Chapter 148 Sweet Potato

However, it was impossible for her to use the food from her own family to support her husband's family.

Thinking that she might go hungry in the future, Huang Xiaoyue worked harder.

They arrived late today, and the two of them haven't planted even half an acre of land yet.

Liu Yinyin looked up at the sky. It was getting late. They should go back and get down the mountain before dark.

"Let's leave it at that for today. We can plant the remaining sweet potatoes tomorrow." Liu Yinyin stopped what she was doing, packed up her things and prepared to go home.

Huang Xiaoyue was also a country girl, and she knew it was unsafe to be on the mountain at night. She nodded and added, "I'll come with you tomorrow. Let's come earlier and try to finish planting these sweet potato seedlings in one day."

Otherwise, if the sweet potato seedlings are left for too long, the germination rate will be affected.

Liu Yinyin was a little worried: "Mom's side..."

Jiang Cuihua probably wanted Huang Xiaoyue to go to the fields to earn work points. In those days, without work points, there would be no food.

There are two daughters-in-law in the family. We have to treat them equally, otherwise they will have opinions.

We are both daughters-in-law, so why can Huang Xiaoyue do nothing all day and go back to her parents' home?

It would have been fine if there was no work before, but now it is the busy farming season and the villagers are busy working in the fields.

If Huang Xiaoyue doesn't work, not only will she talk nonsense about the Liu family, but other villagers will also gossip about her.

Some people saw her often interacting with Liu Yinyin and thought she wanted to imitate her sister-in-law.

Unfortunately...the villagers all whispered behind her back that she didn't have that fate.

Huang Xiaoyue waved her hands and said, "It's okay. One more day won't be a big deal. I'll go back to work in the fields after I finish this."

She didn't feel guilty at all. When she got married, Huang Xiaoyue brought enough food for a whole year.

This year, if her work points are not enough, she can go back to her parents' home and get some more food.

In short, she definitely won't eat other people's food.

Seeing that she had made up her mind, Liu Yinyin admired her in her heart. This girl was a person with her own ideas.

We went down the mountain a little faster than we went up, and when we got home, the sky was gradually getting dark.

However, Gu Cheng has already returned home.

When he came back, he found no one at home. He thought that Liu Yinyin and her son had gone to Liu's house to play, so he went to Liu's house to look for them.

Unfortunately, I only saw Gu Yanyan playing with a few nephews and nieces at Liu's house, but I didn't see Liu Yinyin.

I heard from Jiang Cuihua that Liu Yinyin and Huang Xiaoyue, their sister-in-law, went to the mountains to pick wild vegetables.

Gu Cheng took his son back first.

He prepared dinner at home before Liu Yinyin slowly returned home carrying the backpack. After working in the mountains for an entire afternoon, Liu Yinyin was now completely dirty.

Gu Cheng saw the remaining sweet potato seedlings in the basket: "......"

Gu Cheng guessed what Liu Yinyin was doing on the mountain, but he didn't tell her. He just put her things away and reminded her, "Come back earlier next time."

The later it gets, the less safe it becomes on the mountain.

It was indeed inappropriate to go home so late. Liu Yinyin smiled and said, "I understand."

Huang Xiaoyue came with her and wanted to leave the things with her.

Otherwise, if other people in the Liu family saw it, I would have to explain it.

Liu Yinyin asked her to wait for a moment and took out a box of peanut nougat and a bag of dates from the room for her.

These snacks were brought back from the capital by Gu Cheng when he was on a business trip last year, and they have not been finished yet.

Huang Xiaoyue didn’t know that the things were bought in the capital, but just by looking at the packaging she knew that the two boxes of food must not be cheap.

She was too embarrassed to accept it: "Leave it for Yanyan to eat."

Liu Yinyin smiled and said, "He can't eat much yet. There are still a lot of snacks at home. If he doesn't eat them, they will go bad."

This is true. Gu Cheng always likes to buy snacks for the mother and son. However, since Gu Yanyan is young, he dare not give him too much.

Gu Cheng didn't eat himself, and Liu Yinyin couldn't eat much by herself, so over time, a bunch of snacks accumulated in the cabinet.

Huang Xiaoyue smiled awkwardly and said, "Then I'll take it back and feed the kids."

People at that time were simple and frugal. If there were good things at home, they would give them to their children.

Although Huang Xiaoyue is not a mother yet, she knows how to love her children.

My body was really dirty and covered with sticky sweat stains.

Liu Yinyin took a shower and changed into clean clothes before eating.

Gu Cheng made two dishes, fried eggs with chili peppers and spicy and sour shredded potatoes, and the staple food was corn steamed buns.

Vegetables are no longer grown in Huanglaizi's area, and the vegetables planted in the yard have not yet sprouted.

So, during this period, they had no fresh vegetables to eat.

After a winter, only some potatoes, radishes, and a few pumpkins were left in the house.

If you want to eat green vegetables, you can only go up the mountain to dig wild vegetables.

After a busy afternoon, Liu Yinyin is very hungry.

Seeing that she was eating in a hurry, Gu Cheng picked up an egg with his chopsticks and put it in her bowl. Only then did he ask, "Did you go to the mountains to plant sweet potatoes?"

Liu Yinyin swallowed the egg in her mouth and told him: "It's so dry. Everyone says that the autumn harvest will definitely be reduced this year. I thought... I could plant some sweet potatoes on the mountain and then find a way to hand them over to the village. At least we can have more food."

She didn't dare to say the specific situation was too serious.

Gu Cheng knew that she was quite courageous, but he did not expect her to do this.

He did not object because he also knew that the situation was serious.

Before this, Gu Cheng was still thinking about buying another batch of food.

Unfortunately, food is difficult to exchange. Last year, not many places in the county or province had a good harvest.

If you want to exchange food, you have to go outside the province, which is time-consuming and laborious.

Gu Cheng asked a friend who was a transporter to bring back some food.

I don’t know if it can be done.

Even if it succeeds, it won't be enough to buy much food.

Planting sweet potatoes on the mountain is indeed a good idea. Gu Cheng thought about it and said, "Next time I have a break, I will go to the mountain with you."

Today is Wednesday and he still has a few days to rest.

Liu Yinyin said vaguely: "...Then I will ask my third sister-in-law to go to Shuangxi Village to exchange some sweet potato seedlings."

She was not telling the truth. Food is so precious now, how could she exchange it for sweet potato sprouts?

Although Shuangxi Village has a lot of sweet potatoes, the land is now collectively owned. If an individual wants to exchange sweet potato seedlings...

If the quantity was small, it might work, but Liu Yinyin wanted a lot, and it would definitely not work to blatantly exchange so many sweet potato seedlings.

Therefore, Liu Yinyin had smuggled dozens of kilograms of sweet potatoes into the system and asked Huang Xiaoyue to bring them to Huang Laizi to help grow the seedlings.

Today, Huang Xiaoyue only carried part of it, and the other part...

If Gu Cheng hadn't said it, Liu Yinyin would have planned to give the other part of the sweet potato seedlings to Huang Laizi.

Otherwise, if she went up the mountain alone every day, it would easily arouse suspicion.

Since Gu Cheng will accompany her, Liu Yinyin is not afraid anymore.

Early the next morning, Liu Yinyin got up and prepared breakfast.

We have to go to the mountain early today, and in order to save time, we won’t come back at noon.

This means she has to prepare more food to take to the mountain.