Splendid peasant girl busy farming

Yang Ruoqing pursed her lips and smiled, continuing to work on Rourou's head with her hands, while helping Sun to solve her doubts with her mouth.

"Mom, ever since the vegetables in the vegetable gardens of our village and several surrounding villages started to grow, villagers have been sending vegetables to Duo'er one after another."

"At this time of year, there are more and more vegetables in the garden, and they send them to Duoer more and more frequently. Duoer and her family can't finish all the cucumbers and beans, but they are afraid that they will go bad, so they make pickled cucumbers and salted beans."

"There were also a lot of eggplants. Duoer made them into dried eggplants. The same was true for red and green peppers. With garlic, ginger, rice wine, and salt, Duoer made two jars of chili sauce. It was very rich!"

After hearing what Yang Ruoqing said, Sun was so shocked that she couldn't close her mouth.

"Why do you guys take such good care of our Duo'er? You send her all the food." Sun couldn't stop smiling and asked a second question.

Her second question, to Yang Ruoqing, really sounded a bit stupid.

But since she was her mother who gave birth to her and raised her, and although she was a little mentally retarded, she was the kind of mother in the world who loved her wholeheartedly and was willing to risk her life to protect her child at the critical moment, Yang Ruoqing could only sigh silently in her heart and prepare to continue to answer Sun's questions.

As a result, He Lian'er acted as Yang Ruoqing's mouthpiece, "Mom, do you even need to ask this? Think about it, when the flood happened in the first month of the lunar year, who was so kind as to open the door and provide assistance to the villagers affected by the disaster?"

If He Lian'er didn't say it and Yang Ruoqing didn't say it either, maybe Sun's brain capacity was so limited that she might not be able to figure it out even if she racked her brains.

"Oh, why did I forget about this?" Sun also looked as if she had suddenly realized something, as if her Ren and Du meridians had been opened.

"Yes, during the flood period, for seven or eight days, everyone lived here in the grassland," Sun finally recalled the memory. "At that time, Duoer boiled hot water for everyone every day. She really provided a lot of help to everyone. Moreover, so many people lived in the grassland and set up tents, occupying a lot of land. It was very noisy, but Duoer didn't mind and provided everyone with a place to stay."

"These villagers have consciences and know how to repay kindness," He Lian'er sighed.

Yang Ruoqing also nodded. "Not all the villagers who have settled here will return the favor, but as long as 40% or 30% of them have that intention, their return, the seasonal vegetables they send, will be enough for Xiaoduo and her family to eat every day."

Among the 40% of villagers who settled here, most of those who delivered vegetables to Duoer were from Changping Village, and a small number were from Yujia Village, Zhengjia Village and Lijia Village.

Xiaoduo came over from the kitchen again and asked with a smile, "How's it going? I just went to stew the fish. Did I tell mom clearly?"

Yang Ruoqing said: "Lian'er has made it clear."

Xiaoduo then looked at Sun and said, "Mom, look, I did a good deed and got rewarded, haha."

Sun's face was also full of relief. "Everyone is grateful. However, your father and I have told you brothers and sisters since you were young that we should do good deeds and help others with a clear conscience. We should help others when we can and do good deeds. We should not help others for the sake of rewards..."

"Mom, you're here again. You're really like an old monk chanting sutras. I can even recite everything you and my dad said backwards!" Xiaoduo scratched her ears and made an exaggerated expression.

Yang Ruoqing glared at Xiaoduo and said, "Mom hasn't recited this sutra for more than a month. Please listen to me patiently."

Xiaoduo stuck out her tongue. "Okay, okay, I'll listen! Mom, continue to recite the sutra. Oh, no, that's not right. It's preaching. Bah, bah, bah, that's not right either. It's talking about reason and teaching us how to be human beings."

He Lian'er covered her mouth and laughed.

Yang Ruoqing was also helpless. Xiaoduo's personality has been like this since she was a child. She is very playful. When she was a child, she was at home with her parents, and the family was not lonely at all. Sun was also amused by Xiaoduo's words and deeds, and couldn't help but stand up and pinch Xiaoduo's waist lightly.

"You naughty boy, you are already a mother of three daughters, but you still don't act like a decent person!"

"Oh, Mom, stop pinching me, it's itchy!"

Xiaoduo was most ticklish, so Sun simply pinched her soft spot. She jumped up from the ground, three feet high, and hid all over the room, giggling.

Not only the adults, but even the children were stunned. When they saw that the aunt (sister-in-law) jumped higher and happier than them, the children also laughed. Yuanyuan and Niu Niu even imitated Xiaoduo. Suddenly, there were not only big monkeys in the room, but also jumping little monkeys. It was as funny as it could be, but it was also extremely warm and lively.

Even though the drizzle outside had changed from the previous light rain to thicker drizzles like embroidery needles, the liveliness in the house was as if there was a big sun hanging high in the sky, and the house was warm and bright.

The Xiang family’s lunch was very sumptuous. Xiaoduo stewed a pot of river fish with her own chili sauce.

"This is a cow that my uncle rented from a village in the mountains. The family there specializes in carving stones and gave my uncle a stone pot."

"Shengnan used a trap to catch fish in the river last night. There were crucian carp, yellow croaker, mullet, carp, and two medium-sized catfish!"

"There are also shrimps and eels. I stewed them in a stone pot today, stewed fish, and added pancakes. Everyone, come and have a taste of my cooking skills."

"It smells so good! I haven't even eaten it yet, but I'm already confused by the aroma."

After Xiaoduo finished her introduction, He Lianer took a deep breath of the aroma of the dishes and said with a smile.

Xiao Duo said to He Lian'er: "Don't be confused, stay awake, because you still have to eat!"

He Lian'er laughed again.

Xiaoduo turned around and said to Sun and Yang Ruoqing who were taking care of the children, "Don't let the children eat crucian carp. Other fish don't have bones, so the children can eat more."

"Oh, by the way, the pancake I made is very chewy, and it tastes really good when dipped in fish soup."

Listening to Xiaoduo's rambling introduction, Yang Ruoqing said, "Okay, that's enough, let's eat. We can't be distracted while eating fish!"

Sun saw Xiang Shengnan helping to take care of the children, so she said to Xiao Duo, "Duo'er, can you leave a few fish for your uncle and your father-in-law as well?"

The cattle dealer and Xiang Shengnan's father were not at the pasture these two days. They went out to rent cattle.

The cows work as plow cattle in the villagers' homes. If it takes several days, the villagers have to live and work with them to look after the cows. Of course, the villagers also have to provide meals.

That’s why when the people from the third room came over today, they didn’t see the two brothers.

Xiaoduo said to Sun: "It's not easy to keep the fish. They will be back in two days. When they come back, we can just ask Shengnan to set traps in the river again!" (End of this chapter)