Baby brings his own shopping mall to travel through

Chapter 160: Drying Flowers

Ah Zhi and Liu Fang walked into the yard, feeling a little uneasy. Li smiled and took their hands, "We are all family, don't be shy, come in and sit down."

Old Lady Yang also called out, "Come on, come on, don't just stand there, come inside and talk. You two are such idiots, if you're here, just come in and sit down, why are you standing outside?"

Everyone entered the house, and Old Lady Yang looked at Ah Zhi and Liu Fang, "You two are really good children. Thank you so much for running to help pick flowers."

Ah Zhi and Liu Fang waved their hands quickly. Liu Fang said, "It was just by the way. We went back to my mother's house these two days. Brother Goudan came to pick us up today and said that you could use these flowers. And there are so many flowers everywhere in our mountain, so we picked them by the way."

"Sister-in-law, are there many flowers in the mountains over there?" Xiao Caoer asked.

"Yes, there are a lot, but mainly no one wants them. We only picked them for a short while and already filled two baskets." Azhi nodded.

"Are you picking them nearby?" Xiao Cao'er asked again.

"There are a lot of them around here. The mountains where we are are relatively low, and we have never heard of any wild beasts." Liu Fang continued.

"Then I wonder if your parents are free to help pick and dry them." Xiao Caoer asked.

"It should be no problem, how many do you want?" Ah Zhi thought for a while and asked. There are many children in my mother's family, so picking flowers is an easy task.

"If it would be a bit of a waste to pick and deliver them every day, I think that now I have flowers to use and there is no rush. If the people from your mother's family are free to pick them, they can be picked, washed and dried every day. I will pay you by the kilogram then." Xiao Cao'er said.

"There are many children in my family, and they play here and there every day. Picking flowers is just a way to play in the mountains. How much money is it?" Liu Fang said. "I will tell them when the time comes, and I will send them to you when they are dried."

Old Lady Yang knew that her granddaughter also wanted to bring some flowers to her mother's family, so she said, "Oh, our flowers are useful, so we have to give them some. Didn't you see that all the little kids ran up the mountain today?"

"Yes, how about this, you can ask your family to help pick and dry them first, and then see what the price is. We have never bought dried flowers, so we don't know what the price is, so they shouldn't complain that we don't give them enough."

In the past two years, Li had come into contact with more people outside because of the furniture and embroidery workshops, and she spoke in an orderly manner. However, she was a little bit reserved with her family members.

Ah Zhi and Liu Fang looked at Goudan and the others and said, "This is not good. We are all family members, how can we ask for money?"

"Just do as grandma and aunt said. I'll send a letter home and ask them to pick more clean flowers and put each flower together. Don't mix them up. Then dry them in the sun." Goudan agreed. There were many children in the Yue family, and it would be nice to earn a few cents by picking flowers and drying them.

"Yes, we will be strict with our requirements. If you don't meet the requirements, you won't get any money." Old Mrs. Yang finally made the decision.

"Don't worry, grandma. I will definitely give them instructions." Azhi handed the job over to her mother's family.

The next morning, Goudan Tietou took his wife to her parents' home again. When they came back at noon, they brought back two large baskets of flowers.

When they arrived, Old Lady Yang was refining lard with Xiao Cao'er. Although Yang Dashan bought all the lard from several pork stalls yesterday, he left late and there was not much left. He asked the pork stall owner to save some for today, and went to the county town to get it early this morning. He just came back and put it down and went to the furniture workshop.

I didn’t go yesterday, but I’m going to go check it out today. Although there are people managing it, I always feel like something is missing if I don’t take a walk around.

Every morning, after walking around the fields, Li would go to the embroidery workshop if she had nothing to do at home. If Xiao Caoer had drawn a new pattern, she would take it to the embroidery workshop.

Now only Xiaocao'er and Old Lady Yang were at home. When Goudan and his friends entered the door and saw that no one was in the yard, they called out, "Grandma Dashan, are you home?"

Then he took out the big basket and basin as if he was familiar with it and prepared to wash it.

"Yes, yes, in the kitchen." Old Lady Yang said as she walked into the yard. "Where did you go to pick so many flowers so early in the morning?"

As Ah Zhi helped pour out the flowers, he said, "Grandma, we went back to my mother's house this morning to discuss picking flowers. We told them everything you told us to do, and then we took a trip up the mountain."

"That's so early. You kids are really something. There's no rush for these things. Just take your time. Why are you in such a hurry?" Old Mrs. Yang said dissatisfiedly.

But in my heart I was very satisfied: What an honest child, he didn't take any of the flowers sent to him. Yesterday, those kids took the money, because Xiao Cao had agreed with them in advance. You didn't agree, so you shouldn't take copper coins.

Xiao Cao'er didn't bother to be polite with them. "Brother Goudan, please come in and help me refine the oil. My grandmother has been refining it for a while and must be tired."

"Oh, kid, how can you talk like that? It's just refining oil, how tiring it is? Just burn some firewood. Come in right away." Old Mrs. Yang walked towards the kitchen while telling Tietou and the others to put down their things and they would come and clean them up later.

Azhi also followed her into the kitchen and said, "Grandma, let me do it, let me do it. I'm very skilled in refining oil." Then he took over the work from Grandma Yang.

Liu Fang was walking behind and couldn't help asking, "Grandma, you refined so much oil at once, how long will it take to finish it?"

"I don't know. It was Xiaocao who said he wanted to refine it. He refined some yesterday. I bought these early in the morning. It's so hot, they won't last long, so I just refined them."

"Xiao Mo'er, let me burn the firewood. You take a rest. Your sister-in-law Azhi and I will work quickly together." Liu Fang also took over Xiao Cao'er's job.

Old Lady Yang took out a bowl of lard residue from the cupboard. It was made yesterday and a little salt was added at that time. She didn't have time to eat it. Now it was just right to treat them as a snack.

Xiao Caoer only remembered it now when she saw it. "Grandma, let's make dumplings with lard residue at noon. They are so delicious."

"You only know how to eat. OK, I'll go to the vegetable garden in the backyard to pick some vegetables. Azhi, you guys can help pack them later. I have something to tell you later." Old Mrs. Yang said as she went to the backyard.

"Grandma, what's the matter?" Tietou asked hurriedly when he heard Grandma Yang say that there was something wrong.

"No hurry. I'll tell you when I'm ready." After saying that, Old Lady Yang ignored them and let them help with the cleaning, and no one could stop her.

"Grandma, I don't know how to make dumplings. You have to teach me when the time comes." Liu Fang said to Mrs. Cai with a smile.