Zhou Guoqiang's business has become even more prosperous since he built a new pigpen and bought a new tricycle. Nowadays, he basically lets Zhao 'Yu' Zhen go to the vegetable market alone, while he himself is busy driving his tricycle around to collect pigs and deliver pork meat. This year, two more restaurants have come to him to make an oral agreement on how many kilograms of pork to deliver every day.

  He is busy like a spinning top, but as long as he can make money, it doesn't matter if people are busy and tired.

  As the pig was about to be slaughtered, Zhou Guoqiang was too busy to handle it alone, so he simply spent some labor costs to hire villagers to help. The wages were settled on the spot, and they often sent some pork to take home. Who wouldn't want to come and help with both wages and goods?

  Later on, there were only two people who came to help. One was Xu Dahai, the younger brother of Xu Dashan from the same village, and the other was Wang Kang, Wang Jingjing's father.

  Wang Jingjing was happy that her father was doing odd jobs for the Zhou family, and often after school would go to Zhou Xiaoyun's house to play and then return home with Wang Kang.

  However, the spectacular scene of slaughtering pigs made all the 'girls' hide and not dare to look. Xiaobao's courage was not much greater than that of the 'girls', and every time this happened, he ran even faster than Er Ya.

  A bloody and terrifying monster, after it was caught, the children dared to come out of the house.

  There are several pigs raised in the pigpen at home for slaughter, now the pigs in the pigpen are all collected from various villages and put in the pen to be raised for a while before being slaughtered.

  Every day, pig feed has become a major problem at home. Sweet potatoes are cooked in large quantities to feed the pigs, but there is always an end to feeding them, and the bran and rice husks from the mill are also good materials for feeding pigs.

  If some rotten vegetable leaves and whatnot are added with pork, it will be more enjoyable to eat.

  Don't underestimate these few days before slaughter, if pigs eat a bit more, they can also produce a lot of 'meat'!

  Zhao 'Yu' Zhen saw the warm spring weather and flowers blooming, and thought about digging up some wild vegetables to feed the pigs. She was busy in the morning, but after the children went to school in the afternoon, she managed to find some free time.

  Er Ya followed Zhao 'Yu' Zhen to the end of the field, a person picked some wild flowers and played on the side, waiting for Zhao 'Yu' Zhen to dig a full basket and then jumped and jumped behind her back together.

  With fresh wild vegetables, several pigs found their feed much more fragrant.

  Zhao 'Yu' Zhen looked at it and felt quite relieved, but unfortunately, there was not enough time to dig more.

  Zhou Xiaoyun started to volunteer to help. Usually, there is no time to do homework, but on Sundays, there is plenty of free time. With a bamboo basket and a small sickle in hand, she can set off!

  Locals call digging wild vegetables "choosing pig greens", thinking about it, it's quite vivid. Isn't it just choosing the wild greens that pigs love to eat?

  Many "girls" spend their leisure time helping their families dig wild vegetables to feed pigs. They often go and return in groups of three or five, digging up wild vegetables while chatting and laughing together, and even playing and frolicking in the fields, a true multi-purpose activity.

  At that time, almost every household raised pigs, so on Sunday mornings, Zhou Qianqian, Sun Min and Wang Jingjing would take baskets and small sickles to find Zhou Xiaoyun together.

  A few people finished breakfast and set off, refusing to return before noon.

  Zhou Xiaoyun was eager to go home early to help with lunch, so she urged everyone to hurry back. If Zhou Xiaoyun hadn't been urging them from behind, it's likely that by the time they got home, lunch would have already been eaten.

  Zhou Xiaoxia envied the few 'girls' who were together, laughing and chatting, and also asked Shen Huafeng for tools, saying that she was going to go to the fields with Zhou Xiaoyun and others to dig up wild vegetables to bring back home to feed the pigs.

  Shen Hua Feng thought with emotion: 'Girls become sensible once they enter junior high school!'

  Boys are reluctant to participate in such activities, especially Da Bao, who has been practicing hard for the "Mao" pen calligraphy recently and is said to be participating in the painting and calligraphy exhibition held by Qiming Middle School.

  Zhou Xiaoyun never thought that her initial playful move would actually make Dabao persist in practicing calligraphy with a brush for over two years, from the initial illegible scribbles to now having a certain style and flair, Dabao's writing level has undergone a heaven-reversing and earth-overturning transformation.

  It seems there is still room for improvement in the future, great!

  Xiao Bao is already ten years old, but still loves to stick with Zhou Xiaoyun and insists on following her.

  Zhou Xiaoyun teased him, saying: "You're a boy following a bunch of 'girls' to dig wild vegetables, aren't you embarrassed?"

  Xiao Bao replied seriously, "I also want to help Mom dig more wild vegetables to reduce her burden. What's wrong with being a boy? Can't boys do more things for the family?"

  Look at this sanctimonious appearance, and the crap bug still spouts a bunch of nonsense. Who in the scene doesn't know that Xiao Bao is just Zhou Xiaoyun's tail? Wherever Zhou Xiaoyun goes, he follows, and everyone responds to Xiao Bao's words with ridicule.

  Little Treasure

  Don't mind it, this little fuss doesn't amount to anything. Come on, pick up the basket and let's follow them.

  "Big sister, big brother, I want to go too."

  "Hey, you little pest! Wherever I go, you follow. You're only seven years old and can't even hold a sickle, what are you doing following me?"

  You're just a complete and utter coward, yet you have the nerve to call others stupid. Zhou Xiaoxia couldn't help but burst out laughing at this.

  Zhou Xiaoyun estimated that in the end, it would definitely be necessary to bring Er Ya along as well, and not waste any more effort, so they all went together.

  Two girls happily sang a song.

  The country roads were full of wild vegetables, and Zhou Xiaoxia couldn't help but squat down to dig up two of them. However, she was stopped by Zhou Xiaoyun: "Sister Xiaoxia, the road is too narrow here, how can we all squat with so many people? Let's move forward and find a wider field where we can both dig wild vegetables and have space for Er Ya to play."

  Others nodded in agreement.

  Zhou Xiaoxia felt a bit resentful seeing everyone look up to Zhou Xiaoyun, thinking that she was the oldest and why should she listen to someone three years younger than her?

  Helpless, as everyone else didn't stop moving forward, Zhou Xiaoxia had no choice but to reluctantly follow up.

  In less than a moment, I found a suitable location.

  The land is all growing wheat, and the children can't go there. If they don't dig up a few wild vegetables first, they will ruin someone else's wheat in the field.

  So I found a sloping slope of every kind of villa, and below is a shallow ditch that was used to prevent water from flowing into the rice fields at the time of the bell, now there is no water, and the bottom of the ditch is all new.

  Fresh wild vegetables.

  The children cheered as they began work.

  A few people dispersed, digging wild vegetables while chatting, having a great time.

  Zhou Xiaoyun originally wanted to let Xiao Bao and Er Ya play on the side, but Xiao Bao insisted on joining the wild vegetable digging army to show off his speed and ability.

  Zhou Xiaoyun thought it was rare for Xiao Bao to be so willing to work hard, so she let him go.

  There are many types of wild vegetables, the most common being tender shepherd's purse. Zhou Xiaoyun specially picked some 'fat' and tender big ones and put them aside, planning to chop them up and add some meat to make dumplings when she got home.

  She loved eating dumplings with this kind of filling in her previous life.

  Wild vegetables are everywhere, no need to pick or choose, just cut them with a small sickle and you're done. Before long, everyone returned with a full load. They agreed to come back in the afternoon, and then several people went home separately.

  By dusk, Zhou Xiaoyun specially used boiling water to blanch the shepherd's purse, remove the astringent taste and chop it up. Then use the family's own meat grinder to grind more than a catty of filling, add salt, lard flavor essence, and mix the filling well.

  Making dumpling wrappers had always been Zhao Yu's job, and she produced one round wrapper after another without stopping. Zhou Guoqiang led a team of several children to help out, with Zhou Xiaoyun making small and delicate dumplings, while Da Bao and Xiao Bao managed not to have theirs crack open, which was already quite an achievement.

  However, the dumplings taste really good! There's a kind of indescribable fragrance.