Once the crops were ripe, they were quickly harvested; otherwise, if they got rained on, they would easily sprout.
When it was time to harvest the wheat, everyone worked overtime, heading to the fields early in the morning and not returning home until it was nearly dark. Everyone earned a full day’s work points, and some even managed to get fifteen points.
After coming home, Yun Xiaoxiao ate with the two little ones and then went to the kitchen to start cooking green bean soup, adding rock sugar. Once it was ready, she chilled it with well water.
Da Bao and Xiao Bao had already eaten, so they cleared away the dishes and then went out to the wheat fields to pick up any leftover wheat ears.
As the green bean soup got somewhat cold, Yun Xiaoxiao hurriedly took it out to them.
She brought plenty, delivering some to the eldest brother and sister-in-law, and to the second brother and sister-in-law as well.
Zhao Tianhe also came over to drink the mung bean soup.
"Sister-in-law, your green bean soup tastes really good."
You could tell that sugar had been added.
"I found some mint, washed it clean, and you can put it in the water to help cool off..."
There was only so much green bean soup, but mint water could be enough to satisfy.
Seeing Laosan’s wife had washed the mint thoroughly and put it in a large bowl.
The green bean soup once again inspired the envy of the other villagers.
Even though Educated Youth Yun didn’t work in the fields, her family mailed things to her, and she was generous. Not only was her cooking good, but now she had also made green bean soup for the Zhao family.
Just after the wheat was brought in, a heavy rain fell.
"Thank goodness it’s been collected."
"Wife, tomorrow I’ll go up to the mountains to pick some mushrooms for you."
The wife liked a certain type of mushroom.
Yun Xiaoxiao looked at the two grapevines in the courtyard, which were growing well and had both flowered and fruited, though only a few bunches. Even so, Zhao Tianlei had built a trellis for them.
The rain was quite heavy, causing many fields to become flooded.
The day after the rain stopped, Zhao Tianlei went into the mountains with a basket on his back. He dug up a lot of chicken fir mushrooms for Yun Xiaoxiao, drying some and making chicken fir mushroom sauce with the rest.
The villagers started to get busy again.
Planting corn, transplanting rice seedlings.
The two little ones couldn’t help much and just quietly stayed at home with Yun Xiaoxiao to review their studies. "The exams are coming up, should I ask Dad if you don’t have to go to work and can just review at home for a while?"
Zhao Tianlei ate his meal heartily, "No need, I’ll work during the day and review in the evening after work."
Isn’t that exhausting?
Now that the weather was warming up, Yun Xiaoxiao didn’t want to go to town to buy meat.
They didn’t raise chickens at home, but now there was no problem with the villagers raising chickens.
Yun Xiaoxiao also bought a chicken and some eggs from her sister-in-law Li Minghua.
Free-range chicken was nourishing for the body.
Malted milk and milk powder were always available every day.
Seeing Fang Meiyun reminded Yun Xiaoxiao that since Fang Meiyun had not been abducted, that part of the plot was now behind her.
Some parts of the plot could be changed.
While transplanting rice seedlings, Zhao Tianlei also caught some loaches and eels. Yun Xiaoxiao couldn’t kill them, but for Zhao Tianlei, slaughtering these creatures was a trivial matter.
He even called over team leader Zhao and Mrs. Zhao to come and eat.
However, she didn’t like eating these things.
After the wheat harvest and handing over the state’s share, the villagers divided the remaining grain among themselves.
"Wife, can we eat sweet potato vines?"
They had vegetables at home, really no need to eat sweet potato vines, but the wife oddly planted several sweet potatoes specifically to pick the vines for stir-frying.
"Yes, you can eat them, and they taste pretty good. You ate them before, didn’t you? Don’t feel like eating them anymore?"