My 1995 Small Farm

   Chapter 53 Dumb Girl

   Looking at Heiwa and Xiaojin flatteringly, Chen Ling also smiled, not knowing what they were thinking.

   This is where the benefits come.

   The last time he brought the four-legged snake to him, in order to cultivate their habit of picking up prey, Chen Ling gave the stream in the cave as a reward.

   These two little things are very clever, obviously memorized them.

   "Go, go, it's not your own prey, what kind of credit do you invite?"

  Chen Ling glanced at the snake, which was still swinging in two halves, turned his head and asked, "Susu, do you want this snake's gallbladder?"

   "Too small, don't."

  Wang Susu shook her head gently.

  Chen Ling naturally had no objection, and then the two continued to walk forward.

  …

  In the spring afternoon, the birds chirped in the mountains and forests, and the colorful and unknown flowers bloomed, competing for beauty.

  The sun shines through the dense forest and through the layers of leaves, like strands of golden fine sand falling on the forest floor.

  Chen Ling and Wang Susu stepped on the thick leaves and walked in the forest, listening to the crisp birdsong and smelling the fragrant flowers.

   From time to time, a pheasant and a hare will be startled, and they will run away under the pursuit of two puppies.

   Soon, half the afternoon passed.

  Chen Ling's couple harvested fairly well. In addition to the common medicinal materials, they also found several plants of Polygonatum chinensis and Clematis. The prices of these medicinal materials are all right.

   Of course, we can't forget the wild Gastrodia elata we saw for the first time.

   Seeing that the light in the mountain forest dimmed, Chen Ling led the cow and went down the mountain with Wang Susu.

   On the way back, many people were busy in the farmland.

   Walking closer, I found that most of them were growing crops such as peanuts and soybeans, and some were bending over to trim watermelon seedlings in the fields.

   "That's the newly distributed land of Yuzhi's sister-in-law's house, remember to say hello later."

When    walked to a watermelon field under the steep slope, Wang Susu reminded in a low voice.

  Chen Ling took a look and saw Wang Lixian's daughter-in-law and eldest daughter working in the fields, and nodded slightly to show that he knew.

  …

   "I'm busy, Sister Yuzhi."

  Chen Ling and his wife stopped by the field and shouted.

   Liu Yuzhi and her daughter in the field hurriedly got up and looked over. When they saw Chen Ling and the two, they smiled.

   Then he pointed to the watermelon seedlings on the ground, and then pointed to the foot of the mountain.

   means that there are many melons and seedlings, do you want to take away and plant some?

   "No, no, we plan to plant some trees this year, and let's talk about the rest."

  Chen Ling waved his hand, and then pointed in the direction of the village, "Sister Yuzhi, you are busy, we will go back first."

   Liu Yuzhi waved his hand and told them to wait, then gestured to his daughter.

   Then I saw the woman with the ponytail leaning over to take a bundle of things, trotting over, and handing it to the two of them.

  Chen Ling saw that it was a relatively common wild vegetable in the fields.

   "Thank you, Da Ni'er, has Wu Ni'er gone to school?"

   Big Ni'er nodded and grinned.

  Although there are some small freckles on his face, his smile is very pretty and moving.

   "Big Ni'er, come and play with me when there is nothing at home, and let your uncle Fugui cook for us."

   "You don't know, your uncle Fugui can cook deliciously now."

   Wang Susu said with a smile.

  Dannier pursed her lips shyly, took Wang Susu's hand, and wrote two words gently.

  Wang Susu was very happy and nodded vigorously at her.

   Then he said, "I'm fine now, A Ling is fine too, Nier, you don't have to worry about us."

   Big Ni'er glanced at Chen Ling after hearing this, and smiled silently.

   then waved at the two of them, turned and walked back to the field.

   The young couple looked at each other and smiled knowingly.

   said goodbye to Liu Yuzhi again, and continued to walk home.

   "Brother Xian will not go out to work this year, so he is going to plant watermelons in the newly allocated ten acres of land, so that he can sell some money in summer."

  Chen Ling said, and looked back at the back: "But trimming melon seedlings is a tiring job. The ten acres of melon seedlings, Yuzhi, sister-in-law, sister-in-law, mother and daughter, can't be finished. Come and help them if you have nothing to do."

   Trimming melon seedlings is a laborious and hard work. We must be patient and careful, and pinch off the excess melon seedlings to maintain the nutrients and vitality of the whole watermelon vine and ensure that it will produce bigger and better watermelons.

   "Well, I wanted to say it just now, but it's hard to speak."

   Wang Susu responded and looked up at him: "Sister-in-law Yuzhi and Da Ni'er are both strong people. It's not easy to help them without an explanation."

  The mother and daughter are mute, with strong self-esteem, and they are most afraid of being looked down upon by others.

   Sometimes even good intentions may not be accepted.

  They want to be recognized and treated as equals, not sympathy and pity.

  Chen Ling also understood and sighed: "I'll talk to Brother Xian when I have a chance."

   Wang Lixian's five daughters.

   Except for the eldest daughter at home, the others are not there.

  The second daughter is one year younger than the eldest daughter and got married last fall.

  The third daughter went to work in the south early, and has rarely returned home since she left, and she has never replied to her letter.

   I hate that my family is poor, I hate having a mute mother, sometimes I don’t come back during the New Year, let alone send money to my family.

  The fourth daughter finished secondary school in the county town and just became a teacher, and the fifth daughter took the college entrance examination this year.

   In short, apart from Liu Ni'er, Liu Yuzhi and Da Ni'er are the only ones in the family who can work.

   "Well, if you can talk to Brother Xian, it will be done. The four of us will be able to finish it in two or three days."

   Wang Susu said.

   Then he rode on the bull and let Chen Ling lead him into the village.

   When he got home, Chen Ling went to Cui Lazi's small shop to buy a piece of pork, washed and chopped the wild vegetables, and prepared wild vegetable dumplings for dinner.

   It's still early and there's plenty of time.

   The two of them slowly wrapped the dumplings and cooked them.

   At dusk, before it was dark, Chen Ling went to deliver two big bowls to Wang Lixian's house.

   By the way, I told Wang Lixian about the melon seedlings.

Wang Lixian softened slightly after listening to the tensed face, looked at Chen Ling seriously, and said, "You two don't need to worry about this, my family Ernier and her man will come over tomorrow, and Liu Nier will also be there. On Sunday, I can finish it in two days.”

  Chen Ling didn't say anything more after hearing this.

   On the contrary, when Wang Lixian sent him out, he forcibly gave him two big fish.

   When I was working at Erzhu today, others fished it from the reservoir. After finishing lunch, there was a lot left over, and it was still fresh.

  Chen Ling couldn't refuse, so he had to take it back.

   He also knew that this honest man was expressing his gratitude in this way.

   It is not good to insist on refusal.

   When I got home, I ate two bowls of hot wild vegetable dumplings, and then filled my stomach with a bowl of dumpling soup.

   Eat and drink well, and feed chickens, dogs, and cows.

  Chen Ling sat under the lamp and helped Wang Susu weave a bamboo basket.

   To go up the mountain tomorrow, not only to pack a lot of medicinal materials.

  Chen Ling still has to dig bamboo shoots.

   All the bamboo baskets in the backyard were put into the cave by him to store vegetables. Wang Susu asked about it before, but he casually dismissed it.

   It is not easy to take it out now, so I have to make one now.

  The bamboo baskets were woven that night, and the next day, the two of them went down the mountain with the herbs and bamboo shoots smoothly.

   But when they got home, something unexpected happened to them.

   made Chen Ling angry enough.

   Thank you for your reward and support

   (end of this chapter)