On the second day, Qing got up and went to see if the watermelon seedlings were alive, and Shen laughed at her for being too anxious. Zeng Ruixiang said after eating that he was going to go to the old man's side, Shen asked Ziqing to follow him to buy a few big bones, and when he arrived at the old house, Zeng Ruixiang said hello, and told the old man that he would not put 100 days of wine.

"If you don't put it on the table, it's separated anyway, and we don't mean to eat your meal. Your sister just saved a few bucks. Tian said.

Zeng Ruixiang couldn't answer this, and asked the old man: "Dad, the wheat seedlings at home are about to be fertilized, and I want to pick a few loads from the manure pit at home." I didn't save much over there. ”

"That's really unfortunate, your eldest brother picked some of them, I thought you didn't want them, so I sold the rest. When has it been, I haven't topdressed the wheat yet, and I don't know what I'm busy with at home all day? Tian took over.

Zeng Ruixiang listened and said: "Forget it if it's gone, I'll think of another way." After speaking, he took Ziqing and walked out, and the old man added a sentence at the back, "If you really don't have it, just use some grass and wood ash to make do with it." ”

Zeng Ruixiang picked up Ziqing and said, "Qing'er, when you go home, your mother will ask you what you heard from Grandma, and you will say that Grandma didn't say anything, okay?" ”

Ziqing's heart was sour, presumably Zeng Ruixiang didn't want to make Shen sad, so he hugged Zeng Ruixiang's neck and said, "Okay, Daddy, let's buy bones, my mother gave Qing'er money, let's go home and boil fragrant bone broth to drink." ”

It was the time to grow his body, and there was a lot of farm work at home, so Ziqing asked Shen to take a few copper plates under the pretext that the bone broth was delicious, and planned to buy a few more today.

After arriving home, Zeng Ruixiang said that he was going to fertilize the wheat seedlings, and there was still a little dung at home, Shen didn't know enough, so he didn't count on the old house at all, and had already prepared the plant ash.

Looking at the back of her father and mother bending over to carry the burden, Ziqing's tears burst out of her eyes, as if she saw the back of her parents working in her previous life, at this moment, Ziqing desperately hopes to improve the family's predicament as soon as possible, so that they will no longer work so hard.

When Zeng Ruixiang was at home, he always wanted to do more work and reduce the burden of the Shen family, but there was indeed a lot of work in the field these days, and it was not something that could be done all at once. Shen feels sorry for her husband, she doesn't do things often, and she is afraid that she won't be able to bear it if she does too much, so Shen can push the work back as much as possible, while Zeng Ruixiang can rush forward as much as possible. Ziqing tries her best to cook meals at home.

Zifu also took three days off, and took Zilu to say that he was going to loosen his hair, and Ziqing also wanted to go, but Zishou was too young to take on the task of watching Zixi alone. Ziqing had no choice but to give up and tell Zifu that he would still dig up the honeysuckle when he saw it.

Ziqing inquired well, dried honeysuckle cost fifty wen a catty, wet five wen a catty, although it is said to guard the mountain, but Ziqing knows only honeysuckle for the herb. If the wall of this courtyard is covered with honeysuckle, it will not only be pleasing to the eye, but also sell for money, how good.

Zeng Ruixiang's days at home were still very happy. Three days passed quickly, and when he sent Zeng Ruixiang away, he said that the rice seedlings were good with his uncle's family, and they helped to raise them, and the rape should be cut in a few days.

On the second day after Zeng Ruixiang left, Shen went out to pick a lot of small peas and came back, Shen said that the vegetables in this season are not being connected, and it is not bad to fry some beans to eat, Ziqing remembered that she loved to drink small pea soup in her previous life, so she asked her mother to do it, just this matter, Ziqing asked Shen to teach her to stir-fry, if the work in the field is busy, it can be much easier to have ready-made meals at home. Shen listened and thought for a while, and agreed, but explained that he should be careful of the fire, and he could only do it when Zilu was also at home.

Dinner is a dish of vegetarian fried peas, a bowl of pea soup, a few pieces of bacon in it, the last time He they brought over, the soup is very fresh, Shen said that she also loved to eat like this when she was a child, and if she is old, she will not have this sweet taste when she is old and then make soup. Hearing this, Ziqing immediately thought of a good idea.

Ziqing said: "Mother, how many small peas have we planted?" ”

"An acre of land, a lot."

"Mother, let's pick small peas and sell them now. Maybe most people in the city love to eat such fresh small peas, mother, you go to Anzhou Mansion to sell, it must be very good. Ziqing suggested.

"Sell now? Does anyone buy it? Every family grows it. ”

Zifu also said: "Mother, I also think that someone buys it, how many families grow vegetables in Anzhou City?" Someone must have bought it. Now that there are few dishes, they can still be sold at a good price. Besides, now that they are all picked and sold, there is no hurry when cutting rape, and it just so happens that now the wheat has also chased fat, and there will be a few days of freeness. Anyway, there are donkey carts in the town to Anzhou Mansion, ox carts every day, and my mother took my younger brothers and sisters to pick them up in the afternoon, and went to Anzhou early the next morning, and I should be able to come back before noon. ”

"Listen to my son, it's really like this, okay, listen to you, I'll pick it tomorrow afternoon." Zifu's words made Shen very tempted, Ziqing rolled her eyes, obviously she thought of it first, okay?

In the afternoon of the next day, Shen used a basket to hold Zixi, let Zilu carry it, she picked a pair of small baskets, the whole family set out, and when they arrived in the field, Ziqing came for the first time, Shen carefully taught Zilu and her to pick the full, and Zishou was still on the side with Zixi. Because I have to pick, the speed is a little slow, but the three of them do it together, Ziqing doesn't know how long, anyway, the time is not short, I will go home when I pick it up, Ziqing found some weeds and spread it on it, so that people can't see what it is, Shen Shi understood at a glance and smiled.

Early the next morning, Shen took Zilu and left, Ziqing began to fidget, and did the work he did on weekdays, such as feeding chickens, cleaning the yard, etc., after explaining Zishou, he took a small hoe to loosen the soil for watermelons, weeding, and fed the chickens when he turned over to earthworms and insects, and did a break, and when Shen came back with Zilu, he had just loosened two furrows, Ziqing opened the door and saw the empty baskets, and knew that they were all sold, and he was very happy.

"Mother, how much does it cost to sell it for a pound?"

"I didn't even expect four pennies a pound. There are few dishes now, and the new dishes have not yet come down, and there are also those that sell this in the city, but there are relatively few. After seeing that other people's vegetables are sold for three dollars a pound, my mother will definitely sell four yuan. I didn't expect it to sell quite quickly. ”

In the next few days, Shen went to Anzhou Mansion several times, and the family's small peas were almost sold out. That night, Shen and Zifu discussed, saying that they had sold less than two taels of silver, and they would use this silver to make up for it, and it was just right to dig a well, and while it was still a few days old, they would hurry up and beat it, and then they would cut rape in two days, and the rice fields would be planted, and the fields of small peas would be turned over and planted with peanuts.

"Mother, the matter of digging the well will be done tomorrow, you carry water every day and your son is distressed to watch, and the matter of planting rice can see if you can find a partner with the eldest mother, after all, the family is an acre of paddy field, if you can't do it, you can find your uncle and them, you don't have to worry about the things in the yard, I will take my younger brothers and sisters to do it." Zifu said.