She Only Cares About Cultivation-Chapter 858 - 797: Famine Era 38 (Second Update)

There are actually many operations like this.

The mulberries and mulberry leaves of the mulberry tree: mulberries are fruits, and besides feeding silkworms, mulberry leaves have the effects of dispersing wind-heat, clearing the lung and moistening dryness, clearing the liver and improving vision. They are also used to treat wind-heat colds, lung heat and cough, dizziness and headaches, and red eyes and blurred vision, so she keeps them.

The peach blossoms of the peach tree: because picking the blossoms allows new ones to sprout, which is a feature of the space, she also picks the first batch of peach blossoms to make floral cakes, peach blossom pills, peach blossom tea, and other foods. They also have medicinal values for unclogging meridians and moisturizing the skin.

Dried sesame leaves can be used to make sesame leaf noodles, and sweet potato leaves can be used as vegetables.

The locust flower from locust trees (both Chinese and foreign locust) has the effects of moistening the intestines, relieving constipation, and cooling the blood to stop bleeding.

Dried red dates can be brewed into tea, bamboo shoots can be kept to make sour bamboo shoots, watermelon rind can be stir-fried, the flesh of the watermelon can be made into sauce, loofah can be used as both a vegetable and a dishcloth, grapes can be brewed into wine...

So, from Level 1 to Level 18, after becoming familiar with the medicinal properties of various plants, she makes use of everything to the fullest, never wasting even a tiny bit.

However, her pickling stuff requires a lot of salt. Before the tickets were issued, she even stored up salt, cloth, cotton, and other things.

In short, almost all of the salary she got each month, and the money Tong Zhan gave her, she converted entirely into useful things and stored them in her space.

This was what she had to do every day after work when she went out.

In her view, the money of this era was far less practical and reassuring than these materials.

Of course, when she was doing this, she had also taught her family to do the same since there were plenty of medicinal herbs in the countryside, such as dandelion, Plantago, Gynostemma, honeysuckle, white wormwood, and so on, all of which were cheap and effective medicinal materials. She had already spread this knowledge to her family after she became literate and started reading.

So, they almost washed clean, dried, and kept any weeds that could serve as medicinal materials.

In September of 1954, Grandma fell during the night and couldn’t stand up again. As she aged, she lay in bed, and her children began to take turns to stay overnight and care for her.

However, after just two months, her back started to develop bedsores, which eventually ulcerated, and despite the meticulous care of her children in turns, it couldn’t be completely healed, as there was no specific medicine for bedsores. Even ointments couldn’t achieve a healing effect, as they watched the flesh inside rot away day by day and continue to deteriorate until the bones were exposed.

At that time, Grandma could no longer speak and couldn’t even feel pain, not even recognizing the children taking care of her.

She endured the difficult winter, and by April of 1955, she gradually succumbed to respiratory failure.

When she passed, there was no good flesh left on her back, and her condition wasn’t even the most severe. It was said that when some elderly people were carried out, the flesh would fall off their bodies, which was a terrifying thought that made one shiver all over.

Ye Huan didn’t return home for the New Year, and she couldn’t make it back for Grandma’s passing because she couldn’t get leave. However, she sent ten thousand yuan to Mom, asking her to represent her in sending Grandma off.

During the 1955 Spring Festival, she spent it with Tong Zhan in the army, but on the third day of the new year, she started duty, which only gave her a total of five days off, so she couldn’t return home.

In March of 1955, the second set of RMB was issued, which was quite practical. The largest denomination was ten yuan and the smallest was one fen.

For the past two years, she was either in the hospital or in the army, so she didn’t feel much change. The only difference was that Tong Zhan and his fellow soldiers were quite busy. Last year, they could still meet once every half a month or a month, but this year, starting from the beginning of the year, it actually took at least three months.

Considering that food stamps were to be introduced in August this year, Ye Huan became increasingly committed to bartering goods.

To her surprise, her younger sister, who was in her third year of university, mentioned in her May letter that she was dating Ji Huzi.

That truly shocked her, but now Ji Huzi is quite impressive, having been promoted to a regiment leader.

Her sister is a university student, which is highly valuable in this era, so she is definitely a good match for Ji Huzi.

And she sincerely felt happy for them, which indirectly proved that their family was grateful people; see, they all married people who had been kind to them.

No wonder they say 1955 is a year of celebration. Just less than half a month later, she received a letter from her Third Brother.

Fourth Brother got married, found a nurse, and was also promoted to battalion commander.