Chapter 141: Vegetables for Food

It was also because the land was so big that they could not eat all the vegetables grown there, otherwise Huang Xiaoyue would not have thought of exchanging the land for supplies.

Liu Yinyin did not refuse. She was also worried about not having vegetables to eat in the winter, and she wanted to sneak out of the system but couldn't find an excuse.

Now, Huang Xiaoyue has a way out. From now on...she can eat vegetables without worrying about it.

Thinking about it, Liu Yinyin couldn't help but smile and said, "Then I won't be polite."

"Oh, there's one more thing." Huang Xiaoyue thought for a moment and said, "Yinyin, I told you the secret between me and my father because I trust you, but... I don't want to tell other people in the family."

Huang Xiaoyue was referring to the Liu family. There were many members of the Liu family, including several children, so some things were difficult to say.

I’m afraid someone will let it slip.

Moreover, if the sisters-in-law had any unpleasantness in the future, she was worried that they would go out and spread rumors.

Of course, except for Liu Mingyuan, they were already sleeping in the same bed, so there was no need to hide it from him.

Logically, the father and daughter were secretly reclaiming wasteland in the mountains and growing vegetables.

This behavior is definitely wrong. To put it more seriously, they are undermining the collective.

Liu Yinyin knew that it was not good to let everyone know about this, so she nodded and said, "Let's put it this way. If people at home ask you where the vegetables came from, you can say... you asked me to get them from the county town in exchange for honey."

Bartering was not strictly enforced at that time, so even if people found out, it wouldn’t matter much.

"Okay, I'll say this from now on." Huang Xiaoyue said with a smile. She felt more and more that her sister-in-law was a good person.

On the way back, Huang Xiaoyue chattered about how she discovered this piece of land and how every time Huang Laizi went up the mountain to chop firewood, he would secretly go there to take care of the vegetable garden.

"Actually..." Liu Yinyin continued, "You don't necessarily have to grow vegetables. Maybe it would be easier to grow some food."

She thought that instead of exchanging vegetables for food, it would be more convenient to grow food directly, so as to avoid running back and forth to the county town, which would easily arouse suspicion over time.

It would save a lot of trouble if that land were used to grow food.

"Is this okay?" Huang Xiaoyue was still quite conflicted.

If it was growing vegetables, she could still comfort herself that it was just growing some vegetables to eat and it didn't count as digging into the collective's corner.

But when it comes to growing food... you can't fool yourself.

Liu Yinyin was just offering a suggestion: "What I mean is, if you want to exchange for food, it's actually more cost-effective and easier to grow your own crops. Plant some sweet potatoes or potatoes, and you don't have to worry about going hungry if you encounter a natural disaster in the future."

There is a hot spring next to the land, so you can grow things there all year round. If you grow crops, you can harvest at least two crops a year.

Huang Xiaoyue pondered and said, "I'll discuss this with my dad later."

She didn't care. She was already married, and most of the land was taken care of by Huang Laizi, so she still had to ask for his opinion.

When the two returned to Huang's house, the yellow ragweed tofu was ready.

It was getting late, so Huang Xiaoyue sat for a while and was about to leave.

Huang Laizi packed a basket of tofu for her to take home and also packed two pieces for Liu Yinyin.

He made tofu originally to give to his daughter, as he was the only one at home and couldn't eat much.

Huang Xiaoyue rode her bicycle back to Liujia Village and only took the tofu back with her.

A full basket of vegetables was placed at Liu Yinyin's house, waiting for her to take it to the county town to exchange for other things tomorrow.

A basket of vegetables weighs at least fifty kilograms.

In the middle of winter, Gu Cheng was surprised to see so many fresh vegetables.

Liu Yinyin told him about growing vegetables in the hot springs. She had brought all the vegetables over, and there was no way she could keep it a secret.

Gu Cheng would not tell anyone about such things.

Liu Yinyin also told him: "Go ask Aunt Li tomorrow to see if you can exchange some food for her."

If they don't exchange some things, there are so many vegetables that the two families cannot eat them all at once, and there are still a lot left in the fields.

At this time, most households are eating the stored radishes and cabbages. If there were fresh vegetables, who wouldn’t want to eat them?

Therefore, Liu Yinyin doesn’t worry about not being able to sell vegetables.

Seeing so many lush green vegetables, she felt happy. She washed a tomato and gave it to Gu Yanyan. Tomatoes were sour and sweet, and the little guy liked them very much.

In the evening, Liu Yinyin made a dish of scrambled eggs with tomatoes, a dish of braised tofu, and some white rice.

Even though there was no meat, the whole family enjoyed the meal very much.

The next day, it was freezing cold outside, but there was still no snow.

After breakfast, Liu Yinyin called Jiang Cuihua to come and help her take care of the child for the morning.

I followed Gu Cheng to the county town.

In addition to a basket of vegetables, she also brought twenty eggs and a rabbit.

The weather is cold now and the chickens don’t lay many eggs, but Liu Yinyin’s family doesn’t save on eggs.

The family only saved about fifty eggs, leaving some for family consumption, so they could only save twenty eggs to sell.

As the New Year approaches, the demand for various supplies among city dwellers is certainly increasing, especially food.

Just like before, I went to the house in the staff compound first and put my things away.

Liu Yinyin went out carrying a rabbit, twenty eggs and some fresh eggplants.

In order to avoid attracting attention, the basket was covered tightly with an old cotton cloth.

I originally wanted to go find Aunt Zhou to exchange things first.

As soon as she went out, Liu Yinyin ran into an acquaintance.

"Yinyin, you're in the county town." Zhang Jinhua passed by the door and just saw Liu Yinyin about to go out.

Zhang Jinhua is another neighbor Liu Yinyin met in the county town.

"Auntie Zhang." When Liu Yinyin came to the county town to sell pork before, she wanted to find her, but no one was at Zhang Jinhua's house at that time.

Zhang Jinhua looked at Liu Yinyin's posture, looked around, and asked her in a low voice: "Yinyin, did you bring something good again?"

Liu Yinyin also made two transactions with Zhang Jinhua, and her family's conditions were better than those of Aunt Zhou.

However, Zhang Jinhua and his wife both work in the hospital, so they rarely run into each other.

Since they had met, Liu Yinyin said, "Auntie Zhang, come in and sit down..."

Leading Zhang Jinhua into the main room, Liu Yinyin lifted the cotton cloth on the basket and asked her, "Auntie Zhang, do you want these things?"

"Yes...I want it." Zhang Jinhua said impatiently. They were all food, so how could she not want them?

However, Zhang Jinhua's family had money but no supplies, so she always spent money to buy things with Liu Yinyin.

This time was the same: a rabbit, twenty eggs, and more than two kilograms of eggplants, and Liu Yinyin charged her twelve yuan.

Zhang Jinhua was quite surprised to see the juicy eggplants: "You still have eggplants in your hometown at this time?"

This month, there are very few fresh vegetables for sale in the supply and marketing cooperatives, mostly radishes, cabbages and potatoes.

Liu Yinyin has already thought of what to say.