Chapter 179 Sending Sweet Potatoes
Liu Yinyin returned to her room with the money.
Gu Cheng saw that she looked depressed and asked, "What did your parents say?"
"Nothing." Liu Yinyin shrugged, "My mother just gave me money."
He even brought so much food, fearing that she, as a lady of honor, would suffer any loss.
In fact, Liu Yinyin didn't just want to support her parents.
I just think that the current economic situation is not good, and with her help, the Liu family can better get through this difficult period.
The next day.
When Liu Yinyin got up, she found that Jiang Cuihua had already prepared breakfast.
"Mom, just wait for me to get up and make breakfast." Liu Yinyin looked at the time. It was not yet seven o'clock.
Jiang Cuihua brought the food to the table and glared at her: "I don't know how long I have to wait for you to get up and make breakfast."
It is uncommon for a country girl to sleep so late. Jiang Cuihua was used to waking up early. She got up before six o'clock. With nothing to do, she washed the clothes at home.
Made breakfast again.
Liu Yinyin smiled awkwardly and asked, "How's Dad?"
She didn't see Liu Lai Fu in the main room just now, and it seemed that he was not at home.
Jiang Cuihua smiled knowingly: "Your father got up a long time ago and looks much better today. He said he was bored staying in the house and wanted to go out for a walk, so Gu Cheng went with him."
Not to mention, people who are used to living in the countryside find it difficult to adapt when they first come to the city.
In the countryside, people either work together or sit together and chat about family matters.
Unlike in the city, everyone has their own job, and even if you live next door to each other, it is rare to see each other.
Let alone the relationship. We hardly see each other, so how good can it be?
Liu Yinyin didn't feel anything. In the countryside, her family lived at the end of the village and she had no neighbors.
Jiang Cuihua keeps her breakfast simple: cornmeal dumplings, porridge, a plate of Chinese cabbage, and a plate of scrambled eggs with spinach.
The Chinese cabbage and spinach were brought by Gu Cheng from the countryside yesterday.
I also brought water spinach, leeks, eggplant, cucumber, half a basket of eggs, and a few radishes.
Vegetables don’t last long in the summer, so don’t bring too many with you. Just bring enough for two or three days.
Jiang Cuihua knew that vegetables were expensive in the county, so she said, "After we finish eating these, I will go back and pick some for you so you don't have to spend money to buy them."
Liu Yinyin smiled and said, "...Don't bother. I'll go to the supply and marketing cooperative to see if there are any vegetables for sale. The vegetables there are not expensive."
The price of vegetables in the supply and marketing cooperative has indeed not increased much, but Liu Yinyin has heard from Aunt Zhou that the supply and marketing cooperative does not supply many vegetables.
If you want to buy it, you have to queue up before dawn. If you go too late, you won’t be able to buy it.
Liu Yinyin didn't really want to buy vegetables from the supply and marketing cooperative, she just wanted to find an excuse to smuggle some vegetables out of the system.
Besides, Liu Yinyin didn’t grow many vegetables this year, so there wasn’t enough to eat.
Jiang Cuihua nodded: "If I can't buy it, forget it."
Only the ladies' families are so particular about this. They have to cook two or three dishes for every meal, saying something like... to ensure nutritional balance.
In the countryside, the harvest has been bad in the past two years, and the villagers are lucky to have a few meals to eat.
As for vegetables... they are nothing but wild vegetables.
After breakfast, Gu Cheng went to work.
Liu Lai Fu sat at the door of the main room with a radio next to him. He listened to the radio while watching Gu Yanyan playing in the yard.
The boy took a small shovel and dug the mud on the ground.
Someone helps take care of the children and there is nothing else to do at home.
Liu Yinyin was thinking about going out. She hadn't lived in the county town for a long time, so she had to move some supplies out.
After saying hello to Jiang Cuihua, Liu Yinyin was about to go out with her basket.
Unexpectedly, she ran into Liu Mingyuan and Huang Xiaoyue walking towards her.
"Third brother, third sister-in-law, why are you here?" Liu Yinyin asked in surprise.
Liu Lai-fu is taken care of by Jiang Cui-hua, and food was brought to him yesterday. I wonder what the young couple is here for today.
"Little sister..." Huang Xiaoyue looked around and said with a smile, "Let's go inside and talk."
Both of them were carrying large backpacks, which were covered so tightly that it was impossible to tell what was inside.
Liu Yinyin's eyes flashed, and she quickly led them into the house and closed the door.
Liu Lai Fu and the others were also surprised when they saw their youngest son and his wife coming.
"Dad, Mom." Liu Mingyuan said mysteriously, "Xiaoyue and I have brought you some good things."
"What good stuff?" Jiang Cuihua put down the work in her hands and hurried out of the main room.
Liu Mingyuan couldn't suppress the smile on his face, he reached out and lifted the straw covering the backpack.
I saw a basket of red-skinned fruits sticking out from the bottom. They were sweet potatoes!
As expected, Liu Yinyin was surprised and asked, "Xiaoyue, have you harvested the sweet potatoes you planted?"
About half a month ago, Huang Xiaoyue whispered to her that Huang Laizi wanted to harvest the sweet potatoes.
But during that time, the villagers of Shuangxi Village were busy carrying water and watering the fields. Nothing was more important than the food from the fields.
Therefore, Huang Laizi didn't want to take leave rashly, and the task of digging sweet potatoes was postponed until now.
Huang Xiaoyue smiled widely and nodded, "They've all been harvested. My father asked me to send you two baskets of sweet potatoes."
Originally, she was still struggling with how to give the sweet potatoes to her parents-in-law, and it was not appropriate to bring them directly to the Liu family.
It just so happened that the old couple moved to the county town, so she sent the sweet potatoes here.
As for her and Liu Mingyuan, that wasn't important. They often returned to Shuangxi Village and would never lack sweet potatoes to eat.
It’s not that she is stingy and is reluctant to give the sweet potatoes to other members of the Liu family.
However, the fewer people who knew about his father growing sweet potatoes in the mountains, the better.
"Oh, why are you so polite, my dear relative." Jiang Cuihua couldn't stop smiling when she saw two baskets full of fresh sweet potatoes.
Jiang Cuihua knew about their sweet potato harvesting in the mountains, but she kept her mouth shut and never revealed a word to anyone except her husband.
Liu Yinyin was stunned when she heard this: "...Why don't you sell it for money, or exchange it for other supplies?"
She just thought that Liu Mingyuan and his wife came here with sweet potatoes because they wanted her to help them dispose of them.
Unexpectedly...the two baskets of sweet potatoes were actually given to them by Huang Laizi.
These two baskets of sweet potatoes weigh at least 100 kilograms.
There is famine everywhere now. One hundred kilograms of sweet potatoes can be sold for a lot of money.
Huang Xiaoyue smiled shyly: "My dad said that it's not the autumn harvest yet, and selling fresh sweet potatoes now will inevitably make people suspicious. It won't be too late to store them in the cellar for a while before selling them."
Huang Laizi thought about it and decided to be cautious. He decided not to sell the sweet potatoes until the autumn harvest.
If the harvest is too bad this year, they might not sell it.
In times of famine, nothing is more important than food.
At this moment, Huang Laizi did not know that in the near future he would be extremely grateful for the decision he made at this time.