After dinner, Shi Yao Qian took the pen, ink, and paper to his and Shi's mother's room.
It was already dark, and he didn't think of lighting a lamp to copy books. After all, if he lit a lamp at night, the lamp oil would cost money.
It's better to wait until tomorrow morning to get up early and copy books under the bright light of day, the air will be fresh, and there will be no need to spend extra money.
When he was lying on the bed, Shi Mu tugged on his sleeve and said with confusion.
"Why did you put this lump of dirt that your daughter found in the house?"
When Shi's father heard his wife's question, he said: "I don't worry about leaving it with my daughter. You must have eaten the earthy dumplings cooked for lunch? Are they delicious? Are they sweet or not? Can you eat just one?"
It's very strong? Do you think if everyone can grow this kind of soil, are we still afraid that the people in our country will go hungry?"
After hearing what Shi's father said, Shi's mother was not happy at all.
"We ourselves are starving to death, so you still have time to care about whether others are hungry or not? These lumps are indeed good, but do you know when to plant them? Do you know how many lumps will be produced after planting one seed?
Not to mention, the King of Qin is now under house arrest, and you are no longer a fifth-grade official. Can you stop thinking about national affairs until now?"
When Shi's mother said this, she was so angry that her teeth started to itch.
After hearing Shi's mother's words, Shi's father suddenly fell silent.
He had already become accustomed to these things.
That's right. The Holy One has now exiled his family here. Even if he wanted to offer the seeds of the soil lump, I'm afraid the Holy One wouldn't treat him well.
Thinking of this, Shi's father couldn't help but let out a long sigh, then turned over, closed his eyes, and stopped thinking about everything.
In the next few days, Shi's father kept copying books at home.
For him, copying three hundred thousand did not require a book as an example.
After all, for a Jinshi like him, this is simply a piece of cake.
Otherwise, including the three hundred thousand book templates, the deposit of fifty yuan would be enough!
Shi's father copied books during the day, and Shi's mother and Shi Jiang didn't bother him.
However, Shi's mother went to the village and asked someone to buy five chickens and three ducklings, intending to raise them to lay eggs and cook egg custard for her daughter.
After buying it back, I built a small fence to surround the chickens and ducks. Then I followed the advice of the woman who sold the chickens and ducks, mixed some millet with a little soybean oil, and gave it to them to eat.
As long as nothing happens, these chickens and ducks will survive.
After these chickens and ducks survive the first week, you can put them in the field at the back of the yard and find food for themselves.
After doing this, I thought it was still early and it was not time to cook.
Shi's mother went to unpack a 90% new long dress in her luggage. She removed the innermost layer of moon-white dark moire silk and cut it into the size of a handkerchief. She cut two pieces in total.
A dozen dollars.
Then, start from the very edge of the piece of silk woven into a twig-like shape on the outside of the long skirt, pull it out one by one, and place it neatly.
The silk fabric outside the long skirt seemed to be about one centimeter too short, so Shi's mother stopped.
Then he found a needle, threaded the silk thread through it, and started embroidering against the moon-white dark-grained silk that had been cut into handkerchiefs.
Although Shi's mother came from a merchant's family, she was raised like a lady from an official family since she was a child.
Therefore, her embroidery skills are not as good as those of the embroidery ladies who sold embroidery in the capital before.
But in this border town, it is still possible to make some handkerchiefs and sell them for money.
It can even be said that in this border town, it is really rare for someone to be better at needlework than Shi Mu.
It took a long time for it to sink.
Even when Shi Jiang came out of the place where soybeans were fermented, he saw Shi's father copying a book facing the sun.
And the mother was doing embroidery with needle and thread.
When Shi Jiang saw his mother's embroidery, he pursed his lips and said nothing more.
When Shi's mother woke up and was about to cook, she smelled the aroma of food.
A plate of pickles and a big bowl of bone soup.
In addition to these two items, there is also porridge cooked with ginger.
Unfortunately, Shi's father hid the remaining lumps. Shi Jiang wanted to take the opportunity to mix some sweet potatoes into the porridge, but he had no excuse.
She can't just take out the sweet potato in her room and cook it. You know, she's still waiting for the sweet potato to sprout and plant stems!
So, bear with it!
As long as the sweet potatoes in her room sprout, she won't be afraid that there will be no sweet potatoes in the porridge in the future.
While the three of them were enjoying their meal, there was a knock on the door.
Shi's father and Shi's mother looked at each other. They were unfamiliar with the place in this village. Apart from the Wu family next door, they couldn't think of anyone who would come to see them.
The last time the Wu family treated Shi's father like this, Shi's father had already blocked them and unilaterally decided never to say another word to the Wu family again.
But now that you are looking for them at this meal, you can’t possibly come to have dinner with them, right?
Shi Jiangcai didn't think much about it. Seeing that her father and mother didn't get up, she stood up and went to open the courtyard door.
The person standing outside the door was Mrs. Cai, not from the Wu family at all.
"Shijiang, are your parents at home?"
Sister-in-law Cai smiled, holding an old pumpkin in her hand, and carefully asked Shi Jiang.
Shi Jiang couldn't help but swallow when he looked at the old pumpkin in Sister Cai's hand.
Just seeing this pumpkin, several pumpkin recipes came to her mind.
Moreover, if you have this pumpkin, you can dig out the pumpkin seeds inside. These pumpkin seeds can be used as seeds. After planting, many pumpkins will grow next year, and there will be endless descendants!
"It's Sister Cai. Have you eaten? Do you want to eat something together? By the way, I wonder what's the matter with coming here today?"
When Shi's father and Shi's mother saw that they were not from the Wu family, they quickly stood up and said politely to Sister Cai.
"I've eaten it, I've eaten it. This is our home-grown pumpkin. It's very sweet. Let me give you one to try."
When Sister-in-law Cai heard what the Shi couple asked, she quickly handed over the old pumpkin in her arms. When Shi's mother took it, she rubbed her hands and said.
Seeing Sister-in-law Cai's appearance, Shi's father and Shi's mother looked at each other. Although this old pumpkin was nothing, it was still something that could fill the stomach.
Sister-in-law Cai would always come to the house like this for no reason, just to give an old pumpkin as a gift. She must have something to ask of their family.
"Sister-in-law Cai, you are so polite. If you need anything, just ask. The head of the family and I will see if we can help you."
Hearing what Shi's mother said, Sister-in-law Cai's eyes suddenly lit up and she hurriedly spoke.
"If you can help, you can definitely help. I heard from my boss that your family is looking for help. What do you think of my family?"
Sister-in-law Cai looked at her father and mother nervously, fearing that they would shake their heads and say they disagree!