Travel through the farm and live a leisurely life by farming

When Xia Mei saw Su He enter the kitchen, she also stepped out and followed him into the kitchen to help Su He.

Su Chi, who was watching the little piglets excitedly, seemed to suddenly remember something. He quickly stood up, ran to the eaves, and pulled a handful of old cabbage leaves. These were specially left by Old Lady Su to feed the chickens.

Su Chi trotted to the bamboo cage and put a cabbage leaf into the cage. The piglet in the cage grunted twice and shrank back.

“Why doesn’t it eat?”

Su Chi looked puzzled. He raised his head to look at Old Man Su and the others, pursed his lips, and then looked at the piglets in the bamboo cage.

Is it that the cabbage in his hand doesn’t taste good?

"Achi, stop squatting and get up quickly. This little piglet is just a little frightened by the crowds."

Old Man Su patiently explained to Su Chi: "Wait until the pig pen is built tomorrow, and it will be fine once it gets used to it."

"Then while it's still light, I'll go pick up some stones with my elder brother and the others so we can start work earlier tomorrow."

Su Danian looked at the little pig and smiled innocently. It was great that their family could raise pigs. He could imagine that this year's New Year would be very lively.

Hearing Su Danian's words, Su Dawu nodded in agreement, called Su Mu and Su Bai, and they picked up the bamboo baskets and rushed to the back mountain.

There are so many of them, and maybe they can make two trips before it gets dark.

Seeing that Su Dawu and the others had gone out, Old Man Su told Old Lady Su:

"Old lady, let's put this piglet in the cage in the backyard for a day. This bamboo cage is too small. I'll go and fetch a load of it and build a pig pen tomorrow."

Seeing that they could raise pigs at home, everyone in the Su family was very excited. They felt full of energy. These piglets were precious, so they had to take good care of them so that they could have a prosperous New Year.

Seeing that everyone was busy, Su Chi put on his small backpack and said he was going to the fields to collect grass for the pigs, as he was worried that the piglets would be hungry and have nothing to eat.

Seeing his excitement, Mrs. Xie knew she couldn't stop him, so she could only shout at him as he ran away, telling him not to run too far because it would be time for dinner soon.

After shouting, I saw a little person in the distance who didn't even turn his head back, just kept waving his hands, and ran away.

In the kitchen, Su He cut the pork belly she bought today into small pieces, grabbed a handful of starch, added shredded ginger and cooking wine, and marinated.

Seeing a few sweet potatoes on the table, Su He thought about it and decided to make some sweet potato and multi-grain porridge.

She scooped up a few handfuls of coarse grains, washed them and put them into the pot. She then washed the sweet potatoes, removed the ends, cut them into small pieces and put them into the pot. She scooped up some water, covered the pot, and immediately lit the fire.

Half an hour later, a pot of sweet sweet potato and multi-grain porridge was ready. It was sticky and fragrant. Compared with the thin porridge with wild vegetables that Su He had eaten when he first came here, it was much better.

"This smells really good. It smells sweet."

Xia Mei sniffed hard, and found that the same thing she made was not as fragrant as Su He's.

"Next time when you cook, make sure to stir it more often so the sweet potatoes don't stick to the pan."

Su He said with a smile, there is no secret, just be more careful.

As Su He spoke, he brought out the prepared dishes.

While cooking the porridge, you can also cook the dishes. When the porridge is done, the dishes will be ready as well.

After a busy day today, the meal was simple. Su He made braised pork belly with green beans, stir-fried sweet potato leaves, and cold cucumber salad. She also made an egg mushroom soup with some fresh mushrooms saved from the morning.

After finishing all these, the other members of the Su family also came back. There were already a lot of stones piled up in the backyard, and the piglets had been temporarily placed in an empty chicken coop nearby.

Su Chi was still interested in throwing the pig grass he had just cut into the cage, and then he squatted aside and watched the piglets in the cage.

His little mouth opened and closed, but no one knew what he was mumbling.

"Have dinner first and continue tomorrow."

Su He shouted to the people in the backyard, and then heard the old man Su's vigorous response.

After dinner, Su He briefly recounted the cooperation that he had agreed with Qianweilou during the day.

As soon as he finished speaking, everyone in the room was shocked and unable to recover.

"...cooperation?"

Could it be that they heard it wrong? Qianweilou was actually willing to cooperate with them. Although it was only a 10% profit, this was a much longer-term benefit than mushroom sauce.

After a few days, there will be no more mushrooms on the mountain, and the mushroom jam business will be over. We can only wait until next year.

However, although they had never been to Qianweilou, they knew that it was one of the best restaurants in town. Cooperating with them would mean a long-term and stable income.

From then on, the Su family’s life would be guaranteed, at least they would have enough food and warm clothing.

Su Mu lowered his head and picked at the food in the bowl. He had been watching Ah He discussing business with the owner of Qianweilou in Qianweilou today. He was shocked for a long time and has just recovered.

Ah He is indeed the lucky star of the Su family. They now have work to do every day and are well fed. Just now when he returned to the house, he saw the new clothes that Xia Mei had half finished making for him.

He is now energetic in everything he does. He doesn't feel tired even after a busy day and can even wake up with a smile on his face in his dreams at night.

Su He nodded. She had originally planned to open a snack stand in the town, but the Su family had just recovered and did not have enough money to rent a shop.

Let’s take our time on this matter.

After dinner, Su He went back to her room. As this was her first collaboration with Qianweilou, she still had to study the menu carefully.

Everyone in the Su family knew that Su He was busy, so they tried to keep their voices and movements low for fear of disturbing her.

The next morning, everyone in the Su family went into the mountains to pick mushrooms and came back, leaving the women to wash the mushrooms and make mushroom sauce.

The men of the Su family all went out to pick stones.

Old man Su dug a lot of mud from the slope outside the backyard by himself, carried it back to the Su's backyard, added water and mixed the mud.

This piglet is still small now and does not have much destructive power, but when it grows up, it will be very strong.

So I decided to build a pigpen made of stones once and for all, and use mud to glue the stones together. After the mud dries, the pigpen will be sturdy and beautiful, and will last for many years without breaking down.

When you raise pigs in the future, you won’t have to build a separate pigpen.

After Old Man Su mixed the mud, Su Dawu and his companions came back carrying stones. They saw that the stones in the backyard should be enough to build a pigpen.

Several people rolled up their sleeves and started busying themselves in the backyard with the ping-pong game. Even the youngest, Su Chi, was handing out small pieces of stones.

Together with the stones picked up last night, there were enough stones piled up in the backyard. After working until almost dark, the pigpen was almost completed.