Travel through the farm and live a leisurely life by farming

The Su family was busy for more than half a month and finally picked all the wild fruits.

The next step is to dry fruits and pick ferns. After finishing the work in the afternoon, Su Mu will take Su Bai and Su Chi to the hillside to pick bamboo shoots.

Taking advantage of the good weather, the Su family's yard was filled with wild fruits every day. After all the wild fruits were dried, the family finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Within two days, it started to drizzle.

The rainy season came so quietly.

Su He sat in the house, watching Mrs. Xie and Mrs. Luo mending clothes for the whole family.

A few days ago, the family went into the mountains every day, and their clothes were more or less torn by tree branches. Now it is the rainy season, and they can’t do work in the fields, so the family is all at home.

Everyone was busy with work some time ago and was very tired. Fortunately, Su He bought some needles, thread, rice and flour when she went to town, so the Su family was not as embarrassed as before during this rainy season.

We have stockpiled a lot of dried vegetables at home, and we have also pickled a full jar of sauerkraut. There is no shortage of food at home at this time, and we have a rare chance to relax.

"Aunt, you are so skillful. I didn't even realize that this was the same piece of clothing that had holes in it before."

Su He picked up the clothes that Luo had just mended for her, looked at the neat arrangement, and saw no trace of the previous holes, and couldn't help but sigh.

"Girl, you know how to praise people."

Luo smiled and said, "You haven't seen your mother's craftsmanship, but it's not worse than mine."

"Uh-huh."

Su He looked at the clothes that Xie had mended, then looked at Luo, and nodded and giggled.

"When our family was better off, your mother and your aunt could still embroider handkerchiefs and other things. But later on... we couldn't even afford silk thread. You guys must have worked hard after all."

Old Mrs. Su raised her hand and gently stroked the mended part of the clothes, and couldn't help but sigh.

"mother......."

"Mom, we are a family, why do you have to say such things."

Both Mrs. Xie and Mrs. Luo comforted Old Mrs. Su.

"Okay, I won't say any more..."

Su He looked at the clothes in front of her, thoughtfully.

Although Xie and Luo's needlework is not as good as that of the embroiderers in the town, their skills are still pretty good. If they can embroider some fashionable patterns, it may be a way out.

I might go and have a look next time I'm in town.

Suddenly there was a thunder, and the big tree outside the yard swayed left and right with the wind and rain, and the raindrops slanting down hit the windowsill with a "pa pa" sound.

The scenery outside the window was blocked by the interweaving rain curtain, becoming hazy, like an ink painting.

Su He had a flash of inspiration.

He quickly got up and ran towards Su Zhiyan's house.

"Ah He, where are you going? Be careful not to get wet in this heavy rain."

Seeing Su He got up and ran out of the house without saying a word, Xie immediately put down the needle and thread in her hand and shouted loudly behind her.

"Got it, mother. I'll go find my uncle."

The voice was drowned out by the sound of rain. Xie only vaguely heard it and felt relieved knowing that she was going to find Su Zhiyan.

Su He gently pushed open Su Zhiyan's door, only to see the young man in the room, who was engrossed in reading a book in his hand. Hearing the sound, he hurriedly turned around and saw Su He gently patting the rain water splashed on his sleeves.

"Ah He, why are you here?"

It is the rainy season now, and the Su family does not have to work in the fields. It is a rare opportunity for them to have some free time. Su Zhiyan stays in his room almost every day, reading the books he brought back.

This was the first time Su He entered her uncle's room. She looked around and saw that the room was not big. There was a simple bed, a desk, and an old-fashioned shelf with two sets of clothes hanging on it. They looked like they had been worn for many years and were slightly white from being starched.

"I want to ask if you have any pen, ink, and paper in your room?"

Just now, Su He thought that the idea he had was good, so he thought about drawing a few patterns first, and then taking them to the town to try his luck next time.

The only scholar in the Su family is Su Zhiyan. If he doesn't have one, then they can only think of other ways.

When Su Zhiyan heard this, he did not ask the reason. He stood up and took out a piece of brush and ink, as well as manuscript paper from the compartment behind the shelf. He gently wiped them with his hand and was quite fond of them.

He turned around and handed it to Su He.

These days, he has also seen the changes in the Su family and his niece who has recovered from her illness.

Su He must have had his own use for the pen and ink when he came here to look for it, as these were things he had saved before.

Su He took the pen and ink, his face full of joy, and thanked him quickly:

"Thank you, uncle. I'll return it to you when I'm done with it."

Having said that, he returned to his room with his pen and ink. Su Zhiyan looked at Su He's back, his lips slightly raised and he chuckled softly.

The rain was drizzling, and gradually it became lighter without me noticing.

Su He looked out the window, and after a while of thinking, he picked up a pen and sketched out the pattern in his heart on paper...

After two days, the rain gradually stopped.

The Su family's yard was exceptionally quiet.

It had been raining for several days. As soon as the rain stopped, Old Man Su took Su Dawu and Su Danian and carried hoes to go to the fields to check on the work.

Old Man Su kept muttering to himself, worrying that there was too much water in the fields and that he had to go and drain some water.

There are also some corn seedlings that were planted a few days ago. The seedlings have just grown out, and we need to see if they have been washed away by the rain.

Xie and Luo went to the vegetable garden. It had rained for several days, and there must be a lot of weeds growing in the garden.

Su Chi and Old Lady Su also disappeared. They must have gone to cut grass for the chickens.

Su He glanced at the mountains in the distance outside the yard. At this time, the greenness of the mountains was even more intense, and white mist was floating, so that even the halfway point of the mountain could not be seen clearly.

Su He raised the corners of his mouth slightly. Once the rainy season is over, it will be the season for mushrooms.

Ever since he learned that the wild fruits in the mountains could actually make money, Old Man Su didn't stop them from going into the mountains. He just reminded them again and again to tell their family members before going into the mountains and to bring Su Mu or Su Bai with them, for fear that Su He would go into the mountains alone without saying a word.

Although their family had been there many times, Su He was just a little girl after all, and she absolutely could not take such a risk.

Su He didn't have any objection. It would be better if two more people went into the mountains. She couldn't carry much by herself.

What's more, now that it has rained, the mountains will probably be full of mushrooms. She has to tell her family quickly and go into the mountains to pick mushrooms tomorrow.

Seeing that it was almost dinner time and no one had come back yet, Su He took out the rice, washed it twice, and put it in the pot to cook porridge.

I grabbed a handful of the ferns and bamboo shoots that had been dried a while ago, put them in a basin, and soaked them in clean water.

It had rained for several days in a row, and all the bones we had bought in town on the last market day had already been cooked, so there were almost only vegetarian dishes left at home.

I was thinking of taking a few eggs tonight, and then going outside to pick some purslane to make some purslane fried eggs.

It just rained, so the purslane must be growing particularly fresh and tender.