Chapter 375 Not Being an Adoptive Mother 16
Xiaobao picked a handful of amaranth in the backyard, and then ran to the vegetable patch in the front yard to pick a handful of long beans and an eggplant.
When he saw that he had eaten enough, Xiaobao took his eyes away from the taro seedlings. Xiaobao loved eating the pink and glutinous little taro the most, but the taro was still small and not as tall as Xiaobao. It will take two months before you can eat it.
Xiaobao counts the days on his fingers every day.
"Mom, let's eat eggplant, fried eggs, fried amaranth, and fried beans tonight." Xiaobao carried the vegetables and went to the grocery store.
It happened that an aunt came to buy salt. She looked at the purple amaranth and said to Yuan Chun with a smile, "This amaranth is only grown in the south. You are really awesome. You even got the amaranth seeds. Do you want to save the seeds in the second half of the year? Remember Leave more seeds, Ming I’ll plant some amaranth in the next year. I haven’t eaten amaranth in years.”
“Mrs. Chen, if you don’t mind having too little of these amaranths, give them to me. I still have some in the backyard.” Yuanchun said. I gave her salt and asked her for fifty cents.
Hearing this, the aunt only took the salt and waved her hand, "I won't accept it if you want it for free. Let's count it as fifty cents. I can't ask for your food for free."
I know that Aunt Chen is upright. , didn’t like to take advantage of others, Yuanchun didn’t refuse, and took a rope to He tied up the amaranth and handed it to her, "Aunt Chen, go slowly."
When Aunt Chen left, Yuanchun picked up his son, kissed him on the cheek, and said with a smile, "Son, mother, take care of me." The amaranth you picked is sold, you go pick another one.”
Xiaobao's eyes were bright and he said, "Mom, I don't eat amaranth anymore. I keep all the money from selling it."
"My silly son, those vegetables can be sold for money, so why don't we eat the vegetables?" No, that won’t work. Mom can’t bear to have my eldest son without food to eat.”
“Xiaobao, go pick it up.”
Xiaobao struggled to get to the ground and changed to a small vegetable basket. the backyard.
Yuan Chun was sitting in front of the store, humming and pinching long beans.
After pinching, Xiaobao also picked amaranth and came back.
Xiaobao will take the vegetables and go to the yard to wash them.
There is a well in the yard, but Yuanchun covered the wellhead with a stone slab. She asked someone to install a pressure well next to the well. Xiaobao can press the water himself and wash the beans and amaranth cleanly. Net.
After dark, Yuanchun closed the shop and went to the kitchen to cook. A small plate of amaranth, a small plate of fried meat with long beans, a small plate of eggplant and fried eggs, as well as two ounces of braised pig gougou and two ounces of fried shrimp specially reserved for Yuanchun.
Each dish was small, and it was just right for the mother and son to eat.
After eating and drinking, the mother and son went to the backyard. Under the light, they watered vegetables, pulled weeds, and planted vegetable seedlings... This was how the mother and son digested their food every night.
It can digest food and do work again.
Moreover, although Yuanchun dotes on Xiaobao, he will not spoil Xiaobao. Yuanchun will teach Xiaobao to do any work at home that Xiaobao can do.
Xiaobao is very well-behaved and diligent, and he also likes to work with his mother.
While working, Xiaobao also likes to tell his mother some things that happen in the nursery.
"Mom, today Fatty Li pulled Xiao Min's hair again, and I saw it. I told the teacher, and the teacher also criticized Fatty Li."
Fatty Li was trying to plot something back then. The grandson of Li Qianpo of Yuanchun.
Xiao Min is Grandma Zhang’s granddaughter.
Because Xiao Min often plays at her grandma's house, Xiao Min is also very familiar with Xiao Bao. In the nursery, Xiao Bao will protect Xiao Min as an older brother.
"What happened next? Did Fatty Li threaten you?" Yuanchun asked.
Xiaobao hesitated for a moment and then told his mother, "Fatty Li pushed me while the teacher wasn't paying attention. He also said that if I meddle in my own business, he would hit me. I was so angry that I pushed him too. When Fatty Li hit us, we all fell down. The teacher criticized Fatty Li and me, but it was Fatty Li who made the move first, so I think I was right."
Xiaobao pouted unhappily. .
(End of this chapter)