Most rural people have the habit of leaving their children at home, watched by the elderly, and the children's parents going out to work.

There is no way around it, because in this patriarchal place, most people still like to have two boys.

If the first child is a girl, it will be born again, some until exhaustion, and some until the boy.

Therefore, almost every family has more than two children, and most people in the countryside are not highly educated, have no fixed jobs, and their wages are not particularly high, so they have no fixed residence, so it is really a bit stressful to bring two or three children to the city to study.

So, the children are kept at home with their grandparents watching. Originally, the old man's education was not high, and his body was not very neat, and he was not beaten, nor was he scolded. In the end, there is a "cycle of evil deeds".

Mu Mu heard the old man next to her say this, she can be convenient for one by one, anyway, please invite people outside, it is better to take care of the neighbors.

"When they're not busy, you can let them come back first. Mu Mu said.

"Okay. In the evening they will call back, and when the time comes, I will talk to them. Mu Mu's uncle said.

Before breakfast, everyone dispersed and let Mu Mu go home and eat breakfast.

Mu Mu finished eating, went up to the second floor, counted the orders, and established a list in the background. When the list was distributed, Mu Mu came down from upstairs with a mobile phone in his hand. When I got to the door of the hall downstairs, I drove the car and went out.

Today, she mainly went to check the situation of the growers, but also to see their planting level. It's like checking the work and going down to see how they're doing. Because the deposit is given to everyone, the rest is to complete the task according to the time.

She randomly inspected a few of them, and the growers cooperated with her work and planted the major crops according to the agreement.

After the inspection, half a day passed.

On the way back, seeing that the weather is getting hotter means that summer is coming. For farmers, the hot summer is a difficult season. It is easy to get heat stroke when working, and there are many mosquitoes in the fields.

She came to her farmland and saw Qin Jifan and Ye Minghong weeding.

The crops planted some time ago are already half a meter high, especially the beans, which have slowly turned into beans along the bamboo fence.

At this moment, Qin Jifan is the same, after being exposed to the sun for 2 months, his skin has become a little darker, not as white as before.

Today's skin, like that of a track and field athlete, has become dark. However, this is normal, and the skin tone will definitely change every day when you are exposed to the sun.

Mu Mu saw the pepper seedlings in the field, and some of them had begun to flower, which meant that it would not be long before there were peppers.

"Mom, some pepper seedlings are blooming. ”

"It's also individual, it is expected that around the Dragon Boat Festival, there will be chili peppers to eat. Ye Minghong said.

"Mr. Qin, how long have you been working here? Mu Mu asked deliberately.

Ye Minghong interjected: "What, you don't feel sorry for me, but you feel sorry for him?"

"Mom, look at what you said. It's almost summer, and I want to tell him that it's a bit hard. ”

Ye Minghong said: "You don't have to worry about him, the family has a solid background, and there is a lot of room for choice, you still have to think about your own affairs, now that you have signed so many growers, how to complete the task." ”

"I'm pushing them every day now. It's not coming back. Mu Mu said.

"Your task is complete, Xiao Fan's matter, don't worry about it. Ye Minghong threw the topic to Qin Jifan: "Xiao Fan, did you say?"

Qin Jifan had a chance to speak, like a "servant", and he didn't say it until the master finished speaking.

"I've gotten used to life here. It feels good. ”

"It's good to get used to it. Life was even more difficult later. Even if you don't stick to it on the last day, you're losing. Ye Minghong explained.

"Hmm. You're right. Qin Jifan replied.

Ye Minghong finished the grass in front of her, put down the hoe, and then walked to the bean seedling. There were too many leaves on the beans, so she plucked some first, letting each leaf get as much sunlight as possible.

Some leaves that have not been exposed to the sun, and some water, under the sun's irradiation, appear crystal clear, like transparent beads.

She plucked some of the leaves and put them in a red plastic bag.

Qin Jifan finished making the grass, and then walked to the beans at the other end and asked, "Auntie, do you want to pick these?"

"Will you pick it?" Ye Minghong asked.

"You can teach me. "Qin Jifan really won't. So he had to ask. Although these crops don't have much money, he and Ye Minghong have worked hard to grow them. Now I am very happy to see that the crops in front of me are growing. Blowing a cool wind, a kind of homesickness immediately floated in my heart, full of hope, full of longing for the future life.

Ye Minghong explained: "There are three leaves, you pick off the leaves on both sides and leave the middle one. Thin it out a bit and let them get in the sun as much as possible. ”

"Okay. Qin Jifan did as Ye Minghong said.

Mu Mu stood aside, with no work in his hands, and also did farm work.

At first, Ye Minghong hadn't seen it yet, and when she picked a handful in her hand, Ye Minghong said some distressed words.

"Mumu. This sun is huge. Go back and rest. It's up to us. ”

"I'm fine. This leaf is not a vegetable to eat, I'll take a little back. Mu Mu said.

Qin Jifan didn't know that this carob leaf could be eaten as a vegetable, so he asked, "This looks so rough, how can you eat it?"

"I'll take care of it later. When the time comes, you'll know what's wrong. Mu Mu said.

"This leaf can still be eaten, I really didn't expect it!" Qin Jifan said.

He didn't grow up in the countryside, so naturally he didn't know that there were many things to eat in the countryside, Mu Mu smiled: "When you live here for a few years, you will know that this countryside is full of treasures, and the leaves of most plants can be eaten." ”

"It's not up to you to tell me. Otherwise, how would I know!" Qin Jifan said.

Ye Minghong saw that they were chatting hotly, and seemed to be a little jealous: "Mu Mu, this is almost it, you take it back first." Wait and pick out the tender ones to eat, and feed the ones that are too old to the chickens. ”

"Okay. Mu Mu carried a bag, came to Ye Minghong, and put the leaves of the two bags into one bag.

Then he returned with a bag full of leaves.

Back at home, Mu Mu brought a basin from the kitchen and put more tender leaves in the basin.

After a while, I picked up almost a pot of young leaves and took them to the back door of the kitchen to wash.

After washing, put some water in the cauldron, wait for the water to boil, and then blanch the tender green bean leaves.