Chapter 493 Qingming Fruit

After spring ploughing, all kinds of vegetables and fruits become more abundant.

It is inconvenient to eat fruits here, so Liu Yinyin thought about planting two fruit trees in the yard.

However, fruit trees have a long growth cycle.

It would take two or three years to get the fruit to eat, which was too long, so Liu Yinyin thought about it and decided to give up.

If you can't grow fruit trees, you can plant more cucumbers and tomatoes.

Then, I can give it to the triplets as a snack.

After knowing her idea, Zhou Xiaomei told her: "It's not easy to eat fruit. There are many mountains here, and there are villagers who grow fruit in nearby villages."

"There are people who grow mangoes and pineapples. They are quite cheap."

Fruits don’t last long, and we can’t eat them all at home, so we have to sell them at a low price.

Liu Yinyin nodded: "Okay, I'll buy some when I have time later."

Today, Zhou Xiaomei gave Liu Yinyin another big bunch of Chinese toon.

"This stuff is delicious when fried with eggs, but it's hard to pick."

Liu Yinyin thought of something and asked, "Sister-in-law, is there a big market in this village?"

If you can catch up, you will definitely find wild vegetables, fruits and so on for sale at the market, so you don't have to ask around.

Zhou Xiaomei said, "Yes, it is, but it is far away. If you want to catch up, it will take a whole day to go back and forth."

Liu Yinyin sighed inwardly: "It's so far..."

There is no one to leave at home, and it is not convenient to travel far with the triplets.

If it's too far, Liu Yinyin really can't go there. In this case, it would be better to buy things directly in the countryside.

That night, Liu Yinyin made fried eggs with Chinese toon, fried meat with chili peppers, and a green vegetable.

The staple food is white flour steamed buns.

Tomorrow is Sunday again, so Gu Yanyan should take a rest.

Gu Cheng hadn't had a vacation for a long time, so he took two days off. He had nothing else to do but to cultivate relationships with his sons.

The triplets can walk now and don't want to stay at home.

I have to go out for a walk every day.

It is really difficult for Liu Yinyin to take care of several children by herself.

The next morning, the family basked in the sun in the yard after breakfast.

The strawberries he planted were gone, so Gu Cheng re-turned the vegetable patch in the yard and planted vegetables.

This year, Liu Yinyin handed over the private plot allocated to the family to Zhou Xiaomei to manage.

Zhou Xiaomei wants to grow sweet potatoes and potatoes and give some to Liu Yinyin.

Liu Yinyin couldn't get away, so she just wasted time.

While we were busy, Zhou Xiaomei came to find Liu Yinyin to go to Dongpo Mountain.

The Qingming Festival is approaching, and they can't go back to their hometown to sweep the graves.

I can only go to the fields to dig some mugwort to make Qingming fruit.

Liu Yinyin had never made Qingming fruit by herself. It turned out that when she was in her hometown, Jiang Cuihua helped her make it.

However, Zhou Xiaomei knows how to make Qingming fruit, and Liu Yinyin can learn from her, so it is not a difficult thing.

In addition to mugwort, they also go to the mountains to pick some bamboo leaves and bring them back to make rice dumplings, as the Dragon Boat Festival is approaching.

If the weather is good, you can go there by bike.

Liu Yinyin brought a basket and a large sack.

Maybe I can dig up some fresh wild vegetables later.

I haven’t eaten wild vegetables for a long time. Liu Yinyin likes them very much recently.

Fried eggs with Chinese toon, dumplings stuffed with shepherd's purse and meat, elm money nests, stir-fried meat with wild celery, cold amaranth...

I eat it occasionally, and it tastes pretty good.

Liu Yinyin was riding a bicycle and Zhou Xiaomei was sitting behind her.

On the way, Zhou Xiaomei said to her, "Yinyin, I need to buy some bamboo shoots, peanuts, red beans and other things from the villagers. Do you want me to buy some for you as well?"

Making Qingming fruit and wrapping rice dumplings require seasoning.

Zhou Xiaomei plans to make Qingming fruit with bamboo shoots and preserved meat filling.

So, I have to find the villagers to buy some fresh bamboo shoots.

Liu Yinyin shook her head: "I won't buy it. My mother's family sent me some dried bamboo shoots, red beans and peanuts. I don't need to buy them."

Back in her hometown, Jiang Cuihua, Huang Xiaoyue, and Liu Hongmei would send things to Liu Yinyin.

I can hardly finish the dried goods at home, so there is really no need to buy more.

Zhou Xiaomei knew that Liu Yinyin often received packages from her hometown.

I couldn't help but envy her and said, "You are so good."

The husband's family doesn't need help, and the mother's family doesn't like to take advantage.

Unlike Zhou Xiaomei's family, the elders of the two families relied on Fan Zhenxing's salary and subsidies and only knew how to ask them for things.

If it weren't for the need to support the elderly on both sides, Zhou Xiaomei wouldn't have to spend a penny.

Liu Yinyin thought for a moment and said to her, "Sister-in-law, I know a few friends in the city... They have to rely on rationing for everything they eat, and the supply in the city is tight, so they often ask me to send them some mountain products from the countryside."

Zhou Xiaomei rolled her eyes and said, "...Yinyin, what do you mean by that?"

Liu Yinyin smiled and continued, "Live by the mountain, eat by the mountain; live by the water, eat by the water. The dried vegetables, bamboo shoots, and mushrooms I usually eat are all sent to me by my parents."

"City dwellers may not be able to eat these things."

Zhou Xiaomei understood: "So, you mean, we can sell mountain products to people in the city?"

There was no one else around, so Liu Yinyin nodded and said, "If you don't want to sell it for money, you can exchange it for other supplies."

Zhou Xiaomei thought of the defective cloth collected by Liu Yinyin's house... and other supplies.

Enamel basins, enamel cups, towels and so on are all used separately by the children in Liu Yinyin's family.

The cups for brushing teeth, drinking water, and drinking tea are also clearly separated.

Although supplies were scarce these days, Liu Yinyin's family had everything they needed.

It’s different at Zhou Xiaomei’s house. The bowls in the house are bought per person.

Each person has a bowl, and if one day the bowl is accidentally broken, you won’t be able to eat your meal.

There is also Fan Zhenxing, who uses an enamel basin to wash his face, take a bath and wash his feet.

No one is as particular as Liu Yinyin’s family.

However...

It would be a lie to say that I wasn't jealous of Liu Yinyin.

If conditions permit, everyone wants to live a good life.

Zhou Xiaomei was very tempted: "Can I exchange the defective cloth for enamel cups and basins?"

Liu Yinyin nodded: "It can be changed."

Zhou Xiaomei must believe in Liu Yinyin, thinking about the things in her house, most of them were probably exchanged.

Otherwise, a family of six, relying on the support of Gu Cheng alone, could not live such a comfortable life.

"Yinyin..." Zhou Xiaomei murmured, "I usually go up the mountain to look for wild vegetables and mushrooms. If you have any connections, can you help my sister-in-law? I also want to exchange some supplies to supplement the family income."

Liu Yinyin was waiting for Zhou Xiaomei to say this, so naturally she would not refuse.

"Okay, sister-in-law, but you'd better be careful and don't let others know."

Liu Yinyin didn't worry about anything else. As long as Zhou Xiaomei didn't tell anyone, there would be no problem.

After all, she wasn't really selling mountain products to people in the city, but to the system.

Liu Yinyin is taking care of the children at home and has no time to go up the mountain to dig wild vegetables.

It's a pity to do nothing, so I can only think of other ways to make some money.