Zhu Xiumei didn't say much. Anyway, she was definitely going to grow these peppers.
Even if Yang Lina couldn't collect it all, she could still sell it at the market and earn dozens of yuan a year, which would not be a problem.
Probably because all the chili peppers were ordered, Zhu Xiumei's work speed also accelerated a lot.
She thought that when she got back at noon, she would let the children go to the fields to pick red ones and send them to Yang Lina.
Yang Lina stayed at the construction site for a short time before taking Huahua back.
She made noodles at noon, pickled a plate of cabbage, mixed a plate of sweet and sour radish, fried a plate of shredded green peppers, and fished a few slices of pickled radish into a vinegar jar, shredded them, and poured oil on them.
As soon as Li Jingming and Master Liang entered the door, Yang Lina started to pull the noodles into the pot.
After Li Jingming washed his hands, he went into the kitchen and just picked up a noodle to help Yang Lina, but Yang Lina stopped him.
"You go to Tian Li's house and bring Huahua back. I'll send her to play with Zhang Xiaojuan. When you bring her back, the meal will be ready."
Yang Lina said that after she returned home from the river, Huahua wanted to go see Zhang Xiaojuan to play, so Yang Lina sent her there so that she could find time to make lunch.
"Okay, wife, I'll go right away."
As Li Jingming spoke, he took a steamed bun from the basin, opened it in two, added pickles and chili peppers, and ate it as he went to Tian Li's house.
At Tian Li's house, Zhang's mother went around with her little grandson in her arms, Zhang Xiaojuan and her little sisters played house in the yard, and Tian Li was busy cooking in the kitchen.
As soon as Li Jingming entered the courtyard, Huahua ran towards Li Jingming dancing with joy.
Li Jingming picked up Huahua, went to the kitchen door to say hello to Tian Li, and then left with Huahua in his arms.
At the dinner table, Yang Lina was eating the noodles in the bowl. She felt her throat was greasy, and the smell of lard was rising from her stomach to her throat.
Yang Lina couldn't help feeling nauseous. He glanced at Li Jingming suspiciously. Seeing how delicious Liang Shan was eating, he couldn't help but wonder if they were very hungry.
"What's wrong?"
Li Jingming saw that Yang Lina had difficulty swallowing, and put down the bowl and looked at her doubtfully.
"It's okay, I just suddenly felt like I didn't want to eat noodles."
"Mom, the noodles are delicious."
Huahua said in a milky voice.
Since bringing Huahua back, Yang Lina has discovered that no matter what she does, Huahua eats deliciously. After all, for a child who has been hungry, everything he eats tastes delicious.
"Can Huahua eat more?"
Huahua nodded, Yang Lina touched Huahua's head, got up and went to the kitchen to get a steamed bun, and ate a steamed bun with pickles.
Fortunately, okay, the steamed buns are not bad.
After the meal, Liang Shan drank a cup of tea and went to the construction site. Li Jingming helped Yang Lina wash the dishes in the kitchen. Yang Lina swept the floor and asked doubtfully.
"Don't you think the dough today tastes wrong?"
"No, there are vegetables and meat sauce, which are delicious.
I didn’t even ask you if you have an upset stomach, I feel like you have no appetite.”
"No, it's just that the lard seems to have gone bad when I eat it. I feel like I can't swallow it and I feel a little nauseous."
"Then don't eat randomly these two days. I'll cook you some millet porridge tonight to nourish your stomach."
"I want to eat green onion pancakes tonight, don't worry about it, I'll just make it when you come back."
Yang Lina said, putting the dishes and chopsticks that Li Jingming had washed on the shelf.
"Then you can take a nap and rest later."
Li Jingming didn't want Yang Lina to work. She was too thin and looked very petite. He was afraid of exhausting her.
"knew."
Yang Lina casually agreed that she would coax Huahua to sleep later and had to get the drawings out of the clothing factory first.
Because the factory is divided into several brands, and each brand's clothing has different price points, the clothing styles and other items must be designed separately.
After finishing the drawings and processing the chili sauce, Yang Lina planned to take Huahua back to the county town. After all, she was not very clear about the situation in the hot pot restaurant during this time.
Because she and Hu Fengqin had a few arguments that day, she really didn't want to see Hu Fengqin's angry face and was too lazy to call Hu Fengqin's house, so she didn't call Liu Zhaodi at all.
Before Li Jingming went out, he helped Yang Lina make the noodles, thinking that in the afternoon, his wife would not have to make the noodles.
That night, the first rain of autumn came, and the temperature dropped rapidly. The next day, despite the drizzle, the villagers were still busy working.
The school's three rows of houses have been built, and the yard has been paved with bricks, making it easier for the children to move around in and out of class.
The whole village was busy by the river, and on Yang Lina's side, early in the morning, Zhu Xiumei asked a few children to pick peppers.
Because it rained last night and there was still dew on the peppers, it would be easy to spoil when making chili sauce. After Yang Lina weighed them, she sat under the eaves and found hemp rope to tie all the peppers together, thinking of hanging them high to dry.
There is a lot of rain in autumn, and the villagers are deeply afraid that a heavy rain will waste their hard work for more than a month. They are anxious and speed up their work.
In the next few days, there will be a heavy rain, and the temperature is expected to drop.
It's getting cold, so I'm afraid the bridge will have to stop.
While everyone is in a hurry, Liangshan is not. The bridge piers have been formed. In a few days, the previously made cement boards can be stacked up and placed.
Because the brick tile factory uses a large amount of bricks, they came here this month and helped the villagers a lot, and now they have returned to normal work.
They can only work for another two to three months at most. When the frost comes, the brick and tile factory will have to stop work for a holiday.
Fortunately, the weather was pretty good in the following days and it didn't rain.
As for Yang Lina, she was busy cutting and tying peppers and frying them every day, and she was so tired that her back ached at night.
Wang Ying, Sun Yuxiu and Tian Li helped Yang Lina cut peppers for four or five days.
After hundreds of kilograms of peppers were processed, the bridge on Li Jingming's side was also built.
On the tenth day of the eighth lunar month in 1983, the first bridge in Yangjiacun was completed.
The village party secretary named it Yang Liqiao.
On the first bridge pillar on the left, it is engraved that on the 10th day of the eighth lunar month in 1983, Li Jingming and Yang Lina donated.
When night falls on the tenth day of the lunar month, the sound of firecrackers rang out at the entrance of the village. The women in the village, with red silk tied around their waists and fans in their hands, celebrated by performing Yangko amidst the sound of gongs and drums.
Li Jingming originally planned to take Yang Lina to watch the fun, but Yang Lina was too busy these two days and felt terribly tired. In addition, she had cut peppers for several days, and her fingertips hurt, and she was too lazy to cook or move.
She happened to go to the brick and tile factory tonight and planned to treat Li Jingming and Liang Shan to dinner. Yang Lina asked Li Jingming to take Huahua away while she lay in bed to sleep.
Wang Ying helped Yang Lina burn the kang. Yang Lina always felt that her whole body was terribly cold. It seemed that the weather this year was getting colder earlier than before.