2. Pick vegetables

In the previous life, he was used to being busy, and Lin Zichen, who had turned around the front and back of the house several times and didn't find a job to do, began to feel uncomfortable, and walked around the yard boredly, his eyes drifting around, to see if he could find something to do.

Boring around the yard several times, his eyes accidentally aimed at the point pointed by the clock on the wall of the living room, Lin Zichen breathed a deep sigh of relief, and with a turn of footsteps, the figure walked towards the kitchen without hesitation.

Lin Zichen stood at the door of the kitchen, a pair of phoenix eyes quickly glanced at the layout of the entire kitchen, and finally found what she was looking for under the cabinet - the vegetable basket.

took a step forward and grabbed the vegetable basket with one hand, and Lin Zichen's figure walked outside without delay.

The Lin family's vegetable garden was on the edge of the stream where Lin Zi washed his clothes in the morning. Lin Zichen followed the road in his memory and slowly walked towards the stream.

The vegetable garden of the Lin family is not big, and a piece of land of five or six square meters is evenly divided into several pieces by Lin's mother Li Weiyan, each of which is planted with seasonal vegetables.

The terrain of the vegetable garden is triangular, with a mountain on one side and water on both sides. The two sides near the water are fenced off with adult-height bamboo fences. In order to prevent the domestic cattle from breaking the fence and breaking into the vegetable garden to steal vegetables, the women of Yunhezhuang would plant a kind of thorn on the periphery of their vegetable garden.

The thorns are so dense that their branches stretch out to enclose the garden, and the branches are covered with sharp thorns, so even the thick-skinned buffalo will not dare to walk between them.

This kind of thorn was also planted around the Lin family's vegetable garden to ensure that the vegetables in the vegetable garden would not be eaten by the big buffalo.

It's late autumn, and the thorny leaves have fallen off, leaving only bare, spiky branches. If it is in spring, this kind of thorn will also bloom snow-white white flowers, clusters, from a distance, it looks like white clouds in the sky, the breeze blows, blowing away the white flowers, the scene seems to enter the world of fairy tales, beautiful.

Lin Zichen opened the fence door of the vegetable garden, skillfully squatted down in front of a vegetable field and began to pick vegetables.

Lin's mother Li Weiyan is hardworking and capable, and keeps the vegetable garden in good order, and the vegetables in the vegetable field are also growing pleasantly, full of greenery, and the water is smart.

Lin Zichen quickly picked a basket of vegetables, straightened his waist with satisfaction, patted the dirt on his hands, and Lin Zichen turned around and prepared to go home to make lunch.

Walking out of the vegetable garden, Lin Zichen stretched out his hand to move the fence gate back to its original position, but was accidentally stabbed in the wrist by the thorns that came out of the god next to him, "Oops! Lin Zichen let out a low sigh of pain, looked at the wrist that began to bead blood, and blew lightly a few times before ignoring it.

Fortunately, the thorns that pierced Lin Zichen's wrist were dead, otherwise if the skin was broken by the vigorous thorns, the wrist would at least be red and swollen and itchy for a few days before the wound would slowly heal, even if the cow was stabbed, this is the most scrupulous feature of this thorn.

The pain in his wrist quickly subsided, so that Lin Zichen, who was concentrating on washing vegetables, didn't notice that the blood beads that came out of his wound were magically absorbed into the skin as soon as they came out, and the small wound healed in an instant.

Lin Zichen's mind was occupied by the bright vegetables in the vegetable basket early in the morning, and on the way home, he hummed a little song softly, while composing the recipe for today's noon in his heart, and when he returned home, Lin Zichen had already picked the recipe in his heart.

Lin Zichen put the vegetable basket on the wooden table, grabbed his wrist and began to wash the pot and chop vegetables. As soon as he was ready, Lin Zichen looked at the old-fashioned stove used at home and was a little at a loss. Firewood, rosin, boxed matches, straw seedlings, these are the deepest memories in my mind, but unfortunately the current Lin Zichen is Lin Zichen who has not touched these for more than ten years.

Looking at the stove wall covered with black charcoal ash, Lin Zichen didn't dare to guarantee that she would not destroy the kitchen with one mistake.

Just when Lin Zichen was struggling with whether to take the risk and give it a try, Lin Zixi, who had gone out to play, came back, Lin Zichen seemed to see a savior, and pulled Lin Zixi over, "Sister wants to cook, you come to add firewood." ”

"Oh." Lin Zixi keenly captured Lin Zichen's obviously relieved expression when he saw him come back, although he didn't know why Lin Zichen was relieved, but Lin Zixi still obediently gave his sister a hand.

With Lin Zixi's help, Lin Zichen's next things were much easier. Lin Zichen unhurriedly put the ingredients into the pot, turning it with a spatula from time to time, occasionally reminding Lin Zixi that he should add firewood or make the fire smaller. The sister and brother worked together and quickly made two dishes and one soup.

"Whew, it smells so good!" Lin Zixi took a deep breath of the vegetables, and couldn't help but reach out and stuff a few vegetables into his mouth.

"Smack." Lin Zichen stretched out his hand and gently patted away Lin Zixi's dirty hand that was reaching out to the vegetable plate, and his eyes widened, "Wash your hands." ”

Under the obscenity of his sister, and looking at his black little hands, Lin Zixi consciously went to the well outside to fetch water and wash his hands.

"Sister, can I eat?" It was the time to grow his body, plus he had been playing all morning, and at this moment, smelling the fragrance of this dish, Lin Zixi's stomach screamed very angrily.

Lin Zichen stretched his neck to look outside, but still didn't see Lin Qingxiang and Li Weiyan, so he turned to Lin Zixi and said, "If you're hungry, eat first, sister will feed the pigs first." ”

Lin Zichen carried the pig food that had been mixed and walked to the pigsty behind the house. The pigs at home are bought back after the Dragon Boat Festival, and there are already 100 catties to be raised, if you feed them well, it is estimated that they can grow to 200 catties when they are in the New Year, except for the part that they want to leave behind for the New Year, and the rest can be sold for some money back.

According to Lin Zichen's own opinion, this kind of breeding method does not make money at all, and a pig has worked hard for more than half a year to get back so many hundred yuan, and the labor cost and feed cost cannot be earned. However, the people in the village have always done this, and no one will change it deliberately, and Lin Zichen will not do such a thing. In the end, raising pigs is not to make money, but to spend a little less money to buy pork during the Chinese New Year. The pigs raised by the people of the village are all natural, not fed with any processed feed, and the pork is also a first-class delicacy.

If you can get it, it's nothing more than a way to get rich! Lin Zichen fell into deep thought. Now that she has been reborn, she naturally has to do something to change the status quo of her family, and she Lin Zichen is not a person who will only be satisfied with the status quo.

After feeding the pigs, Lin Qingxiang and Li Weiyan also returned. As soon as Li Weiyan entered the house, she smelled the strong aroma of vegetables, and a flash of surprise flashed in her eyes, "Xiao Chen, are you cooking?" ”

Lin Zichen nodded slightly, urging Li Weiyan and Lin Qingxiang to wash their hands and eat quickly.

It's not that Lin Zichen hasn't cooked before, but his skills are not as good as today's, so Lin's mother is a little unconvinced.