Feng sat down with a smile, holding a small pair of tongs in her hand, turning the snail shells in the fire from time to time.

She was very surprised. At first she was surprised that the sheep dung snail was edible, then she was surprised that the snail meat was delicious, and now she was surprised that the snail shell could be made into soap.

During this period of time, she seemed to have gotten used to being surprised and didn't think there was anything strange about it being useful.

Zhou Mingqi came to the river, bent down and started picking snails.

Because she had eaten it several times before, she ignored the small ones and picked the big ones. These sheep dung snails are large in size, and the snail meat is easy to pry out. It tastes delicious when eaten, and it is also easy to clean. Now that it can be used to make soap, the bigger the better.

She searched and picked up the fruits along the stream, and soon she had filled half a basket, each of which was the size of an egg.

The woman washing clothes by the river looked at the second girl from the Zhou family who was looking for something in the water with her head down. When she looked closer, she found that it was a sheep dung snail.

Old Zhou's family actually picked up this thing that no one cares about and ate it. It seems that the rumors in the village a few days ago were all false. Old Zhou's family is so poor that they still have to eat sheep dung snails.

As soon as Zhou Mingqi left, those gossiping women started chattering again.

However, this time he was not saying bad things or spreading any rumors. He was saying that her Zhou family was poor, and that the people who spread the rumors were really bad people, and were slandering the Zhou family indiscriminately behind their backs.

Zhou Mingqi ignored them. After the snails in the basket were cooked, the snail meat that could be pried out was enough for a plate of food. He would pick up another basket in the afternoon and save them for dinner.

She washed the snails several times by the well, then poured them into the pot and started cooking.

When Old Mrs. Zhou came back from taking Si Ya for a walk, she saw smoke coming out of the kitchen. She went into the house and saw Er Ya cooking snails.

"Okay, it's hot outside the stove. Take Si Ya out to play. I'll cook."

After seeing how her granddaughter collected the snails, Grandma Zhou felt that she could handle these things, so she drove her granddaughter out.

Zhou Mingqi smiled and left the kitchen door. She was so hot that she was sweating profusely.

"Grandma, where are my eldest brother and the others?"

"They are digging the soil, what are you looking for them for? Take Si Ya to the backyard to find your elder sister. It's very hot outside. I just brought her back, and you want to take her out again?"

"Oh, then I won't join in the fun. Let's go watch my elder sister embroider."

Zhou Mingqi took Zhou Minghua to the backyard. Zhou Mingqin was embroidering and had no time to pay attention to her two younger sisters.

Zhou Mingqi asked Zhou Minghua to help her pull the silk thread so that she could make a looper.

"Second sister, the lace you make is so beautiful. Si Ya wants one too~" Zhou Minghua acted coquettishly, hoping that second sister could also make one for her.

"Okay, then you help me pull it, and I'll make two small ones for you and tie them to your pigtails, okay?"

"Okay, okay."

Zhou Mingqi used different silk threads to weave cords of different colors, and when the time comes, he will give them to his brothers and sisters at home. They will look so beautiful when hung on sachets.

Boss Zhou bought another ten kilograms of fat meat and is now about to become a celebrity in the slaughterhouse.

The butchers thought he was doing some lucrative business and tried to find out more about him.

It's only been a few days since he came here to carry the meat, for no reason at all. No matter how rich his family is, they wouldn't carry meat like this.

Boss Zhou smiled brightly and chatted with these butchers, but he didn't say what kind of business he had done. Looking at the men in front of him who were sweating from anxiety, he almost laughed his head off in his heart, he think, it's just for fun.

In addition to ten pounds of fat, he also got a few ribs, which he could stew and make soup at home, which was really delicious.

Boss Zhou pushed open the door with a backpack on his back, hung his straw hat at the door, and shouted at the top of his voice.

"Mom, I'm back. It's all good fat. They even gave me some ribs as a gift."

Old Mrs. Zhou was prying the snail meat out, and Mrs. Feng next to her was helping.

"I'm back, so why are you crying? I'm not deaf or hard of hearing."

Seeing her son sweating profusely, she stood up, took the basket, took out the meat, and cooked the meat in the afternoon.

"The children are still digging, why don't you go and take a look?" Old Mrs. Zhou urged.

"Oh, I just came back and I haven't even had a sip of cold water yet. Am I your biological son?"

Boss Zhou took off his sweaty shirt and wiped the sweat off his body with a towel.

Mrs. Zhou looked at her exhausted son and smiled, "You are the one who was in a hurry to arrange for them to work. I don't know what they have done in the whole morning."

"Who cares? I don't expect them to do much. As long as they can help, that's enough."

Boss Zhou wiped the sweat off his body while answering Old Lady Zhou's questions.

But he was still worried about his children, so he went out shirtless after a while.

Today, Liu and Zhu wanted to pick some mugwort and mint, but they still had a lot of mugwort paste in stock at home.

The villagers went into the mountains every day, and came back every day with full backpacks. They were really jealous sitting at home, so after some discussion, the two of them carried their backpacks and went into the mountains.

I picked up most of the mushrooms, but as I thought about other things to do at home, I didn't go deeper. On my way back, I passed by a bamboo forest. I looked inside and saw the ground was covered with white chicken mushrooms, which were in full bloom and growing well.

The two sisters-in-law slapped their thighs excitedly. There happened to be an empty backpack, otherwise there would be no place to put the chicken mushrooms all over the ground.

"Sister-in-law, hurry up. There are so many chicken mushrooms. Do you want me to kill a chicken?"

"Haha, I think that's possible. How can we finish all these chicken mushrooms in one meal? I think we can also make some chicken mushroom oil."

"I think it's fine. Hurry up and pick them. I think it's almost noon."

The two sisters-in-law smiled happily and started to pick the chicken mushroom flowers. These chicken mushroom flowers grew very densely in clusters, and they didn't need to move their feet to pick them.

Except for a few old chicken mushrooms, most of them have just opened and are in bud, and now is the right time to harvest them.

The two sisters-in-law picked one piece after another, and they couldn't even fill one backpack.

"Sister-in-law, you can pick it here first. I will go home and ask my brother to pick you up."

"Okay, then be careful."

Zhu gathered two handfuls of grass to cover the backpack, then walked towards home.

Who knew that before she even got home, she saw a few boys from her family and Boss Zhou on the road. Her heart was excited and her hands were shaking. Zhu started shouting before she even got close to them.

"Brother, brother, please stop working now. Hurry up. My sister-in-law is picking chicken mushroom flowers in the mountains. The bamboo forest is full of chicken mushroom flowers, which are in full bloom. A backpack can't hold them all. Take the backpack and go pick her up."

Upon hearing this, the boys didn't even bother to put on their shoes and ran home with their straw sandals in their hands. Their feet covered in wet mud stomped on the ground, and the wet footprints formed a line.

Boss Zhou was also very excited, but he was getting older and acted more calmly.

Tap the screen to use advanced tools Tip: You can use left and right keyboard keys to browse between chapters.

You'll Also Like