Chapter 114 114. Sophora japonica in the back mountain
Throughout the whole morning, neither the eldest aunt nor Sun Yanyan was able to please her. Even if she tried to exercise restraint, her face was still dark and unflattering.
Auntie and grandma were sitting there choosing vegetables. They were picking through a large pot of tender milkvetch. The mother and daughter had something to talk about:
“It’s twenty yuan a pound, so we can eat well today.”
“That’s right, twenty! I think you should sell it. Mom, don’t you have lettuce in your garden? It’s the same thing if you just pull a few of them back.”
“Yes, I think so too. Lettuce is so cheap. One is stewed and the other is stir-fried. It’s not cold either.”
“Alas, Tantan is just like my brother, honest and doesn’t know how to do business!”
“That’s right, Sancheng has been honest since childhood.”
Ulan was waving the spatula in the kitchen, feeling happy just listening to them chatting.
She thought to herself, let’s leave Song Sancheng’s dishonesty aside for now, their family Tantan is really good at doing business.
Looking at the depressed faces of the sister-in-law and her daughter-in-law, I felt more and more comfortable.
At this moment, Qiaoqiao’s voice came from far away from the door:
“Mom, Uncle Zhang taught me how to compost today.”
"Yeah?"
Ulan also raised his voice and echoed: "Then you have to study hard, our garden will depend on you from now on!"
Qiao Qiao rushed into the yard proudly: "I will definitely study hard. I am very busy with tasks now!"
Then he saw the people in the yard again, so he smiled even more happily:
“Auntie, I didn’t finish the snow cake you sent back, so I gave half of it to Dabai.”
I turned around and saw the aunt and annoying sister-in-law of the hardware store again, so I snorted and pretended not to see them.
Mao Li and Sun Yanyan were even more angry: "Tsk, how did you teach this child? He doesn't even know how to say hello to anyone."
Qiaoqiao hummed: "Because I'm stupid."
“Pfft!”
Song Tan couldn't hold it back and laughed directly.
She also quickly responded: "Yes, aunt, you look at your age, why do you care about children?"
This statement has a double effect with "it's a big festival" and "it's still a child"!
The eldest aunt turned blue again because of holding back. When she saw Uncle Song walking in from outside, she also snorted coldly:
"You guys are really hardworking. You didn't come back until the meal was almost ready."
Uncle Song didn't know why, and he was puzzled at the moment and said: "My younger brothers and sisters cook, you go home and eat ready-made food, what are you in a hurry for?"
Mao Li:…
If she hadn't lived a long time, she would really want to tear it up and go back to the city right now.
But it was really frustrating to sit there, seeing all the old men sitting there smoking cigarettes, drinking ordinary big leaf tea in the mountains, and chatting, I felt very uncomfortable.
What about them? It's been a rough morning.
So he said unwillingly:
“Tantan, you’re going to buy a car when you get home. It’s a big investment, right? You’ll have to make money selling vegetables for a while.”
“I heard from your mother that you bought a few more dogs? Why don’t you ask your sister-in-law? She has many connections and can give you a lot cheaper.”
"That's right!" the sister-in-law responded quickly: "I just heard from my aunt that I bought it for three thousand yuan. Oh my, I must say it's expensive!"
It just so happened that the person in charge of cultivating the land was left to eat for the first time today. At this moment, he walked in from outside the yard and subconsciously said:
“That’s not expensive! I’ve heard about it on the street. What you bought was a dog that had eaten a tiger—oh, that’s a big waste.”
What is this, a dog that has eaten a tiger? !
Then you are not allowed to eat people!
Ouch, what kind of dog is that that has eaten a tiger?
Sun Yanyan and Mao Lijie have stopped talking about dogs or not. Just kidding, even if I give her 30,000 yuan, she can’t get a dog that has eaten a tiger!
After thinking about it, the eldest aunt simply stopped talking about the topic. Taking advantage of the crowd, she directly said to Wang Lifen:
“Mom, what other vegetables do you have in your garden? Vegetables are very expensive in the city now. I’ll dig some before I leave.”
By coincidence, there is actually a piece of the vegetable garden in front of Wang Lifen’s house.
In this season, what can there be? Isn’t it just cabbage, garlic sprouts and lettuce?
The rest are small cabbage seedlings raised by Song Tan. They haven't grown yet and can't be eaten at all.
Song Youde and Wang Lifen are now eating with Song Tan and his family. There is a lot of fish, meat and vegetables. Who still remembers those lettuces?
So Wang Lifen was quite generous:
“Go and pull them all. It’s okay to finish them all.”
Mao Li almost laughed out loud—milk vetch costs twenty yuan a pound, but how much is lettuce worth?
At this moment, he looked at Song Tan again: "Tandan, the milkvetch you made last time was quite delicious. Where does it grow? I'll dig some more - you won't be reluctant to part with it, right?"
Song Tan almost laughed out loud.
The aunt was really funny. If he wanted to dig, he asked me a lot. He had to eat a stomach in the morning and ate his belly in the morning.
She also sighed regretfully: "Oh! Auntie, why didn't you tell me earlier?"
“Just last night, all those fields were plowed, and I will plant rice in two days.”
She pointed at the pot and said, "Didn't you just say it was gone? This is what's left."
Mao Li stopped breathing in an instant - you just said it was gone, she thought, this thing is everywhere in the field, how can it really be gone? !
They came back today, but they were plowing yesterday. Isn’t this something that even God can’t deal with?
The aunt also looked regretful: "Don't you make money from this? Why did it get turned over?"
Song Tan sighed: "I can't help it, girl. People are picky nowadays. If you eat it for so long, you should be tired of it."
The group suddenly stopped buying groceries: ...We are not tired.
This is true.
Auntie thought about it regretfully, and then looked at Mao Li without noticing anything:
“Sister-in-law, if you have nothing to do now, go ahead and grab all the lettuce and garlic sprouts from my mother’s house. Then give me half of them.”
What can Mao Li say?
She is still a daughter. How can the old lady not share the things that belong to her own land?
We just finished choosing the dishes, why do we have to let them do the work again?
But when he looked again, everyone in the yard was looking at him, and the uncle still felt that his face was dull.
"There is a vegetable market right in front of our house. Why do you have to use my mother's vegetables? Is it easy for the old couple to grow something?"
It's embarrassing, as if he can't get enough to eat in the city.
But now that I’ve said it, how could I still say no? Wouldn’t that be even more embarrassing?
The eldest aunt continued to have a dark face.
Song Tan actually didn’t give any spiritual energy to the lettuce in grandma’s field. They could only rub it next to the cabbage seedlings.
But even if you try it for a while, the taste should be very good. Auntie Song Tan is not happy that it is so cheap.
So she clapped her hands and said, "Oh."
"Auntie, the land I grow is not as delicious as what I grow. There are two old locust trees in the back hill of my house that are opening their buds. Don't take the lettuce. After dinner, I will ask Qiao Qiao to go to the back hill to give it to you. Sophora japonica.”
The eyes of the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law who were taking the basket from the car were bright.
I find that I write more without setting a flag... Let’s just do it tomorrow! No more promises.
(End of this chapter)