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Chapter 157 Picking Flowers

"Grandma, you and my mom can just pick them nearby. I'll go to the front with them to take a look." After saying that, she carried a small backpack and walked towards the group of little friends.

"Okay, don't go too deep inside, okay?" Li ordered quickly.

"I understand, mother." Xiao Cao'er responded as she walked.

"Don't go too far and don't go inside. It's dangerous inside. You can only pick firewood from the places around. Do you understand?" Xiao Cao'er shouted.

All he got was a shout: "Got it."

The child was very nimble, so he dodged here and there, and wherever he passed, there was no more flowers. Their backpacks were small, so they quickly filled them up, and then they carried them back to Old Lady Yang and Li, emptied them out, and continued to pick flowers.

Xiao Caoer had put some water and milk tea in front of Grandma Yang in advance. The milk tea was iced and served in a large pot. When the children came, Grandma Yang poured a tube of milk tea for each of them. Although the mountain was full of shade, it was tiring to walk around all the time. Now drinking a tube of iced milk tea was so refreshing.

I really wish I could go up the mountain every day to pick flowers for Xiaocao.

Seeing that the sun was almost setting, Xiao Caoer shouted again, "Call me, it's time to go back. Go to my grandma first, pack up and then go down the mountain together."

"One, two, three..." After counting, the last person said, "Everyone is here, ready, and can evacuate at any time."

"Let's go." Xiao Cao'er gave the order again, and everyone walked towards Old Lady Yang.

The harvest was good and all the backpacks were full.

"Oh, you are all sweating. Come and wipe it off and drink some water. Let's rest for a while before going back." Old Mrs. Yang took out a big towel and wiped the sweat off the head of each child. The towel was donated by Xiaocaoer.

When they heard about drinking water, the children were not disappointed. Milk tea is sold in stores outside and is very expensive. It was already good to have had it once.

While resting, he picked up all the things on the ground. There were two extra large backpacks. They were the two backpacks that Yang Dashan had taken. He did not take them with him when he left, so Li brought them up together.

A full basket is not too heavy. Li can carry two, but Xiaocao'er is still too heavy to carry. Old Lady Yang wants to carry her, but Xiaocao'er disagrees. "Grandma, you and my mother can each carry one basket, and leave two here. Let my dad take them this afternoon."

When Grandma Yang heard that her son was to pick it up in the afternoon, she no longer insisted. She said, "As long as my precious granddaughter doesn't have to carry it, it doesn't matter who comes to pick it up."

After everyone had a good rest, Xiaocaoer counted the number of people and everyone went down the mountain together.

When I got home, Yang Dashan had just returned home. He had driven a horse-drawn carriage to the county town to buy lard. Because of Uncle Li and his friends, he was familiar with the owners of several meat stalls. His daughter suggested buying more so that they could fry oil at one time and not have to run back and forth to buy lard. So he simply bought all the lard.

"Dad, you'll have to make another trip this afternoon. There are two backpacks on the mountain and we can't carry them. Please take the trouble to make the trip this afternoon." As soon as Xiao Cao'er saw Yang Dashan, he assigned him the afternoon task.

"Okay, Dad will help you carry it back this afternoon. It's at that place." Yang Dashan asked.

"Dad, you go with Xiaoniu and the others in the afternoon. They will go up the mountain in the afternoon." Xiaocaoer made the arrangements before even asking his friends if they were free.

As soon as Li arrived home, she said to the children, "Wash your hands first, drink some water, play with the grass, and then have lunch here."

Several children kept declining, put down their backpacks and were about to leave, but Xiao Cao called them back, "Are you free this afternoon and tomorrow?"

"I'll be free after I finish my homework." Xiaolu said.

"Me too." Several others also said.

"Well, after you finish your homework, help me pick some flowers from the mountain. I'll pay you five cents for a small basket like this, and ten cents for a large basket. They have to be as clean as the ones I picked today."

"Okay, we'll finish our homework tonight and go up the mountain this afternoon and tomorrow morning and afternoon, so we can pick more," said Xiao Niu.

"Don't go tomorrow afternoon. You have to go to school the day after tomorrow. You should review your lessons at home tomorrow afternoon and take a rest." Xiao Cao'er disagreed with them going up the mountain for two consecutive days. "The weather is so hot. It must be very tiring to go up the mountain for two consecutive days. Don't go tomorrow afternoon. Got it?"

While talking to them, Xiao Cao'er poured all the flowers in the basket into a large basin and asked Yang Dashan to fetch some water so that she could wash the flowers.

These large basins were made when we were making sweet potato noodles. Now we don’t make sweet potato noodles at home. These basins are used when making sausages at the end of the year. They are usually hung high.

While Xiao Cao was washing the flowers, her friends were also helping, chatting as they washed. By the time they had finished washing and drying the flowers, Li had already prepared lunch.

A pot of minced meat porridge, steamed mixed flour buns from the morning, and a few pancakes were added in case they were not enough. Two stir-fried vegetables were also served. Such a simple meal was considered very good in the village.

At the dinner table, the children no longer wolf down the delicious food like they used to. Instead, they wait until their elders pick up their chopsticks before eating, and their eating manners are more decent.

This is the power of education. With the education and guidance in school and the role models set by parents, children's behavior can still be managed.

I also have to praise Da Mao and several other students who went out to study. Every time they came back, they would tell the village chief if they saw anything that needed improvement in the village, and the village chief would implement the improvements.

After all, our Qingshan Village is a village with furniture workshops. Now everyone's family conditions are much better than before. Haven't you seen how often matchmakers come to the village now?

In the past, when people talked about Qingshan Village, they only knew the word "poor". But now, when people talk about Qingshan Village, who doesn't want to marry their daughter here? There is work right at the doorstep, and as long as the girl is diligent enough, she won't be afraid of having no work to do. Marrying here will bring happiness to the family.

Both boys and girls are in great demand because girls have learned skills and saved some money doing embroidery work in embroidery workshops in the past two years. Their families’ living conditions have improved, and when they get married, their families will definitely give them a generous dowry as long as they are not harsh on the children.

Who wouldn't want to marry a daughter-in-law who has skills and a generous dowry?

In the past two years, there have been many people of marriageable age in the village. First, a wave of older men and women who had been staying behind came, and then a new batch of people of marriageable age came. There have been quite a few wedding wines in the village in the past two years.