Chapter 112 Kill and eat during the Chinese New Year
"When I graduate and make money, I will buy you a piece of land here and ask someone to help you raise it, okay? This way you won't be tired, just like a foreign manor." Wen Shanshan's eyes were bright,
"I will build a small house next to it and we will live together."
Xu Qingzhi laughed out loud and replied: "Then you might as well raise it yourself."
"That's different. The ones I raise are not delicious, and the cactus I raise can be eaten to death, let alone edible." Wen Shanshan said in frustration.
She just felt that the vegetables, chickens and ducks outside did not taste so good, and the vegetables grown by Qingzhi were different from the chickens and ducks raised. This must be the reason why Qingzhi had put so much effort into raising them.
"I'll keep it as long as I want in the future." Xu Qingzhi looked at Wen Shanshan and arched her eyebrows, as if coaxing a child: "You, just take responsibility and come and eat."
"Okay, then I will help you pick vegetables and pack for express delivery."
"Okay." Xu Qingzhi responded.
Wen Shanshan became very skilled in picking beans, and she picked a basket in no time.
"If you can't carry it, I'll do it." Xu Qingzhi directly lifted a basket full of beans, put it on a pile on the side, and got a new basket for her.
"Qingzhi, why are you so nice to me?" Wen Shanshan asked.
Xu Qingzhi stopped picking vegetables and looked at the girl's bright smiling face, as if he was seeing an old friend.
Those little junior sisters who always liked to chatter in her ears have grown up. I wonder how they are doing now. Did they see the last letter she sent in a paper crane?
"Qingzhi." Wen Shanshan saw that she seemed to be thinking about something and shouted.
Xu Qingzhi came back to her senses and said with a smile: "Because you are also kind to me, and you are very cute." Who doesn't love a sweet girl?
There were two blushes on Wen Shanshan's face, and she said shyly: "Oh, Qingzhi, please stop praising me, I will be embarrassed."
Xu Qingzhi smiled and stopped teasing her.
"Keep picking vegetables."
Several aunties on the vegetable field in the back mountain were also chatting animatedly while picking vegetables.
"This vegetable looks so good. I just pulled out a piece of lettuce and ate it directly. It tastes so sweet."
"Aunt Ma, these are vegetables grown by others for sale. Don't mess with them."
"I'll just eat a piece, what's the problem?" Aunt Ma said disapprovingly.
Aunt Ma said seriously: "This is the dish I want to sell. If you do this, I will make sure Yanmei doesn't call you here next time."
"Hey, don't, I won't eat it." Aunt Ma was afraid and said with a guilty conscience: "Don't tell Yanmei, I just think these vegetables are growing so well and they look delicious, so I want to try them.
It tastes good. If it tastes good, just buy some and take it home."
Another aunt has a good relationship with Wang Yanmei, and they go up the mountain together every year to pick yellow gardenias and sell them for money. She said: "Picking vegetables is just picking vegetables. If you take other people's money, do good things."
Aunt Ma curled her lips, turned around and said, "Didn't you hear what Yanmei's second sister-in-law said? Yanmei's daughter came back to grow vegetables because she couldn't survive in the city. I just wanted to try Yanmei."
How is this vegetable grown by my daughter?"
"The second sister-in-law of the Yanmei family is a garrulous person. She said nasty things, such as how Yanmei's daughter was kept by a rich man, and these vegetables were sent to the rich family. What she said later became more and more outrageous, saying that Yanmei was kept by a rich man.
My daughter beat her child and came back to recuperate her health. Tell me, do you believe this?"
"Let me see, if daughter Yanmei is really having an affair with a rich man, why is there no sign of that rich man? I was passing by here, but I often see daughter Yanmei wandering in the fields and staying at home every day.
Obviously that second sister-in-law is talking nonsense."
"Not to mention whether my daughter Yanmei can continue to live in the city, I am envious that she can come back to accompany her parents and grow vegetables for sale at home. Unfortunately, my two sons are willing to stay in the city and do not do anything except during the New Year.
Willing to come back."
"Yes, my two children are not willing to come back. My grandson dislikes the fact that there is no playground in the village and it is not fun."
"My daughter Yanmei is good at getting good grades. I came to play cards several times and she saw me walking at night. I didn't even see her, so I called her aunt. She is a good and responsible child. I don't believe in my second sister-in-law Yanmei.
Those nonsense words."
"I don't believe it either."
Yesterday, Aunt Ma, who had listened to Fu Guiying's gossip about Yanmei's daughter, became silent now.
She seems...a little bit unconvinced.
They just come back to plant vegetables, and there are several handsome men and women around them. It doesn’t look like they are being kept by a sixty-year-old man.
After picking the vegetables, I started washing and packing them.
Aunt Ma looked at so many vegetables packed into beautiful packaging boxes and exclaimed: "How many kilograms of vegetables is this?"
Wang Yanmei felt that there was nothing to hide, so she smiled and said: "Take a little more for a thousand pounds."
"Is it expensive to send it by express delivery? Can it make money? I can't finish the cabbage in my field. If I can make money, I will sell it online." Aunt Ma asked.
Xu Qingzhi looked at the aunt. Before setting off to pick vegetables, he had said that he wanted her to help sell vegetables.
She was afraid that it would be difficult for her mother to tell her, so she said with a smile: "Aunt, the delivery of parasites costs dozens of yuan a time. Normally, a handful of cabbage at the market costs one yuan."
Aunt Ma also understood. I'm afraid she will still lose money if she sells this little cabbage.
She asked inquiringly: "Then how do you sell your vegetables online?"
"The vegetables grown by Qingzhi are delicious, and some people are willing to buy them." Wen Shanshan frowned and muttered: "None of the people who came to help pick vegetables before were as inquisitive as you."
"Hey, you, a little girl, how can you talk to your elders? You are so sharp-tongued." Aunt Ma's face was straight, and she usually acted like she was educating the younger people in the family. Several nieces in the family even gave up in front of her.
I don’t even dare to let it go.
Jiang Xiao had just finished watching Yang Mei load the car and left. When he came back, he heard these words and said sternly: "What kind of elder are you? If you want to have a relationship, you don't first check whether you are qualified."
"You pretty boy, what are you talking about!" Aunt Ma is a famous scolding contestant in the next village.
Wang Yanmei originally didn't want to call Aunt Ma today. When she called someone else, Aunt Ma happened to be there and came together, so she couldn't open her mouth and drive people away.
Now, the situation is very embarrassing.
The aunt who had a good relationship with Wang Yanmei grabbed Aunt Ma's arm and said, "Okay, don't bully the children."
Xu Qingzhi finished packing a box of vegetables in his hand, stood up, and said to Wang Yanmei: "Mom, pay Aunt Ma's wages."
Wang Yanmei listened to what her daughter said and did what she said. She took out a fifty yuan card from her pocket and handed it over to her ten yuan card.
Aunt Ma wiped her hands on her body, took the money, and smiled: "Okay, Yanmei, just call me next time you need someone to pick vegetables."
Then he snorted at Wen Shanshan and Jiang Xiao, his nose almost turned to the sky, and he said in a strange tone: "I don't know whose children they are from, so uncultured!"
Wen Shanshan's face turned red with anger. No one has ever said that she is uneducated even though she has grown so big!
Aunt Ma was about to leave, but Xu Qingzhi reached out and grabbed her arm, saying in a calm tone: "Apologise before leaving."
"You want me to apologize? I'm dreaming!" Aunt Ma's eyes widened.
As soon as Xu Qingzhi moved, Aunt Ma's arms went directly behind her back, and half of her body bowed towards Wen Shanshan and Jiang Xiao.
"Oh, it hurts, it hurts, you damn rag..." Aunt Ma howled, but her hand hurt even more, so she had to say again: "I apologize, I'm good at apologizing."
As soon as Xu Qingzhi let go of her hand, Aunt Ma finally stood up straight. She breathed a sigh of relief and thought she was fine and was about to leave. Then her hand was forced back behind her, and she bowed forward again.
Aunt Ma wailed: "I love you so much."
Xu Qingzhi: "If an apology is not sincere, just bow three times."
Let go again, bow again.
Only then did Xu Qingzhi let go of her hand. Aunt Ma's face turned red with anger and she didn't dare to keep it. She ran and scolded: "Next time I won't come again. This is a family of rags and uneducated things. Ouch.
, it hurts me to death."
"I shouldn't have let Aunt Ma know that I'm coming to pick vegetables today. She insists on coming with me, and she can't even drive her away." An aunt sighed: "She is a non-stop person in the village."
"A few years ago, I caught her stealing two cabbages from my house. As a result, I was scolded by her. Qingzhi, you did a good job. This is how you should treat people like this."
"I just saw her walking away with a vegetable in her arms."
"Such a sneaky person."
Aunt Ma over there was running all the way, but she hit a stone under her feet. She jumped forward and was hit by a pile of cow dung.
She got up in pain and shouted to the man driving the cattle back in front of her: "You old fool, your family's cattle got stuck on the roadside and you don't know how to clean it up."
At this time, the people who had picked the bayberries also helped to pack the vegetables. The work was quickly finished, and the courier came and shipped them all away.
Wang Yanmei paid her wages one by one and walked back.
Xu Qingzhi thought for a while and said, "Mom, the bayberries will be finished tomorrow and the day after tomorrow. Let's spend some money to recruit a few regular vegetable pickers."
Wang Yanmei was a little excited. Now that she had some money, she didn't have to worry about money. She had a fixed person and she didn't have to ask people to pick vegetables every day. But when she thought about how these vegetables were harvested one after another, she hesitated and said, "What about the vegetables at home?"
We’ve finished picking vegetables, what should we do?”
"There are so many chickens and ducks in the back mountain. If we don't pick vegetables, we will help take care of the chickens and ducks. Recruit a few more people. You and dad can be busy, but don't be too tired." Xu Qingzhi suddenly remembered Yang.
Mei Lin went up to the large piece of land and said, "Yes, the land above the bayberry belongs to our family, too. I'll plant some more fruit trees. Let dad find someone to build a chicken coop this time, and build two pig houses along the way."
I want to raise a few pigs so that we can kill them and eat them during the Chinese New Year."
This is both fruit tree planting and pig raising. In the past, Wang Yanmei would definitely have to weigh one and two. Now that she has money, she is not worried about losing money. She waved her hand: "Okay, if my daughter wants to raise pigs, she can
If you want to raise pigs, just plant fruit trees. Have you thought about what you want to plant? That land hasn’t been planted for a long time. You need to rent a plower and plow the ground looser."
Xu Qingzhi said: "I haven't thought about it yet. I'll think about it again when the land is plowed."
Wen Shanshan on the side is no longer angry now, because Qingzhi is standing up for her, and she is happy before it is too late. Listening to the discussion about planting fruit trees, she happily made a suggestion: "Qingzhi, how about planting cherries? They are delicious.
And the price is still high. When it’s expensive, it’s almost five yuan a piece.”
"Yes, yes, our family can grow cherries." When Wang Yanmei thought of the red fruit she bought for Zijun before, the price was really too expensive.
If you grow some at home, you can eat it if you want. Besides, this red fruit seems to be quite popular, and many people like to eat it.
"Okay, let's plant cherries first." Xu Qingzhi made the decision.
Among the saplings she brought back and threw into the spiritual space today were cherries. She will plant them in the space tonight, and then use the spiritual spring water to irrigate more to promote growth. Then, wait until the land is plowed, and then transplant them out, if possible next year.