Half an hour later, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law brought the prepared lunch to the main room. The adults and children sat at the dining table, drooling over the fragrant pot of braised pork. Xiaoliu was even more drooling.
At noon, Wang specially picked two white radishes from her own vegetable garden, fried a large plate of shredded radish and motherwort, put two plates of pickled vegetables, and steamed a large bowl of egg custard and a large pot of porridge. This was the first time for the children to have such a sumptuous meal. No one spoke during the whole meal. They all lowered their heads to eat the braised pork in the bowl. The only sounds were the chewing sounds and the clatter of bowls and chopsticks.
Everyone was very satisfied after the meal. The kids all had round bellies. Xiaowu rubbed his belly with one hand, looking savoringly, "This meat is so delicious. I wish I could eat it every day!" The others nodded in agreement.
When Uncle Xu heard Xiaowu say this, he laughed and scolded him, "You little bastard, you still want to eat meat every day? Do you think the money to buy meat comes from the wind? You should thank Qibao for being able to eat meat. If it weren't for the ginseng that Qibao risked his life to collect, you wouldn't even be able to see a speck of oil!"
Qibao said, "Uncle, our family will eat meat every day from now on. Qibao has already thought of a way to make money!"
After hearing what Qibao said, the old man said, "Qibao, tell me what way you have thought of to make money?" Everyone looked at Qibao expectantly.
Qibao said, "Grandpa, do you remember me telling you that my master gave me a lot of gems? Besides gems, my master also has vegetables that we don't have here. I plan to sell these vegetables to the restaurant for money, so that I don't have to worry about running out of money at home!"
After hearing what Qibao said, the old man replied, "But does your master agree that you can take these things out? Will he blame you?"
Qibao smiled and said, "No, Master said I can take whatever he wants. He can't finish it all anyway. What's more, my Master is a deity. Sometimes he goes into seclusion for months without food or water to practice. Master's vegetables are so abundant that they can't even fit in anymore!"
The old man pondered and said, "Even if these vegetables can be sold to the restaurant, it will be difficult to explain their origin if the villagers find out after a long time!"
Qibao said, "We can tidy up the vegetable garden behind the house. I'll go get some vegetable seedlings from Master and plant them in the garden. Since the garden is fenced off anyway, outsiders can't see what's going on there. Then we can say we bought the seeds from some foreign barbarians."
The old man thought this was a good idea and nodded in agreement.
The four of them, mother-in-law, daughter-in-law and others, got up and quickly cleaned up the dishes. Grandpa Xu took his three sons to the vegetable garden behind the house to plow the soil. The vegetable garden was not small, but there were very few things planted there. There was only a small plot of green radishes and green onions.
The four of them, father and son, were busy loosening the soil of the empty land. Qibao looked at the land and had an idea in her mind. She planned to take out the tomatoes, potatoes, eggplants and peppers in the space and plant them in her own vegetable garden.
After washing the dishes, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law came to the vegetable garden to help. A few of the younger ones helped to clear the weeds and pile them together. They were busy for an hour before they finished.
"Qibao, the vegetable garden has been prepared. What do you think we should do next?" asked the old man.
"Grandpa, stand back and get ready. The moment to witness a miracle is about to arrive!" Qibao waved his little hand, and suddenly rows of vegetable seedlings, unlike anything anyone had ever seen, appeared on the ground. Some were covered with red fruits the size of an adult's fist, while others were covered with shiny purple stalks...
Everyone stared in shock at the object that suddenly appeared on the ground, their mouths wide open enough to fit a duck egg! Although everyone had heard Qibao say that she could take anything from her master, no one had ever seen Qibao take anything out before. Now, seeing the way she took things, everyone was shocked!
Even the old man who had lived for most of his life took a long time to react, and stammered, "Qi, Qibao, did you take all this out?"
Qibao looked at everyone's reactions and understood their feelings very well. He said to the old man, "Grandpa, I got these from the master. Let's get uncle and the others to plant the vegetable seedlings in the ground!"
When the old man heard what his granddaughter said, he quickly told his sons to come and help plant these rare vegetables in their own vegetable garden!
It was not until all the vegetables were planted that everyone finally came to their senses.
Xiaowu quickly ran over and grabbed his sister's arm, and said excitedly, "Sister, are you a fairy? How come you suddenly created so many things?" The other brothers immediately gathered around, surrounded Qibao, and chattered, asking his sister what these dishes were, whether they tasted good, etc.
Several women were also very curious about how to eat these dishes, and they all looked at Qibao with expressions asking for explanations.
Qibao said, "I'll teach you how to make it tonight. It's sure to be delicious!" Then he turned to his father and said, "Dad, can you go back to the house and get a few big baskets and a bucket?"
Upon hearing his daughter's words, Xu Laosan quickly agreed and returned from the house, fetching buckets and several baskets. Qibao waved his hand once more, and the empty baskets suddenly filled with the same vegetables from the fields, while the bucket was also filled with a bucket of spiritual spring water. These vegetables were all picked by Xiaoling and stored in the warehouse. Everyone was stunned again, but this time they quickly recovered...
Qibao pointed at the bucket and said, "Grandpa, this is spiritual spring water. This water can accelerate the growth of plants and has unexpected benefits for the human body. We will use this water for cooking in the future. Now we need to water these vegetables with some spiritual spring water."
When the family heard what Qibao said, they looked at the bucket of water with a look of treasure. The eldest aunt said with a distressed look on her face, "Qibao, do you really want to use this magical water to water the vegetables?"
Qibao saw the troubled expressions of his aunt and the others, and laughed, "Don't worry, I have plenty of water. It's inexhaustible!"
After hearing what Qibao said, the women no longer hesitated and took on the job of watering. By the time they finished their work in the vegetable garden, it was already noon.
Since it is not yet time to make dinner, the women in the family gathered together to make two sets of clothes for the children with the cloth they bought this morning. They cannot wear patched clothes to school, otherwise they will be laughed at by their classmates!
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