SFS Chapter 177 Chen Shenglai
Chapter 177 Chen Shenglai
I was busy until mid-morning, around ten o'clock.
The sun finally came out, but the light was not very strong and could barely dry the clothes.
Old Mrs. Zhou looked at the peppers in the corner and saw that there were more of them.
Seeing that there were too many fruits, she was afraid that the branches would be broken, so she considerately planted a wooden stick to support them.
Now it seems that her worries were unnecessary.
Because the rhizomes of peppers are very thick.
"Sanya, come and take a look. Have the seeds grown?"
Old Mrs. Zhou looked at the red peppers in front of her and couldn't bear to pick them.
It would be a pity if they were picked before they were ripe.
"Grandma, this should be enough, let's pick it."
"it is good."
Zhou Mingshu went back to the house and got a pair of scissors. With a few clicks, he cut out a bunch of peppers.
After removing the pepper stems, she cut the skin and then picked out the pepper seeds inside.
A lot of seeds can be taken out from such a handful of peppers. If the survival rate is high, a lot of peppers can still be grown.
But now that her family is doing business, they need more and more peppers, so it would be safer for her to plant more.
Especially in winter, people eat more meat and use more chili peppers.
"These seeds need to be dried in the sun before they can germinate. Grandma, leave them to me. I'll put them on the windowsill to dry."
These pepper seeds were too small, so Zhou Mingshu picked up a few dry leaves to block them to prevent them from being blown away by the wind.
Old Mrs. Zhou had never grown peppers before, so naturally she just followed whatever her granddaughter said.
Seeing that lunch was about to be prepared, she didn't ask any more questions and went to the kitchen to get busy.
Zhou Mingqi and Zhou Mingjie came back carrying backpacks.
It turned out to be filled with green peppercorns.
"Sanya, look, we picked a lot of green peppercorns, and the ones we left behind have all grown up."
After she pushed the grass aside, a lot of green peppercorns were exposed, and she also took out two cucumbers.
This trip up the mountain was not in vain.
Mrs. Liu was very happy to see her daughter bring back so many green peppercorns.
"San Ya, I think the green pepper oil you made last time was pretty good, so I asked your second sister to bring all of it back. We'll use a lot of it when we start the jelly business, and I'm afraid the one we made before won't be enough."
Zhou Mingshu smiled and felt that his aunt-in-law was very thoughtful.
"Yeah, okay, then I'll make the green pepper oil when I have time."
Zhou Mingqi smiled and took the scissors and started cleaning up these things.
Zhou Mingjie took the cucumber, washed it, and went to the kitchen to cut it into pieces.
Everyone took a piece to try it, and unexpectedly the melon was quite sweet.
Zhou Lao Da and Zhou Lao San just came back at this time and were shaking the mud off the soles of their shoes at the door.
"Mom, the field is still wet, so we can't plant it today. We should be able to start tomorrow."
"That's great. Let's prepare the seeds this afternoon."
Old Mrs. Zhou smiled happily and said that it would be done in a few days.
"Yeah, but we have to go to town after dinner. The pot we ordered should be ready."
"Okay, then you guys go do your work first, and we'll do ours."
Old Mrs. Zhou put on an apron and went into the kitchen.
"Uncle, remember to buy more meat and sugar when you go to town. We are short of these at home."
The family had plenty of money now, and all they wanted to buy was food, so Zhou Mingshu asked, and Boss Zhou naturally agreed.
After dinner, Zhou Lao Da harnessed the donkey cart and went to town with Zhou Lao San.
Just as I passed the village entrance, I met an acquaintance.
"Brother Zhou, where are you going?" The person who came towards him was Mr. Chen.
"Hey, Mr. Chen, why are you here?" When Boss Zhou saw that it was an acquaintance, he stopped the donkey.
"Brother Zhou, I'm going to your house. The wormwood paste in the shop is sold out. I'm here to get some. Is there anyone else at home?"
"There are people here, hurry up, we'll go to town to get something and come back."
When Mr. Chen knew that there was someone at home, he raised his whip and hit the cow in front of him, then slowly walked towards Lao Zhou's house.
Boss Zhou also walked forward, and the two men parted ways from then on.
When Zhou Mingshu saw that it was Uncle Chen who came, he quickly greeted him and said, "Uncle Chen, Sister Banxia, please sit down. I'll go make you a cup of tea."
"Why are you being so polite? We're not thirsty, but we haven't seen you for a while and we missed you."
Chen Banxia was very good at acting like a spoiled child and she held Zhou Mingshu's arm tightly and was unwilling to let go.
"Good sister, I know you miss me, but wait for me to make you a cup of tea first. I just picked wild strawberries in the mountains a while ago and made strawberry jam. It's sweet."
Hearing that the strawberry jam was sweet, Chen Banxia finally let go of her hand. She was very interested in this strawberry tea.
On the other side, Mr. Chen was talking to Old Lady Zhou and Mrs. Liu.
When they saw that Chen Sheng's maid was so cute and lovely, they almost praised Chen Banxia as a fairy from heaven.
Chen Banxia blushed after hearing this, so she followed Zhou Mingshu wherever he went.
"I also picked a lot of mushrooms on the mountain. You can take some back to cook with them later. They were just picked yesterday, so they are very fresh."
The tea in the cup was still hot, so Chen Banxia put it aside and followed Zhou Mingshu to pick mushrooms.
The mushrooms that were left were all high-quality buds, and Zhou Mingshu took the initiative to fill a small basket for Chen Banxia.
"Mingshu, we came here this time to get a thousand bottles of mugwort ointment. Do you have any ready-made at home?"
Chen Banxia was a little worried. If the spot price was not written, it would be troublesome.
"You guys came at the right time."
Zhou Mingshu came to the wall and opened the large box, which was full of mugwort paste.
"These were just made a few days ago, come and take a look."
Zhou Mingshu picked up a bottle at random and opened it. Due to the low temperature in the past two days, the ointment inside solidified very evenly.
"That's great. On the way here, my father and I were worried that you didn't have any stock."
Chen Banxia smiled happily. Nothing could make people happier than this.
"Haha, don't worry about that. No matter when you come to our house, we always have stock, unless we run out of porcelain vases."
Zhou Mingshu put his arm around Chen Banxia's shoulders, very affectionately.
"Okay, I'm relieved. By the way, I have to remind you of one thing. From now on, it will rain more often here. Do you know what this means?"
Chen Banxia pretended to be mysterious and asked Zhou Mingshu.
"what does that mean?"
Grandma mentioned this too, so…what does this mean?
"More rain means more mosquitoes. The number of mosquitoes that everyone hates will increase a lot with the arrival of the rainy season, which means that the sales volume of wormwood paste will increase greatly. You have to be prepared in advance."
Chen Banxia gave the answer in detail.
"Oh, is that so? Thank you very much for the reminder, Sister Banxia. I will make arrangements in advance."
Zhou Mingshu smiled and bowed to Chen Banxia, making her laugh.