Rebirth Farmer Yaomei

Chapter 49
In summer, a lot of vegetables have grown in the vegetable garden at home. The earliest vegetables such as shallots, spinach, leeks, and Chinese cabbage have been eaten for a while, and now eggplants, kidney beans, cowpeas, horned melons, and loofahs are also growing fruit.

Ning Liang is a diligent person, and he also puts his heart into gardening, as can be seen from the vegetable garden in the Ning family's big house.Use three thin wooden sticks of similar length to build one place, tie them with hemp rope about a foot from the top, and place a long wooden stick horizontally on top of a row of shelves to connect the shelves.

The shelves are neatly set up, and the vegetables growing on them are particularly eye-catching. The green leaves on the few shelves of kidney beans are lined with purple flowers, and kidney beans that are more than half a foot long hang down one by one. Walking from one end to the other, he picked two large baskets. After picking all six kidney bean racks in the family, he filled two baskets full.

At this time, the vegetables were not worth much, and every family in the three villages grew a lot of them. Except for their own food, they fed pigs and chickens, which saved the need to hunt pig weeds.Naturally, there is nowhere to sell them in this village, and the price in Mayi Town is also extremely low. Even if it is sent to Hutai County, it is only four or five catties a penny.But my father didn't want to be idle, so he delivered food to Wangyuanlou every other day. Although he didn't make much money, it was better than nothing.

As soon as Ning Wan put down the vegetable basket, Luo Shuang'er came in with a half-packed shoe sole. Seeing the two baskets of vegetables in the yard, she smiled and said, "Uncle, you're going to Hutai County tomorrow, right?"

Although it was a question, it didn't mean to ask. Naturally, the Ning family picked two baskets of vegetables in the evening and sent them to Hutai Town in the morning. Everyone in Sanjia Village knew about it, but they were just looking for something to talk about.

Ning Wan nodded with a smile and said, "Isn't it? Although it doesn't cost much, one is because there are more than ten catties of fresh fungus to send, and the other is that there are too many vegetables at home, and the leftovers are for nothing. My dad doesn't want to be idle at home either."

"Not much is money. Even if we want to sell it, we can't transport it to Hutai Town." Luo Shuang'er was very envious. "Our family has so many dishes that we can't even finish eating pork and chicken."

"Isn't it?" Ning Wan responded, handed Luo Shuang'er a small stool, took the upper of the shoe she was working on and sat with Luo Shuang, the summer was long and it was still very bright at this time, everyone would often sit together They made needle money together outside the house, and laughed again: "I'm not reconciled to seeing that these vegetables can't be sold."

Luo Shuang'er just laughed, "God doesn't know why, there must be four seasons in a year, and there are so many vegetables in the garden that everyone can eat enough, and they can't eat when they want to eat in winter."

In fact, Ning Wan has been thinking about it, so she said while she was doing needlework: "Sister-in-law Shuang'er, why don't we dry some dried vegetables like cat's claw vegetables, and send them to Hutai Town in winter to see if they can be sold?" ?”

People in Sanjia Village seldom dried vegetables in the sun, but Ning Wan saw some dried vegetables in her dream, but she didn't know if these dried vegetables were good for sale, because those dried vegetables were delivered from Zhao's village, and everyone just ate them as a surprise.The Zhao family also eats fresh vegetables in winter, which can only be grown in the greenhouse. She also thought about growing some fresh vegetables at home, but it is not possible right now.

As long as it is Ning Wan's proposal, Luo Shuang'er is very supportive, "Then we will all post it, even if we can't sell it, it's okay, it's a family dish, and it doesn't cost money."

Ning Wan also made up her mind, "If it doesn't work, I can keep it for myself, it's better than just eating those few dishes all winter."

The two hit it off immediately, and discussed some things while doing needlework. Luo Shuang'er returned home after watching the sky darken.

After breakfast the next day, she brought a bundle of sorghum stalks to Ning's house.

Ning Wan laughed when she saw it, "I still have a lot of sorghum stalks at home, why did you bother to bring them from home?"

Luo Shuang just laughed, "I just borrowed light, so how can I take advantage of your family?" It turns out that the sorghum stalks of each family are good materials for lighting fires. After the autumn harvest, they are dragged home to pile up Make a large pile of firewood, and you can use some firewood when you burn the fire on weekdays.Seeing that Ning Wan was also going to the woodpile to hold the sorghum stalks, she stopped her and said, "Why don't you use mine first, Xia Zhu and I already peeled off the outer skin of the sorghum stalks last night, so we can directly use the sorghum stalks." It can be used as a curtain."

Ning Wan carefully looked at the sorghum stalks brought by Luo Shuang'er, they were all straight and even near the top, and the dry sorghum leaves outside had been picked off a long time ago. Being polite, I took the hemp rope and a large needle, and the two of them made a curtain together.

The curtain is a very common object in Sanjia Village. It is a disc made of sorghum stalks connected with hemp rope, which can be used as a pot cover and place things.Now Ning Wan and Luo Shuang are going to make a lot of curtains together, and then dry vegetables on the curtains.

It is not difficult to make a curtain. There is a layer of hard skin on the outside of the sorghum pole, and a very soft pistil on the inside. It is easy to pass through with a needle. After two hemp ropes are threaded and then tightened, they form a shape, and then connect with the first row. The sorghum poles are placed vertically in another row, fixed with hemp rope, and then trimmed into a circle with scissors. It becomes a daily-use curtain at home, which is light and practical.

The two were busy when Chun Ling walked in, "I saw you two making a lot of curtains in the yard, but what are they for?"

The yards of the third bedroom of Ning's family are adjacent to each other, separated only by a low wall, so Chunling's sister-in-law can naturally see it, and because she is also close to Ning Wan and Luo Shuang'er these days, she came to ask without avoiding suspicion.

Ning Wan and Luo Shuang'er laughed and told about their plans, and Chunling agreed after hearing this, "I'll do it with you too." As they said they wanted to go home to hold straws, Ning Wan stopped her and carried a straw from her house. "Use the large bundle of straw first." The three first made the straw brought by Luo Shuang'er into a curtain, and then peeled off a lot of new straw to make a curtain.

No curtain was used to dry the cat's claw vegetables, because the cat's claw vegetables were dried as a whole, but Ning Wan remembered that the dried cowpeas and kidney beans she had eaten before were all shredded, as well as eggplant, Of course, there is no reason to dry whole melons, pumpkins, etc., and they must be sliced.

The three of them first picked a few baskets of kidney beans at Ning's house, washed them, cut them into shreds and put them on the curtain and placed them in the yard. They talked and laughed and filled the yard with the curtain of kidney beans.After seeing noon, Chunling and Luo Shuang'er went home, and the three families made an appointment to go to the second room of Ning's family in the afternoon, and then to Guo's house the next day.

It just so happens that there are too many dishes for each family to eat at this time, and it only takes a little effort to wash, cut, cut, and dry them in the sun, and it is not a lot of work for everyone during this slack season.

On the other hand, Ning Liang saw the newly made curtains at home the next day, so he made many more for Ning Wan, "I'll let dad make it for future use."

Ning Wan casually picked it up and looked at it. It was also a curtain, but her father made it differently. The sorghum stalks were arranged very neatly, and the hemp ropes strung up the straws were woven into rhombus shapes, which were strong and pleasing to the eye. There was a half-inch-high brim erected on the edge of the curtain, just to prevent the vegetables from being spilled if the curtain was accidentally tilted when holding the curtain. I couldn't help but exclaim, "Father, your hands are so skillful!"

Dad just smiled, "I just do it when I have nothing to do at home."

Ning Wan remembered something again, "Father, your curtains are so well woven, it's not easy to weave some and take them to Hutai Town, ask if anyone wants them."

Dad didn't believe it, "Can someone buy this thing?"

"That's natural," Ning Wan said with a smile: "Father, don't you think that whether it's a restaurant or a home, don't people have to use curtains? The people in Hutai Town don't grow sorghum, so naturally there is no sorghum straw, so they can't do it." Weaving curtains." After finishing speaking, he added, "Also, there are not many people who can weave such beautiful curtains like Dad!"

Ning Liangyuan didn't care about his own ability at all, but after hearing what Yaonu said, he also gained some confidence, "Next time I go to Hutai Town, I will bring dozens of them with me, even if there is no one there. Buy it, and give it to the shopkeeper of Wangyuanlou, he has always taken good care of our family."

Ning Wan also laughed, father can't get rid of the honesty and lack of self-confidence of a countryman, in fact, she has never seen a curtain that is better than the one made by father, two or three are sold for a penny, and someone will definitely buy it .

Because of listening to Yaonu's words, Ning Liang has been weaving the curtains with his heart these days. This thing is really simple, and he has put his heart into making the curtains neatly. Usually made of moulds.Because the straw is very light, it will rise high when it is carried by a donkey.

At night, when my father came back, he was very excited, "One hundred curtains, the shopkeeper of Wangyuan Building has left them all, and three of them are worth a penny. Give me a total of 33 pennies!"

In fact, more than 30 Wen is not too much to the Ning family now, but Ning Liang never thought that he could exchange money with a curtain made of sorghum straw that was everywhere in the house, so he was naturally very happy.

Seeing that her father was so happy, Ning Wan rejoiced for him, and said with a smile: "The money for making the curtains is all father's own, so it doesn't count as part of our business. Father can use it as he pleases, and it's good to buy something for mother."

Father put all the money into Ning Wan's hands, "It's all our shop's business, so it should be recorded in the account."

Although Mother lay down, she didn't sleep. She said through the window: "The monthly money you and I shared with your father is still useless, so let's charge it to the store's account."

Ning Wan smiled, "If our family puts all their energy into one place like this, life will definitely be better."

Afterwards, Ning Liang weaved curtains at home whenever he was free, and sent them to Hutai County every few days. Although this thing is not worth much, it has no cost, and it is commonly used everywhere. First, a familiar restaurant sold a batch , And then sent to the grocery store, every time I go to bring two or three hundred curtains, there will always be a hundred and ten money in the account.

It wasn't until all the sorghum stalks that could be used to weave curtains at home were used up that Ning Liang stopped, and said: "When the sorghum straws come out this year, I will first keep all the sorghum straws that can be used to weave curtains, and the rest to burn again."

(End of this chapter)