After transmigrating into a stepmother, I transformed my whole family to work on farming

Chapter 10 Vegetable Soup
When Liu Jinbao sneaked in, Qin Yao was preparing dinner in the almost open kitchen.

Today, a pair of straw sandals was exchanged for a handful of vegetables and a loofah. Qin Yao, who hadn't eaten fresh vegetables for a long time, was drooling.

Fire up the pot, pour a ladle of water into it, boil the loofah in the water, put half a handful of washed green vegetables, and stew a vegetable soup.

She hasn't cooked for ten years. In the apocalypse, everyone eats dry food, and only occasionally boils a pot of water to soak noodles, so Qin Yao's cooking skills are rounded up to nothing.

But looking at the pot of soup, the four brothers and sisters Liu Dalang stared straight into their eyes and gulped their mouths, as if cooking in the pot was some kind of delicacy in the world.

There was no oil, salt, soy sauce and vinegar at home, so Qin Yao found a small earthen pot with a layer of salt crystals on the side of the pot.

Take a spoonful of it with a wooden spoon and taste it. The vegetables grown by the farmer are indeed different from those grown in the greenhouse. The beet soup is fresh and delicious!

"Aniang, is it good?" Si Niang asked bluntly, swallowing her saliva.

Qin Yao smiled at them, and signaled Dalang Erlang to prepare a bowl, and divided the pot of soup into five portions, a family of five, each with a bowl.

On an autumn night, there is nothing more satisfying than drinking a bowl of steaming vegetable soup with cooked taro.

Saburo whispered, "Brother, it would be great if we could drink vegetable soup and eat taro every day."

Da Lang touched his brother's little head and told him to eat quickly and not to think too much.

Erlang glared at his younger brother, "It's worthless, you'll be satisfied with a bowl of vegetable soup, but I don't, I will eat big white rice with fatty meat in the future!"

Qin Yao thought he was going to say how much ambition he wanted to say, but raised his eyebrows after hearing that, that's it?

However, judging from the living standards of the villagers in Liujia Village, big white rice and fatty meat are already the best match.

Like the old man Liu's family, even during the holidays, they may not be able to eat a bowl full of white rice and two slices of fatty meat.

After eating enough, Qin Yao asked the two older ones to help the two younger ones wash up, and then continued to help her rub the straw rope after finishing.

Although the two brothers have little strength, they can use the rope they rubbed out after some practice.

Qin Yao picked up the simple homemade frame and started weaving straw sandals by the light of the fire.

To save trouble, I made thong sandals, which are fine for everyday wear, but if you really want to work in the fields, open toes are not acceptable.

So, this time, all she wants to weave are straw sandals that can wrap her feet.

If it is finer, the speed will naturally slow down, but considering the market conditions in Liujia Village, Qin Yao would rather spend more time.

In case Liujia Village can't sell it, sell it in other villages, someone will always want it.

In fact, there are quite a few people in the village who know how to weave straw sandals, but there are indeed not many people who have this spare time. In addition, it is now the busy time for autumn planting and farming, and every household is trying their best to compete with God for the season, but Qin Yao picked up this gap.

As for the two acres of land in Liu Ji's family, let's talk about it. It is more important to have enough food in front of you.
The taro in the mountains is not enough to support them through this winter.

Thinking of this, Qin Yao speeded up the knitting speed, regardless of the hot palm.

Liu Ji's house is not far from the river bank, and the sound of the gurgling water can be heard clearly. Tonight, the moon is big and round, and the moonlight sprinkles into the river, giving off lingering waves.

The mountains are quiet, Qin Yao took a deep breath, and her heart calmed down involuntarily.

She really likes the current environment.

Although I still can't sleep well at night, and I will sit up reflexively when there is a turmoil, but as soon as I recover and realize that I am no longer in the last days, I feel lucky.

Qin Yao looked up to the river, and saw a small figure staggering towards the village under the moonlight.

In fact, as soon as this kid got close, she noticed it.

It seems to be a child of Brother Liu Ji's family, and it should be called Liu Jinbao.

She didn't know what he was going to do. He was hiding in the bushes behind the house. He didn't come to them, nor did he come to ask for anything.

So, Qin Yao pretended not to know, to see what he was going to do.

Unexpectedly, the little guy squatted there to watch them finish their dinner, and then ran away.

Qin Yao felt baffled, bowed her head and continued to weave straw sandals.

Of course, it is also possible that the old man Liu found that the straw in the field had been emptied and sent a boy over to find out.

But the straw has already been woven into straw sandals, and it is useless to come.

Except for Qin Yao, no one knew that Liu Jinbao had been here. Da Lang and Er Lang took good care of their younger siblings, coaxed them to bed and went to bed first, then sat around in front of the stove in a sensible way, and continued to help with work by the light of the fire.

By midnight, their heads were drooping little by little.

Qin Yao woke up the two and told them to go to bed.

"Auntie, what about you?" Da Lang rubbed his eyes, resisting sleepiness, and asked worriedly.

Qin Yao kept moving her hands, "I'm going to sleep after weaving the one in my hand, you guys go to sleep, get up tomorrow morning and go to the back mountain to collect more firewood, the fire at home has already been burned."

Qin Yao also thought that if it was winter, she might have to stockpile firewood now, and added, "Call me in the morning, and I will go with you."

The two brothers agreed, but they couldn't hold on any longer, so they went into the room and fell asleep on the pillow.

When Qin Yao finished weaving the fourth pair of shoes, the last light of fire in the stove went out.

She put away the four pairs of men's-sized straw sandals she had made and put them in the house, bolted the door, and then fell asleep under the last bit of moonlight.

This time, I felt that my sleep was very short, and my dream was not finished yet, when the door was knocked cautiously.

"Auntie, auntie?"

The two brothers yelled at the door, but if Qin Yao hadn't been vigilant and sleepy, she wouldn't have heard them.

"Wait a minute, come here!" Qin Yao responded, reluctantly sitting up from the uncomfortable bed, patting her face to wake up, put on her shoes and tied her hair, picked up the hatchet and rope, and left the room. Door.

There is a tattered small pannier at home, and Da Lang is already carrying it on his back.

The mountains here are very dangerous for the two brothers. They dare not go into the mountains to collect firewood, so they always pick up fallen branches that others do not want at the foot of the mountains.

When I was free, I went to pick up a basket, and the two brothers carried each other, and it could burn for two days when I took it home.

Because I can’t take too much each time, and I can’t hoard firewood like other people do.

On the way to the foot of the mountain, Qin Yao asked curiously: "Then how did you spend the winter last year?"

Erlang glanced at his brother, then at Qin Yao, and said tentatively, "There is a charcoal seller in the village. He can burn charcoal. Sometimes there will be some charcoal left in the kiln, and my brother and I will go and pick it up."

"Pick it up?" Qin Yao curled her lips, "Aren't you stealing?"

The two brothers fell silent for a moment.

Qin Yao looked at the two of them, and said earnestly, "No more stealing from others, let's stock up more firewood, there is no need to do these things."

Da Lang and Er Lang were stunned for a moment, and then became angry from embarrassment, thinking that she was "Why don't you eat minced meat", and walked forward faster.

Qin Yao secretly smiled inwardly, it seems that her stomach has been full for the past two days, and her strength has also increased, so let her carry more firewood back home!

(End of this chapter)