Portable Space: Small Peasant Girls Farm to Get Rich

Chapter 3
There was still an hour or two before dark, and Liu Qingcao was about to tidy up the house.

Relying on memory, he found the broom behind the door, Liu Qingcao began to sweep up, and Liu Jiangbei was arranged to sprinkle water.

There is too much turned up soil and sand on the ground, and if you use too much force, it is easy to get everywhere. You can only sprinkle water first, and then gently sweep.

It didn't take much to sweep down the whole house, but there were too many potholes. Liu Qingcao guessed that she could eat and drink stably, so she dug some soil to repair the house.

Tired for a day, Liu Qingcao took Liu Jiangbei to the river to wash, the country children, without father and mother, don't know how to wash frequently when they are dirty, there is a lot of dirt.

Liu Jiangbei was stripped naked by Liu Qingcao by the river and rubbed her body red, so she let Liu Jiangbei go. The washed Liu Jiangbei was skinny, but his face looked good.

She is a girl who wants to take off her clothes, but is afraid of being discovered. In the end, she has no choice but to wash them with her clothes.

Fortunately, it was summer, and it was wet after washing, so she didn't feel too cold. She was afraid of catching a cold, so she hurried home after washing, found a piece of clothing that was too short, and wrapped it around her body.

The wet clothes and willow grass were hung outside, and they would be dry in the morning.

Liu Jiangbei also changed into short clothes. She put the dirty clothes aside and waited for the wash tomorrow. It's hot, so it's okay for boys to wear short clothes!
Going to bed in the dark, Liu Qingcao closed the door and called Liu Jiangbei to the bed. This younger brother is quiet and obedient, Liu Qingcao likes it more and more!
"Jiang Bei, go to bed, wake up and have the strength to work tomorrow, go to sleep."

Liu Qingcao put the quilt on Liu Jiangbei's body. The quilt had been used for too long and had an unpleasant smell.

Liu Qingcao endured the discomfort and covered herself with a quilt...

Drowsiness hit, Liu Qingcao slowly fell asleep!

The next day, Liu Qingcao woke up and sat on the bed, looking at the quilt, recalling the dream of last night...

She felt that she was being eroded by an inexplicable smell all night, and she couldn't get rid of it no matter what, she was going crazy in her dream.

"Let's wash it today, the smell is too strong, I can't bear it."

Liu Qingcao lifted the quilt and got up, seeing that Liu Jiangbei was still sleeping soundly, she didn't call him.

In the kitchen, Liu Qingcao cooked a pot of bamboo shoots, and there was some screw meat roasted yesterday.

"Jiangbei, breakfast is ready!" Liu Qingcao shook Liu Jiangbei.

"Sister, have you eaten yet?"

Liu Jiangbei rubbed his eyes, got up in a daze, walked to the table, looked at the warm bamboo shoots, and felt extremely happy.

"Sister, it will be fine if I eat like this every day in the future."

"Well, don't worry, there will be food every day in the future."

Liu Qingcao patted his head and thought, if he eats this food every day, his body will not be able to bear it, and one day he will suffer from malnutrition and die.

She also wants to get something to exchange for money, but she has no idea now, food and drink can be settled in the mountains and rivers, and it is really hard to get things for money.

After breakfast, Liu Qingcao took out the clothes from the closet. There were two sets of summer clothes for the original owner's parents, and two sets of jackets, both of which were very worn out.

"That's it." Liu Qingcao picked up a summer shirt, tore off one sleeve, knotted one end, and put the other end on a green stick bent into a circle, and finally tore a piece of cloth to wrap it around and fix it.

The fish basket is made, and Liu Qingcao will wait soon.

"Jiangbei, let's go, catch fish."

Jiang Beiting sat on the sidelines and watched Liu Qingcao make a net, and listened to his sister's words, and followed with the clay pot in his arms.

In summer, the river water is icy cold and very comfortable. When Liu Qingcao went down to the river, he saw fish and shrimp in the water, and took advantage of them not paying attention, so he copied them.

"Wow, Jiangbei, there are a lot of small fish and river prawns."

The water flowed cleanly from the seams of the cloth, leaving only the fish and shrimp, and some small stones. When she took a handful of them, her small hands were full, and her palms were itchy and crispy.

"Sister, put it in here, I fetched water."

Looking at the lively fish and shrimps, Liu Jiangbei danced happily!
He also came to catch it before, but he couldn't catch it no matter what. The fish and shrimp were very slippery in the water, and they ran away accidentally.

If I couldn't catch it, I didn't come again. To waste that time, I might as well follow my sister to find some wild grass roots to eat.

Liu Qingcao carefully poured the fish and shrimp from the fish basket into the clay pot, and Liu Jiangbei quickly took out a large leaf to cover it so as not to jump out.

In this section of the river, the big fish are only four fingers big, not many, basically they are miscellaneous fish the size of a finger, there are white stripes, wheat ear fish, and boat tench.

After working in the river for three hours, I caught a lot of fish. The earthenware pots were already full, and there were quite a few fish baskets in the cloth.

In the puddle on the side, she built up stones on all sides, and the fish in it were pouting and breathing.

These fish, Liu Qingcao wants to keep them here, and eat the ones in the puddle after eating the ones in hand, mainly because the weather is hot, I'm afraid they won't be able to keep them, it's safe to put them here, and no one usually comes here of.

"Sister, have we gone to our house? Will our fish be taken away..." Liu Jiangbei is worried, this is what they caught with great difficulty, what if someone else takes it away?
Liu Qingcao patted his head: "Jiangbei, it's fine to put it here. If we take it back so much, we can't finish it and it will be destroyed. If it is taken away, don't we still have the fish basket, just catch it again. "

Liu Jiangbei nodded, took Liu Qingcao's clothes, and followed his sister's house.

Along the way, the smile on Liu Jiangbei's face never disappeared. He is happy. If things continue like this, they won't be hungry anymore.

Back home, Liu Qingcao picked up all the fish in the clay pot, and went to the river to clean them. While washing, she muttered that her brain was not working well, why didn't she come back after finishing cleaning by the river, doing all the white work...

After cleaning the fish and shrimp, Liu Qingcao took the time to go back, boil the water in the earthenware pot, pour the river shrimp into the boiling water, boil for 2 minutes, beat it out and put it in the earthenware bowl, the red river shrimp is full Two full bowls.

The bowl made of big leaves on the side was filled with all kinds of miscellaneous fish. Liu Qingcao lifted a flat pebble slab, which she picked up from the river, washed it clean and brought it back.

The slate is placed on the fire, and there is a little heat, and Liu Qingcao will sandwich the fish one by one on the slate to bake, so that the dried fish will not be fishy, ​​but it will be burnt and crispy. If there is oil, That's called fragrance.

It's a pity, the family is destitute, so I don't have anything I want...

For the shrimp on the side, Liu Qingcao let Liu Jiangbei eat first. A bowl of shrimp tails should be able to eat half full. If you eat shrimp heads together, it will be full.

Liu Qingcao grilled the fish while eating the shrimp, let alone the shrimp head, not bad, the tender meat, eaten together with the shell, a bit crunchy and sweet.

The prawns in the bowl were finished, and the fish hadn't been grilled yet, Liu Qingcao felt that it was a good thing that she didn't bring all of them back, otherwise she would have to sit in the kitchen and grill the fish all day.

After working for about two hours, Liu Qingcao finished grilling the fish and put them in clean leaf bowls.

You can eat a handful when you are hungry, and when cooking bamboo shoots and wild vegetables, you can add some to it to adjust the taste, which is not bad.

Liu Jiangbei was full, looked at the golden dried fish, licked his mouth, and looked at it eagerly.

Liu Qingcao couldn't help but find it funny, and stretched out her hand to grab a few for him: "Don't eat too much, or you will feel uncomfortable."

After speaking, he also picked up a fish and put it in his mouth, washed his hands, chewed and walked towards the house.

Looking at the quilt on the bed, Liu Qingcao frowned, if there was a choice, it would be the first thing to throw away!
Holding her breath, she picked up the quilt and walked towards the river. Liu Jiangbei didn't know why, but she still took her dirty clothes and followed.

The quilt is not heavy, only about five catties. After a long time, the porcelain becomes solid after being pressed, and thrown into the river, it took a long time for the water to seep through the heart of the quilt.

Without saponins, the willow grass had to be dry-cleaned, and it was a great success to wash off the peculiar smell on it.

The siblings kept stepping on it with their feet and rubbing their hands until the water that came out was no longer muddy, then they stopped.

The cotton soaked with water is not light, and Liu Qingcao didn't think about taking it home to dry now.

There are plenty of stones in the stone river. She washed the large stones, dragged the twisted quilt onto the stones, and spread them out to dry.

The summer sun is very poisonous, if you don’t do it today, if you expose it to the sun for another day tomorrow, you have to do it if you don’t.

After washing the quilt for two hours, when she got home, Liu Qingcao felt that her bones were about to fall apart.

Pulling Liu Jiangbei, he lay down on the bed and fell into a deep sleep.

When I woke up, the sun was going down.

"Did you sleep for so long?" Liu Qingcao rubbed her eyes, got out of bed, took a handful of bamboo shoots, grabbed a handful of dried fish, and put them in a clay pot to cook.

Soon.

"Jiangbei, get up and eat!" Seeing that it was getting better, Liu Qingcao called into the room through the kitchen.

Hearing his sister's voice, Liu Jiangbei got up from the bed, wiped his hands with a handkerchief, and went to the chair to finish.

I am happy, today, this is the third meal, Tie Niu's family only eats two meals a day.

"Eat, why are you in a daze!" Seeing Liu Jiangbei sitting there in a daze, Liu Qingcao squeezed his face.

She's funny, she's such a cheap brother, she's too easy to be satisfied, if she has money in the future, she doesn't know what she'll be like.

Liu Jiangbei raised his head and grinned.

"Sister, Tie Niu's family eats one meal a day, and we eat three meals, isn't it better than them?"

"Yes, from now on, our family can still eat meat every day. As long as you are obedient, my sister can send you to school!"

"Really, sister, I heard that the master in the school knows a lot of things and can earn a lot of copper coins."

Liu Jiangbei's eyes were shining, he thought, if he can go to school, he must study hard, and then he will also go to teach, and earn a lot of coins for his sister!

"Well, yes, when the time comes, my sister will send you there when she earns money, so you have to show your sister some respect." Liu Qingcao took a sip of the bamboo shoot soup, it was sweet and delicious, much better than the one in the morning.

Liu Jiangbei ate the bamboo shoots and fish soup in the bowl, and secretly made up his mind that he must work hard with his sister.

After eating a bowl of bamboo shoot fish soup, both of them enjoyed themselves.

After a day's fatigue, sleep and eat, more than half of it will dissipate. People, it is easy to be satisfied!

What should I do tomorrow, Liu Qingcao lay on the bed and thought about it, she was busy yesterday and today, and she will be busy in the days to come, busy with making a living.

Liu Qingcao: Go to the mountains tomorrow to get some bamboo and come back to see if there are any other wild vegetables. If you can get some wild vegetables...

Liu Qingcao fell asleep beautifully after thinking about it.

(End of this chapter)