Farmer's Ruyi Manor

Chapter 54
"Mother, grandma, this food is very delicious. It can be eaten raw, made into soup, cooked, or made into dessert." Jingniang and Mrs. Ruan looked at the round, small maroon in front of them with doubts on their faces. something, a little puzzled.

"Grandma, mother, this one, when you eat, you have to scrape off the skin. Among them, the female one is the most delicious, the tenderest, and the juiciest. But many people will not choose. You don't care whether it is male or female. .Let's try it first." Xiaohua explained.

"Sister...Xiao Zhuzi wants to eat." Xiao Zhuzi's eyes lit up again when he saw that there was something to eat. In his heart, his sister could always get something delicious, so this must be delicious again.

"Okay, my sister will make it for Xiaozhuzi later, Xiaozhuzi is good." Xiaohua coaxed her younger brother.

"By the way, mother, grandma, we don't have a scraper at home, so just use your teeth to gnaw off the outer layer of skin." Xiaohua snapped off the tip first, and then handed it to mother and grandma.

I took another one by myself, washed it after nibbling, and handed it to Xiao Zhuzi to eat. "How is it, is it delicious?" Xiao Hua asked eagerly.

"Delicious, crunchy, sweet, I didn't expect it to be so delicious. Xiao Hua, you think this can also be used for dessert, soup, or dish?" Jing Niang asked excitedly.If this is the case, it can be sold and the family will have another income.

"Yes, mother. There is a large area over the creek. I want to dig it tomorrow. Mother, what do you think?"

"Okay, then let's go to bed early today, and get up early tomorrow to dig. By the way, Xiao Hua, what do you call this thing?"

"Water chestnuts are also called horseshoes."

"Jingniang, Xiaohua, why don't grandma go with you tomorrow? I'll put the little pillar in Changgui's house for a day. It should be fine." Mrs. Ruan thought that she was always at home and couldn't help her. , is also very weak.It should be able to help this time, and it should be fine for just one day.

"Okay, Xiaohua, mother, you guys go to bed early, I'll go to Xiaocao's house first, and tell my sister-in-law, Xiao Zhuzi will let them go tomorrow." Jing Niang readily agreed, after all, there is one more person, Just dig a little.This is not guaranteed, and if others find out in the future, they will earn less.

Early the next morning.

"Xiao Hua, are you up yet? Hurry up, we're leaving after dinner." The thing Jing Niang hates most now is to wake her daughter up.

"Uh, mother, let me sleep for a while." A certain person with his head buried in the quilt made a vague coquettish sound from under the quilt.

"Get up quickly." Seeing the formation, Jing Niang immediately lifted the quilt.

Xiaohua shivered uncontrollably, raised her bird's nest head, rubbed her eyes with both hands, and woke up.Then I slowly got up and put on my clothes. As for combing my hair, I tied a ponytail. Without a rubber band, I took an almost thread (the thread used to show clothes) and folded it back and forth a few times, and tied it casually, but the ponytail It was still loose, and it went out like this.

Jing Niang looked at her daughter like this, but nothing else.I had no choice but to take a strip of cloth, tie two small bags on both sides, and took my daughter to wash her face and eat.At this moment, he has already fed his son porridge, and then arranged for him to go to Wang Changgui's house.

The three members of the family quickly finished their breakfast, each carrying a basket and bag, and went out to the creek.Fortunately, the creek is relatively close, and the effort will arrive in a short while.

"Mother, grandma, I'll show you how to dig in a while. After that, you will dig like this. There are also water chestnuts that have been dug out. Don't wash all the soil first. Remember, don't wash it clean." The area, Xiaohua will talk about it first.

Both Jing Niang and Mrs. Ruan nodded.

"Look, the ones that grow like this are water chestnuts. Don't look at them as weeds. The water chestnuts are at the bottom. The water chestnuts are usually deep at the root. You should dig to this extent first, then pull out this one, and finally touch the water chestnuts carefully with your hands. Come out, that's all. Mom, grandma, have you seen it clearly?" He spoke very carefully while practicing.

"Understood, let's do it ourselves, you don't need to say anything, let's act together." Jing Niang spoke directly.

The family of three spent a day digging up all the water chestnuts.I didn't go back to eat at noon, so I ate two bites of the cake I brought, and I gained a lot. Jing Niang ran back and forth to the house 5 times, and took 5 of them back home.Finally, when they finished digging, they carried half a cloth bag. Xiao Hua's small basket and Mrs. Ruan's big basket contained a lot, and the family went back happily.

Xiao Hua thought, the small harvest is really not small, if it is well preserved, it should be no problem to preserve it for half a year to a year.

After the family got all the water chestnuts back, Jingniang went to Xiaocao's house to pick up Xiaozhuzi.

After dinner, the whole family sat in the yard and chatted.

"Mother, didn't you say that the village chief's cousin would go to the town every month before the end of the month? I want to follow along to see. You can talk to the village chief's cousin."

"What are you going to do in the town? You have to stay for one night to go to the town." Jing Niang asked her daughter in surprise.He said he was going to the market and went to the market, and now he was going to the town again. What would a little girl do in the town?
"Mother, I think our sour bamboo shoots and hot and sour bamboo shoots have been for half a month. The weather is not bad these days. I guess it will be better soon. I want to sell some, and our water chestnuts. I want to cut them Peel the skin, soak it in water, wash it, and sell it. Make more money, and then buy a few acres of land. We will plant water chestnuts and a variety of fruits, such as bayberry trees. We will dig them out and grow them ourselves. Yes. There will be many places to use money in the future, so find a way to make money. Mother, you should accept me."

"But you are a little girl, how can you make your mother and me feel at ease." At this time, Mrs. Ruan said.

"That's why I asked my mother to talk to the village chief's cousin, so I followed him. The village chief's cousin can speak the town dialect, and I also know a little bit. In the past few days, I have time to talk to the village chief's cousin, Doctor Lu There are people sent by shopkeeper Liu to learn more." Xiaohua really wanted to go to the town to see the situation, and at this time, no matter what, she must convince her mother and grandma.

"This..." Mrs. Ruan thought for a long time before finally saying, "Let's just follow her."

"Thank you grandma, I know grandma loves me the most." Xiaohua happily stepped forward, acted like a baby at grandma, and even kissed her when she was done.

"Sister...Xiao Zhuzi eats water chestnuts." This little guy has become obviously sharp in his speech these days.

"Okay, okay, my sister will give Xiaozhuzi some water chestnuts from our house." Xiaohua was jumping up and down happily, no matter what she was asked to do, she would definitely agree.

The next morning, the sky started to be gray and rainy.Jing Niang and Mrs. Ruan saw that the weather was not right last night, so they moved all the dried bamboo shoots back to the eaves.

"Mother, you can help me talk to the village chief's cousin today." Xiaohua woke up in the morning, afraid that her mother would forget, so she specially reminded her.

(End of this chapter)