Su Wan was comforted and finally didn't think much about it.
The water tank at home was bottomed out. After taking a bath, Su Jing and others each picked up a bucket and went to the well to fetch water. They had been used to doing this farm work since they were children. The three of them carried out two trips each, and the two at home were able to get water. The water tank is full.
Su Wan was the last one to take a bath. Everyone took a bath more casually, just carrying two buckets of water to rinse. Gu Yue was different. Her parents gave her a separate bathtub, which now belonged to Su Wan.
By the time she finished washing, the oil lamp in her brothers' room had long been extinguished. She didn't sleep well last night. She did some more work today and almost fell asleep while lying on the bed. ·
The next morning, when Su Wan got up, it was already bright. Her brothers had already gone to work. The fire in the stove had not been extinguished yet. They must have just left. The breakfast for her, a bowl of sweet potatoes, was still hot in the pot. Porridge, two steamed buns with noodles.
Halfway through the meal, He Jiaolan came with a basket.
"Sister Su Wan, are you okay? Let's go up the mountain early and come back early, otherwise we will suffer when the sun gets strong!"
"Coming!"
After simply clearing away the dishes, Su Wan also found a basket and closed the bamboo fence door:
"I'm sorry for the long wait. Let's go quickly. I have to come back to cook for my brothers at noon!"
Su Wan turned around and saw sisters He Jiaolan and Chen Yinghong standing there. Chen Yinghong still put on a bad face and looked down on her.
"Tch, you're the only one who still cooks. Can you eat it?"
Look at her eyes that are not eyes and her nose that is not a nose. Su Wan has no intention of coddling her:
"I didn't let you eat it. You are too lenient!"
"You!" Chen Yinghong's cheeks bulged in anger, and He Jiaolan quickly acted as peacemaker.
"Okay, okay, it's getting late, let's go!"
She stood between the two of them, isolating the electric atmosphere, and the four of them walked towards the mountain together. However, Chen Yinghong's eyes that disliked Su Wan did not change at all along the way.
The mountains near here are full of towering pine trees. Today, He Jiaolan took Su Wan to the foot of the mountain to pick them. The mountains near the village have almost been plucked. Fortunately, it is busy farming time and no one in the village has time to come out. I was collecting pine mushrooms, so I thought about collecting the mushrooms in exchange for some pocket money. Of course, they weren’t worth much.
"Sister Su Wan, let's go pick it separately. I will call you twice from time to time. Remember to promise me that our village is in a remote place. Don't go deep into the mountains. There are wild animals in the mountains and it's not safe!"
At the foot of the mountain, the four of them had to move separately, but they couldn't go too far, and they had to stay within each other's sphere of influence. There were wild beasts in the nearby mountain market, including wolves and black bears.
"I know Sister Guerlain!"
Su Wan picked up a long branch and began to search for the fungi seriously. She was very lucky. Every time she swept away the fallen leaves, she would find many large pine fungi underneath. But she also always remembered He Jiaolan's instructions. .
He Jiaolan greeted her from time to time to confirm their safety.
Soon, her basket was full. The mushrooms were too fragile to be squeezed, but there were still many left to pick up. Su Wan thought she would continue in the afternoon.
She was careful and used branches to cover the fallen leaves on the ground. She was so careful that she pointed at these pine fungi to make money!
"Sister Su Wan, are you okay?"
He Jiaolan, who had picked up half of the basket, was a little confused when she saw Su Wan suddenly appearing in front of her.
"Well, I have to go back and cook for my brothers, so I have to take a step forward!"
"Do you remember the way back?"
"Remember!"
The only way to get there is to walk along the road in front of her house and walk in for half an hour.
"Okay, then you go back first. Your brothers are all working in the fields, and you are the only one at home. I don't know what happened today. There are so few pine fungi in this area. I'm afraid someone has picked them. Look, it’s been a long time, just this little bit!”
He Jiaolan said and showed her the pine fungi in her basket. After taking a look, it turned out that there were not many and they were not big.
"How are you doing there?" She looked at her basket and covered it with a rag to prevent it from getting wilted by the sun.
"I have quite a lot over there. You can go and have a look. Look, I picked a lot!"
Su Wan is not a selfish person, and she still can't deceive others for her own selfishness. Moreover, He Jiaolan is a very good person, and she doesn't want to deceive her. At worst, she will come again in the afternoon and pick it up somewhere else.
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It was almost noon when she got home. Su Wan took the pine fungus to a cool place and quickly washed her hands and cooked.
What should I have for lunch?
Cook some porridge, make some steamed buns, and stir-fry some side dishes!
I just picked fresh pine mushrooms today, which I can use to stir-fry mushrooms to eat. However, since there is no meat, the taste of the mushrooms will be a little worse, but they are still fresh.
The brothers had hot meals when they came back, and they were already able to cook licorice water themselves.
Today I changed the pattern, eating white porridge with a few side dishes and Erhe noodle steamed buns, which was very delicious.
This morning, when Su Yun saw that Su Wan was not getting up, he thought that she could only hold on for one day. He complained to Su Jing in the morning that she couldn't do well on the surface, and was slapped in the face at noon.
"Wanwan, where did you get this fungus?"
Su Jing saw an extra fried mushroom on the table and thought that someone in the village had given it to her.
"This morning, I went to collect pine mushrooms with Sister Guerlain, her younger sister Jiao Xing, and Chen Yinghong from the village. We made an agreement yesterday afternoon. They said we could exchange them for some money at the market. I saw that there wasn’t much food at home, so I thought about picking some and selling them at the market another day!”
Su Wan explained obediently, smiling sweetly, her bright almond eyes full of clarity.
The brothers were all stunned when they heard this. They originally thought that the eldest lady had a bad temper, could not bear hardships or work hard, or that she only knew how to eat and play every day, and that she would despise their family for being poor.
Su Yun even thought she was pretending.
"Wan Wan, as soon as the millet is shelled, we will have food to eat. You don't have to think about making money to support the family. When the busy farming season is over, we brothers will naturally find a way!" Su Jing was the first to react. He was a little worried. Sorry, Wanwan will have to endure this as soon as he comes back.
"That's right, it's up to us men to make money to support the family, you don't have to do anything!" Even Su Mu, who had always been taciturn, spoke up.
Su Yun then pouted:
"Do you look down on us men? We are still living well, why do you want you to make money to support your family? Yueyue never cared about this before!"
No matter how good-tempered Su Wan is, he will still find it annoying.
