Chapter 16, keep a low profile
"Our family also has a vegetable garden!"
"It's finally finished!"
Zhao Lixiang was also happy beside him: "Sister, Dad, let's grow vegetables quickly, shall we? I want to pick leaves and feed them to the chickens!"
Zhao Lin: "Yes, yes, I want to too!" He thought for a while and then said, "I can also help grow vegetables."
Zhao Lixiang: "I can too!"
Everyone laughed.
Zhao Liya rubbed Zhao Lixiang's little head. The two younger siblings were really having fun. When she and Aunt Eleven went into the house for a tea break, the two little guys actually slipped out of the yard. Standing up not as tall as the hoe, she wanted to dig the ground with the hoe, but almost fell to the ground, causing her and Aunt Li to come out and laugh and cry.
Zhao Liya smiled and asked Aunt Li Shishi: "Aunt Shishi, what kind of vegetables are suitable for this season?"
Aunt Li Shiyi really wants to say that it is not suitable for sowing, and I am afraid that it will not grow well.
She thought for a while, "How about growing some eggplants, beans, cucumbers, peppers, and corn? Leeks and shallots are fine!"
Zhao Liya nodded and smiled: "Okay, let's try it. I also want to build a shelf in the corner and plant some pumpkins, wax gourds, and loofahs."
Aunt Li Shishi: "Hey, this is not bad!"
Hu Ling: "Tomorrow I will chop wood and bamboo to build a scaffold."
Zhao Liya hurriedly said: "Don't worry, brother, it will take a while for the melon seedlings to grow. Let's plant other seeds first, and I will go up the mountain with you in two days. Wild bamboo shoots, various mountain fungi Ah, isn’t it quite a lot? I just found some for cooking. There are also wild vegetables such as dandelions, so you should be able to find some tender ones, right?”
The current external image of their family is that they "squeezed the family money to build a house", so they can no longer spend money on vegetables, which is too eye-catching.
You have to have a reason to "get money" before you can buy land to farm or do business.
What better way to "launder money" than finding treasure in the mountains?
Their family is an exile and cannot buy land. They can only reclaim wasteland and grow it within the boundaries of Yancun. The reclaimed land cannot be used for trading.
But it's easy to solve, isn't there Hu Ling? He is a good man with a clean fortune.
Aunt Li Shiyi hurriedly said: "There are indeed a lot of bamboo shoots and mushrooms in this season, but the wild vegetables are old. Let me go with you, I understand the things in the mountains!"
Zhao Liya nodded with a smile: "It would be better if Aunt Eleven took us, thank you Aunt Eleven!"
"Hi, what are you doing?"
Zhao Xiang also wanted to speak, Zhao Liya hurriedly said: "Father, you and mother can accompany Xiang'er and Lin'er at home, and do it by the way."
Zhao Xiang had no choice but to nod: "That's fine, you have to be careful when you go up the mountain."
It is true that his wife and the two children cannot be left alone at home. The wife is too weak, and if someone makes trouble for them, their mother will suffer.
Everyone has arranged for tomorrow in a few sentences and two sentences, and then began to sow seeds.
It is all on-demand, dig a small hole in a field of vegetables, sprinkle a few seeds, and plant them next to each other.
Water a little while planting.
For a vegetable garden of about one and a half acres, there is still a small piece of melon shed in the corner left. After one day, all the seeds will be planted.
It won't be long before more will grow, and there will be another crop after cutting.
Widow Qu generously gave it to her and took her to dig in the vegetable garden.
After a little hesitation, Widow Qu still reminded Zhao Liya in a low voice: "Aya, those people in the Gu family are not good-natured, they hold grudges! You still have to be careful on weekdays, maybe they will understand me at some point, right?"
Zhao Liya said in her heart that what you said is so clear, of course I understand.
She nodded: "Aunt Qu, thank you! Don't worry, you kindly remind me that I will never say these words to anyone, not to my parents."
"Hey, you child!" Aunt Qu smiled a little embarrassedly, but felt much more at ease.
If it wasn't for the fact that she really liked the Zhao family, and because Zhao Liya had a sweet mouth, she bought a lot of vegetables from their family when they built the house, and gave more money than others, Widow Qu would not have liked it at all. I will say this to Zhao Liya.
Zhao Liya's words reassured her. After thinking about it, she couldn't help but tell Zhao Liya a lot of weird things the Gu family had done before.
The corners of Zhao Liya's mouth twitched when she heard this, and she thought to herself, fortunately, there is a righteous brother in her family, so she must stay a little farther away from Yancun when buying fields and land next year.
The weather was very good for a while, and the next day just dawned, they ate the leftover rice from last night and fried it with eggs and cabbage for breakfast. He went out with a sack.
Yan Village and its surrounding areas are flat land and slightly rolling hills, but the wild woods are still lush. The vegetation in the south is not only diverse, but also grows taller. Many weeds grow taller than people.
They walked quite far, and they walked for almost an hour before stopping.
It is more difficult to find wild mushrooms in the vicinity. They are all found, so you have to go farther.
Aunt Li Shishi is more experienced, and she saw a fir forest from a distance, so she took them there.
"The fir forest has the most wild fungi, let's look for them!"
"Okay, Aunt Eleven."
They came at the right time, and there happened to be a batch of fir tree fungi and red fungus that grew just right and were suitable for picking.
If you come early or two days late, you probably won’t be able to meet them.
Aunt Li Shiyi was overjoyed, "No matter what you pick, it must weigh 30 to 50 kilograms, right? Not to mention, I haven't encountered so many bacteria a few times! This must be your luck!"
Zhao Liya and Hu Ling laughed, and Hu Ling said: "Aya is lucky!"
Zhao Liya smiled and said: "Let's pick them all back, and let the unfinished ones be dried in the sun. When Eleventh Aunt goes back, she will bring some back to taste."
Aunt Li Shiyi was even happier after hearing this, and she refused cheerfully: "No, no, I didn't help you much by living in your house, and there are so many delicious foods every day. Hey, I'm so embarrassed, where can I still eat?" I can take it away."
"Whatever you want, one size fits all, and those who see it will have a share!"
"Hey you kid!"
Zhao Liya smiled again: "But Aunt Eleven, don't be in a hurry to go back. With you here, our house is more lively. We all wish you could stay longer."
Aunt Li Shiyi was laughed out loud, "If you don't dislike me, Auntie can stay here for as long as she wants!"
"Don't dislike it, don't dislike it! It's too late for us to welcome you!"
Another burst of hearty laughter.
The three moved swiftly and quickly picked up a lot.
The main reason is that the fir tree fungus and red fungus don't grow long enough, and once they grow, they will become a large piece. Moreover, it only takes three or four days to grow old and rot. Either someone is lucky enough to pick it, or it will all be broken.
(end of this chapter)