"Teacher Song Xi, have you made use of the three acres of sandy land behind the school? What is suitable for growing there?" Qian Weimin looked at Song Xi expectantly.
Because there is too much sandy land that cannot be planted in Ping'an Village, if all of it can be utilized, then everyone's living standards can really rise to another level.
Of course Song Xi can understand what Qian Weimin means, but she can't agree right now. After all, anything good like Lin Feng will destroy it.
"I just planted some broad beans and some potatoes to see if they can grow. After spring, I plan to go up the mountain to find some small wild fruit seedlings and cultivate them. Although I won't make any money, I can make the children in the village sweet.
Ah! Besides, going up the mountain is still dangerous for children. If this can be cultivated in schools, no one will have to go up the mountain in the future."
"Okay, if there is anything else you want to plant but lack of space, just tell the village and the village will help you arrange it properly."
Qian Weimin discovered that Song Xi had some talent in planting, so he supported her decision very much. Besides, the decisions she made were all for the sake of the village.
"Then thank you Uncle Qian. If I were in need, I would never be polite to Uncle Qian." Song Xi indeed needs a lot of land.
Because the grapefruit seeds and orange seeds she planted on the roof of the supermarket have sprouted, and they can be transplanted outside in the spring next year.
At that time, a large area of land will be needed. No matter how big the supermarket rooftop is, it cannot support thousands of grapefruit trees!
The school has classes five days a week, with holidays on Saturdays and Sundays.
Zhou Xiaoshu and Zhou Xiaohua had already started to help Song Xi dig wild vegetables and winter bamboo shoots. There were not many wild vegetables in the winter, only chives and shepherd's purse, so Song Xi asked Zhou Xiaoshu to dig these two kinds for her.
The reason why there are several kinds of wild vegetables in her vegetable garden is because she has spiritual spring water. The wild vegetables watered by spiritual spring water are not afraid of the cold and still grow vigorously.
Because the family raised nine shelducks and eleven rabbits, the demand for wild vegetables was quite large. Zhou Yi also knew this, so Song Xi asked them to come to the house to trade.
As for winter bamboo shoots, Song Xi would only occasionally feed some to the rabbits and let them eat them as snacks. The rest would be temporarily stored in the supermarket to be disposed of when she was free.
And this Saturday, Song Xi went to Xu Yunying's house with a basket on his back. The vegetables given by Song Xi were growing in the yard of Xu Yunying's house, which was lush and lush. Xu Yunying was washing clothes by the well at the moment.
Most of the wells in Ping'an Village were dug by the villagers themselves, because hiring someone from the well-digging team to dig a well requires money, and it's quite a lot. No one is willing to spend that much money to dig a well.
"Aunt Yunying." Song Xi called as she walked inside.
"Xiao Xi, why are you here?" The three children at home had gone to dig wild vegetables, leaving Xu Yunying alone. She wiped the water off her hands and hurried over to close the courtyard door.
Song Xi took off the heavy backpack on her back, took a breath and said, "Aunt Yunying, I have something to ask you, is it okay?"
"Xiao Xi, if you have anything to do, just say it directly." Her three children are now taught so well by Song Xi, so if Song Xi has something to do, how could she refuse?
Song Xi opened the linen bag on her backpack, revealing a dense collection of clean and shiny snails inside, "Aunt Yunying, remove the snail tails, it's a penny a pound, are you willing to do it? If you are willing to do it, I will
You can send Auntie a basket or two baskets every day."
"This..." Xu Yunying looked at Song Xi, her pupils trembling. Is this what she was thinking?
Song Xi knew that Xu Yunying was confused, so she explained, "My classmates in the city are in short supply and actually don't have much to eat, so they asked me to help them find some wild products from the mountains, but they have to go to school.
The family has to go to work again and doesn’t have time to deal with these things, so they want me to clean them up for them. Now that I have become familiar with Aunt Yunying, I think Aunt Yunying is a diligent and clean person, so I leave this matter to Aunt Yunying.
, I can feel relaxed and at ease."
"Xiao Xi, you gave me the money, then you..." Something with such a strong smell of mud costs a penny per catty. Could it be that Song Xi let her earn all the money?
"The price given by my classmates is three cents per pound, one cent for picking up the snails, one cent for me who washes the snails, and one cent for Aunt Yunying who is responsible for removing the snail tails. We all make money, so Aunt Yunying doesn't have to worry.
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Song Xi really didn't have time to deal with the snails' tails one by one, so Xu Yunying could earn some pocket money.
If you weigh 100 kilograms a day, that’s one yuan, which is 30 yuan a month. It’s still pocket money. It’s a proper income for urban workers.
"That's good." As long as you don't rob Song Xi of the money he should earn.
"Aunt Yunying, I have fifty kilograms here, so I will give it to Aunt Yunying first. Let's try to see how much we can handle in one day, and then I will send as much to Aunt Yunying." Song Xi handed over fifty cents and fifty kilograms.
Jin Luosi stayed and turned around to go back.
Xu Yunying held the scattered fifty cents, feeling very excited inside.
She used to be afraid that she wouldn't be able to raise three children by herself, but now everything is going in a good direction.
Now the village on the 9th gives out five yuan every month, and these five yuan belong to her in her hands.
In the past, when we were at Zhou Dazhu's house, Zhou Dazhu's mother was in charge of the family's money. No matter how much work she did or how much money she earned, it had nothing to do with her.
After leaving Zhou Dazhu's house, she could finally manage her own money and be the master of her own household.
And now that there is another job to go to the screw tail, their life will not be bad in the future.
Xu Yunying washed the clothes of several people and put them on bamboo poles, then took scissors and started to remove the snail tails one by one.
Song Xi was not idle when she got home. She called Zhou Xiaoshu and Zhou Xiaohua over, and then asked Zhou Xiaoshu to call Mo Jingxiang and Mo Ziqiu over to help her dry potato chips together.
Song Xi took out the 640 kilograms of potatoes that she had bought from two previous fairs. She first selected the good potatoes and used a knife to cut off the scarred ones, and cut off the damaged parts with a knife.
Two eight-year-old children, Zhou Xiaohua and Mo Ziqiu, were responsible for cleaning and peeling. Mo Jingxiang and Zhou Xiaoshu were responsible for cutting the potatoes into thin slices, while Song Xi was responsible for the next two processes, boiling water to blanch the potato slices, and then boiling the potatoes.
The dried potato slices are spread on a drying tool and placed in the yard to be exposed to the sun.
Although the sunshine in winter is not very strong now, she is just pretending. After the children go back, she will directly move the big dustpan to the roof of the supermarket, because the temperature above is suitable.
Several people were busy until noon and finished processing more than 600 kilograms of potatoes. Seeing so many large dustpans drying in the yard, Song Xi had a satisfied smile on her face.