After the separation, I took my whole family to eat delicious food and drink spicy

"Mom, go call Aunt Chen and the others over and tell them that work starts today. They will probably be busy these next few days. The guy said that another batch of peppers will be delivered the day after tomorrow." Li Xiaoxiao said to Mrs. Bai next to her while sorting the peppers.

Bai said yes, put down the things in her hands and went to the village to call the women who had been agreed to help with chopping peppers.

After a while, there was a burst of laughter outside the yard. Li Xiaoxiao knew that it was Bai who brought people over, so she hurried out to greet them. "Auntie Chen, ladies and gentlemen, you are here, come in quickly." Li Xiaoxiao said with a smile.

Everyone responded and followed Li Xiaoxiao into the yard. Li Xiaoxiao briefly introduced the steps of making chopped peppers. He was not afraid of others learning it. After all, he would do the final step of adding seasonings himself. Li Xiaoxiao also believed that the people he found were of good character.

After that, Li Xiaoxiao began to divide the work. Mrs. Bai, Aunt Chen, and Aunt Li were in charge of chopping the peppers first, while the others were responsible for washing, cutting, and sieving. Everyone was very skilled and quickly got into the work. For a moment, the yard was filled with busy figures and laughter.

After the first basin of chili peppers was chopped, Li Xiaoxiao poured the prepared seasoning directly into the wooden basin, stirred it evenly, and then put it into the jar. After ten days of hard work, Li Xiaoxiao turned all the 10,000 kilograms of chili peppers sent by Manager Zhao into chopped chili peppers, which Manager Zhao arranged to be delivered to Xiangmanlou branches across the country.

After Li Xiaoxiao paid Aunt Chen and the others their wages, she told them that she would wait until the second batch of peppers arrived before letting them start working again. They all happily agreed.

Not everyone can get this kind of helper job in the village that pays twenty-five cents a day. Several people cherish this opportunity very much and never mention the fact that they are chopping peppers to others.

Li Xiaoxiao counted the remaining silver in his hand. After being busy for ten days, he earned about fifty taels. Li Xiaoxiao gave the money to Bai for safekeeping, thinking of buying land and building a house in the spring of next year. Li Fang and Li Linlin were very happy to hear that they would be able to live in a new house next year.

Many villagers in the village saw that Aunt Chen and several others were helping out at Li Xiaoxiao's house. Not only were their wages high, but the house was also close to home. So they came to ask Li Xiaoxiao if she wanted to hire anyone else. Li Xiaoxiao politely declined one by one and said that the workload this time was enough. If there was a need to recruit workers next time, she would definitely give them priority.

After rejecting the villagers, Li Xiaoxiao finally had some free time. She thought it was almost time to harvest the corn, soybeans, and sweet potatoes, so she went to walk around the fields. She estimated that it would be harvested in ten to twenty days, and Li Xiaoxiao was very happy.

This year will definitely be another bumper year. After the sweet potatoes, corn and soybeans are harvested, we can save some to eat during the winter.

After returning home, Li Xiaoxiao went to the vegetable garden again and looked at the vegetables in the garden. Now the weather in the north has begun to slowly turn cooler, and the vegetables in the garden have been eaten batch after batch. The first batch of beans has been eaten, and the leaves of the eggplant trees have begun to turn yellow. Li Xiaoxiao took the opportunity to cut down some of the eggplant trees to see if they can grow again. If so, he can eat the second batch of eggplants.

Later, Bai scattered some cabbage seeds and radish seeds, thinking that by the time the radishes grew, winter would probably be here.

Li Xiaoxiao worked in the vegetable garden for a while, picked some peppers and vegetables, and then went home.

At home, Bai has already started preparing lunch.

Li Xiaoxiao walked into the kitchen and saw Bai cooking, so she went over to help light the fire.

"Mom, I just went to the fields to check on them. Our crops are growing well and will be ready for harvest soon."

Mrs. Bai smiled and said, "Yes, the harvest this year will definitely be good. Once the crops are harvested, we can relax a bit."

Li Xiaoxiao nodded and said, "Then we can make more kimchi and pickled vegetables and store them for winter."

As he was speaking, there was a knock on the door.

Li Xiaoxiao opened the door and saw a strange man standing at the door.

The man introduced himself: "I'm from the next village. I heard that your chopped peppers are delicious. I want to buy some."

Li Xiaoxiao was a little surprised. She didn't expect that her own chopped peppers would be so popular.

She warmly invited the man into the house and gave him some chopped peppers that she had saved.

After tasting it, the man praised it highly and bought several cans immediately.

After seeing the man off, Li Xiaoxiao and Bai smiled at each other.

It seems that their chopped pepper business is expected to get better and better in the future.

In the afternoon, Li Xiaoxiao took Li Fang and Li Linlin to the mountain, saying that they wanted to take advantage of the free time to collect more firewood. Bai Shi also let them go. Now that the weather is getting cooler, many elderly people in the village who are afraid of cold have already changed into long sleeves. Li Xiaoxiao then went to Lin's cloth shop in the town to buy some cloth, saying that he wanted to make autumn clothes for his family.

Taking advantage of the free time now, Bai took out the needle and thread basket from the cabinet and started cutting the cloth.

Li Xiaoxiao took Li Fang and Li Linlin to the place where they had collected firewood before. The three of them divided the work. Li Xiaoxiao chopped the firewood, while Li Fang and Li Linlin were responsible for dragging the firewood to the open space and putting it together. Before long, they had harvested a large pile of firewood.

"Sister, let's take a break." Li Linlin wiped the sweat from her forehead.

"Okay, you guys take a rest first. I'll go over there and see if there are any other dry branches." Li Xiaoxiao walked deeper into the woods.

As she walked, she suddenly found a large dead tree in front of her, which looked like it had fallen for a long time. Li Xiaoxiao walked closer and found that the trunk was covered with fungus.

"Wow, so many fungus!" she exclaimed excitedly. These fungus looked very fresh. I could take them home to cook or dry them. They were really good stuff.

Li Xiaoxiao carefully picked all the larger wood ears and put them into the basket.

After picking the fungus, Li Xiaoxiao returned to the brother and sister. Li Fang saw the things in Li Xiaoxiao's basket and asked curiously, "Sister, why are you picking this? It's black, isn't it poisonous?" Li Fang asked doubtfully.

"Don't worry, this is called wood ear mushroom and it's edible. I'll make it for you when we get back." Li Xiaoxiao replied.

Hearing that it was edible, Li Fang felt relieved. Li Xiaoxiao bundled up the firewood and prepared to go home.

"I've gained a lot today!" Li Xiaoxiao said with a smile.

"Yes, thanks to sister for bringing us here." Li Fang and Li Linlin said in unison.

The three of them went home happily with firewood and fungus.