Reborn Ugly Girl Farming to Support the Family

The most important thing is that the old lady is now extremely disappointed with the eldest son's family. In the future, they will definitely have to rely on the second son's family for their retirement.

So she would help in any way she could now.

As for the daughter-in-law spending money, she can earn it and she can spend it.

She would never do such a thankless job and care about how other people spend their money.

Besides, didn’t my daughter-in-law tell me that there are also clothes for her and the old man in here?

She knew that the second daughter-in-law was the most filial.

The old lady smiled when she thought of this, and her hands became stronger as she carried things.

Seeing her mother-in-law like this, Old Mrs. Zhao also breathed a sigh of relief.

She was really afraid that her mother-in-law would think that her daughter didn't know how to live and was a spendthrift.

She felt much more relieved. Although the family her daughter married into was poor, the in-laws were really great.

Seeing that her daughter's family is living better and better, she, as a mother, feels relieved.

The adults took care of the housework. After Zheng Xiaoman had dinner, he took Lixia to the back mountain.

They first went to their own twenty acres of land. When they chose the land, they picked an area with more oak trees.

They will transplant some saplings in the spring. This way, even if everyone knows the use of acorns next year, they will still have enough acorns of their own.

The remaining land will be planted with sweet potatoes and beets after it is reclaimed.

Next year, their family’s income will depend on these two things.

After looking at their own land, the brother and sister continued walking into the mountains.

This trip really allowed Zheng Xiaoman to discover something good. She actually found a few hazelnut trees.

The hazelnuts on the tree have all fallen to the ground, and the outer green skin is gone.

She looked at the many fruits that had already gone moldy because the ground was too wet, and she felt so sad.

In her previous life, she had also eaten wild hazelnuts, which were brought to her by a friend from her hometown.

Since then, she has fallen in love with eating hazelnuts.

However, hazelnuts were sold at a very high price in later generations, costing dozens of yuan per pound, so she only bought some occasionally.

"Lixia, hurry up and help your sister pick up all the fruits on the ground."

Lixia squatted down and picked up the fruits on the ground into the backpack, "Sister, what is this?"

Zheng Xiaoman said as she started working: "I've seen this fruit in town. It's a nut, very similar to chestnuts. But they taste different. The kernels are smaller, but they taste good."

"Then sister, can this thing be sold for money?" No matter what Lixia sees now, her first reaction is whether it can be sold for money.

Zheng Xiaoman looked at him with amusement, "You can sell this for money, but it's just this much, who are you going to sell it to? Let's pick it up and keep it for ourselves. I'll fry it for you as a snack during the Chinese New Year."

Although Lixia was a little disappointed that he couldn't sell it, he was also very happy to keep it for himself.

The two of them picked up almost a basket full of hazelnuts from the ground, and the rest were all rotten.

"Let's come earlier next year to pick them. It's such a pity that these ones have rotted." Zheng Xiaoman couldn't help but sigh.

Seeing that it was getting late, the two men carried the baskets and headed home.

On the way back, the two of them picked up a dozen pheasant eggs, which was considered pretty good luck.

After returning home, looking at the things they brought back, Mrs. Zhao picked up one and said, "Is this a hazelnut?"

Zheng Xiaoman was surprised that her grandmother knew about this. "Grandma, you also know Hazelnut."

Mrs. Zhao smiled and said, "I ate it once before, when my grandmother was a child. Later, I don't know why, but I rarely see it in the mountains anymore."

Since someone knows what this is, Zheng Xiaoman doesn't need to explain it anymore.

She saved some of the hazelnuts and put the rest in the cellar.

After dinner in the evening, Zheng Xiaoman started to fry hazelnuts.

When it turned golden in color, she took one out to taste whether it was cooked.

The hazelnut shell was a bit hard, so she didn't dare to bite it with her teeth, so she found a stone to smash it open.

I took out the nuts and tasted them, they tasted really good.

She brought the roasted hazelnuts into the house, and the whole family was already sitting around waiting for her.

Old Mrs. Zhao picked up one first, smashed it open with something and put it into her mouth.

"Haha, it still tastes like the ones I ate when I was a kid, so good."

As if she was thinking about her childhood, there was a hint of nostalgia in her eyes.

After seeing her eating, the others started to smash the hazelnuts.

For a while, there was a constant banging sound in the room, and Zheng Xiaoman was very happy watching it.

The more you chew hazelnuts, the more fragrant they become, and you can’t stop eating them.

Soon, the whole basket of hazelnuts was eaten up by everyone. There was nothing we could do about it, as there were so many people in the family.

Zhou Chunfeng said with a lingering feeling: "Don't touch the remaining ones yet, and fry them for the New Year."

During the Chinese New Year, they would fry some melon seeds and peanuts, and give each child a handful of them when they came to pay New Year's greetings.

"Got it, mom. I put the rest in the cellar. It will be fine until the New Year."

After the family had eaten, they went back to their rooms to wash up and go to bed.

The next day Zhou Chunfeng brought ten taels of silver, which was the money to buy the cow.

After selling their food at noon, the three men went straight to the bull market.

Old man Zheng was so happy that he walked a little faster than usual. When they arrived at the cattle market, there were still many families selling cattle there.

It is called a cattle market, but there are also donkeys, horses and other livestock for sale here.

When the three men arrived, they walked straight towards a man selling cattle.

Old man Zheng first looked at the cow's four legs, then at the cow's head and mouth.

He didn't say much and moved on to the next one.

The man selling the cattle was an old man, squatting on the side with a sad look on his face.

Seeing someone coming, he quickly stood up from the ground and said, "Come and take a look at my cow. This cow is two and a half years old and is at its strongest."

Old Man Zheng walked over and looked at the cow carefully before asking, "My dear brother, how much do you sell this cow for?"

The old man touched the cow and said reluctantly: "Brother, this cow of mine costs seven taels of silver. If my family wasn't in urgent need of money, I really wouldn't be willing to sell it."

Old Man Zheng frowned and said, "Your price is a bit high. A cow with a calf only costs seven taels of silver."

The old man knew that he was asking for too much, but his family was really in urgent need of money.

He thought for a moment, then pulled out a calf from behind, "Brother, I have another heifer here. If you want both, give me ten taels of silver."

Old man Zheng was a little hesitant. He had only one cow at home, and there was no point in buying a calf.

Zheng Xiaoman wanted to buy the calf so that the cow could produce milk in the future.

Moreover, when the cow grows up, she can also farm. There is a mountain behind her house, so there is no need to worry about lack of grass for the cow to eat.

"Mom, why don't we buy both of them?"

Zheng Xiaoman pulled at her mother's proud skirt and looked at her expectantly.