80s: The Farmer’s Wife Is The Boss

Chapter 45, Where are the plums? (asking for recommendation votes)

Mei Xue rolled her eyes and said, "I didn't tell you earlier." She glanced at An Liang and said, "You haven't led the way yet. There's no rush for plums." There were so many plums at home, enough to last for a long time.

 Besides, she doesn’t really like the taste of plums if she eats too much of them. But eels are different from loaches. They are meat.

"Okay, I'll take my sister-in-law there." The second master belongs to a different branch of the He family in the village. They are all named He, but they are not from the same ancestor.

"The road is a bit far, sister-in-law, let's walk faster." There are also loaches in the ditches like the ones they walked in, but they are very small and have no meat.

Like the loaches and eels in the fields, they are different. They are all very big, and they are very satisfying to eat.

The second master’s field was really far away. After walking for more than an hour, Mei Xue saw a piece of harvested land in a mountain nest.

“Sister-in-law, here we are, look, there is still water in the field.” This was not the first time An Liang came here, and he was very excited after seeing the water in the field.

 Having water is good, but having water proves that there are many things.

Meixue said nothing and followed their steps to the field.

“Sister-in-law, can you cook eels?” Anliang and Anwen began to separate, because it is impossible for the three of them to be together.

That will delay things.

Mei Xue didn't look down on him and gave him a disdainful look, "Bibi?"

have to.

 The three of them were divided into three parts, one person on each side. Mei Xue stopped talking nonsense to them and started her own performance.

 She doesn't need to turn it over, just leave some space for the water to come out, and just wait on top.

As expected, the space water was full of temptations for these small animals, and soon some eels and loaches ran out of the holes.

Mei Xue has a sharp eye and quick hands. She catches one of them every time she catches them, and then throws them out with a look of disgust on the small ones.

I don’t know how long it took, but Mei Xue also moved to several places. She felt that she had almost caught them. After seeing that there were more than half a bucket of eels and loaches, she walked out of the field.

"Are you okay?" She didn't plan to catch any more, there were too many, and she was afraid of running away.

 The bucket cannot be filled too full.

I don’t know what happened. In the past, An Wen and An Liang could find eels and loaches as soon as they entered the fields. Today, it took them most of time to catch just a few.

It is still very small.

"Sister-in-law, how many did you catch?" An Liang glanced at the ground that his sister-in-law had plowed over. The water was very turbid and he couldn't see clearly. But from beginning to end, he probably didn't catch much.

"Not much, enough to eat." Mei Xue washed the mud from her feet.

The two of them also turned over a lot of land, but they couldn't find anything, so they had no choice but to return to the ridge.

 “Brother Anwen, where are you?”

 An Wen tilted his basket to show An Liang.

 There aren’t many in it, maybe a dozen.

 There are all big and small.

When they came to the creek, the two of them took a look at Mei Xue's bucket, and then they began to doubt their life.

It wasn't until Mei Xue came up clean that the two of them came to their senses, "Sister-in-law, why did you catch so many?"

 An Liang was very excited.

Meixue smiled and said, "It's not much. It's enough for the three of us." After saying that, she picked up the bucket and said, "Let's go back first and then go pick plums."

　　When you say it’s time to pick plums, just pick plums. The sun is still high, so it’s still too late to pick them.

It has only been more than three hours since the three of them went out. When they came back, they were carrying a bucket full of loaches and eels.

Grandma He looked at the three of them with a confused look on her face.

“Didn’t you say we were going to pick plums?” Grandma He helped them pour the loaches and eels into the basket.

“Well, they said it’s okay to pick plums later, so I went to the second uncle’s field to have a look.” Mei Xue pushed the pot.

However, An Liang and An Wen, who were excited, didn't think too much and just nodded as if they were responding to Mei Xue's words.

Grandma He didn’t know what Mei Xue looked like when she saw her, “Okay, let’s divide it up and take it home to clean up if you are arrogant. I can’t take care of so much by myself.”

Mei Xue saw her grandma letting her go easily, and said with a weak expression: "Grandma, let me help you."

 An Wen and An Liang took action immediately after hearing this.

A bucket of loaches and eels is shared among three families. Each of them has a lot, so it’s no problem to eat one or two meals.

After sending Anliang and the others away, Grandma He immediately asked Mei Xue, "Tell me, why did you go digging for loaches again?"

Knowing that grandma would ask, Mei Xue had to defend herself plausibly.

  In any case, it was not her fault in the end.

“Grandma knows you have good intentions, but it’s not good that you are always like this.” Grandma He has been a good person for so many years, but she is afraid that people’s hearts will not be the same.

“Grandma, don’t worry. I know that these are small things, and they can catch a lot of them in the fields. It’s just that I’m a little more experienced than them.”

After seeing that Mei Xue was measured, Grandma He didn't say much.

It was impossible to pick plums anymore. Before the two of them had finished cleaning up, Aunt Meilian and Aunt Xilian came.

“Third Aunt, why did you give them so much?” Aunt Meilian started to complain as soon as she entered the yard.

 She is the one who suffers the most.

"Why, you're still not happy, fine, you can give it back to me." Grandma He was not used to her bad character.

“Third Aunt, you know that’s not what I meant. An Liangke said that Xiaoxue caught these things. I’m a little embarrassed to give him so much.”

While talking, Aunt Mei Lian also came to the side to help clean up the loaches and eels in the basket.

The same goes for Aunt Xilian. She doesn’t talk much, but she also sincerely likes Aunt Three. “It’s just that Anwen and the others don’t have this ability.”

　　The eel that Xiaoxue caught last time was worth a lot of money. "It would be great if Xiaoxue could sell it. It would make a lot of money."

Grandma He rolled her eyes at the two of them and said, "Just say, you should bring it." It's really not shameful at all.

But the two of them were not angry either, chatting and laughing with Grandma He.

Meixue's position was also taken away. She had no choice but to step aside and go about her own business.

 Listening to their gossiping together, Mei Xue realized a different true meaning of life.

It's just selling money. After their own fields have finished harvesting rice, she will definitely go harvest it. If there is more, she will sell it. However, she cannot sell it in the town because the price is too low.

This time, Mei Xue did not send it to the eldest grandmother, but she gave a little to Aunt Ting, not much, just enough to make a bowl.

The next day, Mei Xue and Grandma He went to the vegetable field to plant vegetables. When they came back, they found An Liang and An Wen waiting at the door of their courtyard.

Both of them were carrying the load. Mei Xue had a sharp nose and could smell it.

“Why are you picking plums again?” There are so many, are you trying to wholesale them?

“Third grandma, sister-in-law, you are back.” As soon as they saw the person, the two of them immediately stood up from the ground.

"It's not that we didn't pick them yesterday. If we don't pick them today, the plums will fall to the ground and they will all be wasted." An Liang said with a friendly look on his face.

 (End of this chapter)