strictlysupreme Chapter 222: Looking for vegetable seeds.
Chapter 222: Looking for vegetable seeds.
After a while, Niu Li brought out a small cloth bag. When she opened it, she found straw paper bags of different sizes. She then opened the straw paper bags and saw the vegetable seeds inside.
"This is beans, this is cucumber, this is tomato, eggplant, spinach, celery, cabbage, radish. But cabbage and radish are planted in the second half of the year. Do you want to take some now or come back before planting?"
Niu Li spread out all the treasures she had collected for Gu Qingqing to see.
Niu Li collected common vegetable seeds in the village. This might not be a big deal for other families, but for Gu Qingqing, whose family only had spinach seeds left from last year, it was really too much.
Gu Qingqing began to praise, "Aunt, you are amazing. Your family has collected so many vegetable seeds."
Niu Li was in a good mood after being praised, and couldn't help laughing, "You are always sweet-mouthed. What I have here is nothing but some home-cooked dishes. Take a look at what you need, and I will give it to you."
It must be said that Gu Qingqing was a little greedy at this moment. She smiled at Niu Li and said, "Aunt, you see, my family only has some spinach seeds left over from last year. How about you keep the ones you need? You can keep more and give me some of the rest?"
"Haha, I forgot about yours. You have nothing at home. Okay, I'll keep the ones I want to plant, and the rest are yours." Niu Li said as she went out and got some straw paper, and divided the seeds at home into packages and distributed them out.
"Aunt, I see you don't have squash and peppers here, don't you like them?"
"Hey, of course I don't like it. I saved some squash from last year, but when I was drying them in the yard, they were eaten by chickens that escaped from the chicken coop. I was planning to ask for a few seedlings from other families to plant in the fields. And as for the peppers you mentioned, none of my family likes them, so I didn't plant them."
Speaking of chili peppers, Gu Qingqing discovered that not only did they not eat much, but even the entire Niutoushan Village did not eat much.
She did buy dried chili peppers from the town last year. If she grew some herself, she could make chili sauce, which would taste much better than pickles.
Of course, other materials are also consumed.
Gu Qingqing thought to herself that if that didn't work, she could go to town and buy some pepper seeds.
After Niu Li handed the vegetable seeds to Gu Qingqing, she casually asked, "What are your plans for your fields this year?"
Oh, this question put Gu Qingqing in a difficult position, because she hadn't discussed it with Wen Wuyan yet. She couldn't say that she didn't know anything, so she chose a more euphemistic way of saying, "Aunt, Wuyan and I haven't come to a conclusion yet. Let's discuss it again when he comes back today."
"What? Wuyan is not at home?" Niu Li asked curiously.
Gu Qingqing smiled and said, "He was not here yesterday. He took Daxin to the county. He will be back today."
"Hey, what are you doing in the county in the first month of the year?"
Gu Qingqing smiled even more. "Isn't it true that commoners can take the Tongsheng exam this year? He went to the county to register to see if he can earn a Tongsheng spot."
After Gu Qingqing said this, Niu Li and Luo Meihua suddenly realized what was going on. Then Niu Li happily said, "Wu Yan is smart, he will definitely pass the exam. If he passes the exam for a Tongsheng, then he can take the Xiucai exam next year, right?"
Niu Li suddenly stopped talking here, leaned forward and looked out through the window paper that was so covered that nothing could be seen.
Why did Gu Qingqing look at the sneaky Niu Li and find her cute?
Gu Qingqing didn't know how she was sure that no one was outside, so she turned around and whispered to Gu Qingqing, "Qingqing, I overheard this, and I don't know if it's accurate or not. It said that around March, the second son of the Wen family will take the exam for a scholar, and he said that he will definitely pass this time."
Gu Qingqing didn't know whether he could pass the exam or not, but she knew that he had to take the exam. However, she didn't hear about it from the village. She knew last year when Wen Youcai failed the exam and they didn't split up that he would continue to take the exam this year.
There are also regulations for beams.
The examination for becoming a Tongsheng (a common person) was held once a year, and the candidates who passed the examination would be given the title of Tongsheng (a common person who was not a common person).
The county examination required to take the exam for the scholar degree is held twice every three years. Wen Youcai failed the exam last year. There will be another exam in March this year. If he fails this time, he will have to wait until the year after next to take the exam.
But Gu Qingqing didn’t know why she suddenly mentioned Wen Youcai?
As for Wen Wuyan?
"Aunt, if Wuyan is lucky enough to become a student this year, he can only take part in the county examination the year after next. Did you hear anything else, aunt?" After saying this, Gu Qingqing raised her chin in one direction, but her target was the direction of the old Wen family.
Niu Li shook her head. "No, it's just that the second son of the Wen family has his eyes set on the sky. I thought that you said it was a separation, and there would be some conflicts. I hope he would not cause trouble for Wuyan if he passed the examination. I heard that scholars don't have to kneel when they meet officials."
Gu Qingqing thought about it and shook her head, "It's okay, auntie, he doesn't dare. If he really dares to do anything, I won't forgive him."
Niu Li also felt that she was worrying too much. When she heard Qingqing say this, she also smiled and started the conversation.
After resting here for a while, Gu Qingqing finally took the children home at noon.
As for Wen Youcai's matter, she didn't take it to heart at all. What can she say?
No matter whether he can pass the exam or not, as long as he doesn't get uncomfortable around her, everyone will be fine.
Wen Wuyan was not here these two days, and Old Yang refused to come over for dinner no matter what. At noon, Gu Qingqing cooked some brown rice and steamed a few buns, and asked Dahua and Erhua to send them to the small bamboo house.
After dinner, Dahua made an embroidered purse on the kang, and Erhua made Sanhua giggle.
At this time, Gu Qingqing rolled up a thin piece of charcoal with paper and used it as a pencil to write and draw on the paper. The picture shown on the paper was the situation of her family's existing fields.
She wrote and scribbled, and finally looked at the detailed plan on the paper, "Tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, how come I'm so good at planning? I'll show it to Wen Wuyan when I get back, and then I can plant it according to this."
Gu Qingqing talked to herself, and fearing that Wen Wuyan could not understand what she wrote, she took a piece of paper and copied it.
On the other side, on the way back to the village.
Li Xin was like a bird eager to return home. He ran a few steps to overtake Wen Wuyan, then suddenly turned around and faced Wen Wuyan, but one was walking forward and the other was moving backward.
Seeing that Li Xin was eager to return home, Wen Wuyan couldn't help but quicken his pace and said to him jokingly, "Walk carefully. You can't see what's behind you if you walk backwards like this. Be careful not to fall."
"Uncle, this stretch of road is flat and there are no pedestrians on the road. I won't fall." Li Xin said, and then he added, "Uncle, you will take the exam on February 6th, so let me go with you."
Wen Wuyan chuckled, "We'll see then. Your aunt didn't come to register this time. She probably wouldn't be comfortable with letting the two of us go to the county government office then."
Li Xin wanted to say more, but then he thought that his uncle seemed to have no say in the matter, so he dropped the subject.
But his eyes fell on the bamboo basket behind his uncle, and he felt more eager to return home.
When they arrived at the village entrance, they met Zhao Dong and learned what had happened at home yesterday. The two of them, one big and one small, ran home.