Chapter 9

After making sure that the plants grown in the spatial soil were spiritual plants, Song Li scattered a few more pepper seeds.

The original owner didn’t usually grow vegetables or cook, so there were limited seeds available at home. These dried chilies were sent by the villagers the day before yesterday.

After one night, the pepper tree was already covered with green peppers.

Song Li picked a few and fried them with eggs.

The original peppers will burn your stomach after eating, but the peppers improved by the space soil will make you feel warm in your stomach. You will sweat in the middle of winter, which is so comfortable.

He Linyuan ate two large bowls of rice, and only when the plate was empty did he realize that he had eaten too much again.

He is not a greedy person, but the food cooked by Song Li is so delicious that his appetite has increased significantly in the past few days.

And I don’t know if it’s a psychological effect, but every time after eating he feels light and energetic, which is more comfortable than practicing two sets of military boxing.

“This pepper…” He wanted to ask where this pepper came from, and if there were any extra seeds, could he be given a bag so he could take it to the army, but Song Li interrupted him.

“I’m going to the Song family. You take the children and clean up the table.”

“……good.”

He Linyuan watched Song Li leave eagerly, but in the end he didn’t ask.

The old Song family was having dinner. Gu Laoer and Zhang Xiu had three sons and one daughter. The eldest son, Song Chengye, was the most promising. He was one of the first high school students in the village. He married a woman from the city. Both of them worked in a lumberyard and received government food. They basically did not come back except during the Chinese New Year.

The second son, Song Chengcai, has an honest character and is a good worker. He and his wife, Li Guizhi, have a five-year-old daughter, Song Xiaohua.

The third child, Song Chenglin and Song Li, are twins, a boy and a girl, but they are still single on the 24th day of the lunar year.

In recent years, the reputation of the Song family has been completely ruined by Song Li. In addition, the Song family is famous for doting on their daughters, so ordinary families dare not marry their daughters to them for fear that they will be bullied by their sister-in-law.

Song Chenglin himself didn’t care. How could a wife be as close to him as a sister? If they didn’t want to marry him, he didn’t want to marry her either.

“Mom and Dad, let’s eat.”

Song Li walked in with a basin in her hand and a smile on her face.

“Why are you here at this hour? Have you eaten yet? If not, sit down and eat for a while. Second brother, bring a pair of chopsticks for your sister.”

Since her son-in-law was at home these days, Zhang Xiu did not go to the He family. Song Li came over at dinner time, and she subconsciously thought that her daughter came to eat for free.

“Why.”

Li Guizhi agreed on the surface, but felt jealous in her heart.

After all, she is her own daughter. The Song family is so poor that they can barely make ends meet, but they still have to control Song Li’s mouth.

No matter how filial she is as a daughter-in-law, she cannot compare to a word from her sister-in-law.

“Sister-in-law, stop working. I’ve already eaten at home. I’ll bring you a bowl of these unfried sweet potato balls.”

Song Li quickly stopped the man and put the basin on the table.

Now I don’t have to work in winter, and the food is not very oily.

Each member of the Song family had a bowl of corn porridge and a plate of shredded pickled vegetables as lunch.

The sweet potato balls were still hot and gave off a sweet aroma. The adults could resist eating them, but Song Xiaohua was already drooling over them.

“Xiaohua, try your aunt’s cooking and see if it tastes good.”

Song Li took the initiative to pick one up and put it in Xiaohua’s bowl, which surprised both Xiaohua and Li Guizhi.

Is this still the same arrogant and domineering aunt/sister-in-law?

Zhang Xiu could see through their thoughts and said, “You are so short-sighted. Your aunt gave you this to eat. Try it now!”

Xiaohua was so scared that her body trembled, and she quickly stuffed the sweet potato ball into her mouth. The sweet potato filling was soft, sticky and sweet, and the outer skin was fried crispy. Her mouth was juicy when she took a bite.

Her eyes lit up immediately, “Auntie, it’s delicious!”

“If it tastes good, Xiaohua should eat more.” Song Li smiled and touched her head. The Song family had good genes, and Xiaohua was pretty, but she was too thin, and her hair was dry and yellow. It was obvious that she was malnourished.

Xiaohua listened to her aunt’s words, swallowed a few times, and shook her head fiercely, “Xiaohua doesn’t want to eat it, give it to grandpa and grandma.”

“Eat it all! What’s wrong with your grandma?”

Zhang Xiu put a few of them into Xiaohua’s bowl. She was stingy, but wasn’t it because there was little food at home?

A little girl can’t work, so what’s the point of eating so much food?

Zhang Xiu was reluctant to take four more, but Xiaohua was already flattered. “Thank you grandma, thank you aunt.”

Although she is young, she is very smart. She knows that the sweet potato balls were sent by Song Li, and her grandmother let her eat them for the sake of her aunt.

“Xiaohua, if you like, come home next time and your aunt will make you something delicious.” Song Li really likes this little niece. It just so happens that Xiaohua is the same age as Mingze Qingqing, so they can play together.

“Okay.” Xiaohua smiled sweetly holding the bowl.

Li Guizhi felt that the sun must have risen from the west today, otherwise why would Song Li let Xiaohua go to her house to play for the first time.

You have to know that her sister-in-law has a very strange temper and she also abuses children. Every time she sees Xiaohua, her eyes are not eyes and her nose is not a nose. She is always sarcastic to her and scolds her for not being pregnant and not giving birth to a grandson for the Song family. This has often made Li Guizhi cry behind her back.

Now that her attitude suddenly changed, Li Guizhi suspected that she had not held her fart well.

“Your family gives all the food to Mingze and Qingqing. Why give it to her? Our Song family won’t let her starve to death!”

Zhang Xiu glared at his daughter, thinking she was stupid, while Song Li smiled sweetly.

“My second brother and sister-in-law are so good to me, shouldn’t I be nicer to Xiaohua? Besides, Mingze and Qingqing have no one to play with, so Xiaohua helps me take care of the children, which makes it easier for me.”

“Okay! Your mother can’t convince you, so take the piece of meat with you when you leave. It will be Xiaohua’s food allowance.”

Whose food allowance is a big piece of fat meat? Li Guizhi almost shouted out. Her Xiaohua can’t even eat a piece of meat at home, but she can get it at the He family?

It’s because the mother-in-law is partial to her and is using this as an excuse to subsidize her daughter.

Why was Song Li so kind today? It turned out that she knew her mother’s family had meat and came to ask for some. The people in the old Song family were like fools and couldn’t see it. They happily gave the meat away.

Li Guizhi felt extremely uncomfortable. No, she couldn’t give him the meat!

“No need, Mom. We still have some meat. You can keep it for yourself. Besides, you and Dad have worked hard for a year, so we need to replenish our energy. I came here just to ask you for some seeds so that I can start my small vegetable garden in the spring.”

Li Guizhi’s heart was in ups and downs. When she heard Song Li’s words, she stood up suddenly.

“I know where the seeds are, I’ll get them!”

As long as my sister-in-law doesn’t want meat, she doesn’t mind taking away all the seeds in the house.

Li Guizhi took a big bag, but Song Li didn’t want all of them. She only took a small handful of each. Seeing that his daughter really didn’t want meat, Zhang Xiu remembered that there was a bag of dried dates at home, so he gave them all to her.

Li Guizhi felt so painful, this bag of dried dates could be sold for several dollars.

But at least the meat was saved.

Song Li came out of Old Song’s house and hurried home. He had obtained so many seeds today and had to plant a lot of spiritual plants.

There are also red dates, which can be made into date cakes to replenish blood and qi, which is most beneficial for women.

She had seen Li Guizhi’s complaints, and when the date cakes were ready, the Song family would have to give her a few more pieces.

Song Li was thinking about something and didn’t pay attention to her surroundings. When she passed by Zhao’s house, a stone suddenly hit her.