Bamboo branches can be used to start a fire when dried.
Old bamboo can also be used for making poles, weaving fences, and building sheds.
Even worse, it can be used as firewood.
Therefore, almost every household in rural areas will plant some bamboo.
There are especially many bamboo forests in their Jijia Village area, and they were allotted seven acres this time.
Bamboo forests also need to be taken care of every autumn and winter, and overgrown weeds, newly emerged thorns, vines, shrubs, and saplings are cleared away.
You also need to loosen and cultivate the soil for the bamboo roots so that more bamboo shoots can grow.
The bamboo branches were too dense, so I tied a sickle firmly to the end of a long wooden stick as thick as my arm and cut off all the branches below, so that the bamboo forest could be more ventilated and receive more sunlight.
It is beneficial to the growth of bamboo.
Some old bamboos also had to be cut down to make room for new ones.
Of course, some people don't take care of their bamboo forests and let them grow wildly on their own.
But their bamboo forest is carefully taken care of once a year, so it grows exceptionally well.
Walking in the bamboo forest, it is clean, neat and very refreshing.
Unlike some people's bamboo forests, the weeds are not as tall as half a person, and all kinds of vines and thorns are everywhere, making it difficult to walk, and a cut will be made on your hand if you are not careful.
Mrs.
Xue often said that whether a family is diligent or lazy can be determined by how well their bamboo forest is taken care of.
Several people walked very fast, talking and laughing all the way, and arrived at the bamboo forest in about two quarters of an hour.
Their home happens to be an entire small valley and the hills on both sides of the valley.
Ji Qingqing has been working with her parents for two days, and today's work is not heavy.
When they walked to the area that had not been sorted out, a few people started working.
Ji Minghe and Ji Tongning first held up the tall sickle tied to the end of the wooden stick and pulled down the bamboo branches.
As they walked forward, Ji Qingqing and her sister neatly collected all the fallen bamboo branches, carried them to a clean place and put them away, then bundled them up and carried them home.
Mr.
Xue was weeding and loosening and cultivating the bamboo roots.
When he sees good saplings that are relatively thick and straight, such as oak trees and camphor trees, growing in relatively large open spaces, Xue will keep them and let them grow into timber.
This bamboo forest is not all bamboo, there are also some other miscellaneous trees.
On the innermost hillside, there are three chestnut trees that cannot be hugged by a single person.
The branches are luxuriant and leafy, like a huge umbrella, and they bear numerous fruits and chestnuts every year.
Ji Qingqing remembers that every winter, after a night of freezing cold wind, they would come to pick chestnuts the next day.
Chestnuts are impossible to pick, like hedgehogs, and most of them grow at the ends of branches, so every year they have to wait for the strong cold wind to blow them down before picking them up again.
In addition, there is a large bayberry tree, two loquat trees, and a hawthorn tree, which bring them a lot of fun every year.
After Ji Ming and his son trimmed the bamboo branches, they also weeded and cultivated the soil together.
Ji Qingqing and Ji Qingxue collected the bamboo branches and came to help.
The family talked while working, very quickly, and it was done in less than half a day.
"Hey, it's good to have more people.
This work should be done in half a day.
Okay, let's go back.
Let's rest at home in the afternoon.
By the way, we can take out the bamboo mats and sweep them out to dry.
We can harvest rice tomorrow. " Mrs.
Xue looked at the bamboo forest that had been taken care of with satisfaction and said with a smile.
"No," Ji Minghe also smiled.
Seeing that the three children were all so sensible, Lao Huai was pleased.
Ji Tongning said: "You go first, I will go shopping and then come back."
Mr.
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Xue rolled her eyes at him: "Don't wander around for too long, and don't go into the mountains.
Be careful about what you encounter."
"I understand."
Ji Tongning waved his hand, a little impatient.
Mr.
Xue glared at him, forget it, too lazy to say anything more.
Besides, he was even more impatient.
Ji Qingqing's eyes lit up and she looked at Ji Tongning expectantly: "Fourth brother, fourth brother, I want to be with you too."
Speaking of this fourth brother, Ji Qingqing felt so admired.
No one in the old Ji family knew how to hunt, but this fourth brother was very good at setting traps for birds, pheasants, wild rabbits, etc. in the mountains.
He even dug traps with others to catch wild boars.
He knows how to look for the footprints of birds and animals in the mountains, and knows where to place traps with a high chance of success.
I also know which mountains can find delicious wild fruits and valuable mountain products.
Of course, because the family had not been separated before, he only occasionally brought these things home to eat at home, and most of them ended up in other people's stomachs.
And for more, he would sell it quietly and keep the money himself.
Except for giving some to Xue in private, anyone who asked him for it would insist that he didn't have it.
So even though he didn't have a serious job in Yushui County, he still had money and was doing well.
"Failed" "Don't mess around" Xue, Ji Minghe, and Qingxue all spoke to stop him.
Ji Tongning also laughed, glanced at her and laughed non-stop: "Qing Yatou, you are very brave."
Mrs.
Xue grabbed Ji Qingqing and said angrily: "Your fourth brother is thick-skinned and can crawl into any ravine.
How can you go and don't come home with me honestly?"
Ji Qingxue also smiled and said: "That's right, we can't go where he goes."
Ji Tongning waved to her and said with a smile: "Fourth brother will take you there when there is a good place to go in the future.
Come back quickly.
I'll go lay down some traps and see if I can catch a pheasant tomorrow to replenish your health."
After speaking, Ji Tongning flexibly climbed through the forest and was already far up the hillside.
Ji Qingqing said "Hey" regretfully and had to go home.
"You girl, how brave are you?"
Xue was amused.
Ji Qingqing stuck out her tongue and said with a smile: "I'm just curious."
After returning home and having lunch, the mother and daughter took out the bamboo mats, spread them in the yard, and cleaned them up.
Ji Minghe went to Aunt Mu's house.
Their rice would be harvested a few days later.
Ji Minghe wanted to ask the couple to help.
When their home was harvested, he and Mr.
Xue would also go to help.
Working in rural areas has always been about borrowing labor and returning labor.
Basically, there is no money to hire people.
In the evening, Ji Qingqing cooked and Qingxue helped.
They still had the meat they bought yesterday, so Ji Qingqing made twice-cooked pork.
There is no bean paste, so I just use soy sauce instead, and add some brown sugar to thicken it.
The color is also very beautiful.
The thin slices of meat are rolled and shiny, stir-fried with green and red peppers and garlic sprouts.
The color is beautiful and the aroma is full of flavor.
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It makes people greedy before it even comes out of the pan.
Ji Qingxue couldn't help but smile and praise: "Qingqing, your cooking skills are no worse than those of the Lin family's head chef.
I didn't expect that your talent in cooking is better than I thought before."
Qingxue originally thought that her mother was exaggerating, but she didn't know that she was not at all
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