Travel to the mountains and make a fortune in silence

There are still too few seeds for things like loofah, tomatoes, cowpeas...

Even though I bought some seeds this time, there weren't many.

Sigh! I don't even know if they'll grow successfully yet. So far, only water spinach and red amaranth have been successful and are ready to eat. The rest are still seedlings and haven't flowered or fruited yet.

The vegetable seeds I bought the day before yesterday were all planted yesterday, except for rapeseed and strawberries, which are not yet in planting season.

However, for the sake of the experiment, she still scattered some strawberry seeds to see if they would sprout.

She buried all the cantaloupe seeds, including the soapberry seeds she had removed in previous attempts, in the ground, hoping they would sprout.

Wang Qing'er kept pulling and pulling, piling up a lot of chili seedlings on the ground. She sighed to herself, "Wow, I never thought pulling up vegetable seedlings could be so addictive!"

Seeing that Mu Nan had already dug a large pit, she started throwing chili seedlings into the pit, putting one large seedling in each pit and two smaller ones in each pit.

Just as they threw all the chili seedlings into the small pit, they saw three people walking towards them from afar.

"Qing'er, you're up so early?" Zhou was somewhat surprised to see the two of them busy in the field.

"Yes, Grandma, I woke up and got up. Why are you here?" Wang Qing'er then realized that the people who came were Zhou Shi with the two brothers, Zihao and Zixuan.

“I was thinking of taking the two brothers with me to pull the weeds in the sweet potato seedling field. There weren’t many weeds in the field anyway, so we might as well help plant the seedlings.”

And so, Zhou led his two brothers to plant chili seedlings in the pit.

Mu Nan was digging holes in the ground, while Wang Qing'er was pulling up seedlings and throwing them away. Zhou Shi was planting seedlings behind them with her two nephews.

In just one morning, all the chili seedlings, tomato seedlings, watermelon seedlings, loofah seedlings, cucumber seedlings, winter melon seedlings, and leafy green seedlings that could be planted were transplanted and watered. Now all that's left is to pray that they all survive.

The bok choy seeds were sown too densely, so they need to be transplanted. She planted the loofah, cucumber, and winter melon along the wall. These are all vine vegetables, so they will climb along the wall. Some of them will probably need a trellis.

"Grandma, this is almost done. Let them finish. I have something for you." Wang Qing'er saw that all that was left was watering the plants, and they couldn't help much, so she thought of handing over Mu Yan's house deeds, land deeds, and field deeds to Zhou Shi. Oh! And the indentures of the three Wu brothers. These were a bit of a hot potato right now, and she didn't want to keep them in her hands forever.

“Okay!” Zhou washed her hands with the water Wu Zihao brought, and Wang Qing’er also washed her hands in Mu Nan’s bucket. The two then walked toward her room.

Wang Qing'er took out the land deeds and handed them to Zhou Shi, "Grandma, these are the deeds for the house and land that were bought for Aunt. These three are the deeds of sale that Zihao and the others gave me before. At that time, Mu Nan and I didn't know Aunt, so we accepted these deeds. You can take them and return them to them."

"Qing'er, speaking of your aunt, your grandmother has to thank you. Thank you for bringing her and her child back. Your aunt had been missing for over twenty years, and I never thought I would find her again." As she spoke, Zhou Shi began to choke up again.

Her calloused hands gripped Wang Qing'er's tightly, the pressure making her hands ache, but Zhou continued to murmur, showing no intention of letting go, "Grandma, thank you. You are truly a lucky star for our Mu family. From now on, do whatever you want to do boldly. As long as Grandma is alive, I will support you!"

Wang Qing'er's hands ached, but she didn't care. She forcefully pulled her hands away and snuggled into Zhou's arms, saying sweetly, "Grandma, I also want to thank you. You've always supported me and been so good to me since I married into this family."

The grandfather and grandson snuggled together and chatted for a while, pouring their hearts out to each other, before separating when Mu Nan and his brothers arrived.

"Sister-in-law!" Mu Qin's voice came. Wang Qing'er looked up and saw that the little girl was carrying a big basket on her back. She thought the little girl had come to call her to pick peach blossoms.

But why does her basket look so heavy?

Zihao went over and helped her take the basket off her back, asking, "Where are my sister and the others?"

The little girl said breathlessly, "They're still in the peach orchard. I'll come back and ask you to help pick some peach blossoms."

Wang Qing'er: "Muqin, did the three of you go picking flowers early this morning?"

"Yes, many more peach blossoms have bloomed today. My two older cousins ​​used the peach blossom dew you gave them last night, and they really liked it. They came to me early this morning, saying they wanted to pick flowers, so I took them with me."

"Oh? Okay! Are your clothes wet?" Wang Qing'er asked while checking if her clothes were wet.

"No, we only picked flowers that we could reach, so the dew didn't get on our clothes."

"Then let's hurry up and pick some more, and then come back for breakfast." Wang Qing'er thought that her mother-in-law probably hadn't finished making breakfast yet, so she decided to go and pick some as well.

"Qing'er, you and Muqin shouldn't go anymore. Let Zihao and Zixuan go and pick up the two sisters. Have breakfast first, and then go pick them." Mu Nan didn't want his wife to go to the mountains so early in the morning.

Mu Qin quickly said, "I'll take my cousin with me, sister-in-law, you don't need to go."

"Muqin, you don't need to go either. We can find our way." After saying that, Wu Zihao left with his younger brother.

Wang Qing'er "..."

Alright then! You cousins ​​have all made arrangements perfectly, what can I do?

Wang Qing'er had no choice but to say to Mu Qin, "Let's go to the back mountain to pick mint leaves and mugwort leaves."

"Okay, sister-in-law!" Mu Qin replied.

Mu Nan moved his mouth a few times, trying to stop her, but Wang Qing'er glanced at him and gestured for him to shut up, so he didn't dare to stop her.

"Sister-in-law, the mugwort and mint leaves by the stream behind haven't sprouted much yet. Let me take you to the slope in front to pick some! There are plenty there."

"Okay, do you know any other places where you can find mint and mugwort?" Nowadays, making scented soap requires a lot of mint and mugwort, so we need to find more.

"Hmm, I think there's another place where it grows." Mu Qin recalled where she had seen mint before, and after thinking for a while, she slowly said, "It grows on some field ridges and edges. Oh! There's a patch of mint by the river ahead. As for Ai Ye, you can ask your mother; she should know where to find it."

The two women, sister-in-law and aunt, walked and chatted, and soon arrived at the bottom of the slope that Muqin had mentioned.

Wang Qing'er then realized that the slope below the gate was called "slope down," and the slope above it was called "slope up." Naming a place was really simple.

The ten acres of dry land given by the village chief should be these terraced fields at the bottom of the slope.

There are also a few plots of land planted with wheat, which should belong to their family.

Mu Qin led Wang Qing'er down the path. Wang Qing'er seemed to hear the sound of flowing water. "Mu Qin, is there a river down there?"

"Yes, the river down here is much bigger than the stream behind the mountain, and there are lots of fish in it. How about I bring my sister-in-law to catch fish in the river in the summer?" Mu Qin's face lit up when she talked about catching fish.

There are fish too? She seems to have eaten fish since coming here. Intrigued, she asked, "Are the fish in the river big?"