Smallholder Farming Daily

Chapter 38

Mrs. Yang was washing the outer pot, and when she saw Qian Feng complaining, she said, "It's just the two of you eating, and it's not good enough to eat with white radish and green vegetables? Didn't you see that your sister-in-law's family of four only cooks pumpkin and green vegetables?" By the way, you two go to your own vegetable field in the afternoon to pick the peppers, and then pull back the big radishes, keep some for the next few days, and pickle the rest in the tank, if you don’t pickle too much For some, there is really no food to eat in winter.”

Qian Feng pulled the pomegranate to the stove to light the fire, and he came up to chop the vegetables himself, saying as he cut, "Pomegranate, don't burn it first, you can cook it after I finish chopping the vegetables." Then he asked Mrs. Yang, "Mother, what are you cooking?" Doesn’t it mean that you only eat pickles all winter?”

Yang said angrily: "You were not born today. You don't know how you lived in the past? You can keep some potatoes every winter, but more than half of them will rot after a long time. Chinese cabbage is often taken out to dry. It will be less rotten in the sun, and if you eat sparingly, you can sometimes survive the spring of the next year. If you can’t survive it, you can only eat pickles, but it’s only a month or so, and you can grow a lot of vegetables in the spring.”

"Why don't we dig a cellar, so that since we store potatoes, we can also store fruits?"

Yang smiled dryly, "Hmph, you can come up with an idea, how easy is it to dig a cellar? We don't understand, it will collapse if you dig it, and it will cost money to hire someone to dig it! As for the fruit, our family doesn't even have any fruit trees. The fruit that came?"

Qian Feng smiled and said: "Hey, these are nothing to worry about. When the time comes, I will look for fruit saplings, such as oranges, pears, and dates, and plant a few of each. The cellar is not difficult. When I have time, my father and brother Let’s think about it together, and we’ll be able to dig it out.”

Yang Shi didn't bother to pay attention to him, "Just blow it."

Qian Feng is not bragging, these have already been arranged in his heart.

Although it was only white radish and green vegetables, he did not fry them monotonously. He put a few red peppers in the white radish and mashed garlic in the green vegetables. It looked better and tasted better. The two of them took the vegetables back to their bedroom eat at a small table.

The pomegranate was delicious, and he said, "Qian Feng, from now on, you will cook the vegetables and I will light the fire, okay? Your cooking is delicious."

"Okay, take it easy and eat slowly, I won't compete with you." Qian Feng's eating looks are much more refined than pomegranates.

Qian Feng felt bitter, there was no meat to eat, and the meal didn't taste very good.Now that the family is separated, what kind of life they can live in the future depends on him and Shiliu.He was thinking about other ways to make money besides raising silkworms.

"Qian Feng, why don't you eat well, what are you thinking?" Pomegranate ate big mouthfuls, and put some vegetables into Qian Feng's bowl, urging, "Eat quickly, we have to go to the field to collect vegetables in the afternoon Woolen cloth."

Suddenly, Shiliu remembered that Qian Feng had said that he didn't want to work in the field, and didn't know if he would like to go to the vegetable field, so she asked, "Are you...going?"

Qian Feng thought about it for a while, he just went to collect vegetables in the vegetable field, he shouldn't be tired, he was really embarrassed to let Shiliu go to work alone, and the two of them had a companion together, it was quite interesting to talk while working , then nodded and said: "Go."

Pomegranate was very happy to hear that, didn't everyone say that Qian Feng never planted the fields, he couldn't even find his own vegetable fields, he actually agreed to go!
Qian Feng thought about it while eating, and felt that there was a lot of work to do, and said: "Pomegranate, we have harvested the vegetables, and we will go to chop bamboo tomorrow. I want to make more than a dozen dustpans. The more silkworms come out, there is no dustpan." No way. From now on, I will have to pick mulberry leaves to raise silkworms every day, and I want to dig a cellar, so I seem to be busy."

Pomegranate didn't take it seriously, "It's just a little work, what's the work, I'm here! By the way, we also want to sow rapeseed. If we don't plant rapeseed, our family will have no oil to eat by this time next year."

Without raising his head, Qian Feng said, "No, it's too tiring to grow. I was wondering if I could do some small business to earn some pocket money. If I have money, I'm afraid I won't have enough oil to eat?"

"Small business?" Pomegranate became anxious, "Don't, our ancestors have been creating food from the ground for generations, how can we do business? If you don't want to grow rapeseed, I can do it by myself, and I won't be tired at all. You Never mind."

Qian Feng saw that Pomegranate was in a hurry, so he stopped talking, and told her when he had settled down, lest she get angry.

Seeing that Qian Feng didn't say anything, Shiliu thought that he was just talking for fun, and besides, he didn't have capital, so Shiliu didn't take it to heart.

After the two finished their meal, they went to the vegetable field one after the other. Qian Feng walked in front, carrying a load of empty baskets, and pomegranate walked behind, carrying a large basket on his back.

A middle-aged man came in front of him, Qian Feng's uncle Qian Dazhu.Shi Liu has a sweet mouth, and hastily stepped forward and shouted: "Uncle!"

"Ai!"

Qian Feng also called Uncle, and Qian Dazhu said curiously: "Hey, Feng'er, are you willing to work in the fields?"

"Just take the order." Qian Feng smiled, he felt that it was not easy for him.

Qian Dazhu laughed, "It's better to marry a mother-in-law if you dare. You know you're going to work in the fields as soon as you get married. Don't forget to pay back my big fat duck. You can also pay back the money."

"Don't worry, Uncle, I will definitely pay back your big fat duck's money early."

Qian Dazhu left with a smile on his face.But as soon as he left, the young couple met many people in the village. Everyone was curious when they saw that Qian Feng was willing to go to the field, and they praised Qian Feng for the pomegranate, and they praised Qian Feng for the pomegranate.

He praised Qian Feng so much that he didn't know the south, east, north and south.

Suddenly, Qian Feng asked Shiliu, "Where is our vegetable field?"

Shi Liu was stunned and stopped, "I... I don't know, I've never been here, and you don't know?"

Qian Feng shook his head blankly.

At this time, an old lady in the village was carrying a load to cross the road, and asked, "Why are you two stuck in the road?"

Pomegranate was straightforward and said, "Auntie, the two of us couldn't find a vegetable patch."

"Pfft...can't find a vegetable patch? Then what are you two doing out here?"

(End of this chapter)