Chapter 266 Spring Ploughing
Not only Liu Mingyuan's two sons, but also Liu Erge's younger son.
It's not the busy farming season yet, otherwise...
Jiang Cuihua has to take care of three grandchildren at once, and the thought of it makes her feel overwhelmed.
Liu Mingyuan was about to go back after delivering the things. Recently, everyone at home has been very busy, so he had to go back to help.
Liu Yinyin asked him to wait a moment and picked out a bag of dried kelp, a bag of shrimp, a bag of dried silverfish, and a bag of dried sea cucumber from the dried seafood she received yesterday.
Let Liu Mingyuan take it back and eat.
Liu Mingyuan was really surprised: "So much? Little sister, save some for yourself."
They are all dry goods, and there is a big bag of one pound.
Liu Yinyin smiled and said, "I still have some at home. It's a rare trip to the island, so I should bring you some local specialties. Don't worry, these dried seafood are not expensive."
After that, Liu Yinyin briefly introduced: "Tell mom that small shrimps and dried silverfish can be stir-fried, and kelp and sea cucumber can be stewed into soup. They are good for the body, and Third Sister-in-law can eat them too."
This time she bought a lot of dried seafood. She would be joining the army soon, so she could only share more with the Liu family.
Looking back, I have to evenly distribute some of them to Huang Laizi. After receiving so many spring bamboo shoots from him, I can't just not show any appreciation at all.
The basket of spring bamboo shoots Huang Laizi sent was the same as last time, weighing about fifty kilograms...
It seems that there are quite a lot of bamboo forests in Shuangxi Village. I can continue to do business with him in the future and won’t have to worry about having no bamboo shoots to eat.
As before, she kept a few bamboo shoots to eat fresh, and for the rest, Liu Yinyin peeled the skin, cut them into slices, and dried them on the stove.
The weather has not been very good recently. It has not rained, but the sun has not come out either. It has been gloomy every day.
The villagers looked worried because spring ploughing was about to begin.
It is not suitable to rain at this time, as it will delay the progress of spring ploughing.
Fortunately, after two days, the sky finally cleared up.
It was also on this day that the whistle for spring ploughing was officially sounded in the village, and the villagers suddenly became busy.
The people in the Liu family were even busier. In addition to Huang Xiaoyue who was in confinement after giving birth, there was also Jiang Cuihua who took care of her and the child.
Everyone else went to work in the fields. Spring ploughing is the top priority in the village and they cannot take leave easily.
Jiang Cuihua was also very busy at home. Apart from other things, just taking care of her three grandchildren was enough to overwhelm her.
Liu Yinyin's family affairs were almost all arranged, and only a few chickens and rabbits were left at home......
At that time, there were restrictions on raising chickens. It was stipulated that a household could only raise five chickens at most, and no one would say anything if they raised one or two more.
But it is definitely not possible to raise ten chickens at once, otherwise Liu Yinyin would have given a few chickens to the Liu family to raise.
Liu Yinyin stocked up on bacon and sausage, and now she doesn’t want to pickle chicken and rabbit meat anymore.
This kind of rancid taste is not good for your health if you eat too much.
After much thought, Liu Yinyin decided to just sell the chickens and rabbits.
Anyway, the price of meat is high at this time, so I won’t suffer a loss if I sell it.
There was nothing to do at home, so Liu Yinyin would come to the Liu family when she had time to help Jiang Cuihua with some work.
When she gave birth before, it was Jiang Cuihua who took care of her during the confinement period and helped take care of Yanyan.
While Jiang Cuihua was doing housework, Liu Yinyin helped hold the baby, as she had some experience in taking care of children.
Knowing that Liu Yinyin was planning to sell the chickens and rabbits at home, Jiang Cuihua suddenly thought and said, "It's okay to sell the rabbits. There's nothing to feed them anyway. Don't sell the chickens. Your father and I can help you feed them later. It won't be a big deal."
These are all hens that lay eggs. It would be a shame to sell them.
Liu Yinyin paused and said hesitantly, "...Is this okay if I don't live at home? Will others say anything?"
It would be not worth it to be reported because of a few chickens.
Jiang Cuihua waved her hands and said, "This is the first time we've encountered something like this. Let's keep it and try it out. If it really doesn't work, we can sell it later."
This is the first time this has happened to them and they don’t understand anything. If it is really not allowed, the village chief will come and inform them.
Liu Yinyin thought about it and thought, if that’s the case...it doesn’t seem like it’s impossible?
As long as Jiang Cuihua and the others are not afraid of trouble, it will be fine.
Liu Yinyin said: "Mom, if you are willing to raise the chicken, you can eat the eggs when the time comes."
Eggs are fragile and cannot be sent to the island.
Jiang Cuihua sighed, "We have enough eggs at home. If I get more eggs later, I'll go to the market and exchange them for some other food and send them to you."
Liu Yinyin was slightly stunned: "... market?"
There used to be a big market in the village, but due to the famine in recent years, the market has been suspended.
Jiang Cuihua nodded with a smile on her face: "I forgot to tell you that after the spring plowing is over, the market in the village will reopen."
The people were redistributed their own private plots and could grow their own food in the future.
In addition, the method of growing vegetables on stoves has spread to various villages. Although the common people still cannot have enough food to eat, they will not starve to death.
The reopening of the market is a good thing for the people.
Liu Yinyin understood and said, "Mom, you can handle the egg issue yourself, but...if you and Dad have time, you can grow some vegetables or sweet potatoes in the vegetable garden in my yard."
Liu Yinyin will be joining the army soon, so the village will not allocate her any private land, but there is still a vegetable garden in the yard.
It is a waste if the land is left uncultivated.
Jiang Cuihua also thought so: "Okay, your father will definitely be willing to do it."
Suddenly thinking of something, Jiang Cuihua asked again: "By the way, are you raising pigs this year? If you want to, we will help you raise a pig like we did last year."
Liu Yinyin refused without thinking: "No, you can raise two pigs yourself. I can't finish a whole pig. It's not good for your health to eat too much bacon and bacon."
Raising pigs is actually quite profitable, but... the Liu family is short of labor right now, and they don't know if they can raise two pigs.
Jiang Cuihua had never heard anyone say that eating too much bacon and sausage was bad for the body, but most people couldn't eat much bacon.
The lady is particular about food and must know a lot about it.
Seeing that she really didn't want to raise a pig, Jiang Cuihua said, "Okay, let's raise a pig this year."
She would like to keep two, but she just doesn't have the energy.
There are too many children in the family, and Jiang Cuihua is almost overwhelmed just by taking care of them.
Others have to go to the fields to earn work points, and they don't have the energy either.
Only after the Liu family returned from work did Liu Yinyin take Gu Yanyan home.
For a period of time afterwards, Liu Yinyin went to the Liu family to help take care of the children whenever she had time.
It is the spring ploughing season and the villagers are busy every day and working very hard.
But for the sake of food for next year, it is worth the effort.
However, when the spring plowing was halfway through, it suddenly started to rain.