When Su Xia arrived home, Chen's mother was tending to the vegetable garden in the backyard.

Seeing Su Xia, she exclaimed in shock, "Xia Xia, why are you back?"

Su Xia pointed to the bean curd, "Send this back!"

Upon hearing this, Chen's mother slapped her forehead in annoyance, "How could I forget that? There was only one day's worth of food left, and your father even said that if it didn't work, we could go to the county town. I never expected you to bring it back today!"

Su Xia noticed that the vegetable garden was divided into squares according to her method of dividing the garden into squares for easy organization.

"By the way, Mother, has the wheat been planted in the village yet?"

"The village chief said planting will begin tomorrow!" Chen's mother replied.

"Okay, Mom, I'll start mixing the feed!"

"Okay, I'll flip back!"

Su Xia took out the plastic bucket, rinsed it once, put in the soybean bran and corn grits at once, then added some feed from the recycling station, brown sugar, and water in the correct proportions, and started stirring with a wooden stick, adding water occasionally in between.

After mixing thoroughly, first cover it with a layer of plastic to seal it, then seal the lid, place it under the eaves, and wait for it to ferment.

After finishing her work, Su Xia didn't rest. She went to the cellar and found that there were still 100 jin of soybeans and 100 jin of sweet potatoes left.

Pick out half of them, and bring them out again and again.

When Chen's mother saw this, she also came over to help.

While chatting, he said, "I was originally planning to wait until your dad finished his work before starting to plant these, but your return is just in time!"

"Planting wheat is more important!"

"Oh, food is still the most important!" Chen's mother exclaimed.

Su Xia was taken aback; why did Chen's mother seem so downcast?

"Mom, how's everything at home lately?"

Chen's mother nodded, "That's good. The old couple will have two pigs this year, and the house in the county town is all ready. When Daya and the others went to school, they took away the grain and bedding, and now they're cooking for themselves!"

Su Xia nodded. She knew about this; she had gone to help Chen Jianguo back then.

If not the old house, then the village.

"Mom, you see I don't come back often, what's new in the village?"

Upon hearing this, Chen's mother rolled her eyes. Her eldest daughter-in-law was good in every way, except that she was too meddlesome!

"The village is still the same as before. The village chief caught 12 pigs, just like last year."

"What about the chicks?"

"I'm not sure, but I heard from the old man that there should be at least 500 this year!"

"And now, another plot of land has been opened up. This year, the village plans to plant sweet potatoes and peas everywhere!"

Su Xia understood that this person had tasted the sweetness of making vermicelli. As for grinding it into flour, the cost and labor were too much trouble. However, if the village was going to do it, she would definitely switch.

Then I heard some surprising news.

"Mother, what do the village chief's family think?"

Chen's mother thought of Teacher Zhao and Gu Zhiqing, and curled her lips in disgust.

"Of course I know. You have no idea what kind of looks the villagers gave me when I went to school that day?"

Su Xia was speechless. "Could it be that you could eat two children?"

"That's not quite right. It's just that he treated Gu Zhiqing like he was a liar!"

Pfft...

Su Xia recalled that scene and found it quite amusing.

Chen's mother glared at her. When did she start laughing?

“Mother, you worry too much. Even if the educated youth children want to go to school, they can!”

Upon hearing this, Chen's mother sighed, "The logic is sound, but I still feel...?"

Are you scared?

Chen's mother nodded. They were just ordinary old folks, and they had heard that in other villages, people who had been sent down to the countryside were often brought up for criticism and denunciation.

Their village is a different story; they just leave the cows in the cowshed and don't care about them at all!

Su Xia cut the sweet potatoes and beans, mixed them with a little wood ash, and then planted them directly after they sprouted.

As it was almost noon, Su Xia began preparing lunch.

The pork at home has been rendered into lard for a long time, enough to last until the autumn harvest. For the rest of the time, we'll rely on Su Xia's space and meat coupons.

Su Xia took out all the meat, leaving a pig's head, two pig's trotters, 5 jin of large bones, 30 jin of alternating fat and lean meat, and 20 jin of lean meat.

There were also 70 jin of meat in the county town, all of which Su Xia made into salted meat and put in jars. It can be fried, cooked, or stir-fried when you want to eat it.

“I was worried about how to prepare this meat, as the weather is getting hotter and hotter,” Chen’s mother said, offering her help.

There's so much meat in front of me! This is the first time I've been unable to sleep because of all the meat.

Su Xia started cutting the meat, making even cuts, preparing to make 10 jin of salted meat.

Take out 3 jin of meat, and mix the cabbage and sauerkraut at home into filling. Make them into dumplings this afternoon, and then Chen's mother can just heat them up.

Knowing Su Xia's plan, Chen's mother smiled happily.

"Don't make too much, it's getting hot, and we won't be able to finish it, it'll be a waste!"

Su Xia...

It's only the beginning of the month now, and the temperature is still -20 degrees Celsius. How could things have deteriorated so quickly?

For lunch, I sat down and made cabbage stew with glass noodles, and of course, meat was also a must.

The staple food is steamed buns made by Chen Mu.

As soon as Mr. Chen entered the courtyard, he smelled the fragrance.

He then excitedly told Zhao Dalin, the village chief, to speak.

"Your sister-in-law will definitely cook!"

Zhao Dalin's lips twitched. Was the old lady's cooking really that bad?

However, when it came time to eat, Zhao Dalin realized that Uncle Chen hadn't exaggerated; the food was really delicious.

Take a bite of vegetables, a bite of meat, and then a bite of steamed bun.

When Su Xia's parents saw how he ate, they were so surprised that they forgot about the food in the pot.

"Uncle, Aunt, sister-in-law, please don't be shy, eat up!"

Mr. and Mrs. Chen exclaimed, "!!!!"

Su Xia.....

Her lips twitched. "No need to be polite." This is her house. She'll cook for you, okay?

After lunch, Zhao Dalin, with his belly protruding, sat on the sofa and let out a big, satisfied burp.

"Dalin, drink some hawthorn water, it'll make you feel better!" Chen's mother was really afraid he would overeat.

Zhao Dalin happily accepted it, saying, "Auntie, I still need you!"

Chen's mother smiled silently.

After Zhao Dalin expressed his concerns, Su Xia blinked.

"Do you mean the villagers came looking for you?"

"No, not really, just the rainforest. Don't laugh at me, sister-in-law, she's about to give birth and comes over every day. Otherwise, she'd have to worry about her pregnancy, I..."

Su Xia nodded. So it turned out it was all about the teacher's position. To put it bluntly, Zhao Yulin wanted to stay home to rest and take care of her child, and the teacher's position was intended for Gu Zhiqing.

Su Xia wanted to smash Teacher Zhao's head open; this was pure love-struck madness.

Uncle and Aunt were together. She wasn't a teacher, nor did she work, so naturally she didn't get work points or food.

How could Gu Zhiqing possibly support his wife, children, younger brother, and younger sister all by himself?

At that time, won't we still have to rely on the village chief's family?

Su Xia glanced at the village chief, thinking that she was also suffering because of her troublesome younger sister.

Zhao Dalin felt ashamed. His father said, "That's right. Brother Jianguo and his wife are really smart. He only had to start before they figured out the whole story."

"Sister-in-law, why do you think these people are so cowardly in the village?"

Zhao Dalin was troubled. After the wheat was planted, another batch of educated youth would arrive, and their village had even more slots available.

There were 15 of them, and he even suspected that the village might have occupied some kind of auspicious feng shui treasure.

Su Xia remained silent; it wasn't really her problem, so what could she say?

As for the teacher's issue, Teacher Zhao doesn't need to worry about it. If Gu Zhiqing were to become the teacher, the villagers would definitely cause a scene!

Sure enough, after the village chief and Chen's father left, Chen's mother said in a bad mood.

"Actually, the village chief only comes to eat. Teacher Zhao is probably looking for him every day; he's hiding from people!"

Su Xia glanced at Chen's mother in surprise, "Mother, you see things so clearly now!"

"Hmph—I didn't know Li Xiulian was so shrewd; her daughter seems to have lost her mind!"

Su Xia.....

That seems to make sense!