Chapter 18 Digging Wild Vegetables
The guard looked about the same age as Wang Daya. When Wang Daya saw that the old man wanted to buy it, he hurried back: "Yes, my country people don't dare to eat these fine grains. They are so expensive, so they took them out and exchanged them for some coarse grains."
"Brother, do you want to change some too?"
Wang Daya thought it was nothing. She would change it with anyone, and she was not afraid. They came to exchange food and didn't want money. As long as they didn't collect money, it would not be a transaction, and it would not be a speculative person. So there is no pressure to talk about these things at the door of others at this moment.
The guard hurried back: "Yes, the eldest girl has left me 5 kilograms, and I'll go back to get it now."
Wang Daya agreed in one bite. According to the current grain conversion, one pound of fine grain can be exchanged for three pounds of coarse grain.
But the rice she brought was refined rice, and it was not cost-effective to exchange three pounds. Wang Daya would not do a loss-making business. She directly said to the guard: "Uncle, I don't want to be vain with you. Just look at my rice, pure refined rice, and there are only one pound of fine grains for three pounds of coarse grains outside. But rice is not as good as mine. I am more expensive. If you change to four pounds of coarse grains, it will be the same if you put it in my place."
The guard did not hesitate and smiled: "No problem, you can wait a moment, I will go home now."
Before the old man could come, Yan Sixia brought a few colleagues from the best place. Yan Sixia introduced her rice to everyone and asked everyone if they would change it.
Everyone didn't believe it at first, but it's been a long time since I saw the rice. This is not the autumn harvest, so how could I see the rice? But I followed with the idea of not suffering any loss when I saw it. Unexpectedly, I really saw these rice.
The white rice blinded everyone's eyes. One of them reached out and grabbed it, then said, "It's so good, how did you change it?"
Yan Sixia really didn't know why she changed it, so she turned to look at Wang Daya.
Wang Daya had already agreed with the guard, and it was naturally the same now: "You guard also asked me for 5 kilograms of rice, which are the same price. This is very refined rice, so one kilogram of rice is exchanged for 4 kilograms of coarse grains."
When one pound of coarse grains was exchanged for 4 pounds of rice, everyone hesitated a little, but it was difficult to meet them when they thought they missed it. They gritted their teeth and everyone came to me.
Some people asked for 5 kilograms, some asked for 10 kilograms, and they gave the rice in a few words.
Everyone went home to get rice. Wang Daya took the lead in changing 5 kilograms for the guard's guard. The old man hugged it in his arms as if he had a treasure. Although this rice was expensive, it was really good. The young grandson at home was 2 years old and was like a child over one year old. It was like he hadn't grown up. The 5 kilograms of rice were made for his grandson to drink, and he could drink several meals. The old man took the rice home and handed it to his old woman, and then returned to his job.
The crowd just now was one step late and brought coarse grains. Wang Daya replaced them one by one. At the beginning, she was afraid that she would take less and said that she was short of weight, so she brought more. At this moment, there were more people, but this made everyone laugh and even give their daughter some good feelings. It would be too simple.
In the end, almost 11 pounds were left for her daughter. Of course, she should change them as well. After all, the food was not eaten by her daughter alone, and her in-laws were also a big family. It was okay for her to raise her daughter, but she didn't want to support her in-laws. Wang Daya should do whatever she should do, and Yan Sixia had no objection at all.
There was not much rice at all, and they were fast, and the rice they brought in was divided up in a short time.
When she went out, she prepared an empty cloth bag for rice. At this moment, she was also filled with 200 kilograms of coarse grains. Yan Siwen carried them on her back. After carrying them, the group said goodbye to Yan Sixia and went home.
This journey made Yan Siwen very tired. When he came, he was full of energy but he worked for more than two hours. No matter how energetic he was, he was too tired at this time. Yan Siwen never felt that the road to go home was so difficult.
The pace was difficult and the speed was naturally much slower. When I got home, lunch time was over. Yan Siwen quickly put down the food and sat on the stool and gasped, feeling embarrassed.
Yan Sirui felt a little distressed when she looked at it. Her mother fed water from time to time along the way, but Yan Siwen was no longer fed. She was thirsty and tired all the way, so she hurriedly handed the water cup, "Second brother, drink some water quickly."
Yan Siwen took it over and said, "Thank you, little sister."
"Gudong Gudong", a large cup of cold water was sipped in an instant, and Yan Siwen felt that his tone was smooth.
At noon, the people at home left food for them. Wang Daya didn't rest for a while and brought the food out, and just took the pickles and lunch.
Now that spring is here, it is the season for wild vegetables to grow again. At this time, many people are digging wild vegetables in the open space at the foot of their back mountain.
Although wild vegetables taste bad, they can also eat when they are eaten. When steamed with steamed buns and ginseng, they can save some food. They can make pickles even if they can't finish eating. Every year, they like to eat or not, and whenever they have time, they will go to the foot of the mountain to dig wild vegetables.
Wang Daya couldn't stay idle. After just resting for a while, she was going out with the tools and baskets. Yan Sirui hurriedly followed: "Mom, I'll go together."
Seeing that Yan Sirui didn’t like to take naps recently, and it was really boring to stay at home alone, Wang Daya agreed: “Put on the straw hat, otherwise you will be tanned.”
Seeing that Wang Daya did not object, Yan Sirui immediately took out her hat hidden behind her, put it on excitedly and said, "Let's go, mom."
Yan Siwen went to his private area after lunch. No one at home, Wang Daya took the door with him and took Yan Sirui to the back mountain.
The people here may not have any feelings about wild vegetables, but Yan Sirui is very excited.
People nowadays don’t like to eat wild vegetables, but later generations like to eat them very much. Moreover, wild vegetables are divided into many types, including purslane, dandelions, and mustard greens. They may not be familiar with the first two and eat less, but they eat more mustard greens.
Mustard green dumplings, mustard green wontons, mustard green fried eggs, mustard green pancakes, mustard green soup, mustard fried rice, there are countless types of things that can be made. Among them, mustard green wontons and dumplings are her favorites, and I don’t know how her mother will make this dish after digging it back later.
The more you look forward to it, the more disappointed you will be. Of course, these wild vegetables are still these wild vegetables, but the taste of wild vegetables is average. People in later generations only want to eat fresh food. Who doesn’t eat other wild vegetables every day? Occasionally, they will naturally feel that wild vegetables are delicious. Moreover, the method is different. How much seasoning and meat to add to a dish is naturally very good.
But the wild vegetables I eat in this era, haha...
At this time, she followed Wang Daya to the foot of the mountain and saw a few familiar old ladies, and Wang Daya also surrounded her.
Yan Sirui was not idle either. After saying hello to everyone, she dug up wild vegetables on her own.
Chapter completed!