Easy to farm

Chapter 17 Preliminary Preparation for Entrepreneurship
Ever since Pei Xiangxiang planted tomatoes and peppers in her vegetable field, she went to the vegetable field every now and then to check the growth of tomatoes and peppers. At first, she was worried that many of them would not survive, but she didn't expect that every one of them would survive.

However, unlike the tomato and pepper trees in the space, the growth speed of these seedlings outside is no different from that of other vegetable seedlings.

The area of ​​farmland in the space remained the same as before, neither expanded nor shrunk. Looking at the lush and tall orange trees, Pei Xiangxiang was in a particularly good mood.

The radishes and cabbages in the space were all pulled out by Pei Xiangxiang and taken out of the space. On the vacated land, Pei Xiangxiang chose to continue planting tomatoes and peppers, hoping to harvest more crops that were not available in this era.

Because the crops in the portable farm grow very fast, it takes no more than a week from planting to harvest, and it doesn't take much effort to take care of it on weekdays, just go to the space every day or two to clear the weeds.

After the tomatoes were ripe, Pei Xiangxiang picked them all. Since he discovered that this space actually has a fresh-keeping effect, Pei Xiangxiang doesn't have to worry about the tomatoes being spoiled.

As for the peppers, Pei Xiangxiang chopped all the peppers as before, added some salt, ginger and garlic to make chopped peppers, and put them in jars. However, after she had made three jars of chopped peppers in a row, the problem came. , because there were no extra jars in the house, and it also attracted Yang's attention, and found that there was something missing in the house.

Since the lack of salt last time, Mrs. Yang once again suspected that there was really a thief in the house, and several unused jars in the kitchen suddenly disappeared.

Pei Xiangxiang didn't dare to tell Yang that he took it and used it himself. After all, it was a bit troublesome to explain, so he simply kept silent and pretended not to know. Yang frowned for two days, and looked at the other Pei family from time to time. house, especially the main house.

At the beginning, Pei Xiangxiang didn't know why Mrs. Yang kept staring at the main room. After a few days, she guessed that Mrs. Yang probably guessed that the people from the main room took those jars by hand. .

It's no wonder that Yang associated this matter with the main house, but over the years, if the main house borrowed something from Yang, it would be very difficult to expect them to take the initiative to return it. If they saw Yang's Anything idle here, especially Lin and Jiang, were quickly taken away by them.

Pei Xiangxiang didn't intend to explain Yang's misunderstanding. Considering that the families next to her didn't do such things less often, it wouldn't be too much to let them take the blame once.

When Pei Xiangxiang was thinking about how to sell the tomatoes in the space, Chunhua and Xiu'e came to the door and took her to pick wild vegetables.

In March and April, everything grows, which is a good time for wild vegetables to grow, and there is a mountain four or five miles away from Nanhe Village, and there are many wild vegetables that can be exchanged for money.

As far as purely picking wild vegetables, Pei Xiangxiang is not that interested, but when she heard that Chunhua and Xiu'e were going to sell them for pocket money, her enthusiasm was immediately aroused. exactly.

Every year, the boys and girls in Nanhe Village will take the opportunity to earn some pocket money. The adults don't care about it, and even support them to be self-reliant. Although they don't earn much, after a year, the most can earn one or two taels of silver. For the average family, it is really a big income.

Knowing that Pei Xiangxiang went out to pick wild vegetables with Chunhua and Xiu'e, Yang did not object. Now that the injury on Pei Xiangxiang's forehead has healed completely, Yang felt that Pei Xiangxiang had been detained for a long time before, and couldn't bear to let her stay at home , but Yang told Pei Xiangxiang a few words as usual to make her pay more attention to safety.

"Xiangxiang, are we going to dig wild celery? It grows a lot by the river at the head of the village. Yesterday I saw Cuimiao go dig a basket and come back. The leaves are tender green, so they must be delicious." After Chunhua finished speaking, He couldn't help but licked his lips and swallowed.

As for wild celery, people in the village usually like to pick a handful at home to cook and eat, but they can't sell for much. After hearing what Chunhua said, Xiu'e waved her hands decisively. If she wants to make money, she still has to find someone who can sell it for money.

"Let's go to the back mountain this time. There are bracken, black fungus and mushrooms in the mountain. They will definitely sell for a lot of money in the market."

Pei Xiangxiang also wants to make money, and it is unrealistic to expect Pei Yongping to make more money at present. It is better to make money by yourself, which can help the family to ease the burden of life, even if the change you earn can be exchanged for an extra meal of meat, yes Pei Xiangxiang is very attractive.

"I agree with Xiu'e. Let's go to the back mountain. If we encounter a hole dug by a hunter, maybe we can pick up wild pheasants or rabbits."

Although the back mountain is a bit far away, it takes at least half an hour to walk there, but there are many good things there. The most important thing is that basically everything found in the mountain can be exchanged for money. If you are lucky, as Pei Xiangxiang said Yes, if there is a pheasant in the trap, it can be sold for a lot of money.

"But there are many snakes in the back mountain, and I heard from my mother that there are beasts inside, what if we encounter a big insect?" Chunhua seemed very hesitant, she still cared more about her little one than making money. Life.

Seeing her panicked expression, Xiu'e couldn't help laughing out loud, "Sister Chunhua, big worms and beasts are all used to fool children. This is your surname, and the back mountain is not big. If you really Having seen the mountains, I must know that there will be no beasts here, don't worry."

In Pei Xiangxiang's memory, the back mountain is indeed not as big as Xiu'e said. Although Nanhe Village is located on a plain, it is a hilly terrain a few miles away. There are several relatively large mounds, which are what people call "Mountain".

In addition to lush trees, many shrubs and weeds, and some wild vegetables, there are also some small wild animals on the mountain, such as birds, pheasants, wild ducks, rabbits and the like.

From the initial hesitation, Chunhua obeyed Pei Xiangxiang and Xiu'e's advice in the end, and followed them, but just in case, the three of them took a branch in their hands to explore the way.

They do this mainly because the weather is getting warmer and the snakes in the mountains are coming out of their holes. Snakes that wake up from hibernation are the most poisonous and dangerous. I'm afraid that even my life will be taken.

There is a lot of weather, the sun is warm, and it is very warm on the body, but after walking into the mountains, it is a bit cold.

The three of Pei Xiangxiang and the others were not very courageous, so naturally they didn't dare to go too far into the mountains. Firstly, they were afraid of getting lost, and secondly, as they walked further in, the light became dimmer and gloomy, and they were all a little scared.

However, when they walked a little further into the mountains, a lot of bracken grew in the back of the sun. Pei Xiangxiang and the others were overjoyed, and quickly put down the basket in their hands and started to work.

The bracken is very fresh now, Pei Xiangxiang was picking it while thinking, if it is fried with meat, it must taste very good, thinking this way in his heart, a plate of bracken fried with pork belly immediately appeared in his mind, he hadn’t eaten meat for a long time Pei Xiangxiang was so greedy that he swallowed his saliva.

(End of this chapter)