We agreed to farm, why do you go to the palace every day?

After breakfast, the sun gradually became warmer.

Luo Yu moved the vegetables that had been washed and dried last night on the bed board to the bamboo poles used to dry clothes because of the morning dew. The leaves were already wilted, and they just needed to dry the dew.

But Aunt Lin said today that she wanted Lin Luoluo to come and learn from her, so she would wait until they arrived before accepting them.

After spreading a clean straw mat on the bed, Luo Yu took out an oil-free chopping board and knife and started cutting radish strips.

Luo Ci saw her sister cutting radishes on the bed. She brought a small stool from the kitchen, slowly moved it onto the bed, and sat obediently watching her sister cut radishes.

Luo Yu saw her coming up and said with a smile: "Aci, are you here to accompany your sister?"

The little guy smiled and nodded, saying, "I'll stay with my sister, and Ah Ci can help too."

Luo Yu was relieved and said, "Ah Ci is great. Wait for Sister to cut some and you can spread them out on the straw mat, okay?"

"Yes, Ah Ci will."

Luo Yu was working hard at cutting radishes, while Luo Ci was watching obediently on the side, just waiting for her to give her the radishes so that she could spread them out to dry.

Afraid that she would be bored, Luo Yu cut one and fell on the straw mat.

Seeing this, Luo Ci went over to the straw mat and placed the radish slices one by one. Seeing that she was enjoying herself, Luo Yu let her do what she wanted, since she wouldn't be tired anyway.

Luo Yu had just started cutting the second one when he heard Lin Luoluo's voice coming from outside the door.

I walked over and opened the door, and Lin Luoluo walked in with a smile.

"Luoluo, why are you here so early? Have you had breakfast?"

Lin Luoluo smiled, took Luo Yu's arm, and said, "I came here after breakfast. I originally wanted to come after lunch, but my mother was afraid that you would have to do a lot of work to prepare pickled vegetables, so she asked me to come earlier. It would be easier to do it with you."

Luo Yu knew that Aunt Lin was worried that she would be tired by herself, but in fact she was almost ready. However, she was still very happy that Luo Luo came over.

"Then you can help cut the radish. I've washed the greens and cabbage and let them dry. There's no rush to pickle them."

Then he said, "Luoluo, you said there are peppers on the mountain. Do you know where they are? I plan to pick some and pickle them together. They will taste good."

When Lin Luoluo heard that she wanted chili peppers, she didn't hide anything and said, "I know where they are. Should we go pick them now? I didn't even know they could pickle them."

Luo Yu told her, "That's called chili. It's delicious to add some chili and salt to pickled vegetables. If you have fresh ones, you can pickle them together. They won't be very spicy when they are pickled. If they are pickled well, they can go well with rice!"

Listening to what Luo Yu said, Lin Luoluo was almost drooling. She couldn't wait to pick them and said hurriedly, "Then let's go now!"

Seeing her like this, Luo Yu was probably attracted by what she said, and said, "No hurry, let's go after lunch. Let's cut the radishes and dry them in the sun first, and then we can pickle them together after we pick the peppers."

"Okay, then let's cut the radishes quickly so we can go earlier."

"Well, finish cutting it early. You can go earlier after dinner."

Luo Yu didn't have many radishes to cut. She just cut one and now there are still five left to cut. However, these radishes are quite big. Yesterday, Lin Luoluo brought her two, and Aunt Lin picked six for her in the evening. She was going to pickle them. Since she hadn't found a suitable way to make money, she had to prepare food so that she wouldn't starve.

The two of them sat down and started cutting, while Luo Ci was still waiting on the side to spread out the radishes.

Luo Yu looked at Lin Luoluo and said, "Why don't you bring Luoyang here today so he can play with Luo Ci."

"My mother wouldn't let him come over, fearing that he would do something naughty. My father was a carpenter and was rushing to the market to deliver the goods to the owner. It would be bad if he went too late, so my mother stayed at home to help. She wanted to come over herself!"

"I'm just going to try and see if I can pickle it well. Auntie, don't worry. You can pickle it for me once you learn how to do it."

"That's what I said, but my mother is afraid that after I get married, there will be no one to pickle it for her or teach her."

"Ah, I'm afraid you'll get married. How old are you?"

Lin Luoluo looked at Luo Yu's surprised expression and said angrily, "We are the same age. I will be a marriageable girl next year, and my mother is already busy looking for a husband for me."

"Really? Does your aunt have a crush on any guy or person?"

When Lin Luoluo heard Luo Yu say this, her face immediately turned red. She stopped her and said, "You are shameless. How can you say this now?"

Seeing Lin Luoluo's shy look, Luo Yu couldn't help but tease again: "Luoluo, is there anyone you like or have a crush on? Tell me about it!"

Knowing that Luo Yu was teasing her, Lin Luoluo snorted and ignored her. But thinking that she would be looking for a husband next year, she wondered if his family would like her. When she thought of a certain possibility, Lin Luoluo couldn't help but feel excited.

Luo Yu was just joking about Lin Luoluo's uncertain husband's family, but she never thought that her fiancé would be found soon.

The two chatted and laughed, and in less than two quarters of an hour, they had cut all the radishes. Luo Ci saw that she could not keep up with her sisters, so she couldn't help but get anxious and spread the radishes back and forth on the straw mat.

Seeing her anxious, Luo Yu smiled and said, "Ah Ci, don't worry, the sisters will cut it and lay it out together."

The little guy didn't stop when he heard what his sister said. He continued to spread out the radishes, but he was not in such a hurry.

After putting away the chopping board and knife, Luo Yu and Lin Luoluo also spread out the pile of radishes.

Worried that the greens and cabbages would be exposed to the sun for too long, Luo Yu put them all in a basket. He would boil some water to scald them, and they could be canned in the afternoon.

Luo Yu was about to boil water in a large pot. He called Lin Luoluo over and pointed at the lean meat on the chopping board and said, "Luoluo, look at the meat on the chopping board. I'm going to light a fire to blanch the vegetables. Can you help me chop the meat stuffing so we can make dumplings later."

Lin Luoluo came into the kitchen and saw a large piece of meat on the chopping board. She asked, "Luoluo, this piece of meat is very large. Should we chop it all up?"

Luo Yu said: "Well, chop it all up. There will be too much meat filling later. I can fry meat patties to eat, but chopping the meat filling is a bit tiring. Take your time."

Luo Yu lit the fire in the stove and added firewood to make it burn bigger so that the water could boil faster.

Luo Ci obediently brought her little stool in again. While Lin Luoluo was chopping the meat, she praised her, "Ah Ci, you are so good!"

Luo Ci gave Lin Luoluo a sweet smile in return and sat aside to watch.

Luo Yu touched her cheek. The little girl had been eating meat frequently these days, so some flesh had started to grow on her face.

Taking the bucket, Luo Yu simply washed it with clean water and put it in the sun to dry.

After a while, the water in the pot boiled. Luo Yu took the bucket that was drying outside and went over to blanch the vegetables.

Put the vegetables into the pot, blanch them quickly, then take them out and put them in the bucket. Repeat the action until all the washed vegetables are blanched. Both empty buckets are filled with blanched vegetables. Luo Yu did not put them in just one bucket, but separated them.

Carrying two buckets of vegetables, Luo Yu moved them to the water tank, added water into the two buckets until they covered the vegetable leaves, and covered them with a clean towel. All he had to do was wait until the afternoon to can them.