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Chapter 20 Tea

In response to her uncle's concern, Huaxia responded obediently: "I know, uncle, I will pay attention to safety in the future."

She asked: "Where are grandpa and grandma?"

While unloading the things on the car, Lin Guohua said: "The two of them are in the field. They will go to the market in a while. Let's dig up the crops in the field and prepare some that can be brought to the market.

Sometimes I take it to the market and exchange it for two coins."

Hua Qiao wanted to help move the things, but the bag was so heavy that she didn't even lift it, which made Lin Guohua laugh.

"You have thin arms and legs, and you have never done heavy work. How can you do it? You go to the vegetable garden behind the house and pick tomatoes and cucumbers to eat."

Hua Xian was a little embarrassed. She had forgotten that she was just a little girl who hardly worked in the city.

After Lin Guohua finished unloading her things, Hua Xiao went to the fields with her, and Lin Guohua put a straw hat on her head.

Walking in the fields, looking at the lush crops and the hardworking villagers, Hua Xiao felt very fresh and happy.

In about ten minutes, they arrived at the Lin family's land. From a distance, they could see grandpa hoeing grass and grandma sitting under the shade of a tree, drinking water and resting.

"Grandpa, grandma." Hua Qiao shouted loudly.

"Hey, why are Qiaoqiao here?" Grandpa and grandma were also very surprised.

Lin Guohua said: "I just saw her coming when I walked to the door of my house."

"Come over here quickly." Grandma called Hua Xiu to go under the shade of the tree, "Don't get tanned."

The grandfather stopped hoeing, came over, looked at his granddaughter's expression, and asked, "Is there something going on at home?"

The granddaughter who usually doesn't like to come to the countryside suddenly appeared alone, which surprised the cautious grandfather and made him feel excited.

Hua Xiao waved her hand: "No, I'm fine at home." Then she said a little embarrassedly: "I came back because I had something to do."

"What's the matter?"

As soon as they heard that something was wrong with her, the three of them, grandfather, grandmother, and uncle looked at Hua Qiao inquiringly.

"I remember my grandpa used to dry some wild chrysanthemums and soak them in water to drink. I came here just to make some wild chrysanthemum tea, Grandma's Ding tea."

Grandma smiled and said: "I happen to have some dried wild chrysanthemums at home. I'll take them away for you when you leave. There will be enough for you to drink this year. After a while, grandma will pick some for you and dry them for your uncle in the winter.

Send it to you."

The granddaughter asked for wild chrysanthemums and mother-in-law flowers. Old man Lin was relieved. Wild chrysanthemums and mother-in-law flowers were everywhere in the countryside. There was no shortage of these things. All he had to do was pick them and dry them.

Before Hua Xiao could say anything, Lin Guohua asked curiously: "Why do you suddenly want to drink this?"

No one in the family except his father likes to drink wild chrysanthemums, and my sister's family has never taken these things from home.

Hua Xiao didn't hide anything, and said: "I'm going to the market in a while. I want to set up a tea stall at the market to earn some pocket money, so I need more wild chrysanthemums and mother-in-law."

"Just make wild chrysanthemums and mother-in-law tea?" Lin Guohua asked in disbelief: "It doesn't taste good at all when making tea, and it's everywhere in the field. Who would spend money to buy it and drink it?"

He was not optimistic about his niece's plans.

Grandma also thinks that Hua Xiao’s thinking is a bit simplistic. Money is not so easy to earn. If it were easy to earn, they would not work hard in the fields.

Hua Qiao knew that everyone was not optimistic about this, so she didn't make any promises, she just smiled and said:

"I thought it was so hot when I went to the market. When everyone was tired and thirsty, they might spend a few cents to drink a bowl of sweet tea, which can relieve heat and quench their thirst. If no one spends money to drink it, then just think of me and Nanfang

Joining in the fun."

Although he said it lightly, Lin Guohua was afraid that his niece had never drank water made from wild chrysanthemums and mother-in-law Ding before, so he reminded her: "That tea is not sweet at all."

Old man Lin had a different idea: "Wild chrysanthemum and mother-in-law tea do clear away heat and detoxify, but if the price is set lower, some people may actually drink it."

Hua Qiao smiled and said: "The price will depend on the situation. Anyway, it won't cost much. Even if no one drinks it, we won't lose much."

Lin Guohua agreed: "That's true."

Tea doesn't cost anything, water doesn't cost anything either, but there's no cost.

Just let your niece play house for a while, don’t girls all love to play such games?

Old man Lin nodded: "It would be good for you and Nanfang to go exercise."

Since he wanted to support his granddaughter, Mr. Lin immediately handed over the remaining work in the field to his son, and took his granddaughter to pick wild chrysanthemums with his mother-in-law, while the old woman rushed back to cook for everyone.

While Hua Qiao was picking with her grandfather, she humbly asked for advice on wild flowers and weeds in the fields. Old Man Lin was willing to teach, and both grandson and grandpa enjoyed themselves. This atmosphere made Hua Qiao enjoy and cherish it very much.

By lunch time, they had already picked a basketful.

"Okay, let's go back to eat first, dry these by the way, and ask your uncle to take them to you when we go to the market." Old man Lin threw the grass in his hand into the basket, looked at the smoke in the distance, and looked at the flowers.

Qiao said.

Grandma at home had already prepared the meal. When she saw them coming back, she said to Hua Qian, "You are tired. Go and wash your hands. Grandma picked a few tomatoes for you. Sit down and moisten your mouth first."

"Your uncle is still almost alive. Let's wait for him."

When Hua Qiao heard that her uncle hadn't come back yet, she changed her mind and said, "Let me add another dish for everyone."

Grandma and grandpa asked curiously: "What dish do you want to add?"

"Cold Poba Ding."

In my previous life, when I opened a fancy little restaurant, there was a dish like this, which was very popular with customers, and I could make it for my grandma and grandpa to try.

When she heard it was cold soup, grandma couldn't help laughing and said, "Our family has food now, so we don't want to eat this anymore."

I only ate it when I was hungry twenty or thirty years ago. My grandmother thought it was not delicious at all. Now people in the village cut it and feed it to pigs.

Grandpa, who had not eaten wild vegetables for a long time, became interested and said with a smile: "Since it is made by Qiaoqiao, let's try it again. We haven't eaten it in many years. It's weird."

Huaxia immediately rolled up her sleeves and went to pick up the mother-in-law dices they had just picked from the basket.

She first washed the diced pork belly, blanched it in boiling water, and then ran it through cold water before squeezing out the water and cutting it into small pieces. Finally, she added various ingredients and mixed it.

When she put her mother-in-law's cold vegetables on the plate, her uncle happened to enter the courtyard.

"What delicious food are you cooking? I smelled it outside the courtyard." Lin Guohua asked as soon as he entered the courtyard.

Old man Lin urged him: "Hurry up and wash up, I'm waiting for you."

The pretty grandma also urged him: "Hurry up, hurry up."

When her granddaughter was making it just now, her grandma was standing by to help her. Naturally, she knew that the scent was caused by Hua Qiao. She had wanted to try it for a long time. The smell made her very appetizing.

After Lin Guohua finished washing, he came to the main room and saw that his parents and Qiaoqiao had already sat down, and both his parents were using their chopsticks.

He quickly sat down and looked at the table. There was a green dish in the middle of the table. The dish was dotted with red peppers and white garlic. It looked very beautiful and smelled very fragrant.

Turns out that’s it!

Lin Guohua immediately picked up the chopsticks and put a chopstick into his mouth.

It has a cool and sour taste in the mouth. As you chew, the slightly spicy and fresh flavor spreads in your mouth, which is very refreshing.

It makes people want to take another bite after one bite, and they can't stop taking one bite after another.

Soon I finished the plate of cold salad, and I was very happy to see that everyone liked it.

Lin Guohua said without hesitation: "Mom, when Qiaoqiao comes, the food you cook becomes delicious. Qiaoqiao told you how to make this dish. Make more in the future. It's delicious to eat on such a hot day."

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I have never seen this dish on the dining table at home before. Isn't it Qiaoqiao's teaching?

Mrs. Lin smiled and said: "You are wrong, this dish is made by Qiaoqiao."

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