The Orphan's Counterattack in the 1970s

Chapter 97 Honeysuckle

The next day, Chen Xiaolin took two baskets of pigweed directly from the space and handed in the task. Her time was very precious now. There were so many honeysuckles waiting for her to pick on the mountain. She couldn't bear to waste her time cutting pigweed.

After being busy until noon, Chen Xiaolin finished picking the honeysuckle on the top of the mountain outside. As for the honeysuckle on the outer edge of the mountain, she would have to wait until tomorrow.

In order to carry the two big snakeskin bags of honeysuckle home, Chen Xiaolin still spent a lot of effort.

Back home, Chen Xiaolin found all the sunbathing mats at home. There weren't many honeysuckles picked in the past two days, but they still took up a lot of space when drying.

Chen Xiaolin looked at the honeysuckle blooming in the yard, and now she felt full of accomplishment.

I don't know if dried honeysuckle is worth anything. If not, it's good to make tea. It can clear away heat and detoxify, and can be drunk as herbal tea.

In the afternoon, Chen Xiaolin didn't go up the mountain anymore. She just picked honeysuckle for the past two days. She didn't even have time to pick the cowpeas at home. She also wanted to pickle two jars of sour beans.

In order to dry the cowpeas, Chen Xiaolin went to the next door to borrow two drying mats from Grandma Chen.

Grandma Chen didn't go to work today. She knew that Chen Xiaolin wanted to pickle sour beans, so she came over to help.

"Xiao Lin, your cowpeas are growing really well. The ones I planted just bloomed, and yours are already edible."

"Maybe it's because the land at my house is relatively fertile. You see, the soil on the vegetable field is all black soil that I picked up from the mountains, and the pig manure at my house has been made into fertilizer by me to fertilize the land." Chen Xiaolin said about her vegetables She takes care of the ground very carefully. Every time before planting vegetables, she will pour the fertilized fertilizer on the vegetable ground. After a few days, the vegetable ground will absorb the fertilizer before planting. Will the vegetables grow well?

"Remember to teach me about retting when you have time. No wonder my vegetables don't grow well enough. It may be because of lack of fertilizer!" Grandma Chen has been growing vegetables for decades, but she is not as good as her granddaughter. It seems that it is better to study more. There are benefits.

"Grandma, you don't need to learn. Just wait until I have time to teach my elder brother. Just let my elder brother do this heavy work."

"Okay, I'm getting older now, so I'd better let you young people do this kind of work!" Grandma Chen is also in her sixties this year, and her health is not very good, so she basically doesn't work during this period. .

With the help of Grandma Chen, the cowpeas in the vegetable garden were picked quickly.

The picked cowpeas need to be sorted again to separate the young ones from the old ones. The pickled sour beans are very tender, and the older ones can only be cooked.

Wash the selected cowpeas and put them in the sun to dry. You only need to dry the water before they can be pickled.

"Grandma, you and grandpa come over to my place for dinner tonight. I will make bacon stewed with beans tonight."

"Okay, I'll go back and feed the pigs first, and then I'll come over and help you cook."

"Grandma, I don't need your help. You can just come over for dinner later."

"Okay, I'm going back." Grandma Chen saw that Chen Xiaolin was almost busy, so she planned to go back. There was still a lot of things at home that she needed to do.

Chen Xiaolin still made a lot of bacon last year, but she has been tired of it recently.

She deliberately picked out a piece that was three-quarters thin and seven-quarters fat. After all, people in this era like to eat fat meat.

There are still a lot of beans left after picking today. Chen Xiaolin plans to make a dish. A larger portion will be enough to eat.

At five o'clock in the afternoon, Chen Xiaolin fed the pigs and started cooking. I cook two pots at home at the same time, one for white rice and the other for beans and bacon stew.

As soon as Chen Xiaolin finished cooking, Grandpa Chen and Grandma Chen walked in.

"Xiao Lin, what are you drying outside? Do you want to take them in?" Grandma Chen saw the things on the drying mat in the afternoon, but she didn't recognize them and forgot to ask her granddaughter.

"That's honeysuckle, I'll take it back right away."

Chen Xiaolin took out four large bamboo baskets from the utility room and put all the half-dried honeysuckle in them. It was quite fast for three people to collect them together, and they were finished in less than half an hour.

Although it looked like a lot when drying, they were all put together and the four bamboo baskets could not be filled.

Why did you pick so many honeysuckles?" Grandpa Chen didn't know any medicinal materials, so he was curious about the use of his granddaughter picking so many honeysuckles.

"Grandpa, this honeysuckle is a medicinal material, and it can be sold for money." Chen Xiaolin hasn't gone to the purchasing station to ask, so she doesn't know how much money she can make.

"Really, how much can this cost per pound?" Grandpa Chen became interested when he heard that it could be sold for money. There are a lot of honeysuckle on the mountain!

"I haven't asked yet. I'll go to the purchasing station in the county to ask after a while." Chen Xiaolin didn't plan to make money secretly by herself. Once she found out the price of the medicinal materials, she would teach Chen Mu how to identify the medicinal materials. Of course, It would be even better if you can lead people in the village to grow medicinal materials together.

"Well, I know there is a place with a lot of this honeysuckle. I will pick more for you after work tomorrow." Grandpa Chen was very happy to see that his granddaughter had found a way to make money. He planned to help her get more as long as he had time. Let her make more money.

"Grandpa, just tell me the place and I will pick it myself. You have to work very hard every day. If you have time, take more rest."

"That place is hard to find, so I'd better go there myself!"

Seeing that Grandpa Chen was unwilling to tell her, Chen Xiaolin had no choice but to compromise and let him help pick it.

"Grandpa and grandma, let's go eat quickly. The food will be cold in a while."

Chen Xiaolin made a big pot of beans and bacon stew today, one mouthful of rice and one mouthful of bacon. The taste was simply delicious.

Grandpa Chen likes to come to Chen Xiaolin's house for dinner. The food cooked by his granddaughter is not only rich in oil, but also rich in meat. It's not like the dishes cooked by my wife, even the meat dishes only have a few thin pieces of meat.

Chen Xiaolin felt very happy seeing her grandparents eating so deliciously.

It has been almost two years since she came back to Daqingshan Village, and she gets along well with Grandpa Chen and Grandma Chen.

They loved Chen Xiaolin, their little granddaughter, and secretly gave her whatever delicious food they couldn't bear to eat.

This really touched Chen Xiaolin, so she was very generous to Grandpa Chen and Grandma Chen, and wanted to give them anything delicious.

It's a pity that supplies are so scarce in this era, and it takes a long time for her to secretly improve the food for Grandpa Chen and Grandma Chen.

After eating and drinking, Grandpa Chen and Grandma Chen chatted with Chen Xiaolin for a long time before going home.

The night was beautiful today. Chen Xiaolin had been alone in the yard for a long time. She really felt lonely. Could it be that she really needed to get married early as Grandma Chen said?

Although she has a good impression of Youyinting now, she doesn't know the people in his family. His grandparents and eldest brother seem to be difficult to get along with.