My aunt was surprised by the results of her analysis.
What agricultural planting
It sounds so elegant, but it's still farming. What can farming bring? The economy is bad now, isn't having a stable job better than anything else
She hurriedly put the meat aside, walked over and asked, "Big sister, are you serious?"
Wulan was washing vegetables: "Yes. Did you see the car at the door? Tantan earned it by selling wild vegetables."
What a Spring and Autumn style of writing! This was obviously bought to sell wild vegetables.
Song Tan was blowing bubbles nearby, and she was also stunned when the bubbles burst.
Seeing that she was stunned, Qiao Qiao quickly reached out and touched her head: "Don't cry, don't cry, Qiao Qiao will blow a big one for you."
Song Tan didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "Sister is not crying, you blow one for grandpa first!"
Grandpa is old and has weak legs. He has been in a wheelchair for the past two years and has become increasingly listless. Now that his granddaughter and grandson are accompanying him, he seems cheerful, with his shriveled mouth wide open.
Song Tan's grandmother, on the other hand, still goes to the fields to work from time to time, and is more capable than the average young person.
At this moment, she was looking at a large bowl of shepherd's purse, disliking the cold water from the faucet, and pushed Wu Lan aside:
"Look, we have shepherd's purse in our fields, why did you bring so much?"
"Didn't Tan Tan say that he could make money by selling this? It would be great if he could keep it and sell it."
The well water pumped from the tap was chilly, but grandma didn't seem to feel it at all. It was obvious that she had gotten used to it.
Wu Lan looked at her gray hair and didn't feel bad about the money. "The wild vegetables grew very well this year, and we made a lot of money. It doesn't matter. I came here today to make dumplings for you."
"When you and my dad don't feel like cooking, just cook some dumplings. They're chewy and easy to digest."
Although they shared a yard, grandma and uncle lived separately and ate separately. They shared delicious food together, but they were not together in daily life.
My aunt also came up and said, "Sister, what are you thinking? Look at our Tan Tan, she's so pretty! Find a local man after you start working in Ningcheng, you'll have such a good life!"
"How can you find a good partner if you stay in the village? Aren't you delaying her?"
She looked at Song Tan who was coaxing grandpa with Qiao Qiao, and lowered her voice: "Qiao Qiao is in this state, you can't let him drag down the child for him."
Although my aunt-in-law is a person who has a slight patriarchal ideology, she can say this, which shows that she really loves her child.
Wu Lan was not angry either: "Sister-in-law, I didn't agree at first, but when Tan Tan came back, he was haggard and weak, saying that he was exhausted from working - I relented and let him take care of her for a year or so."
"As for farming, the child insisted on doing it. I thought there was plenty of space at home, so I let her do it."
But about objects...
"She's just getting into farming, and she's already spent all the money she had. Let her do it first, and when she gives up, we can talk about her going back to work."
Working outside is really exhausting. My aunt's son and daughter are also working outside. Hearing this, they sighed and put down the shepherd's purse in their hands:
"Making dumplings, right? I'll go chop the meat. Oh, you've got too much. After making all these dumplings, they can fill up the entire refrigerator."
Song Sancheng was a little greedy - Chef Wulan was only focused on making money, and only wanted to sell these wild vegetables. If Tan Tan hadn't insisted, he wouldn't have even thought of making them at home.
That’s it. The shepherd’s purse dumplings at home were eaten up a long time ago and I haven’t made any yet.
So he said proudly: "Aunt, don't worry! We said this wild vegetable is 20 yuan per pound, and that's not bragging. You will know when you eat it, it's not delicious."
For example, a family of four needs more than a hundred dumplings for one meal!
I brought ten kilograms of shepherd's purse today, and some other things, but they won't last long.
My aunt didn't believe it at all: "We eat shepherd's purse every year, what good can it do?"
Turning his head and looking at the two large baskets of meat, he quickly shouted again: "Qiao Qiao, go to the front and ask your uncle to come back and chop the meat!"
…
Uncle Wu Chengtao rushed back soon:
"Oh my goodness! I've already lost two hundred dollars and they won't let me leave the table. I'm so anxious!"
His aunt scolded him: "You want to run away when you lose the game? If they didn't have enough people, who would call you?"
My uncle also felt wronged: "I told them they wouldn't do it even if it cost one dollar, otherwise I definitely wouldn't run away."
The key point is who plays Landlord for one dollar!
My aunt rolled her eyes and shoved the kitchen knife into his hand: "Hurry up and chop it up to make dumplings tonight."
My uncle turned around, washed his hands, and asked, "Whose car is this outside? Sancheng, have you taken the driving test?" He also looked eager to try.
Song Sancheng waved his hands repeatedly: "No, no, I'm taking the exam. Isn't it that Tan Tan earned money from selling vegetables at home, and then bought a car, saying that it is convenient to go out."
Good job!
Song Tan thought, why does everyone flatter her? No wonder she is good at talking - it's all genetics.
My uncle looked at the car with envy and said, "Pickup trucks are better. They can carry a lot of things and are very practical. When my son was buying a car, I told him to buy a big one, but he refused to listen and bought a small sedan. The whole family had to squeeze in."
My uncle's son now works in the city and recently started dating a girlfriend, so he used his savings and his family's money to buy a car so that he could show off when he visited the girl's family.
When he looked at the meat on the eucalyptus board again, he was dumbfounded: "How many dumplings can I make with this?"
Ulan laughed:
"I came here to load a truck with straw from my home. I have to buy some more meat as a token of my appreciation."
The uncle glared at her:
"The straw is cheap, you can use as much as you want, but you'll never be able to eat all the straw you need."
Song Sancheng still had that mysterious smile:
"If you can make these dumplings until the end of the month, I'll be convinced! Hurry up, the vegetables have been washed, it's time to knead the dough."
He is waiting to eat.
So the whole family got busy.
After the dough was kneaded, even my grandfather in a wheelchair began to slowly make dumplings.
But grandma looked at the shepherd's purse, smelled it, and nodded secretly: "No wonder you said this dish costs 20 yuan, the taste is different from before, it's fragrant."
After she said that, my aunt seemed to think it smelled a bit too good, so she said generously: "Mom, you and my dad like to eat soft and mushy food, these dumplings will be frozen in your refrigerator later. If you want to eat them, just cook some yourself. They are nutritious and easy to digest."
"We don't need that. If we want to eat, we can dig it ourselves."
Wulan said again: "If you want to pull straw, just pull it directly. It's useless except for starting a fire. We don't plan to grow rice this year. It's a waste of time and effort. We might as well buy it and eat it ourselves."
Wu Lan was not polite either: "Okay, I'll let Qiao Qiao and the others load the truck later. But sister-in-law, you and mom can just share half of these dumplings. They are really different from other wild vegetables."
She tried other wild vegetables in the village, but none of them tasted like this one.