Chapter 36

Wu Lan also nodded: "The weather has been warming up quickly recently, and we can't be idle, there's work to do!"

"Tan Tan, you want to plant rice, it's time to prepare for sowing."

"And the vegetables you want to plant, some need to be prepared for seedling raising by the end of the month."

"Before the end of next month, these fields must be plowed."

With such a calculation, no one in the family could be idle.

Except for Qiao Qiao.

But Qiao Qiao also had a task, Dabai was his number one task, and he also worked part-time as a porter, picker, and vegetable vendor.

Song Tan also started to rush for time—after all, no matter how Chinese milk vetch is maintained, the tender sprout period is only the remaining half a month, next month they have to bloom and grow.

So, hurriedly finishing her meal, she called Qiao Qiao:

"Let's go, accompany Sister to pick vegetables!"

As a result, Qiao Qiao sat on the stool and looked at her: "You said you'd show me Ultraman, where is Ultraman?"

Song Tan:...

Children are sometimes hard to coax! She had to promise two more episodes, and a Peppa doll.

Compared to wild vegetables, picking Chinese milk vetch is exceptionally simple. This was Song Tan's first time selling it, but she cleaned up three large baskets in half an hour. When she got home, Grandpa and Grandmother were sitting in the courtyard.

"Tan Tan, I heard you sold wild vegetables before? Not bad. The girls of the Song family are capable—come, your grandma and I have nothing to do, we're here to pick vegetables for you."

Song Tan laughed: "Great! I was just worrying about no one to help, it's good that Grandpa and Grandmother care about me!"

Picking vegetables isn't hard work for them!

The old couple was overjoyed by the coaxing, and at this moment, they started cleaning up with nimble hands and feet. Song Tan watched, these three large baskets wouldn't last half an hour under their hands.

These Chinese milk vetch were originally intended to be sold in the morning, but several group members said there was a dance performance this morning, and if she could go in the afternoon, they would bring the sisters from the dance team.

That's a famous senior dance team in the city! They are all experts at buying vegetables.

Song Tan knew she couldn't miss this opportunity to expand her customer base, so she changed the time for selling vegetables to the afternoon.

After picking the vegetables and cleaning them up, she would set off in a while. The reason she didn't pick more was because it was the first time selling, so she had to see everyone's acceptance.

She thought for a moment and instructed: "Mom, you make me a basin of cold-dressed Chinese milk vetch later, take some disposable chopsticks, and I'll let them taste the flavor when the time comes."

And at this time.

The aunts of the senior dance team were wearing uniform rose-red cheongsams, with bright red lips, all walking on the road joyfully.

Someone suggested:

"We won an award today, if you ask me, we should celebrate! Otherwise, let's go to KTV to sing!"

"Yes, we all have cards at KTV, fifty yuan per person per month, it's a loss if we don't go for one day!"

Nowadays, business is hard to do, and the old KTVs in their city can't attract new customers, so they opened up the afternoon sessions that were already cheap for group buying and leased them to these middle-aged and elderly people.

From one to five in the afternoon, a large room is 1500 yuan a month, and the aunts scraped together, and this money came out.

This activity is usually very popular, but today, just as the suggestion was made, one of the aunts with red curly hair shook her head:

"No, no, I have to buy vegetables this afternoon."

Buy what?

What vegetables?

Some people in the team looked at each other.

However, at this time, someone else echoed: "Yes, the last batch I bought was eaten yesterday, today I have to buy more no matter what."

Another one hesitated: "Changing to new vegetables today, that Chinese milk vetch, something cows ate in the fields when we were kids, you buy that too?"

The red-haired aunt laughed: "Oh my, the wild vegetables we ate every day when we were kids made us sick, but don't we still have to grab them now?"

"I think this girl is doing things okay, every time she brings wild vegetables back, there's not a bit of cutting corners, full weight, and cleaned cleanly."

"Exactly! The flavor is really good! Let me tell you, I'm used to eating it now, my mouth has become very picky, whether the vegetables are fresh or not, I know as soon as I smell it!"

"Anyway, I have to buy more, my granddaughter is counting on this family's vegetables to eat more."

"Hey, Xiufen, let me tell you, I learned a new wild onion dumpling filling last time, the dumplings made were so delicious, each one the size of a fist, my little grandson devoured eight in one meal!"

"Really? Why didn't you say so earlier, now it's gone!"

"Hahaha, I wasn't afraid you'd grab it with me and I wouldn't be able to buy it?"

The aunts talked loudly and happily, out of place with this dance team with flaming red lips.

The remaining group looked at each other in confusion, and it took a long time before they asked: "You... buy what vegetables?"

Everyone then reacted:

"Oh my, look at my memory!"

"I originally intended to tell you in the morning, but it's not too late to say it now—we ate some especially delicious wild vegetables before, so fresh, you could swallow your tongue. The boss notified that she would set up a stall at the vegetable market at two in the afternoon, are you going to buy it? Let's go together!"

"But the wild vegetables ran out three days ago, today she's selling Chinese milk vetch. Fortunately, I grabbed a lot of shepherd's purse last time, the dumplings can last another two days..."

Are wild vegetables and Chinese milk vetch worth grabbing like this?

This doesn't look like their sisters!

Holding this question, everyone strolled neatly and came to the vegetable market, which had few people in the afternoon.

As soon as Song Tan's little pickup appeared, the aunts hurriedly surrounded it, first took a look at the truck bed, and then let out a regretful sigh—

"Didn't you say the quantity was large? Why is there so little!"

Song Tan was also stunned—how come they came organized? Wearing uniforms?

Qiao Qiao had skillfully moved the baskets off the car, looked at the Chinese milk vetch that were bundled neatly, and smelled the faint fragrance in the air. The red-haired aunt clapped her hands:

"This flavor is right!"

Turning her head, she stood in front of Qiao Qiao, her voice so soft it could drip water:

"Good baby, remember Auntie? Give Auntie five bundles."

Song Tan didn't expect that her die-hard fans had come.

So she hurriedly unpacked the cold-dressed Chinese milk vetch she had packed from home:

"Auntie, you're probably buying this for the first time, don't rush, you taste it first to see if the flavor is suitable?"

The disposable chopsticks were unpacked and handed over, and the red-haired aunt didn't act coy, directly picking it up and stuffing it into her mouth.

Chewing twice, she suddenly fell silent.

A group of old sisters behind her looked at her in unison, but heard her ask: "Girl, when are you selling next time?"

Song Tan thought for a moment: "The quantity of Chinese milk vetch is large, from now on, pick at seven in the morning, clean at eight, and arrive here around ten in the morning."

The aunt nodded, as if she had suddenly breathed a sigh of relief: "As long as you come every day—good baby, hurry up, give me five bundles!"

When paying, she felt extremely pained: "My retirement salary for this month is only enough to buy vegetables—I'll come again tomorrow morning! Remember to prepare more, don't be stingy like this time."