Chapter 169 Busy

Huang Xiaoyue: “…”

What he said seems to make sense. Anyway, sweet potato leaves are definitely not poisonous, so I might as well give it a try later.

Huang Laizi nodded. He thought so too, and felt a little bit of anticipation in his heart.

If sweet potato leaves can be eaten as vegetables, in the future we can grow more grains and less vegetables in the fields.

After taking care of the sweet potato field, several people returned to the Huang family carrying baskets on their backs.

The honey here at Huanglaizi is the same as last time. One pound of fine grain or three pounds of coarse grain can be exchanged for one pound of honey.

Liu Yinyin brought six kilograms of cornmeal and wanted to exchange it for two kilograms of honey from Huang Laizi.

Huang Laizi knew that Liu Yinyin had a good relationship with the young lady and was also the young lady's sister-in-law.

Why would he accept her things? He simply said, "I'm giving it to you. No one wants to exchange honey for honey now anyway."

The villagers were running out of food, so it was impossible for them to exchange honey, something that could only be licked in the mouth.

Liu Yinyin declined politely, "Uncle... let's put it this way. If you don't accept it, I will be embarrassed to come to you to exchange honey in the future."

This pure natural honey can be kept for several years as long as it is properly stored.

The harvest in the past two years has been bad, but in the future... when the harvest gets better, it will still be in time to sell honey.

Seeing the two pushing each other, Huang Xiaoyue interrupted and said, "Dad, don't we have extra eggs at home? The weather is hot now, and eggs won't last long. Yinyin has a way to exchange them for food.

Daddy, go pick up some eggs for us to take away. I’ll bring them back to you after we exchange them for food. As for the honey…”

Huang Xiaoyue paused and continued, "Yinyin, please accept these two kilograms of honey as a thank you for helping us exchange food. Don't be polite."

Having said that, Liu Yinyin no longer refused.

I will compensate them when I have the chance in the future.

Helping to exchange food was just a natural thing to do and didn't require any reward. Huang Xiaoyue helped her a lot on a regular basis.

Huang Laizi's family had so many eggs that he collected two hundred and forty eggs and asked Liu Yinyin to help him exchange them for food.

About thirty kilograms.

Huang Laizi added: "Exchange as much as you can, and share the rest you can't exchange."

Huang Xiaoyue got married, and he couldn't bear to eat eggs when he was alone at home.

So many eggs...

Liu Yinyin was not worried that she would not be able to exchange it, but eggs were fragile and she was afraid of loss.

Huang Xiaoyue knew her worries and explained: "It's normal to have bumps and bruises. You won't be asked to pay for them. Besides, you can't help me for nothing. When the time comes, my father will give you some eggs. We have plenty of eggs at home anyway."

"That's not necessary. We have enough eggs at home." Liu Yinyin said with a smile, "...Actually, if it's not too much trouble for you, you can give me some sweet potato leaves. I really like them."

Sweet potato leaves are not valuable.

Huang Laizi agreed immediately: "I'll pick them for you when I have time."

If sweet potato leaves could be cooked, Huang Laizi would often go to the back mountain to pick sweet potato leaves to eat.

In times of famine, nothing is more important than filling your stomach.

It was getting late, so Huang Xiaoyue sat for a while and then carried the basket and went back to Liujia Village with Liu Yinyin.

The two men went empty-handed and returned with two baskets of things.

A basket of eggs and a basket of bamboo shoots.

The two of them each shared half of the bamboo shoots.

Liu Yinyin loves to eat fresh bamboo shoots, so she didn't bother to be polite to Huang Xiaoyue.

The sun has already set by now.

The people who went hunting in the mountains today have not returned yet.

Liu Yinyin cooked dinner and watered the vegetable patch in the yard.

Still no one was seen coming down the mountain.

"Nothing will happen, I hope." Jiang Cuihua couldn't help feeling anxious as her son-in-law and younger son had gone to the mountains to hunt.

Liu Yinyin was also a little worried.

Fortunately, the group finally went down the mountain before dark.

At this time, the foot of the mountain was very lively, and everyone came to see if they had hunted any wild animals.

Liu Yinyin left the little yellow dog to watch over the house.

I also went to join in the fun with Gu Yanyan.

"Dad..." Seeing Gu Cheng in the crowd, Gu Yanyan struggled to slide down from Liu Yinyin.

He ran to Gu Cheng with his short legs, hugged Gu Cheng's thighs and wanted to climb up. The little guy liked his father to hold him.

Gu Cheng is tall and can be spotted at a glance among a group of people.

Liu Yinyin looked him up and down, and seeing that he was fine, she felt relieved.

Gu Cheng picked up Gu Yanyan with his big hands and talked to Liu Changquan at the same time.

I went hunting in the mountains today and had a good harvest.

They hunted a large wild boar and two wild sheep.

There were also pheasants and wild rabbits, quite a lot of them, more than twenty in total.

The most important thing is that, thanks to Gu Cheng, no one who went up the mountain was injured, except for two people who had minor scratches, which were not serious.

The weather was hot and the meat would not keep well, so they did not kill the wild boars and sheep but tied them up with ropes.

However, he probably won't live long.

The two discussed how to deal with the wild boars and wild sheep.

The combined weight of the prey weighed about 500 kilograms.

According to Liu Changquan, he certainly wanted to take the wild boars and sheep to the county town as soon as possible to exchange for food.

But it’s so late now, I don’t know if it’s too late.

If that doesn’t work, you can only pickle it into salted meat first and then take it to the county town to exchange for food.

Gu Cheng thought for a moment and said, "Let's do it tonight. I'll go to the county town later to process the meat."

It was already dark, and the pork would not go bad if left overnight, so I took it to the county town and exchanged it with someone who was trading in supplies.

Meat is in high demand and will be sold out by tomorrow morning, so we don’t have to marinate it.

Liu Changquan naturally wanted nothing more than to do so. He said happily, "How many people should I ask to go with you?"

There is no way Gu Cheng could catch all the prey by himself.

Gu Cheng didn't plan to go alone, but he rejected Liu Changquan's suggestion and just said, "Just let Mingyuan go with me."

Two people are enough.

Liu Changquan knew that this should not be known to too many people, so he nodded and agreed.

He trusted Gu Cheng and was not worried that he would become greedy.

The prey was hunted by Gu Cheng and everyone else in the mountains, and...Gu Cheng was the great hero.

These prey should be shared equally.

He didn't eat in the cafeteria, so Liu Changquan wanted to give him some meat.

Gu Cheng didn't want any, he just asked for two pheasants.

During special periods, there is no need to make such clear distinctions.

Liu Changquan knew that Gu Cheng was taking care of the people in the village, and secretly remembered his favor.

After a tiring day, Gu Cheng went home for dinner first.

"Can we exchange food tonight?" Liu Yinyin asked him. She was a little worried that she couldn't exchange it and she wouldn't be able to pickle it in time.

She was afraid that the wild boar would go bad.

"It should be fine." Gu Cheng finished a corn bun in two bites and took a sip of soup.

For dinner, Liu Yinyin made braised pork, stir-fried sweet potato leaves and egg soup.