Chapter 40: Road Blockage
Xia Daohua often went to the mountains and never came back empty-handed, which naturally attracted the attention of those who were interested.
Ever since her second aunt Sun deliberately stopped her, reached into her backpack and rummaged around without any courtesy, Xia Daohua has become more cautious.
Most of the prey was quietly stuffed into the storage area of the space supermarket, and one's own backpack was only filled with worthless firewood or pig grass.
Sometimes I would add some cheap herbs, but I wouldn't even add too much wild vegetables or mushrooms.
So, later on, no matter it was Ms. Sun or Ms. Wu, or her aunt Ms. Liu who appeared occasionally, or the neighbors who showed up out of nowhere, no one could take advantage of her.
With Xia Daohua, the cheating artifact, the fourth branch of the Xia family lived a prosperous life.
However, apart from Xia Youtian and Jiang, who are relatively honest and kind, the other younger members of the Xia family all have their own tempers and are full of cunning schemes.
No one will be tricked into talking for no reason.
Moreover, the people in the fourth branch of the Xia family are all very hardworking and frugal.
Outsiders can only see that they work hard and have happy smiles on their faces all day long, but they cannot see them eating and drinking delicious food, let alone making new clothes or wearing new hats.
However, one change is very obvious.
The people from the fourth branch of the Xia family have become much healthier.
Especially the growing Lihua and Goro, who were obviously much taller than the children of the same age in the village, and the flesh on their arms and legs was also firm.
His eyes are more energetic than others, he is taller than others, and his body is stronger than others, so naturally he is quite eye-catching.
He loves eating the most. His little mouth is always moving and he has a round fat belly.
Of course, it’s not very noticeable when you’re wearing clothes.
But Xia Daohua knew it in her heart, so she always liked to make surprise attacks and rub her soft little belly.
Linghua couldn't help but giggle, and while laughing she was busy dodging here and there, and her reaction speed became more and more agile.
Xia Youtian and Jiang have already planted the new wheat seeds.
But to be on the safe side, they did not plant all the new seeds on their land. They reserved two plots of land and planted the seeds they had saved from previous years.
Spring sowing should start in March. However, it is a little colder here in Beiguan Village, so it is still in time to sow after March 3rd. As long as it is not later than March 15th, it is not too late.
It is said that outside Beiguan Town, after crossing a few ridges, the temperature is much colder than on this side of the mountain!
The grass will only start to emerge after the Qingming Festival!
For the time being, there is no visible difference between the fields sown with new wheat seeds and the fields sown with old wheat seeds.
The wheat seedlings look similar, all are green and just emerging.
Jiang and Xia Youtian were both somewhat nervous.
Seeing the green seedlings, they couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. They were both afraid of causing the other to worry, so they didn't say it out loud, but quietly comforted themselves in their hearts:
"At least the new wheat seedlings sprouted when they were supposed to, and didn't lag behind the old seeds. They're probably reliable."
The whole family took good care of the field and pulled out all the weeds that grew among the wheat seedlings.
This job is not difficult, even Xia Daohua can do it.
However, if you pull out weeds with your hands, your palms will become red after a short while.
Children's skin is delicate and sometimes gets broken.
Xia Daohua felt that this couldn't go on.
She tried hard to recall the working scenes in the village in her previous life, frowning and thinking for a long time.
Well, don't count on lawn mowers and weed killers.
Without the industrial foundation, this little butterfly like her could not transform no matter how hard she flapped her wings.
Although my supermarket has everything, it is located in the city after all, and it is not comprehensive enough to even find small agricultural machinery, fertilizers, and pesticides.
She was able to find fertilizers, anthers, flower seeds and the like, all thanks to the stall selling green plants on the first floor of the supermarket!
Xia Daohua thought hard for a long time and finally decided to get some hemp rope and weave a few pairs of hemp gloves for her family.
In fact, it would be better to use cotton thread to knit gloves.
But she didn't know how to spin or draw yarn, so she couldn't make cotton yarn by herself. Even if she got some from the supermarket, it would be hard to explain where it came from.
As for the twine, we already had some at home.
Because this item is one of the taxes that farmers in the Great Chu have to pay.
Jiang has already fermented a lot of it, and the portion is quite sufficient.
Even if some of it is used up by summer rice, it will be enough to pay taxes.
However, just in case, Xia Daohua still found some hemp ropes from the supermarket and temporarily stored them in the storage area.
Xia Daohua's skill in making gloves is very average.
She toiled for a whole afternoon before finally making a crooked glove. Moreover, the palm part was knitted, but the fingers were sewn on.
When Jiang saw this ugly work, she first laughed so hard that she couldn't straighten her back. Then she hugged Xia Daohua in her arms and kissed her twice on both cheeks.
Xia Daohua used all her willpower to resist raising her hand to wipe her face.
However, after finding out Xia Daohua's intention, Jiang's face remained soft and warm, and the look she gave Xia Daohua made her quite uncomfortable.
Jiang's eyes are usually so sweet only when she looks at Xia Youtian!
And when she looked at herself, not only was it frighteningly sweet, but why was there also a hint of surprise and inquiry?
Xia Daohua couldn't help but feel her scalp tingling.
After a while, Jiang stopped staring at Xia Daohua and took a bundle of twine. She called Lihua over and the mother and daughter started working.
By dinner time, Jiang had knitted two pairs of gloves, and Lihua had also knitted a pair. Well, both were much better than the one Xia Daohua had made.
After dinner, Jiang measured the children's hands and made a few pairs of shoes that suited them.
The next day, everyone in the four rooms put on these simple linen gloves.
When weeding, Xia Daohua felt that the skin on her hands felt much better and was no longer sore and her efficiency was greatly improved.
Afterwards, Jiang knitted two pairs of linen gloves and gave them to the old couple as a gift.
Later, when Xia Youtian went to the market, he not only brought the wicker baskets and bamboo baskets he had woven himself, the handkerchiefs, purses, insoles and shoe uppers embroidered by Jiang, but also a dozen pairs of linen gloves.
Hemp rope is easy to get, but the gloves are a new thing, so the temporary price is five copper coins a pair.
Xia Youtian was just testing the waters and didn't hold much hope, but he unexpectedly met someone who knew the value of the goods and bought everything for him in one go.
Xia Youtian brought twelve pairs of gloves and sold them for sixty copper coins.
This item alone makes me earn more than I usually do at the market.
When Xia Youtian was happily preparing to return to the village, he suddenly felt someone slap him hard on the shoulder, and the pain was so severe that half of his body became numb.
Xia Youtian was immediately frightened and thought he was being robbed.
He turned around in fear and saw that he recognized the person blocking his way.
I'm so tired today. I didn't do anything, but I feel so tired. Is this the spring sleepiness in the saying "spring sleepiness, autumn fatigue, summer nap"? Please vote for the female channel recommendation! Please show up! Love you guys! (づ￣ 3￣)づ
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