After arguing with her mother-in-law and sister-in-law, Shui Qing felt refreshed and invigorated.
My morning grumpiness has subsided.
Turning her head, she saw the same shock on the two children's innocent faces, and she casually advised them: "Don't always agree with what they say, otherwise you'll be constantly explaining to them, which is frustrating."
We need to attack; we need to make them explain themselves.
The two children listened, stunned, as if they simultaneously understood something...
Shuiqing was woken up and couldn't go back to sleep, so she decided to dig out a vegetable patch.
Yesterday I was too busy building a house and collecting water chestnuts, but now that I have some free time, I naturally want to get this top priority done.
Growing vegetables is an ingrained instinct in her family, something she didn't realize when they didn't have land. Now that she has her own vegetable garden, she just wants to plant everything she can.
Before turning to go inside to get a hoe, she asked, "Where are Xinghui and the two little ones?"
Why didn't I see it so early in the morning?
The weather has been sunny for several days now, and the skirt mushrooms only appear after it rains. There are bamboo mushrooms, but they are either too old or there are very few of them.
Besides, with two adults around, surely the one big and two small wouldn't go picking mushrooms.
“My eldest sister and I were responsible for carrying soil back from the mountain to prepare the vegetable garden, while my second sister and two younger brothers leveled the soil in the garden,” Fan Jiang replied.
“We saw Grandma and Aunt coming from the hillside, and we were afraid they would bully you, Mother, so we ran over quickly,” Yan Qiu continued.
They never expected that their mother, who was always bullied, would become so formidable after hitting her head. Without getting angry or upset, she managed to retort to her grandmother and aunt, who had ill intentions.
Shuiqing stopped in her tracks as she was about to go inside to get a hoe.
They only had two large hoes and one small hoe at home. They were already preparing the vegetable garden, so they must have brought the hoes with them. She asked, "Have you chosen your vegetable garden yet?"
Yan Qiu nodded and said with a smile, "Mother, Father said that the vegetable garden should be located below the spring so that it is convenient to water the vegetables and the water source will not be affected when fertilizing."
Their family drinks water from the spring.
Moreover, the spring water is sweet and refreshing, much better than well water.
“I thought the soil was too hard, making it difficult for the seedlings to take root and grow well, so I discussed with my older sister about going up the mountain to fetch soil from under the trees and piling it up to make rows of vegetable plots.”
"That soil is fertile; it's great for growing things." Fan Jiang's eyes lit up when he talked about farming, his expression a mixture of joy, confidence, and composure.
Shuiqing: .....The kids know more than she does!
"Come on, I'll go take a look too."
This piece of land that belongs to them is more than ten acres in size. Yesterday, when they were choosing a site to build a thatched house, my father wanted to build it next to the spring, saying that it would be convenient for washing vegetables and clothes, as well as fetching water and cooking.
She wanted it built not far up the slope so that there would be enough open space to build a brick house before next summer.
Father was cursing that he had no savings and no income, and that he was dreaming of building a brick house after the New Year!
However, she directed the helpers she brought to build the thatched hut according to the site she had chosen....
“Mom, Uncle found out yesterday that we were going to make a vegetable garden below the spring. Look, he specially cut down two big bamboo poles and removed all the nodes in the middle.”
"My uncle said that when it's time to water the vegetable garden, you can just slide across using a bamboo pole, without having to carry water yourself. When you're not watering, just block the entrance in front of the hole," Yan Qiu explained as she walked ahead.
Shui Qing: .....What kind of divine family is this!
Indeed, there are parents and family members in the world who favor sons over daughters, and there are also parents and family members who are so devoted to their children that they don't distinguish between men and women. The original owner's parents and younger brother were really, really good.
If you have the means, you should definitely reserve a room for this kind of family...
When they arrived at the vegetable garden, the three little ones were clearly dividing up their tasks and doing their own work.
Xing Hui plucked the soil under the pine trees into mounds of roughly the same size;
Fan He dug small holes in the vegetable garden;
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