Chapter 118 The apricots are ripe (please vote for monthly recommendations)
Author: 久l久
At night, Erni said a lot of worrying things and even cried. When she woke up the next day, she seemed to have forgotten everything and happily discussed with Yingbao how to spend the money in her hand.
She and Dani each planted two hundred golden ears, and this time they sold them for fifteen taels of silver.
Including the twenty-something taels she earned last year, she already has more than thirty taels. Compared with girls of the same age in the village, Erni is simply a little rich woman.
"When you get married in the future, use the money you save to buy a shop in the county town. From now on, even if you don't do business, you can still make money every month by renting it to others."
Yingbao gave Erni advice: "So you have to save more money now."
Erni agreed and asked with longing, "How much money does it cost to buy a shop in the county?"
"It depends on the location. If the location is good, a shop will cost two hundred taels."
"What? It's so expensive." Erni calculated it, and then thinking about the money in her hand, it didn't seem to be very much.
I might as well plant another 200 golden ears when I divide the strains next time.
But the problem is that there must be a place to put the fungi.
That thing is delicate and cannot be exposed to the sun or rain, nor can it be planted too densely. It is no problem to plant ten or twenty plants. If there are more, you will have to build a new bamboo shed to store it.
Erni scratched her head, it was not easy to build a bamboo shed, it was just like building a house.
After breakfast, Chun Niang led the children to see the bride.
Walking into the courtyard of Jiang Erlang's house, he saw that almost everyone in the Jiang family was here.
Yanru was wearing a red dress and was serving morning tea to her parents-in-law with a tea bowl.
Morning tea is egg water made with boiling water, with sugar added to it.
"Mom, dad, please have some tea." Yan Ru respectfully held the bowl and handed it over.
Old man Jiang and Mrs. Jiang took a sip and each gave their new daughter-in-law a red envelope.
After serving tea, Jiang Erlang led his wife to recognize her.
"This is the big brother and sister-in-law."
"Brother, sister-in-law." Yan Ru called out obediently.
Jiang Dalang and his wife nodded towards her and said nothing.
"These are the third brother and the third sister." Jiang Erlang introduced his younger brother, younger brother and daughter-in-law.
"Third brother, third brother and sister."
"Second sister-in-law." Jiang Sanlang and Chun Niang nodded to her.
"Over here are Dacheng, Erquan, Dani and Yuanbao from the eldest brother's family." Jiang Erlang introduced one by one: "Over there are Yingbao, Xiaojie and Xiaowu from the third brother's family."
Yanru took out a large handful of silver dates and gave them to the children, two each.
Several children expressed their thanks in unison: "Thank you, Second Aunt (Second Auntie)!"
Jiang Erlang took his two children and said, "I'm going to give you a gift for your mother." Then he said to his newlywed wife, "Yanru, this is my eldest daughter Erni, and this is my eldest son Huzi."
Erni and Huzi looked awkward, but still called their mother.
Yanru gave each of her siblings an exquisite silver lock and put it on herself.
After recognizing the person, Yanru went into the kitchen to cook, and Erni followed to help light the fire.
The mother and daughter work on one pot and the other off. They cooperate tacitly and are harmonious.
Mrs. Jiang Liu breathed a sigh of relief and whispered to her second son: "Now that you are married, you will live a good life in the future. This child Yanru looks pretty good, so you have to treat her well."
"I understand, mother." Jiang Erlang said with a smile, "Everyone, please stop cooking for lunch today. Please stay and try Yan Ru's cooking skills."
Mrs. Zhou and Chun Niang smiled and nodded.
Yingbao and several children ran out after seeing the new bride because Jiang Quan said he would take them to the pond to fish for shrimps.
The pond on the south slope is already quite large, and many lotus roots are planted beside it. Now the lotus leaves have grown so big that they can be used as a bamboo hat when picked off and placed on the head.
Several children each carried a large lotus leaf and fished for shrimps by the pond with a small net. They quickly caught less than half of the basket.
After catching the shrimps, Jiang Quan took them to see his breeding water pit. There were many loaches rolling in the water pit.
"I raised these all. Let's catch some loaches later, wrap them in flour and fry them in lard. They will be delicious."
Yuanbao and Huzi swallowed hard after hearing this, and quickly asked their second brother to catch more loaches and bring them back for frying.
Yingbao also craves fried food, but she prefers to eat sweet and sour apricots and peaches.
There are many fruit trees planted around her house, including peach trees, apricot trees, pear trees, persimmon trees, jujube trees, two apple trees, and several unknown Fanbang vines.
The fruit trees have been pruned and grafted, and they are bearing fruit this year. However, since it is the first time to bear fruit, the number is not large. There are only dozens of fruits hanging sporadically on one tree, and some are only a dozen. But there are so many fruit trees.
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It's the end of May now, and most of the apricots are yellow, so they should be edible by now.
"Second brother, let's go pick apricots." Those apricot trees are too tall for a little kid like Ying Bao. The apricots are hidden in the leaves and can't be reached without growing bamboo poles.
"Okay, come back when I send the shrimps and loaches home." Jiang Quan caught enough loaches, ran home quickly with the basket, and then rushed over dragging a long bamboo pole.
So the children began to knock apricots again.
When the bamboo pole was struck, the ripe apricots fell from the treetops. Xiaojie and Xiaowu screamed as they picked apricots under the tree. When they found a big one, they handed it to their sister to see. They were so happy.
Yingbao and Yuanbao Huzi also picked up the broken apricots, wiping them with their sleeves and eating them.
Apricots are very delicious when ripe, sour and sweet, much more delicious than cherries.
But eating too much of this stuff hurts your teeth and stomach. Yingbao soon felt like her teeth couldn't bite, but she still couldn't help but want to eat.
After knocking less than half of the basket, Jiang Quan stopped knocking and began to discuss with Ying Bao, "Ying Bao, can we sell the uneaten apricots on the street in time for the market tomorrow?"
He knew that these fruit trees belonged to Ying Bao, so he wanted to discuss it with her.
Ying Bao nodded: "Well, you will take me there then."
"No problem!" Jiang Quan chuckled and rubbed his little cousin's head: "When the money is sold, we will each get half of it."
"good."
At noon, the entire Jiang family had dinner at Jiang Erlang's house.
Yan Ru really made two large dishes for the table. She put a lot of thought into each dish. Not only did it smell fragrant, but it was also beautifully presented.
The shrimps and loaches Jiang Quan sent back were also fried according to his requirements and served on a large plate. A small round lotus leaf was spread on the bottom of the plate. They were green and very attractive.
Mrs. Zhou and Chun Niang have been cooking for a lifetime, but they didn't know that the dishes could be presented like this.
For example, a circle of leaves can be placed next to the steamed fish, and a small piece of yellow apricot flesh is placed on each leaf, which looks very beautiful.
When dining, there is a table for adults and a table for children. The dishes are all the same, except that the children's table has more fried shrimps and fried loaches.
After finishing the meal, Yan Ru started to clear away the dishes, and Chun Niang, her sister-in-law, and her eldest daughter and her eldest son and daughter-in-law also went to help.
Yingbao took her two younger brothers home.
She was too full after lunch, so she took her two puppies for a walk in the yard.
The gourds planted in spring have already climbed the vines, and now they have bloomed many small white flowers. Under the flower stems are small green gourds, some of which are half the size of a palm.
Xiaojie saw that these little gourds were interesting, and he reached out to pick them, but Yingbao stopped him, "These are still baby gourds that haven't grown up yet. They can't be picked. How about we pick them off when they grow up?"
The little guy had to retract his hand and muttered: "You can't pick the little gourd until it grows up. You can pick it later."
"So good." Yingbao patted Xiaojie's head.
Xiao Wu suddenly ran over, lowered his head and came close to let his sister touch him. He also said: "Xiao Wu is the best."
Ying Bao had no choice but to touch him again and praise him, "Xiao Wu is also good."
