Chapter 108 Cooking
The two children widened their eyes and quickly dug out the other ginger pieces. They even marked them when they planted them so that they could find them accurately and water them.
So it is very easy to dig out. After pulling out all the ginger pieces, I found that except for one piece that was half dead and had not sprouted, the others had turned black. They could be broken apart with a slight effort, and there seemed to be black cotton wool inside. It was obvious that they could not be any worse.
Manbao was fine, but Bai Shanbao couldn't hold back his tears. The ginger was planted in his yard. He would look at it every morning when he got up and before going to bed. He had developed feelings for the ginger.
Bai Shanbao cried miserably. Jiang, who was holding him, had red and swollen eyes and tears all over her face. Manbao wiped his tears with his muddy hands, making him look even more miserable.
Keke said: "He poured too much water. Ask him how much water he poured."
Bai Shanbao cried, "I want them to sprout quickly, so I water them once in the morning, once in the afternoon when I get home from school, and once at night before I go to bed. Don't flowers and plants love water?"
Manbao thought he was stupid. "It will die from waterlogging. My family has a piece of land by the river, and every year we have trouble growing anything. That's because if we plant in the spring, it will be flooded when it rains a lot in May and June. If we plant beans, they will rot, and if we plant rice, the rice will be washed away. How can you water it so much? I planted my ginger, and it took several days to get a little water."
She only watered it when she remembered to do so. When she didn't remember to do so, she didn't water it at all, and as a result, all the plants sprouted and grew.
Manbao would never admit that she was lazy but blessed with laziness. She thought it was because she knew a lot and how to grow ginger.
So she took out two more pieces of ginger from the system and said to Bai Shanbao, "Let's plant it again. This time, don't water it so often."
Bai Shanbao sniffed, and together with Manbao, they dismembered the two large pieces of ginger, oh no, cut them into pieces, and then buried them.
He asked, “What if I can’t help watering?”
Manbao rolled his eyes and suggested something bad: "If you can't help it, ask someone to prepare some fertilizer for you. Every time you can't help watering it, sprinkle some fertilizer on it. Ginger likes fertilizer."
Bai Shanbao didn't know what flower fertilizer was, but he thought the name sounded nice, so he nodded.
It wasn't until the next day that he found Manbao with a gloomy face, "The fertilizer smells a bit."
Manbao covered his nose and stood away from him, asking, "Did you take a shower today? Does your body smell bad too?"
Bai Shanbao was furious and rushed over to hug her, "If I stink or not, you can tell by just smelling it."
Manbao was frightened and turned around and ran. The two children chased each other and soon hugged each other with laughter.
Then Manbao took him to their vegetable garden to look at the ginger and said, "It's sprouting now. It will grow bigger and bigger. In the summer, we can dig it up and sell it. When we make money, I'll treat you to goose meat."
Bai Shanbao had no obsession with food. After thinking for a while, he said, "Then when I make money, I'll buy you a good pen."
The two of them agreed upon it.
Because Bai Shanbao promised to give her a gift, Manbao felt that they had become closer, so she gave him two yam seeds that her family had prepared, saying, "Yams can also make money, and they are very delicious. My friend said that they are even better when fried, but I don't know how to stir-fry them, I only know how to stew them."
"I know, it's a stir-fry. If you want to eat, come to my house."
Manbao drooled and shook his head, "My mother won't let me eat out."
Bai Shanbao rolled his eyes and said, "Then I'll ask Daji to bring me a lunch box tomorrow, and then I'll treat you to a meal together."
Manbao nodded vigorously this time.
Since Bai Shanbao entered school, he has been eating and drinking with the other students. Liu didn't want her grandson to be treated specially, fearing that he would be isolated.
Fortunately, the children in the mountain village were simple-minded and did not suffer from isolation. At most, they would just climb some trees out of mischief. Therefore, Liu would occasionally ask Daji to send a lunch box to Bai Shanbao to help him supplement his nutrition.
Bai Shanbao never guards his food. He will share anything delicious with his friends. As his deskmate, Manbao eats the most.
This time was no different. It was the first time Manbao knew that vegetables could be stir-fried. She ate with gusto and said, "I want my sister-in-law to do this when I get home."
Bai Shanbao nodded.
But Keke said: "Your family can't make it."
"Why?"
"Because you don't have an iron pan at home," Keke said, "You need an iron pan to cook, and iron pans are not cheap. Your mother must be reluctant to buy one."
Well, there were many things that her mother was reluctant to give away, so Manbao slung them over her shoulders. So after she earned money, there was one more thing she needed to buy, and that was an iron pot.
For this purpose, Manbao specially followed Bai Shanbao back to his home to see what the iron pot looked like, and also visited how their cook cooked.
Manbao slurped his saliva throughout the visit; it was so delicious. Bai Shanbao was a little hungry after being led by her, and he also slurped his saliva.
The cook was so happy to see this that she served them some of each dish. So that evening Manbao went home with a bulging belly because he had eaten too much.
The atmosphere at home was somewhat tense. Manbao sensed this keenly, so she rubbed her belly and slipped into the main room. Qian, who was talking, paused, waved, and asked, "You guys aren't going to school tomorrow, are you?"
Manbao agreed.
"When will the holiday end?"
"Seventeen, the teacher said he would be back to teach after the Lantern Festival."
Qian nodded and said, "The day after tomorrow is Little New Year. Your brother and his family are going to the county town to buy New Year's goods. Do you want to go with them?"
Manbao had already agreed with his fourth brother to go to the mountains to dig up the fertile soil to fill their wasteland tomorrow, so after hesitating for a moment, he shook his head and said, "I'm not going. Big brother and second brother can take fifth brother."
Let Fifth Brother take the candy to the Fu family.
Zhou Liulang also wanted to go, so Zhou Liulang, who had been eavesdropping at the door, slipped in and quietly poked the youngest sister's waist.
Manbao almost threw himself into Qian's arms, but fortunately she managed to hold on and said without turning her head, "Sixth brother is going too."
Qian glared at Zhou Liulang but didn't stop him. "Alright, then the eldest and second sons will take the fifth and sixth sons with them tomorrow. There's a lot to buy, so having two more people will make it easier to carry it."
Ever since the fourth child lost money gambling, the fifth and sixth children have grown up a lot. They have been earning money for the family in the past few months. But they are still teenagers after all, and it is not good to put too much pressure on them. It would be good for them to go out for a walk.
Zhou Wulang and Zhou Liulang cheered quietly in their hearts, and each of them lifted up Manbao and went out.
Manbao was carried all the way back to the room by them. When Datou and the others saw him, they immediately went in excitedly.
Zhou Wulang glanced at his nephews and nieces. Well, everyone who came here had a common secret. They immediately closed the door and asked, "Manbao, how much money have we deposited with you?"
(End of this chapter)
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