Chapter 106： Planting gourds

After March, the Jiang family began to prepare for Jiang Cheng's marriage.

Jiang Cheng went to several markets before buying two wild geese, clipped their wings and kept them in cages.

Yingbao saw that her cousin was walking with wind, and the smile never fell from his lips.

“Bao’er, what are you planting in the yard?”

Chunniang was winnowing rice when she saw her daughter tinkering in the vegetable patch in the yard, so she asked.

“Plant gourds.” Yingbao buried two gourd seeds in the soil.

She wants to grow a lot of gourds, sell them for money, and then give Wu Daozi a few big gourds. When Sister Wen comes back, I will give her two more.

By the way, it’s already the end of March, why hasn’t Sister Wen come back yet?

At this moment, Tang's voice came from the door of the courtyard. "Is Chun Niang at home?"

Chunniang stood up immediately: "Yes, you are here. Aunt Tang, come in quickly."

Mrs. Tang walked in with her little grandson Xiaoyao in hand, and looked at the yard with a smile, "Hey, your yard is really spacious."

“Where.” Chun Niang smiled and moved the bench for Tang to sit. "I see that your family has also started to build adobe on the south slope. Are you planning to build a house?"

"Yes." Tang Shi smiled and sat down, pushing Xiao Yao: "Go and play with sister."

The little demon ran to Ying Bao and stood there silently, looking at her.

Yingbao paid no attention to him and kept digging the ground to bury the seeds.

Tang: "When my house is built, we can move around frequently. I will also plant some vegetables in the yard to save trouble."

“Why are you also building a house on the south slope?” Chun Niang asked with a smile.

Mrs. Tang sighed: "Nanpo is a big place. Sooner or later our Zhu'er will separate from our two brothers. It's better to separate sooner than later. I'm not dead yet, and the old man can take care of them. Where are you waiting for me?" Who cares about the life and death of Zhu'er's family?"

"Look what you said, no matter what, he is Uncle Chen's biological son, how can he be so heartless."

"Alas, Chun Niang, you don't know..." Tang shook her head and did not mention the topic again.

Turning to Yingbao, he said, "Yingbao, do you still have your pills? I want to buy some."

Before the family is separated, I have to buy some pills for backup. Anyway, the old thing will definitely not be able to handle a bowl of water equally. If I don't spend more money now, I will have to take advantage of the boss and the second family in the future.

"Yes, how much does Granny Tang want?" When Yingbao heard that Granny Tang wanted to buy pills, she immediately ran over.

Tang took out five taels of small silver ingots and said, "That's all."

She finally got this from the old man. She has figured it out. No one's life is as good as her own. Only if she survives for one day can Zhu'er's family be safe.

Yingbao took the money with a smile, ran back to the house and ran out again, holding a porcelain bowl of pills in his hand, "Here, there are thirty pills in total, you can only take one per day."

This is the Baohe pill she prepared a while ago, which is composed of hawthorn, Shenqu, pinellia, Poria, tangerine peel, forsythia, radish seed, etc., and also adds a little Wudingzhi.

This pill is aimed at people like Granny Tang who have thick blood lipids.

Grandma Tang took the pill and put it into her sleeve, called her grandson to come over, stood up and said goodbye to Chun Niang.

Not long after Granny Tang left, Sister-in-law Jiang came over to ask her three younger siblings to sew the wedding quilt.

This wedding quilt is also very particular. Only those with five blessings can sew it.

There were four wedding quilts sewn in total. They were all made of Baizi satin, with cotton linings and soft warm cotton fillings.

Sister-in-law Jiang didn’t look happy, chatting with her three younger siblings while sewing quilts. "Yesterday, the matchmaker of the Chu family came to us and asked our family to give a betrothal gift of one hundred taels. Alas, I don't know what that family thinks."

Although the Jiang family also made a lot of money last year, they have just started, after all, and they have just built a new house, and all the furnishings in the house are also newly decorated.

There are also those bamboo sheds built and various items purchased, none of which are free of charge?

“Didn’t you give the Chu family thirty taels for the last engagement? You also bought a pair of silver bracelets, why do you want another hundred taels?” The Jiang family really thinks they have a fortune.

Sister-in-law Jiang sighed: "No, if it hadn't been for the engagement and Dacheng liked her so much, I would have wanted to cancel the engagement."

How can any farmer spend so much money on marrying a wife? It's like marrying a high-ranking lady.

One hundred taels, but that family couldn't figure it out, and my own family only had more than 70 taels when they put it all together.

Chunniang didn't answer, feeling even more unhappy about the Chu girl.

But the soon-to-be daughter-in-law is already the eldest nephew. As an aunt, it is not easy for me to say anything.

“Originally, what we were talking about was the daughter of Chu Zhujiang, but for some reason the matchmaker actually brought the horoscope of the daughter of the main family of Chu Village, and said it matched our horoscope very well. Alas.” Sister-in-law Jiang became more and more annoyed as she thought about it.

She once met the daughter of Chu Mianjiang. Although the girl did not have the mark of the Chucun family, she looked like a proper child at first glance.

At the beginning, I was also fooled by lard, but I actually agreed to see the daughter of the main family of Chucun.

Chunniang shook her head secretly.

It is true that people are afraid of being famous and pigs are afraid of being strong. The story of the Jiang family growing golden ears has probably spread to all over the country. Otherwise, why would Chucun be so eager to force the girl's horoscope on to the matchmaker? This is too embarrassing. If the man disagrees, it will be embarrassing.

After sewing the quilt, Chun Niang goes home to wash rice, cook porridge, and make pancakes.

In the evening, Jiang Sanlang came home from the fields and picked up his two sons from school.

Now Xiaojie and Xiaowu have officially started in the clan school. They go to and from school with Huzi Yuanbao every day. Occasionally Jiang Sanlang will pick him up.

The two children have excellent understanding. Even the master praised them for their intelligence.

Chunniang brought the food to the table and served porridge and burritos to the children. Stir-fried dried fish with leeks and rolled in white flour bread is very delicious.

Yingbao ate three of them in one go and drank half a bowl of porridge, making her belly bulge.

“Chun Niang, we won’t plant ramie this year. I have bought a lot of seedlings to plant in Beishan.” Jiang Sanlang took a bite of the burrito.

Chun Niang: "If you don't want to plant, don't plant. Planting hemp is too tiring. Let's just grow more cotton this year."

“Well, I have planted ten acres of cotton, and my eldest brother and second brother have also planted ten acres. The seeds will be sown in two days.”

Jiang Sanlang picked up the porridge bowl and took a few sips, then put the bowl down and said, "When we finish working on the cotton, we can plant golden ears."

His golden ear fungus is still covered under the straw curtain, so it will probably be very busy again.

Yingbao immediately said: "Dad, I will give you the fine golden fungus and snow fungus seeds later. We can grow them ourselves, and you can share the ordinary ones with others."

Jiang Sanlang’s eyes lit up, “How many elite strains does Bao’er have?”

“There are probably hundreds of strains. Our family can give out 600 strains, and at most we can give 300 strains to each of my eldest and second uncles.”

In order to grow high-quality golden ear and snow fungus, you must use a special nutrient base. Once the nutrients in the nutrient base are absorbed, the growth will be the same as ordinary golden ear.

So this fine product cannot be grown by others.

“Okay.” Jiang Sanlang was very happy and didn’t even think about where his daughter had put the golden ear fungus.

Oh no, my daughter’s golden ear fungus was placed alone in a bamboo shed in the yard of her house. It is now covered under a straw curtain, but he has never gone in to check it.