Chapter 5: Dividing a piece of land
Song Sancheng nodded and agreed to let her come back to farm, and Song Tan felt relieved.
Next, it was her mom, Wu Lan.
Just at this moment, Wu Lan spoke: "Time to eat—Qiao Qiao, go wash your hands and serve the dishes!"
Song Qiao ran over obediently. In the middle of winter, he turned on the outdoor water faucet and rinsed his hands, then diligently went to serve the dishes.
Milky white wild crucian carp soup, with a handful of cilantro on top. Just by smelling it, you knew how fresh the fish was!
Then there were eight braised crucian carp. The crucian carp were not big, each weighing about two or three taels. At this moment, braised with cilantro, chili, and scallions, the rich aroma dominated the whole room!
If it were a bit warmer, there would definitely be even more delicious fish roe in the fish belly!
Then there was radish stewed with braised canned meat.
Braised canned meat is a local method. Marinate pork with a suitable fat-to-lean ratio with salt, cut it into small pieces, stir-fry it in a pot with some peanut oil until the meat pieces are golden, and the fragrant lard is boiled out a bit, then you can put it into a jar with the oil and meat, and cover it.
After cooling, the thick white lard will protect the meat pieces tightly. Cover the lid and put it in a cool place, digging it out whenever you want to eat...
Now stewed, even the fat part is fragrant, not greasy at all!
Then there is a plate of stir-fried eggs with wild garlic. The finely chopped wild garlic is green, and the homegrown free-range eggs are golden when stir-fried. The two are paired together, and the aroma is pungent!
Finally, there is the famous dish "Red Mouth Green Parrot"!
The emerald green and tender spinach is sweet in the mouth, stir-fried with minced garlic...
The fairy Song Tan sat on the stool and refused to move no matter what!
Her younger brother Song Qiao is a thoughtful treasure. At this moment, he had already brought the rice bowl over: "Sister, the fish was caught with my help! You eat more!"
Song Sancheng didn't care about anything else, but his dignity in fishing could not be violated: "You just put on the earthworm, what did you catch... what did you catch..."
He was suppressed by Wu Lan's words: "Qiao Qiao put on the earthworm well, that's why he could catch fish! Otherwise, why did you catch so many this time, right Qiao Qiao?"
Song Qiao also looked at his dad, his nose snorting: "That's right!"
The family status was very obvious.
Song Tan smiled and drank a mouthful of fish soup served by her brother, the taste was fresh and fragrant.
The only flaw was that behind the fresh and fragrant taste, it was mixed with a turbid aura that only she could perceive.
However, although there was no spiritual energy and impurities still existed, she, who was hungry, could already eat it.
Anyway, it was much better than the takeout during the day.
Wu Lan looked at her daughter adding another bowl, and then looked at her pale and thin appearance. At this moment, she was both proud and distressed:
"Eat more, there's still some in the pot. Mom will use the earthen stove to cook tomorrow, and then I'll use chicken soup to soak the scorched rice for you!"
Their kitchen is large, and the earthen stove from the early years hasn't been torn down. As long as Song Tan comes back, she will definitely eat scorched rice.
Song Tan's heart moved, and at this moment, she also showed a pitiful look: "Mom, I don't want to go out to work anymore, it's so tiring."
She originally wanted to show weakness, but she forgot that she had cultivated for a hundred years and couldn't grasp her own mother's personality.
For example, at this moment, she heard Wu Lan sigh: "Then what can we do? Why don't you change jobs. At worst, the money will be less, and your dad and I have saved quite a bit, enough to support ourselves and your brother."
Song Qiao is like this, and the hospital said there's no way. The old couple had long decided to support themselves with their son in the future.
What about getting married and finding a woman to take care of him...
That's impossible.
Qiao Qiao is silly, but he is also a good child. Nowadays, even biological parents might not necessarily not dislike him, let alone finding someone else.
Don't harm others, and don't let others wrong Qiao Qiao.
They have been thrifty for so many years, also to save more pension money, striving not to add burden to their daughter.
Tan Tan is good-looking and a college student, so she can't be delayed by returning to the countryside... There are no young people under thirty in their village now!
In the future, I hope she has a good job, marries a good family, and doesn't suffer...
Song Tan didn't know that in this short while, her mom's heart had turned a hundred times. Seeing that showing weakness was useless, she hit the nail on the head:
"Mom, I want to go home and farm."
As soon as the words were spoken, seeing Wu Lan already reaching for a tree branch, Song Tan subconsciously tightened her back, and hurriedly added—
"By the way, I'll nourish my body. Mom, I'm too weak!"
Wu Lan then steadied her breathing and pondered for a while: "That's true, you're young, that job of yours is too exhausting, you need to recuperate."
"Fine, stay in your hometown for a few months. It's just right that it's not too busy in early spring, so you can exercise too."
Song Tan and Song Sancheng looked at each other, and both father and daughter were silent.
However, there was one thing Song Tan didn't lie about—her body was indeed weak inside.
Don't look at her having great strength and not being afraid of the cold; that was all because of the tempering of spiritual energy during the car accident.
But, the city itself had thin spiritual energy, and her internal organs were seriously damaged, and she was dying, so she desperately gathered spiritual energy to save her life...
Now the hospital checkup says everything is fine, but only she knows that her body hasn't been fully repaired, and her spirit has also been severely depleted.
Saying she's recuperating in the countryside is not a lie at all.
The meal was finished without any danger.
After filling her stomach, Song Tan clearly felt better in spirit. Song Qiao went to wash the dishes obediently, wanting to show off in front of his sister. And she sat by the fire with her family, considering her next career.
There is spiritual energy here, and Song Tan is quite confident about the future—nowadays, there is a craze for health preservation, and everyone loves mountain and wild things. The things she grows with spiritual energy will definitely not worry about the market.
But before that, she couldn't get over this mountain of her mom!
Just talking about contracting fields and mountains to do a big job, Song Tan, even after cultivating for a hundred years, knew that her 60,000 yuan wouldn't be enough. She would have to use her parents' savings.
Empty-handed, she, a college student, suddenly said that farming could make a fortune...
Song Tan believed that Wu Lan would definitely take a tree branch and whip her, while whipping and scolding:
"Look at how capable you are!"
"Look at how you know how to farm!"
"If farming could make a fortune, why did everyone go to the city!"
"If farming could make a fortune, why are your parents still living in the village!"
Alright, let's take it one step at a time, starting with tidying up their own fields.
Now it's the end of February, and the Lantern Festival has just passed. It's a good time for all things to revive. She came home at this time, just in time to recuperate her body and draw in spiritual energy.
Wait until the spring rain falls, first make some achievements with their own fields, and then plan slowly.
Now, the thing she lacks most is patience and time.
But before that—
"Mom, divide a piece of land for me to try, you don't need to help."
Wu Lan stuffed a piece of firewood into the stove and said casually: "Then do you want to farm or dig the mountain? That field in the corner of the bamboo forest is yours to toss around, it's been barren for several years, let your dad tidy it up for you."
"As for the mountain... what's there to divide? This mountain behind the house is originally ours, and there's our old tea mountain, and another place that's far away... If you can dig, you can toss it around as you please."
Song Tan:!!! ===== CHAPTER 6 =====
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