Chapter 114: Locust Flowers on the Back Mountain

The entire morning, the Eldest Aunt and Sun Yanyan didn't get any benefit. Even though they tried to restrain themselves, their faces remained dark and unpleasant.

The Aunt and Grandma sat there picking vegetables. A whole large basin of tender purple vetch was being sorted by them, and the mother and daughter had plenty to talk about:

"It's twenty yuan a jin, we're eating well today."

"Exactly, twenty! If it were me, I would have sold it. Mom, don't you have lettuce in your garden? Pull a few back, it's the same."

"Yes, I think so too. Lettuce is so cheap. One for stewing meat, one for stir-frying, it's not shabby either."

"Sigh, Tan Tan is just like my brother, honest, doesn't know how to do business!"

"That's true, Sancheng has been honest since he was a child."

Wu Lan was wielding a spatula in the kitchen, and just hearing them chat made her feel wonderful.

She thought to herself, whether Song Sancheng is honest or not can be set aside for now, but their Tan Tan is truly good at business.

Looking at the bitter expressions on the faces of her sister-in-law and her daughter-in-law, she felt even more relaxed.

Just then, Qiao Qiao's voice came from the entrance from far away:

"Mom, Uncle Zhang taught me how to compost today."

"Is that so?"

Wu Lan also raised her voice to respond: "Then you must learn well. Our garden will depend on you in the future!"

Qiao Qiao rushed into the courtyard proudly: "I will definitely learn well. My tasks are very, very busy now!"

Then he saw the people in the courtyard, and he smiled even more happily:

"Aunt, I didn't finish the snow crackers you sent last time, I shared half with Da Bai."

Turning his head to see the hardware store Aunt and the annoying sister-in-law, he hummed and pretended not to see them.

Mao Li and Sun Yanyan were even angrier: "Tsk, how was this child taught? He doesn't even know how to greet people."

Qiao Qiao hummed: "Because I'm stupid."

"Pfft!"

Song Tan couldn't hold it back and laughed out loud.

She also quickly echoed: "That's right, Auntie, look at your age, why are you arguing with a child?"

Saying this, it was like a double-layered effect of "It's a holiday" and "He's still a child"!

The Aunt was stifled until her face turned blue again. Seeing the Eldest Uncle walk in from outside, she also hummed coldly:

"You guys are really slow, returning only when the food is almost ready."

The Eldest Uncle didn't understand, and he was puzzled: "My sister-in-law is cooking, you're going home to eat ready-made food, what's the rush?"

Mao Li:...

If she hadn't lived for so long, she would really want to tear things up and go straight back to the city.

But sitting there was truly stifling. Watching the men sitting there smoking, drinking the ordinary large-leaf tea from the mountain, and chatting, they were so carefree.

And them? They hadn't had a smooth morning.

So she said unwillingly:

"Tan Tan, you bought a car when you came home, this investment isn't small, right? It must take a long time to earn it back by selling vegetables."

"I heard from your mother that you also bought a few dogs? Why didn't you ask your sister-in-law? She has wide connections and could have gotten you a much cheaper price."

"Exactly!" The sister-in-law quickly echoed: "I just heard from Auntie that you bought them for three thousand yuan. Oh my, if you ask me, you definitely bought them too expensive!"

It just so happened that the person responsible for plowing the land was invited to eat for the first time today. Walking in from outside the courtyard, he subconsciously interjected:

"That's not expensive! I heard about it on the street. The dogs your family bought are the ones that have eaten tigers—oh my, that's a huge bargain."

What the heck, a dog that has eaten a tiger?!

Wouldn't that eat people!

The Eldest Uncle and the Aunt also looked over in shock, not to mention the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law.

Song Tan neither echoed nor denied it, only answering another question: "It's alright, I didn't spend money, a friend couldn't afford to keep them and gave them to me."

Oh my, what kind of dog could eat a tiger?

Sun Yanyan and Mao Li gave up; they didn't even mention the dogs anymore—just kidding, even if you gave her thirty thousand, she couldn't get a dog that had eaten a tiger!

Thinking about it, the Aunt simply stopped arguing about any topic. Taking advantage of the crowd, she said directly to Wang Lifen:

"Mom, what other vegetables do you have in this garden? Vegetables in the city are expensive now, I'll dig some up before I leave."

It's a coincidence, Wang Lifen's vegetable garden at the door really did have a patch left.

At this season, what could there be? Isn't it just cabbage, garlic sprouts, and lettuce?

The rest are small cabbage seedlings raised for Song Tan, which haven't grown yet and can't be eaten at all.

Song Youde and Wang Lifen now eat with Song Tan's family every day, with plenty of fish, meat, and green vegetables. Who would remember those few stalks of lettuce?

So Wang Lifen was quite generous:

"Go pull them all. It's fine if you pull them all."

Mao Li almost laughed out loud—purple vetch is twenty yuan a jin, who knows what lettuce is worth?

Looking at Song Tan again: "Tan Tan, that purple vetch you had last time was quite delicious, which field does it grow in? I'll go dig some more—you wouldn't be reluctant, would you?"

Song Tan almost laughed out loud.

The Aunt is really funny. If she wants to dig, she should just ask openly. She had to beat around the bush all morning and get a stomach full of anger before getting to the point.

She also sighed regretfully: "Oh! Auntie, why didn't you say so earlier?"

"Just last night, those fields were all plowed. I'm going to plant rice in two days."

She pointed to the basin: "Didn't I just say there's none left? This is what's left."

Mao Li instantly couldn't catch her breath—you just said there's none, she thought this stuff was everywhere in the fields, could it really be gone?!

They came back today, but it happened to be plowed yesterday. Isn't this God going against her?

The Aunt also looked regretful: "Isn't this making money? Why plow it?"

Song Tan sighed: "No choice, Aunt. People's mouths are picky now. After eating it for so long, they should have gotten tired of it."

The vegetable-buying army in the group that suddenly lost their supply:... We aren't tired of it.

That's true too.

The Aunt recalled it regretfully, and then looked at Mao Li, not seeing her as an outsider at all:

"Sister-in-law, now that you're free, go pull all the lettuce and garlic sprouts from Mom's place first. Share half with me when you're done."

What could Mao Li say?

She is still her own daughter, how could the old lady not share the things in her own field?

It's just that they had just finished picking vegetables, why did they have to go work again?

But looking again, everyone in the courtyard was looking at her, and the Eldest Uncle felt he was losing face.

"The vegetable market is right at the door, why do you have to take Mom's vegetables? Is it easy for the old couple to grow things?"

It's embarrassing, as if he couldn't afford to eat in the city.

But the words were already out, could he say he didn't want them anymore? Wouldn't that be even more awkward?

The Aunt continued to have a dark face.

The lettuce in Grandma's field, actually Song Tan didn't give it spiritual energy; they at most rubbed against the cabbage seedlings.

But even if they rubbed against them, the taste should be quite good. Song Tan wasn't happy about letting the Aunt have it so cheaply.

So she clapped her hands: "Oh."

"Aunt, Grandma's vegetables don't taste as good as mine. I have two old locust trees on the back mountain that are just budding. Don't take the lettuce. After eating, I'll ask Qiao Qiao to go to the back mountain to hook some locust flowers for you."

The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, who were taking baskets from the car on the side, had their eyes light up.

------------------ Author's Note ------------------

I found that if I don't set a goal, I actually write more... Let's just do it tomorrow! I won't make any more promises.

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