Song Liyun was washing the pot of hot water and nodded: "Brother, the green vegetables are so tender, they must taste delicious."
"Hey! Of course it's tender. She hasn't grown up yet and won't eat it for at least half a month. Why are you pulling it out now?"
Song Zhenping said anxiously, thinking that Xiaoyun didn't understand, and explained: "There are too many seedlings and they are too crowded, so you have to pull out the ones that don't grow well. Only by keeping good seedlings can they grow up."
Song Liyun smiled and said: "What will the vegetable seedlings be used for when they grow up?"
"Eat!" Song Zhenping was a little confused. He asked this question. Of course, he grew vegetables and ate them.
"Yes! I'm eating it right now!"
"That's not right, you have to grow up and eat it!"
"Start eating now, you can thin out the seedlings every day, you can have tender vegetables every day, and you can eat the biggest ones every day."
"No, farming can't be like this..."
Song Zhenping was so anxious that sweat broke out on his forehead, and he wanted to explain that he had to eat more food.
This is just like an ethical question that once caused people to think deeply: There is a basket of apples in front of you, should you eat the best ones first, or choose the worst ones?
It is said that you can tell a pessimist or an optimist by the way they choose.
Song Liyun came from the end of the world, so of course, regardless of whether it was good or bad, he would eat enough first and then take it all.
She didn't say anything more, just put the plate of noodles in Song Zhenping's hand: "Tell me if you are hungry. If you are hungry, eat. After eating, we will talk."
With such delicious, delicious noodles in front of him, Song Zhenping's stomach suddenly growled, and he murmured: "What a pity for the sprouts!"
When he opened his mouth, the aroma hit his nose, saliva surged up, and he almost choked.
The body is the most honest.
Xiao An had already washed his hands and came over. His face and eyes were shining when he saw it. For him, of course, he only had to eat.
The following days were really full of joy and worry for Song Zhenping.
As expected, vegetables can be grown in the greenhouse, and they are growing beautifully. Looking at the greenery in winter, apart from making acorn tofu, he spends time soaking in the greenhouse and not wanting to leave.
But Xiaoyun is also very good at eating, saying that the young vegetables are delicious when they are tender, but they need to be pulled out as soon as they grow up.
Every time he saw these vegetables being put into the pot and fried before they grew up, he felt heartbroken and felt guilty about having to eat an extra bowl of rice.
Not only him, everyone ate with great appetite, and the number of rice bowls and noodle bowls was almost endless.
He wanted to save money, but also wanted to give his younger brothers and sisters some rice and make fine cotton clothes. He also wanted to buy back mutton and horse meat from anyone who sold them, and he couldn't let Yun'er touch the treasure bag again.
If he wants to support such expenses, his income of more than 20 yuan a day is definitely not enough.
Fortunately, we didn't have to worry about it for two days. When the first snowdrops fell, the acorn tofu business suddenly picked up.
Boss Mu's place has increased from three pots to five pots, and his daily income has also increased to forty-five cents. If this continues, he will become rich soon.
On this day, on the way back from delivering the goods, Song Zhenping was stopped by Xue Zhuang.
Mrs. Cui has been selling acorn tofu at a small dining table for more than half a month. After the last time there was such a commotion, both parties knew who was buying and who was selling, and the two families had a tacit understanding and did not break it.
At this time, Xue Zhuang called out to him, and Song Zhenping suddenly became nervous.
After leaving the military camp, without training hard, marrying a wife and having a family, and having three meals a day, Xue Zhuang was gaining weight visibly with the naked eye, and with the addition of a large sheepskin cloak that he didn't know where it came from, he became more and more burly.
Even after eating for two months, Song Zhenping was still as thin as a chicken standing in front of him.
Song Zhenping frowned and said nervously: "Master Xue..." As soon as he said this, he remembered that Xue Zhuang was no longer a sergeant. He wanted to change his words, but he didn't know what to call him.
Xue Zhuang looked at Song Zhenping and laughed: "Daping, I heard Lao Mu call you like this, you won't mind, right?"
Song Zhenping became more and more nervous, hugged the package tightly, took a step back and said, "What are you going to do?"
I had a fight with Xue at a banquet. Later, Uncle Kui said he was careful of being retaliated against. He usually didn't meet him, so why did he become so polite for no reason at this time?
This is outside the town, there is no one around, and I am still carrying a red sugar cube. These things cost fifty coins, so don't let them be robbed.
Xue Zhuang smiled warmly and said: "Brother Ping, I am twenty-five this year and I am a married man, so I am a big man. Just call me Brother Xue."
"You see, our two families are both military families, and now we are brothers.
In the past, I had to blame my eldest brother for losing his temper while drinking, which offended Brother Ping and Sister Yun.
It’s been a long time, if there are any problems, please be more generous and don’t worry about it.”
Hearing that he wanted to reconcile with himself, Song Zhenping felt a little more at ease. He and Xue Zhuang had also been in contact when they were choosing a room. If it weren't for the rude remarks made by the sergeants while drinking, he would not have had any ill feelings towards Xue Zhuang.
When I heard this apology, most of the disgust in my heart disappeared, but I couldn't say anything nice, so I could only nod randomly: "Don't care, don't care!"
Hearing this, Xue Zhuang laughed even more happily, stepped forward and patted him on the shoulder and said: "It's still early today. I'll go sit with my eldest brother for a while. I'll get some good meat from the guardhouse. We two brothers will have a sip of wine to warm up.
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Song Zhenping was frightened by his sudden slap and shook her head repeatedly: "No, I have to go back and peel acorns, later... later!"
"Hey! What are you going to do later? It's rare to see each other. It's better to choose a different day than to hit the sun. Today is the day."
Xue Zhuang held Song Zhenping's arm, like an eagle catching a chick. Song Zhenping couldn't struggle, so he was half dragged and half hugged and forcibly taken away.
Time flew by to noon. Song Liyun had cooked the rice and waited for Song Zhenping to come back. Seeing that Xiao An was already so hungry that she was rubbing her belly, she didn't plan to wait any longer.
First, he gave Xiao Ansheng baked pancakes, millet porridge and pickles, and then gave Heijin a whole grain pancake, and then he gave instructions to the two of them:
"Xiao An, you and Heijin have dinner at home first. I'll go into town to find my brother, and be careful to open the door."
Although it has been snowing for the past two days, there are only sparse snow particles and the road is not difficult to walk.
She was worried that something happened to Boss Mu, which delayed Song Zhenping.
Xiao An and Hei Jin were used to staying at home, and they both nodded when they heard this. Hei Jin even sent Song Liyun out seriously, and waited for her to leave before somersaulting back to the kitchen.
Xiao An was stepping on a stool to open the lid of the pot: "Hei Jin, there are sugar packets in the pot!"
Hei Jin immediately turned up his lips and "laughed".
After walking out of the woods, Song Liyun took out a kerchief and wrapped it around his head, then strode towards the town.
When she arrived at Boss Mu's store, she didn't see Song Zhenping except for two sergeants who were shopping.
When the two sergeants saw a girl suddenly arriving, they both stood aside and whispered.
Song Liyun was anxious, and regardless of the other people around, she asked Boss Mu, who was pulling a leather wine bag from the corner of the shelf: "Boss Mu, has my brother been here today?"
Boss Mu's head was covered with dust. When he saw it was Song Liyun, he was surprised and said: "Isn't Daping in a hurry to go home and peel acorns? I couldn't even ask him to stay for a while. He said you want to make cakes and left with brown sugar. Why?