Splendid peasant girl busy farming

"Ga Gong, I came here now to discuss another matter with you and my uncle."

"Qing'er, you say."

"Ga Gong, this is what happened. The village has called up dozens of able-bodied men to work on drainage and post-disaster reconstruction. Do you know about this?"

Old Sun and Xiao Jie's father nodded in unison: "Of course we know, this is a good thing. Only after the water is drained can we go back to our homes."

Xiao Jie's father said: "If I hadn't been tripped up by the pigs, I would have signed up. Alas, I can't contribute my own strength now."

Yang Ruoqing continued, "Uncle, your situation is different, and we can understand."

“You want to contribute, now’s your chance.”

"What chance?"

"It's like this. The able-bodied men work for the village every day, and the village pays half of the expenses, and our Luo family pays the other half."

"This expense also includes the food money for the able-bodied men."

"I have also gathered a team of female kitchen workers to prepare two meals a day for the men. With so many mouths to feed, the daily meals require a lot of ingredients. It would be too troublesome to go to town to buy them every day, so I thought about buying some of the meat and vegetables from your house, uncle."

When the three members of the Sun family heard Yang Ruoqing's intention, they looked at each other in surprise. The eldest Sun was quick to speak and asked excitedly, "Qing'er, do you mean to let us kill a pig?"

Yang Ruoqing nodded: "Yes, kill a pig to provide meat and vegetables for two days."

"This way, I won't have to go to town every day. Besides, everyone should never get tired of eating pork!"

Yang Ruoqing looked at the chickens she bought today and thought, if she bought too few, there wouldn't be enough to eat, but if she bought too many, it would be really troublesome. She bought them cage by cage, and had to kill the chickens one by one, pluck their feathers, boil them in hot water, and so on. It was not only very troublesome, but if she cooked them separately in a pot, the portion was not large enough, so she could only stew them with mushrooms, potatoes, etc.

After much thought, I think pork belly and pork bones with soybean paste are the easiest and most effective.

This way, it can also help the Sun family sell goods and kill a big fat pig, and Ga Gong and my uncle and aunt can save some energy when taking care of the pigs.

At the same time, by killing a big fat pig, you can make a profit and avoid disasters and make money, killing two birds with one stone.

Yang Ruoqing's intention was half public and half private.

Everyone in the tent knew it well.

The eldest Sun patted the back of Yang Ruoqing's hand, but said to the Sun next to her: "It has to be our Qing'er, our niece, who can make plans for our Sun family!"

Sun smiled gently, and her eyes were full of relief when she looked at Yang Ruoqing.

Old Sun also looked at Yang Ruoqing lovingly. The old man nodded and said, "Qing'er, don't worry. You take care of Ga Gong's business. Ga Gong won't let you lose face!"

“When do you want the pork?”

The eldest Sun rushed to say, "Qing'er sent someone to buy chickens today, so it must not be today, but tomorrow, right Qing'er?"

Yang Ruoqing nodded: "Tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, will it be in time?"

Da Sun patted her chest and said, "Why would it be too late? Tomorrow morning, at dawn, we will kill the pig and send the hot, fresh half of the pork directly to the cooking place for you!"

"it is good!"

"What about pig offal, pig blood, and pig heads? Do you want them too?"

Yang Ruoqing nodded: "I want both. I'm selling a whole pig!"

"Oh my God, that's a huge amount. Can the young men finish it?" asked Da Sun again.

Yang Ruoqing smiled and said, "Yes, I can eat two meals a day!"

Old Sun said, "Why can't they finish it? They are old enough to eat, and they are doing hard labor?" "There are dozens of men. Let alone eating half a pig in two meals, even if it's just one meal, they can eat as much as they want!"

Yang Ruoqing smiled and waved her hands: "I dare not eat that much. Eating half a pig a day is too much. It also needs to be accompanied by vegetables and vermicelli. If we eat a whole pig a day, even the emperor can't afford it!"

Everyone laughed.

It is not clear whether the emperor's family can afford it, but the Luo family can definitely afford it.

Being able to afford something and being able to eat it are two different things.

After finalizing the pork matter with the Sun family, Yang Ruoqing returned to the village.

Sun went with her, and the mother and daughter took a small boat.

Sun sat on the small boat, sighing that at times like this, boats are still reliable!

"Fortunately, Jinling came and brought so many boats, otherwise it would be very troublesome for us to move an inch!" Sun was quite touched as she looked at the water that had not receded along the way.

Yang Ruoqing rowed the boat by herself, slowly heading towards the village.

Hearing Sun's words, he agreed with her: "Floods in this cold weather are not as bad as those in the summer. In the summer, it's not a big deal if your shoes and feet get wet, but in this cold weather, it's not good to get your shoes and socks wet."

"Mom, I'll take you to the door of your house later. Don't rush to go to the fields. I'll go to my house and get you a pair of leather boots. Put them on before you go to the fields."

"it is good."

Yang Ruoqing rowed the boat with Sun and continued forward through the village. The water ran aground in some places and the boat was not easy to row, so Yang Ruoqing turned around and went to the deeper water, then made a circle and came to the village entrance.

The entrance to the village is about ten meters away from the bluestone road in front. There is no water in this distance, so the boat cannot pass, but there is knee-deep water on the ground.

Yang Ruoqing picked up the pair of leather boots that were prepared for her on the boat and put them on. Then she got off the boat and carried Sun to the road ahead without water. "Mom, please wait here for a while."

"Okay, go ahead. Take your time. I'm not in a hurry."

Yang Ruoqing went to Luo's house. Sun stood on the road, looking at the courtyards on both sides of the road.

Then, she carefully walked to the gate of her yard. When she arrived at the gate, there was another puddle of water and mud. She couldn't get through. Sun stood at the gate and looked at the door base soaked in dirty water, her face full of heartache.

"Hey, how come such a good family has become like this?"

If there had been no giant snake, every household would still be celebrating the New Year of the Lunar New Year, sitting by the fire barrel, eating delicious food, and having dinner with relatives and friends in groups of three or four. How wonderful it would be!

Suddenly, we have no home, and we are scattered everywhere...

"Mom, I'm here."

Yang Ruoqing returned to the Luo family as quickly as possible, and when she came out, she had a pair of leather boots in her hands.

Behind Yang Ruoqing, Wang Cuilian also came out.

When she saw Sun, Wang Cuilian was extremely excited, "Qing'er's mother, I haven't seen you for several days!"

"Sister Cui Lian!"

The two women clasped their hands tightly together, their eyes reddened.

Wang Cuilian said: "When the water came, everyone left. I stayed in the yard every day and couldn't go anywhere. I couldn't see any of you. It felt like several years had passed!"

Sun also wiped her tears and said, "I feel the same way, sister-in-law. Although we went to the grassland and it was crowded and lively, my heart was still thinking about home."

"Well, Qing'er happened to go to the pasture today, so I thought about asking her to take me back to the village to take a look. I've been sleeping at Mendao's house these past few nights and dreamed about you..." (End of this chapter)