"Our eldest son was born prematurely and has been in poor health. I hope he can take good care of himself and find a good job in the future without having to suffer from farming." Accountant Feng tried hard to excuse his eldest son.
In the village, the reputation of lazy people is not good. For the sake of his son's future, he naturally has to find a suitable reason.
He hopes that his son can be as successful as Shui Jianguo. Parents all believe that their beloved children will be successful in the future.
Shui Shangqing said no more. After all, one family does not care about two families, and everyone is doing what they think is right. No one can convince anyone.
The ground was easy to plow today, so the drying speed was much faster, so we could finish it earlier. I can also get off work on time and go home for dinner.
Bingyue only needs to stew the ingredients prepared by her mother in one pot at home. After all, the steamed buns and pancakes were prepared by her mother long ago. These little girls really can’t do it.
When Shui Shangqing, Liu Xuemei, and Shui Jianguo returned home together, they saw the little girl sitting in a daze at the door of the kitchen.
"Bingyue, we are back."
"Mom, dad, brother, the food is ready. Hurry up and eat." Shui Bingyue stood up quickly when she heard her father's voice.
Shui Jianguo rubbed his sister's head: "If you feel bored at home, you can find other children to play with. Your seventh brother will be with you for dinner."
"Okay, then in the afternoon I will go find Rhododendron, and Li Jiaojiao and the others will dig wild vegetables. Everyone is busy harvesting now, so there must be a lot of wild vegetables. I will pick them back and let Seventh Brother make vegetable pancakes to eat."
The family had lunch together, and Liu Xuemei praised her daughter: "For the same thing, why does Bingyue make it more delicious?"
"Because I don't want to put in oil, vegetables with oil and water are more fragrant. Although it's not easy to buy vegetable oil at home, there is quite a lot of lard, so I put in more."
"Yes, Jianguo, there are several cans of lard at home. You can take one with you when you go back to the city. It will last for a long time. The city is not as good as the countryside. You have to spend money to buy everything. You can't buy it without a ticket."
Shui Jianguo smiled and nodded: "Every time I come back, I'm busy but don't help much, and I take a lot of things."
"Isn't that what a family is like? In the early years, you worked hard at home. Now you have time to go home and help."
Xiao Qi came back when the family was halfway through eating. Shui Bingyue asked him: "Why is seventh brother coming back so late today?"
"The teacher asked me to draw a blackboard newspaper. I didn't want to come back too late at night, so I finished it during class break and after school at noon. I was starving to death."
Liu Xuemei put the dishes on the table for her youngest son: "Hurry up and eat, it's just right. I'll leave dinner to you. Bingyue is going to pick wild vegetables with the little girls in the afternoon."
"No problem, leave it to me. My cooking is delicious." Xiao Qi was very confident.
No one in the family wanted to be lazy, they were all happy to work.
After lunch, everyone went back to their respective rooms to take a lunch break. Those who went to work went to work, and those who went to school went to school. Shui Bingyue also held a small shovel and a small backpack to find friends to dig wild vegetables together.
When they arrived at Du Huihu's house, it was Du Juan's grandma who opened the door. She warmly greeted Shui Bingyue to come in: "Why did Yueyue come to grandma's house today?"
"I want to go dig wild vegetables with Sister Dujuan. Is she at home?"
"She is currently learning embroidery at home and doesn't want to go out. Should Yueyue also learn embroidery from grandma?"
Shui Bingyue felt dizzy when she heard the embroidery, and quickly shook her head: "Sister Dujuan doesn't have time, forget it, then I'll go find Sister Jiaojiao, see you Grandma Du."
After leaving the door, Shui Bingyue walked quickly towards the Li family at the foot of the mountain. Li Jiaojiao is washing clothes in the yard. When you hear a knock on the door, come over and open the door.
"Bingyue, why are you here? Come in quickly, I'll get you an apple to eat." Li Jiaojiao pulled the person in, quickly returned to the bedroom, took out a big apple, washed it with well water, and handed it to Shui Bingyue.
"Thank you, Sister Jiaojiao."
Li Jiaojiao is two years older than Shui Bingyue, but not much taller than her. She is just chubby and cute.
He reached out and touched Bingyue's head: "Why are you and I so polite? Every time I dig wild vegetables with you and encounter a snake, you always beat the snake to death and leave the snake to me. You treat me to eat Meat, I’m just asking you to eat the fruit.”
"I came here today to ask you to dig wild vegetables with me. Do you want to go?"
Li Jiaojiao nodded vigorously: "But you have to wait for me for a while, my clothes will be washed soon."
She also thoughtfully brought a small bench for Bingyue to sit on, and then did her own thing seriously.
Shui Bingyue held the big apple and ate it. It was sweet and sour, and very refreshing.
After Li Jiaojiao finished washing her clothes, the two little girls went out to go up the mountain together. On the sunny side of the hillside, I saw a lot of shepherd's purse, and the two little girls started digging.
It looks like a lot, but not much after picking. The two continued walking hand in hand up the mountain.
In a shady place with many rocks, I found vines hanging with yam beans.
Li Jiaojiao stopped and looked at Shui Bingyue: "There are wild yams here, let's dig them up. Yams are delicious whether they are simply cooked or eaten in stew."
"Okay, let's dig it separately."
Each of them chose one and started digging. Shui Bingyue was very strong and swung the small shovel very fast. Soon she saw traces of yam, and then dug carefully.
Unexpectedly, this one was quite long. Li Jiaojiao's one had already been dug out, but Shui Bingyue's had not yet been completely dug out.
When the digging was complete, half of Shui Bingyue's body was almost in the pit. Then carefully take out the long yam.
With the first experience, the speed is much faster. Digging and digging, I suddenly noticed a very special leaf, which looked very much like the ginseng leaves dug last year.
I decisively gave up on digging half-eaten yams and started digging for the plant I was not sure about. After all, last year’s ginseng had red fruits, but this one didn’t.
After she spent a lot of effort and finally dug it out completely, it was indeed ginseng, so today was a big harvest.
He carefully wrapped the ginseng in the handkerchief in his pocket and put it into his backpack. Then I continued to dig yams.
Both little girls were exhausted and sweating profusely. I looked at the sky and stopped at about four o'clock.
Li Jiaojiao wiped the sweat from her forehead with the back of her hand: "Bingyue, let's go back. It's getting late and I have to go home to cook."
"Okay." Shui Bingyue found softer vines to tie up the dug yam sticks, and held them in her hands.
Li Jiaojiao put the yam directly into her backpack, and the two of them went down the mountain together. The two separated at the foot of the mountain, and Shui Bingyue walked home alone.
There was no one else on the road, so she walked quickly and arrived home in a short time.
Put the yams on the kitchen floor, put the backpack on the ground, take out the ginseng and put it on the table in your room.
