Travel through the farm and live a leisurely life by farming

After the bamboo shoots are dried, I will cut a piece of meat next time I go to town and make them a meal of stir-fried bamboo shoots and meat. I guarantee that they will take the initiative to go to the mountains to pick bamboo shoots in the future.

Lu family.

"Yunqi, how many days will you take off this time? When will you return to the academy?"

Su Zhiyan was flipping through the book while casually asking Lu Yunqi.

"Wait a couple of days. I have to help finish the chores at home during these two days. Otherwise, my mother won't be able to handle it alone when I return to the academy."

The evening sun shone through the dim window onto the side of his face, his outline flickering. His head was slightly lowered, and his facial expression could not be seen clearly.

"Ah-ho and I are going to town on market day in a couple of days, so let's go together then."

Su Zhiyan was a little excited.

He and Lu Yunqi are neighbors and they used to study in the same academy. The Lu family's situation is not very good, but Aunt Rong still gritted her teeth and supported Yunqi's studies.

Lu Yunqi also worked hard and was diligent on weekdays. During his days off, he often helped others write letters and copy books to earn some money.

"it is good."

evening.

They didn't go to the town and finished the work in the fields. Su He had nothing to do so he took Su Chi to the mountain to pick bamboo shoots. Su Mu and Su Bai also followed them. With one more person, they were obviously much faster.

On the last day, Su He only went up the mountain once and saved some fresh bamboo shoots, planning to fry them in the evening for his family to taste.

After processing the picked bamboo shoots and hanging them in the yard, Su He blanched the bamboo shoots reserved in the basket, tore them in half and then cut them into small pieces.

Just as she was about to cook, she saw Su Chi come in with a mysterious look on his face. He squatted beside Su He, helped to light the fire, and whispered, "Sister, we have a chick now."

When Su He heard Su Chi's tone, she suddenly found it a little funny. Grandma had said two days ago that she would go to Old Li's house at the village entrance to ask. Maybe she was delayed by something and only brought the chick back today.

Su He raised the corner of his mouth slightly, but did not respond. Su Chi continued, "Our backyard will not be empty in the future. Now we have rabbits and chicks. In the future, we will have lots and lots of eggs."

In Su Chi's heart, eggs are the most delicious food in their family, but in the past, there was only one old hen in the family, and all the eggs had to be sold.

We are raising chicks now. When they grow up, they will lay eggs, which we can exchange for money in the future. Then our family will not be so poor.

Su He looked at his younger brother's satisfied expression and felt a little uncomfortable. "Well, when the chicks grow up, we will save the eggs they lay and make fried eggs for you."

Hearing Su He's words, Su Chi grinned and laughed.

Su He scooped out the excess water in the pot twice, added oil to the hot pot, then poured the chopped chili, ginger and garlic into the pot, stir-frying until fragrant.

Then put the freshly cut bamboo shoots into the pot, stir-fry quickly, and sprinkle some water in.

After a while, the pot began to bubble, and the fragrance of bamboo shoots mixed with the aroma of lard wafted out.

Su He sprinkled salt into the pot while stir-frying, then stir-fried a few more times and served.

Thinking that Aunt Rong next door had also returned, Su He took another bowl and served out an extra bowl.

The sauerkraut pickled two days ago was ready to be eaten. Su He took out two handfuls, washed them, chopped them up, and fried a big bowl of them.

She also flattened the wild onions that Old Lady Su had picked during the day, cut them into small pieces, and made a cold wild onion dish to go with rice.

Su He filled another small bowl of sauerkraut and handed it to Su Chi along with the bowl of fried bamboo shoots.

"Send it to Aunt Rong's house next door and tell them that we picked bamboo shoots today so they can have a taste."

Su Chi always listened to Su He. As soon as Su He finished speaking, he nodded heavily, picked up the bowl and ran out of the yard.

"I didn't expect that bamboo shoots taste so good, crispy, sweet and refreshing. Why didn't anyone eat it before?"

"I'll pick some more tomorrow when I'm free."

Su Bai took two big bites in a row, and when he saw everyone was looking at him, he spoke a little embarrassedly.

“This was so delicious, I couldn’t resist.”

Everyone covered their mouths and laughed softly.

"Ah He, is this the sauerkraut you made with water celery a few days ago?"

The sauerkraut was made under the supervision of Old Lady Su. She just took two bites and found that it tasted completely different from fresh ones. It was really refreshing to eat with the porridge and was perfect for this weather.

Su He smiled and nodded at Old Lady Su, "Yes, I thought it was almost done, so I fried a bowl to try the taste."

Thinking about what happened just now, he continued, "I just served two bowls of bamboo shoots and this pickled cabbage and asked Ah Chi to send them to Aunt Rong, and let them taste it too."

When the Su family heard Su He's words, they didn't react much, but nodded.

"Of course you should. Your aunt Rong always thinks of you when she has something delicious. These bamboo shoots and pickled cabbage are not valuable. I hope they don't mind them."

The Su family are all grateful people, and the Lu family has helped them a lot, so it is only right that they send them some food.

"Ah He, are you going to town tomorrow?" Old Man Su asked Su He while eating.

Su He picked up a piece of fried bamboo shoots with chopsticks and nodded. She had already cut all the dried fruits last night and put them in the backpack.

Today I went with Su Chi to pick tung oil tree leaves, washed them clean and dried them.

"Yunqi will be with us tomorrow. He will also be returning to the academy."

After Su Zhiyan had finished his meal, he put down his bowl and chopsticks and said something to Su He.

Su He didn't feel surprised and nodded.

Since it's on the way, there's nothing wrong with going to town together.

Because they had to go to town the next day, the Su family turned off the lights after finishing dinner and went back to their rooms to go to bed early.

The next day, after the cock crowed, Su He woke up when the sky was just beginning to brighten.

I heard some noise outside the house and thought that Xie and Luo must have gotten up.

When Su He got dressed and came out, she saw that in the kitchen, Mrs. Xie and Mrs. Luo had already cooked porridge and were preparing breakfast.

Soon everyone in the Su family got up. After Su He washed up, Xie urged her to have breakfast.

Su He responded and went into the main room, where she saw a large bowl of porridge, a bowl of sauerkraut, and a few wild vegetable cakes on the dining table.

"Eat quickly, you still have to travel later."

After saying this, Mrs. Xie turned and went into the kitchen, filled a pot of water and a few cooked sweet potatoes for the two of them, put them into the backpack and covered them with gauze.

After having breakfast, Su He and Su Zhiyan set off, each carrying a backpack.

When I pushed open the gate, I saw a young man in a green shirt leaning against the wall of the Su family's courtyard.

In the dim light, I saw that he had a rather thin face, a high and straight nose, tightly closed lips, and a handsome and bookish look between his brows.

Hearing the gate of the Su family open, he turned around, nodded to the two of them, and said with his thin lips: "Zhi Yan..."