The next morning, Su Ziling got up before dawn to fry tea leaves, and his mother got up to cook.

After breakfast, Grandpa Su and his companions went to dig the road, Su Zizhong and his companions went to set up the stall, and Su's mother took the rice that had been soaked two days ago and went to scatter it.

"Mother, where are you going?" Su Ziling had just fried half of the tea leaves.

"Sow the millet. We'll be planting rice next month, but the millet hasn't been sown yet."

Su's mother carried a backpack and a hoe. The basket was filled with millet that had already grown legs, and water was dripping down from it.

"The millet has sprouted? Then wait a moment, I'll finish frying here and go with you."

A few days ago, Su's mother took a sack, poured some seeds into it, soaked it in water overnight, and hung it in a cool place the next day.

The next morning, put the sack in the water again, and when it is completely soaked, take it out and hang it up.

Repeat this process until the millet grows white feet and can be sown in the rice fields.

The rice fields had been prepared earlier. Two ridges were made and fine manure was spread on them. Then we were waiting for the millet to be planted.

After the grain seeds are sown, a layer of fine soil must be spread on top to cover them, otherwise the grain will easily be eaten by birds.

"It's done. I took a look last night and it's almost ready. You don't have to go. Just go about your business. I can go by myself."

After Su's mother finished speaking, she didn't even wait for her and set off directly with the backpack on her back.

After frying the tea leaves, Su Ziling went out for a stroll with a basket on his back, and found some mustard greens, which he washed, cut, and put into a jar for later use.

It was almost noon when she finished all this. Su's mother had not come back yet, so she prepared lunch by herself.

Since she wanted to pickle the vegetables, she simply cooked some rice and used the rice soup to pickle the vegetables, which would make them sour faster.

There was only one-third of brown rice, so she took a few sweet potatoes, cut them into grains and steamed them together.

While the steamer was cooking, she scooped out a few scoops of cornmeal and rolled a few bowls of dough sticks.

Steam in two steamers together. When cooked, mix the sweet potatoes, brown rice and cornmeal dumplings together. The staple food is ready.

Now is a good time to eat Houttuynia cordata. She mixed a bowl of Houttuynia cordata, a bowl of bean powder, stewed a bucket of bacon, vegetable vermicelli, and made a bucket of bean powder slurry as soup.

There happened to be some sour pork left, so she simply poured it all out, heated it up and gave it to them. Rice and sour pork go well together.

After eating it all at once, she could wash the jar.

When Su's mother came back, she had already prepared dinner and was harnessing the ox cart.

"Are you done? I wasn't paying attention to the time, and I just realized it's so late now."

Su's mother sat aside, panting. It was obvious that she ran very fast.

"It's done. I thought you wouldn't be back so soon, so I made it in advance. Have you sown the grain yet?"

"I've finished sowing the seeds. I haven't been to that field for a while, so it's grown weeds again. It took some time to weed it out." She stood up after taking a breath. "I'll go with you to deliver the food."

Su Ziling waved his hand, "No need, I'll be back after delivering it today too, I'm not going into the mountains again, so there's no need for two people to deliver it. I've saved some lunch for you and grandma, it's warming up in the pot, you can take it and eat it later, no need to wait for me, I'll be back as soon as the food is delivered."

Thinking that Su Ziling usually went alone to school, Su's mother did not go with him. She was still frightened after running all the way just now, so it was a good time to slow down.

"Then go slowly. I have to go to the ridge-making platform and dig furrows after dinner. Now I also have to plant your uncle Yonghe's crops. I don't know when your father and the others will have time to plow the fields."

As the Grain in Ear season was getting closer, Su's mother became increasingly panicked, fearing that it would suddenly rain and the ground would not be turned over well, and then the seeds would not be planted.

"It's okay. If there's no time, just plant the seeds in the ground. Just dig holes and plant the seeds directly."

As soon as Su Ziling finished speaking, her mother glanced at her and said, "Planting land? Wouldn't that be a waste of seeds? It's better not to plant it. Once you have the vehicle ready, go quickly and don't keep people waiting."

"Okay, got it." Su Ziling led the cow out, and reminded Grandma Su, "Grandma, remember to keep an eye on the tea leaves for me."

The days passed quickly as he was busy. In the blink of an eye, it was time to go to the county town. Su Ziling took some tea and went to the county town.

As soon as we arrived at the restaurant, Eighteen pointed to the second floor.

Su Ziling stretched his neck, "What?"

"Master Shen is waiting for you on the second floor."

Su Ziling nodded in understanding, "Got it, take the vermicelli into the house, I'll go upstairs to take a look."

Su Ziling carried the backpack and went straight to the lobby. It was dinner time and the lobby was crowded.

As the weather gets hotter, people's love for bean powder has skyrocketed. They like bean powder at noon, vermicelli in the afternoon, and basically century egg and lean meat porridge with pickles in the morning.

They are all pickled by Su Ziling, spicy dried radish, spicy radish leaves, sour radish and kohlrabi roots.

"The boss is here?" Su Yongan was the first to notice her and quickly walked out from behind the counter.

Su Ziling pointed to the second floor and said, "I'll go up first and we can talk later."

Su Yongan understood and nodded, with the smile on his face getting even bigger.

Arriving on the second floor, Su Ziling knocked on the door.

Shen Xingye in the room was lazily slumped in a chair, looking very unruly, drinking tea comfortably while watching the people coming and going on the street.

Suddenly there was a knock on the door, and he looked at Chang Ce with questioning eyes.

Chang Ce shook his head first, then frowned slightly and whispered, "Could it be the head of the household department?"

Shen Xingye blinked, "Did I invite him today?"

Chang Ce: “…”

Chang Ce trembled a few times and swallowed back the words that were about to come out of his mouth.

I kept muttering to myself: Sir, you should pay more attention. You know exactly where the delicious food and fun things are, but you really can't remember anything about official business!

As if Shen Xingye knew what he was thinking, he muttered, "I can't remember anything. Whoever wants to handle this crappy official business can handle it!"

There was another knock on the door. He sat up straight and coughed lightly, "Come in."

The young man's voice rose softly and came slowly from inside the house, with a hint of alienation.

Hearing the voice, Su Ziling raised his eyebrows and pushed the door open.

Looking at the person sitting there seriously, she thought that he had changed his personality.

Who would have known that the moment he saw Su Ziling, Shen Xingye's body, which had been sitting upright, suddenly collapsed.

A smile instantly appeared on his expressionless face, "Miss Su is here? Come and sit down, come and sit down, don't be polite, just treat this place as your own home, don't be polite, just be casual."

Su Ziling paused for a moment, the corner of his mouth twitched, and then he slowly said, "If I remember correctly, this restaurant is my home."

In other words, this is my home.

"I know, I know, that's why I told you to feel free to sit down. Come and sit down." Shen Xingye didn't feel embarrassed at all.

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