Back at the brigade, Su Mo went to Lu's house first. No one was seen outside the house. Su Mo went into the yard and called a few times before hearing a voice coming from Lu Boxing's room.
"Xiao Mo, there's no one else at home but me. What's the matter?"
"I just went to the commune. Xiaolan asked me to bring something back to you." Su Mo responded.
"Then the kid is interested, please bring it in for me." Lu Boming said, and coughed a few times after speaking.
"Okay." Su Mo responded, then took out Lu Xiaolan's net bag from the sack, and put five or six white pears in it under cover.
The weather was dry at this time, and Lu Boxing coughed again, so he ate some white pears to moisten his skin.
Su Mo carried her things and entered Lu Boxing's room.
The room was very clean and not messy like ordinary old people. Lu Boxing was currently wearing clothes and sitting on the kang.
"Sir, Xiaolan asked me to bring you two bags of milk powder and two cans of canned yellow peaches. I bought these pears. They look fresh and can be used to moisten your throat."
Su Mo said and put the things on the desk next to the kang. Seeing that Lu Boming was still coughing, she quickly handed him the enamel jar filled with water on the table.
Lu Boming drank water and suppressed his cough before his coughing stopped.
"You are serious, you are all good children. I am old, don't waste money like this in the future." He could sense that he didn't have much time left.
"Master, don't say that." Su Mo felt a little sad inside. She could feel that the old man's vitality was weaker than before.
Unfortunately, her powers cannot be cured, and she is helpless.
But just watching a respected old man approach the end of his life made her a little frustrated.
Suddenly, Su Mo thought of the wild ginseng that was at least several decades old. She didn't know if it would be useful to him.
Su Mo decided to give the wild ginseng more power after returning to make it more vital. Then she would ask the doctor. If there was no problem, she would give the wild ginseng to Lu Boxing to eat.
Lu Boming smiled calmly and said, "Birth, old age, illness and death are human nature, so there is no need to feel sad."
"Your mother told me that you are very good. You keep the house in order, grow vegetables well, and go to the mountains to harvest a lot of wild products. Xiao Mo, Changzheng is lucky to marry you."
Su Mo said quickly: "I am lucky to be married to Chang Zheng." If someone praises you, you must not praise him as your grandson.
"You two live a good life. That kid from Changzheng is a man who is both successful and emotional. If he chooses someone, he will do it with all his heart. I can tell that he is absolutely sincere to you."
Su Mo smiled sheepishly and replied, "Yes! We will be fine."
Although they only got along for a few days, Lu Changzheng was indeed very kind to her.
She is such a person, whoever treats her well, she will treat him better. If Lu Changzheng is good to her, she will be good to him and is willing to help him take care of the three elderly people at home.
Lu Boming nodded. Of the three grandsons in the family, he liked the third one the best. Among the three grandson-in-laws, he also liked the third one's family the most.
"Go and do your work. You don't have to accompany me, an old man." Lu Boming waved his hands and started coughing again.
"It will feel better if I help you lie down."
Lu Boming waved his hand, "No, I'll sit down for a while. It's uncomfortable to lie down all day. You go and do your work and don't worry about me."
Su Mo added some hot water to the enamel tank that Lu Boming drank from, and then left.
After returning home, Su Mo put the things bought by the supply and marketing cooperative into the space, and then packed the dried walnuts and chestnuts in sacks. One sack was filled with chestnuts, two sacks were filled with walnuts, one sack was filled with pine nuts, and most of the sacks were filled with hazelnut mushrooms and wild vegetables.
After putting it in bags, the sense of presence also came out. It looked like there was quite a lot, and it really felt like a harvest. When the stuff hanging on the ground dries, there will be room for another sack. When the shelves arrive, put them all up.
After doing this, Su Mo went to the vegetable field and gave some special powers to the vegetables in each field to make them grow lush but not too exaggerated.
Then, he gave three wild ginseng roots their special powers, paying special attention to the old one. He didn't stop until the superpowers were exhausted.
After finishing it, Su Mo took out the newly bought coarse cloth from the space and started cutting it according to the size Su Tingqian measured in the morning. Then take out the remaining floral cotton fabric and cut out the lining.
After cutting, use a sewing machine to sew the surface of the coarse cloth and the lining of the floral fabric together.
After finishing it, it was getting late, so Su Mo put away the clothes and prepared to cook first and spread cotton in the evening.
Just when Su Mo was preparing to cook, a voice came from outside the yard, "Sister-in-law, sister-in-law, are you at home?"
Su Mo went out and saw a young daughter-in-law with a bulging belly and a fish in her hand, standing outside the courtyard gate.
Seeing Su Mo coming out, the little daughter-in-law raised a smile and said, "Sister-in-law, I am Lu Guoping's wife, Long Xiumei. He went down to the river to catch a few fish today and asked me to send one to my sister-in-law to try." After that, he mentioned Lifting the fish tied with a straw rope.
"Oh, how embarrassing is this." Su Mo quickly went to open the courtyard door and let Long Xiumei in.
It was brought to me with good intentions, so Su Mo would not be ignorant and say no.
Long Xiumei handed the fish to Su Mo and said with a smile: "Brother Changzheng usually takes good care of Guoping, but we don't have much good things. This fish was just caught and is still fresh. My sister-in-law will cook it tonight."
"Okay." Su Mo took it and said with a smile, "Thank you both, I have some meat to eat tonight. Come, sit in the room for a while."
"No, sister-in-law, I have to go back and cook." Long Xiumei waved her hand and started to walk out.
Seeing that she had a bulging belly, Su Mo probably didn't go to harvest the autumn, so she said, "Xiumei, please wait for me for a while."
After saying that, he quickly ran back to the house, took a straw basket, put a basket of chestnuts and walnuts, and took it out to Long Xiumei.
"I don't have much. I went up the mountain to pick up some wild goods these days. You can take them back and try them."
Long Xiumei waved her hands repeatedly, "Sister-in-law, I can't help it. You keep it for yourself." After saying that, she took a few steps back, which frightened Su Mo and quickly supported her.
"Be careful with your belly. It looks quite big. How many months is it?"
"Seven months." Long Xiumei said, her face filled with the glory of motherhood.
Su Mo put the straw basket into Long Xiumei's hand and said, "No matter what, I can eat your fish, but you can't eat my little mountain product? Or do you dislike this thing?"
After hearing what Su Mo said, Long Xiumei picked up the straw basket and said, "Why would you dislike it? These chestnuts and walnuts are good things."
These two items are in short supply, and everyone is keeping an eye on them. Every year, not many of them are picked up.
"As long as you don't dislike it, you can take it home and eat it." Su Mo said with a smile.
Long Xiumei was also happy. After saying goodbye to Su Mo, she left happily carrying the straw basket.
Before coming here, she was afraid that Su Mo, who came from a big city and had a good family background, would dislike them, country people. I didn't expect that he would be so easy to get along with. Guoping was right, the person Chang Zheng brother chose was good.
After Long Xiumei left, Su Mo sighed. Yes, there were only three straw baskets at home, and she gave them away. It seems that I need to find someone to weave a few straw baskets, or simply learn how to weave them myself.
These straw baskets are made of wheat straw and are strong and durable.
Su Mo picked up the fish sent by Long Xiumei, which was estimated to weigh about two kilograms. She quickly carried it to the well, killed it with a knife, cut it into several pieces, and cleaned it.
She was going to stew the fish body with some onion and ginger in soy sauce, and make a fish soup for the fish head and tail.
Su Mo first lit a small stove, took out the pot she used for the apocalypse, added oil and fried the fish head and tail until golden brown on both sides, then added ginger, dropped a few drops of cooking wine to sauté, then added cold water, and brought to a boil over high heat. Let it simmer.
Thinking of Lu Boxing's body, Su Mo went to the room again, thinking about digging out two ginseng whiskers and putting them in.
Because she didn't know what the right amount was, Su Mo didn't dare to use the old one. She dug up the soil from one of the fourth-grade leaves and pulled out two small whiskers. After washing it, throw it into the fish soup and cook it together.
Then he set up another big pot and cooked fish stew there.
After the fish soup was simmered until it was white and milky, Su Mo added some coriander to remove the fishy smell. After boiling it, she filled a bowl for herself to drink, and put the rest into an earthen pot, preparing to send it to Lu Boxing later. .
After the stewed fish was ready, Su Mo put a basin in it, carried a basket on her back, put on a flashlight, and sent it to the Lu family.
When Su Mo arrived, the three old people were preparing to have dinner. When Su Mo saw that there was only a plate of fried vegetables and a pot of rice porridge on the table, she quickly put down the basket on her back.
"Guoping's wife brought me a fish this evening. I made some fish soup and braised fish and gave you some to try."
"You can eat a piece of fish yourself, and we will eat it. You can eat whatever you want." Li Yue'e's affection for Su Mo was really increasing every day.
"I still have some. The fish is not small. I can't finish it by myself." Su Mo smiled, taking out the earthen pots and basins from the basket and putting them on the table.
"Drink more of this fish soup, it's good for your health." Su Mo explained, then picked up her backpack and left.
Lu Boming's cough was due to physical weakness, not the kind of cold cough that would come later in life, so eating fish was not a problem.
Seeing Su Mo leaving in a hurry, Lu Boxing said to the two of them: "Xiao Mo is a good person. Chang Zheng is not at home, so you two should be nice to others."
The two nodded hurriedly.
It goes without saying that Su Mo is good at cooking, and all three of them ate everything. Lu Qing'an drank four bowls of the earthen pot of fish soup, and even Lu Boming, who had no appetite, drank two bowls.
When he went to bed at night, Lu Boxing felt as if his whole body was no longer so heavy and he slept more peacefully than before.
Lu Qing'an felt a little dry and couldn't fall asleep. He looked at his wife beside him and stretched out his hand.
Unexpectedly, she was slapped away by Li Yue'e, "What do you want to do? You are too old to be serious."
Lu Qingan said coquettishly, "I don't know why, I just feel extra dry."
Li Yue'e:......
Wild ginseng is a good thing to replenish vitality. Although it is just a ginseng, its effect is not weak.
As for the fish soup, Lu Boming was weak and would be fine if he drank it. Su Mo and Li Yue'e were women, so they would be fine if they drank it.
But Lu Qing'an, although he was in his early fifties, was still strong and drank a lot, so naturally he felt a little dry.
