Lin Momo was left speechless, both amused and exasperated. She had no choice but to persuade the two to leave, thinking that things couldn't go on like this and she needed to find something for her older sister to do.
She knew that Lin Daya felt embarrassed to be eating and staying at her sister's house for free, and always wanted to do more work to feel more comfortable. So Lin Momo didn't stop her too much, only telling her to take care of her health and not to overwork herself, and to only do light work.
However, Lin Daya was a restless person, and once she started working, she forgot her sister's instructions, which seriously interfered with the daily work of the Li family mother and daughter.
Lin Momo wandered around the courtyard again and again, staring at the blue bricks on the ground. Suddenly, her eyes lit up. She found a few packets of vegetable seeds and two small shovels in her spatial storage, and pulled her eldest sister to the third courtyard.
Since the house was empty and just sitting there, we decided to use it to grow vegetables. This is called making good use of every inch of space.
Upon hearing Lin Momo mention planting vegetables, Lin Daya immediately abandoned her attempt to enter the kitchen and was easily lured away by Lin Momo. Planting vegetables is great! With vegetables, Aunt Li won't need to go out to buy groceries every day. She'd heard that recent natural disasters had caused vegetable prices to skyrocket.
If you had your own vegetables to eat, you could save a lot of money.
Lin Daya had thought there were empty plots of land in the house that she could cultivate, but she didn't expect her sister to bring her here. Staring at the blue brick ground under her feet, she asked in confusion, "The ground is all bricks, how can we grow vegetables?"
Are they going to use blue bricks for planting? These are such good bricks, what if they get damaged?
Just as she was puzzled, she saw Lin Momo squat down and use the tip of a shovel to dig out a line four or five zhang long along the brick seam, turning the thin layer of soil between the brick seams onto the edge of the brick.
Lin Daya was now completely baffled.
"It's planted right in the cracks between the bricks!"
While drawing lines with her head down, Lin Momo smiled and explained to her older sister, "This way, you won't step in the mud, and you don't have to worry about grass growing. It's clean and convenient."
In her past life, she saw someone grow vegetables like this while watching videos. Not only could they grow all kinds of leafy greens, but they could also grow radishes, tomatoes, and even corn and watermelons, and they all grew very well.
She just doesn't know how others apply fertilizer, but she can figure it out herself.
Lin Momo was very interested, but she had never had the chance to try it before. Today, she suddenly remembered this idea and thought she might as well give it a try.
"You can grow vegetables in the cracks between bricks?!"
Lin Daya was extremely shocked. Although she found it unbelievable and thought her sister was just teasing her, she still picked up the remaining small shovel from the ground, carefully bent down, and followed Lin Momo's example to draw lines along the brick seams.
Since it was a trial planting, Lin Momo drew four lines and prepared to plant the seeds.
Two rows of bok choy, one row of fennel, and one row of garland chrysanthemum, all ripening around January.
After sowing the seeds, cover them back with the thin layer of soil that has been turned over, water them thoroughly, and then you can sit back and wait for the seeds to germinate.
After handing over the task of tending the vegetable garden to Lin Daya, Lin Momo washed her hands of it and only came over occasionally to take a look.
Lin Daya took it very seriously.
Growing vegetables in the cracks of the ground completely overturned Lin Daya's understanding. Although she thought it was very unreliable, Lin Momo spoke with great confidence, so she wanted to see if it was really possible to grow vegetables.
In the hot weather, Lin Daya waters the seeds twice a day, morning and evening, in order to help them germinate sooner.
Three days later, dense, tender green seedlings actually sprouted from the cracks in the bricks, making Lin Daya's mouth drop open in astonishment. From then on, she paid even more attention to these vegetables and would occasionally share the progress of their growth with Lin Momo.
In her spare time from gardening, Lin Daya would make clothes and shoes for the baby in her womb, using the two pieces of fabric that Lin Momo had given her last time.
Seeing that the baby clothes Lin Momo had prepared for the child were quite nice and easy to wear, she tried to make them herself, asking Lin Momo for help whenever she didn't understand something.
Lin Momo was only half-baked and couldn't offer much guidance to her older sister, so the sisters sat under the shade of a tree in the yard to study and cut together.
Lin Momo thought that since she and Shi Guang would probably have children after consummating their marriage, she might as well start learning as soon as possible.
The scene of the two sisters sitting together sewing and chatting is very heartwarming.
As time passed, he couldn't help but glance at Lin Momo, finding her incredibly charming and gentle. He couldn't help but dream that if they had children in the future, she would definitely be the gentlest mother to them.
Thinking of this, Shi Guang suddenly remembered that there were still more than two years until the date they had agreed to consummate their marriage, and even if they had a child, it would be three years from now.
He couldn't help but shake his head and chuckle.
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Recently, the temperature has risen to 38 degrees Celsius, making it impossible to stay outside during the day. Lin Momo placed three ice basins in their room to keep them from getting too hot.
Lin Daya was pregnant and was more sensitive to heat than in previous years. In addition, the baby was moving around in her belly and would kick her from time to time. She often couldn't sleep at night because of the heat and often needed to catch up on sleep during the day.
Only women who have experienced it know how torturous it is to be pregnant in the sweltering heat.
To make her older sister more comfortable, Lin Momo tried putting an ice basin in her room. Seeing that she could not only sleep at night but also did not feel any discomfort, she was relieved.
Recently, perhaps due to improved nutrition, Lin Daya's belly has grown larger, and she seems much more energetic, although her appetite is not as good as when she first arrived.
Because of the hot weather, none of the family members had much of an appetite, so Lin Momo said she would make liangpi (cold skin noodles) for everyone.
Early in the morning, Lin Momo went into the kitchen and directed Aunt Li to wash the kneaded dough and set it aside to settle. After two hours, the dough would separate into layers, and then they could be steamed one by one.
The steamer for steaming the dough was taken out first. Aunt Li was instructed to clean it thoroughly, let it dry, and then apply a layer of cooked oil to moisten it.
Around noon, Lin Momo was teaching Aunt Li how to steam cold noodles in the kitchen when Cai Dalang, who was late, finally showed up.
He didn't come alone; he brought his younger brother, Cai Erlang, with him.
Uncle Li led the people into the main room, where Shi Guang was left to handle things.
Lin Momo stayed in the kitchen without showing herself until she saw that Aunt Li was no longer tearing the cold noodles and was gradually getting the hang of it. Only then did she feel relieved and leave the kitchen to go to her eldest sister's room.
As soon as I entered the house, I saw her packing the clothes and shoes she had made for the children over the past few days, looking like she was planning to go home with Cai Dalang.
"Big sister, why are you in such a hurry to pack your things? You're not leaving today." Lin Momo picked up the clothes and put them back in the closet.
Lin Daya sat helplessly on the edge of the bed and smiled, "I've been away for so long, it's time for me to go back. I've already been fortunate enough to stay here with you for so long. Now that the baby is fine and I'm feeling much better, what else are you worried about?"
"Besides, your brother-in-law came to pick you up, which can be seen as the Cai family bowing down. If I don't go back, can I stay here with you forever?"
There's no place like home.
Even if her sister's home is nice, she, as the eldest sister, can't stay there for long; she'll have to go back sooner or later.
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