After chatting in the cellar for a while, Chen Xiuyu was busy going out to pick thorn buds and left first.
When she came out with Chen Xiuqing, the excuse she told Ma Jinlan was to go out to pick thorn buds. When she went back, she couldn't carry an empty basket.
She herself couldn't explain why she always wanted to visit Lu Lu in the underground cellar.
Ma Jinlan suspected that she had Lu Lu in mind. She thought about it for a long time, and at most she thought Lu Lu was interesting and a benefactor, so she should go and see him. But she was a little strange as to why this idea was getting stronger and stronger.
The picked thorn buds, which do not look very good, are kept at home, washed, blanched, rinsed again, dried and stored for their own consumption. The relatively tender ones are sent to the district by Ma Jinlan for sale.
The purchase price is not high, but it can bring in some income, help with the daily expenses of the family, and save a little bit, which is always good.
According to Lu Lu, Northeastern wild vegetables, mushrooms, and nuts will be very famous in the future. More and more vendors will buy them, and the prices will get higher and higher. Just by picking wild vegetables, mushrooms, and nuts for sale, you can make a lot of money.
Life was going pretty well.
Listening to Lu Lu talking about reform and opening up and export, Chen Xiuyu didn't understand, but it didn't stop her from looking forward to that kind of day.
Wild vegetables, mushrooms and wild fruits all over the mountains and plains come in alternating seasons, covering the mountains. Just as Lu Lu said, they are all money.
It was hard for Chen Xiuyu to imagine what life would be like at that time, and she could only describe it in one word: beauty.
Lu Lu was stunned for a moment, knowing that his actions were indeed a bit abrupt, but he already stretched out his hand and could only smile: "There are dead leaves in your hair, let me remove them for you."
The conversation between the two of them mostly revolved around Lu Lu's past years on the farm.
However, he is the only male in the family.
Chen Xiuyu was startled and asked in a low voice: "What are you... doing?"
Chen Xiuyu carried a basket full of thorn buds on her back and led the four Yuanbaoniangs back to the underground cellar. When they got into the underground cellar and saw the two old men gathering together, carefully wrapping dumplings, they couldn't bear it.
He laughed.
Throughout the afternoon, Lu Lu reluctantly took out two bee buckets. Seeing that it was almost time, he was going back to the cellar to cook and said hello to Chen Xiuqing in advance.
The two of them actually talked and talked.
Gradually, Chen Xiuqing also noticed that when Lu Lu was busy with the work at hand, he always looked at where Chen Xiuyu was, his eyes full of care, and even when he couldn't see it, he would use Yuanbao to follow him, for fear that
What happened in the woods?
If things really develop like that, if you go to the farm and ask someone, you will know the whole story of Lu Lu.
"Don't be in a hurry to go back. This is your first time here, so you have to stay for a meal."
After hearing what Lu Lu said, many people would probably just think that he was talking nonsense.
Even Lu Lu's current neat and orderly living habits were learned from Raymond. He was a retired soldier and was close to Lu Lu, so he had a great influence on him.
As Chen Xiuqing said this, she secretly recited the name of the farm several times and kept it firmly in her mind.
There are many things at home that require him to make decisions.
"I used to stay in the sideline team of the Bird's Nest Island branch over Wanda Mountain!" Lu Lu said casually without thinking too much.
When it comes to life-long matters related to your sister, you have to be even more cautious.
Ma Jinlan has a weak temperament, but her cautious worries are correct, if you think about it carefully, they are all issues that should be considered.
As the old saying goes: An elder brother is like a father.
Chen Xiuyu wanted to learn, so Lu Lu was naturally willing to teach.
Chen Xiuqing thought for a moment and did not refuse. She had heard from Chen Xiuyu that Lu Lu's food was delicious, and she planned to stay and try it.
However, when he saw Chen Xiuyu's thin cotton coat covered with patches, it was damp from picking thorn buds on the mountain, and there were a few dead leaves in her hair, Lu Lu naturally reached out to help her remove it.
But she was also surprised by Lu Lu's skill in making many flower-like dumplings with fine wrinkles. They were different from the traditional wrapping method and were very beautiful. On the contrary, Chen Xiuqing, who was born and raised in the Northeast, also followed suit.
Man, you are so clumsy.
Because after a visit to this place and the contacts he had over the years, Chen Xiuqing found that Lu Lu was indeed different from the older men he knew.
He is a good person, he knows how to do things, and he is pretty good in every aspect.
Chen Xiuqing could not exercise strenuously and could not do much work, so she followed Lu Lu out of the cellar and warmed himself by the fire. He watched Lu Lu move sections of trees to the front of the cellar alone, compare sizes, and play strings.
, sawed and hollowed out to make a thick bee bucket.
Seeing that Chen Xiuqing agreed, Lu Lu seemed very happy. After returning to Dixiangzi, he specially picked out a lot of robe meat, mixed it with the fresh backbone of brown bear, chopped it into minced meat, blanched it in water to remove the scum, took it out and added
Add various seasonings, add lard oil, stir-fry until fragrant, and then add fresh shepherd's purse collected to make the filling.
Speaking of these, what Lu Lu will never forget the most is Raymond, who took good care of him when he was on the farm.
His father is gone, and as the elder brother, he must support his own family.
She just wants to believe, yes, she is willing.
This small sign alone may not mean much.
So, Chen Xiuqing secretly wrote down a name in her heart again: Raymond.
But Chen Xiuyu believed it in her heart, because more and more people in the district were indeed buying these wild vegetables and selling them to Yichun City or further cities.
Then Lu Lu kneaded the dough and rolled it out with a homemade rolling pin. With Chen Xiuqing's help, he started making dumplings.
For a moment, she also became interested, washed her hands, and moved next to Lu Lu, shouting that she wanted to learn.
Because in the eyes of most people, those wild vegetables are only collected and eaten as a last resort when there is really nothing left to eat. They find it troublesome to use them to feed livestock.
So, while chatting, Chen Xiuqing asked Lu Lu a question: "Brother Lu, when you were an educated youth, which farm was it specifically?"
Therefore, she works very hard and is very motivated.
"good!"
"It's a good place. When I first arrived in Yichun, I met my former farm leader Raymond, who came to pick people up to work on the farm. He wanted me to continue working on the farm, but I didn't agree. Wait until I settle down.
Come down and find some time. I have to go back and see him. He is also a kind person to me."
For this diligent girl, she is really ready to treat picking wild vegetables as picking up money.
Chen Xiuqing was not disgusted by Lu Lu's heart-warming behavior, and even thought: It would be good if her sister really married Lu Lu.
"Wanda Mountain is quite far away from us. I've only heard of it, but I've never been there!"
Chen Xiuyu hesitated for a moment, lowered her head and blushed and said nothing.
Under Chen Xiuqing's somewhat surprised gaze, Lu Lu removed the dead leaves from Chen Xiuyu's head, then turned around and heated up the fire in the earthen stove to make the temperature in the cellar even higher.
Things come back to making dumplings again.
However, the girl next to him exuded a faint girlish fragrance, which penetrated the tip of his nose from time to time, making Lu Lu always feel a little dazed, and time seemed to have returned to the time when he and Chen Xiuyu first met in his previous life.