Chapter 118： The apricots are ripe (please vote for monthly recommendation)

At night, Erni said a lot of worrying things and even cried a lot. When she woke up the next day, she seemed to have forgotten all about it and happily discussed with Yingbao how to spend the money in her hand.

She and Dani each planted two hundred golden ears, and this time they sold them for fifteen taels of silver.

Including the 20 taels she earned last year, she already has more than 30 taels. Compared with girls of the same age in the village, Erni is simply a little rich woman.

“When you get married in the future, use the money you save to buy a shop in the county town. From now on, even if you don’t do business, you can still make money every month by renting it to others.”

Ying Bao gave Er Ni advice: "So you have to save more money now."

Erni agreed and asked with longing, "How much money does it cost to buy a shop in the county?"

"It depends on the location. If the location is good, a shop will cost two hundred taels."

"What? It's so expensive." Erni calculated it, and then thinking about the money in her hand, it didn't seem to be very much.

When I divide the strains next time, I might as well plant another two hundred golden ears.

But the problem is that there must be a place to put the fungi.

That thing is delicate and cannot be exposed to the sun or rain, nor can it be planted too densely. It is no problem to plant ten or twenty plants. If there are more, you will have to build a new bamboo shed for storage.

Erni scratched her head. It was not easy to build a bamboo shed. It was almost the same as building a house.

After breakfast, Chun Niang led the children to see the bride.

Walking into Jiang Erlang's yard, he saw that the Jiang family was basically all there.

Yan Ru was wearing a red dress and was serving morning tea to her parents-in-law with a tea bowl.

Morning tea is egg water made with boiling water, with sugar added to it.

“Father, mother, please drink tea.” Yan Ru respectfully held the bowl and handed it over.

Laohan Jiang and Mrs. Jiang Liu took it and took a sip, and each gave a red envelope to their new daughter-in-law.

After serving tea, Jiang Erlang led his wife to recognize her.

“This is the big brother and sister-in-law.”

“Brother, sister-in-law.” Yan Ru called out obediently.

Jiang Dalang and his wife nodded towards her but said nothing.

“These are the third brother and the third sister-in-law.” Jiang Erlang introduced his younger brother, younger brother and daughter-in-law.

“Third brother, third younger sister.”

“Second sister-in-law.” Jiang Sanlang and Chun Niang nodded to her.

“Here are Dacheng, Erquan, Dani and Yuanbao from the eldest brother’s family.” Jiang Erlang introduced them one by one: “Over there are Yingbao, Xiaojie and Xiaowu from the third brother’s family.”

Yanru took out a large handful of silver dates and gave them to the children, two each.

The children thanked each other in unison: "Thank you, Second Aunt (Second Auntie)!"

Jiang Erlang took his two children and said, "I'll give you a gift for your mother." Then he said to his newlywed wife, "Yanru, this is my eldest daughter Erni, and this is my eldest son Huzi."

Erni and Huzi looked awkward, but they still called their mother.

Yanru gave each of her siblings an exquisite silver lock and put it on herself.

After recognizing the person, Yanru went into the kitchen to cook, and Erni followed to help light the fire.

The mother and daughter work on one pot and the other off. They cooperate tacitly and are harmonious.

Mrs. Jiang Liu breathed a sigh of relief and whispered to her second son: "Now that you are married, you will live a good life in the future. This child Yanru looks pretty good, so you have to treat her well."

“I understand, mother.” Jiang Erlang said with a smile, “Everyone, please stop cooking for lunch today and stay here to try Yan Ru’s craftsmanship.”

Zhou and Chun Niang smiled and nodded.

Yingbao and several children ran out after seeing the bride, because Jiang Quan said he would take them to the pond to fish for shrimps.

The pond on the south **** is already quite large, and many lotus roots are planted on the edge. Now the lotus leaves have grown so big that they can be used as a bamboo hat when picked off and placed on the head. Several children each carried a large lotus leaf and fished for shrimps by the pond with small nets. They quickly caught half of the basket.

After catching the shrimps, Jiang Quan took them to see his breeding water pit. There were many loaches rolling in the water pit.

"I raised these all. Let's catch some loaches later, wrap them in flour and fry them with lard. They will be delicious."

Yuanbao and Huzi swallowed hard after hearing this, and quickly asked their second brother to catch more loaches and bring them back for frying.

Yingbao also likes fried food, but she prefers to eat sweet and sour apricots and peaches.

There are many fruit trees planted around her house, including peach trees, apricot trees, pear trees, persimmon trees, jujube trees, two apple trees, and several unknown Fanbang vines.

The fruit trees have been pruned and grafted, and they are bearing fruit this year. However, since it is the first time to bear fruit, the number is not large. There are only dozens of fruits hanging sporadically on one tree, and some are only a dozen. But there are so many fruit trees. .

It’s the end of May now, and most of the apricots are yellow, so they should be edible by now.

“Second brother, let’s go pick apricots.” Those apricot trees were too tall for Yingbao, a little boy. The apricots were hidden in the leaves and could not be reached without growing bamboo poles.

“Okay, come back when I send the shrimps and loaches home.” Jiang Quan caught enough loaches, ran home quickly with a basket, and then rushed back dragging a long bamboo pole.

So the children began to knock apricots again.

With a slap on the bamboo pole, the ripe apricots fell from the treetops. Xiaojie and Xiaowu screamed as they picked apricots under the tree. When they picked up a big one, they handed it to their sister to see. They were so happy.

Yingbao and Yuanbaohuzi also picked up the broken apricots. They wiped the broken apricots with their sleeves and ate them.

Apricots are very delicious when ripe, sour and sweet, much better than cherries.

But eating too much of this stuff hurts your teeth and stomach. Yingbao soon felt like her teeth couldn't bite, but she still couldn't help but want to eat.

After knocking half of the basket, Jiang Quan stopped knocking and began to discuss with Ying Bao, "Ying Bao, can we sell the uneaten apricots on the street in time for the market tomorrow?"

He knew that these fruit trees belonged to Yingbao, so he wanted to discuss it with her.

Yingbao nodded: "Well, you can take me there when the time comes."

"No problem!" Jiang Quan chuckled and rubbed his little cousin's head: "When the money is sold, we will each get half of it."

"good."

At noon, the entire Jiang family had dinner at Jiang Erlang's house.

Yan Ru really made two big dishes for the table. She put a lot of thought into each dish. Not only was it fragrant, but it was also beautifully presented.

The shrimps and loaches sent back by Jiang Quan were also fried according to his requirements and served on a large plate. A small round lotus leaf was spread on the bottom of the plate. They were green and very attractive.

Zhou and Chun Niang have been cooking for a lifetime, but they didn’t know that the dishes could be presented like this.

For example, a circle of leaves can be placed next to steamed fish, with a small piece of yellow apricot flesh placed on each leaf, which looks very beautiful.

When eating, there is a table for adults and a table for children. The dishes are all the same, except that the children's table has more fried shrimps and fried loaches.

After eating, Yan Ru started to clear away the dishes, and Chun Niang, her sister-in-law, and her eldest ni and ni also went to help.

Yingbao took his two younger brothers home.

She was too full from lunch, so she took her two little puppies for a walk in the yard.

The gourds planted in spring have already climbed the vines and now have many small white flowers blooming. Under the flower stems are small green gourds, some of which are half the size of a palm.

Xiaojie saw that these little gourds were interesting, and he reached out to pick them, but Yingbao stopped him, "These are still baby gourds that haven't grown up yet. They can't be picked. How about we pick them off when they grow up?"

The little guy had to retract his hand and muttered: "You can't pick the little gourd until it grows up. You can pick it later."

“You’re so good.” Yingbao patted Xiaojie’s head.

Xiao Wu suddenly ran over, lowered his head and came close to let his sister touch him. He also said: "Xiao Wu is the best."

Ying Bao had no choice but to touch him again and praise him, "Xiao Wu is also good."