Xiao Yunying washed the beans, picking out the bad ones: "I plan to sell the vegetables grown in the greenhouse to the Chen family. He is interested in buying them and came to take a look."
"Mother wants to do business with the Chen family using vegetables?"
"Yes, our family won't have to worry about money anymore, and our income will be stable."
Luo Yang and Luo Chen exchanged a glance and said, "Mother, the vegetables you grow are ones we don't have here."
Xiao Yunying poured out the water used to wash the beans, scooped in clean water, and placed the beans aside to soak. She wiped her hands with her apron and flicked Luo Yang on the head.
"You don't need to remind me. I already said that the vegetable seeds were bought from overseas merchants. You don't need to worry about how to explain where they came from. Don't you worry about thinking so much all the time? Aren't you afraid of going bald?"
Luo Yang rubbed his forehead and remained silent. Luo Chen pursed his lips and said, "Mother, the Chen family isn't some ignorant peasant family. It's best if our family has as little contact with them as possible."
Xiao Yunying gently smoothed the furrowed brows of Luo Chen's forehead with her thumbs:
"Do you think I don't know? I have more concerns than you do, and so do you. Don't frown all the time. Aren't you afraid of getting forehead wrinkles?"
She knew that Chen Yuancheng was intelligent, meticulous, and not easily fooled.
Especially after we used his asthma inhaler and oxygen cylinder in the morning, he said he had no problem and wasn't curious.
How could a person not be curious when they see something strange and unusual that can be used on themselves to alleviate their symptoms?
He said he had no problem, but he sensed that she didn't want to talk about it, so he didn't ask.
She appeared calm on the surface, but she was actually very nervous.
She was gambling, gambling on Chen Yuancheng's character, gambling that she hadn't misjudged him.
If Chen Yuancheng had shown even the slightest greed for her spray, she might have run away overnight.
It seems she won her gamble. Chen Yuancheng treated her as usual, continued to accompany her to buy charcoal, and let her leave the city.
If he had any ill intentions, he could have easily tied me up in the city; why would he let me leave the city safely and escape his sight?
So it doesn't matter where the vegetable seeds came from anymore; he probably won't investigate.
"Mother, you..."
As soon as Luo Chen opened his mouth, Xiao Yunying saw a black hole showing in his lower teeth. Suddenly, she had a mischievous idea and grabbed his cheeks with both hands, squeezing them together.
Luo Chen's mouth immediately formed an "O" shape.
Xiao Yunying said, "Don't always purse your lips when you talk. Don't purse your new teeth crooked. Relax and let your teeth grow naturally."
Then, with a gentle pull to both sides, Luo Chen's mouth snapped into a thin line.
Squeeze again, and it's gone again.
Xiao Yunying laughed out loud, but Luo Chen pushed her hand away and called out in embarrassment and annoyance, "Mother!"
"Alright, alright, I won't tease you anymore. Mom apologizes, pfft, hahahaha."
Luo Chen's cheeks flushed from the laughter, and she completely forgot what she was going to say. She turned around and put the small stools her younger siblings were sitting on in the corner.
Luo Xin tugged at Luo Li's sleeve: "Third brother, what is Mother laughing at?"
Luo Li thought they were laughing at her older brother for losing his tooth.
But he dared not say it, for his little sister might cry.
"Mother must be thinking about how she can sell vegetables and earn money in the future."
Xiao Yunying finished laughing and said, "I'm done laughing. I need to get back to work. You guys can play by yourselves."
Carrying the vinegar jar and salt jar, I went to the yard and washed all the pickling jars twice with clean water by the well, and carefully scrubbed the inner walls with salt.
She built a simple water supply system in the corner of the wall near the well. Above it were two rectangular water tanks, each about the size of a sink and covered with a lid. Near the bottom, there were two small round holes through which bamboo pipes were used to drain the water.
Below is a wide stone trough connected to a drainage pipe. People usually wash their clothes here and don't need to go to the river.
She has now learned how to draw water from the well, carrying a bucket of water into the reservoir to rinse the salt grains in the jar.
Place the jar against the wall, fill it with water, pour in white vinegar, and let it soak for a day.
There was a knock on the door, and Mu Lianrong's voice came from outside.
Luo Chen opened the door, and the children called out in unison, "Grandma!"
Mu Lianrong responded and said to Xiao Yunying, "Yunyun, your father has covered the greenhouse. I came to tell you not to water it today, but to water it tomorrow."
Xiao Yunying shook the white vinegar to mix it, then put the lid on: "Okay, Mother."
"Why did you buy so many pickling jars? Are you just going to pickle vegetables?"
"I've been thinking about a few kinds of pickled vegetables lately, and I want to try them out. Once they're pickled, I'll let my mother have a taste."
"Then Mother is in for a treat! Is there anything else you want to do? Mother will do it with you."
Xiao Yunying washed her hands: "It's alright. I just bought the pickling jar today. It needs to soak for a day or two before it can be used. I'll pickle it the day after tomorrow."
"Then your mother will come to help you the day after tomorrow."
Xiao Yunying asked Luo Chen to take the vinegar jar and salt jar back to the kitchen: "Mother, the young master of the Chen family will come to see the vegetable greenhouse tomorrow. I need to leave him a meal at noon. Can you ask my eldest brother to kill two pheasants for me tomorrow morning? I'll have Luo Chen go and get them."
Ever since her father and brother discovered that she particularly liked eating pheasant meat, they would go to the mountains to catch pheasants in their spare time, and keep the ones they couldn't finish in the backyard.
She hasn't had time to go up the mountain lately, and her family still has seven or eight chickens. She doesn't dare to kill them, so if she wants to eat them, she can only ask her brother to kill them for her.
"You plan to sell the vegetables you grow to the Chen family?"
"Yes, the Chen family offered a fair price, and they have some influence in Donglin City, so they can protect the rare vegetable seeds I have."
"Okay, Mom understands. I'll go back and tell your older brother."
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