1970s: Farming and Supporting Yourself

96-100

Chapter 096:

After the failed fruit tea of ​​New Bagua, I had to continue eating watermelon.

Ye Xin picked one out of the space to cool down every other day. It happened to be the day when Shen Zhuo went to the countryside. They came back in the evening to eat together. The big watermelon can't be eaten by one person, and it's not enough for more people. It's just right for two people.

After a tiring day, eating watermelon is really indescribably comfortable.

Shen Zhuo liked this part of the meal very much. He would sit in the courtyard with her and eat watermelon while enjoying the cool breeze and watching the sunset. Not only is the watermelon delicious, but also because he can sit down and talk to her and share what happened during the day, such as which team he went to today, who he met, what happened... even if he saw a beautiful wild flower , all want to tell her.

Because of this extra link, he suddenly felt that summer was also very good. In addition to the unbearable heat, it also had a bit more sweetness and lusciousness.

That day, Ye Xin came back from work in the evening and met Li Guangming again. He called out "Sister Ye" and chased after him. Ye Xin stopped and waited for him. She originally thought he wanted to buy watermelon, but unexpectedly she was stuffed with a few familiar ones. Yellow fruit.

The child's forehead was covered with sweat and his hair was messy, but his face was full of excitement: "Sister, this wild fruit is for you to eat. It's ripe, sweet and delicious!"

Ye Xin knew this because she and Shen Zhuo last year We went up to the mountain to pick wild mangosteens together.

When I first arrived last year, there was nothing delicious. Every wild fruit felt fresh. This year, there are more and more delicious fruits, and I no longer care about the wild fruits in the mountains.

Think about it, time flies too fast, more than a year has passed in the blink of an eye.

Fortunately, she did not waste her time. She has used all the space plots this year, and there is no shortage of food and drink. Not only is there plenty of vegetables, but she also has meat and eggs, and her wallet is full. Shen Zhuo also learned from a young man who could only go up the mountain to collect herbs to make money. Come back and become a doctor who can make money by treating patients. Everything is changing for the better.

Ye Xin looked at the wild mangosteen in her hand and smelled it. There was a sweet and pleasant fruity aroma. She smiled at him and said, "Thank you."

Li Guangming shook his head: "You're welcome, sister! You gave me watermelon to eat. , I can only pick some wild fruits for you to eat, as long as you don't dislike it!"

How could Ye Xin dislike the child's thoughts? She just warned him: "Don't go to the mountains, be careful not to be bitten by insects. If you go alone, no one will know if you accidentally fall."

Li Guangming nodded obediently: "I'm not old, I just went with Li Guangliang once today."

Ye Xin knew that they had a good time. Just a companion. Turning around to go back, he suddenly remembered something and asked him: "By the way, has Ruirui's mother given birth?"

Ruirui is Li Guangrui, and his mother is Lin Meihua. I heard that she was conceived around the Chinese New Year. , estimated to be born in August or September.

It's almost August now, and Ye Xin wants to go take a look. The main thing is to look at her two poor girls.

Li Guangming shook his head: "No. But she has a big belly."

Ye Xin nodded and asked: "Recently, Ruirui's sister still takes him to cut grass everywhere?"

Li Guangming was not sure: "Sometimes I see her at the foot of the mountain. Sometimes she seems to be at home, because her mother is pregnant and someone needs to be at home to watch."

Ye Xin understood and nodded: "Okay, I understand, you can go and have fun."

Today Shen Zhuo is sitting at the medical station. , Ye Xin was not in a hurry to cook, and went back to rest first.

After a while, Shen Zhuo also came back.

Ye Xin said to him: "You cook first, I'll go to Aunt Lin's house to visit, and give them a watermelon by the way."

Shen Zhuo can eat watermelon now, and doesn't care if she gives it away, knowing her heart good. He just said: "Go slowly, the watermelon is heavy."

Ye Xin saw that there were more than a dozen melons behind the house, and there were about thirty in the space. They must have enough to eat by themselves, and they were afraid of overcooking them. If you don't pick it, it will go bad.

She picked a medium-sized melon and put it in the bamboo basket. She also took a hatchet and a rope, covered it with a cloth, and carried it down.

When they arrived at Lin Meihua's house, they were busy cooking, mainly the two thin girls. The little boy was playing on the side, and Lin Meihua sat on a stool with her legs spread apart to pick beans. Lin Meihua's man Li Jianye was also there, sitting and smoking welding smoke.

Seeing Ye Xinlai, Lin Meihua was surprised and said: "Hey, why is Ye Zhiqing down now? What's the matter?"

Ye Xin walked up to her, put down the basket and said, "I have something to tell my aunt, and I want to give you a melon by the way." Let me feed you." He opened the cloth and revealed the watermelon inside.

Lin Meihua suddenly let out another cry, very surprised: "Such a big watermelon! I saw the grandson of Mr. Sheng's family holding one the other day, and I was curious about where he picked it. It turned out to be from Ye Zhiqing?"

Ye Xin said with a smile . : "I saw a seedling seller on the street before, so I bought a handful and tried to plant some. I didn't expect it to work. I couldn't eat much at the time, so I gave one to him. Now I'm giving one to my aunt as well."

Lin Meihua Naturally, he was very happy, "Ye Zhiqing, you are really ingenious, you can grow this rare thing! Thank you, you are still thinking of me."

Several children came out to take a look when they heard the noise, and they were even more curious when they saw the watermelon. , the little boy naturally pounced on him, while the two girls hid behind the door and watched eagerly.

When Li Jianye saw the watermelon, his dark face also moved, but to save face, he still said politely: "This thing is expensive, Ye Zhiqing can just eat it himself, how can we afford it as a gift to us?"

Ye Xin said: "It's not for nothing. I want to ask Uncle Jianye for some bamboo."

Li Jianye felt relieved and said with a generous face, "Just cut down the bamboos. They will sprout again this spring, and they will grow thicker in the summer." "As he said this, he called his youngest daughter to take her there.

Ye Xin said: "Don't worry, it has been dark for a long time. You should cut the melons and eat them first. They are fresh and delicious." Then he smiled and looked at Li Guangrui, who was already clamoring to eat, and said: "Look at Ruirui, how strong he is."

Lin Meihua patted her youngest son's butt, said dotingly, "Little Greedy", and said happily: "Okay, since Ye Zhiqing said it, then Let's eat it now, I'm greedy too!"

Li Jianye originally wanted to cool it down and eat it tomorrow, but when they all said that, he could only turn around and call his daughter to cut it with a knife.

Outsiders were here, so it was not good to be partial after all, so it was cut into six pieces, one for each person, and one piece for Ye Xin.

Ye Xin said she wouldn't eat it, but she felt relieved when she saw the two thin girls holding the melon and eating it carefully and cherishing it. In fact, the main reason is that I think they are cute and pitiful, and I want to feed them.

Since she didn't eat it, the extra slice probably belonged to Li Guangrui or Li Jianye.

While eating the sweet watermelon, Lin Meihua praised Ye Xin and said, "You are so handsome and clever, but it's a pity that you are already engaged, otherwise I would have told you to my nephew!"

Ye Xin felt that It's really funny. "Thank you for your kindness, Auntie."

Lin Meihua said with a smile: "It's Shen Zhuo who is convinced. Everyone thought you were bad before, but now you have changed a lot? I think many people have regrets in their intestines. "

Not wanting to hear this, Ye Xin quickly changed the subject and said: "I thought that asking you to cut bamboo is not the solution. Planting some yourself is the long-term solution. I wonder if I can plant it? How?"

Lin Meihua had only grown vegetables but not bamboo, but she didn't know that. Li Jianye told her while eating melons: "It's easy to grow if you can. Just cut some bamboos and insert them into the soil with the bamboo joints, and then water them and they will survive. But it's best." They were planted in the spring. As soon as the spring rains came, they quickly took root and sprouted, and they started growing in the summer. They should be able to survive if they are planted now, but they won't grow well. I'm afraid they will have to wait until next spring."

Ye Xin said . He nodded and said, "Thank you for your advice. I'm afraid I'll forget it later. Now I'll try cutting some back and watering them more. Maybe they'll come back to life."

Li Jianye nodded and called his little daughter: "Yoniu, bring the leaves with you. " Educated youth, go." He then said to Ye Xin, "Chop as much as you want, you're welcome!"

Ye Xin followed Yao Niu carrying the bamboo basket with the hatchet rope in it.

In fact, I have been there several times and am very familiar with the location. However, when cutting other people's things, you still need to have someone with you to show that you have asked for permission, otherwise it is easy to cause misunderstandings.

On the way, Yaoniu ate the melon and whispered to Ye Xin: "Thank you Ye Zhiqing for giving us watermelon."

Ye Xin smiled and said: "You're welcome. How are you doing lately? Are you tired from taking care of your mother at home? "

Yao Niu shook her head, "I'm not tired. Mom is tired while carrying her little brother." Ye

Xin asked in passing, "Is mom okay?"

Yao Niu said, "It's okay, but she's heavy. Sometimes she has to hold on. " Ye

Xin said: "Your mother is pregnant, so you should be careful. If she feels uncomfortable, go to the medical station and call for help. You can see the doctor and buy medicine now."

Head: "I know."

When they arrived at the place, Ye Xin skillfully chopped a few bamboos, cut them into sections, and tied them up. Bamboo has great uses, as a supplement to chicken coops and duck coops, as a fence for vegetable gardens, or for making other everyday things. Anyway, now that I don't have any, I definitely won't have enough to kill others.

After cutting the bamboo for use, Ye Xin also cut a few sections with bamboo joints. The branches were not shaved, but just shortened and put in the basket.

Then he carried it back. Shen Zhuo felt

very distressed when he saw her coming back with such a heavy bundle: "You said earlier that you wanted to chop bamboo, so I'll go down with you."

Ye Xin rubbed her shoulders. It wasn't heavy, but it was so irritating that she said, "It's okay. , I'm just cutting some bamboo seeds, which I'll plant later." She pointed to the basket.

Shen Zhuo also understood and nodded: "You are smarter. If you plant it yourself, you won't have to ask others in the future."

Ye Xin rolled her eyes at him: "You are still smart. I didn't think of it in the spring, otherwise it would have grown now. Get up. You too, don't remind me."

Shen Zhuo could only say: "I didn't expect it."

After dinner, they went to plant bamboos. This does not need to occupy the area of ​​the vegetable field. When the time comes, they will be planted in patches on the hillside, with some distance apart. Otherwise, the bamboo roots and bamboo shoots will grow far away and it will be troublesome to grow into the vegetable field.

Until the end of July, the weather was sunny and hot, and the sun was shining brightly.

There was no heavy rain this year, but there were some signs of drought. Fortunately, it was not serious. The team members worked harder and irrigated the crops, and the crops grew well.

Ye Xin didn't go to work that afternoon and was playing with ducks by the small pond behind the house.

Now the ducklings that should be hatched have been born one after another, and she will send them to space. Originally she wanted to put it next to the chicken coop, but she remembered in time that ducks love to play in water, so she surrounded it with bamboo sections near the lotus pond and put it there.

In addition, she had already saved a batch of duck eggs. She pickled some, and there were still dozens left.

After a busy afternoon, she figured it was time to get off work, so she put some eggs and duck eggs in the basket and took them to the educated youth dormitory to sell them. No one has booked recently, so she has to be proactive.

Only then did everyone find out that she also raised ducks, and they were all very impressed.

Zheng Wenwen said: "You raise chickens and ducks, you really know how to live a better life than the people in the country! But you are white and tender, and you don't look like the people in the country at all."

Ye Xin smiled and said: "Don't make fun of me . Do you want to buy eggs? Do you want to buy duck eggs? Come and take care of the business. We have run out of salt."

Zheng Wenwen said with a smile, "OK, you are a money-loving little man! I will buy twenty salted duck eggs. I haven't eaten this for a long time. Wait, I'll take the money."

Liu Hongxia came over and bought ten eggs. Of course, she couldn't help saying, "You've started our business."

Facing the customer, Ye said. Xin greeted with a smile: "It's all because of you that I have money to buy salt. Thank you very much!"

Liu Hongxia snorted and left. Qiu Zhiyun came over and bought ten eggs, and said with a smile: "I have compared it, you The eggs are the most delicious."

Ye Xin said with a smile, "Come back and buy them after you eat them!"

She was so good-tempered and the food was really good. It didn't take long for all the dozens of chicken and duck eggs to be sold.

Counting the small coins, she even smiled.

Money is coming!

At home in July, I made more than ten yuan one after another, easily!

Wang Xiaowei pulled her and said something affectionate about "Little Money Fan", and then whispered the gossip with her: "Did you know that Li Yingli has become more diligent recently."

Ye Xin immediately became energetic: "I only know that she has been more diligent at work recently. "What?"

Wang Xiaowei said: "Yes. She seems to have fallen in love with someone recently, so she goes to the fields every day and hangs out with them while she's at work. Sometimes she even meets them after work. . I also saw her dressing up and going out in the evening, and I felt strange, so I observed her secretly - and then I thought, she looks a bit like you before, I don't know how it happened." She laughed as she said it. Look at her.

Ye Xin was surprised to hear this, thinking that Li Yingli was arrogant and looked down on this person and that person, so how could she like anyone?

When I saw Wang Xiaowei smiling meaningfully, I knew there must be something.

As soon as her mind turned, she suddenly thought of the day Li Yingli bought watermelons and stood with Li Guangrong at the bottom of the slope. Then she remembered that Li Yingli had said before that she liked stronger people, and that Li Guangrong seemed to be quite strong...

Ye Xin's face became strange: "She Isn't it Li Guangrong who you are attracted to?"

Wang Xiaowei smiled and nodded: "That's right. Isn't it a coincidence?"

Ye Xin raised her head and said, "It's such a coincidence.

The original owner's affairs are still there. Attack her...

If Li Yingli finds out in the future, will he come over and scold her? With her temperament, it's very possible!

But aside from these, Ye Xin still felt that this gossip was quite exciting, so she quietly said to Wang Xiaowei: "If there is any progress, please report to me immediately!"

Seeing her like this, Wang Xiaowei knew that she had already given up, and she smiled with relief, Whispered: "Don't worry, I won't miss your gossip."