Li Lizhi and Princess Yuzhang walked out of the vegetable garden and into the potato field.
There are a lot of weeds, and naturally there are also a lot of gray-scented vegetables.
Xiao Ran also followed and said, "Choose the tender ones, just pinch the tender ones on the top, otherwise you won't be able to eat them."
"Brother, is this okay?" Princess Yuzhang picked out a piece of music and gave it to Xiao Ran.
"That's about right."
The two little princesses followed happily.
I just like to join in the fun.
"There are some in the cornfield too." The others went to the potato field, but Princess Gaoyang insisted on going to the cornfield.
"Seventeen, be careful not to get scratched by corn leaves. It will hurt a lot." Xiao Ran shouted.
"Brother, I understand."
Not long after entering, Princess Gaoyang ran out and said, "Brother, look what a wonderful thing this is."
Xiao Ran turned around and noticed Princess Gao Yang holding a frog leg.
Xiao Ran doesn't dare to touch this now. He didn't expect that there would be so many things he would be afraid of when he grows up.
Things like earthworms, frogs, and snakes are very resistant.
"Seventeen, what are you doing this for?" Xiao then took two steps back.
"Brother, I remember hearing online that bullfrog meat is delicious and tender. This looks good."
Xiao Ran couldn't eat it anyway, "This shouldn't be a bullfrog, it's a different species, otherwise we should just let it go!"
"Good Seven~" The little princess heard it and saw something move in the grass in front of her. The little princess pulled it apart and showed a look of joy.
"Little Nang-kun~ I have one too~"
The little princess grabbed it excitedly.
Xiao Ran turned around and was shocked.
"Mingda, throw it away! Throw it away!"
"You're not a frog!"
"You are a scabby bastard!"
"Sizi, you are about to get lost. You are a toad." Li Lizhi also spoke.
The little princess put it down reluctantly, being very careful for fear that it might break.
"This is a toad, different from a frog." Princess Yuzhang walked over.
Princess Gaoyang also released the frog.
"This one is so cute~" the little princess pointed.
"You can't eat this, it's bitter." Li Lizhi walked over and said.
"Mingda, Seventeen, go to the vegetable garden and wash your hands. There is water in the water tank over there." Xiao Ran pointed to the location of the water tank.
"Hmmmm~"
The grandparents next to them were also amused and confused when they saw this. Frogs were okay, but most people were unwilling to touch the toad.
"You are quite brave!" Grandpa smiled.
The little princess also heard it and looked at her grandfather and said, "Hmmmm~ It's so delicious~"
"Don't touch that again, or I'll beat you!" Li Lizhi didn't dare to touch it, but unexpectedly, the little princess caught one in the blink of an eye.
"Sister is so annoying~" The little princess was obviously not convinced and was a little rebellious.
"Catching toads will make you sick, and you will need injections and very bad-tasting medicines," Princess Yuzhang also said.
It is obvious that these words have a greater deterrent effect on the little princess.
"It's a little bit~" The little princess probably doesn't want to touch it.
The little girl was not afraid at all, which truly demonstrated what it means to be a newborn calf that is not afraid of a tiger and to be afraid of nothing.
I don't realize that these things are dangerous, and I'm not afraid when I see the giant python in the zoo and I don't react at all.
Xiao Ran took the little princess and Princess Gaoyang to wash their hands.
Princess Yuzhang took out tissues and wiped the hands of the little princess and Princess Gaoyang.
"Grandma, the new potatoes should be almost ready, right?" Xiao Ran looked at the pile of dirt on the ground.
"It's almost done now. Many of them are big enough to dig up a few."
Xiao Ran squatted down and reached out to dig it up. When he saw it was about the size of a fist, he picked it up.
“This is quite big.”
If the potatoes are too small, do not pick them and let them continue to grow.
"This is fun~" The little princess also squatted beside and started to dig potatoes.
The little girl doesn't feel dirty, nor is she afraid of getting her clothes or hands dirty.
Li Lizhi didn't say anything either.
You don’t need a lot to make a dish, just two will do.
"It's a potato~" The little princess picked it up, her hands were covered in dirt.
After saying that, the little princess still wanted to dig.
"Mingda, that's enough!" Xiao Ran called out to the little princess.
"Hmm, hmm~" He followed Xiao Ran's example and filled the area that had been dug up with soil again, trying to restore it to its original state as much as possible.
"This little girl is easy to take care of." Grandma looked at the little princess and liked her very much.
"Grandma, how are the kids from my fourth uncle's family? I haven't seen them for several years." Xiao Ran asked.
"Oh! Those three have grown up and become strangers now. After school, they go to their rooms as soon as they put down their schoolbags. They are never seen again. They don't eat, but only snacks..." said grandma.
"Do you want to pick me up after school?"
"The two older ones don't need it, but the younger one still needs to be picked up and dropped off... Luckily, your grandfather is quite mobile, otherwise it would be a real pain for me to do it..."
"Grandma, what did the doctor say about your leg?"
"It's an old problem that occasionally breaks out. There's nothing I can do about it."
"Go to another big hospital for a checkup. We can't just put it off like this."
Grandma shook her head. "No need. I've had rheumatism for more than ten years. It's just like this. I'm used to it..."
Grandma just didn't want to travel far, Xiao Ran thought of Sun Simiao, maybe he had a solution.
While picking the gray-carved vegetables, Princess Yuzhang whispered, "Brother, maybe the old doctor has a solution. Let's ask him."
"That's what I thought."
When they went back, Xiao Ran carried the basket and the two little princesses pulled him.
Li Lizhi and Princess Yuzhang helped grandma up the hill. Although grandpa had a hunched back, his legs and feet were nimble and he went up and down the hill steadily.
Xiao Ran heard some movement in the pigpen, "There are pigs in the pigpen?"
It shouldn't be like this, as my grandparents spend most of their time in the county town and only come to stay for a few days occasionally.
"Yes, I bought a pig for the New Year." Grandpa said with a smile.
Most families here raise pigs for the New Year. They buy them in the spring and raise them, and then kill them in the winter.
Children love the slaughter of pigs because they can roast the brain and eat fresh pork.
There is meat to eat all year round, so there is basically no need to go to the market to buy meat.
"Grandpa, you're not going back?" Xiao Ran asked.
"We have to go back. We'll stay here for half a month." Grandpa opened the pigpen. "The pigs are pretty good. They're fat."
"White pig!" Princess Chengyang came over.
"It's there~" the little princess pointed.
"It smells a bit!" Princess Gaoyang took two steps back.
It may not seem big now, but it will be big by the end of the year.
"Grandpa, where is this pig when you go back?" Xiao Ran was a little confused.
"I paid your third uncle's family to help raise him." Grandma explained.
Xiao Ran nodded, this made sense.
The cost of feeding pigs is not high, it is more of a time cost. Start by feeding more tender pig grass, and then slowly increase the amount of potatoes after autumn. In spring and summer, the main food is pig grass with some cornmeal.
After the corn is ground, the finest part is eaten by humans and the coarse part is fed to pigs.
"It's quiet here, but I have to help take care of the kids. The main reason I came back this time was because of the pigs."
There is no other way to help take care of the children.
"Brother, I'm hungry!" Princess Gaoyang leaned close to Xiao Ran's ear.
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