Joe's Farming

After Qiao Yu got up from the bed, he immediately went to the yard and stood for a while.

The old man used to like to walk around the village entrance in the afternoon, but these days he stayed at home with Qiao Yu just like the children.

Qiao Yu went to the kitchen and fried the duck offal with pickled peppers. She added enough oil and fried it until it was a little dry. It can be kept for a week according to the current weather conditions. It is the best to use it as a side dish with rice.

After finishing the kitchen work, Qiao Yu went to see the rosemary. The germination on the cotton cloth was very successful before. Half of the first batch of more than 50 buds were germinated, and the germination was successful. A total of 41 small buds were obtained, which Qiao Yu had planted in a wooden box filled with soil.

I have to say that the square mold used to make soap is very suitable for holding culture soil. This way, I can move it into the house when winter comes. It’s convenient!

The rosemary buds have now grown two small leaves, which are trembling slightly and are particularly lovable. In order to make these seedlings thrive, Qiao Yu went to the stream to dig up a lot of gravel, and then mixed it with soil and sawdust to make a loose and breathable culture soil. After two or three months, they can be transplanted into the soil.

After watering the rosemary, Qiao Yu went to the utility room of the old house to check on the potatoes. The leaves were a little yellow, so Qiao Yu added a little chicken manure fertilizer hoping to improve the situation.

The next step was to turn the soil in the backyard and randomly sow some vegetable seeds. Whether they would sprout depended on luck. Anyway, he planned to buy a truckload of greens and cabbages in a few days to store in the cellar. It would be too sad not to have vegetables in winter.

Not long after finishing all these, Wen Ge'er arrived. Qiao Yu told the old man that they could cook duck noodles for dinner, and he would probably eat at Wen Ge'er's house. The old man told him to go out without worry, and he would take good care of the children.

"Daddy is out, you guys stay home and be good."

"Little daddy, please go quickly. We will be good." said Gu Xiaoxue.

Gu Xiaoyan: "When will little daddy come back?"

Qiao Yu estimated: "About two or three hours."

When Gu Xiaoyan heard that it would take so long, she wanted to go along with them: "Can I go with you?"

Qiao Yu shook her head this time: "Not this time, I'll take you to Uncle Wen's house next time, okay?"

The three children nodded.

Qiao Xing: "Then can we pick up Little Daddy later?"

Qiao Yu was stunned for a moment, this kid.

"Daddy is already an adult, he will be fine. Just stay at home and wait for me."

Qiao Xing lowered his eyes and whispered, "Okay then."

Qiao Yu patted the children's heads one by one before getting into the carriage with Wen Ge'er.

Wen Geer said enviously: "Your children are all so well behaved."

Qiao Yu also agreed: "Yeah, I'm just lucky. I happened to be their little daddy. Brother Gu is really amazing. He picked such good children."

Brother Wen also sighed: "Brother Gu is indeed a good person. The rumors in the village were so bad before. When I first went to your house, I was afraid that he would beat you."

"Hahaha! Not only you are scared, I am scared too! Thinking about it, it feels like it happened a long time ago, but in fact, it has only been two months." Qiao Yu sighed.

"Yes, Brother Qiao, you are a lucky charm for your husband! I guess Brother Gu will wake up laughing in his dreams at night, right?" Brother Wen rarely made a joke.

"That's right, but I almost scared myself to death in a dream this afternoon." Qiao Yu was still frightened.

Seeing that Qiao Yu's expression did not seem fake, Wen Ge'er hurriedly asked nervously, "What's wrong? What did you dream about?"

Of course, Qiao Yu couldn't say what she dreamed about, so she just made up an excuse: "I dreamed that you were all gone. Brother Gu, the children, and you were all gone."

When Wen Ge'er heard this, he realized that the dream was indeed scary, and he quickly said, "Ah, bah, bah, bah, dreams are always the opposite. Don't worry too much, there's no way we'll meet. By the way, I just heard you say you were going to have dinner at my house, so I have to show you my cooking. You always treated me to food before, so today I'm going to let you taste my cooking anyway."

Qiao Yu laughed and said, "It must be delicious! You see who taught you how to cook it."

The two of them arrived at Wen Ge'er's new home, talking and laughing.

Although Wen Ge'er's new home is a thatched house with a small yard, the rooms are large, and the bedroom is built with a kang like Qiao Yu's. The weather has been cold these two days, so the family set up a small table on the kang and ate on it, sitting comfortably and warmly.

When Qiao Yu saw the small table, he secretly thought that he should build one for his own home. It would be so wonderful for the whole family to eat together on the warm kang in winter.

When Li Xiuniang and Wen Ge'er's father saw Qiao Yu coming, they hurriedly took out the peanuts and walnuts they had prepared earlier.

"Brother Qiao, have some of this. These are the peanuts that grew in our house this year. Also, these pecans. Don't underestimate them because they are small. They taste really good." Li Xiuniang handed the winnowing basket filled with dried fruits to Qiao Yu.

Qiao Yu smiled sweetly and said, "Thank you, Auntie. I'll teach you how to make the pickled cabbage first, and then we can eat it after I'm done."

Li Xiuniang put away the dustpan and found a chair for him to sit on in the yard: "Then you sit here, and you can tell me what to do. Let Wen Ge'er do his work."

"Okay, you're welcome, auntie. I feel like I'm at home here, hehe."

Wen Geer prepared the vegetables and asked Qiao Ge what to do. Qiao Yu told him how much water to boil and how much to scald the leaves. Then he sat by the side and peeled peanuts.

"These peanuts are so delicious. Hey, does anyone in our village have raw peanuts?" Qiao Yu asked.

Wen Ge'er kept blanching vegetables in his hands while he kept chatting with Qiao Yu: "Yes, there are some at my grandpa's house, and there are also some at Granny Li's house on the other side of my grandpa's house. What's the matter? What good things have you thought of?"

Qiao Yu smiled and said, "It's almost the New Year, so I want to make some more food to stock up. I don't plan to go out in the winter."

Wen Ge'er paused for a moment and said, "What? You don't go out in winter? You don't care about the snack bar?"

Qiao Yu peeled another peanut, stood up and stuffed it into Wen Ge'er's mouth: "You are the one who is here, but you have to go back and forth to town in the middle of winter, and it's cold on the road. You and Wang Jie might as well live there. If it doesn't work out, you can just close it for two months. Anyway, the store is there and it won't move away."

Wen Ge'er looked at him and shook his head: "Except for you, who would complain about making too much money? I'll discuss it with him later. I think it's okay for him to live there and sell it until the evening."

Qiao Yu touched his chin with his hand: "I can't tell! Li Xiaowen, you look like a workaholic now, you know that?"

Wen Geer looked at him in confusion: "What is a workaholic?"

Qiao Yu pointed to his head and said, "I only think about work and business, and I don't take a break all year round."