Chapter 21 Chapter 21 Let’s raise a sheep in the future (Catching Bugs…
She listened to the report without saying anything and was busy serving the rice. The fragrance made her even hungrier.
The steamed buckwheat rice had a light fragrance. She filled a bowl and prepared to sit down to eat. A child's voice came into her mind: "Host, I think your meal today is quite delicious."
Lin Chuntao almost couldn't help herself. What kind of greedy little cat's words were these?
She complained in her heart: "You can't eat it."
The system fell silent, and Lin Chuntao began to feast on the food.
This was the best meal she had here. The pheasant, stewed in an iron pot over a wood fire, was fragrant and chewy. The broth was golden and translucent, and the fresh wild mushrooms swirled in the broth, so delicious that they almost made her tongue drop. Then she took a piece of cooked green pepper and took a bite. The broth inside flowed through her mouth, and Lin Chuntao was completely satisfied.
Looking at Pei Ying and her three sisters again, their bowls were filled with mushrooms and chicken blood, and they were eating buckwheat rice with great gusto.
Seeing Lin Chuntao's eyes, Lin Duoer said incoherently: "Sister, it's delicious."
"This buckwheat rice is delicious too, much better than buckwheat steamed buns."
Lin Chunhe complained to Lin Duoer: "You are stupid. Buckwheat buns have skin inside. They are bitter and irritating to the throat. We are eating this made of flour."
Pei Ying listened to them talking and joined in.
“This is the first time I’ve eaten something like this, and it really tastes better than buckwheat pancakes.”
Lin Chuntao smiled and said, "Then I'll buy more to steam rice with."
Lin Chuntao was full after this meal.
I sat in the yard and rested for a while before getting up and going to Aunt Guizhi's house.
The sisters were too lazy to move and continued to sit in the yard basking in the sun.
On the way to Aunt Guizhi's house, I met many children who had returned from the mountains to pick mushrooms. Each of them was carrying a small bamboo basket with a few mushrooms in it.
In front of her was a couple with a child, and Lin Chuntao followed behind.
The man grabbed the bamboo basket from the child and scolded him, "You only picked up a few mushrooms in the whole morning. They're not even enough to fill your stomach. And you still want to pick mushrooms to sell? Go back to weeding the fields tomorrow."
The woman was a little unconvinced, "If Lin Chuntao could pick it up and sell it, why can't the children?"
"Look at this, does it weigh five pounds? How much do you want to sell it for? Don't waste time, the important thing is to weed the fields."
The male protagonist added: "If you want to blame me, it might be that damn girl Lin Chuntao who lied to me."
"If she's lying, then how did she make the money? It's only been a few days, and she's already earned dozens of coins?"
The couple talked to each other as they walked, and Lin Chuntao heard everything clearly from behind.
Before I knew it, I arrived at Aunt Guizhi's yard.
Aunt Guizhi was standing by the roadside waiting for Lin Chuntao. The couple in front of her greeted her. She responded and looked up to see Lin Chuntao behind her. She smiled and called out, "Chuntao."
The couple in front suddenly turned around and saw Lin Chuntao very close to them, and their faces turned red instantly.
Without saying anything, they left quickly. Aunt Guizhi asked with a smile, "What happened to them?"
Lin Chuntao smiled and said, "Maybe he was caught saying something bad about someone."
Aunt Guizhi waved her hands helplessly when she heard this: "Don't pay attention to what they say."
Lin Chuntao nodded and followed Aunt Guizhi into the yard.
"Chun Tao, sit here."
Aunt Guizhi was her mother-in-law, whom Chuntao called Sixth Grandma. She patted the chair next to her and asked Lin Chuntao to sit over.
Lin Chuntao helped take down the backpack that Aunt Guizhi was carrying and put it next to her before sitting down.
"Would you like some water?" Aunt Guizhi asked her. Lin Chuntao shook her head and said, "I'm not thirsty. I'll tell you when I'm thirsty."
"Then I'll go get the bamboo basket."
As she spoke, she walked into the house, took out two or three bamboo baskets, and then took a chair and sat down.
Lin Chuntao raised her eyes and met her gaze, then they both pursed their lips. Lin Chuntao asked, "Aunt Guizhi, how much are you going to sell this bamboo basket and a basket of vegetables for?"
Aunt Guizhi whispered, "Twenty or twenty-five cents."
"How much do you usually sell this little basket for?"
"Four or five cents."
Lin Chuntao thought for a while and put a handful of green peppers into the bamboo basket. Then she picked up two small cabbages and put them in sideways. She also tied a small handful of leeks with straw, which was probably enough to stir-fry a bowl. She picked up an eggplant and two small cucumbers and put them in diagonally. She put two tomatoes and a round melon into the mouth of the bamboo basket, and finally put two green onions and two garlic sprouts.
The cabbage was put in to take up space, and there were eggplants and cucumbers next to it, and young melons and tomatoes in front. At first glance, it looked like a full bamboo basket with everything.
Aunt Guizhi looked at the things Lin Chuntao put in there and started to calculate the price. Two cabbages weighed one catty and three cents, leeks looked to be half a catty and two cents, eggplants were less than one catty, cucumbers looked to be a little more than half a catty, two tomatoes were a little more than half a catty, and the young melon was about the same. Estimatedly, these vegetables were worth about thirteen or fourteen cents.
"So, can we sell it for 25 cents?" Aunt Guizhi felt a little guilty. Lin Chuntao smiled and said, "It should be no problem. We have everything, even the peppers, onions and garlic. Look at what we have, we can stir-fry six dishes. If people buy some meat to go with it, it will be enough to last them for three days."
"Twenty-five wen is enough for three days of cooking, which averages out to less than ten wen a day. I think a lot of people will buy it."
Lin Chuntao finished speaking and then talked about the small bamboo basket. She smiled and said, "I just feel that building this bamboo basket is a bit uneconomical. This bamboo basket alone can be sold for five cents, and it looks very well woven. It can indeed be kept at home when you buy it for the first time, but later people may feel that they don't want a bamboo basket anymore, and they may start to be more concerned about the money when they buy it again. So I suggest weaving a simple small bamboo basket. A little smaller than this one, not so densely woven, leaving about an inch of space in the middle so that the fruits and vegetables inside will not fall out, and people can vaguely see what is inside."
Aunt Guizhi understood what she meant, but she always felt that Lin Chuntao had a plan in mind that would be better than she thought.
"Chun Tao, can you draw a pattern?"
"Sure." Lin Chuntao said as she picked up a branch and drew something on the ground in the yard. It was roughly a M-shaped bottom. When weaving the bamboo upwards, she would tie a few circles horizontally, seal the mouth and weave a handle. It was very simple.
Aunt Guizhi understood her sly imitation and said with a smile, "This little bamboo basket can't even be sold for two cents."
Lin Chuntao smiled and said, "Aunt, we are selling vegetables, so giving us a small bamboo basket is already very nice."
"Yeah, now that I think about it, it's a bit of a waste for us to use this big bamboo basket. When I ask your uncle to weave this bamboo basket, I'll put some vegetables in it and take them to sell."
"Of course. You can't take much with you if you pack it up. Auntie can bundle the vegetables with straw in advance and take them out together. There's still time to pack them now. Divide them evenly when you bundle them with straw. You can weigh them at home. The total price of the vegetables should not exceed fifteen cents."
"I'll try it out and tell you if it sells well."
After finishing the work, Aunt Guizhi quickly went to find her husband Linshan and told him about the vegetable basket. Uncle Linshan wove a semi-finished product in less than a quarter of an hour and brought it over to them to see if it was what they wanted.
Lin Chuntao looked at the basket and nodded vigorously, "Yes, that's it."
Lin Shan gestured and chattered for a long time, and Aunt Guizhi replied, "This is specially woven to hold vegetables. We can pick the vegetables in our patch and sell them quickly."
After hearing what was said, Uncle Lin Shan took the bamboo basket back to the chair in the corner and continued weaving.
Lin Chuntao and Aunt Guizhi, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, sat in the yard chatting.
After chatting for a while, they heard the sound of villagers greeting Qian the matchmaker outside.
Aunt Guizhi sighed, "This old lady won't stop until she gets something done."
The Sixth Grandma snorted coldly and said quietly, "I think that Xian'er will be persuaded away by her sooner or later."
Aunt Guizhi said, "Fifth Auntie loves her so much, it's not that easy."
The old lady sneered disdainfully, "What's the point of cherishing her? She has five sons and several grandchildren, all eyeing her covetously."
After saying that, the old lady raised her eyes and looked towards Lin Chuntao. Seeing that she didn't say anything, Aunt Guizhi also looked at her in confusion. After a long time, the old lady said slowly: "When you have time, go to the surrounding villages and pick a good family for your second sister to settle down in."
Lin Chuntao probably understood what the old lady meant.
The other person meant well, so she didn't say much and just nodded.
Now she lives alone with her younger sisters. It is impossible for such young sisters to get married!
Lin Chuntao sat at Aunt Guizhi's house for a while and then went home.
Lin Duo'er and Lin Chunhe were playing in the yard. Lin Chunxing was not at home. Pei Ying was chopping bamboo. When he saw Lin Chuntao coming back, he looked up and greeted her, "You're back."
Lin Chuntao responded and walked over to look at the bamboo poles he had cut.
"What are you doing? A shelf?"
Pei Ying nodded: "Yes, make two racks to hold the clay pots and steamers."
"Where is Chunxing?" Lin Chuntao asked.
Before Pei Ying could say anything, Lin Duoer, who was squatting next to him, answered, "Second sister said she saw some gray vegetables over there a while ago and went to pick some. She should be back soon."
As soon as he finished speaking, Lin Chunxing came back with half a bamboo basket full of gray vegetables in her hand.
"Sister, have you sorted out the matter at Aunt Guizhi's house?"
"Hmm, where did you pick this? It's quite tender."
Lin Chunxing pointed casually, "On the grass at the foot of the mountain over there."
"This grows quickly, and we can pick it in a few days." Lin Chuntao finished speaking, and then Lin Chunxing waved her hand. "That piece of land is Uncle Shitou's. If he goes over to weed, he might take the lambs with him to eat the grass, and the lambs might gnaw on it and it'll be gone."
As soon as Lin Chunxing mentioned the lamb, Lin Duoer immediately dropped her stone and ran over, looking up at them: "Sister, let's raise a sheep in the future. I'll go herd them."
Lin Chunxing looked at Lin Chuntao helplessly. Lin Chuntao looked at Lin Duoer and curled her lips: "Then it's settled. From now on, Duoer will be the one to herd sheep."
After hearing Lin Chuntao's words, Lin Duoer opened her eyes wide and jumped for joy in the yard.
Lin Chuntao looked at the sky and saw that it was still early.
The system still requires four sign-ins before the area can be opened. She has now decided to open a seed area to exchange seeds. She is eager to know what seeds can be exchanged. It would be great if she could exchange some corn seeds. She remembers that some new varieties can be planted in May, but they will mature a little later.
Given their current situation, it doesn't matter whether they mature early or late, as long as they have food.
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