Farmer's eldest sister becomes rich

After washing the dishes, An Yue came out of the kitchen, walked up to An Nian curiously, and looked at the wild boar carefully.

Wild boars are not common. In the 21st century, wild boars and pheasants are protected animals. If you shoot one, you will be sentenced to life imprisonment.

An Yue asked An Nian, "Niannian, can you and your sister go to the wasteland to dig some wild vegetables and wild garlic?"

An Nian smiled and agreed, "Okay, Nian Nian likes to dig wild vegetables."

After saying that, An Nian went to get his sickle and backpack, ready to set off.

After the brother and sister arrived at the wasteland, they kept digging wild vegetables.

Two hours later, the brother and sister dug a full basket of wild vegetables and garlic and prepared to go home to make lunch.

When I got home, I saw my grandmother was already cooking in the kitchen.

Just as An Yue was about to help, her grandmother smiled and said to her, "Yueyue, the farm isn't busy these days, so let me cook for you! Yueyue, just do whatever you want to do."

An Yue smiled happily and said, "Okay, thank you grandma, thank you for your hard work!"

So An Yue went to the yard and turned over the pickled fish that had been drying in the morning. Then she went into the house and moved two stools. The brother and sister sat in the yard and began to pick wild vegetables and garlic.

My grandfather had been in the yard since morning, sorting out the mountain products he had brought back.

"Grandfather, are you going to take this wild boar to the market to sell tomorrow?" An Yue asked while picking wild vegetables.

"Yes! We need to save some of the pheasants, rabbits, and wild boar meat for the New Year, and sell the rest at the market. The days are almost over, and there should be a lot of people at the market tomorrow, so we should be able to sell all the wild boar meat."

"How much is a pound of wild boar meat?"

"It's still unknown this year, but the wild boar your uncle hunted last year was bigger than this year's! It sold for nearly twenty taels of silver!"

An Yue was very surprised when she heard this. Twenty taels of silver was really not a small amount of money in this era.

One tael of silver can be exchanged for one string of coins, and one string is equal to two hundred coins.

"My uncle works in the village and only earns a hundred or eighty coins a day. Even if he works for two consecutive days, he can still earn less than two taels of silver. This wild boar can be sold for twenty taels of silver. Wild boar meat is really expensive!"

"Yueyue, this is how it can be calculated, but it can't be completely calculated this way. This wild boar is deep in the mountains and old forests. Anyone who wants to catch it will have to risk his life, right?"

"Grandfather is right! Not everyone dares to go into the mountains, no wonder it's so expensive!"

An Nian was listening quietly nearby, and suddenly said, "When Nian Nian grows up, she will go hunting in the mountains, and then she and her sister will go to the market to sell the catch."

An Yue's eyes widened as she said, "Didn't you just hear what grandpa said? Going hunting in the mountains and forests is life-threatening, so you can't go!"

"Then I'll go with my uncle every year!"

After hearing what An Nian said, my grandfather couldn't help but laugh.

The brother and sister were chatting with their grandfather in the yard, and their grandmother had already prepared dinner.

"Niannian, go wake up your uncle for lunch." Grandmother said to An Nian while holding a large bowl of soup.

Grandfather said quickly: "Don't wake him up yet. He ate a lot this morning and is probably sleeping soundly now. Let him sleep a little longer!"

"That's right! He has been in the mountains for a whole day and night without sleeping. He must be very tired and sleepy. I will leave a meal for him in the pot. When he wakes up, he can eat it hot."

Although grandmother Zheng usually spoke rudely to her son, she was actually very distressed. However, her son had been a naughty child since he was young, and would get ahead of himself if she was nice to him.

Then everyone washed their hands and prepared to go to the main house for lunch.

As soon as he entered the house, he saw a large pot of stewed pig lungs and radishes on the table. It smelled delicious. An Nian ran over with his eyes wide open.

"Wow... there's meat to eat, yay!"

An Nian clapped his hands happily, then quickly sat down at the table.

An Yue touched An Nian's little head and said with a smile: "Niannian, little meatball, if you keep eating, you will really become a little meatball."

An Nian placed his hands neatly on the table, rolled his eyes at his sister, pouted and said, "Sister, why are you calling me little meatball just like uncle?!"

While serving carrot soup to An Nian, the grandmother smiled and coaxed, "Our Nian Nian is not a little meatball. Sister and uncle are just teasing Nian Nian."

An Nian said, "Grandma, let's eat more and not leave any for uncle. Uncle is so mean! He gave Nian Nian a bad name."

Everyone sat down and drank the hot pig lung and radish soup.

The lunch passed by quickly amidst the laughter and joy.

After lunch, An Yue helped to collect the dishes, and her grandmother washed the dishes. An Nian continued to wipe the table and sweep the floor, and put the stools in order. Her grandfather still smoked a cigarette after dinner.

The family has developed the habit of taking a nap every day. After cleaning up, An Nian yawned and felt a little sleepy.

"Niannian, go back to your room and have some rest first!" said An Yue.

"Sister, don't you want to rest?"

"Sister, help grandfather clean up the meat in the yard before going into the house."

After saying that, An Nian responded and went into the house, while An Yue took a broom and helped pick up the wild boar hair on the ground in the yard.

Grandma washed the dishes, walked out of the kitchen, and saw An Yue flipping the pickled fish. She asked, "Yue Yue, are you nervous about going to the market to sell fish tomorrow?"

An Yue pursed her lips and nodded: "Well... a little bit."

Grandma smiled and gently patted Anyue's shoulder, comforting her: "Don't be nervous, you and your uncle are sharing a stall, and he will be there to help you, so it will be fine."

An Yue smiled and nodded to her grandmother.

"Yueyue, come into the house and have a rest after you're done with your work!!"

An Yue responded, and then her grandmother walked into the house.

An Yue is not nervous now, but is thinking about how to sell the fish.

At this time, my uncle woke up and walked out of his room with sleepy eyes.

"Is uncle awake?"

Uncle Jiang Chenghai rubbed his eyes and asked, "Yueyue, what time is it now?"

"It's already noon, grandma has put the food in the pot, I'll go and bring it out for you."

"Okay! Thank you, Yueyue! Uncle will go wash his face first and wake up."

So, An Yue walked towards the kitchen.

The moment she lifted the lid of the pot, a clever idea suddenly came to her mind.

What she was thinking was, if she made stewed fish when she went to sell fish tomorrow, and put it next to the stall as a sample for tasting, so that others could taste it first, would it be more convincing?

She hurriedly brought the food to her uncle's dining table in the main room, then turned around to take a handful of wild garlic from her backpack, took out a pickled fish, and brought them all into the kitchen.