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.
Ying Bao saw that her cousin was walking with wind, and the smile never fell from her lips.
"Bao'er, what did you plant in the yard?"
Chun Niang was winnowing rice and saw her daughter working in the vegetable patch in the yard, so she asked.
"Plant gourds." Yingbao buried two gourd seeds in the soil.
She wanted to plant 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.
It's already the end of March, why hasn't Sister Wen come back yet?
At this moment, Tang's voice came from the courtyard door. "Is Chun Niang at home?"
Chun Niang stood up immediately: "Yes, you are here. Aunt Tang, come in quickly."
Mrs. Tang walked in with her grandson Xiao Yao 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 sat down with a smile and pushed the little demon: "Go play with sister."
The little demon ran to Yingbao and stood there silently, looking at her.
Yingbao ignored him and kept burying the seeds.
Tang: "When my house is built, we can move around frequently. Then 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."
"Oh, Chun Niang, you don't know..." Tang shook her head and did not bring up the topic again.
He turned to Yingbao and said, "Yingbao, do you still have your pills? I want to buy some back."
Before the family is separated, I have to buy some pills for later use. Anyway, that 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 a small silver ingot worth five taels and said, "That's all."
This was something she finally got from her old man. She had seen through it all. No one's life was as good as hers. Only if she lived for one day could Zhu'er's family be safe and sound.
Ying Bao took the money with a smile, ran back to the house and out again, holding a porcelain bowl of pills in her 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 and dark blood.
Granny Tang took the pill and put it into her sleeve, called her grandson over, stood up and said goodbye to Chun Niang.
Not long after Granny Tang left, Sister Jiang came over to ask her three younger siblings to sew the wedding quilt.
There are also special requirements for sewing this wedding quilt. Only those with five blessings can sew it.
A total of four wedding quilts were sewn. They were all made of Baizi satin, with cotton linings and soft and warm cotton fillings.
Sister Jiang didn't look happy, chatting with her three younger siblings while sewing quilts.
"Yesterday the matchmaker of the Chu family came 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 made a lot of money last year, it was just a start-up after all. They had just built a new house, and everything in the house was 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 could any wealthy family spend so much money on marrying a wife? It was like marrying a high-ranking lady.
One hundred taels, but that family could figure it out, and my own family only had more than seventy taels when they put it all together.
Chun Niang didn't answer, feeling even more unhappy about the Chu girl.
But she was already the eldest nephew's soon-to-be daughter-in-law, and as an aunt, it was hard for me to say anything.
"Originally, our family was talking about the daughter of Chu Zhujiang, but for some reason the matchmaker actually brought the horoscope of the Chucun family's daughter, and said it matched our horoscope very well. Alas." Sister-in-law Jiang became more and more annoyed as she thought about it.
She had met Chu Mianjiang's daughter. Although the girl didn't have the mark of the Chu Cun family, she looked like a proper child at first glance.
At first, he was fooled by his own lard, but he actually agreed to see the daughter of the main family of Chucun.
Chun Niang shook her head secretly.
It is true that people are afraid of being famous and pigs are afraid of being strong. The Jiang family's golden ear cultivation 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 went home to wash rice, cook porridge, and then 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 their studies in clan studies. They go to and from school with Huzi Yuanbao every day, and occasionally Jiang Sanlang will pick them up.
The two children have excellent understanding. Even the master praised them for their intelligence.
Chun Niang brought the food to the table and served porridge and burritos to the children. Fried dried fish with leeks and rolled in white flour pancakes are 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 cotton, we can plant golden ears."
His golden ear fungus is still covered under the straw curtain, so he will probably be busy again.
Yingbao immediately said: "Dad, I will give you the high-quality 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 refined bacteria 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 the eldest and second uncles."
If you want 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.
Therefore, others cannot grow this exquisite product.
"Okay." Jiang Sanlang was very happy and didn't think about where his daughter put the golden ear fungus at all.
Oh no, my daughter's golden ear fungus was placed alone in a bamboo shed in her yard, and it is now covered under a straw curtain, but he has never gone in to check it.