Chapter Eighty-Six: Tangyuan
"To Peach Blossom Garden?" Qiu Ju listened to Chen Chunhua's words, her eyes lit up, and she said. "Sister-in-law, I also want to go to the Peach Blossom Land to have a look, I heard that the peach blossoms in this Peach Blossom Garden are beautiful!"
Chen Chunhua saw Qiu Ju thinking like this, and couldn't help patting her head and said. "What's the matter, if you don't go, can I and the third brother come over?"
"Why, I can go too?" After Qiu Ju finished speaking, her happy hands and feet didn't know where to put it. "What are I going to do here?"
"Of course I'm going to do something, I didn't see that I'm busy here!" Chen Chunhua glanced at Qiu Ju amusedly, and poured the wet glutinous rice flour in the cloth bag into the wooden basin, and said. "I didn't want to play when I went to Peach Blossom Spring, I heard the aunt who burned the fire in the restaurant say that I would go to earn some money in those days, there are many people!"
"Alas, what else does my sister-in-law need to do, I'll do it!" Chen Chunhua was not polite, wiped her hands, took out a purse and handed it to her, and said. "You go to the grain and oil shop now, and tell the cow that you will send twenty catties of rice and glutinous rice each!"
Qiu Ju heard this, and hurriedly took the purse and went out. Wet glutinous rice flour hung last night overnight, now so soft very, think about it, then go into the kitchen to get a dustpan, and then into the kitchen to soak the wolfberry clean, this wolfberry is good, bubble out naturally much bigger, if there are raisins would be good, she looked for a few shops but did not find raisins, helpless had to use this date instead.
Take out the dates and chop them, and get some sweet potato flour to thicken later.
Chen Chunhua originally wanted to make sesame rice balls, but this sesame seeds are very expensive, if you put sesame seeds. This cost is high, and it is naturally not cost-effective. She also told the shopkeeper. Borrow a stove and cauldron from him, and borrow dishes and chopsticks from him. Wait until you get to the Peach Blossom Spring.
She also sells not only rice balls, but also sweet potato balls, there are sweet potatoes in the house, although it is out of season, but it can still be eaten and used, thinking of this, Chen Chunhua stood up and went to the yard to take a look, the vines and vines of the sweet potatoes have grown, and they can be cut down and planted in the ground.
"Daughter-in-law. I'm back! The third child entered the courtyard and saw that Chen Chunhua was looking anxious and said. What's wrong? ”
Chen Chunhua pointed to the sweet potato seedlings and said. "Third brother, this potato melon should also be planted, but I said that I would go to the Peach Blossom Spring, and I would have to go in six days, how can I be busy?"
The third child heard this and said. "Otherwise. Wait until you come back from the Peach Blossom Garden to plant again? ”
"That's not possible, I've waited so long, it's long past the time, if it's too late. But the harvest is not good! Chen Chunhua thought for a moment and said. Otherwise, take advantage of the current vacancy. The potatoes and melons were planted, and the shop did not sell tofu for the past two days. I made a lot of dried tofu yesterday, just selling dried tofu and bean sprouts! ”
The third child listened. Nodding his head, he said. "Done!"
"Alas, the third brother is past noon now, you go and call an ox cart, I will cut off the potato melon vines, and when Qiu Ju comes back, we will go back to the village!"
After the two of them said yes, they got busy without further ado, and the third child hired an ox cart to come back, and Chen Chunhua also cut a small half of the sweet potato vine, and said. "Hurry up and find a basket to load!"
The third child found two baskets to pack up the potatoes and melons and vines, this is not enough, and when Chen Chunhua finished cutting it and put it in a big pile, Chen Chunhua looked at these, rubbed his head and melon seeds, and said. "Isn't there an old cloth in the utility room, go look for it!"
After finishing these, the people who drove the car waited outside the shop for a long time, and Qiu Ju led the cow to the shop, and twenty catties of rice and twenty catties of glutinous rice were also delivered. Qiu Ju told Chen Chunhua how much money she had, and returned the rest to her. "Sister-in-law, what are you doing?"
"Qiu Ju, I and the third brother will go back to the village to plant potatoes and melons, if it's late, you can rest first and don't have to wait for the door!"
"Alas, yes!"
After explaining a few words to Qiu Ju, Chen Chunhua and the third child went back to the village in an ox cart, the driver knew that they were in a hurry, and the car was not ambiguous, and they arrived at the entrance of the village in half an hour.
"Uncle, can you wait?"
The uncle who drove the car said. "Can you wait, I don't have any work to do this time, if you can't be busy, I'll give you a hand?"
Chen Chunhua heard this and hurriedly said. "Cheng, count the uncle, and when I go back, I will count your salary with you!"
Chen Chunhua came back, looked at the group of busy people in front of the courtyard, quickened her pace and walked over, and said. "Big brother!"
The boss stopped what he was doing, wiped his sweat, turned his head to look at Chen Chunhua, and said. "Daughter-in-law, why are you back?"
Chen Chunhua put down the basket on her shoulder and said. "This potato and melon vine has also been cut, it's time to plant the ground, and in a few days, I and my third brother will go to the Peach Blossom Spring, and make a profit when there are many people!"
The boss didn't react when he heard this, but he seemed to have understood Chen Chunhua's thoughts, and said. "Are you going to spend the night in the house tonight?"
"Don't stay overnight, go back to town when you're done!"
The boss looked at so many potato vines and stood up and said. "I'm busy with work, this house can't be delayed!"
Chen Chunhua is naturally happy, the house is just a beginning, and she can't see what it looks like.
The pit in this field was laid early in the morning, and it was waiting for the sweet potato vine. "Big brother, this piece is all in our house?"
"No, these three acres of land belong to our house, the big one next door is from the second aunt's house, and the land in the big pillar house is further ahead!"
Chen Chunhua nodded, took out a handful of sweet potato vines, and said. "Put the potato and melon vines in the pit like I did, put them away first, and the third brother and the eldest brother will go to the back mountain to pick up the grass ash, I don't know if it's enough!"
"It's enough, the back mountain ridge is not enough, there is still a pile here, I repaired that piece of land and burned a pile of grass ashes!"
"That's it, let's get busy!"
Chen Chunhua and the uncle who drove the car put sweet potato seedlings together, and the eldest and the third went to pick grass ash, this person is so good at doing things, and the speed is beyond Chen Chunhua's expectations.
Putting sweet potato seedlings is the fastest, and the uncle who drove the car looked at Chen Chunhua and followed how to put it, and the speed of one raw and two cooked was much faster.
When the eldest and the third child picked up the grass ash, Chen Chunhua put a few handfuls of grass ash and asked them to put it like her.
Originally, I thought that I would be busy until after dark, and I might not be able to finish the work, but before it was dark, the sweet potato vines were planted, and then a few people went to fetch water to water it again.
"Big brother, Ming'er will water this potato melon again tomorrow, don't use too much, water it again in the afternoon, if the ash is shallow, bury some more soil, and it will be done in two or three days!" In the past, when she saw her grandfather planting sweet potatoes like this, she woke up the next day and looked, good guy, all those sweet potato vines had withered, and she thought she wouldn't survive, but she didn't expect it to grow well in a few days.
"Chunhua, you're back!" Chen Chunhua had just walked to the gate of the courtyard with the basket, and the second aunt came out of it, saw Chen Chunhua hurriedly walked over, and took her hand. "I haven't seen you for a while, and the last time you carried the big pillar back, I was so happy in my heart, it's hard for you to still worry so much!" It is true that after the rising water, there was a shortage of food in her house, and she had to go to the town to buy it, but the white noodles at that time were very expensive, and which of them in the village was willing to buy them!
Chen Chunhua shook her head and said with a smile. "Second aunt, don't say this, I don't have much time to spare, otherwise I can still talk to you, I have to ask someone to repair the house in this house, and I have to rely on you to help here!"
"Hey, what can I help with, I'm going to make a loud lunch, and I'm full!"
"Alas, I won't say anything more, I'll come back to you when I'm free, I'll come back to you and say it well, this busy work is over, we have to hurry to the town!"
After Chen Chunhua finished speaking, she left with the third child, and the second aunt didn't talk to Chen Chunhua for a few days, and she thought very strangely.
When he returned to the town, it was already dark, and Chen Chunhua calculated the salary and the money for the two round-trip trips to the uncle, a total of 18 Wen, which was more profitable than working outside for a day.
The uncle was not polite, and took it directly, saying. "Owner, I wish you a prosperous business, it's dark, I'll go first!"
Chen Chunhua nodded, turned around and walked to the front of the shop, knocked on the door, Qiu Ju was just about to cook dinner in the kitchen, heard the voice, and asked in a loud voice. "Who?"
"Qiu Ju, it's me!"
Hearing this voice, Qiu Ju hurriedly came and opened the door and said. "Sister-in-law, third brother, you guys are very fast!"
"It's very fast, and I hired someone to help, otherwise I will be busy with the work tomorrow!" Chen Chunhua said and entered the house and said. "But dinner?"
"No, I just planned to make noodles, and I wanted to make a bowl of gnocchi for Erzhu to eat, but he didn't taste anything these days."
"Don't mix noodles, eat glutinous rice balls tonight, go and boil water for me, half a pot will be done!" Chen Chunhua said and washed her hands with water, and the third child couldn't see the yard clearly, so she quickly lit a kerosene lamp and put it on the table.
"Daughter-in-law, didn't you say that this glutinous rice ball was sold in Peach Blossom Spring? Why did we eat it ourselves? The third child watched Chen Chunhua turn the glutinous rice flour into a small ball and put it on the dustpan, washed her hands, and helped to work together.
Chen Chunhua nodded and said. "This is going to be sold in Peach Blossom Spring, but we also have to taste it ourselves, if it is not delicious, then it will go, who will buy it?" Even if she is sure that she can make it, she still needs to taste it so that she can feel at ease.
When Qiu Ju boiled the water, he put the rice balls in the pot, boiled for a while, and saw a lot of rice balls floating on the water, so he put the hooked and chopped dates into the pot, stirred for a while, took a small mouthful of sweet potato flour and put it in a bowl filled with water and poured it into the pot, and said. "Qiu Ju, you don't need to burn the fire, just leave some flames." After speaking, he looked at Lao Sandao again. "Third brother, help me take out the powdered sugar from the cabinet!"
After putting the powdered sugar, the rice balls were ready, and I took a bowl of each bowl and served it to the table.
Looking at the three-color rice balls, people don't feel that their hearts are sweet, and they look very good. "Sister-in-law, where did you learn it, why don't I have this ability!"
Chen Chunhua listened, knocked the bowl with chopsticks, and said. "I can't stop your mouth if I have food!" (To be continued......)