Unable to sleep, Chen Hong got up to prepare his luggage.
This time, Zhou Yi only brought back a backpack with him; he didn't even bring back his suitcase.
Chen Hong went to the kitchen, took out a cardboard box from her spatial storage, packed several bags of dried fruit and four bottles of honey for him, but didn't dare to give him any other fruits, tea, or wine.
This house has no storage room, so everything in the house is immediately visible.
Chen Hongke dared to take things that weren't in this house out of the house.
I opened the refrigerator and saw that there were some ready-to-eat sea cucumbers that I had made for my dad.
Chen Hong had a sudden inspiration and packed a bag of ready-to-eat sea cucumbers for Zhou Yi. These things are nutritious and can be eaten as snacks.
The next day, Zhou Yi set off at dawn. His flight was at 7:30, and because he had to take Yu Yang to school, he didn't let Chen Hong see him off.
He called a former comrade-in-arms, who drove him to the airport. The comrade picked him up directly at the entrance of the residential area and did not meet Chen Hong.
Standing downstairs, watching Zhou Yi carry his travel bag and large cardboard box to the entrance of the community to catch a bus, Chen Hong went home and washed the dishes and chopsticks that Zhou Yi had used.
I started preparing breakfast for Yu Yang, cooking seafood porridge, making some scallion pancakes, boiling four salted duck eggs, and steaming a salted fish. Breakfast was very simple.
Yu Yang got up and went for a half-hour morning run. After returning, he took a shower, changed his clothes, ate breakfast, and went to school.
After dropping her child off at school, Chen Hong immediately closed the door and went into her personal space. She hadn't been in the space for two days and had accumulated a lot of work.
The dates are ripe again, two trees with red fruits and green leaves standing close together.
The jujubes next to it have also grown quite large, with white and brownish-red tinges in their green color. In a few more days, they will slowly turn red and will be ripe soon.
Chen Hong found two large advertising banners, spread them out under the jujube tree, and picked up a long bamboo pole to start knocking down the jujubes.
The densely packed red dates fell to the ground with a soft rustling sound. The bright red dates, mixed with a few green leaves, landed on the white advertising cloth, creating a beautiful sight!
It took dozens of taps to knock all the jujubes off the tree.
Chen Hong grabbed the four corners of the advertising cloth and tugged at it, gathering the dates into two large piles.
Remove all the leaves and twigs from the fruit, and store the dates in baskets.
These dates are a high-quality local variety, large at the top and thin at the bottom, with very small pits. They are crisp, sweet, and high in sugar, delicious whether eaten raw or dried.
This time, a total of about 300 catties of fresh dates were harvested. Chen Hong weighed out 100 catties, found a few bamboo mats, and spread them out on the open ground to dry.
Of the remaining 200 jin, she planned to set aside 100 jin to pickle into wine dates, which she would give away in the winter.
Of the remaining 100 jin, 10 jin were kept to eat fresh dates, and the rest were made into date preserves to be distributed among relatives and friends.
Chen Hong noted that they were out of liquor and sugar at home and would go to the farmers' market to buy some wholesale when she had some free time.
We often pickle various fruits throughout the year, and our family really can't be without white sugar and rock sugar.
She also picked blueberries and cherries, and packed them into small plastic boxes, which she planned to give to her relatives and friends over the weekend.
The other fruits weren't ripe yet, so Chen Hong stopped picking them. It was time to harvest the honey, so Chen Hong was busy collecting it.
She was busy all morning and only left the space when her phone's timer went off.
After taking the food stored in the storage space and putting it in the kitchen, Chen Hong quickly changed her clothes and went out to pick up her child.
After dropping her child off at school in the afternoon, Chen Hong closed the door and went into her workspace. The cabbages, radishes, and celery had grown more than ten centimeters in the past two days, and it was time to thin them out again.
The climbing vegetables such as cucumbers, tomatoes, green beans, and kidney beans also need to be trellised. After finishing one thing, there is another. Chen Hong's farm work in the space is non-stop.
Chen Hong cut the first batch of chives and took them out of her spatial storage, intending to throw them away when she went out later.
The first batch of chive seedlings grown from seeds are thin and tough, difficult to pick and not tasty.
Chen Hong planned to cut the first crop to let the seedlings grow thicker and more tender when they grew the second crop, and the chives would taste even better.
After taking out the trash, Chen Hong picked up her child. It was Friday, and Yu Yang wasn't in a hurry to do his homework.
The mother and daughter first went to the farmers' market and bought a large bucket of 50-jin (25 kg) bulk liquor, which she would use to soak the jujubes in the liquor.
I also bought a large woven bag of 100 jin of white sugar, a large piece of beef shank, half a rack of spare ribs, and 10 jin of pork belly.
I went to the nearby small commodity market and bought two stacks of plastic stools of different heights, because we don't have enough seats at home when guests come over on the weekend.
When I was almost home, I went to a nearby supermarket and bought two cases of baijiu (Chinese liquor), two packs of beer, a pack of Coca-Cola, and a pack of orange juice.
I also bought two jin each of melon seeds and candy. After thinking about it, I realized that Uncle Wang and Uncle Liu smoke, so I bought two cartons of Taishan Baijiangjun cigarettes.
After buying everything, the mother and daughter returned home laden with their purchases.
After driving the car into the underground parking garage, Chen Hong started carrying the goods into the elevator. She made several trips back and forth before finally getting everything home.
During dinner that evening, Yu Yang asked, "Mom, are the guests coming tomorrow or the day after?"
"Sigh! If you come tomorrow, I have class tomorrow morning and won't be able to help you entertain your guests."
The little one is quite worried!
Chen Hong couldn't help but chuckle, "The guests won't arrive until the day after tomorrow. Everyone knows you have class on Saturday."
Moreover, Sunday is the 19th day of the lunar calendar, and everyone pays attention to choosing an auspicious time and day.
Don't worry, how could we manage without you, our little host? When guests come to our house, you're the one who has to sit at the table and offer them wine and tea!
Yu Yang was delighted to hear this, but then sighed, "Alas, it's a pity that Zhou's father didn't have enough vacation time. If he had stayed a couple more days longer, he could have met our relatives."
Chen Hong: "..."
"Your little child has so many worries! There's plenty of time and opportunities ahead!"
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