In the book, I was fed by my sister

A few days ago, Song Ran's plan to go to the city to sell vegetables was interrupted by a banquet in the village.

Song Li knew that her sister would go to the city to sell vegetables early tomorrow morning, so she went to the small vegetable garden before going to bed and transferred a trace of supernatural power.

The sky was turning pale and Song Ran got up quietly.

"Sister~" Song Li looked at her sister with sleepy eyes.

"Are you bothering me, little darling? Sleep a little longer. Sister has to go out to the city soon. When you wake up, go to the kitchen. There are warm eggs on the stove for you." Song Ran said while gently rubbing Song Li's little face. Her sister's face was rosy when she just woke up. She was so well behaved that her heart almost melted.

"Sister, are you going to pick vegetables? I'll go with you. I'm more familiar with the vegetable garden than you are." Song Li didn't want to be unable to help with such a small matter. She swore to protect her sister, but in the end she became the one who enjoyed the good life.

Song Ran saw her little sister's serious face, like a little adult. She knew her little sister's temper. Although she recovered from her illness, she was still as stubborn as before. "Okay, okay, then sister will find you some clothes. The sun hasn't risen yet and the dew is heavy."

Song Ran opened the bamboo gate and was surprised by the abundance of fruits inside. He said, "I remember last night, none of them looked this big..."

Song Ran looked at the big and beautiful eggplants, white cucumbers... with curiosity. The morning dew was still hanging on these fruits and vegetables. Each one was very juicy and water would come out if you pinched it with your hand.

Song Li looked at her sister carefully, fearing that she would be suspicious of the vegetables in the yard. She had been to the vegetable garden of a neighbor's grandmother a few days ago, and the vegetables in the garden were either full of worm holes or looked weird.

Song Ran's face was filled with joy. After a while, he sighed, "This small vegetable garden has been turned into a treasure land. I wonder if the black treasure has fertilized this land..."

Heibao, the little black dog who grew up with Song Ran, died of old age last winter. Song Ran was reluctant to let her old friend go away, so she dug a hole in the vegetable garden and buried Heibao in it.

Song Li knew that her sister was thinking about sad things. In her limited memory, she vaguely remembered the black puppy. She walked forward and held her sister's hand.

Song Ran felt the warmth in his hand and said, "Look, I forgot about the important things. Xiaoguai, go cut the coriander."

Song Ran prepared two baskets and picked the young pumpkins first. The young pumpkins were small but round, and a dozen of them took up half of the space in the basket.

White cucumbers are refreshing and appetizing. They have been eating a lot these days. Today, there are more than a dozen of them growing on the trellis. Song Ran picked them all up and stacked them neatly on top of the pumpkins.

In another basket were neatly arranged eggplants, water chestnuts and a large bundle of coriander.

Two baskets of vegetables were carried on his thin shoulders.

Song Li also wanted to help.

"I specially asked for the place where the vegetable baskets are placed on the ox cart, but there is no place for you." After saying this, Song Ran wondered if her younger sister wanted to go to the city to have a look. "Xiaoguai, do you want to go to the city to play? I will take you there next time. You stay at home today. If Li Zi comes to see you, you can go out to play with her, and I will bring you watermelon when I get home."

Song Li watched her sister get on the ox cart, and then she slipped out the door when the cart went away.

Last time she went into the mountains with Li Zi, she found a way, so today she planned to sneak in by herself. She took the pancakes that her sister had baked for her and walked into the fields. The rice on both sides was like waves, shielding her. The people in the fields looked up at the rice that was undulating without wind and were surprised, but they didn't notice Song Li walking among them.

Once we entered the mountain, there was no one around. The vegetation in the mountain seemed to come alive, the deep grass crouched low to make way for the road, sweeping away snakes and insects, and the dead leaves burned to reveal the animal traps hidden underneath.

Song Li walked while eating the sweetest newly grown fruits handed to her by the branches.

She now needs to improve her ability level quickly, but the lower the level, the harder it is to improve.

It would be great if we could find a spring.

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Song Ran put two baskets of vegetables on the ox cart. Just this short journey, she had already broken out in a thin layer of sweat.

"What does Miss Ran sell?"

Song Ran covered two vegetable baskets with pumpkin leaves. The villagers who were going to the market in ox carts today saw her carrying two full baskets and asked curiously.

Song Ran placed two baskets of vegetables in the middle of the ox cart, breathing heavily, and lifted a corner of the leaves.

"Oh, come and look at these fruits and vegetables. They are so beautiful."

After hearing the call, everyone came over and marveled at the juicy fruits.

"Sister Ran, what seeds do you use? Will you sell them next year?"

"Why isn't there a single insect hole? What method did you use?"

"What are you stirring with firewood ashes? What kind of animal ashes are you using? Or human ashes? It's really big."

Several people surrounded the two baskets of vegetables, asking and touching them.

Song Ran answered truthfully, but the others disagreed with the answers they got, thinking that Song Ran must have some trick.

"You don't have to buy seeds. I'll save some for later use. You can just come to my house to get them." After Song Ran said this, everyone stopped asking questions.

The oxcart was swaying, and people were leaning against each other and taking naps during the journey. When the oxcart arrived outside the city, the sun was already high in the sky, and everyone got off the car quickly and dispersed after entering the city.

Song Ran came to the market, which is the largest gathering place for retail sales in Feng County. On every first, fourth and seventh day of the lunar year, farmers from all directions come here carrying or pushing goods on their shoulders.

Unfortunately, Lihua Village was far from Feng County, and Song Ran didn't have a donkey cart, so she had to ride the old ox cart to get there. There was no room in the market for her two baskets of vegetables.

Song Ran looked at the crowded people inside and simply put the two baskets of vegetables on the side of the road.

"Sister Ran, why don't you come in? It's not easy to sell outside." An aunt from the same village suggested kindly.

"I won't go in. I can't squeeze in with these two baskets of things." Song Ran replied while wiping the sweat off his face.

She was very confident that no vegetable in the market grew better than hers and that it would definitely attract people coming and going.

Song Ran's face was flushed from the heat, as if she had put on a layer of rouge, which made her face look very beautiful. Although she was not as fair as those girls in the city, she had the vitality of the mountains.

People who went to the market were coming and going in a hurry. Seeing that Song Ran was pretty, they were curious whether she was a young wife or a girl, and why she came out alone to set up a stall to sell vegetables.

The eldest sister, who had nothing urgent to do at home, came over to chat with Song Ran and take a look at what was being sold in the basket.

This sight shocked me.

What kind of soil is this vegetable grown in? It looks so good!

"Girl, can you eat this dish?"

Song Ran burst out laughing. She thought the other party was here to ask about the price, but he came up to ask her if the food was OK. "Auntie, you are joking. Is this food fake?"

"Oh, it looks like it's made of jade." The aunt said with an exaggerated expression.

"Hahaha, if I sell the jade for the price of vegetables, I will lose all my family assets."

“Is it delicious?” Although it looks good, the auntie is also worried what if it’s just for show?

"Please have a taste." Song Ran broke off a piece of white cucumber and gave it to the aunt, then took a big bite in front of her.

"Hmm!" The auntie had a surprised expression, "It's really sweet! I've never eaten such sweet white cucumbers. Boss, you must have added honey! Give me two."

"Hahaha, you are joking. How dare I pick the honey in the mountains? Wouldn't it bite me all over? Why don't you buy two to take home? They are sweet when eaten directly, and they are also very refreshing if you crush them and mix them with some chili and minced garlic."

When Song Ran mentioned that there was a book on cooking, the sweet taste of the melon she had just tasted was still in her aunt's mouth. When she heard Song Ran's words, her saliva almost flowed out: "Little boss, I want four white cucumbers, and two purple melons (eggplants) too! I also want a young pumpkin..."

People passing by heard the two people shouting and came over to see what good things they were buying.

"Wow, this vegetable is growing so well!"

People tend to follow the herd mentality, and people gathered in groups of three or four, with more people watching.

"How does your dish taste?"

"It tastes so good. I've never eaten such juicy and sweet white cucumbers." Song Ran gave a handful of coriander to the aunt who was packing the vegetables. The aunt was immediately won over and used it as a promotional megaphone.

"Girl, I want two white cucumbers and four eggplants. Please weigh them for me and see how much they cost."

"I want two tender pumpkins..."

"How much is the water chestnut? I want two."

"All are sold at market price, come one at a time." When the people gathered around heard that such beautiful vegetables were sold at market price, they were afraid that there would be no vegetables left when it was their turn, so they took the vegetables directly.

Song Ran was weighed next to him.

Uncle Li, who drove the ox cart, told everyone to leave at 3 p.m. before they dispersed. Song Ran even asked him to wait for another half an hour, but she didn't expect that the dishes he brought were sold out in no time.

"Young boss, will you still sell here next time you go to the market?" asked the aunt who didn't buy anything.

Song Ran raised her face with a smile: "Come! Still at this time, still at this place!" She estimated that since she saw fist-sized fruits today, there should be another harvest in two, three or four days.

Song Ran took his empty vegetable basket and went to the place where livestock were sold.

The weather is hot, and the chicks and ducklings have lost their energy.

Several owners selling chickens and ducks greeted Song Ran warmly.

But Song Ran was a little worried when he saw the lifeless chickens and ducks.

"Sister, my dog ​​is fine, but it's too hot and has no vitality. Take it back and put it in a cool place. Give it some water and I guarantee it will be alive tomorrow."

They were all eloquent, and Song Ran finally bought two pairs of chickens and three pairs of ducks from a little girl of about thirteen or fourteen years old.

Song Ran got on the ox cart to go home. Several aunts looked at the two empty baskets of vegetables and asked, "Oh my, are they all sold out?"

"The vegetables are growing so well, how could they not be sold?"

"Are you planning to raise chickens and ducks? If you want to buy bran, come find your aunt."

The sun was very strong at this time, so Song Ran put pumpkin leaves in a basket to shade the chicks and ducklings.

Two miles away from home, Song Ran saw Grandma Gu bending over.

Brother Tingyan hadn't sent a letter to Grandma for three months, and Grandma had been waiting at the post station in the city almost every day. It cost money to take a bullock cart, so in order to save money, she went there early in the morning and returned in the afternoon.

The ox cart slowly passed by Grandma Gu, and the aunt on the cart said, "Miss Gu, you are wearing gold and silver, I wonder how much your grandson has earned for you. When he comes back, he will definitely be a high official in the city, and you will enjoy a good life in the city in the future."

Grandma Gu smiled happily, her back straight, and said that when her grandson came back she would hold a banquet and everyone was invited to come.

Song Ran got off the ox cart and walked with Grandma Gu. When the ox cart went away, Grandma Gu seemed to be deflated and continued to hunch her back.

Song Ran knew without asking that there had been no response today.

"You've already spent the money for the ox cart, why do you have to walk these two miles?"

"It's not far, I just wanted to take a walk. Look at the chickens I bought, they look wilted. I don't know if they can survive tonight." Song Ran deliberately brought up the topic.

Grandma Gu peeled off the leaves on it and said, "It doesn't look very good. It's probably because of the sun. Go home and give it some water. It will be full of energy tomorrow morning."

"It's just that I raised chickens too late, so I can't drink chicken soup during the New Year." Song Li said regretfully. She couldn't eat the pig-killing soup, and it would be nice to drink a bowl of hot chicken soup with butter during the New Year.

Granny Gu calculated the days and said, "It will probably lay eggs in the spring of next year."

"I see there are males and females in there?"

"Yes, I will hatch the eggs myself in the future."

Grandma Gu smiled and said, "Good, Li'er is cured. Our lives are getting better and better."