Farmer's happy event

Chapter 67 Appreciation
The four sisters cooked a table of dishes, and when they were all ready, the sky was already dark, but they still didn't see Mrs. Yang come back.

Lianzi reckoned that Yang Shi and Liu Jingren were not mean people when they asked someone to work for the first time, so they probably wouldn't work until very late.

Sure enough, after a short while, I heard the sound of a cow mooing outside the door, and then my own multi-purpose farming ox stopped at the door of the house.

Liu Jingren jumped out of the car first, then Liu Ping'an, and then Yang Shi and Zhang Shi.

Sister Lianzi rushed over to help and took the tools off the car.

"Have you cooked rice soup?" Yang asked Guzi.

Li Zi rushed to answer: "It's burnt, and it's cooked a whole table of dishes."

"Ah?" Yang was slightly stunned, and heard Gu Zi say again: "Li Zi said that my parents and uncle and aunt had worked hard all day, so they cooked for us together."

Yang stroked the neat little bun on Lizi's head, and said with a smile, "When I grow up, I know how to love others."

Lizi was a little embarrassed, turned around and ran into the house.

Mrs. Yang let Mrs. Zhang go to the well to wash her hands, and then wiped her hands with a clean towel, then dragged her into the main room and asked her to sit down.

Mrs. Zhang declined and refused to sit down.There are no men in this house, so there is no place for women to sit.

"Sit down," Yang said, holding her shoulders and pushing her down, "Our family doesn't like that, you just sit down."

Mrs. Yang also sat down beside Mrs. Zhang, pointed to a table of dishes and said, "These are all made by the four girls in my family. You must eat more." She had a proud smile on her face.

Mrs. Zhang couldn't help but praise Yang's four daughters again, saying: "It's great to have daughters, but what's the use of sons?"

Afraid of making her sad, Yang quickly changed the subject and asked her to taste the dishes first.

After all nine members of the two families were seated, the scene became a bit crowded.However, this does not affect the enthusiasm and taste of the meal.

"Father, mother, uncle and aunt, please try this, it's made with stinky pig's offal, it's delicious." Li Zi hurriedly called everyone to try the dish made with lotus seeds.

In fact, she is very impartial and selfless, and she likes to share with others whatever good things she has.

"What? Made with pig offal?" Yang looked at the lotus seeds in disbelief. Can this pig offal be eaten?

Li Zi seemed to feel that no one would believe her words, which made her very embarrassed, so she took a big bite with her chopsticks and started eating.

Liu Jingren also took a bite, chewed a few mouthfuls, nodded and said, "Mm, it's really delicious."

Whether it is delicious or not, Sister Lianzi already knows.Seeing that Liu Jingren was eating deliciously, Mrs. Yang and Liu Ping'an also stretched out their chopsticks.

After only one bite, they were full of praise.The pride in Lianzi's heart couldn't help rising.

"Lianzi, how did you do this?" Mrs. Zhang asked Lianzi with a very interested look, "How do you clean this thing?"

Lianzi said: "Auntie, these pig intestines are very difficult to wash. You can't clean them with just water. You have to wash them with clean water first, then rub them vigorously with dry flour, and rub them back and forth several times. , until the flour is clean, and the intestines are also washed clean.”

"Oh, you still need to use flour to wash it?" Zhang's expression was disbelieving, "That's too expensive, white flour is so expensive, only your family can afford it." Holding Yang's hand and said.

Lianzi smiled and said, "Auntie, it's not as serious as you think. You only need a scoop of flour for a hang of intestines."

Then she counted with her fingers again: "Think about it, this pig's water is no worse than pork, right?"

"Well, this is true," Liu Pingan nodded, "I think it's better than pork."

"That's right," Lian Zi hurriedly echoed loudly, "I bought this pair of pigs for five renminbi, and I used a scoop of flour to wash the pig's intestines. The total cost of these was about six renminbi, and It can still be eaten for several days. But what about these pork?" She said, pointing to the pot of stewed pork with sauerkraut and vermicelli on the table, "It costs thirty or forty yuan for two catties, can this compare ?”

Mrs. Zhang thought for a while, and said with a smile, "Listening to what Lianzi said, it's really true." Then he said to Mrs. Yang, "Your daughters are really clever."

"Hehe, it's just a cleverness." Yang said with a smile.

She is always very happy when others praise her children, and accepts them all.

The two families had a meal in harmony, and Liu Jingren and Liu Ping'an also had a few drinks, feeling very comfortable.

After eating, although it was not late at night, it was already late.Liu Ping'an and his wife thanked them again and again, and praised Sister Lianzi again.

The family sent the two of them to the door, and made an appointment to come over for dinner tomorrow morning, and then went to the field together.

Twenty acres of land, just like playing today, four people planted eight acres.According to this speed, it is very easy, and it can be planted in three days.

The remaining two days were still the same as today. Lianzi's father and mother and Liu Ping'an and his wife left the field very early, leaving the four Lianzi sisters at home, responsible for cooking, feeding chickens, rabbits, horses, cows, and doing housework. .

These three female rabbits are all very healthy. Last month, Mrs. Yang found a male rabbit to breed. If all goes well, there may be a baby rabbit coming out soon.

At that time, there will be more and more rabbits in the family, what should I do if the family can't keep enough?
Now there are [-] or [-] chickens in the house, all of which are fenced with nets on the west side of the gate in the yard.The three rabbits occupied a circle, Lianzi felt that there was no need to move their nests, the left and right would give birth to little rabbits soon.

As for the two cows and one horse, Liu Jingren had no choice but to build another cowshed next to the pen, and brought in the farm cows, milk cows and horses.

It's just that this cow is really difficult to feed. It must eat fresh grass to produce good milk.Fortunately, it is spring now, and the grass and trees are all blooming. If it is winter, where can I find fresh grass for it?

The milk production of this cow is not low, at least half a barrel can be squeezed every day.But this is also worrying about lotus seeds. Recently, I don’t make snacks at home, so I don’t use milk much, but the cows still produce milk every day and must be milked.If it is not squeezed, the milk will flow back, and the future milk production will be greatly reduced.

Although milk is a good thing, I can't stop drinking it every day.Now everyone in Lianzi's family has a bowl of milk every day, so this time they are not afraid of lack of nutrition.

Even if you drink it in this way, you can't drink much, and there is still more than half of the barrel left.Yang will send some of this milk to Zhao's family, some to Su Keyan and Su Kewen, and some to Zhang Zihe.

Later, the lotus seeds were really fed up, so they simply asked the guy who was sent by the shopkeeper Dong to get the sauce to take away all the remaining milk.Unexpectedly, shopkeeper Dong was very happy because of this.It turned out that he recently hired a new chef who specializes in making dim sum. He had eaten dim sum from Lianzi's family, so he tried to make it himself.Unexpectedly, it was a success.

It's just that after shopkeeper Dong's blessing came, shopkeeper Dong said that we don't need to steal other people's business, and the lotus seeds have helped him a lot, so he should return the favor.Therefore, the master was allowed to use milk to make other desserts, but he couldn't make the same ones as those sold by Lianzi's.

Shopkeeper Dong bought a bucket of milk for [-] Wen, no matter how much the money is, at least Lianzi doesn't have to worry about it anymore, so he doesn't care too much.Anyway, if you keep it at home, it is a waste if you waste it. It is better to sell it to shopkeeper Dong, and you can get half of the money in a month.

"Why didn't we know how to raise a cow before?" Yang seemed to be talking to himself, "Even if we don't do anything, we can still earn more than half a day a month!"

Liu Jingren took two puffs of dry smoke and said, "At that time, don't say that we didn't have ten taels of silver to buy cows, we couldn't even get half of the taels."

Yang Shi kicked him and gave him a reproachful look.

Now the work in the field has come to an end, and the rest is weeding and catching insects.This is quite simple, and it will be no problem to go to the field every now and then to take a look.

Before I knew it, summer came, and that acre of winter wheat was also harvested.Because this land has not been replanted in recent years, the yield of wheat is particularly good.

Liu Jingren and Mrs. Yang were threshing wheat on the threshing floor, and Mrs. Yang kept saying, "Finally, we don't have to buy flour this year, and we can finally eat white flour steamed buns whenever we want."

After the wheat is harvested, the wheat is plowed, and then autumn peanuts are planted, so as to ensure the maximum yield.

During this time, apart from taking care of the fields, Lianzi's family was still busy. When they had time, they started making preserves and preserved fruits.In the spring, they made a lot of strawberry preserves and candied fruit, and only kept some for themselves to eat, and sent some to Ning Qing, and sent all the rest to shopkeeper Zhang.He has a warehouse there, which can be better preserved.

This time shopkeeper Zhang actually took the initiative to raise the price for them, adding five cents per catty of preserved strawberries or candied fruit.Maybe it's because I tasted the sweetness last year, so it's like this.

In addition to strawberry preserves and candied fruit, summer fruits such as peaches, chestnuts, and apricots are also very suitable for making preserved fruit.Of course, Lianzi didn't miss it, and collected everything.

Although there is a lot of money to be made, the dried strawberries alone can be sold for tens of taels of silver in one spring, but the cost is also frighteningly high. If the cost and manpower are removed, there is not much money left.Therefore, Lianzi still wants to play wild fruit.Wild fruits don't cost money to buy, and they don't necessarily taste worse than other fruits.

Lianzi thought, after harvesting the peanuts, when the fruits were most ripe, she called Huzi and went to the mountains to look for them to see if there were any other fruits that could be used.

The beans ripen early, and the beans are ready to be harvested before the spring peanuts are ready for harvest.

This time, Yang and Liu Jingren found Liu Ping'an and his wife again, and the four of them went to the field together to collect beans.

Harvesting beans is easier than planting beans. You only need to pull out the bean seedlings, bundle them into bundles, pull them home with a bullock cart, put them on the threshing ground, and then expose them to the sun.Until the skin of the pods is crisp, pull the wheel and press, and the round bean grains will roll out.

After all the pressing is done, the bean seedlings are held aside and continue to dry, and the bean particles are swept away with a broom.

The soil fertility of these [-] mu of land is still at a very poor stage. Observing the harvested beans, the yield is not very high, but Lianzi believes that as long as the improvement continues, the [-] mu of barren land will be reduced within a few years. Become fertile land.

On [-] mu of land, about eight or nine thousand catties of beans are harvested, but now, selling beans has become a problem again.

Lianzi remembers that she once heard such a saying: Bean growers will never go out of business, and the beans they grow can’t be sold. You can wait for the sprouts to sell bean sprouts, or you can grind the beans to sell tofu, but the tofu can’t be sold. , You can let it moldy, and then sell fermented bean curd.

Thinking about it now, Lianzi couldn't help but smile again, but she didn't have that much time to wait for these beans to change.

(End of this chapter)