Chapter 108: Wild Vegetable Dumplings

Liu Yinyin stuffed the cloth into her hands, not feeling sorry at all: "You can keep it. I have more cloth in my bag. If you really feel embarrassed... just give me some mountain products."

She was still wondering if there were any ripe wild fruits in the mountains.

Last year at this time she had to go to work and she was pregnant, so she didn't go to the mountains to pick wild fruits. This year, she couldn't miss it again.

Upon hearing this, Mrs. Liu smiled brilliantly and said, "Well, no need to explain anything."

She said, "Don't worry, I'll go back to my parents' home later. There are many mountains there."

There are naturally many wild fruits on the mountain.

Liu Yinyin nodded: "Second sister-in-law, this piece of cloth is my gift to my nephew. If you have mountain products in your place in the future, I will exchange them with you for other things."

In short, as long as Liu Ersao has good things, Liu Yinyin will not let her suffer any loss.

The other members of the Liu family were not at home. After saying a few words, Liu Yinyin took Gu Yanyan home to clean up the house.

The water at the end of the village had receded, but the road was still muddy. When she got home, the soles of Liu Yinyin's shoes were covered with a thick layer of mud.

When she opened the door, a faint moldy smell wafted into her nose and Liu Yinyin frowned.

I changed my shoes, put Gu Yanyan on the cart, and started to pack up the things in the house.

Liu Laifu and his wife never lived at home, but Jiang Cuihua helped them clean the house.

However, after it rained for so long, it was inevitable that the house was humid.

Liu Yinyin moved the clothes out of the closet and spent the whole morning rubbing and washing them...there was a yard full of clothes and quilts drying in the air.

While she was cleaning the cabinet in the room, Jiang Cuihua came.

"Mom." Liu Yinyin rubbed her slightly sore waist.

Jiang Cuihua picked up her chubby little grandson and asked with a smile, "Are you going back to the county town?"

Liu Yinyin nodded: "I have to go back today. The house is too humid. I will move back in two days."

Jiang Cuihua immediately said, "Then come to my place for lunch. I just picked a lot of wild mushrooms in the mountains, which can be used as a dish. You can bring some back to the city to eat."

The son-in-law is the only one who earns money in the bride's family. Things are so expensive outside nowadays. Jiang Cuihua always thinks that the young couple should save as much as possible.

The kitchen was not cleaned yet, and Liu Yinyin really didn't want to cook at noon. She didn't bother to be polite with Jiang Cuihua and went to Liu's house for lunch.

After hearing Jiang Cuihua say that there were wild mushrooms to pick on the mountain, Liu Yinyin wondered, "Mom, are there a lot of wild mushrooms on the mountain?"

After the heavy rain, wild mushrooms grew wildly in the mountains.

"There are quite a lot, but there are also a lot of people." Jiang Cuihua sighed.

There are indeed a lot of people on the mountain, and the villagers mainly go there to dig wild vegetables to eat.

It was almost noon when Liu Yinyin brought a bag of cornmeal to the Liu family. There was not much cornmeal, only about five or six pounds, which was used as food expenses for her and Gu Yanyan.

At this time, even if she is a close relative, she cannot go to her parents' home to eat and drink for free.

Moreover, Liu Lai-fu and his wife had been helping her take care of the house for so long, and had previously let them live in her house and cook for her.

But apparently they did not do that.

So, in addition to food, Liu Yinyin also carried a military green shoulder bag, which was bulging and could hold a lot of things.

When Jiang Cuihua saw her daughter bringing food to her house, she was so angry that she almost wanted to hit her.

Liu Yinyin laughed and said, "Mom, can you check if the cornmeal is damp?"

She moved all the food from the kitchen out to dry in the sun for fear that it would get damp.

Jiang Cuihua glared at her and said, "You put the cornmeal in the flour jar, how come it got damp?"

Why would you send a gift when it's not the New Year or any other festival? Jiang Cuihua knew that Liu Yinyin was worried that there was not enough food at home.

But...the girl is already married, so she can't always think about supporting her parents.

Liu Yinyin asked her to help hold the baby. Gu Yanyan weighs more than 20 kilograms now, and her hands hurt after holding him for too long.

Fortunately, he is not picky about people and he won’t cry even if someone holds him.

Liu Yinyin opened her bag and started taking things out. The first thing she took out was a piece of cloth, the same one she gave to Liu Ersao in the morning, which was the other half of the defective cloth.

Liu Yinyin gave the cloth to Sister-in-law Liu: "Sister-in-law, use this cloth to make two sets of clothes for Zhizhi and Qingwen."

They are all sisters-in-law. She gave a piece of cloth to Liu Ersao, and she felt embarrassed not to give it to Liu Dasao.

No matter what, one should try to be fair. Besides, Mrs. Liu had always treated her well.

Mrs. Liu cried out, a little stunned by the sudden surprise: "How can I be so embarrassed?"

It was not easy for country people to buy a piece of cloth. The children in the family had never worn new clothes. All of their clothes were made from adults' old clothes.

For children, it doesn’t matter if their clothes are a little torn and worn out.

Liu Yinyin: "Just accept it, my eldest sister-in-law. I also gave some to my second sister-in-law."

When Mrs. Liu heard that Mrs. Liu also had the cloth, she stopped talking. However, she had no intention of using the cloth to make new clothes for her two children.

Children grow up quickly, so there is no need to make new clothes for them. Mrs. Liu is reluctant to do so.

Liu Yinyin continued to dig out, and took out two towels and an enamel cup and gave them to Jiang Cuihua: "Mom, a towel for you and dad, and the cup is for dad to drink water."

Jiang Cuihua was startled by her and asked quickly, "Where did you get so many things?"

She was afraid that her daughter would do something bad.

Liu Yinyin patiently explained to her: "Last time, Gu Cheng brought a lot of vegetables and eggs to the county town. We couldn't finish them all for our family of three, so we exchanged some things with our neighbors. These fabrics, towels, and quilts were all exchanged with her.

They are defective products. They are not expensive. Several people in my neighbor's family work in textile factories and some in department stores. It is easy to get some defective fabrics."

Nowadays, if people want to buy cheap defective products, they need connections, so people who work in supply and marketing cooperatives or department stores are really popular.

"No wonder." Jiang Cuihua nodded seriously and thought to herself that it would be better to live in the county town.

Look, the young lady has gained a lot of skills and knowledge after living in the county town for half a month.

Liu Yinyin had lunch at home at noon, so Jiang Cuihua asked Liu Ersao to cook more food.

The meals distributed to the villagers in the canteen are getting less and less. Families who can afford it will secretly cook at home. Otherwise, they will be too hungry to have the energy to work.

Jiang Cuihua was able to indulge herself for a rare occasion, so she scooped out two bowls of steamed cornmeal dumplings and cut a piece of salted meat to make stir-fried mushrooms with salted meat.

The salted pork is stir-fried until oil comes out, then wild mushrooms are stir-fried until fragrant and greasy, making it a staple dish.

There are also scrambled eggs with spinach and water spinach with garlic.

Together with the food brought from the cafeteria, it was almost enough.

The dish made for Gu Yanyan was egg custard sprinkled with some chopped vegetables.

Today the canteen made wild vegetable dumplings, which looked black. Liu Yinyin picked one up and took a bite...

Almost didn't bite it.

"How can you eat this?" Jiang Cuihua snatched the wild vegetable dumpling from her hand and replaced it with a cornmeal dumpling.