Reborn as a Landlord Chapter 690 - 353: Foreign Chili Pepper2

"... stealing green stalks to feed the livestock at ho,... caught... wanted to step in, said that since corn stalks were broken, we should send him to the County Yan for strict handling,... I didn’t agree. ...He was in the wrong, for sure. According to village rules, we give a beating, exact a compensation, teach him a lesson not to do it again, and that should settle it. If we really send him to the County Yan, the County Magistrate is watching this closely, it might not be easy to explain to Master Shen Liu, and they might even flay him alive. Stealing green stalks is detestable, and he should be punished accordingly. But we can’t abuse Sixth Master’s power..."

"That’s right; one is one, two is two," Lady Zhang agreed.

Hearing this, Lian Manman finally fully woke up. She moved, and Lady Zhang, sitting beside her, could feel it.

"Awake now? Go wash your face," Lady Zhang said.

"Mmm," Lian Manman sat up, "Dad, when did you get back?"

"Just got back not long ago. The sweet lons in the field ripened, so I picked a few, just washed them, and put them in the well; they should be cool now. Want so?" Lian Shouxin asked.

Lian Manman knew that Lian Shouxin had just returned from the field. During spring plowing, Lian Shouxin had planted a small patch of sweet lons, and now it was the season when sweet lons ripened.

"I’ll go wash up and then have so lon," Lian Manman said as she got down from the large wooden bed.

Lian Zhizhi also set aside her needlework and followed.

In the backyard of the shop, there was a well surrounded by a stone well ring. This well had been newly dug in the past two months. The shop used a lot of water, and before, when they had been living at the temple front lodging, they used the temple’s well. After moving out, they decided it would be more convenient to have their own well. With so spare money at hand and ti available, they dug this well.

The soil and water in Thirty Mile Camp were good, with abundant groundwater. A typical well reaches water at about six or seven ters, but to ensure better water quality, Lian Manman’s family dug their well to a full nine ters.

In the sumr, they would clean fruits and vegetables and then hang them in baskets in the well to chill before eating. Even leftover als could be cooled in the well in baskets, and they wouldn’t spoil even if eaten the next day.

This well was practically a natural refrigerator.

Lian Manman and Lian Zhizhi approached the well, and Lian Zhizhi started cranking the windlass.

"Manman, don’t use the freshly drawn water from the well to wash your face, use the water in that jar over there; it’s warr. Mom said, even in the height of sumr, we best not be too keen on the cold," Lian Zhizhi told Lian Manman to prevent her from washing her face with the chilly well water right after waking up.

Lian Manman nodded, scooped water from the nearby jar to wash her face and by this ti, Lian Zhizhi had already pulled up the basket hanging in the well. Inside the basket were several oval-shaped, green-patterned sweet lons.

Lian Zhizhi took a small basin, picked up a few sweet lons, and after Lian Manman had dried her hands and face, she also took a basin, and the two sisters walked back.

The family of four all grabbed a sweet lon to eat.

Lian Manman sat back on the large wooden bed, took a sweet lon, and saw the ripe patterns on the rind. Still, she brought the lon close to her nose for a sniff. Only when she slled the sweet aroma was she satisfied.

Without a knife, Lian Manman with her little hands and feet, found it quite tough to pull the lon apart. She giggled and handed the sweet lon to Lian Shouxin. He took it, effortlessly tore it in half with both hands, and the yellow lon pulp and seeds spilled out.

The lon pulp and seeds all went into the small basin Lian Manman had brought, as they couldn’t be thrown on the ground, even though this was outside the courtyard.

This was a rule in their household, proposed by Lian Manman. Littering was not allowed, not just inside the house—which was a given—but unlike most tenant farr families, the rule extended to outside the courtyard as well. In Lian Manman’s family, whether it was inside the house, the courtyard, or outside the courtyard, it was the sa. All rubbish had to be promptly and uniformly thrown into a manure pit that was located a fair distance from the courtyard.

By doing so, the living environnt was kept clean, and the breeding of flies and mosquitoes was reduced.

After eating two sweet lons, it was approaching evening, and Wu Lang and Xiao Qi returned from school.

"Wash your hands and eat a lon before doing your howork," Lady Zhang said with a smile to Xiao Qi, who had thrown himself into her arms.

After eating the lon, Wu Lang went to do his howork, but Xiao Qi didn’t. He wasn’t in the sa grade as Wu Lang, and his howork pressure wasn’t as great.

"Tomorrow is a day off, mom, I’ll go pick up duck eggs first, then I’ll do my howork after that," Xiao Qi negotiated with Lady Zhang.

Lady Zhang nodded, and Xiao Qi ran off with a basket. In a short while, he was back with the basket neatly lined with a layer of duck eggs.

"With these, plus what we’ve saved up over the past few days, we can pickle another jar," Lady Zhang said with a laugh after counting the duck eggs.

Now, Lian Manman’s family sold chicken and duck eggs, apart from consuming them. Pickled, oil-rich salted duck eggs, sugar-water poached eggs, fried poached eggs, boiled spiced tea eggs, and stead hairy mussel with chicken egg custard were all items that regular custors specifically ordered every day.

Lady Zhang went to pickle the duck eggs, but Xiao Qi didn’t go do his howork as he had told her. Instead, he sidled up to Lian Manman.

"Sis, let’s go to the field," Xiao Qi implored, batting his large eyes at Lian Manman.

Lian Manman could tell from Xiao Qi’s expression that he either wanted to eat sothing or play with sothing.

"It’s almost dark, what do you want to do in the field?" Lian Manman asked. "We’ve got enough herbs and wild greens for today."

"Sis, sweet potatoes," Xiao Qi said, looking up with a grin that revealed his sharp little canines. "Didn’t you say that the sweet potatoes would be ready in these next few days?"

Lian Manman laughed, as she indeed had said that.

"Sis, let’s go dig up so sweet potatoes," Xiao Qi pleaded.

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