After finishing weaving the basket, Lin Xue didn't waste the remaining materials. She directly wove a large vegetable basket and several small bamboo baskets for washing vegetables.
"Third son's wife, did you make all of this up?"
"Your skills are far superior to your father's!"
Grandma Huang only took a short nap before getting up. As soon as she came out, she saw Lin Xue weaving baskets. Then she glanced at her husband, who was repairing a hoe on the other side.
He picked up the basket that Lin Xue had woven, weighed it in his hand, and carefully inspected it.
Grandma Huang was delighted to find that the basket woven by the third daughter-in-law was actually quite sturdy. She put the basket on the ground and began to examine Lin Xue's hands.
"Mother's awake?"
"Go wash your face first, then come with me to the mountain to dig up some wild vegetables!"
Seeing that Grandma Huang had woken up, Lin Xue quickened her pace and finished the last bit in no time.
Then he went inside, found an old piece of clothing, cut it up with scissors, and took out a needle and thread to sew a bag for the basket.
The upper part was sewn from old clothes, while the lower part was simply tied to a rope.
This kind of basket won't chafe your shoulders when carried on your back.
"Father, sharpen my big cleaver first."
Lin Xue went out and greeted Old Man Huang. Old Man Huang was an honest and conscientious man who was meticulous in his work.
This is very different from Lin Xue, who is impulsive and wants to accomplish everything at once.
"Hey, I'll go grind it for you right now!"
Old Huang had been rubbing that old hoe in his hands for half a noon, and only now had he finally reassembled the handle.
Old Huang was so meticulous in his work, grinding and working on it bit by bit.
He gesticulated the whittled wooden stick to the left and right.
Even the smallest speck of dirt on the hoe must be carefully scraped off.
Although it is said that slow and steady wins the race, Lin Xue felt that getting a hoe was completely unnecessary.
No matter how meticulously you install it, it's still the same old thing once it's in place.
It won't make the hoe last for more years just because you polish it smooth enough.
It's just that it looks nicer!
Sigh, the old folks are getting on in years, it's good enough if they can help with some chores, Lin Xue doesn't expect these two old people to do anything.
It's okay if you work a little slower!
Being able to help her take care of the children at home and tidy up the vegetable garden in front of and behind the house is already a huge help.
"Third sister-in-law, didn't you take a nap at noon?"
Hearing the commotion in the courtyard, Zhang, who had finally managed to get a short nap, immediately got up.
"I'm not very sleepy. Second sister-in-law, you've been busy all morning, why don't you get some more sleep?"
Lin Xue tied the straps to the basket, then tried carrying it on her back a couple of times and found it fit perfectly.
Then he washed the bamboo tubes he had made and poured in cooled boiled water.
"These are bamboo tubes I made. They've all been washed clean. Remember to scoop some cooled boiled water into them before you leave so you can take them to drink in the fields!"
After Lin Xue finished speaking, she put the bamboo tube containing the cooled boiled water she had poured into her basket, which she planned to take into the mountains to drink.
"Third sister-in-law, what are you planning to do?"
Zhang went to the well to fetch some water and wash her face. Zhang Degui had also gotten up and was washing his face with the water Zhang had fetched.
It's rare that I can come back for lunch today. After lunch, I took a nap. Although it wasn't long, there's a big difference between sleeping and not sleeping.
"Let's go dig for wild vegetables on the back hillside. I saw that the wild vegetables had already grown there this morning. Before anyone else goes to dig them, I'll take Mom this afternoon to dig them all up!"
Upon hearing that Lin Xue and the others had gone to dig for wild vegetables on the back mountain, Zhang Shi stopped asking any further questions.
This isn't deep in the mountains; it's just on the edge of the back mountain, so there's almost no danger.
Wild animals from the deep mountains rarely venture to the edge of the village.
The villagers are also hesitant to venture too deep into the mountains.
You should know that there are quite a few ferocious wild animals in that area behind the mountain.
I heard that the mountain behind us stretches all the way to the neighboring county.
It's easy to imagine how big this mountain range must be!
Lin Xue and Huang Degui's family left home at almost the same time, but one went to the fields and the other went to the back mountain.
"I haven't been to the foot of the mountain for a long time. If it weren't for you, Third Brother's wife, coming here this morning and seeing all these wild vegetables, they would probably have been dug up by others!"
At the foot of the mountain, Lin Xue and Old Lady Huang squatted on a hillside, earnestly digging for wild vegetables.
"Mom, let's dig up more so we can take it to town to sell tomorrow!"
Lin Xue dug the tender wild vegetables into her basket. There were quite a few kinds of wild vegetables in this place. So far, Lin Xue had dug up no less than five kinds of wild vegetables.
"Anyone still buying wild vegetables?"
Grandma Huang never imagined that people in the city would buy their wild vegetables.
These things are everywhere; you can dig up a whole blue one if you spend a little time.
Who would be so bored as to buy such cheap things as wild vegetables?
It can't be because they have money to burn!
"People in the city all have their own things to do. They either run shops or work for others. Where would they find the time to come to the countryside to dig for wild vegetables?"
"Don't worry about it, just dig up as much as you want, and I'll definitely sell it all for you by tomorrow morning!"
Lin Xue moved quickly, sweeping away a large area in a flurry of activity.
Grandma Huang's style of doing things is somewhat like Grandpa Huang's, but she is better than Grandpa Huang's extremely slow pace.
Although she was also very meticulous in her work, she was slightly faster than Old Man Huang.
"Okay, I'll do whatever you say!"
Grandma Huang didn't dare to argue with Lin Xue. She let her third daughter-in-law say whatever she wanted. At worst, they just couldn't sell them and she could take them home to eat herself.
"Mom, we've picked enough wild vegetables here, let's walk a bit further ahead!"
Before they knew it, the two had gotten very close to the edge of the forest. If they went any further, they would be in the middle of the mountains, where small wild animals might roam.
Grandma Huang glanced at her current location and then looked down at the village below.
"Third brother's wife, we're already very close to the mountains and forests, we can't go too far!"
Grandma Huang looked around, her mind wavering.
"Let's just go a little further in, it's fine, we're not deep in the mountains!"
As Lin Xue spoke, she picked up her basket and continued walking forward.
Lin Xue secretly hoped that some prey would appear for her to hunt.
She's going to town tomorrow, and her savings aren't enough to buy fabric and needles.
Lin Xue was reluctant to sell the medicinal herbs in her space.
It is said that people who live near mountains live off the mountains and people who live near water live off the water. Since there is such a big mountain behind their village, Lin Xue felt that they should find a way out from the mountains.
"Alright, let's go a little further, but we can't go any deeper!"
Grandma Huang glanced down the mountain again and thought that walking a little further shouldn't be a problem, so she followed Lin Xue and walked forward together.
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