Transmigrating into a peasant family to fight against the best, leading my parents to earn gold and

Chapter 37 Cultivating One's Own Vegetable Garden

A grown man and a four-year-old girl, both clumsy with their hands, made things worse the more they tried to take apart the object. Seeing this, Liu felt sorry for them and immediately stopped them, telling them to go to the side.

Shen Xiaotang paced back and forth in the small courtyard, gesturing here and there.

"Tang'er, what are you gesturing over there?" Shen Qingchuan asked, puzzled, and walked over.

“Dad, we just moved here, and it’s not convenient to get vegetables. Besides, you know what kind of person my stepmother is. If I go back to pick vegetables all the time, she’ll beat and scold me if she finds out. I’m thinking of starting a small vegetable garden in this yard so it’ll be more convenient for us to eat and water the vegetables, right?”

Upon hearing this, Liu, who was sewing, immediately put down her work, went into the house, and brought out several packets of vegetable seeds.

"Tang'er, I had forgotten. I used to grow all the vegetables in the garden over there, and I kept the seeds. Luckily, I left some when we moved here. If you want to plant some in the yard, you can ask your father to help you."

Fortunately, their doors were tightly closed, so no one would see that he was unharmed.

"Okay, Tang'er and I will take care of growing vegetables."

Little Yu, standing to the side, asked in a clear voice, "Dad, what about me...?"

Shen Qingchuan smiled and said, "Yu'er, how about helping to water the plants?"

"Great, I can help...help with planting vegetables now."

At only four years old, she is well-behaved and sensible, which makes people feel sorry for her.

Shen Qingchuan first used a rake to turn over the ground, creating a small, square vegetable garden. Following his eldest daughter's request, he built three small ridges, dividing the garden into four sections.

One portion was sprinkled with cucumber seeds, another with green bean seeds, another with amaranth seeds, and the rest with loofah seeds. The surface was covered with a layer of fine soil, and eggplant and green pepper seeds were sprinkled on the stems at intervals. Xiaoyu helped water the plants.

Fortunately, after the house was built a few days ago, the dry well was filled in and someone was asked to dig another one, so now it is convenient to get water.

After working for half a day, the small vegetable garden is finally finished. In about half a month, we will be able to eat the vegetables we grow ourselves.

Although Liu was mild-mannered, she was efficient at her work and meticulous in her needlework. By dinnertime, she had finished making a new dress.

She put the needle and thread back in the sewing basket, picked up the newly finished garment, stretched it out, and a smile appeared on her face.

Finally, her daughters could wear new clothes, something she would never have dared to dream of before.

Previously, her husband wore his father's old clothes, while she wore her mother-in-law's old clothes that were washed and discarded. Their two daughters wore their old clothes that had been altered to be smaller. They didn't have old clothes every day; only during the Lunar New Year, when everyone in the family except for the husband and wife had new clothes, would they collect the old ones and give them to the husband and wife.

Those frustrating days of having to watch my mother-in-law's face every day and having no say in anything are finally over!

She called out with a smile, "Yu'er, come over and try on your new clothes to see if they fit. If they don't, Mother will alter them for you."

Xiaoyu immediately ran over, as if she had received a treasure, and was extremely fond of it, obediently changing into it.

"Hmm, it's a little big, but it's alright. You two are still growing, and it will be just right after a while. Indeed, clothes make the man, and Yu'er looks really good in her new clothes."

When Liu saw her daughter wearing new clothes, she immediately perked up. Her eyes glistened slightly, and she began to wipe away her tears again.

Over the years, it was because she and her husband were too weak that their two daughters lived such a miserable life, only getting to wear new clothes now that they're all grown up.

Xiaoyu ran around the yard twice in her new clothes, first showing them to her older sister who was cooking, and then running to her father who was chopping wood, beaming with joy.

For dinner, Shen Xiaotang stir-fried shredded pork with green peppers and stir-fried fatty pork with wood ear mushrooms, made a few corn pancakes, and cooked corn porridge.

At the dinner table, Madam Liu said, "Tang'er, your younger sister is small, so I've made it for her first. After you finish eating, I'll rush to finish one for you tonight, so you two can wear new clothes together tomorrow."

Shen Xiaotang smiled faintly, revealing two dimples.

“Mom, Xiaoyu is the youngest in our family, so of course we should make new clothes for her first. You only have two hands, so you have to make them one by one. I’m not in a hurry. We’re all family, so I don’t care about these things. Besides, it’s best to wash the new clothes before wearing them.”

Madam Liu nodded and said, "Tang'er is right, we should wash it and wear it again tomorrow."

The eldest daughter was so sensible that it broke her heart. She immediately picked up her chopsticks, took a piece of meat, and put it in her eldest daughter's bowl before helping her younger daughter pick up some vegetables.

"Quickly try the dishes Tang'er cooked and see if they're delicious. You two are at the age where you're growing, so eat more to nourish yourselves."

Seeing that her parents were only eating green peppers and wood ear mushrooms and were reluctant to eat meat, Shen Xiaotang quickly put some of the meat into their bowls.

"Dad, Mom, quickly taste my stir-fry and see if it tastes good."

The whole family should take supplements together!

In the past, when Tong lived with her grandfather and stepmother, even if the family bought meat for the New Year, her stepmother was stingy and reluctant to spend money. She would only buy a pound or two, and slice the meat very thinly. The family would eat like they were starving ghosts. The dish would be gone as soon as it was served. As soon as she and her sister reached for their chopsticks, her stepmother would slap them away and scold them for being greedy.

Fortunately, she started cooking last year. When cooking for the Chinese New Year, she could secretly hide a few slices of meat so that her younger sister could taste it.

Now, his family can eat meat too, as many slices as they want, whenever they want!

After dinner, Liu made a new dress for her eldest daughter overnight before extinguishing the candle and going to bed.

The next day.

Before dawn, the father and daughter took a small burlap sack and went into the mountains. Based on the marks she had left beforehand, they quickly found the location of the mountain stream.

By now, it was already dawn, and the mountains were unusually quiet, with only the occasional chirping of insects.

Shen Xiaotang dropped the wooden stick she was using to probe the way, pointed excitedly at a patch of turmeric with large leaves and thick stems.

"Dad, look! This is turmeric! Luckily, no one has discovered this place yet!"

Last time, she was afraid that she wouldn't be able to carry the whole thing after digging it all, so she only dug up a small part and left the rest. These days, the family is building a house, and her father has to pretend to have broken a rib and stay at home to "recover." She worries every day that someone will discover that she got there first.

Shen Qingchuan's eyebrows twitched, as if he had seen a large, gleaming expanse of copper coins.

"Tang'er, this whole patch is turmeric, but why are its leaves different from ginger's?"

Seeing her father's dazed look, Shen Xiaotang burst out laughing.

“Father, I forgot to tell you and Mother before that turmeric leaves are similar to banana leaves, only much smaller. Ginger leaves are pointed and thin, and the two are very different. Last time I went down the mountain, I wrapped them in turmeric leaves to take with me.”

"So that's how it is. Tang'er, you're so smart. You can even tell the difference between turmeric and other herbs. You'll be more fortunate than your parents in the future."

"I'm lucky because my parents are lucky. All the money they earn belongs to our family. We'll spend it all. In the future, I'll take my parents and Xiaoyu to live a life of luxury."

Shen Qingchuan smiled and said, "Okay, Dad will wait for you to lead our family to live a life of luxury."

The father and daughter smiled at each other, rolled up their sleeves, and got to work!