The ordinary countryside has been reborn.

Chapter 43 Preparation
Back to the village, I ran into Tian Yu and her friend on the road. Seeing Tian Yuan carrying so many things, Tian Yu hurried over to help pick up the mat.

She looked up at Tian Yuan: "Second Sister, why didn't Dad come to pick you up?"

"I didn't tell him." At last, Tianyuan shook his hands, moved a bit, and asked, "How long have you been out?" She said and then turned her head to take the quilt from Tian Xiao's hand, "Let me take it, It's almost there anyway."

"Okay. Then I'll go first, I'm so hot." Tian Xiao didn't refuse. Although the quilt was very light, it was too hot. She ran to chase Tian Bing in front, and wanted Tian Bing to buy her popsicles.

Tian Yu had promised Tianyuan before that she would stay at home with her grandma, but she dared not say that she was playing outside today, let alone lie, and finally hesitated and said nothing.

Looking at her like this, Tian Yuan knew that she must be playful, so he didn't say anything, and took her home together.

Li Mei was sweeping the floor with a broom. When she saw the two of them coming back with a bunch of things, she reached out to pick up the things before she could react.

"How did you get so many things back by yourself?"

She looked at Tianyuan distressedly, but complained: "Why didn't you say that you were coming back today, or your father would pick you up."

"It's my fault too, I forgot to ask how many days you have to take the exam."

The family is old and young, only she and Tian Zhi are the two laborers, who are usually busy in the field, and have little time for the children.She stomped her feet angrily, sighed again, and went back to the room with her things.

Li Mei spoke so fast that Tian Yuan couldn't get in her mouth. When the things were put down, she comforted her: "It's okay, I can take it myself, so I didn't tell you. Look, aren't they all back now?"

She rubbed her belly and changed the subject: "Mom, have you cooked yet? I'm so hungry. I didn't have enough at school at noon."

Hearing that she was hungry, Li Mei hurriedly got up and walked to the kitchen, saying: "There is still a little leftover food, I'll make some rice for you, fill your stomach first, and eat it later time for dinner."

Tian Yuan followed behind her and nodded, "Okay, don't fry too much, just eat whatever you want."

Li Mei was busy at the stove, while Tian Yuan was rummaging through the cabinets.

There is only lard, salt, monosodium glutamate, and a little chili powder at home, and no other condiments.

"Mom, I'm going to a classmate's house tomorrow. There's a class reunion and we'll have a picnic together."

This is the reason she thought of for a long time. With her classmates, Li Mei would not worry about her.

Li Mei had already fried the rice, and she was serving it while she said, "Then you go, if you want to bring any vegetables, you can pick them from the vegetable garden."

"Okay, come and eat first."

Tianyuan took the chopsticks and went over, "We still have to go on an outing, I may come back in a few days, and then I will sleep at my classmate's house."

Li Mei frowned and asked, "Then how long are you going to stay? It's not unreasonable to live in someone else's house all the time."

"Only three days." Tian Yuan said quickly.

Only then did Li Mei feel relieved, "Okay, then prepare the things you want to bring."

Seeing her agreeing, Tianyuan breathed a sigh of relief, she stretched out her hand, and said unceremoniously, "Then give me one yuan for pocket money!"

There are no children who can go out and play without spending money.

It happened that she was short of money, and the start-up capital was still too little, and she was restricted everywhere.

Li Mei also made a few pairs of trousers recently. Although they are all made by villagers, one pair costs only ten yuan, but the total is almost one hundred.Half of them are for children, and the other half are for adults. I didn't expect those men to like this kind of pants.

She generously took out two yuan to Tianyuan, and said very boldly: "Buy whatever you want to eat, and you will definitely buy some snacks for class reunions. Don't be too frugal, just spend what you need!"

Tianyuan accepted it happily. It was rare for Comrade Li Mei to be so generous. She touched the 2 yuan note that she hadn't seen for a long time, "Okay, I can't save it."

Tianyuan set off early the next morning. On the way, I went to the canteen to buy all kinds of seasonings. There were not all kinds in the store. I finally bought a small bottle of sesame oil, weighed a little sugar, a pack of salt, a small bottle of vinegar, powdered chili noodles, and monosodium glutamate. Pick and choose In the end, there was only a few cents left in change.

Liu Meixiang was standing on the side of the road playing with stones, seeing Tian Yuan carrying a bag of things, and asked curiously, "What did you bring?" She took the bag and looked inside, "What do you do with so many things?"

"Let's go first, you will know when you arrive."

All the way in a hurry, walking on the rugged and winding dirt road, the crops on the side are covered with dewdrops, and the morning dewdrops are shining under the sunshine.Occasionally, I ran into an adult on the road, and seeing their two little girls carrying a bunch of things, I just looked at them curiously, and turned to go about my own business.

The ground of Liu Meixiang's house was not cemented, and the wooden house was built directly on the land. The window paper had some holes, and it looked quite cool.

The adults in her family have gone out, and there is only one empty house.

The two drank tea and rested for a while, and Tianyuan began to arrange: "You dig a white radish and lettuce first, don't do too much, just try it out today."

"Okay." Liu Meixiang lit a fire in the fire pit, and the dry grass crackled when it was lit. She dug out a piece of lard with a spatula, "Is this enough oil?"

Her mother is usually reluctant to put oil in the cooking, but this time she dug such a large piece, and she felt very distressed when she saw it.But her family can produce some vegetables and oil, and she has no money to buy other things.It's because she earned a few dollars with Tianyuan and went home that her parents looked at her with admiration, otherwise the family would definitely not agree with her to waste like this.

Looking at the size of the piece of lard, Tian Yuan nodded: "That's enough, you go, I'll make the seasoning first."

She added a few sticks of firewood to the fire, and put oil in the hot pan.

Liu Meixiang pulled the vegetables back, peeled and washed the radishes and lettuce, and asked Tian Yuan with a kitchen knife, "How big do you want to cut it?"

"Let me do it." Tianyuan took the kitchen knife, cut the radish into finger-sized cuboids, and put it in a bowl; added a little salt and a spoonful of sugar, stirred well and marinated.Liu Meixiang watched her operate from the side, adding a piece of firewood from time to time, smelling the fragrant chili smell coming out of the pot, I don't know how the field made it, just a pot of dried chili made it so fragrant.

Seeing her idle, Tian Yuan said, "Get some bamboo sticks, I've run out of money, so I don't have money to buy sticks."

"Oh, that's easy. It just so happens that there are still a few waste bamboo tubes at home." Liu Meixiang got up and went out. As soon as Tianyuan prepared the dishes, Liu Meixiang showed her a bamboo skewer, "Is this okay?"

Tianyuan took it and touched it, "The size is fine. You can round it and scrape off all the burrs. Now hold the thorn like this."

The two were working hard, and the fragrance soon spread outside the house.

(End of this chapter)