PDLP Chapter 433: Interesting Chat
Chapter 433: Interesting Chat
"Hey, Sister Xuyuan, Wuhei is also sending you fruits. When did it become so familiar with you?"
Gu Qingming exclaimed as he looked at the familiar little basket.
"Of course, my eldest sister saved it. Wuhei is worthy of being the bird you raise. It knows how to repay kindness." Xuanyi said proudly.
"Haha, I'm happy to hear that." Gu Qingming heard many people say this and laughed.
Xu Yuan poured all the sweet potatoes he dug in the morning onto the ground. In his spare time, Xu Yuan filled up the potholes in the yard with sand, mud and straw. He also made the yard slope down and built a drainage ditch. In short, when it rains, there will be no large puddles of rainwater in the yard.
"It's almost time for lunch, so don't eat too much." Xu Yuan reminded the three boys who were eating heartily.
"Yes, I have to save some room for the delicious food made by Sister Xuyuan." Gu Qingming reacted quickly. After finishing his meal in a few bites, he stopped eating and came to Xuyuan's side.
"My mother said that I can't come here to eat for free, I have to help with the work. Sister Xuyuan, if there is anything you need me to do, just let me know."
"What could be the problem? Why don't you just follow your brother Guozi to the vegetable garden to pick some vegetables?"
"Sister, I want to eat fried pork with cucumber." Many people took the lead in booking today's menu and then ran into the vegetable garden.
Xu Yuan looked at the three kids running away and curled the corners of his lips.
It didn't take much time before a plate of stir-fried cucumber with meat and stir-fried bok choy was served on the table. It wasn't very rich, but everyone enjoyed it very much.
After lunch, I went to the fields to dig sweet potatoes again. I wished to go to Shangzhu Village on the pretext of pulling some sweet potatoes out tomorrow morning.
So the pace of digging sweet potatoes was faster in the afternoon.
"Yuan girl, you are quite fast." Uncle Wang exclaimed, and walked over with Uncle Liu carrying hoes.
"No way, there's still more than half of it." Xu Yuan wiped the sweat from his forehead, straightened up and looked up at the person who came.
"It's just right. The two of us came to help. We have enough manpower at home, so we can take care of it even if there are fewer people." Uncle Liu said with a smile.
"Thank you, Grandpa Wang and Grandpa Liu." Manyu smiled sweetly at Grandpa Wang and Grandpa Liu and expressed his gratitude.
With the addition of the two old men, the efficiency has been significantly improved.
"By the way, girl Yuan, didn't we find that thing called yam last time? We planted it earlier and it's growing well now. We didn't even use any fertilizer. Hahaha..." Uncle Wang said excitedly.
"Oh? Is that land more fertile?"
Uncle Liu also said happily, "That's right, it's planted right next to where the manure is buried."
Xu Yuan raised his eyebrows and said, "You guys are really good at choosing places." Xu Yuan couldn't refute this, it was indeed a good place.
"So, next time I plant your sugarcane, I will sprinkle the land with manure, mix it with plant ash and mud. Who knows, maybe I can grow the kind of sugarcane you said that is as thick as an arm."
Uncle Wang has already made a plan and has already planned in his mind how big a piece of land he wants to get.
"That couldn't be better." Xuyuan agreed.
"Animal manure can actually be used. After drying, store it and mix it with wood ash. Add the fermented peanut oil residue and it will be almost the same."
Depending on local conditions, these are all very good fertilizers, the most natural ones, and do not contain any additives.
After talking about fertilizer, the topic immediately turned to the sweet potatoes in the village.
This year, the village planted more sweet potatoes than in previous years. After pulling out the peanuts, a large area of land was left empty, and after pulling out the sweet potatoes, there would be even more. Everyone wanted to test Xu's wishes and asked her what she would plant.
If they sell some of this large field of sweet potatoes, the rest will be enough for them to have food for the winter.
"I think we can use it to grow Chinese cabbage and white radish."
"Chinese cabbage can also be used to make pickled cabbage, which can be stored for a long time. If we plant white radishes now, we can harvest them early, instead of planting them late like last year, and in the end, we got nothing because the heavy snow destroyed everything."
If you can’t finish eating all the white radish, you can dry it into dried radish or pickle it into sour radish. In short, you won’t be disappointed with the ways to eat it.
Uncle Wang and Uncle Liu nodded frequently and agreed with the method of making a wish.
"Girl, when the corn you planted is ready to be harvested, we will come and help you then."
"Maybe around the time of the autumnal equinox." Xu Yuan roughly estimated the time and replied.
Several people were chatting while digging. Gu Qingming and Xuanyue Heguozi were carrying sacks filled with sweet potatoes that were thrown into a pile. Lai Fu was digging the soil with his claws and biting the sweet potato vines with his mouth, pulling the sweet potatoes out of the ground.
The cicadas in the woods kept chirping, a breeze gradually blew by, the sunset glow floated up to the horizon, covered the entire sky, and the sun had already set.
The villagers who had been busy in the fields returned home with full loads. The fields, which had been bustling for an afternoon, gradually became quiet.
"Grandma, Sister Xuyuan said that sweet potatoes can be made into dried sweet potatoes. I want to try it when I have time." Pan Xiaojiang jumped and hopped as he carried a winnowing basket, which contained two pairs of straw sandals and several herbs.
"Walk carefully without wearing shoes. What if you bump into something?" Grandma Pan warned.
"Don't worry, I'm fine, grandma, is that ok?"
"Okay, okay, but don't buy so many for now. Try to get a few first and don't waste the food."
"Got it, grandma. Even if we fail, it won't be wasted. The pigs at home can eat anything."
"You are just a greedy person. You can eat, but don't feed it anything it can't eat once. This is a pig that needs to be raised and slaughtered during the Chinese New Year. You have to take good care of it."
"Well, I know. The sweet potato leaves and bitter wheat leaves at home are enough for it to eat. What else can I feed it?"
Uncle Pan was pulling the cart in front, and Pan Dahai was helping to support it from the back. Everyone had a smile on their face. Although they were very tired, they had gained a lot.
"If Xiao Jiang's dried sweet potatoes are successful, we might have an additional source of income. We must give it a try," said Grandpa Pan with anticipation.
The dried fruit shop in the county town doesn’t sell dried sweet potatoes, and even the dried lychees are bought from Yuan Yatou, and they are very expensive.
In short, the rarer something is, the more money it can make. Thanks to the salted duck eggs and the dried chilies, peanuts and sweet potatoes they grow, their family's lives are getting better and better.
"Okay, I must make it successful. I will do it when I get back." Thinking that his family would soon have another source of income, Pan Xiaojiang was full of energy and eager to try.