Fertile land

Chapter 61

Li Daqiang called Li Sanmao, then went back to the main room and shouted twice that "Dad" was missing.

When I walked to the door of the backyard, I was going to scoop some water to wash the handles, but I heard the conversation between my parents: "You old woman, you are so unethical!"

His mother's voice made him stop: "It's okay to put poached eggs in those two bowls. Forget this bowl, just listen to me."

"Gui'er has to leave tomorrow. I have to boil some eggs for him. There aren't many in the drawer..."

Old Li Tou sat in the kitchen and smoked, his suppressed voice afraid of being heard:
"You old woman, you've had a hard day working in the fields in Daqiang, and you just ate leftover cornstarch in the evening. Why did you put an egg in it?"

"How can you, an old woman, have such a good conscience?"

"Hmph! This old man of yours is just a fake, fair-faced man. How much money did he earn after working for a day? Where's the money?"

"Just wait. Mu Qing Yunliang will have to spend a lot of money to study!"

"Oh, they are all sons. I just told him to eat noodles. If you do this, how will I, the father, face these brothers in the future?"

"Mian, mian, mian, I still hid this little noodle, but you really cut it all off this time!"

I feel so bad for her, but fortunately Guier will be leaving tomorrow, so I have no choice but to save more...

She felt that the boss was grumpy and wouldn't say anything if he didn't eat an egg. He was the only one causing trouble.

Li Daqiang felt sour and unhappy. He didn't know why his steps were so heavy.

After turning around and coming out, he stumbled and accidentally kicked something in the main room. When Lao Li heard the noise, he ran to the door and took a look. It was broken!

Isn’t that the figure behind the main hall’s door that is Da Qiang?
He kept complaining: "Hey! It's all your fault, mother-in-law!"

Li Daqiang came out and met Li Sanmao head-on in the yard.

I felt dizzy...

"Brother...are you okay?"

"Oh, it's okay. I went to the toilet and saw no one. Mom has cooked for you..."

After finishing speaking, I left...

"Strange, what's going on, brother?"

Li Sanmao touched his forehead, and it hurt. The elder brother didn't respond. His face was gloomy and he was not very interested in talking.

Entering the main room, Luo Zhi'er saw Mr. Zhou putting egg noodles on the table with a dark face. There were three bowls of noodles on the table, each with an egg on top!

She looked at Li Sanmao face to face and squeezed his hand. Li Sanmao looked at her helplessly. This was something she had never expected.

The sun is rising in the west. In this house, will she still be served by eggs one day?
When Old Li Tou saw the couple coming in, he immediately said hello, "Sanmao, sit down with your wife. You must be starving after a busy day today. Dad asked your mother to give you a bowl of noodles to eat, and then go to bed after eating!"

"Thank you dad!"

Li Sanmao said.

"Where is Daqiang?"

"Oh, brother has gone to the toilet, I'll call him."

"then you go!"

Old Man Li was worried that Daqiang would hear the conversation just now, so he thought about it and asked the third child to call him.

Mrs. Zhou glanced at Luo Zhi'er and scolded, "What are you doing standing there stupidly? Come get the chopsticks yourself!"

Luo Zhi'er rolled his eyes at her, stood up and went to get it.

Not long after, Li Daqiang came in rubbing his hands, and Li Sanmao came too.

Looking at the noodles on the table, he saw a poached egg floating on the top of his bowl, but it was not as big as the other two bowls. After thinking about it, he buried his head and ate it...

Seeing that Li Sanmao had almost eaten, Luo Zhi'er gave Li Sanmao the noodles and eggs: "Sanmao, I'm losing weight and won't eat at night, so I'll give these to you!"

Li Sanmao frowned, "You still have to eat something..."

"I know, I will eat when I'm hungry!" "Okay!"

Mrs. Zhou was in disbelief. This fat man always looked like a starving ghost when he ate. He didn't even eat a bite of such good noodles and eggs, but gave them all to Sanmao?
"If you didn't tell me if you didn't want to eat, I would have made you an extra serving!"

Seeing Li Sanmao eating it, I didn't know how uncomfortable it was. I wanted to grab it and carry it to Gui'er into the house...

What I was thinking about was that an egg and a bowl of noodles were wasted.

"Okay, mother, go to bed when you're done, we still have something to talk about!"

Zhou's eyes rolled, "Why are you sleeping? I still have to clean up the dishes!"

Then she sat down and listened. She knew that the old man wanted to talk about the money, so how could he leave her out?

Lao Li was unable to hold her back. He sighed twice and sat aside to smoke.

Seeing that Li Sanmao had almost eaten, he tentatively said: "Sanmao, can this chicken fir fungus oil really sell for so much money today? Which owner did you sell it to?"

After Li Daqiang finished eating, he also put down his bowl and listened.

"Dad, Miaomiao's mother is responsible for handling this matter. I have to ask her how to sell it specifically!"

Old Li looked at Luo Zhi'er and was convinced that it was indeed her. He said in a somewhat polite tone: "Third daughter-in-law, who are you selling to?"

"Dad, I was just wanting to talk to you about this matter!"

"Our Fiber Mushroom Oil is sold to Yumanlou, a restaurant in town. The 15 taels includes the deposit for the next three months."

"Yumanlou? Deposit?"

"That's right, this Fiber Fungus Oil costs [-] yuan per jar and will be delivered twice a week. I signed a contract with the manager of the restaurant."

Lao Li nodded, "I see. I was just wondering how it is possible to get 15 taels for such a pot. It turns out that it includes the deposit for the next three months..."

"But this is not bad. It solves our family's urgent need. But, shouldn't we have to go to the mountains to collect gallinobacteria every week from now on?"

"Yes, because they will use this to sell vegetables, so we go to town to deliver goods twice every seven days."

"Because we signed a contract, we must abide by the contract, otherwise we will pay triple the amount of money."

"Three times? That much?"

Lao Litou is a little stressed, but how can it be so easy to make money?

Luo Zhi'er deliberately said it seriously to prevent anyone from messing up at home.

"And when I do these techniques, you must keep them secret after you see them, and don't tell anyone about them! To be on the safe side, it's best if you don't watch them while I'm doing them..."

"This is no problem. Anyone who speaks out will stop staying in this house!"

Old Li Tou said sternly, he knew that his old woman was just a loser...

"Hmph! I've been doing this for a long time and I have to go to the mountains to pick again. I want you to go, haha... You fat hooves are determined to want to go to the town to play!"

"Should I go twice a week? No, I'll go then!"

Zhou's eyes rolled around and he muttered.

"Shut up! If you can do it, you can earn me 15 taels in three months."

"What? I'm busy at home, isn't it your business to make money?"

Lao Litou couldn't do anything to her. He just annoyed her because she didn't understand anything and talked too much. He was afraid that she would ruin the livelihood of the third daughter-in-law.

"Sanmao daughter-in-law, don't listen to your mother's nonsense. You have solved our family's urgent need this time. Why go to the mountains to collect mushrooms?"

If this third daughter-in-law can make chicken fir fungus oil, maybe she can do something else to make a living?
"Your mother, Daqiang's wife, Liuliu, Miaomiao, and a few kids, we will all go when our fields are not busy."

Lao Li is sure, the third daughter-in-law didn’t take the money she earned, so why don’t you go? What are you talking about?

(End of this chapter)