Zhao Lixiang was also happy beside him: "Sister, Dad, can we plant vegetables quickly? I want to pick vegetable leaves to feed the chickens!"
Zhao Lin: "Yes, yes, I want it too!" He thought for a moment and then said, "I can also help grow vegetables."
Zhao Lixiang: "I can do it too!"
Everyone laughed.
Zhao Liya rubbed Zhao Lixiang's little head. The two little brothers and sisters were really close to each other in a playful way. When she and Aunt Eleven went into the house to drink tea and take a break, the two little guys actually slipped out of the yard. They didn't even stand up yet.
Gao was trying to dig the ground with a hoe, but almost fell to the ground, causing her and Aunt Li Shiyi to come out and see him crying and laughing.
Zhao Liya smiled and asked Aunt Li Eleven: "Aunt Eleven, what vegetables are suitable to grow at this time?"
Aunt Li Shiyi really wanted to say that it was actually not suitable for sowing, and I'm afraid it wouldn't grow well if it were planted.
She thought for a while, "How about planting some eggplants, beans, cucumbers, peppers, and corn? Leeks and green onions are no problem!"
Zhao Liya nodded and smiled: "Okay, let's give it a try. I also want to build a shelf in the corner and plant some pumpkins, winter melons, and loofahs."
Aunt Li Shiyi: "Hey, this is not bad!"
Hu Ling: "Tomorrow I will cut down wood strips and bamboo to build a scaffolding."
Zhao Liya hurriedly said: "Don't worry, brother, it will take a while for the melon seedlings to grow before they can climb the shelf. Let's plant other seeds first, and I will go up the mountain with you in two days. There are wild bamboo shoots and various mountain fungi in this season.
Isn’t there a lot? I just want to find some for cooking. There are also wild vegetables such as dandelions. I should also be able to find some tender ones, right?”
The current image of their family to the outside world is that they "drained all their wealth in order to build a house", so they can no longer spend money to buy groceries. That is too eye-catching.
You have to have a reason to "get money" before you can buy land for farming or start a business.
What better way to "launder money" than to find treasure in the mountains?
Their family was a fugitive and could not buy any land. They could only cultivate their own land within the boundaries of Yancun. The cultivated land could not be used for trading.
But this can be easily solved, isn't it because Hu Ling is here? He is a good citizen with a clean family background.
Aunt Li Shiyi said hurriedly: "There are indeed a lot of bamboo shoots and mushrooms at this time of year, and wild vegetables are getting old. Let me go with you. I know things in the mountains!"
Zhao Liya smiled and nodded: "It would be better if Aunt Eleven takes us, thank you Aunt Eleven!"
"Hi, are you welcome?"
Zhao Xiang also wanted to speak, so Zhao Liya said hurriedly: "Dad, you and your mother stay with Xiang'er, while Lin'er is at home, and we can do this by the way."
Zhao Xiang had no choice but to nod: "That's okay, you have to be careful when going up the mountain."
It is true that his wife and two children cannot be left alone at home. The wife is too weak, and their mother will suffer a loss if someone makes trouble.
Everyone made arrangements for tomorrow in a few sentences and started sowing seeds.
They are all sown on demand. Dig a small hole in a vegetable patch, scatter a few seeds, and plant them right next to each other.
Water a little while planting.
The vegetable garden is about an acre and a half, and a small area in the corner is left to build a melon shed. By the end of the day, everything is sown.
In the evening, Zhao Liya specially asked for some leeks and green onions from Widow Qu's family, and dug them from her vegetable garden and planted them directly.
It won't take long for more to grow, and there will be another after you cut it.
Widow Qu gave it generously and took her to dig it in the vegetable garden herself.
After a moment's hesitation, Widow Qu reminded Zhao Liya in a low voice: "Aya, those people in the Gu family are not kind and they hold grudges! You still have to be more careful on weekdays. You may not know when they will... you know
I mean, right?"
Zhao Liya said in her heart that you have made it so clear, of course I understand.
She nodded: "Aunt Qu, thank you! Don't worry, you kindly remind me that I will never say these words to anyone, not even my parents."
"Hey, you kid!" Aunt Qu smiled sheepishly, but she felt much more at ease.
If she didn’t really have a good impression of the Zhao family, and Zhao Liya was sweet-mouthed, and when she was building a house, she bought a lot of vegetables from their family, and gave them more money than others, Widow Qu wouldn’t have done it at all.
I will tell Zhao Liya this.
Zhao Liya's words made her feel relieved. She thought about it and couldn't help but tell Zhao Liya a lot about the weird things that the Gu family had done before.
Zhao Liya's mouth twitched when she heard this, and she thought to herself that fortunately she had a good citizen like her sworn brother in her family. Next year, when buying land or something, she would have to stay a little further away from Yancun.
The weather was very good for a while. At dawn the next day, I ate the leftover rice from last night, stir-fried it with eggs and cabbage for breakfast. Zhao Liya, Hu Ling, and Aunt Li Shiyi brought hatchets and baskets on their backs.
Carrying the sack, he went out.
Yancun and its surrounding areas are mostly flat land and slightly undulating hills, but the forests in the wild are still lush. The vegetation in the south not only has many types, but also grows taller. Many wild grasses grow taller than humans.
They walked quite far, and it took almost an hour before they stopped.
It is difficult to find wild wild mushrooms nearby. They have all been found, so you have to go farther away.
Aunt Li Shiyi was more experienced. She saw a fir forest from a distance and took them there.
"There are many kinds of wild fungi in the fir forest, let's look for them!"
"Okay, Aunt Eleven."
When they arrived at the right time, there happened to be a batch of fir tree fungi. The red fungi were growing just right and were suitable for picking.
If you come early or two days late, you probably won't get there.
Aunt Li Shiyi was so happy, "It must weigh thirty or fifty kilograms after picking it, right? Not to mention, I have never encountered so many fungi several times! This must be your luck!"
Zhao Liya and Hu Ling both laughed, and Hu Ling said: "Aya is lucky!"
Zhao Liya said with a smile: "Let's pick them all back and dry them if we can't finish them. Aunt Eleven will take some back to taste when she goes back."
After hearing this, Aunt Li Shiyi was even more happy, and she happily refused: "No, no, I won't be able to help you if I live in your house. There are so many delicious food every day. Hey, I'm so embarrassed. Where can I get it?"
I can take it away."
"Whatever you want, one code will be the same, and everyone who sees it will have a share!"
"Hey, you kid!"
Zhao Liya smiled again and said: "But Aunt Eleven, please don't be in a hurry to go back. With you here, our house will be more lively. We all wish you could stay longer."
Aunt Li Shiyi laughed out loud, "As long as you don't dislike it, I can stay with you as long as you want!"
"Don't dislike it, don't dislike it! It's not too late for us to welcome you!"
There was another burst of hearty laughter.
The three of them moved quickly and quickly picked up a lot.
The main thing is this fir tree fungus. If the red fungus doesn't grow long, it will become a large area. And it only takes three or four days from the time it appears to the time when it gets old and rots. Either someone is lucky enough to pick it, or it will all be ruined.