There was a dim light in the hall, Yao Hong was doing work under the lamp, in order to avoid that the light would affect the rest of Wenren Chiba, she usually did needlework in the hall. Yao Huang persuaded her that now that the family has an income channel, she doesn't have to work so hard anymore, the dim light hurts her eyes. But Yao Hong didn't listen to persuasion, she always thought that as the eldest sister, she should take on the responsibility of raising her younger brothers and sisters, but the current situation is that she is stained with her sister's light, and her sister has taken on the livelihood of the family at a young age, which makes her ashamed to be the eldest sister!

"Sister, don't do it again, hurt your eyes. If you want to do it, do it during the day. Yao Huang walked into the house and persuaded.

Yao Hong raised her head and smiled, and said, "There are still a few stitches, and I will rest when I finish embroidering." ”

Yao Huang walked up to Yao Hong's side and picked up a handkerchief embroidered in the sewing basket, although it was embroidered with a simple orchid pattern, it was lifelike and exquisite. Yao Huang didn't expect Yao Hong's embroidery to be so good, she knew that Yao Hong's embroidery was learned from Yao's mother, and Yao's mother was originally an embroiderer from a large family, but she was kicked out of the house because she offended the housewife, and later married Yao's father.

"You go to sleep first, and you'll have to go up the mountain tomorrow morning."

"Yes."

The next day, Yao Huang and Yao Qingtian went up the mountain just after dawn, back and forth three or four times, and the two of them carried back hundreds of catties of peanuts, which was far from enough for the consumption of Baiweiju, fortunately, Yao Huang had already told the shopkeeper that peanuts were newly cultivated varieties by them, the quantity was small, and the supply was limited. After half a month of hard work up and down the mountain, Yao Huang and Yao Qing finally picked all the peanuts on the mountain, and the amount of thousands of catties was not only enough for the Yao family to eat, but also provided Baiweiju for several months. In the past few months, Yao Huang decided to grow his own peanuts.

"Uncle Village, are you at home?"

"Yao Huang, come in, what's the matter with your uncle?" Zhao Yiming is the village chief of Qingshui Village, fifty years this year, his body is very good, he is honest and kind on the surface, and he is actually an old fox.

Yao Huang walked into the village chief's house with a basket and said with a smile, "Uncle Village, I made a little fresh food and sent it to you to taste." ”

Deep-fried peanuts, braised peanuts, diced kung pao pork, peanut bone broth...... A little peanut food was put on the table, which made Zhao Yiming and the village chief's mother-in-law open their eyes wider and wider, although they didn't know what the ingredients of the cooking were in the road, but the aroma and appearance hooked their saliva overflowing.

"Uncle, aunt, Brother Strong, Brother Erniu, Sister-in-law Cuihua, come and try it."

"Delicious!"

"Yes, yes, it's delicious."

Zhao Yiming's eyes lit up immediately after taking a bite of Kung Pao Meat, and he joined the battle for food, until everyone gobbled up the dishes on the table, and the village chief uncle wiped his mouth and returned to his sanctimonious appearance.

"Yao Huang, what you came to me about has something to do with the food you sent, right? Two days ago, the guys from Barilla came to our village, did they ask you to buy this kind of ingredient? ”

Yao Huang wanted to applaud, he deserved to be praised as a "wise" village elder by the villagers, and he was indeed extraordinary.

"Not bad. This new ingredient is called peanuts and I discovered it from the mountains. Yao Huangdao, "Peanuts can not only be cooked, but also can be full and squeezed for oil, which is very useful." I signed a long-term supply contract with the shopkeeper Zhang of Baiweiju, but the peanuts on the mountain are naturally not enough for Baiweiju, so I plan to grow peanuts myself. ”

"Do you want to reclaim your land? Shouldn't you go to Lee? ”

"Do you want to reclaim your land? Shouldn't you go to Lee? ”

Yao Huang said with a smile, "The fourth uncle planted it well, of course I won't take it back." I came today to ask the village chief to sell the vacant land to my house. ”

"You want to carve out a vacant lot to grow peanuts? The soil quality of the land is not good, and if you grow crops, it will affect the yield. The village chief kindly reminded.

Yao Huangdao, "The requirements for the soil quality of peanuts are not high, and that vacant land is two acres, which is enough." Uncle, you can help me open a title deed, and I will buy it as much as I want. ”

"The market price of good land is ten taels of silver per mu, that is, it is uncultivated vacant land, you can give two taels of silver. I will exchange the silver into copper coins, and give a few dozen cents to each family in the village, and the land will be completely yours. ”

"Xie Lu, Uncle Xie, Village Chief." Yao Huang hurriedly took out the silver from her arms, she had already made preparations before she came.

The village chief helped write the title deed and handed it to Yao Huang, and then said in a hurry, "Yao Huang, can you let the people in the village plant some peanuts as well?" ”

Yao Huang smiled, and knew that the village chief would ask this question, although the village chief was a little cunning and a little utilitarian, but for the sake of the village, he was a good village chief and a responsible and good village chief.

"That's the second thing I did to you. Baiweiju in Anping County is only one of its branches, and there are no less than 20 Baiweiju in the country. As far as the peanuts I grow alone, not to mention guaranteeing the supply of one family in Anping County, how can I meet twenty families? So I wanted to make peanuts grow in the village, and I would provide the seeds. ”

When the village chief heard this, he laughed, "Good boy, uncle didn't mistake you." You have made such a great contribution to the village, so don't pay for that vacant land, and give it to you as a reward for the whole village. Give, get the money back. ”

Yao Huang was not hypocritical, generously took the silver, and said goodbye and went home.

Zhao Yiming looked at the back of Yao Huang leaving, stroked his beard and said to his wife, "Old man Yao is really blessed, the daughters and sons born are all smart and capable, but it's a pity that Yao Huang's girl is a little younger, otherwise I will let the second son marry her." ”

"What's the use of saying that? Yao Huang is only eleven years old, and he is still four years away. Our two sons are nineteen years old, and if he doesn't marry a wife, others still think there is something wrong with him! The village chief's wife rolled her eyes and said, "But my brother's third son is only two years older than Yao Huang, and the two of them are a good match." ”

"It's too early to say this, let's wait for Yao Huang and Lu to talk about it later."

Yao Huang didn't know that she was being remembered, and she went home and told Yao Hong and Wenren Chiba that she wanted to plant peanuts with the whole village, and both of them agreed.

Wenren Qianye stared at Yao Huangdao with deep eyes, "The husband is not guilty, but he is guilty." Second sister, you did a good job. ”

Yao Huang smiled, "My brother-in-law praised me for the first time, I'm so happy." ”

Yao Hong said with a smile, "I thought you had grown up and matured, and in the blink of an eye, you looked like a child, and I wasn't afraid of Xiaoqing and Xiaoke laughing at you." ”

When I turned around, sure enough, the two children pounded their mouths and laughed.

"Stinky boy, if you laugh again, I won't take you to catch sparrows." Yao Huang glared at the two boys. The two boys hurriedly covered their mouths, opened their eyes wide, and conveyed with their eyes "I won't laugh anymore, don't play with me".

Yao Hong and Wenren Qianye looked at each other and smiled, Yao Huang was really a child.

The sparrows, also known as the old thieves, like to eat sorghum and millet the most, and the millet and sorghum fields are often spoiled by them in groups, so that the peasants hate them and try to eliminate them. It's a pity that these guys are too clever, except for driving them away, it is more difficult to catch them, and before anyone can get to them, they have already seen people's intentions, and they scattered in a hurry, flying away without a trace. Since the long struggle against sparrows, people have invented many ways to deal with sparrows: scarecrows are erected in the fields to scare the sparrows, so that they do not dare to run into the field and wreak havoc; Numb the sparrow with grain, buckle the sparrow with a sieve, and put the sparrow with a horsetail...... These methods of catching sparrows are one of the favorite games of children in the countryside, not only can they play with the sparrows they catch, but they can also improve the food for the family.

There was no liquor in the house, and there was no horsetail hair, so Yao Huang could only take the two children to buckle the sparrows with a sieve. Baskets or sieves, brown rice, rope, tools are ready. He instructed Yao Qingzhengtai to sweep a clearing in the courtyard with a broom, sprinkle some brown rice on it, and basket it up with a small branch, and tie a thin rope to the bottom of the branch and extend it into the hall. Yao Huang took Xiao Ke to hide at the door and watch quietly. Yao Qing also ran to the two of them after making all the preparations.

Chirp, chirp, finally a sparrow has taken the bait. I saw a small bird the size of a fist, slowly jumping and jumping in front of the basket, pecking the brown rice, and following the brown rice, slowly into the basket.

"Now!" Yao Huang shouted.

As soon as Yao Qing pulled the rope, the little sparrow was basketed into the basket.

"Got it." Yao Qing cheered, and Xiao Ke ran to the basket, stretched out his hand, and grabbed the fluffy sparrow out of the basket. Yao Huang tied one of the sparrow's legs with a thin wire and stuffed it into Xiao Ke's palm, "Take it and play with it!" ”

"Xie Lu, Aunt Xie." It's ridiculous that his eyes are crooked, and it's very cute.

Yao Huang touched Xiao Ke's little head, supported the branches, and waited for the next stupid sparrow who threw himself into the net because of the deliciousness. The method of catching sparrows with a sieve works best in winter, when there is not much food and the sparrows are sure to rush to the basket. Unfortunately, it is early summer, and there is plenty of food in the mountains and fields, except for a few greedy stupid sparrows, most of the sparrows scoff at the food under the basket. At the end of the afternoon, except for the little sparrow that was taken as a pet by Xiao Ke, the three people only caught two sparrows.

Yao Huang used the method of calling the chicken to smear the two sparrows with wet mud and throw them into the stove, and it didn't take long for the sparrows to cook. left a finger-sized sparrow leg for Yao Hong and Wenren Qianye, and then shared the two sparrows with the two children. The two children were still satisfied, and begged Yao Huang to catch sparrows tomorrow and roast them.

"As long as you can catch the sparrows, but I won't be involved, there are many things to do tomorrow!"

For dinner, I had stir-fried bok choy and peanut stewed pig's trotters. Wenren Chiba's illness was finally cured, and he ate with everyone in the hall. Two sparrow legs are only enough to stuff between the teeth, but their deliciousness makes the eldest brother-in-law and eldest sister taste aftertaste.