Mermaid Farming

Could it be that a thief came to steal something?

Such a thought flashed through Ren Yu's mind, and he couldn't sit still.

Ren Yu has seen the vegetable field at their house. It is a small piece. In order to protect this vegetable field, a lot of things are surrounded outside it. It is very precious. Should I go there and have a look around? Usually no one is here, so there is no need to worry that someone will come to steal the food.

However, don't be afraid of ten thousand just in case.

The water level in the river has dropped recently, which has led to a lot of people coming here to fish. The people who pass by their house, compared to the past three or five days, only saw one person passing by, and now three or five people pass by a day. , has made great progress.

This is also the news he heard when he heard He Zeliu nagging.

He drank the boiled water in one go, ran out lightly, and looked over secretly, only to see Siya carrying a wooden bucket with a cabbage in it, struggling to carry it back.

Ren Yu walked back quickly, took the wooden bucket in her hand, "I'll help you take it back."

Si Ya slowed down, looked at him, and showed a happy smile. It was indeed difficult for her to take it back by herself. Brother Ren Yu gave them delicious fish soup last night. She remembered that he was a good man. !

"It's noon, you don't take a nap, what are you doing here?" Ren Yu asked, taking a look at the wooden barrel by the way, seeing the ashes inside, he didn't know what to say for a while.

Si Ya replied seriously, "There's too much ashes in the stove, it's not easy to burn when lighting the fire, I put it into the vegetable field."

There is not enough fertilizer, so they can only rely on themselves to find a way. The half acre of land in the family is raised by relying on these ashes.

During that time, the shoulders of all the children in the family were worn out.

Just want to burn more ashes out.

Their approach is still very correct. They opened up this half-acre of wasteland, which is their family's land.

According to the original plan, they planned to open up half an acre of wasteland this winter, when everyone was at home and there was a lot of ashes from the fire. After the wasteland was raised, they could use it for planting food.

No, the half acre of wasteland they have opened up can already be used to grow food.

These people they have at home have jobs to do and support themselves.

Half an acre of land can grow a lot of food without paying rent.

The pressure on the eldest brother will not be so great!

"Why don't other people do this?" Ren Yu said disapprovingly.

The height of this wooden barrel is not much shorter than hers.

Siya pulled the corner of his clothes and explained, "This is Siya's work, and other people can't help. Besides, they are already very tired, so it's okay to leave these things to me."

She felt that this was something she should do. Brother and the others went out to work and earn money, and it was even harder. They couldn't continue to trouble them with family affairs.

The children of the poor are the head of the family early, and she basically does the housework.

"Alas..." Ren Yu sighed faintly as he looked at her. This was the first and only group of people he came into contact with after coming here.

Their life is really too hard.

When Ren Yu was young, she also grew up in the countryside, but their life was not that bitter.

Compared with them, he simply grew up soaked in honey water.

What was he doing when he was Si Ya's age?

In the middle of the village all day long, I went down the river to catch fish, went up to the mountain to dig out bird nests, and when it was time to eat, I didn’t go home, and I went crazy playing outside.

"The sun is very hot at noon, don't go out at noon next time, understand?"

Si Ya nodded, although she didn't understand, but she remembered that she just ran out because she couldn't sleep today.

Not next time.

Ren Yu sent the man back to the room, and then returned to his room to rest.

He was lying on the bed, very tired, but he couldn't sleep.

He has already planned to live here, but this family is too poor, which is not conducive to improving his quality of life. He has to find a way to earn some money.

Thinking about his little pearls, he suddenly thought, otherwise, how about he bring out some more pearls?

Thinking of this, he felt that the feasibility was still very high, so he went to sleep in peace.

When he woke up, the people around him had already gotten up, he yawned, walked out, and saw He Zeyang sitting on the threshold, continuing to weave the same basket as last night, looking at the few baskets beside him Basket, it seems that he has been up for a while.

"Are you going to sell these in the town?" Ren Yu watched his movements curiously, it seemed to be very solidly made, and the other one was placed on the other side, which seemed to be damaged somewhere of.

He Zeyang said without raising his head, "Do you need so many baskets at home?"

"...I can't." Ren Yu shook his head and watched his movements for a while, basically he didn't need to look at him, his hands moved almost subconsciously.

After watching it for a while, he felt a little bored, so he didn't continue to watch it. He walked around the house and found that He Zeyang was the only one at home.

"Why didn't you see them?"

He Zeyang continued, "If it's like you and you don't get up in the afternoon, our family will have gone to drink the northwest wind."

Ren Yu: "..." So angry.

But you still have to calm down and ask him, "Have you gone out to work?"

"The second brother went fishing, and the third brother took the three little guys to pick wild vegetables."

"Now the sun is so big..."

He Zeyang interrupted him, "I have something to do in the morning, and I don't have time to go out to pick wild vegetables. If I don't pick them back, what will I eat? Chinese cabbage in the field? That's our sauerkraut in winter."

In order to preserve these vegetables for a longer period of time, they also thought of a lot of ways.

I can't go out to work in winter. The good thing is that if I stay at home in winter and don't work, it's okay to eat less.

But these grains are still quite a lot.

He Zeyang thought with a headache, not to mention, there is an extra adult in the family, and more food needs to be prepared.

The food they brought back before can be eaten for at most a month. Those are winter food and cannot be moved.

In addition to winter food, they also have to change money.

He asked the big and small at home, and the copper coins he borrowed were not too much but not too little, fifty Wen.

I ran to a far away place to borrow. A family who lived in their place before had a good relationship with their family. They borrowed 35 Wen from their family, and they borrowed the rest of them piecemeal. of.

Aunt Hua who lives near their home is really a good person, but it's a pity that their son moved out of this remote place when he became successful.

When I lived here, I took care of them a lot, but it's a pity they moved out.

Some things in their home were also given by them.

Weaving baskets to sell, although the price is very cheap, only a penny, but after spending some time, you can still earn some money for daily necessities.

"Is there no money at home?" Ren Yu asked, and then took out two small pearls from his bosom, "I still have a lot of these things, can I exchange them for money?"

He Zeyang finally raised his head and took a look at him, his eyes sharpened, staring at his current appearance, there was only sincerity in his eyes.

"Take this to the town for money."

He Zeyang looked away with difficulty, and continued to move his hands, "Although I don't know where you got so many pearls, don't take these things out again in your next time."

"Why?" Ren Yu asked inexplicably, he deliberately took out the small pearls, and he still had the big pearls.

He Zeyang simply stopped what he was doing and looked at him like a fool, "Are you really not understanding or are you pretending not to understand?"

Ren Yu: "...it's fake."

He Zeyang: "It seems that you really don't understand. The pearls you gave us to exchange for money before are already very eye-catching. It can be said that we found them by accident. If you continue to take them out, you are afraid that others will not pay attention to them. Come on us?"

"Can't we sell them separately?"

He Zeyang: "...They are all from the same town. Who doesn't know who? This kind of thing can't be hidden. For the sake of everyone's safety, in the recent period... within three months, this kind of pearl can no longer be brought out. In our place, it is difficult to salvage river mussels with pearls."

Ren Yu put away his things with a face full of headaches, his pearls can't be used!

He couldn't think of a way to make money.

It is really difficult to improve the environment at home.

The most important point is that their family is really very poor, and they have no capital to do any business.

"Where did they go to pick wild vegetables, let me help too!" Ren Yu said.

If you can't think of a way, you can't think of it. Do the things in front of you first.

"Choose a basket." He Zeyang said, pointing to the basket on one side.

Ren Yu: "...Huh?"

"Just this one, it feels good." He Zeyang picked out one for him, "Didn't you go out to find them to pick wild vegetables? Take the basket and go together, remember that this will be your basket from now on."

"Isn't there a broken basket over there? I'll just take the ones I can't handle well, and keep this one for you to exchange for money in the town."

"It's just a basket, there is not much money at all, you can just take it, what are you doing with so much nonsense?" He Zeyang found out his basket, and walked towards the river with Ren Yu.

They walked for a long time, and Ren Yu guessed that during this time, at least half an hour, they finally saw a place with wild vegetables by the river.

Their small figures also appeared beside them, one and two squatting on the ground, looking for those wild vegetables.

Ren Yudun quickened his pace, walked to them, looked at the wild vegetables in their baskets, "I'm here to help pick the wild vegetables too."

Ren Yu quickly chose a direction. When he saw the big wild vegetables, he picked them off directly. Some of them were too old, so he picked the tender part on top.

After picking for a while, he found that when other people picked wild vegetables, big and small, as long as they saw them, they would pull them all up.

"That kind of small wild vegetable will stay here for the time being. Anyway, no one comes here to pick wild vegetables except us. We can pick them when they grow up." Ren Yu said.

Several people nodded, and subconsciously let go of those small wild vegetables.

Ren Yu noticed that their back baskets were different from his basket, and his basket could hold less than half of the amount of wild vegetables as theirs.

"Is my basket a little too small?"

"It's not small. It's time for you to pick it up when we go back. Look for it separately, and then don't go far away. Pay attention to each other." He Zeyang said, quickly carrying these things, walking towards one of the directions, his eyes were very Lee, you can see it at a glance, wild vegetables that grow on the ground.

Ren Yu subconsciously followed him and left in the same direction.

"Let's go, we can go back." He Zeliu said.

Ren Yu also stood up, only then did he realize that he had been squatting for too long and his legs were numb.

He Zeyang helped carry the things on his back, but found that Ren Yu hadn't moved, "What? You want to sleep here at night?"

Ren Yu had a bitter face, "Legs are numb..."