying and thought of Zhao and Chen Ping. He had called everyone in the village except their family.
As a result, when the two found out, not only did they not react, they kept asking how much could the herbs be sold for?
The village head just ignored them and didn't pay any attention to them.
He has already lost his job, but he is still too ambitious and complains about this and that. He can't even eat hot shit!
From now on, if there is any problem in the village, don’t tell them, just let them eat up all the food and fend for themselves!
All the villagers crowded at the gate of the headman's house. For the first time, no one was chattering. Instead, they all looked at Cheng Yue tacitly.
Cheng Yue didn't keep anyone in suspense and said directly: "Uncle Lizheng has already told everyone what happened just now, so I won't go into details.
Now that everyone is here, I will teach you how to identify medicinal herbs. Please gather around, or you won’t be able to see clearly.”
As soon as Cheng Yue finished speaking, everyone came over and surrounded Cheng Yue in the middle. However, there were too many people, and the people at the outermost edge couldn't see inside at all, and they had to stand on tiptoe with great effort.
The village head immediately gave instructions when he saw this situation. "Children, come to the front, adults stand at the back. Tall people, please be more conscious and go to the back. People in the front, please bend down a little!"
Everyone started to move. Cheng Yue wanted to laugh when she saw this. This scene was too familiar. When she was in school, whenever there was something that required queuing, the teacher would give instructions in this way.
After everyone adjusted their positions, Cheng Yue picked up the herbs in the basket and began to talk about them. "In fact, everyone must have seen these herbs..."
Cheng Yue took the herbs and explained them one by one, from their names to how to pick them.
The villagers listened very carefully, their eyes were almost glued to the herbs, just wanting to see clearly to avoid picking the wrong ones.
Finally, Cheng Yue added, "This dried wolfberry costs thirty cents per pound. I'll tell you the price of the following types after I ask the pharmacy."
"What? Thirty cents a pound?"
"Mom! Did I hear it wrong?"
When the villagers heard the price, they couldn't help but widen their eyes in disbelief.
Thirty cents per pound, one pound is enough to buy two strips of meat!
Even the head of the village was shocked, "Cheng Yue girl, can this really be sold for thirty cents a pound?"
Cheng Yue nodded and smiled, "It's true. In addition, the price of thorny nymphs is three cents per pound, and the price of dandelions is five cents per pound. However, thorny nymphs can only be harvested in autumn, and dandelions can only be harvested in the spring of next year."
After Cheng Yue finished speaking, everyone looked at them in surprise, "Ah? These can be sold for money? I found Ci Niuniu annoying, so I cut all the ones on the edge of the field. Oh, I'm so angry!"
"Who isn't? It's all our fault for not knowing anything. If I had known that dandelions could be sold for money, I wouldn't have eaten them. How can my lousy mouth be worth so much money?"
The more they talked about it, the more regretful they felt. They wanted to slap themselves a few times. They had really mistaken medicinal herbs for weeds. Once they were cut, they couldn't be grafted back, and once they were eaten, they couldn't spit them out!
The head of the village said with a straight face, "You don't know it yourself, so why are you angry and regretful? At least you know it now, why don't you thank Cheng Yue girl! If it weren't for her, you would still be blind!"
Not only the villagers, but he also cut countless thorny girls.
But I didn't know this before, so I just cut it off. It's not like it won't grow again in the future, so there's nothing to be angry about.
The villagers stopped scolding him and quickly thanked Cheng Yue.
Even if the head of the village didn't say it, the villagers were grateful to Cheng Yue. After all, it was not their right to tell them about picking herbs. Telling them was a favor. How could they not be grateful?
Cheng Yue could see that everyone was sincerely thanking her, and then smiled and said, "You don't have to be like this, we live in the same village, and I want everyone to be well.
But there is one thing, if you want to be able to harvest herbs every year, you must cherish all the herbs, keep the roots of those that need to be kept, and never cut down the trees that are only for picking the fruits."
Sustainable development is the foundation!
Everyone nodded solemnly, saying, "Of course! This is our livelihood, who would destroy their own job?"
"Right! We will never do such a thing. If I see him, I will beat him to death!"
"That's right, let's see who dares to have bad intentions!"
The village head knew the importance of this matter, so he said, "Everyone should supervise each other. Whoever does not do his job and destroys the medicinal materials will never be allowed to go up the mountain again! From now on, any good things in the village will have nothing to do with him!"
The mountain is so big, and it is impossible to assign someone to watch over it, so the best thing is to let everyone supervise each other. If more people make mistakes, there will be fewer people collecting herbs, which will be more beneficial to those who stay.
Everyone naturally wants to stare at the people around them.
I have to say, the village head is the village head.
The head of the village said so, and the villagers also thought so. If anyone ruins everyone's money-making opportunities, they will not forgive him!
Some people who are quick-witted dare not even have any bad thoughts, otherwise, not only will the medicinal materials collection business fail, but future good things will also fail, and they cannot afford such a price.
With capable people like Cheng Yue in the village, as long as they are honest and obedient, they will definitely live a good life.
They just don't know much, they are not mentally ill, they all know whose thighs to cling to.