Chapter 227 227. Preparing to collect vegetables
At eight o'clock in the evening, the courtyard of Lao Song's house was once again crowded with people.
It is rare that the seventh cousin has not gone back. At this moment, he is standing in front of the stove preparing to give everyone a supper at night.
Song Tan also advised him: "Seventh cousin, please go back. You are so old. Don't stay up late. Let's cook some noodles at night and cut some braised pork prepared during the day... We can all do this job."
Put more cabbage in the noodles, and the taste should not make everyone feel neglected.
The seventh cousin snorted: "Why are you afraid of staying up late? Let me tell you, don't look down on us elderly people. We eat well and sleep soundly. We don't stay up all night. Our health is better than yours."
"Besides, I won't stay with you guys. You take Qiaoqiao down to the fields to get a few more baskets of cabbage. I'll make some dumplings at home and you can eat them at night. I'll go back by myself after I've made them."
Song Tan couldn't help but be moved: "Seventh cousin! How can you be so considerate! Don't worry, I will definitely take good care of you when you take care of yourself in the future. If you go to the hospital, I will carry one under each arm!"
The seventh cousin glared at her: "No matter how big or small!"
But there was a smile on his face.
If anyone had said this two months ago, the seventh cousin would have felt really uncomfortable.
Because as people get older, they can feel it themselves. My energy and endurance are not as good as before, and even a good night's sleep is extremely rare. When it comes to life, old age, illness and death, I am somewhat pessimistic and negative.
But since arriving at Lao Song's house, all this is no longer a problem.
Going home and falling asleep, I wake up when the rooster crows in the morning. I can also take a walk two more times on the way. I feel very energetic!
Moreover, I stir-fry a large pot of vegetables every day. Not only do I not feel tired, but I feel more energetic.
Cousin Seven thought: Maybe it’s time for the fallen leaves to return to their roots. The soil and water of our hometown are there to support people.
Of course, there are also disadvantages, that is, you can never drink the tea given by Song Tan at night.
Make a cup of it in the morning and drink it until the taste is gone in the afternoon. It’s just right.
If he can't help but want to take another drink at night - that's it, he can stay up all night!
Although I didn’t feel anything bad the next day, I am getting older and my seventh cousin is taking good care of his health now and is determined not to do such a thing.
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At the moment, there was a lot of noise in the yard, and Ulan was handing out headlamps and gauze nets to the big guys who came to work.
The vegetable field is pitch black, and it is convenient for everyone to work with small lamps on their heads. As for the gauze, it needs to be covered over the head. After all, some flying insects are already infested in April. When the lights are turned on at night, That's called a moth flying into a flame!
There is no need to cover it with a gauze, as the bugs will be annoying even if they don’t bite.
Most of the people who come to work are women from nearby. They clean the vegetable fields very quickly, and they are still laughing now:
“After doing farm work for so many years, this is the first time I carry this lamp.”
“That’s not true,” someone nearby answered: “No one has ever tidied the vegetable field at night! At most, they were growing mushrooms in those years and getting up early in the morning to break them...”
Song Tan estimated that the truck would be loaded up and set off at 1 a.m., and everyone would still have to work hard in the fields for more than four hours.
Although the weather in April was no longer cold, it was still a bit cold at night. She thought for a moment and then said, "Cousin, please help me make a pot of white fungus soup before you leave."
The white fungus on their mountain is really worth a sip.
The seventh cousin didn’t even raise his head: “Let Qiao Qiao cook it. This soup will never go bad. I’ll teach you how to cook it later.”
"OK."
After speaking, Song Tan directly greeted Qiao Qiao: "Let's go, go to the field to pick a few baskets of cabbage and make dumplings."
Unfortunately, it is not tolerant, which is one of the reasons why Song Tan plans to plant peppers in the next crop.Because the weather is hot, this will become stale after a while, which is troublesome.
The person responsible for looking after the vegetable garden is a three-bao, black-backed, four-horse dog.
They are good at jumping, and it doesn't take long to run from one end of the vegetable garden to the other. When they saw Song Tan coming over in the middle of the night, the two dogs were very excited, whimpering, and wanted to come over to rub their spiritual energy.
His slender legs deftly avoided the cabbage ridges and stepped on plum blossom pits in the soil. Song Tan couldn't help laughing and rubbed the dogs' heads one by one: "I don't have much energy tonight."
So, don’t expect it anymore, it’s really not the time to go to a party at night to release spiritual energy.
Then he coaxed them: "Although I ask you to look at the vegetable garden, I don't ask you to stay here every day. Go play when it's time to play, and just pay attention to what's going on."
Old man Li is very diligent in serving the rice fields every day. There is usually nothing much going on during the day, mainly at night.
But now only the cabbage is ripe, and it will only take a while, so I’m not that worried.
Sambo Heibei disagrees with this:
“Woof!”
“Okay, okay.”
Song Tan couldn't help but kiss it on the forehead: "I know you have to work hard, but I have nothing to do tonight. You can play or sleep if you want."
“When I come back, I’ll bring you dog food.”
As soon as he said these words, he heard the four-horse dog beside him whimper. His expression was particularly reluctant, and he looked at Song Tan with a pair of wet and pitiful eyes.
Qiao Qiao said loudly from the side: "Sister, don't buy dog food, they don't like it. They just want to eat our food."
Is that possible?
Don’t mention the good things that are sometimes added to your own meals, just talking about ordinary dogs, they also like to eat things that humans eat!
It’s not that I can’t afford it. In fact, a lot of dog food is much more expensive than human food, but now...
She could only touch Si Bao's head distressedly: "There's nothing to eat in the fields right now, so I can't cook a separate pot for you guys every time, right? I'll get scolded."
“Be good, be patient for now. It’s summer, and there are vines and vegetable leaves. They’re all arranged for you.”
By then there will still be workers coming to build houses. There are many of them, so it is not so obvious whether they cook more or less. They can eat whatever they like. Anyway, they have spiritual energy, so they can eat whatever they want.
Qiaoqiao was already humming and pulling a basketful of cabbage, and then confirmed again: "Sister, when the vegetables are put away, do we really want to go to the amusement park?"
Song Tanhao stressed helplessly: "Sell the vegetables first, and then you can go to the amusement park after the vegetables are sold out."
“You will go home and wrap the dumplings later, and then you have to go to bed. Sleep until everyone comes back and cook dumplings for them, and then we will set off.”
Song Tan didn't really need to sleep, but Zhang Yanping insisted on switching cars with her, so she let him go to sleep first.
Alas, this silly cousin’s good days are numbered.
After all, when the construction team arrives in a few days, he will be forced to sleep with his seventh cousin.
That little old man is very energetic. I heard he gets up at four or five o'clock in the morning every day for a walk. You are old, what if you want to ask a young person to be your companion?
Even if he didn't scream, Zhang Yanping might not be able to fall asleep if the sound of getting up was heard at home.
A little late, but at least I wrote it.
The rest will be left tomorrow.
Good night.
Next month I will definitely change my mind and be a new person! ! I swear! ! I can’t send you red envelopes at the end of the month! Bet on my radiator!
(End of this chapter)