The weather was lovely in late spring and early summer, and this day was another sunny day.
The sky was clear and azure, with only a few white clouds dotting the blue expanse.
A gentle breeze blew by, lifting the strands of hair of passersby.
In such beautiful weather and amidst such picturesque scenery, bursts of cheerful laughter from children could be heard.
Wow! Wow! Wow! So beautiful! So much fun!
"So this is what it looks like outside. Grandma, are those rice grains?"
A tricycle was traveling on the road. The dirt road was a bit bumpy, but every time the people sitting in the back of the tricycle bounced up, a burst of laughter would be heard.
The children looked at some farmland by the roadside, where the rice was growing very well and looked lush and green.
In early April, the rice in the south had already headed, and it could be harvested in May.
It was the first time the younger children had ever seen rice paddies, while the adults were quite familiar with them.
Zhou Min sat in the back of the truck, protecting the children from falling off.
Because the children are still young, I'm worried that they might be thrown out of the truck bed when the ride is bumpy, or they might run around and fall off the truck.
So they simply used ropes to secure people to the vehicle, making them sit on small stools, but the ropes were fixed between the truck bed and the cab.
Although Zhao Lexin is almost eight years old, she is still secured for her safety.
Zhou Min, this fifteen-year-old "adult," wasn't tied up with a rope, but she clung tightly to the truck bed, afraid of being thrown off.
The children, whose hands were tied, were now freed and expressed their excitement by waving their arms and legs.
“You guys better behave yourselves. You’ll know you’re in the wrong if you get thrown off the vehicle.” Chen Suwen rode her bicycle alongside the tricycle.
Chen Suwen didn't want to ride in the back of the tricycle at all, so she rode her bicycle and left the others to Zhou Cunzong to take.
"Mom, where are we going?" Zhou Min asked her mother from the car.
"Don't worry, I won't sell you out."
Chen Suwen led her men to the Qianshuihe Brigade in Tang Town, since they had exchanged goods there several times before.
"Aunt!"
Huang Xiaomei from Qianshuihe Brigade was overjoyed to see Chen Suwen and quickly ran over to greet her.
Of course, her eyes couldn't help but glance at the tricycle Zhou Cunzong was riding; it was a tricycle, after all.
Like tractors, they are particularly eye-catching.
Chen Suwen's bicycle has appeared several times, so Huang Xiaomei is naturally not as interested in it as she is in the tricycle.
The villagers of Qianshuihe Brigade were also very curious about the tricycle, and they gathered around it from a distance, pointing and commenting.
"That tricycle looks very useful; it seems a bit better than a bicycle."
"Yes, a bicycle can only carry one person, but this tricycle seems to be able to carry more people."
"Bicycles can't carry much, but the cargo bed on the back of that tricycle seems to be able to hold a lot of things."
"I wish I had a tricycle like that."
"What are you dreaming about? You don't even have a bicycle, and you want a tricycle? Can you even afford it?"
"I can't afford it, but the brigade leader's family should be able to, right? Didn't I hear that the brigade leader's youngest son is getting married? They should be able to afford a car, right?"
"I don't know. None of the brigade leader's other sons bought cars when they got married. If his youngest son did buy one, would his other daughters-in-law be able to afford it?"
The villagers chattered excitedly, talking about everything from the tricycle to the news that the village head's family was getting married, and then about other people in the village.
Chen Suwen ignored what others thought and stopped her bicycle, intending to find the brigade leader to exchange her belongings.
She could trade with the villagers, but she would still need to consult with the brigade leader first, otherwise what if he caused her trouble?
"Auntie, is there something you want to exchange this time?" Huang Xiaomei warmly approached Chen Suwen and spoke to her.
Huang Xiaomei was not an introverted person to begin with, and she became even bolder after meeting Chen Suwen.
Perhaps it was because she could tell that Chen Suwen's attitude towards her was relatively good, so she became very close to her.
"Auntie, I recently picked a lot of bracken, and I even dried it."
"Dried bracken fern is delicious when you soak it and stir-fry it, or you can eat it in a salad. Auntie, would you like some more?"
Huang Xiaomei enthusiastically promoted her bracken to Chen Suwen, and she even followed Chen Suwen's example by digging up a few bracken plants to grow in her own home.
Although water ferns mostly grow in places with abundant water sources such as riverbanks and streams, there is also water in her yard.
Huang Xiaomei's family doesn't have a tap or a well, but a stream runs through her private plot, so she can plant water ferns there.
Although only a few plants were planted, these ferns grew quite well. Even if they couldn't be sold to Chen Suwen, they could still be eaten by our family.
"You even have dried bracken? You're quite resourceful." Chen Suwen praised Huang Xiaomei. "How much do you have? I'll trade some with you."
What do you want to exchange?
Huang Xiaomei smiled and asked, "Auntie, can I exchange some oil with you?"
Her family hasn't had any oil in their food for a long time, and she really wants to add a little oil to stir-fries or a drop to soups, because that would make the soup taste better.
"Can."
Chen Suwen nodded.
The thing her family has no shortage of right now is oil. They have an oil press, and she can also produce all sorts of raw materials for oil extraction. She can make oil whenever she runs out.
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