I thought I could harvest three or four baskets of sweet potatoes this year, but who knew there would be a sudden drought and a locust plague.
Before the locust plague, they went to the fields and harvested a basket and a half of sweet potatoes, which were not even big in size.
Aunt Li heard from her family yesterday that Cheng Hanyan asked them to go to dinner tonight. So last night, she picked out the largest half basket of sweet potatoes and delivered them to Song Yutong's family.
Song Yutong collected a lot of grain, but not many sweet potatoes. Every household in most villages planted sweet potatoes.
In addition, the harvest has not yet come, and there are locust plagues and droughts in many places. The leaves of sweet potatoes have withered and there are really not many that can be grown.
Aunt Li's family was also lucky. After getting such a basket and a half, they turned around and sent most of the basket over.
"We called your family here for dinner, why did you bring us so many sweet potatoes?" Song Yutong looked at these medium-sized sweet potatoes with a look of surprise in his eyes.
"I said I would give it to you earlier, but I didn't expect to encounter this disaster or that disaster. Our family only harvested a basket and a half, so I had to bring some for you. If it weren't for your help,
I'm afraid we only have a basket and a half of sweet potatoes, so how can we have so many vegetables and rice to eat."
Aunt Li held Song Yutong's hand, feeling truly grateful.
Look at other people's villages, and then look at their villages. As long as they get the vegetable seeds Song Yutong gave them, they can now have a lot of harvests, and they don't have to worry about running out of vegetables.
I just haven’t stocked up enough staple food, whether it’s coarse grains or fine grains, and I don’t have much left on hand.
Thanks to Sister Song's help, their family received about 30 kilograms of coarse grains and about 20 kilograms of fine grains. The village chief's wife's family also received the same amount, and they were treated equally and arranged properly.
"Then I won't be polite. These are so big, so maybe they picked all the big ones and gave them to me."
Nai Tuanzi and Cheng Xiuwen were playing with Da Zhuang at home yesterday. Da Zhuang gave the two little guys two raw sweet potatoes. Nai Tuanzi came back holding the small sweet potatoes and praised them for being cute. He also said that Da Zhuang’s family has many such ones.
Small sweet potatoes.
"No, I just picked it up casually." Aunt Li waved her hand and spoke nonchalantly.
Song Yutong made a plan in her mind and planned to give Aunt Li and her family a pound of pork suet after they returned from dinner.
After everyone was on the table, Aunt Li's family drooled as they looked at the food on the table, fried screws, spicy rabbit heads, spicy rabbit dices, stewed lotus root with ribs, spicy cabbage, cucumbers...
Ordinary villagers in their village cannot eat so much good food during the Chinese New Year. Having three meat dishes on the table is already a very good meal, not to mention that there is a famine now and there is no food available everywhere.
"Here, here, sister Song, where did you get these dishes?" Aunt Li was very surprised.
In the current situation, pork is no longer available in many places, not even a single pork bone, let alone spareribs and fresh lotus roots.
"I didn't ask for help from the restaurant manager. My husband hunted the rabbit on the way back. The ribs and lotus roots were all brought by others. The snails were picked up by the children yesterday afternoon."
"Dear me, Ming Xuan and Xiu Wen of your family are really capable, unlike our family..." Aunt Li's envious eyes fell on Cheng Xiu Wen and Nai Tuanzi.
Just like someone else's child.
"Brother Da Zhuang also helped pick up snails, and he picked them up a lot." Naituanzi stood up and helped Da Zhuang speak.
"Yes, Aunt Li, Da Zhuang is also very powerful." Cheng Xiuwen also helped explain.
The three friends looked at each other and smiled. Aunt Li was so happy that she couldn't help but smile from ear to ear. "Then you two will take care of my family more!"
"Yes." Naituanzi showed her big white teeth and smiled softly and sweetly.
Song Yutong urged everyone to eat quickly, fearing that Aunt Li's family would not dare to pick up the food, so she enthusiastically used serving chopsticks to help pick up the food and serve the rice, so that they could go back full.
Seven people got 2,000 happiness points from one meal, and Song Yutong couldn't be more perfect.
Of course, it’s also because the food she cooks is delicious.
When Aunt Li left, Song Yutong quietly handed her a basket covered with cloth and asked her to take it back and open it.
Aunt Li couldn't refuse and had to take the things back.
As soon as I returned to the house, I lit the candle and lifted the cloth on the basket, and my eyes suddenly widened.
"I'll be a good boy!"
"What's wrong?" Cheng Dagen had just walked in, heard his wife's voice of surprise, and walked over.
In the basket lay five eggs and a pound of lard, placed in a large bowl.
"Is this from Sister Song? Hurry up and give it to someone. I don't know how valuable this pork suet is now. It's worth several kilograms of grain."
Cheng Dagen's expression became serious, and he was extremely grateful to Cheng Hanyan's family.
"You have to wait until tomorrow if you want to give it! Maybe everyone will be asleep right now." Aunt Li also felt a little burdened. How could she afford such a big favor?
I have to send some money over tomorrow, just like buying lard and eggs. These things are indeed what their family is lacking now, but they can't let Sister Song suffer all the time.
In the middle of the night, Cheng Hanyan and Song Yutong quietly went out and found the small woods they passed through on their way to the town.
Song Yutong waved his hand in front of Cheng Hanyan, and three baskets of vegetables appeared in the open space in front of him.
These three baskets of vegetables include vegetables they bought at the vegetable market and vegetables grown at home, with several varieties.
The most eye-catching thing is the vegetables grown by Song Yutong. They are very juicy and beautiful, and they also have their own fragrance.
Even the radish smells like sweet radish, not the astringent and spicy taste grown by ordinary farmers.
The two of them waited for about half a stick of incense, and the shopkeeper and the waiter were already driving the carriage towards them.
Cheng Hanyan walked out, waved to them, and led the carriage and waiter to an open space in the woods.
Cheng Hanyan pointed to the three baskets of vegetables: "The vegetables are all here, look at the quantity."
The shopkeeper came down to inspect the vegetables himself, and his eyes lit up when he saw the various vegetables grown by Song Yutong and his family.
"I didn't expect it! In this famine situation, we can still have such a juicy dish. It is really the best among the dishes." The shopkeeper couldn't be more satisfied with a white radish.
"According to the market price, these are twelve taels of silver in total, but because of such delicious dishes, I will give these dishes double the price, which is a total of 12 taels of silver."
Everyone is an acquaintance who has been working together for a long time, and the shopkeeper never thought of cheating the couple, and gave them real prices.