At eight o'clock in the evening, the courtyard of Lao Song's house was once again crowded with people.
It's rare that the seventh cousin has not gone back. At this moment, he is standing in front of the stove preparing to give everyone a supper at night.
Song Tan also advised him: "Seventh cousin, please go back. You are so old. Don't stay up late. Let's cook some noodles at night and cut some braised pork prepared during the day... We can all do this job."
If you put more cabbage in the noodles, the taste will not make you feel neglected.
The seventh cousin snorted: "Why are you afraid of staying up late? Let me tell you, don't look down on us elderly people. If we eat well and sleep soundly and don't stay up late, our health is better than yours."
"Besides, I won't stay with you either. You take Qiao Qiao down to the fields to get a few more baskets of cabbage. I'll make some dumplings at home and you guys can eat them at night. I'll go back by myself after I've made them."
Song Tan couldn't help but be moved: "Seventh cousin! Why are you so considerate! Don't worry, I will definitely take good care of you when you take care of yourself in the future. If you go to the hospital, I will carry one under my arm!"
The seventh cousin glared at her: "No big or small!"
But there was a smile on his face.
Two months ago, if anyone had said this, the seventh cousin would have felt really uncomfortable.
Because people get older, and they can feel it. Their energy and endurance are no longer what they used to be, and even a good night's sleep is extremely rare. When it comes to life, old age, illness and death, they are somewhat pessimistic and negative.
But since arriving at Lao Song's house, all this is no longer a problem.
When I got home, I fell asleep and woke up when the rooster crowed in the morning. I was able to take a stroll two more times along the way. I felt so energetic!
And when I stir-fry a big pot of vegetables every day, I not only don’t feel tired, but also feel more spiritual.
The seventh cousin pondered: Maybe it’s time for the fallen leaves to return to their roots, as the soil and water of my hometown are there to nourish people.
Of course, there is also a disadvantage, that is, you can never drink the tea given by Song Tan at night.
Make a cup of it in the morning and drink it until it loses its taste in the afternoon. It's just right.
If he couldn't help but want to take another drink at night - that's it, he could stay up all night!
Although I didn't feel anything bad the next day, I'm getting older and my seventh cousin is taking good care of his health now and is determined not to do such a thing.
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There was a lot of noise in the yard at the moment, and Ulan was handing out headlamps and gauze nets to everyone who came to work.
The vegetable field is pitch black, and it is convenient for everyone to work with a small lamp on their head. As for the gauze, it needs to be covered over the head. After all, some flying insects are already infested in April. When the lamp is turned on at night,
That's called a moth flying into a flame!
No need to cover it with a gauze, the bugs will be annoying even if they don't bite.
Most of the people who come to work are women from the neighborhood. They clean the vegetable fields very quickly, and they are still laughing now:
“After so many years of farm work, this is the first time I carry this lamp.”
"That's not true," someone nearby answered: "No one has tidied the vegetable field at night! At most, they were planting incense and breaking up the incense in the early morning..."
Song Tan estimated that the truck would be loaded up and set off at 1 a.m., and everyone would still have to work hard in the fields for more than four hours.
Although the weather in April was no longer cold, it was still a bit cold at night. She thought for a moment and then said, "Cousin, please help me make a pot of white fungus soup before you leave."
The white fungus on their mountain is really worth a sip.
The seventh cousin didn't even raise his head: "Let Qiao Qiao cook it. This soup will never go bad. I'll teach you how to cook it later."
"OK."
After Song Tan finished speaking, he greeted Qiao Qiao directly: "Let's go, let's go to the field to pick a few baskets of cabbage and come back to make dumplings."
There are two acres of Chinese cabbage, and when the light shines on it at night, it becomes a large area of green. The jade-white poles stand upright, and they look very energetic.
It's a pity that it doesn't tolerate hot peppers, which is one of the reasons why Song Tan plans to plant peppers in the next crop.
Because of the hot weather, this will become stale after a while, which is troublesome.
The person responsible for looking after the vegetable garden is a three-breasted, black-backed, four-horse dog.
They had good jumping ability, and it didn't take long to run from one end of the vegetable garden to the other. When they saw Song Tan coming over in the middle of the night, the two dogs were so excited that they whimpered and wanted to come over to rub the spiritual energy.
Her slender legs deftly avoided the cabbage ridges and stepped on plum blossom pits in the soil. Song Tan couldn't help but laugh and rubbed the dogs' heads one by one: "I don't have much energy tonight."
So, don’t look forward to it, it’s really not the time to go to a party at night and release spiritual energy.
Then he coaxed them: "Although I ask you to look at the vegetable garden, I don't ask you to stay here every day. Go play when it's time to play. Just pay attention and listen for anything."
Old Man Li is very diligent in serving the rice fields every day. He usually has nothing to do during the day, but mainly at night.
But now only the baby cabbage is ripe, and it only takes a while, so I'm not that worried.
Sanbao Heibei disagrees with this:
"Woof!"
"alright."
Song Tan couldn't help but kiss it on the forehead: "I know you have to work hard, but I have nothing to do tonight. You can play or sleep if you want."
"When I come back, I will bring you dog food."
As soon as he said this, he heard the four-horse dog beside him whimper, with an extremely reluctant expression, and looked at Song Tan with a pair of wet and pitiful eyes.
Qiao Qiao said loudly from the side: "Sister, don't buy dog food, they don't like it. They just want to eat our food."
Isn’t that right?
Not to mention those good things that are sometimes added to home-made meals, just talking about ordinary dogs, they also like to eat things that humans eat!
It’s not that I can’t afford it, in fact a lot of dog food is much more expensive than human food, but right now…
She could only touch Si Bao's head in distress: "There's nothing to eat in the fields right now, so I can't cook a separate pot for you guys every time, right? I'll get scolded."
"Be good, be patient for now. It's summer, and everything from vines to vegetable leaves will be arranged for you."
There will still be workers coming to build the house by then. There are many of them, so it is not so obvious whether there is more or less when cooking. These treasures can eat whatever they like. Anyway, they have spiritual energy, so they can eat whatever they want.
Qiaoqiao was already humming and pulling a basketful of cabbage, and then confirmed again: "Sister, when the vegetables are put away, do we really want to go to the amusement park?"
Song Tanhao stressed helplessly: "Sell the vegetables first, and then you can go to the amusement park after the vegetables are sold out."
"You will go home and wrap the dumplings later, and then you have to go to bed. Sleep until everyone comes back and cook dumplings for them, and then we will set off."
Song Tan didn't really need to sleep, but Zhang Yanping insisted on switching cars with her, so she let him go to sleep first.
Alas, this silly cousin's good days are numbered.
After all, when the construction team arrives in a few days, he will be forced to sleep with his seventh cousin.
The little old man is full of energy. I heard that he gets up at four or five o'clock in the morning every day. He is already old, what if he wants to ask a young man to be his companion?
Even if he didn't scream, Zhang Yanping might not be able to fall asleep if the sound of getting up was heard at home.