Rebirth Farmer Yaomei

Chapter 23
On the second day, Ning Wan didn't go to Ma Yi Town with her father, she had to dig wild vegetables for another day before selling them, and she still had to do chores such as changing eggs.

When Ning Qing saw that Ning Wan had earned tens of renminbi by digging wild vegetables, she was also a little moved. Mother stopped her after seeing it, "Digging wild vegetables has to be dried outside for a whole day, even though it's still cold, but the sun is shining." Enough, watch out for tanning!"

The girls in Sanjia Village have to help the family with farm work, so the wind and the sun are indispensable, but when it comes to getting married, generally as long as the family can spare the manpower, they will let the girls stay at home for a year. After all, when they get married, they are someone else. The family is old, so I have to be more loving in the last year of my natal family, and after a year of raising my skin, my skin is white, and I look very good in my wedding dress.

Ning Qing knew this truth, so she had to put aside her desire to make money and still concentrate on making dowry at home.Yu Shi then told her, "Wait next year, if you are willing, you can also dig some wild vegetables at this time to sell to subsidize the family." In fact, Yu Shi saw Ning Wan dig wild vegetables to earn money, but she could only lie on the bed to protect the baby , My heart is also regretful.

After Ning Wan finished her chores, she went to dig wild vegetables for another day, but this time it was much harder than the last time.

It turned out that I walked a lot yesterday, and I didn’t feel much at the time, but when I woke up from a sleep, my legs were sore and sore, but she still endured the pain and dug one tree after another. Everyone is safe, and the baby in the mother's belly is also fine, so she doesn't feel any pain.

Besides, it's not that she didn't suffer before, she even endured more hardships than now, so it's nothing to be a little tired now.

In this way, Ning Wan sold wild vegetables more than a dozen times. At this time, the wild vegetables had already grown all over the mountains and plains, and many of them had grown too big and too old to taste, so when digging again, they had to pick small and tender ones. up.

One is that the wild vegetables in the early spring have passed, and the other is that the food at home is almost sold out. No matter what, it is impossible for parents to let Ning Wan go to the town to sell wild vegetables alone.Therefore, before going to Mayi Town with her father for the last time, Ning Wan picked a lot of willow branches and begged her father to weave a basket for her, "It should be like a flower basket, it's very beautiful!"

Ning Liang's hands were very skillful, after hearing what his daughter said, he sat down with a smile and picked up willow branches to weave.When the wild vegetables grow, the willow branches become very soft, green on the branches, and many light yellow lazy leaves grow, delicate and lovely.And the flower baskets made of fresh willow branches are full of green, and the basket alone is very beautiful.

Ning Wan put a lot of thought into putting things. She first put a handful of water celery in the basket. Different, but complementary.This water celery is not only beautiful, but also tastes much fresher than the celery grown at home. It is most suitable for making dumplings with pork.

On the side of the water celery are thorny shoots. This is the most delicious wild vegetable in Sanjia Village. It is a small shoot growing on a tree. It is bright green and slightly red at the top. For the grown elm money, Ning Wan picked up all the elm leaves mixed in very cleanly, just wash it and eat it; finally put a layer of pink flowers on it, these flowers are picked fresh in the morning, There is also dew, not only good-looking, but also edible. Add a handful when making custard soup, and the soup tastes very fresh.

When she arrived in town, Ning Wan went to Xu's house, gently pushed open the black lacquered door, put this beautiful flower basket inside, and then quietly closed the door and left.These days, every time she came to deliver wild vegetables, Mrs. Xu would give her twenty dollars, which was higher than the actual price of wild vegetables. She accepted the extra money, and now she always wanted to express her heart.

Although her heart is very simple, Ning Wan knows that a kind person like Mrs. Xu will definitely like such a beautiful basket and fresh vegetables!

Therefore, although she didn't earn a single penny on this day, she was the happiest!

They didn't feel tired when they were used to walking the mountain road. The father and daughter of the Ning family entered Sanjia Village under the afterglow of the setting sun. Many people gathered at the entrance of the village, discussing something anxiously. When they saw them, they all said: "The chickens in the village They are all sick, and half of them died today!"

Some people also said sourly, "Their chickens are all gone, so don't worry,"

It hadn't happened when they left in the morning, but now it's so serious.Ning Liang was taken aback, "Did you find a veterinarian?"

"Chunzhu has been invited, and we are waiting here."

Ning Wan had known for a long time that veterinarians could not be invited. Chicken plague had occurred in the entire vicinity of Anpingwei, and almost all the chickens died within a few days. Right now, the veterinarians are too busy to care about the little ones. A few chickens in the small Sanjia Village.

That was exactly how it happened. After a day or two, everyone became desperate and understood that it was a plague. They quickly burned the dead chickens and buried them deep in the ground. Chickens that died of plague cannot be eaten. If they eat people, they will die. will get sick.

Then, the price of eggs in Anpingwei area went up, so the Ning family ate all the chickens and exchanged hundreds of eggs, which was talked about by the whole village.

It was not yet the time for spring plowing, and the weather outside was warm again, so everyone often talked about the chicken plague in the sun, and then the topic inevitably turned to the big house of the Ning family.

He said everything, "Look at the luck of the Ning family!"

"Maybe it's the old man of the Ning family who gave them dreams again." Someone said in a low voice: "The last time Wan'er was able to go to Guo's house to find those sheep bones, it must be that old man Ning was out of breath and came through his granddaughter." Talk with your mouth. A strong person like Mr. Ning will not care when he sees his granddaughter being bullied, don't you think about it?"

"That makes sense, the old man of the Ning family was so shrewd back then!"

Another person turned around and said: "I knew we would have killed a few chickens to eat, but now they are all thrown away for nothing."

"Exactly, our family is regretting that we were not willing to kill a chicken during Chinese New Year, and now we dare not eat it even if we want to eat it."

Someone also directly asked Ning Wan, "Did you know that there would be this plague in advance?"

Of course Ning Wan shook her head, "I don't know. Our family killed chickens and exchanged eggs because my mother is in poor health." Everyone believed her or not, but she knew she couldn't tell the truth.

Some people were particularly envious, "Your family's eggs are really cheap. Now you pay two cents for an egg, and now you sell it for a profit."

The price of eggs rose sharply, and everyone in Sanjia Village sold their eggs. Even Yu Shi, who was raising babies at home, was moved and discussed with Ning Wan, "Our family has hundreds of eggs now, why don't we sell them?" Go get some, it’s almost worth your money selling wild vegetables.”

Ning Liang was a little hesitant, "Now that we sell our eggs, wouldn't the people who sold our eggs be angry?"

"They have already sold the eggs to our family, so what does it matter if they sell them at a higher price or eat them?" Ning Qing also agreed to sell some eggs. After all, the price was doubled, and he really made a profit.

Moreover, Merchant Liu told her that eggs in the town are more expensive now, and he also plans to charge more eggs from several nearby villages and sell them in the town to make a profit.Ning Wan buys her own eggs that are big and fresh, and it is easy to sell them. Isn't it just right for Shopkeeper Liu to pick them up?

Ning Wan didn't agree with her father's worry, but felt that what Ning Qing said was reasonable, the eggs were bought by herself, and no one else had the right to control what she wanted to do.Moreover, she still plans to receive mountain goods in the future, so naturally she can't receive the goods at the selling price, and she has to make money.Just like Merchant Liu, he must have made a profit by carrying goods to Sanjia Village to sell. Otherwise, how could he have eaten so much and walked so many mountain roads?
But Ning Wan didn't plan to sell the eggs, after all, she bought so many eggs so that her family could eat better, which was far more important than making more money.In particular, she knew that her father and mother's bones were dying early, and now is the time to make up for it, and she is too thin and too small, so she should eat something good, and Ning Qing, after all, is the elder sister of the same mother , and it is impossible to stop her from eating alone.

In Sanjia Village, a remote place, you need to go to the town to buy meat, so eggs are the most convenient and easy to get.Therefore, when the whole Dingpingwei eggs are very precious, they are often found on the dining table of the Ning family. In addition to the usual steaming, frying and frying, Ning Wan also marinated a lot of salted eggs extravagantly.

Pickling salted eggs is not difficult, but people in Sanjia Village still seldom do it. After all, it’s not convenient to pickle salted eggs at a time and only pick a few. It also costs a lot of money to buy salt, so pickling a jar of salted eggs is a luxury.

The Ning family felt too monotonous because they ate boiled eggs, scrambled eggs, and egg custard every day, so they suddenly thought of pickled salted eggs.Ning Wan washed the eggs one by one, wiped them dry with a cloth, placed them in a jar layer by layer, then took a pot of clear water, put pepper and scallions to boil, and kept adding salt grains to it, And use chopsticks to stir vigorously until the salt can no longer melt, then let the salt water cool, remove the seasoning, and pour it into the jar with eggs.

Because it is more marinated, you can start eating it in a few days. At this time, the eggs look the same as hard-boiled eggs, but they already have a slight salty taste, which is more delicious than hard-boiled eggs.After three to five days, you can obviously feel that the salted eggs are changing day by day. The salty taste of the egg whites is getting stronger, and the yolks are starting to get oily.

When the salted eggs are really marinated, open the eggs, pick up the yolk with chopsticks, and the yellow oil will flow out. It is served with sorghum rice porridge in the morning. The aroma is really indescribable!
(End of this chapter)