Whose farming family has the male protagonist giving three piglets as a gift at the beginning?

The bamboo forest was not far from home and could be reached quickly, but the bamboo forest did not belong to them, so she went to the village and told the owner first.

"Hey? Digging bamboo shoots? Go ahead and dig them. We can't eat all of them. Digging four or five will be enough for a year."

"It's okay. Go ahead and dig as much as you want. It's okay after you finish digging. The bamboo shoots grow too fast. They have grown onto the road. If you dig them, I won't have to cut them."

Their family's bamboo forest is planted under the road. The bamboo shoots grow too fast and grow into the road every year. They are worried because they are blocking the road, so they have to clean it up every year.

"Well, auntie, I will go and dig some. I might dig a little too much." Su Ziling felt quite embarrassed because she really wanted to dig more so that if she couldn't finish it, she could sell it or give it away.

"Go dig, go dig. Actually, you don't even have to make a trip. Just go and dig."

After more than half a year of getting along with each other, everyone is particularly enthusiastic about Su Ziling.

Before leaving, the man stuffed two handfuls of peanuts into her hands, and Su Ziling accepted it with a smile.

While eating peanuts, he walked towards the bamboo forest.

The owner had already dug it once, picking out the big ones, but didn't dig much.

Most of the others were just beginning to emerge, which just met Su Ziling's requirements. She thought the ones that were too big were too old, so these tender ones were just right.

She put the backpack aside, picked up the hoe and started digging. As long as there were heads showing up, no matter how big or small, she would dig them up together, with the goal of plucking all the feathers from the trees as soon as they passed by.

Use a hoe to dig one out and throw it aside.

Another advantage of this dragon bamboo shoot is that it looks small on the outside, but it is actually very big and plump when dug out. The only problem is that there are a lot of hairs on the bamboo shoot shell, which makes your hands itchy when you touch them.

Even after digging, she only dared to pick up the hairless tip of the bamboo shoot and throw it hard.

One after another, she became more and more excited and didn't notice how much she had dug.

When Su Zizhong and Twenty came over, they saw bamboo shoots scattered all over the ground.

The two of them resigned themselves to their fate and picked up the bamboo shoots and threw them together. They looked at the tall pile of bamboo shoots, and then looked at Su Ziling who was still digging with his butt sticking out.

The corners of his mouth twitched, "Are you planning to give them all to their family, leaving no one behind?"

"Ah?" Su Ziling stood up after hearing the voice and saw two people standing next to the bamboo shoots.

Naturally, she also noticed the pile of bamboo shoots. She scratched her head and asked, "Did I dig all this?"

Twenty hands spread out, "We just got here."

"Well," she put away the hoe, "the bamboo shoots on their property are growing so well, hehe, I couldn't resist."

"You can't leave them all alone even if they are so good!" Su Zizhong squatted down with a sickle in hand, "Do you want to peel them?"

"Peel it. I'm too lazy to do it when I get home, so I just peel it and take it back."

Fortunately, Su Zizhong and his men brought a sickle. Su Zizhong was responsible for cutting the weeds, and Twenty was responsible for peeling them.

Su Ziling was helping to support the sack on the side. Looking at the clean white bamboo shoots, she couldn't suppress a smile on her face.

"The bamboo shoots are tender. We can have a bowl of cold salad when we get home later. Then we can cut a piece of bacon and stir-fry it. The rest can be used to pickle sour bamboo shoots. If there are any left, we can make a cold salad for everyone's lunch tomorrow."

"Are you cooking alone today?" Su Zizhong asked.

Su Ziling shook his head. "It wasn't me. I was making soap during the day, so my hands were busy. It was my grandma and aunt who cooked. They stewed a pot of vermicelli, and the rest of the dishes were all cold dishes. I have to stir-fry a few more meat dishes tomorrow."

Su Zizhong was very fast. He drew a pile and when he saw that he couldn't peel all twenty of them, he turned around to help peel them.

"We closed the stall early today, so Aunt Ji and the others waited there. Twenty and I went up the mountain and dug up a bunch of wild onions, a bunch of shepherd's purse, and the purslane we ate last year. There was a ditch in the valley, and a lot of water chestnuts grew there, all of which were young shoots. We dug them all up."

Su Zizhong lowered his head and peeled bamboo shoots, recounting the events of the day one by one in a low voice. The afterglow of the setting sun shone on him, and he inexplicably felt a sense of relief.

"Why did you suddenly think of going into the mountains? I want to wander around in the mountains and rest for a few days. I won't set up a stall. Let's go together."

Su Ziling's tone also softened a lot.

Su Zizhong shook his head, "I don't want to go. Why should I rest? If I'm lucky this day, I can earn several taels of silver."

"Besides, we get up every morning to exercise and run in the mountains. It's because you like that soapberry so much."

"Twenty said he had seen it in the mountains, but he didn't think much of it at the time. Now, when he saw you wanted us to look for it, he turned around and didn't see it."

"Forget it if you can't find it. I made several soap bars with the ones I picked up yesterday. They're enough to last for a year. I'll go dig some Polygonum multiflorum and boil the rest. Then I'll have some for washing your hair."

Su Ziling was not particularly obsessed with it. Finding this one tree was basically enough for their family's use, for washing clothes and hair. Could they sell it?

She didn't think about it. Firstly, there weren't that many soapberries, and secondly, there was less pork.

The three of them were peeling bamboo shoots and talking in low voices. From time to time, someone passing by would stop to say hello to them and exchange a few simple words.

After all the bamboo shoots were peeled, the two sacks and backpacks they brought were not enough to hold them all, so they had no choice but to run back and get another sack.

Looking at the sacks of bamboo shoots in the yard, Grandma Su was also shocked, "Did you pluck them all? Did you not leave a single one?"

Su Ziling smiled awkwardly, "No, it's impossible to pluck all of them out. There are still some left."

Su Zizhong added, "Well, there are still a few of those that are yellow and thin, eaten by insects and bitten by dogs."

Su Ziling: "..."

She said in a low voice, "It's not that exaggerated." After she finished speaking, she seemed to have thought of something and gradually became confident, "Besides, I asked my aunt, and she said that her family has already dug it up. I can dig up as much as I want. It doesn't matter if I finish digging it up."

Looking at the smoke rising above the roof, Su Ziling went back to the utility room and got out a large basin.

"Grandma, are you already cooking?"

"I don't know when you'll be back, so I lit the fire. I steamed a lot of vegetable steamed buns this morning, so there's some left. I was thinking, why don't I cook some brown rice porridge tonight?"

"Add some bacon and shepherd's purse. I saw your brother and his friends dug up a lot of shepherd's purse."

"Okay, grandma, you cook the porridge first, I'll cut the bamboo shoots, and I'll stir-fry the vegetables later."

Su Ziling fetched two buckets of water and poured them into a basin, then soaked the bamboo shoots in it. He then found a chopping board and knife that had never been touched by oil, and prepared to cut the bamboo shoots into shreds.

Seeing that everyone was busy, Su Zizhong took the initiative to carry pig food to feed the pigs, while Twenty helped Su Ziling wash the bamboo shoots.

Accompanied by the sound of "da da da", the bamboo shoots were cut into thin slices and finally into thin filaments.