Chapter 222 Harvesting Radishes

Unless people have been growing vegetables in the house for a long time, or like Huang Laizi's family, have a Feng Shui treasure land to grow things.

In fact, these possibilities are not impossible.

The villagers are not stupid. Who wants to go hungry during a famine?

Some families would definitely try to grow something to eat.

However, unlike Liu Yinyin, even if she has other ways of growing vegetables, she will not let the whole village know about it.

Anyway, it's worth going and taking a look.

Liu Yinyin nodded and said, "Let's take a look first. If they are fresh radishes, I will definitely buy them."

Radishes are very suitable for drying. Moreover, dried radishes taste good and are delicious when stir-fried with meat or peppers.

You can stock up more. After all, dried radishes will not go bad even if they are stored for a year or so.

Jiang Cuihua stood up and said, "Okay, I'll go talk to your second aunt now..."

Seeing her in such a hurry, Liu Yinyin said from behind: "Mom, can you please ask if I can exchange wild boar for radishes?"

There are still sixty or seventy kilograms of wild boar meat at home, and Liu Yinyin wants to sell it as soon as possible.

It was noon and Liu Yinyin soaked a handful of dried wild mushrooms.

Liu Yinyin cut a small piece of lean meat and chopped it into pieces, added some green vegetables, and added the freshly soaked dried mushrooms, and cooked two bowls of three-fresh noodles for lunch.

Just after finishing the meal, Jiang Cuihua ran to tell Liu Yinyin that her second aunt wanted to take them to her nephew's house in the afternoon to exchange radishes.

Liu Yinyin asked casually: "Why are you so anxious?"

Jiang Cuihua said, "Your second aunt's nephew is having a wedding, and they are in a hurry to exchange some food or meat for two tables of banquets."

Country people had no food coupons or meat coupons, so it was not easy to buy things, and they could only find ways to exchange with others.

Liu Yinyin suddenly realized.

Jiang Cuihua said that her second aunt's nephew's home was quite far away, so she had to hurry to leave, otherwise she would not be able to come back until dark.

Upon hearing this, Liu Yinyin did not delay any longer and packed up to go out.

Send Gu Yanyan to the Liu family.

She went to look for her second aunt together with Jiang Cuihua.

The conditions at Liu Yinyin's second uncle's home are slightly better than Liu's.

But after two years of famine, no one in the village was spared.

Liu Yinyin remembered that her second aunt used to be quite plump, but now she has lost a lot of weight and her complexion is not as pretty as before.

But his personality was still as enthusiastic as ever. When he saw Liu Yinyin, he immediately pulled her and said, "It's so cold, come in and drink a bowl of hot water to drive away the cold..."

Second Aunt made two bowls of brown sugar water for them.

"Thank you, Second Auntie."

Liu Yinyin was fine. She seldom interacted with the Second Master's family on a daily basis, so it was normal for her to be polite.

Jiang Cuihua was different. The two families were relatives and lived close to each other, so she had a good relationship with the second aunt.

She waved her hands and said, "Drink it yourself. I'm not thirsty."

It is not easy for people in the countryside to collect some brown sugar, and regular guests like her do not need to be entertained.

The second aunt smiled and gave the brown sugar water to her grandson.

She sat down at the side, glanced at Liu Yinyin and asked, "I heard from your mother that you want to exchange wild boar meat for radishes?"

Liu Yinyin nodded. On the way, she chatted with Jiang Cuihua: "Gu Cheng had hunted a small wild boar before, and there was still some meat left..."

We also kill pigs at home, but the taste of domestic pork and wild boar is different. Everyone knows this after eating it, so there is no need to lie.

After a pause, Liu Yinyin continued to ask: "Can I exchange it? If not... I can exchange it with other things."

In fact, you can exchange it with food, we have plenty of food at home.

"Of course we can." Second Aunt said with a smile, "My nephew is worried about not being able to buy meat."

It is harder for them to buy meat than to buy grain. In the past two years, few people in the village have raised pigs, so they go to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy...

Not to mention whether they can buy it, even if there is pork, they don’t have meat coupons.

Liu Yinyin smiled and told her: "Second Aunt, I brought about ten kilograms of wild boar meat to exchange for radishes. Is that enough? If not, I'll go home and get some more."

Just like last time, the wild boar meat was frozen into a hard lump of ice. After thawing, it weighed about five or six pounds of pork.

The second aunt was not sure either: "It should be enough. If it is not enough, let him come to the village to exchange it himself."

After sitting for a while, the second aunt led them out.

Her nephew lives in Tongjia Village, which is about ten miles away from Liujia Village and takes two hours to walk there.

Liu Yinyin's family does have a bicycle, but there is snow on the road, so it is not safe to ride a bicycle.

They could only walk there.

Jiang Cuihua was also free at home, so she followed Liu Yinyin to take a look.

By the way, I can also give her some advice.

Liu Yinyin didn't bring much wild boar meat, so she carried it on her back on the way.

When they arrived at Tongjia Village, Second Aunt took them to her nephew Tong Dali's home.

Liu Yinyin rolled her eyes. Tongjia Village was surrounded by mountains on all sides. There were not many residents in the village. At a rough glance, there were only twenty or thirty households.

Compared to other families, Tong Dali's house looks pretty good, with a big yard and it's kept clean.

When Tong Dali saw the second aunt coming, he immediately guessed her purpose and led the people into the house with a smile.

"Aunt, please sit down..."

They weren't really here to visit relatives; they had to go back soon and there was no one else around.

The second aunt coughed twice and got straight to the point: "Da Li, do you have any radishes at home?"

Tong Dali nodded hurriedly: "Yes, do you want to change the carrots?"

The second aunt nodded and asked Tong Dali to bring a basket of radishes so that Jiang Cuihua and her daughter could see whether they were fresh.

The radishes in the basket were all very large, with fresh soil still on them and their stems were still green. They looked like radishes that had just been picked.

Liu Yinyin thought to herself, in such a cold weather, I wonder how Tong Dali managed to grow such fresh radishes.

Tong Dali asked: "How much do you want to exchange?"

Judging from his tone, he seems to have stockpiled a lot of radishes at home.

Liu Yinyin was silent for a moment and said, "I brought five or six pounds of wild boar meat, and I want to exchange it with you for some radishes."

She wanted to dry some radishes and store them, but there were not many people in her family, so there was no need to buy too much, just enough to eat.

Jiang Cuihua had no intention of changing radishes. In her eyes, she had been eating radishes and cabbage for most of her life and was tired of them.

It’s better to pick some vegetables and stir-fry them at home.

When he heard that there was five or six pounds of wild boar meat, Tong Dali's eyes lit up.

After thinking for a while, he asked, "One pound of wild boar meat for eight pounds of radishes?"

According to previous market conditions, one pound of pork can be exchanged for more than ten pounds of vegetables.

But now it is winter, so vegetables will definitely be more expensive.

But...Liu Yinyin was a guest brought by the second aunt, and white radishes were indeed not easy to sell.

Tong Dali did not raise the price much.

Besides, he was really anxious for pork.

Everyone just takes what they need, and there is no planning or no planning.