After Su Ruyi distributed the portions to the children, she turned to ask Li Baozhu:
"Second sister-in-law, are these walnuts not yet ripe? Are they still inedible?"
Before Li Baozhu could say anything, Zhang came over and grabbed the walnuts from Dalang's hand.
He turned around and looked at it, then gave it back to Dalang.
"Where did you get these green walnuts? You don't know how many days to keep them on the tree? Isn't it good to be ripe?!"
"I picked it up on the mountain, thinking about bringing it back to the children to play with."
Zhang immediately became serious: "Do you remember where the walnut tree grows?"
This is a good thing and can be sold at a good price.
Su Ruyi shook her head: "I took a sidetrack and bumped into him. I can't remember the place."
It’s not easy to reveal things in your own space to the outside world.
"You, you! Besides eating, you also--"
Mrs. Zhang quickly stopped and suppressed her anger. It was a rare day for everyone to rest in the house and they were in a good mood. She had better endure it.
Anyway, I don’t expect her, Su Ruyi. If I don’t remember, I won’t remember.
"Mom, are these walnuts edible or not? If they are not edible, just ask the children not to eat them and just play with them in their hands?"
Mrs. Zhang returned to the pot and opened the lid. The rich smell of chicken wafted out, and everyone took a sip of saliva.
"It doesn't matter whether you eat it or not. When it's almost ripe, it will taste bitter if it's raw."
Mrs. Zhang stirred the chicken in the pot with a spatula, and her stomach growled quietly. She was glad that she was far away from the younger members of the family, and they would not be able to hear her.
Su Ruyi said to the children: "Then you just play with it and don't eat it. In the future, when Third Aunt encounters ripe walnuts, she will pick them back for you. Mom, what do ripe walnuts look like and do they have any characteristics?"
Li Baozhu rushed to answer: "When the walnuts are ripe, the skin will turn yellow and brown, and they will fall off the tree when they are overripe."
Su Ruyi knew something in her mind. She looked at her hands, which were so dark that they couldn't be seen, and confirmed with Li Baozhu again: "Will it really fall off on its own?"
"Yes! I will lose color in a few days."
Su Ruyi asked seriously, and Li Baozhu answered cautiously.
She was relieved that she would definitely not peel walnuts with bare hands next time.
Taking out such a pair of hands would be an embarrassment.
Mrs. Zhang expelled: "What are you doing blocking the door? Hasn't the rain stopped yet? Don't you want to find something to do? There is no work in your eyes!"
Li Baozhu was very embarrassed. It was normal for Su Ruyi to guard the door. She was used to it.
But I was standing guard at the door of the kitchen, which was too shameful, like a good but lazy woman.
"Sister-in-law, if you're okay, I'll leave the egg to you. I'll go...I'll go take care of the vegetable garden in the backyard."
"Second sister-in-law, do we still have vegetable seeds at home?"
Li Baozhu didn't know about this. She was the one in the family who only cared about working and following orders. She didn't know anything about it.
She looked at Zhang very embarrassedly.
Mrs. Zhang glanced at the two daughters-in-law and said, "That's okay. You can plant more whatever you can plant now. The dried vegetables for the winter haven't dried at all."
Then he shouted the eldest daughter-in-law's name at the door: "Tui'er? Tweet'er——"
"Hey, mother, here we come -"
Liu Cuier, this fierce wife, now looks a bit gentle in everything she does, and even her voice has become gentler.
Soon he appeared in the yard, listening eagerly.
"Mom, what do you want from me?"
"Go and dig out the vegetable seeds left, and take advantage of your free time today to plant some vegetables!"
"Why!"
Liu Cuier was in a happy mood. Although her man was still paralyzed on the bed and had a broken bone, she still felt that there was energy in her heart. With such energy, she was not so worried.
On the contrary, today I feel more like a woman.
She glanced inside the room.
Lu Duotian waved to her: "Don't guard me, nothing will happen to you!"
Liu Cuier couldn't help but purse her lips and smile. Now she felt that her man was back again, and she spoke like a man.
"Okay, if you get bored, just ask Dalang and Zhuang'er to come over and accompany you."
"Okay, I know it myself. Just close the door."
"what?"
Liu Cuier suddenly became nervous.
Lu Duotian pointed to the corner, he wanted to make it easier.
"Oh!" Liu Cuier thought about the man's difficulty in moving, so she took another step into the house and closed the door.
"If you have anything to say, just tell me. What can't be said to an old married couple after so many years?"
With that said, he stepped forward to help Lu Duotian get up from the bed.
It took a while for Lu Duotian to sigh repressedly.
"Follow me, I'm wronging you."
Liu Cuier's temper is a bit irritable, but she cannot hide the fact that she is a good woman, capable and able to give birth to sons. If she follows another man, she should be happy...
"Bah! Stop talking now, you are just talking nonsense!"
Liu Cuier didn't like hearing what he said.
The two people still have feelings for each other after so many years. Besides, what's the use of talking about it?
Can I take my two sons and marry someone else?
Is Liu Cuier that kind of woman?
"Okay, I won't say anything anymore. Let's live well in the future."
After Lu Duotian finished speaking, he secretly sighed in his heart.
He pinned all his hopes on basket weaving.
But what about after weaving the basket they want?
What if he doesn’t weave the basket to suit others’ wishes?
Although his heart was full of hope, it was also full of tremendous pressure.
I can only suppress myself, don't think about the future, and just take it one step at a time.
Maybe the two younger brothers are coming back?
It would be best to come back...
Liu Cuier took the vegetable seeds one foot deep and one foot shallow when she came to the backyard and saw her two younger siblings standing on the ridge of the field.
Li Baozhu held a hoe in his hand, and the hoe was covered with mud.
Today, the young and old are really stupid. How can we plant seeds in a place where it has just rained?
There's not even a place to set foot.
"Sister-in-law, I can't plant it. Let's wait until tomorrow."
Li Baozhu said.
We can only wait until tomorrow.
Su Ruyi came over: "Sister-in-law, show me what seeds there are."
It would not be wrong to say that Liu Cuier had completely changed her mind towards Su Ruyi, but it was still different from before.
At least he would be polite to Su Ruyi in the past few days.
As long as Su Ruyi doesn't mess around or act arrogant, she might be able to remain polite.
Su Ruyi asked to see the seed in her hand, so she handed it over without saying anything.
The seeds are wrapped in green cloth. Open the outer cloth and there are two gauze bags inside.
Inside the gauze bag are two tiny seeds with slightly different colors.
Not much. Last year, we didn’t grow many vegetables at home, so we barely managed to keep some vegetable seeds.
"The black ones are cabbage seeds, and the yellow ones are radish seeds."
Liu Cuier took the initiative to speak.
She had to admit that today's quiet peace was brought by Su Ruyi.
As long as she is quiet and peaceful, the house will be quiet and peaceful too.
Therefore, in order to retain this beautiful feeling, she was even willing to lower her head in front of this woman.
