Chapter 282 Fertile Soil

The young man stared at her warily, pouting and saying, "My pretty aunt gave it to me."

Liu Yinyin: “…”

She guessed that it was something to eat, probably the candy that Gu Yanyan liked.

Liu Yinyin coughed twice and said to the boy, "Have you forgotten what your mother told you? If children eat too much sugar, their teeth will be damaged."

Gu Yanyan held up a finger and said, "One a day."

Liu Yinyin didn't say she would confiscate the candy, she just said, "Let me count how many candies Aunt Rose gave you?"

Gu Yanyan sniffed: "Mine."

Liu Yinyin: "...I know it's yours, so mom will count."

Fortunately, the boy didn't really take her as a monster and took out all the candies in his pocket.

I stuffed a bag full of White Rabbit candies, which was quite a lot.

Liu Yinyin counted them and found there were fifteen. The kid must have eaten one or two.

After eating so much candy, do you still have this tooth?

The mother and son looked at each other. Liu Yinyin was worried about the little guy's teeth, and Gu Yanyan was worried that his candy would be confiscated.

After a while, Liu Yinyin rubbed the boy's hair and discussed with him: "You can keep the candy yourself, but a man must keep his word. You can only eat one candy a day, understand?"

It's not a good idea for her to control everything all the time. She has to cultivate the self-awareness of the little boy.

Gu Yanyan stuffed the White Rabbit candies on the ground into his pocket and nodded his head: "I know, one a day."

Liu Yinyin hummed: "Okay, here are fifteen candies, one a day, for the next fifteen days, you are not allowed to ask me for candy, understand?"

Gu Yanyan hooked his little finger and found that he could not count to fifteen days. Both hands were not enough to count. Isn’t that a lot of days?

Liu Yinyin almost laughed out loud when she saw this. She teased the little guy: "What's wrong, Yanyan can't do it?"

Gu Yanyan straightened his back and said solemnly: "I... can!"

Dad said that he is a boy and boys can't do it.

Liu Yinyin nodded with satisfaction: "Okay, little Gu Yanyan, if you don't keep your word, Mommy won't trust you anymore."

As she was saying this, Liu Yinyin heard someone knocking on the door.

I thought it was Zheng Qiangwei, but when I opened the door, it turned out to be Ma Guilan.

"Come in and sit down..." Liu Yinyin asked in confusion, "Sister-in-law, why didn't you bring the eldest and second daughters over to play?"

Ma Guilan took a sip of water and waved her hands, saying, "Don't mention it. Since we moved into the building, the two girls have been going out to visit friends every day. They are busier than me as their mother."

"I'm looking forward to the military school starting soon, otherwise the two girls will be too playful."

Liu Yinyin smiled and said, "It's good for girls to be more lively."

Ma Guilan opened her mouth and was about to say something when she suddenly heard a series of "chirp" sounds.

She followed the sound and saw a few fluffy chicks in the basin...

Ma Guilan exclaimed, "Oh!" and asked curiously, "You raise chickens?"

Liu Yinyin said happily: "I just exchanged them in the village. They were all hens."

Ma Guilan couldn't help but say with envy: "Your family is still the best. Living in a building, you can't raise chickens. Otherwise, I would have caught a few hens and raised them."

Raising chickens means you can eat eggs. It’s not like now, when Tian Pinggui only has so many egg tickets in a month, and there are four people in his family, so they have to eat eggs sparingly.

Of course, you can also go to the villagers' homes to exchange eggs, but the price of eggs is not cheap, even more expensive than seafood.

I wonder if I can exchange some eggs at the market the day after tomorrow...

Ma Guilan came to her senses and told Liu Yinyin, "I heard that the island will have a market the day after tomorrow. Remember to go and see it then. I won't come to see you."

Tian Pinggui happens to be resting the day after tomorrow, so the four of them will go together.

Liu Yinyin was also very interested in the gathering: "I remember, I will definitely go the day after tomorrow."

"Buy more things," Ma Guilan reminded. "The ban on fishing is coming soon. I heard that this is the last time to buy before the ban. We have to wait three or four months until the next one."

The island chose this day to hold the market so that everyone can stock up on more things before the sea ban.

At noon, after Gu Cheng came back, he also mentioned this matter to Liu Yinyin.

"I'll be off the day after tomorrow too, so we can go to the market and buy some more things then."

Liu Yinyin was not too worried about the sea ban. Once she went to work at the supply and marketing cooperative, she wouldn't have to worry about having no vegetables to eat.

She was thinking about something else: "Rose gave me the bicycle ticket. I want to go to Qing City early to buy the bicycle back."

Gu Cheng is only free the day after tomorrow. If he rushes to meet up, he won’t be able to go to Qing City with Liu Yinyin.

He thought for a moment and said, "How about I say hello to the people at the supply and marketing cooperative and ask them to bring the bicycle back?"

This also saves Liu Yinyin from having to make a special trip. When the weather is good, there are supply ships coming into the island every morning. If you have acquaintances, you can ask them to help bring the supplies.

Liu Yinyin was surprised when she heard this and said, "Is this possible?"

It's quite tiring to go out to the island. If possible, Liu Yinyin doesn't want to make a long trip.

Gu Cheng smiled and said, "It should be fine."

Liu Yinyin was delighted: "I'll tell Rose later, she seems to want to buy a bicycle too."

Zheng Qiangwei probably didn't want to leave the island either. Liu Yinyin had heard her mention that she suffered from severe seasickness.

In the afternoon, Gu Cheng came back a little late, and brought two people with him. One was Xiao He, and the other was also a little warrior.

Several people were carrying sacks on their shoulders, which looked quite heavy.

It was a few bags of fertile soil... Liu Yinyin didn't expect Gu Cheng to be so efficient. They just discussed growing vegetables last night.

In just one day, he brought back the fertile soil.

The sack was not light, and the men were exhausted after carrying it all the way.

Liu Yinyin quickly poured a few cups of tea and said, "Comrades, would you like to have dinner here tonight?"

It doesn't take her much time to cook a few bowls of noodles.

Xiao He drank a glass of water in two or three gulps and said with a smile: "No, sister-in-law, we have already eaten in the cafeteria."

Before leaving, Liu Yinyin stuffed them with two handfuls of White Rabbit milk candies.

If it were Gu Cheng, he would just stuff the cigarettes into their mouths.

Liu Yinyin thinks smoking is a bad thing, and besides, White Rabbit milk candy is not cheap, so it is not considered rude for her to do so.

We have fertile soil, but we still need wooden boxes to grow vegetables.

There is no shortage of seeds. When she came, Liu Yinyin brought some cabbage seeds.

Besides, she has a system.

After dinner, Gu Cheng wanted to make some wooden boxes by himself.

Liu Yinyin worriedly said, "Why don't we do it in two days? Your hand has just healed."

"It's okay." Gu Cheng went back to the house and got the tools. "My left hand was injured, it won't affect my work."

Liu Yinyin knew that he was anxious, so she stopped persuading him and helped him build the wooden box.