Chapter 8 Clearing the Wasteland
"You're blinking?" Su Zhang's family is very strange, San'er rarely gets up early.
Didn't you get up today to find food because you didn't eat enough last night? Look, the pot is just foaming, and the rice is not yet cooked.
Su Zhang took out an egg from the cupboard, knocked it into a bowl, put it in boiling water, and stirred it well with chopsticks.
"Come and drink it hot, it will cool down and smell fishy."
Su Lingyu beckoned and signaled that she didn't want to drink, so she let Su Li drink it. She pulled Su Li to the small vegetable garden and pointed to the melon seedlings on the roof of the donkey shed.
"You want to eat melons?" Su Li asked.
In the morning light, Su Li saw clearly the gourd melon on the roof of the shed. The skin of this melon is green, and the melon is green, and it has not yet been eaten.
It's a melon lying on the ground, and two of them are slightly yellow, so you can pick them and eat them.
Su Li was about to pick the one on the ground, but when she saw San'er grabbing the corner of her clothes, she smiled and said, "The one on the shed can't be eaten yet, but the two on the ground can be picked." ”
Su Lingyu pointed to the two melons on the roof of the shed, and his attitude was very positive, "Pick." ”
Su Zhang came over and asked, "Why did you pick it, you haven't seen the yellow skin yet?" ”
Su Li asked his daughter-in-law to ask San'er to go.
Su Zhang's saw that San'er was only staring at Gua'er, not blinking or speaking, so he knew San'er's attitude. She brought the ladder and asked her mother-in-law to hold the ladder, and she climbed up.
With just a slight break, the green vines broke, and Su Zhang picked two melon seeds.
"What are you doing with it? Boiled and eaten? ”
"It's steamed." Su Lingyu said.
With that, she went to the low table, holding her chin and squinting sleepily.
These three are weird, they just ask people to do things, and they don't care about explaining them.
Looking at each other helplessly with his mother-in-law, one continued to wash clothes, and the other continued to make breakfast.
Today's breakfast was a little thicker than usual.
Su Shan Hulala ate it, but he didn't see Su Zhong holding chopsticks.
Su Zhang's pushed Da'er, "Why don't you eat it?" ”
Su Chongyu hesitated, and said, "I don't want to go to Mr.'s." ”
He had this idea for a long time. The money handed over to Mr. and the money used to buy pen and ink account for the majority of this family, and my mother and grandmother can't eat enough on weekdays.
He didn't want his family to suffer like this, he could be an apprentice and reduce the food ration for his family. In another three years, he will be able to earn money for his family.
The first one of the Su Li clan disagreed, "The Su family has never been a bad breed. You can't skip eating, you can't skip reading. You don't have to worry about the affairs of the family, study hard. Even if you can't become a person, you have to show off your talents. ”
Su Li's words landed soundly, like thunder in the sky, and no one who listened to the thunder dared to say much, holding their breath and waiting for the next thunder.
Su Li's words are not simple, there are some secrets hidden in this family. What is the origin of the Su family?
Living in the borderlands, Su Li has a hand in Su embroidery, and Su Chengqi can speak official language. The origin of this family is a mystery!
Su Lingyu was very curious, curious about where the Su family came from and why they came. She loves to find out what to do.
"Melon?" Su Lingyu asked her mother.
"It's steamed, what are you going to do?"
She asked her mother to soak the melon in cold water, and she went to get two small cloth bags and put them on the two of them. "Lunch."
Su Shan grabbed the cloth bag, stretched his head into the bag, looked at the two fist-sized melons, and asked his sister curiously, "Can you eat it?" ”
"Peeling...... Eat melon meat. ”
I only know that this melon is stewed and eaten, and a little salt and oil needs to be added. Won't it be a little dull to eat like this? Su Zhang was a little hesitant to ask for the melon back.
Before she could think about it, Su Shan had already jumped out.
Su Chen is very busy, and Su Zhang is pleased with the eldest child's sensibility, but he also feels sorry for the eldest child's mind like an adult. At a young age, I work too family affairs, and I don't know whether it's good or bad.
At a young age, I was too worried about my family, I couldn't help my family, and I hurt my own wisdom, so why bother?
Su Lingyu shook his head and sighed for Su Chong. She jumped off the stool, put her little hands behind her back, and went back to sleep.
Su Li's silkworms went to raise silkworms, and Su Zhang's finished housework and weaved cloth.
Su Lingyu didn't wake up from a nap, and was carried out by Su Zhang.
The two of them planned to go out of the city to open up the wasteland, but they were not worried that San'er was at home alone, so they took San'er with them.
The May sun shone on Su Lingyu's skin, making her skin hot. Su Lingyu put his head and buried Su Zhang's back, "hot~"
Su Li put the hat on top of her head to be more comfortable.
Not far from the city, there are several hills, which are untended and not privately owned. However, if you don't take insurance, you can grow crops, which are either destroyed by wild animals such as mountain rats and weasels, or stolen by people with intentions.
Su Li and the others went not far from the city to the house of Li Dan, the lord of a fruit forest. Li Dan has always been good friends with Su Chengqi, and he promised to go to his mountain to open up wasteland, no rent in the first year, and the rent in the next year is 100 yuan, and every year it will increase by 10 yuan.
The price is fair, and Su Li can accept it.
After Li Dan's introduction, Su Li found a good piece of land, which is not afraid of soaking in the rain, there is a water source near the lack of water, and there are not many wild things to make trouble. It can be safely cultivated and developed into fertile land.
Immediately, Su Zhang's put down Su Lingyu and followed Su Li's weeding to open the ground.
The strength of the two women is not as good as that of the men, and the manpower in the city is not as good as the women in the village.
Li Dan sent cold water, "Auntie, sister-in-law come here to rest." Drink saliva. ”
Li Dan took the mountain fruit and wanted to tease the little doll, but this little doll was not only not teased, but also very fierce. The small hand slapped the back of his hand, staring at people with big apricot eyes, as if he was incompatible.
This doll is really as Brother Su said, recognizing the face of the living does not love people to hug, and does not like sweets.
Su Zhang's hugged San'er, put San'er aside to play, and said apologetically to Li Dan: "She is afraid of people and doesn't love people." If you don't like to cry, you like to hit people, and you are very fierce. ”
"Brother Su is very rare, every time he talks about your daughter, he laughs while talking." Li Dan personally poured water for Su Li's family, "Look at your donkey, it's a good raiser." Why don't you sell it to me. ”
Li Dan knew about their family's situation and knew that this was a sick donkey. But all the way over, I didn't see the donkey being lame. I'm afraid that, as Brother Su said, this donkey is cured.
When Su Lingyu heard that someone was willing to take over, his eyes lit up, and he agreed to sell the donkey.
The little donkey disagreed, for he heard that someone was going to take him away, and when he saw that the little master's eyes were shining, he was afraid that he would be taken away. It barked at a donkey, limped down the aisle, and climbed the hill in front of everyone.
Su Lingyu had a dark face, this donkey really knows how to pretend.
"This donkey has a human nature, I'm afraid it won't leave." Su Li's eyes were sharp, and he knew that this donkey was pretended.
Li Dan poured water for Su Li's again, "Why don't you make a stone mill, grind noodles for people, and earn a few pennies?" ”
"Why didn't you want to? It's a pity that the place is not big enough to build a mill. And there are three or five mills nearby, and you can't make a few dollars no longer doing it, so you can feed the donkeys with grain and grass in vain. ”
On weekdays, the donkey eats grass to make a living, but if it is allowed to do heavy work, it has to buy grain and grass to feed. Where did the family get this money?