After returning to the countryside to farm, I brought the whole village to become rich

Chapter 263 Dinner

In the evening, tourists who came to pick strawberries began to leave;

Shen Xiu inspected the fields and made sure that all the tourists were gone, then locked the door and went home with Shen Qiuqiu and the others.

The three of them walked on the country road in the afterglow of the setting sun;

Liu Qinghui took the initiative to find a topic to chat with, chatting and laughing all the way, which was quite lively;

Even Shen Xiu, who was usually quiet and introverted, became more talkative in front of Liu Qinghui.

Shen Qiuqiu suddenly remembered the scene when he met Jiang Jincheng before;

It seems to be the same, he has been taking the initiative to find topics to avoid the embarrassment of silence;

It seems that both mother and son are social cows;

I have to say that getting along with such people is really relaxing and makes you feel happy involuntarily.

On the way home, they also met Chen Jing who was returning from bracken hunting;

Chen Jing has been making wreaths and selling them at the entrance of the strawberry field some time ago, and her business has been up and down;

On good days, you can sell dozens of yuan a day, but occasionally there will be times when it's not open;

The little girl and her grandmother depend on each other, and life is not easy;

Shen Qiuqiu saw this and wanted to help them;

In addition to asking Grandma Chen to deliver tofu to the farmhouse every day, Chen Jing also supplies the wild vegetables used by the farmhouse;

The little girl is very diligent. She gets up before dawn every day to help Grandma Chen make tofu. After making the tofu, she goes up to the mountain to dig wild vegetables;

The wild vegetables she dug back were fresh and tender, and Li Datou praised them every time he talked about them.

When Shen Qiuqiu decided to harvest dried bracken, she asked Li Meixiang to tell Chen Jing the news;

Chen Jing would naturally not let go of this opportunity to make money;

There are not many wild vegetables used every day at the farmhouse, and you can dig enough in a few hours;

During the rest of the time, she went up the mountain to collect bracken;

If it weren't for the fact that the basket on her back couldn't fit anymore, she wouldn't be able to go home.

As soon as Chen Jing saw Shen Qiuqiu, she smiled and ran over to say hello, "Sister Xiaohua, look, I harvested so many bracken today."

In the basket behind her was a large basket full of bracken, which looked very fresh;

The little girl's face was flushed, her sweat-soaked hair was stuck to her forehead, and her two ponytails were hanging down. She seemed exhausted.

Shen Qiuqiu said with a straight face, "It's getting dark early now. Don't stay so late on the mountain. Come down early. It's not safe if it's too late. There are so many brackens on the mountain that you can't finish picking in three days and three nights. Come down early." Go home, otherwise your grandma will worry."

"Well, I know, Miss Xiaohua."

The little girl responded obediently, but she was thinking in her heart: The bracken only germinates for a few days, and it will be gone after the season. She must work harder tomorrow and pick more, so that she can exchange for more money.

After saying hello, Chen Jing left quickly;

She had to rush back to take care of the bracken.

After Chen Jing walked away, Liu Qinghui couldn't help but sigh, "When I was a child, I carried a basket on my back and went up the mountain every day, either hunting pig grass or digging wild vegetables... Later I went to work in the provincial capital. I moved bricks on construction sites and washed dishes in restaurants. During the most difficult time, I even slept on the bridge... At that time, I didn’t feel that life was hard, but I felt that there was more hope as time went by... Thinking about it now, I don’t know how I survived. ”

Shen Qiuqiu looked at Chen Jing's retreating back and sighed softly, and couldn't help but think of herself;

No one's life is not hard, and hard work is for a better life...

Seeing that both of them were looking at Chen Jing's leaving figure without saying anything, Shen Xiu smiled in confusion, "Hey, aren't all our rural girls here like this?"

Shen Qiuqiu took the initiative to hold Liu Qinghui's arm, "After all the hardships, sweetness comes. After you have endured all the hardships, the rest is sweet."

The gloom in her heart was swept away, Liu Qinghui smiled and patted Shen Qiuqiu's hand, "Yes, yes, the rest is sweet."

The son is filial and has a successful career; now he has found such a sensible and caring daughter-in-law, and they will have a healthy baby in the future;

As the days go by, there is more hope, but it is not all sweetness.

"Let's go home and eat."

Sunset.

It was still dark, and the waning moon crossed the shadow of the mountains and hung in the sky. Far away, you can see the warm yellow lights lighting up in the Shen family courtyard;

Liu Qinghui sniffed hard and said, "It smells so good. I can smell the red braised pork sausage."

Shen Xiu also smiled and said, "I smelled it too, it smells good."

In the small courtyard.

Jiang Jincheng is wearing Shen Qiuqiu's usual strawberry apron and is sitting by the charcoal fire roasting oysters;

Jiang Yuan and Grandpa Shen sat aside, each holding a wine glass in their hands, and they had obviously drunk.

When she saw this scene when she entered the door, Liu Qinghui laughed and said, "My son has become successful and can bake oysters."

Shen Qiuqiu couldn't help but purse her lips and chuckle. His image really didn't match the strawberry apron, but he was inexplicably cute.

Grandpa Shen finished the grilled oysters in his mouth, smashed them and praised: "Don't tell me, Xiao Jiang's grilled oysters are really good and delicious."

The old man picked up the wine glass and clinked it with Jiang Yuan, then said to Jiang Jincheng: "Xiao Jiang, the salt is just right, not salty but not bland, just right."

"Grandpa, try this again to see if the garlic flavor is enough." Jiang Jincheng put another roasted oyster into Grandpa Shen's bowl.

"Okay, I'll have a taste." Grandpa Shen picked up the bowl with a smile, "I'm not stealing, I'm just tasting it for Xiao Jiang."

"Okay, okay, eat slowly, be careful not to burn your mouth." Shen Qiuqiu laughed in her heart, she was indeed an old child.

Grandma Shen in the kitchen heard the commotion, leaned out and took a look, and quickly greeted, "You are finally back. Wash your hands quickly and get ready to eat."

The dishes have been prepared a long time ago and are being heated in a pot, waiting for them to come back.

Grandma Shen quickly took the bowl to serve the dishes; Grandma Jiang brought out the dishes one by one.

The square table where we usually eat in the kitchen has now been placed in the center of the yard;

In summer, rural people eat in the courtyard, which is spacious and cool.

Old hen soup, old pig's feet stewed with red beans, braised fat sausage, cured pork ribs stewed with dried bracken, braised abalone, stir-fried bacon with bracken, boiled shrimp, steamed grouper, flower crab seafood porridge, grilled oysters, cold Chinese toon, vegetarian stir-fried Chinese cabbage , Sautéed eggplant.

Dishes were served one after another, and the large table was filled to the brim. It looked even more sumptuous than during the Chinese New Year;

Grandma Shen invited everyone to sit down, and showed the enthusiasm of the host, constantly greeting the guests to eat;

The old lady served everyone a bowl of chicken soup;

"Let's have a bowl of soup first. I stewed the five-year-old hen on the casserole at noon. It will taste delicious now."

The chicken soup slowly simmered in the casserole is bright yellow in color and thick, and it reaches your mouth with a delicious aroma.

Liu Qinghui couldn't help but praise after taking a sip, "Well, it tastes good. I haven't tasted such fresh chicken soup in many years; it's better to use chicken soup slowly stewed over firewood. The one stewed in a pressure cooker doesn't taste like this."

Grandma Jiang laughed and scolded her daughter for being ignorant, "Nowadays, all chickens sold outside are feed chickens. It's hard to buy pure grain-fed native chickens, let alone five-year-old hens. We are in a good mood today."

"No wonder it tastes so good. Then I'll have to drink a few more bowls."

Mother and daughter sang together;

Grandma Shen beamed with joy, "Okay, okay, you can drink as much as you want. We don't have anything else in the countryside. The old hen takes care of it; you can come whenever you want to eat."

Liu Qinghui smiled and said: "Okay, then we will come here more often in the future. Auntie, please don't find it annoying."

Grandma Shen glanced at Shen Qiuqiu and Jiang Jincheng, "It's best to come and go often."

Jiang Jincheng was putting the peeled shrimps into Shen Qiuqiu's bowl, and everyone at the table followed Grandma Shen's gaze and looked over...

The elders felt very pleased;

Xiao Cheng finally enlightened and knew how to treat girls well;

Xiao Jiang really knows how to take care of people and is a man who can live a good life.

(End of this chapter)