The locust flowers are in bloom. There is a large locust tree forest on the front mountain of Songjiang Brigade. Clusters of white flowers sway in the wind, with a rich fragrance.
Su Qingmeng picked a basket of flowers, went home, washed them gently, steamed them, added sugar as filling, and kneaded the dough to make flower cakes.
Lin Xiuyao smiled, "You are amazing, you can make anything into food." He took a bite and said, "It's delicious." It has the fragrance of flowers, a soft and sticky texture, and is sweet and delicious.
Su Qingmeng also liked it. She went up the mountain every day to pick flowers, wanting to pick more to store in her space. After two days of picking, she found that her efficiency was too low, so she found Tiezhu and decided to hire child laborers. The locust flower forest was quite close to the village, and the mountain was not too high, so children often went there.
"Pick me a basket and I'll give you two candies. You and your friends can go. But you have to manage them well. Don't let anyone get hurt, okay?" she tempted.
Is there such a good thing? Tiezhu patted his chest and said, "No problem, leave it to me." He excitedly found his good friends and they went up the mountain in a mighty group.
A group of children came back with more than a dozen baskets of candy in the morning. After Su Qingmeng settled the bill for them, Tiezhu asked, "Aunt, do you want more?"
Su Qingmeng said "yes", anyway the space can keep things fresh, and I won't be here next year, so I might as well save more.
In one day, they had picked nearly all the locust flowers. Each person received at least four candies, and some who worked harder received eight. Su Qingmeng gave Tiezhu 10 candies as a reward for his leadership. They left happily.
Lin Xiuyao: "You're acting like a capitalist!" He arranged the flowers in the yard, spreading a large area of plastic sheeting. "You hired a bunch of cheap labor to work for you."
Su Qingmeng was helpless. "What are you talking about?" He had learned a lot of half-baked business knowledge from me, and now his speech was modern. "Both parties are satisfied with the transaction. I didn't take advantage of it."
Lin Xiuyao said, "I'm kidding. These locust flowers are wild and grow there unattended. You're creating an opportunity for them to work!" He laughed frivolously. "But someone should come looking for you."
Su Qingmeng was puzzled. Her aunt came in with Tiezhu, followed by a few children who had been picking flowers today and their parents. "Xiao Su, did you give these children candy?"
It turned out that when the children returned home, their parents found candy in their hands. When they asked, they found out what had happened today. In the countryside, candy is a precious commodity. They were afraid that the children were ignorant and would take advantage of others, so they came over to ask embarrassedly.
Seeing Su Qingmeng nod, the aunt said, "Qingmeng, you're too polite. These wild flowers are not worth much, and how much work can a child do?" She roughly estimated that Su Qingmeng had given away a pound of sugar. "You can't be so extravagant anymore. You have to be frugal in your life."
Su Qingmeng: "I use these flowers to make flower cakes. They helped me a lot." Tiezhu puffed out his chest proudly. She laughed and said, "They have put in the work, and I should pay them." As for whether it is worth it or not, that depends on personal opinion.
The parents' doubts were gone and they all laughed. One of them was curious about what flower cakes were. After Su Qingmeng explained the method, he didn't say anything. He also said that it required white flour, which they couldn't afford.
After sending them away, Su Qingmeng let out a long sigh. Lin Xiuyao was laughing beside her, gloating. She was so angry that she went over to pinch him, "Did you know this all along? You were waiting to see me laugh."
Lin Xiuyao: "It's no big deal. You did the right thing. If the two of us were busy for a long time to pick all these flowers, now you see, it's all solved, right?"
"I'll let you watch the fun, you can take care of these things yourself, I'm going to read." She shook her head and walked into the house angrily. Lin Xiuyao came in after finishing his work and coaxed her for a while. Su Qingmeng finally couldn't help but smile. In fact, she was quite embarrassed, not angry at all.
Lin Xiuyao saw her smile and went to get condoms from the cabinet. Today was the safe period, so the two of them spent the night in love.
Recently, Su Qingmeng has been interested in cooking. She can make some rice cakes and snacks. The mill in the space can grind rice flour, and there are still a few pounds of rice flour in the warehouse.
Su Qingmeng added some glutinous rice flour and sugar water, stirred, and sifted it. She let it sit for half an hour and then steamed it. After it came out of the pot, she tasted it and found it sweet, soft, and delicious.
After tasting it, Lin Xiuyao also thought it was delicious and asked, "Is it troublesome to make this?"
Su Qingmeng shook her head. "It's quite simple. What's wrong?"
"You can sell it. I think a lot of people will buy it. Children and the elderly will definitely like it." We don't have this kind of rice cake snack here.
She cooked 100 kilograms and asked him to sell them, as a way to support her husband's career, and of course earn some money to buy a house in the future.
One day in July, the postman came, but this time he was not looking for Su Qingmeng.
"Is Lin Xiuyao here? There's a letter for you." Lin Xiuyao took it. He rarely received letters.
"Do you have any letters you need to send?" the postman asked Su Qingmeng. Every time he came, Su Qingmeng would have letters. Su Qingmeng quickly handed him the article she needed to submit. "Thank you for your trouble!"
Lin Xiuyao read the letter and said, "Brother is getting married next month."
Su Qingmeng was curious: "Who is your sister-in-law?" "The letter said she is a nurse at the military hospital." Lin Xiuyao said, "Let's send fifty yuan to brother."
Su Qingmeng nodded. "Of course." Lin Xiuhe also sent 50 yuan for their wedding. "Anything else?"
Lin Xiuyao: "It's hot now, so forget about food. It's more convenient to buy daily necessities from him. Let's give him some dried mountain products."
They packed a package and mailed some dried wood ear mushrooms, dried mushrooms and dried fruits.
There was no busy work in the fields in early summer, so Lin Xiuyao would go to the black market from time to time and bring back some gold and silver jewelry.
Ever since Su Qingmeng had explained the value of these items to him, he'd been exchanging everything he could for them. Before he collected them, he could make 500 yuan a month. After that, he just let things slide, sometimes even spending some.
Su Qingmeng also asked him to inquire about and collect some Northeast specialties such as ginseng, deer antlers, and sable fur, which have greater potential for appreciation than cash.
Lin Xiuyao started his hunting routine again, and Su Qingmeng followed him up the mountain, mainly to collect medicinal herbs.
The pine trees are in bloom, and pine pollen is a very good medicinal herb. She has been going to the pine forest every day lately, gathering a basket of pine flowers, grinding them into powder, and preserving them. This time, she dares not hire child labor, as the pine forest is deep in the mountains.
When they were going down the mountain, they found a clump of mint. She instructed Lin Xiuyao to dig it out and plant it in the yard to make tea with it in the summer.
Today, when checking the trap, a wild boar was found struggling inside. Lin Xiuyao slaughtered the pig by the river in Taoyuan Township. He kept the meat to sell, and Su Qingmeng kept the bones to make soup.
In the evening they had sweet and sour pork ribs and fried liver. As Lin Xiuyao ate, he thought about how his food had improved since he got married.
He has gained some weight recently, so he decided to run with Su Qingmeng in the evening starting today, otherwise his abdominal muscles would be gone.
Su Qingmeng likes his figure very much. Every time they do that, she secretly touches his abdominal muscles. These assets that can attract her cannot disappear.
When Su Qingmeng woke up, it was already bright daylight. She didn't know what had gotten into Lin Xiuyao yesterday, insisting on exercising. After running, he'd even do it in bed, dragging her along until midnight.
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