Hua Zhao was stunned: "Did you see her? Did she run away with someone?"
"No." Aunt Ma said, "She was alone, but she didn't go to the mountain. I thought she took the main road to the town, or took the train." Anyway, it was a road.
"Is that so..." Taking the train? Hua Zhao suddenly remembered that He Jianning also took the train in the morning. Hua Xiaoyu, did you ask him for help? And it was successful?
Hua Xiaoyu's recent days have been obvious to all, and she has lost weight.
Hua Zhao had estimated before that she would explode. If she really went to find He Jianning... He didn't know whether it would be a way of life or death.
"Hey." Aunt Ma sighed: "The Huashan family is really nothing." But other than sighing, there was nothing she could do.
"Don't tell outsiders. If it spreads to the ears of the Huashan family, you might commit evil," Aunt Ma said.
No matter how Hua Xiaoyu ran away or who she ran with, it was a good thing that she ran away. Otherwise, if the whole family had to struggle with each other, their lives might be lost.
"Don't worry, I won't tell anyone, not even my mother," Hua Zhao said.
Aunt Ma smiled. She knew that Hua Zhao was a sensible person, so if she couldn't hide it, she would tell her.
After chatting, she thought of business: "What have you planted in the yard again? It's this time, what can you plant to harvest?" It was about to snow, and the anxious leaves began to fall.
Yesterday, she saw the re-sowing in Hua Zhao's field, and she became curious. Today, everyone did not go to work and went out to look for Hua Xiaoyu, so she had time to come over and ask.
"I planted something good!" Hua Zhao opened the kang cabinet, took out a cloth bag, opened it, and poured a bunch of melon seeds on the kang.
Aunt Ma is not surprised. Who doesn't plant a few sunflowers beside the fence? They fry them for the children to eat during the Chinese New Year.
The melon seeds from Huazhao's family are big, plump, and shiny black, and they look solid when you look at them.
"Try it, it's delicious." Hua Zhao said.
Aunt Ma is not polite. She has never eaten any delicious food from Huazhao's house. This is a generous child.
She grabbed a handful and started to eat it, her eyes suddenly lit up: "Why are your melon seeds so fragrant?"
"This is a new variety I bought at a nursery in Beijing. It is delicious, cold-resistant, and has a short growth cycle. This is what I grow in my yard."
She fried some melon seeds yesterday, and they are more convincing when cooked.
"Cold resistance, the cycle is still short? Can we plant and harvest now?" Aunt Ma asked in surprise.
Anyway, the yard was deserted, and she wanted to plant anything she could! How much of it was a stutter!
Her yard is not too small. They have planted melon seeds, which weigh one to two hundred pounds each. They are all picked up for nothing! They can be used as food if you are in a hurry!
In 1960, she wanted to eat melon seed peels, but she couldn't get them!
"I don't know whether it's ok or not, but the person selling the seeds said it's ok." Hua Zhao took out another small bag with more than 2 kilograms in it.
One acre of sunflower requires 2 to 3 pounds of seeds.
"I bought these seeds for 5 cents per catty, and I'll pass the original price on to you," Hua Zhao said.
"Hey! OK!" Aunt Ma agreed happily.
Although she felt that 50 cents per pound was very expensive and exceeded the normal price, she did not think that Hua Zhao was trying to earn a few cents from her.
This child is generous and has money. How many cents can he defraud her of? She will spend more than a few dollars eating her fruits this summer.
"I'll go home and get some money for you." Aunt Ma took the melon seeds and left.
She had to go back and quickly tidy up the yard and plant seeds quickly. She was born and raised in the Northeast, and she had never seen plants that could grow after snow fell. She was afraid that if she missed a day, she would delay the harvest.
Aunt Ma came home, sent 1 yuan, and went back to work in full swing.
Not everyone went to find Hua Xiaoyu. Some people saw her and asked her strangely what she was doing.
Aunt Ma didn't hide it and told her.
I can’t hide this thing. I don’t know if this kind of seed can bear fruit, but it will always sprout, right? Who doesn’t know sunflowers?
Besides, Hua Zhaodu said that if anyone wants to plant seeds, they should go to her house to buy seeds on a first-come, first-served basis.
It is most taboo to eat alone at this time.
Hua Zhao didn't dare to eat alone.
By then, whose yard will be bare, hers and her mother’s yard will be green and golden, with hundreds of kilograms of sunflower seeds?
She's not half as popular as she is!
Pinkeye is so scary.
It's better to divert the firepower.
Moreover, if she wants to be the second "fool", what can she do with the 3 acres of land she and her mother have? She must have a supply of goods, make small profits but quick turnover, and accumulate a little to make a lot.
After a while, several aunts and sisters-in-law who had good relations with Hua Zhao came to the door.
Hua Zhao treated them equally and gave each of them 2 kilograms of seeds.
After that, a few people who were not familiar with him came to the door, and Hua Zhao also sold the seeds.
There were more than 30 families in Kaoshan Village, all of whom came except Huashan's family.
When the last family was left, Hua Zhao emptied the bag: "Just in time, it's gone."
So it's not that she won't sell it to the Huashan family, it's that it's gone.